Goodbye August

This last month went by SO FAST: trips to Utah and the Outer Banks, some firsts for Alaina, summer school for Liz, the daily grind, and the ups and downs of the cabin. To think that last year I spent half the month on bedrest. This year August has been so much more exciting. Here's some highlights:


Lainey's two front bottom teeth came in during our Utah trip.

Lizzie scribbled with crayons on in the inside of the van and it won't come off. I was so mad when I discovered it. We have never had a problem with Liz coloring on inappropriate surfaces before. When I asked her why she did it Liz said she didn't know she wasn't supposed to color on the armrest and Andrew thought that explanation sounded pretty reasonable. I was still pissed.

Laina crawls (more of a scoot) and gets into everything now. Yesterday she pulled the books of the shelves faster than Liz and I could stack them back up so we have entered a whole new chapter of baby proofing.

Some Lainey firsts: falling off the bed (twice), ride in a park swing, and eating a non-pureed apple (didn't last long). Alaina fell off the bed because I wasn't paying attention to her. I told Andrew about it the next day and within ten minutes of me telling him my story, Lainey fell off the bed during Drew's watch. She also had her first bloody nose (crawling mishap).