Things are growing

The boys and the garden are all growing good. Danny is my little gardener and loves coming outside to look at the plants. He has finally grasped the concept that not every plant will grow strawberries. For the longest time he would point at each plant and say "this grow little strawbies on it." Kyle has mastered the art of rolling from his back on to his tummy. He spends most of his time on his tummy now maybe because he forgot how to roll back the other way, but he is usually happy so it won't be long before he is a very mobile little guy. 

So far this summer we have gone swimming a few times and Danny likes the water but is a little nervous and kind of clingy when we first get there. Kyle is ok with swimming and he doesn't even get too upset when he gets splashed in the face by his brother. Hopefully by the end of the summer Danny will be brave enough to go down the slides. 

Carrie is getting married in a few weeks and we have been pretty busy with that. I can't believe she is old enough to be getting married, then again I can't believe I have two kids sometimes. Time keeps moving forward. 

FYI: this year I planted carrots, green onion, peas, tomatoes, cucumber, red bell pepper, Anaheim pepper, cilantro, a yellow squash, and a zucchini. The carrots and green onion haven't come up very strong, but the peas are doing great and we have started harvesting some already ( I don't think any have lasted longer than five minutes from when we picked them because Danny likes them so much).

Sleeping through the night

I always hated getting the question "is your baby sleeping through the night?" I never know what people mean by that. I think a better question would be "How are you sleeping?" Or "How is your baby sleeping?" Or even "Are you getting enough sleep?" Maybe I just didn't like that people take this sleeping through the night thing as a milestone like rolling over that they can brag their child is doing at such an early age. With Danny I don't think I wanted to try to sleep train him to get rid of his night time feeding. Getting up to feed him was a time I got to cuddle and be just me and him because I was working full time. I'm sure if I had been too exhausted to function I would have done things differently, but it worked for me and I didn't mind being up in the middle of the night for a little bit with him.

That being said last night was Kyle's first time sleeping through the night by my definition which is: he went to bed at or before the time I did and when he woke up to eat I didn't go back to bed for more sleep after feeding him. So he slept probably for 8 or 9 hours. It was great. Kyle has been a very good natured and mellow kid and he takes quite a bit of rough playing from Danny who doesn't seem to understand the concept of being soft or careful with him.

Jon finished up his student teaching last Friday and he is now applying for jobs. There is a pretty promising looking job up at East High School in SLC, so we'll see if anything comes of that. He has graduation in about a week and a half and I think he is excited to be finishing college.

Danny just went downstairs, so I better make sure he isn't getting in to anything he shouldn't.

Baby coming

I'm trying my first blog post on my phone. I woke up this morning and found out that my sister-in-law Julia had gone to the hospital because her water broke. They were down visiting for a baby shower and I guess the little one decided he wanted to be born. Jon and I are now watching Lexi, Lily, and Kyle. My mom went up to the Rootstech geneology conference for a little bit and my dad needed to go to the cabin for a bit, so he took Danny with him. This has given Lexi and Lily a chance to bond with Kyle. I think they are going to like having a new brother. 

We took rides around the house in the strollers for a little bit to help entertain the girls. 

Cousin bonding. Kyle has been super happy today; I think he is excited for his new cousin to be born. 

This weekend is turning out different than I expected, but it has been exciting. I can't wait to see what my new little nephew will look like.