Off to Kindergarten

Well, my little boy started school today. He was very excited to meet new people and start something new. He was not nervous in the least. Mom, however, was not so calm. I did cry a little, but not until I got home from dropping him off. He was so excited telling me all about his day. You could definitely tell he'd been sitting still most of the day. He did not stop moving for like 10 min as he told me everything.
Sam: "We had art class today. But, we just talked about rules. They should call it rule class."

Our Summer Vacation - Inlet Beach, FL

We enjoyed a 9 day trip to Inlet Beach for a family wedding. We rented a big house w/ Kiki, Poppy and all the Kennedys. We enjoyed mornings at the beach,naps midday, afternoons at the pool, Wii in the evenings and baths in the "washing machine." One highlight of the week was going on a pirate cruise. The week ended with Heather and Scotts' beautiful wedding on the beach.

The kids loved the beach. Unfortunately, due to her nap schedule and not feeling her best that week, Clara only got to go to the beach once. But she mostly just ate sand anyway!

There are a ton of pics here. And I lost my patience with Blogger, so they are in random order. But, hey, that seems to be the theme of our life right now, "random order" :)

Theres nothing like a good nap on the porch

"The washing machine"

Ollie made a special connection with "Knuckle Jeff"

Enjoying popcorn and a movie

"Help! Get me out of here"

Clara at 9 Months

Well, I am late again. But, at least I am doing it. Which is pretty good for the 3rd child, right?

Clara is such a joy. She is a happy girl. Although, she is definately not too keen on people she does not see on a daily basis. Needs a little time to warm up. Favorite place to be is in mommy's arms. She is crawling everywhere, pulling up alot and cruising a little. She had absolutely no teeth at 8 months, and now has 5 teeth coming in at various stages! She weighs 18 lb 8 oz (50%) and is 29" long (90%).
We left for our vacation to the beach the day she turned 9 months. She did great for the 15 hr drive there and back. But...she started running really high fevers toward the end of our trip. Her temps got up to 105.1 at its highest. But, she had absolutely no other symptoms. They discovered she has a urinary tract infection. She started on an antibiotic and has had no more fever, thank goodness. But, that was her first "sick visit" to the doctor in her whole life so far. Not bad.

Clara at 8 Months

Well, I am a little late on this but here are Clara's eight month stats...

Crawling: Everywhere

Pulling up: Like crazy

Smiles: All the time

Stranger Anxiety: Beginning

Teeth: 0

Clapping: check

Talking: lots of different sounds

Ollie on the Mend

Ollie did really well with his cast. It did not slow him down in the least, he was running on it!!But, got his cast off this past Tuesday. He was not too sure about the cast saw, but regardless he sat still and let them do their work. The doctor said it had healed nicely. They did tell us to keep him off of playground equipment, slides, etc for 2 weeks. Initially, Ollie did not want anyone to touch his leg and it took him a day and a half before he started to walk on it. And now he is limping around, but they said he would do that and its normal.

His class made him this card while he was out of school for a few days when it first happened

Enjoying Mayfest from his stroller

Before

After

We set up his big boy bed last night and he did AWESOME his first night in it!!!

Clara at 7 Months

Clara is doing awesome! She turned 7 months on May 23rd. She is getting more and more mobile by the day! She mastered sitting just after she turned 6 months and within days of that she was already getting herself into and out of sitting. Then she moved on to crawling. Sometimes on her elbows and knees and sometimes on her hands and feet like a bear crawl. We decided it was time to move the crib to its lowest setting. Who knows what she'll do next.
She is sleeping through the night like a champ and is still a very sweet and happy baby unless she is tired or hungry (like most of us). She is just growing too darn fast!

No more sittin' in the chair for this one

And now the owl is under attack!

I found her in the crib like this the other day. Looks painful to me!

Ollie Update

Well, we went to see Dr. Gray, the orthopedic doctor, this morning. He was very nice and spent a lot of time with us, showed us the x-rays again and even put the cast on himself since Ollie was being such a cooperative patient. He said its a pretty clean break and even though its near the growth plate there is less than a 1% chance of him having any growth problems from this. He is in a long leg cast and will keep it on for a month. We have to keep him off of it through this weekend, but after that he can walk on it if he wants to. They will do repeat x-rays after the cast comes off to check the healing and then probably do some more in 6 months to a year to make sure there are not any problems. Ollie did GREAT!! He just laid still on the exam table and didn't make a peep or a wiggle while they removed the splint, examined his leg and put the cast on. He's definitely our tough guy! We are going to try taking him to school on Wednesday. When we dropped Sam off on Monday, he came in with us. He cried when we left cause he wanted to stay with his friends and teachers. I guess that's a good thing??