Wow - Post Number 300

I can't believe I have posted 300 times. So fall is coming on round our part of the country. And for Fresno, it is short and quick. But so nice. We are having days of 70's and 80's. Sun. Wind. Nice!!


Tara and her fam was here and left last Tuesday. It was a really nice visit. Teagan stayed the night at my house a couple of times. Here she is loving on her cousin. She really likes Lowan and wants to spend a lot of time with him. She was so cute and if I was leaving she would say she hadn't spent much time with Lowan and could we stay longer. She is turning into such a mature girl, it amazes and shocks me!


And here are those two sweet boys. This time Aidan didn't roll over and kick Lowan in the face (he did when I took a very similar picture in Alaska over the summer). Besides, Lowan might just grab him back if Aidan did. Lowan has grown so much since the last time they were together that he was equally interested in Aidan. Soon they will be running and playing together. Probably by the next visit.


We took a trip to the local pumpkin patch and corn maze. Unfortunately, we got out kind of late and it was kind of cold. And so we only made it about a quarter of the way through the maze before most of us (mainly my portion of the family: Kyle, Lowan and I) got too tired and needed to go home. It was also pretty cold and windy, Lowan ended up under several blankets. And, we only had one stroller. I guess there was some poor planning going on, but it was a good time any how. I should post pictures of the decorated pumpkins, Teagan did them up!!


So, most mornings I plop Lowan in bed with Kyle after he wakes up (or after I wake him up) and they lay together while I finish getting ready for school or work. They play for awhile, and then Lowan goes back to bed for his first morning nap. We have a kind of weird nap schedule that includes several short naps instead of a couple of long naps. We keep trying to work on it, but Lowan likes to cat nap and he gets fussy if we try to keep him up to consolidate naps. Anyways, on this particular morning, they were playing for awhile. Then I realized it had gotten awfully quiet in the bedroom. I think I was in the living room working on homework before I had to leave. I went back in the bedroom and both boys had fallen back to sleep in the middle of playing. It is kind of hard to tell in this picture, but they are out! I snatched Lowan up, put him in his crib and let them both get their rest.


The above picture and the one below with all the peas are from tonight. Lowan is sitting GREAT! He doesn't need the pillow for support, he needs it to protect his noggan when he tips over. But he will sit for 20 minutes at a time, no problem. He seems to really enjoy it a lot. He is also doing some scooting. He will pull his legs underneath himself, into a sort of crawling position and then he pushes them out from underneath and propels forward a little. It is mostly by accident, but when he sees something he wants, he works towards it. It won't be long and he'll really get moving. I think we are done with the swing, he is kind of too big and is starting to get fussy in it. So Kyle set up this area for Lowan in the kitchen while he was making dinner.


And finally, here is dinner (for Lowan) from tonight. He had peas. It wasn't the first time, but he really enjoyed them tonight. He kept opening up for more and more and more. Feeding Lowan is such a sweet time. He wasn't so fond of chicken and he really likes sweet potato with yogurt. He should love sweet potato, Kyle and I eat a lot of them. Today, Kyle made sweet potato hash browns for the first time. He is experimenting with some ideas. I love Kyle in the kitchen.

On that note, I should go. I'm exhausted.