Lyla has been doing so well sitting up we finally let her start sitting up in the big bath without her normal baby sling seat. She looked a little confused at first, but then really loved it. Much easier to splash and play in this new position. And even more exciting.. daddy can give her baths now! (Jeff won't bathe the kids until they can sit up on their own. He's afraid something crazy will happen and someone will get hurt. Plus he likes to play and make a big mess... much more fun now that she can sit up!)

All clean!

I loathe potty training. I think it's gross. Toilets are gross. "Potty Chairs" are even grosser. Diapers don't bother me at all... I'd much rather change a diaper than go through potty training with all the accidents and such. So I like to avoid such things until absolutely necessary. I didn't even start thinking about potty training Brodey until after he had turned three... and only then because of all the peer pressure from my friends! He wasn't so bad... a few accidents, a few poopy underwears (which I threw away... no way I was cleaning that out), all together took about a week before I would take him out of the house in underwear and not worry about an accident.

Brock came to me Monday morning with a pair of Brodey's underwear wanting to wear them. I let him, only because I figured it would make me a bad parent if I discouraged potty training, but was already thinking about the puddle I would be cleaning up before 10am. Much to my surprise he went all day with only one (very small) accident! And that happened while he was washing his hands in the bathroom... warm water on the hands equals peeps in the pants. He even stayed dry during his nap!

Tuesday morning he woke up dry and used the potty all day... no accidents.

Wednesday morning: dry. No accidents.

Today: dry. No accidents so far.

Did Brock potty train himself??

I realize we will probably have a few accidents here and there (maybe??), but I think it's safe to say that Brock is officially potty trained! Yay Brock!!

Today was Lyla's 6 month well check.. here she is waiting patiently for the doctor...

(side note, Brock turned the lights off on me AGAIN while waiting for the doctor)

Looks like she might know what's coming...

4 months ago at her 2 month well check.
And her stats:
Weight: 16 lbs (55th %tile)
Height: 26 3/4 inches (75th %tile)

Brodey at 6 months:
Weight: 20 lbs
Height: 28 inches

Here she is when we got home... such a trouper!

(Megan... thanks for this outfit too!!)

I love Georgia! One weekend it's snowing... the next, 80 degrees!

We have been having so much fun playing outside. Lyla has a new fascination with her toes.

Look at the right ones...

Look at the left ones... repeat several times.
Best buddies

Lyla is 6 months old today! It feels like I just did a post about her being 5 months! I hope the next 6 months don't pass as fast as these first 6.

Next week she has her 6 month well check and 6 month pictures... I will have much more to update then.

We had so much fun playing in the snow yesterday! Unfortunately it took us 47 hours to get all of our kids dressed warm enough and by the time we got outside the big fluffy pretty flakes had turned into heavy, very wet, sleet-ish snow. So we got very wet!

Here's Lyla in her first snow! (yep, that's Brodey's old MN Gophers hat. Hopefully she'll forgive me for making her look like a boy)

I love Brock in this picture. He didn't even complain that his hat was over his eyes!

Our dog Sadie got out Saturday morning and went for a little run around the neighborhood. She's not one to run away and usually just stays right around the house and will scratch on the door when she's ready to come in. This time she went a bit further, out to the busier road close to our house. A nice couple saw her laying on the side of the road and thought she had been hit by a car so they took her to an Animal Hospital. Then they went door to door in our neighborhood with a picture of her trying to find her owners. Unfortunately by the time they got to us the Animal Hospital had closed for the weekend and we couldn't get her back or know if she was okay until this morning! She was fine, it's likely she just laid down and took a nap on the side of the road... her poor judgement on napping location cost us $220! Oh well... we are happy to have her back and glad she's not hurt. The boys missed her so much over the weekend!

***side note: While I was posting this Brodey ran over to me upset because his gum fell out of his mouth and Sadie ate it. A couple of minutes later he came back with it back in his mouth! He said, "She dropped it so I grabbed it weal (real) quick and ate it!" Gross.