The Days of our Lives: 2/1/11

Whew! It's been another long while since my last post. I have to say though, it takes FOREVER to load these pics and vids on lately. I have no idea why. Hopefully it will fix itself :)

We've had lots of visitors lately. Mary Rose and Carey came to visit us for awhile at the end of January and Tom and Deb visited us just last week. We played and played and played the whole time. The kids had a blast and so did we. Seth and I took a short trip to Disney while we had a couple of babysitters on hand. We had fun at Epcot and then stayed the night and went to Hollywood Studios the next day before heading home. We also had a chance to have a dinner out on Valentine's Day which was nice (took advantage of more babysitters!). We frequented the Play Plus for Kole while we had a month pass and he had a blast playing with the toys but mainly the trains. We ended up picking up a nice train table with a load of wooden tracks from craigslist a few weeks ago and Kole is in seventh heaven!! I am happy the tracks and trains are off the floor. It's pretty tight in the living area but it will be fine for now. Having said that....I ended up picking up ANOTHER train table at the Goodwill for $6.99. I figured I could at least sell it and make money (we paid $75 for the other one with the tracks) since it was pretty solid and in good condition. So, now we have TWO train tables in our living room :) Secretly, it would be nice to keep both so we can use them down the road when we have a larger place to live. It would be GREAT to do crafts at or other games, especially the new one since it's an octogon shape and there is space for a bunch of kids to play at it. We'll see.....

Needless to say, Kole is busy with his trains. Living and breathing Thomas and Friends. Talking up a storm and repeating things lately. Also, calling us by our first names! Cute at first, but need to nip that in the bud quickly :)

Sydney is also doing great. She had her 9 month checkup the other day. Poor Buttercup is in the 3rd percentile for weight and height. *sigh* She IS healthy though so nothing to worry about. She's the size of a 4 or 5 month old. She's growing with the curve, just not with the other girls her age. She's doing the things a normal 9 month old should be doing like, sitting on her own, waving, clapping, babbling using consantants (dadada), and best of all FINALLY EATING SOLID FOOD!!!!! She had SUCH a hard time with this for several months. She would NOT swallow her food. She'd gag on it and spit it right out regardless of what it was. I called the dr. and asked for help and they told me to do a couple of things and it helped just a little. I was at my wit's end when one day, she just decided to open up her mouth, take in her bananas, and swallow them up. She ate an entire container of bananas in one sitting!!! The dr. said that she must have not been developmentally ready for the solid before but obviously is now. YAY! She hates her cereal but will eat some veggies and of course fruit. She's also a fan of yogurt. I've been trying to give her "puffs" but we are still working on that :) Sydney received a new baby kitchen set for her first birthday (early gift) from Nana and Papa. She LOVES it!!! She sits at it and bangs the food together and laughs.

Seth went fishing this past weekend to a place called Mosquito Lagoon. He caught a nice looking red fish. He went with a new customer of one of his salesmen in canoes. Guess who wants to chain a canoe out on our patio now? It's bad enough I have a fishing cart in my kitchen...

Well, I guess that's all to report for now. I'll do my best to post more vids but something must be wrong; it's taking hours to upload and there is an error message. *sigh*

Enjoy what I have here :)

Seth and his redfish in Mosquito Lagoon