Before

Before

After

After

After...I think the work paid off.

Having fun letting Daddy spray them with the hose.

This is how he fell asleep.

He loves his sister's pink bunny. He likes carrying it around.

He absolutely loves swinging like this.

Our pretty girl.

Things here are still a little crazy. Our house is officially back on the market. We have also been doing a few things to the house...which has made for a lot of work. We took out a wall in our kitchen and had to have a light switch and outlet moved, and tomorrow we are replacing the countertop and sink. We also had to patch the walls and paint. I'm not in love with the color, but I'm not painting again. We are also buying a used fridge that is a bit smaller than ours and will be able to fit next to the stove...which will make the kitchen feel a lot bigger. When we had our house on the market last time the biggest complaint we got was that our kitchen was too small. We are hoping by making some improvements to the kitchen it will help to sell our house quicker.

Anyways...Charley is continuing to get big. I just want her to stay my little peanut...but I know that's not going to happen. She will be 3 months old on Thursday! I've started putting her in 3-6 month clothes. I realized last night that some of her 0-3 month sleepers are way too small. The one she wore last night I'm not sure she could even stretch all the way out in. So I put her in a 3-6 month sleeper tonight, which was very hard. I also went through her 0-3 month clothes and took a lot of them out of her closet. It made me very sad to think that she is my last baby...waa, waa, waa. She is smiling, giggling and making little coos. She is just the most beautiful little girl with wild woman hair!

Justus is doing well. He is speaking in more sentences and remembers so much. It's to the point that I have to be careful what I listen to on the radio, what I watch on TV, and what I say. He also can relate things together...like birthday cake, party and candles...the zoo and animals...the store and carts...if I say one of them he usually says what relates to it...if that makes sense. We have decided to hold off on potty training since we have our house on the market. Since showings can happen any time, we figure it just isn't ideal. He asks us to change his diaper when he is stinky and sometimes even tells us that he has to go...but refuses to sit on the potty. Hopefully we will figure out how to combat that before we actually start potty training.

Matthias is doing great as well. He is getting so big! I can't believe he is going to be 2 soon. He is so laidback all the time. He doesn't like being scolded and will cry sometimes when we tell him "no". He always gets a very sad look when we tell him not to do things. He loves giving hugs and kisses, and loves helping me around the house. He is my little helper. When I make our bed in the morning he always hands me the pillows to put back on the bed. He also loves helping me put clothes in the dryer and pushing the button to start the dryer.

I will try to get some pictures posted later this week. The kitchen should be totally done, so I will have to post before/after photos.

I can't wait for bows to stay in her hair. This one falls out.

Matthias loves playing in the dirt.

She has the biggest, prettiest smile.

Things have been a little crazy around here. We have decided to put our house back on the market, so we are going to be spending this weekend getting the house ready and then putting it officially on the market next weekend. We are also traveling to Springfield to visit Jon's family. His Aunt and Uncle are coming into town and it will be there first time meeting Charley. Other than that Jon has been working his second job a little more often. We did get to enjoy a date night a couple weekends ago, which was so nice. We went out to eat at the Olive Garden, played some video games, and caught a movie...The Time Traveler's Wife...it was my turn to pick : ).



Charley is doing great! She is now smiling all the time, and beginning to giggle. It's such a fun time since she is now becoming more responsive to us. She is also starting to make little noises. She is getting so big as well. She is filling out her 0-3 month clothes and we know it won't be long before she moves up to 3-6 month clothes. It's hard to believe that she will be 3 months old on the 16th of this month.



Matthias has now gone on the potty twice! We are really excited that he may be ready to start actually potty training. The two times he has gone is only because I have sat him on there proactively. He also tells me sometimes when he is going potty and knows when he is wet or stinky. We are hoping to start potty training him within the next couple of weeks. We were going to start this weekend, but now with trying to get the house ready to put on the market we are going to push it back a couple of weekends. Other than that Matthias is doing great.



Justus, unlike Matthias, is no where near ready to potty train. We thought he might get jealous when Matthias got candy for going on the potty and want to do the same...but that wasn't the case. Of course he was really mad that he didn't get candy, but still wanted nothing to do with the potty. We don't know when we are going to start potty training him. Hopefully not long after we start Matthias. Justus is continuing to do great though. He is starting to remember more things...songs on the radio, people, places, etc. He loves the zoo and mentions it all the time and then lists the "manimals" that he sees when we are there.

Hopefully I will get some pictures posted in the next couple of days.