Milestones

Olivia is one month old! She is actually almost 2 months old. I started this post 3 weeks ago and am just now getting the pictures on to finish it.

Charlie is losing teeth! His sentiments about it: "I don't want my new teeth to grow in. I like how it looks with my front teeth missing."

Frankie is done wearing diapers! After many attempts and forms of persuasion, Frankie finally switched to underwear shortly after Olivia was born....sometimes that is all he wears. The other day I had to convince him to go back and get clothes when he tried to go to the park wearing nothing but underwear and cowboy boots. He is very proud of his accomplishment and frequently tells us that he is "a big boy" and "so proud." The sticker chart below finally seemed to do the trick - although getting through that first row of 5 times using the potty took a good 2 weeks. By the end, he got 5 in one day. The only drawback was that between a baby who spits up constantly and potty training accidents (which have pretty much stopped) my laundry load feels like it has tripled. We were playing catch phrase the other day, and Elena's clue was "Mom does this all day long every day and is still never done." The immediate guesses where cleaning, nursing the baby and laundry. It was laundry, but all 3 were good choices :)

Elena has reached baby-sitting age! She has started her first official job as a "Mother's helper" for a mom who recently had a baby. Elena helps watch her 2 and 4 year-olds a few hours a day so Mom can focus on the baby. The fun part it that the mom used to be Elena's babysitter. How quickly things turn around! She also gets in lots of babysitting experience at home with her younger siblings!

Sam can hold a can between his shoulder blades! That's probably not a milestone, but I couldn't leave him out and we recently discovered this fact when he was showing our neighbor how his shoulder blades can stick out like a set of chicken wings on his back. The neighbor's brother used to crush cans with his shoulder blades so we gave it a shot. In other news, Sam's baseball team took 2nd place in their tournament this year....on an intensely hot summer day - at a field with absolutely no shade. It was fun to watch them play, but a little tricky to make sure we kept Olivia cool so I didn't get a chance to take any good pictures.

Seth's helping deliver babies! You can read the article here. He's be a first responder less than 6 months and already had a call (probably his last) that a baby was being born in town. He made it there in 3 minutes and barely had time to get the baby kit open and ready for the new little guy.