August Wrap Up

August turned out to be a busy month...and in my running from one thing to the next I keep finding myself without my camera (or leaving it at birthday parties and not having it for a few days...oops!). So here are some highlights:

Matthew

• He sprouted 2 teeth! Two weeks ago I caught a glimpse of two little buds on the bottom and within a day or so they had popped through. It caught me by surprise bc it was earlier than Nate's first tooth but also because he didn't go through all of the build up that Nate did. There wasn't a month of excessive drooling and fussiness beforehand...they just showed up. HOWEVER, now that those have broken through, he has now entered in to the drool-y and fussy stage...not sure why the next one is bothering him more!? Thank goodness for teething tablets...they really seem to work.
• He is trying really hard to roll over...he has done it a couple of times but it still isn't something he is doing regularly. And always from back to front...
• As of Monday, he has moved to a 4 hr schedule - he is drinking between 6.5 - 8 oz 4 times a day now...it is nice. I think I may start cereal soon...I have been holding off but he is clearly ready...he would eat my food if I let him...
  

Nate

• He had his first day of Pre-school on Monday! I think he was excited to be around kids again. I was nervous because I was traveling for work the day of the classroom orientation so he had never been to the school before or met his teacher...but the great thing about him having been in daycare is that he knows the drill. I walked him to his class room on the first day and he met his teacher and then made a bee-line for the toys. I got his stuff situated and then went to say goodbye and he looked at me and said "good-bye mommy" and went back to playing. I was happy he was comfortable right off the bat! First week is down and he told me he had fun every day...he told Haley (the new nanny), as he was going down for a nap today, that "school wore him out"...ha!
  

Sadly....I left my camera at Amanda's birthday party last weekend so I didn't have it on his first day of school (and my backup little camera had dead batteries :( )...it was very sad for me...i did get a cute Flip video so if I can figure out how to post it I will do so...

• He had his first dentist appt and did great. We read a book about Pirates and there is a line about Pirates not brushing and having green teeth so he is always very concerned about his teeth staying white...so he was actually excited when I told him that the dentist was going to 'make his teeth shiny'! He jumped right up in to the chair and let the dentist check out his teeth...he did want to sit in my lap for the actual cleaning though but he sat there with his mouth wide open for the whole thing. Great job buddy! (Thank goodness for the Pediatric Dentistry trend - they make it seem like fun to go to the dentist...video games, tv's on the ceiling, LOTS of toys...Nate didn't want to leave!)

Those were the highlights...we also spent a weekend in Knoxville and NC (in one weekend); had a visit from Grandpa Dale and celebrated Amanda's birthday (in one weekend)...we have just been going non-stop this summer. It looks like things may slow to a nice Autumn pace after this holiday weekend...looking forward to fall!