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Brandon

Jack

Jack finally got the ball in the hole!

Jack's first boat ride. Don't Brandon and Carter look a lot alike?

Brandon and his Aunt Courtney. He LOVES her and she's so good with the kids.

Jack (9 mo) and Brooke (15 mo)

My boys drink a lot together, lol

Just like Mommy and Daddy, they LOVE to read.

Jack is 9 months old

Jack celebrated 9 months on Wednesday. We had our well check the same day. He weighed 18lbs 9oz and was 27.5 inches long. I believe he was in the 25% for both. Dr. Wilke said he looked great. Typically there are no shots at the 9 month checkup, but we went ahead and got him the flu shot. We've been so sick this summer, and with Brandon going to preschool now and the odds of him bringing home all kinds of things, we thought it was a good idea. I was shocked that Jack didn't even cry during the shot. After, the nurse was squeezing his leg to see where he poked him, so he could put the band aid on, and Jack stuck out his little bottom lip, it was so sad, but no crying. He did destroy the paper on the exam table though, as you can see in the picture above.

Brandon had a rough day at preschool yesterday, it was hard on mommy, too. In the morning he said he didn't want to go and he's been telling me a lot about other kids crying, so of all days, I'm not too surprised it was yesterday that was hard for him. They had a PTC meeting in the morning, so I stayed at school after I dropped him off, and was able to peek on him in the window. B and Luke were really upset and I think they were both feeding off of each other. They both stayed the whole day but I'm worried about how next week will go. Jason and I are leaving for a trip to Vegas in the morning and I'll be coming back on Monday and I'm not sure if Brandon will want to even go to school on Tuesday when I've been gone all weekend. We'll have to play it by ear.

Pulling Up

Yay, he finally did it all by himself. Jack pulled up for the first time today. He's done it before but with a little help. This morning he did it three times in a row. Brandon and I clapped for him. Dr. Wilke said he should be pulling up by his 9 month appointment, which is on Wednesday, so we are just barely making it. He's also taking steps while holding hands. I think Brandon was doing these things a little bit sooner. Jack is also wanting to eat real table food. I keep trying him on stage 3 foods and it just makes him mad, but he'll eat little bits off of mine or Jason's plate.

Brandon is still doing great with his potty training. He's only pooped on the potty that one time this week, though. I love that he's telling me everytime he has to pee, it's great! He's even going potty when we are out and about. And he's waking up dry each time from naps and overnight!

Brandon's First Day of Preschool

Brandon had his first day of preschool on Tuesday, his second day was today. He did really well both days and, as far as I know, he didn't even cry. We talked a lot about the fact that I was leaving him there and he would stay with Luke and his teacher, so I think that he was okay with that. When the teacher walked him to my car she gave me a brief rundown of his day. Apparently Brandon and Luke were being rough with each other and they had to put the kids apart some of the day. Jackie called me later in the day and said that Luke went home with Brandon's cup and was wearing one of Brandon's pullups (the teacher labeled the kids name on them). We both were a little concerned that the teacher might have mixed the boys up. On Friday Luke had grabbed Brandon's name tag and put it on himself and the teacher's assistant called Luke by Brandon's name. Both Jackie and I walked the boys in to class again this morning to make sure the teachers knew which kid was which and they of course had a reason/excuse for everything. I, of course, don't mind Luke wearing Brandon's stuff but it doesn't make sense that they would have run out of diapers (which is what they said) for Luke. I know Jackie and she is ALWAYS prepared...plus I'm wondering if they didn't think she packed enough diapers, why didn't they tell her she needed to pack more? Anyway, that was about our only issue. I enjoyed my time with Jack, but was ready to pick my little monkey up. I'm really glad we decided to put him in school.

Aaaack!

Ok, so, I'm a little bit of a wreck. Tomorrow is Brandon's first day at preschool. He'll be going Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am until about 2pm. Jason and I went on Thursday night to meet his teacher and see his classroom. He is in a class of about 11 kids with only about 3 girls! Man, those teachers will have their hands full! On Friday we took Brandon to meet his teacher and for him to see his classroom. Brandon and Luke dominated the kitchen center and I tried to get them to meet some of their classmates. I'm not sure that any of the other kids know each other like Luke and B do. I guess I should have mentioned that they ARE in the same class afterall. I hope they can both listen to the teacher while they are at school. They tend to tune everyone and everything out when they are together. I've been telling Brandon that I'm taking him to school and that I'm going "bye bye". I asked him later if I was staying or going "bye bye" and he remembered that I was leaving but that he was staying, so hopefully he won't freak out tomorrow when he realizes that I've left, since only one of us need to be crying, lol. I'll post more about it tomorrow, hopefully about pictures.

In other Brandon news, he's been doing really well with potty training, at least the part that doesn't involve pooping in the potty, lol. We ran a bunch of errands yesterday and he was wearing a pullup. On our way home he said, "Mommy, I need to go potty!" and he was really, really trying to hold it, it was obvious. We were still about 10 minutes from home and I told him it was okay if he really couldn't wait since he was wearing a pullup but I could tell he didn't want to pee in it, although he eventually did. Then today he wore underwear all day and was actually telling me every time he needed to go! Huge improvement!! Now if we can just figure out the poop thing! I spoke to his teacher and she said to bring him in to school in a pullup. I'm crossing my fingers that something will click with him there. It seemed like most of the class was potty trained at orientation.

Mr. Jack is doing great. We felt like we were out with a celebrity with him yesterday. He got a bunch of attention while we waited for a table at a restaurant yesterday. This one lady kept telling me how adorable he was and that he should be in commercials, lol. Jason wasn't in earshot for that comment so she had to tell us again when she left the restaurant. I love that other people think he's as cute as I do ;) He's also close to saying his first word: "backpack"! I swear! I must sing wayyyy too much Dora if he's saying that before "mama" or "dada", lol.

Annnd, I finally finished the Twilight series. Ah, it was soooo good! I even cried at the end, I think I'm gonna re-read the whole saga. Soooo good!

Jack's First Hair Cut

the haircut makes the man ;)

getting ready (see brandon behind him). check out his poofy *before* hair-do


during

all done!
my sweet boy!

look at those eyes!

Well, I did it. I cut his beautiful hair! It looks so nice, I'm glad I went ahead and did it. It was just getting too poofy on top and a little long around the ears. He was great and only fussed when she trimmed around his ears. Jack turned the little steering wheel and watched Little Einsteins, he was great! They gave us a little card with his little curls and a picture to put in his baby book.

Brandon got his hair cut, too, he was good as always!

New Moon

Okay, about halfway thru New Moon now. I'm really enjoying it! Carla is STILL reading Twilight. Can you believe she actually told me today that if I really love her I'll wait for her to catch up?!?! Sheesh!

I also wanted to say that Brandon is so incredibly excited about starting preschool. He talks about it everyday! We are gonna try to get his haircut tomorrow so he looks "fresh" on his first day. He was upset that we couldn't get it done today cause he said he wanted to tell his teacher about it LOL, he's too cute! I think I'm gonna get Jack's hair trimmed, too, I'm still not totally decided. If I do get his hair cut I'll be sure to bring the camera!