In use

And last night we had 7 (other!) kids in the yard!

Shopping at class

Nate can now use some push toys..

Unobservant Mommy

Nate has a tooth! It just broke through. I had thought he was teething but ALWAYS think he is teething when he doesn't sleep well. This time I was right. It is his lower left front tooth.

Hopefully he can sleep more than 2 hours straight tonight.

10 Month Update (late)

oh Boy! We have a climber. Nate can climb stairs and onto (low) chairs. He can also get to tiptoe when his hands are supported by something (leaning on a couch, for example).

* Nate crawls super fast, cruises fast and pulls to standing and sits with ease. On grass he can stand for a few seconds, but he isn't so good on regular floors.Strangely, he doesn't really walk when you hold his fingers like many kids.

* Still babbling quite a bit, and still loves his pacifier.

* Nate definitely is reacting to milk products. He has had a number of reactions so he won't be getting any dairy products for a few more months. None of the reactions have been severe- a dose of benadryl completely stops it. It is scary and certainly a nuisance. We obviously hope this is his only allergy (sometimes kids have many) and he outgrows in quickly.

* He eats solids at all 3 meals - approximately 2 jars of baby food at lunch/dinner and 1 at breakfast plus a lot of puffs. We also give some finger foods - he really likes avocado.

* Diaper changes are nearly impossible. He is So squirmy it is unbelievable.

*Still no teeth...

* He is napping 2x a day, for about 60-90 minutes or so. He goes done reasonably well, but not without some fuss.

* He night sleeping isn't good. He goes down very easily, but wakes a lot.

* Nate waves good-bye and sometimes hello. He also waves when he hears the word good-bye. He puts up his hand for "high-five."

* Nate likes peek-a-boo and to be tickled.

Sandbox!

With some advice from Grandpa Pete, Jack & Steve finished the sandbox yesterday!

SandBox built for 2 (or 3, 4, 5...)

Steve decided that he wanted to build the boys a bigger sandbox - both enjoy them immensely but our little frog wasn't quite big enough for 2.

Thanks to bob vila online, we now have a completed sandbox with paint drying in our garage.

This is early progress...more when it is set up in place.



For those that care, it is 4 by 6.

Love that Dirty Water...

No clean water + 2 sick kids in diapers + 90 degree weather + small building (sandbox - more later) project = lots and lots of purell!

So, as of Saturday afternoon we haven't had potable water. We have water pressure and can shower (kids sponge bathe). We are choosing to listen to the websites (state DEP) that say it is safe to use the sanitizing cycle on the dishwasher and ignore those sites that say it isn't safe. The kids plates don't go in this cycle - too hot - so we are really on risking ourselves. Basically we have clean(ish) pond water coming through the taps. I figure if I would eat after swimming in a pond without washing my hands (which I have done innumerable times) we will be fine. For dinner we went to a restaurant 2 towns over, where there is no boil water order.

We are not sure why people are fighting for bottled water at stores, boiling works perfectly well. That said, I had to go to our local Stop & Shop yesterday and they did have bottled, so I bought a case. I didn't see any stress among shoppers even though the water was coming out slowly from the back.

They are now saying we should have water in 24-48 hours - let's hope - as that is when Steve leaves for Brussels.

(If you don't get the post title - here "Dirty Water"