It's Potty Time!

This has been a fun week. Yesterday we took Owen (and evan!) to the Early Works Museum with cousin Lauren. They get along soooo well, they take after their mamas. They will be laughing hysterically over nothing in no time at all. They got to build things with blocks. play with ducks in a giant tub of water, and make pretend food in the most gigantic and heavy (DANGEROUS!) cast iron skillets and bowls. It was a nice day and I look forward to getting them together again soon. 

In other news, Owen started potty training himself last Saturday! This is something he is doing completely on his own terms. He started saying "go pee pee" and the rest is history. Starbuck took him to the bathroom, he sat down on his potty and did what he needed to do. He's done it several times a day since then. We never ask him if he needs to go, he tells us. Apparently he thinks potty training before 2 is the thing to do. 

For the last several days Owen has been asking about New Orleans. Apparently he had a great time the last time we were there. We are due for another trip so we may just grant his wish and head there next week. 

First we have to get through this weekend. We are attempting to have a yard sale Saturday morning. We'll see how well that goes, with us having to get up at the crack of dawn...

Wow, it's been a long time! I'm going to try, yet again, to keep up with this thing. 

We did indeed have a baby and HE is a beautiful baby boy! I will try to write up Evan's birth story in the very near future but for the moment, I will talk about what the boys are up to these days. 

Evan is now almost 2.5 months old, where has the time gone?!  He rolled over for the first time (from tummy to back) the day before he turned 2 months. He has been smiling since 3 weeks and is trying really hard to reach for things.  He has a great punch and is good at knocking things around on his playmats. 

Owen is still as charming as ever. Last week he started his first Art and gym classes. He made a rainmaker and a Papa G replica in art class and got to climb like a monkey in gym class. He now knows all of his shapes, even the tricky ones like pentagon and octagon. 

We spent father's day weekend in North Alabama with mimi and papa. We took the boys to Russell Cave (Russell Cabes in Owen-speak) in Bridgeport and got them some National Park Passports, which we hope to fill up with stamps over the years. 

Today Anna and her mom drove up to visit. She's visiting her family in south alabama for the week...it was so nice to see them for a little while, i miss her sooo much!

I'm really, really going to try to start working on this blog more frequently so I can actually share it with family and make it worth stopping by!