Bathtime

Tonight PJ wanted to do everything himself. After we finished dinner, I said it was time for a bath. I started the bath water and then went to let Cheyenne outside. PJ was with me and so we chatted about getting undressed and getting in the tub. Well before I could say anything more, PJ took a left into the bathroom and right into the tub! All of his clothes and his poopy diaper!

Rain Boots

The rain has started in the Pacific Nortwest.  PJ finally gets to wear his super cool fire truck rain boots his Auntie Amanda gifted him.  I love this picture because it also captures how difficult it is to get PJ to look at the camera, but with Daddy's help we got a picture of PJ's cute face and his cute boots!

Going Away Party

Tonight we went to a little shindig to send off some friends we made this last year through Eastlake Church. It was nice to see them one last time before they head out of Seattle. PJ took advantage of the swanky place that we met at and enjoyed some calamari. I love him so much, he is such a good eater right now.

Sunday with G-ma

Today we had to spend most of the day out of the house, due to our open house. To keep our little man happy and occupied we started with a visit to see some ducks. Our first stop of the day was a success! PJ loved the ducks, and even better that G-ma was with us. We also went to church, dim sum, city walk, and Third Place Books. The book store even had a little performing arts show with some local Bollywood dancers of all ages. A fun Sunday!

Timeout Square

PJ is starting to hit out of frustration and lack of words. We have started timeouts. At first we would pick him up and run him to the crib. At about day 3, PJ has started thinking it is fun to go to the crib. So, now we have a more immediate location, a square blanket close to wherever we are at. It's been really funny seeing PJ try to take control of timeout. I managed to get one photo, from at least 20 visits to the square!

Fun Friday

PJ, G-Ma and I had a fun day! We spent some time together at the Everett Children's Museum and played a bunch at home. The museum was awesome! PJ had a great time pretending to drive a bus, played trains, flew on a pretend airplane, and slid on a fire truck slide. A totally fun place.





PJ's latest new word is apple. This afternoon he carried an apple around everywhere he went. When we sat down for dinner he was still holding it. Although PJ never ate much from it, he held the apple close to him.

G-Ma to the Rescue

While I am out of town, Ry has been getting the house ready to be put on the market by Friday, PJ is super sick with an ear infection and hand/foot/mouth disease, we have plans to go to Colorado for the weekend, and Ry just got a big project at work.  So with all that on Ry's plate, it was best to ask for some help.   PJ lots of hugs and extra attention when he is sick, he goes from happy to sad to happy again all in about 5 minutes.  You can feel like you have been on quite a roller coaster by the end of the day, so G's help was perfect timing.  G-Ma showed up early Wednesday afternoon and from what I hear Ry has been super productive with the house stuff and work, while G-Ma handled PJ.
Thanks G!  See you guys soon!

Sick and a Daycare Moment

Today PJ had to be picked up early due to a high fever, and was taken straight to the doctor.  Either PJ has a fever due to his right inner ear being swollen or turns out a lot of the kiddos have Hand/Foot/Mouth disease at daycare.  PJ has to take amoxocilin for the next ten days and we pray that in the next couple days he doesn't show any signs for hand, foot or mouth rashes.  Apparently those symptoms may take a couple days to show up. 
I doubt Ry will be able to share a picture tonight, he has his hands full!  Instead here is a sweet moment PJ's teacher shared with us about their day yesterday.

While on the changing table today Porter had put his hands together in the same hand motion we use to start our fingerplay song "Slippery Fish". Porter's teacher asked him if he wanted to sing "Slippery Fish" and Porter shook his head "yes". While Porter's teacher sang the song, Porter did all of the correct hand motions for all four verses with different animals in each verse. When the song ended Porter's teacher started to clap and said "Yay Porter" and Porter lifted both hands and said "Hurray".

FaceTime with 4 Legged Baby

This evening I got to FaceTime with Ry but it was too late to see PJ. Instead I got to see my furry baby. All is well at the home front, but I sure miss everyone already.

Showing Off the New Haircut

Since I am out of town all week, Ry is sending me regular pictures from home.  Its not fun being on the road without my boys, but the pictures help.  Today I got a picture of our handsome little boy, looking much more like a boy and less like a baby with his new haircut.