First I would like to apologize for taking so long to between entries. We have hit a few milestones in the last 3 months.
Brian did get potty trained enough to go to school. Lucas started a week before Brian just because preschool started a week later. We told him he couldn't go to school unless he had not had any "accidents" for a whole week. The first day Lucas went to school and Brian didn't was when he started going to the bathroom. He loves school and has done very well (as long as he is not overtired.)
Lucas has done very well in school so far this year. He is a little more settled this year that he was last year. So far he has made a 100% on all of his spelling test. We just got his progress report Friday. Fortunately, he has the same teacher this year as last.
Lucas and Brian have done very well with Cara. They both jump anytime I asked either of them to do anything for her. They can't seem to get enough of her.
We had a open house for Cara. We had about a lot more people come than I thought would. Two weeks later we had a birthday party for her. We only had a few people come, but we still wanted to celebrate it for her. At her 12 month appointment she weighed 18.5 lbs and was 29 inches long. So she gained 2 lbs and grew 2 inches in three months. She still is in 9 month clothes. She now has 1 tooth that has come through the gums. She has at least 2 more trying to come through. She has started taking steps too. My mom was here the first time she walked on her own. She took 3 steps. Now she is to the point where she will try to walk on her own without us prompting her to. She no longer will eat baby food. She loves food and drink. Today we took the kids to McDonald's. Every time she wanted a drink, she would push her face forward and grunt. She is saying mama, dada, and nana. Last Friday, I bought her a full size crib. She certainly would not have gotten to heavy for the portable crib she had. Every time I go in to check on her when she is sleeping,she would always be cross ways in the crib and seemed to be cramped. She is still has such a pleasant personality and is constantly doing something to make us smile and laugh.
This was the first year we took the kids trick or treating. The boys dressing up as the black spider man. Cara wore a orange and white striped outfit with face on the feet. The boys were so excited that they pretty much ran from door to door. We only went to 3 neighborhoods. They got about a third of a bag each. We put Cara in the stroller, which she really liked.
Thanksgiving went well. We had dinner about 1pm, cleaned up and played games afterward. It was sort of uneventful.
Tomorrow I will post some pictures. Now that I have my new computer and scanner set up, I have plenty to post.
This is what happens when you go head on into a door frame, when you are running in the house.
As I thought about posting this, it reminded me of this picture taken in August 2006. This is what happens when you run with train tracks.
