And then there was ONE!

This morning Dayton experienced one of his first tragedies ... he accidentally flushed his binky down the toilet. (I am still laughing as I'm typing this.) Here's what happened.

Dayton likes to flush the toilet. It's really kind of funny ... as he watches the water go down the drain, he waves at it and say "bye bye water". Well, this morning while he was avoiding brushing his teeth, he went over to the toilet and flushed it like he usually does. Now here's the important part, he was carrying his blanket and had his purple binky in his mouth. (What happened to the pink binky you ask? For those that know my son well, he loves his pink binky (to Daddy's dismay). That one got thrown away because it had outlived its usable life.) Anyway, so when he started to say "bye bye water", the binky fell out and in a swirl was gone. "Get it back, Mommy" he said to me. All I could say was "I'm sorry, honey. That binky is gone forever.". The look on his face was utter dismay. Oh, did he cry. So Daddy had to get a flashlight and search under his bed for the LAST binky Dayton has. And then there was ONE!!! One purple binky is all that is left ... when this one is gone Dayton's binky dependence will go with it!

Playing with the hose!

Yesterday it was pretty nice out! Probably low 80's but a fairly steady wind. Anyway, Carson was taking a good nap so I thought it would be nice to take Dayton outside to play in the sprinkler. Apparently he really enjoyed it at school on Thursday. He was one of three kids that wasn't afraid of the water. Anyway, I, unfortunately, couldn't find the sprinkler so I just turned on the hose and let him play. He totally cracked me up. He started out by "watering the bushes" and then slowly progressed to watering his head. Here's a cute picture ...


And in case you haven't had your fill of videos of my kids ... here's another one! I hope you like it as much as we did!

6-month Well Baby!

Finally, after several ear infections and a case of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Carson got a clean bill of health at his 6-month well baby visit the other day!!!! He's doing great. He now weights 17 lbs 3 oz (40th percentile) and is 27" long (70th percentile). He's eating baby foods although a bit more picky than Dayton was. He likes the fruit but usually spits out the squash and the green beans. Oh well, not bad ... we're transitioning to stage two foods now! Go Carson Go. Developmentally he's doing really well. He's sitting up by himself now and rolling over well. He's trying his best to crawl or move around to keep up with his big brother but he just can get that belly off the ground yet. His first tooth has finally broke the surface and the second one is close behind. He's been drooling like a leaky faucet. Anyway, here he is ... growing like a weed.

Jumpy Jumpy

So Carson is really starting to enjoy his jumper. I think he's even better at it than Dayton was. He really gets both legs into it. Dayton thinks its funny too. He usually jumps around the room when Carson is in the jumper. I haven't managed to capture it on video yet but at least I have Carson.



I've said this before in the blog and I'm going to say it again ... I keep finding myself in the position to make a decision. I can either stop the potentially dangerous behavior or I can grab the camera. Yet again, I chose the camera. Dayton came up with this all on his own! Apparently he's starting to throw caution to the wind! See for yourself!

Memorial Day

Well ... better late than never.

We had a nice long Memorial Day weekend. Friday Eric and I didn't work but we got tickets to go down to the speedway to the Delphi Suite. So we sent the boys to daycare and headed to the track. What a circus! When we finally parked the car and got inside, we saw about three or four laps of practice before the rain came and that was it. We did get to go down to the garage which was pretty cool cause they were bringing all the cars in from the rain. It was a pretty fun day even though it rained.
Saturday we decided to take the family out for a picnic in the park. Dayton had a ball. Here is a picture of when we first got there. We tried to stay away from the playground but Dayton saw it right away and wanted to go there. We managed to get some lunch in him before he gave up and started making a break for it. Here he is picking dandelions!


Dayton was thrilled to be at the park and he did great! He really likes the swings and thought it was pretty cool that Carson was "winging" too! They both wore themselves out ... it was great!


Sunday we decided to head up to Chicago and visit friends of ours ... Eric and Ellen. So we left right after lunch and the boys both slept the whole ride up there. Even after two years of this, it still amazes me how much stuff we need to take just for an overnight trip. The boys did really well, though and Eric and Ellen were very gracious and patient hosts. Thank you very much you guys!!! They are an hour behind us, however, which bit us in the butt. Both kids were up at 5:30am since they don't adjust to the time change. Made for a really long day on Monday ... it was a tough ride back home. It was a lot of fun though and really great to see Eric and Ellen again. We really don't do that enough. Thanks again you guys!!!