Labor Day Weekend

Ada on her one-month birthday. As you can see, we started her on the passy.


Ada a couple days later. She's getting very strong. She can look all around.

We went to Boomsday Sunday afternoon. It was a total bust for us. Josephine and Naomi didn't want to do anything (the inflatables were way too hot to play on) and everything cost money. But I did get some pictures from the tiny petting zoo. We watched the fireworks on TV Sunday night, which Josephine enjoyed. She heard "Rocky Top" and she said, "The Lady Vols song!". : )


The petting zoo at Boomsday. The goats really liked Nathan. They kept jumping up on him. Josephine wasn't too thrilled.


Notice the black goat behind Nathan? It kept headbutting Nathan in the rear. It was really funny.

On Labor Day, Nathan and I took the girls to New Harvest Park. We realized that we should have gone to the playground on Sunday instead of Boomsday! Josephine had a really good time. Ada either slept or drank a bottle the whole time.


Josephine playing in the fountains at New Harvest Park on Labor Day.


Josephine is usually too standoffish to play in the water. This she actually got wet! I was thrilled!


Josephine doing her favorite thing -- swinging.


She would swing all day long if we'd let her.


Josephine using the water gun.


Updates:

Ada is growing like a weed. She is so long! I need to measure her and see how long she is now. She is such a good baby. She is still sleeping a majority of the day, probably 18 hours at the least. She'll stay awake for 2-3 hours in the morning, sleep all afternoon, stay awake for 2-3 hours after dinner, sleep for 6-7 hours, eat, then sleep for a few more hours, eat, take a nap, then up for the morning. Nights are going pretty well. She usually sleeps for a 6-7 hour stretch at night, which is much longer than Josephine ever slept. It was a miracle if she would sleep 4 hours at a time. Once Ada stops growing so quickly, the night sleep patterns may change.

Ada is full of smiles these days. She smiles the most at Josephine and Nathan (and looks for them). She's starting to talk a little too. Here are some videos of Ada smiling.

Josephine reached an academic milestone this past week -- she can spell her name! She can't write it, but she can tell you how to spell it. I made up a song when she was an infant that spells her name, so she learned the spelling from that. She can also spell Ada's name and NaNa's.

We're having quite a time potty training these days. She has the muscle control for daytime at least, but she doesn't want to poop on the potty for some reason. She will only poop in a diaper. Even then it is difficult to get her to go. She'll hold it in for days. :( Jo had an ear infection this week, we asked her doctor about the potty training while we were there, and her doctor suggested giving her stool softeners so it would make it easier for her to go. We'll probably start those tomorrow.

Josephine started choir in Grannie Ratch's class last Wednesday night. Josephine loved it. She also has a Mission Friend's class after choir which she enjoyed just as much. She's a little younger than her classmates, but she seemed to do just fine. We'll be going every Wednesday from now on.

Good news about Nathan -- the pain in his abdomen is gone! We assume that the Prednisone (sp?) took care of it, which means that the pain was most likely caused by eosinophilic esophogitis, which is a bacteria in your digestive track that isn't supposed to be there. If the pain does come back, then we will call the doctor and set up another test. It's been almost a week, so keep your fingers crossed.