Daddy's Boy

A few days ago my visiting teachers were here and one of them asked, "Does Damon just look exactly like Nate did as a baby?" A lot of people say that Damon looks like Nate, but I had looked at baby pictures of Nate a few months ago and thought they looked nothing like Damon. So I got out my book of pictures of Nate as a baby to show her that they look nothing alike. This is what I found.

Nate

Damon

Now, I'm not saying they look like twins or anything...

Nate

Damon

(isn't he just the cutest thing? His mom thinks so.)

But the resemblence is hard to overlook. Let's just say, he doesn't belong to the milkman.

I felt a little stupid after pulling out that book to prove that Damon doesn't look like his daddy.

Zonked out

I was looking through my August folder of pictures on the computer and I started to notice a trend. I thought it was kind of funny...

Here is Natalie. She is actually asleep for the night--in our bed because we can't put her to sleep in her room because Kelton is in there and they just play. (I'm sure that NO ONE reading this post has ANY idea of what I'm talking about.) Anyway, I thought each arm wrapped around a doll was too cute not to take a picture.
Then we have Kelton. That's him under the towel. Poor kid. Didn't get a bath until lunchtime, then no one dressed him (I'm sure at his insistence--is that even a word?), then he just couldn't make it through lunch.

Now Damon. He really only falls asleep in his crib, or sometimes in your arms if you are trying really hard to get him to sleep. The other night we were trying to make him last until bedtime, and he just didn't make it. All of a sudden, he was just gone. It was funny because he just never does this.

This picture was not my idea. I think I look strange. But yesterday Kelton was refusing to take a nap--which is also a rarity. Usually we have no problems with naptime. (Bedtime is another story...) Natalie was at school and Damon was sleeping. Nate and I were very tired so we both layed down on the couch to take a nap. When Kelton saw this, he got very upset. I guess he figured it was kind of pointless to be the only one awake. So he crawled up with me and went right to sleep.

Now there are no sleeping pictures of Nate, but I can guarantee you, they would be plentiful if I wanted them to be. Also, don't have any picture of this one, but Natalie has fallen asleep on the bus ride home twice (that I know of) this past week. So, do you think maybe none of us are getting enough sleep at night? I sure think so.

Good mood

The other day after school, Natalie wanted to hold Damon. He was in such a happy mood. Just look at that face! I thought, wow, I could get a really cute picture if I could get Kelton up on the couch too. But no such luck. He flat out refused.

3 1/2 months old

Damon is already approaching 4 months old! He will be 4 months old on the 20th. We are still working with his schedule. He seems to want one as much as we want him to have one, but he just can't quite get it down--at least not with naps. (I have him on an eating schedule during the day.) He falls into a pattern at night, but not so much during the day. But as long as he isn't tired or thinking that he's hungry, he is the sweetest baby. He loves to play. It is really easy to make his chubby little cheeks smile and he loves to laugh. Sometimes he will burst out laughing just because Natalie is looking at him. His newest love is pat-a-cake. The other day I was singing "wheels on the bus" with him and he was smiling and having fun, but as soon as I started "pat-a-cake" he wouldn't stop smiling and laughing. It's so cute how he is old enough to understand when we are playing games with him.

Second day of Kindergarten

Natalie rode the bus to school for the first time this morning. She was very excited. Notice that today she is in shorts and sandals. I think she was a bit too hot yesterday in pants and socks and shoes.
My sister-in-law makes a cake for her kids' first day of school, and I thought it was a great idea. However, I didn't remember this until today. So Natalie got a "second day of school cake" instead. Good thing she doesn't care. She's just happy to have a cake. I think my sister-in-law only does cakes on the first day of Kindergarten (right, Erica?) but I think it might be a fun tradition to do a cake every year. As of right now we don't have any summer birthdays, so it's been a while since we've had cake. We need more excuses to eat cake, right? Right.

Please don't pay too much attention to detail. I actually remembered about the cake about one hour before I needed to get Natalie from the bus stop. So by the time the cake cooked and was cool, I didn't have much time to be a perfectionist with the frosting.

Natalie seems to be having a good time at school. She doesn't tell us a whole lot. So either they aren't doing much yet, or she just doesn't remember. Her favorite part is, of course, playing on the playground. We've been having on major issue though. She has yet, in two full days, to go to the bathroom at school. She says she doesn't know where it is. And we think she is embarassed to tell the teacher when she needs to go to the bathroom. And she is afraid that she will miss something fun. We sent a note, explaining the situation, with Natalie to give to the teacher, but it didn't seem to help today. So, I am going to go with her tomorrow and try to talk to the teacher and find out what is going on. And show this little girl where the bathroom is. Fun. Hopefully we can straighten all this out.

It all starts...First day of School!

Natalie's first day of Kindergarten is here. We were all up (way too early) and Natalie was off at 6:45. Normally, she will ride the bus, but today, Nate took her. When she came out of the bathroom from taking a shower and getting dressed, she had the cutest look on her face. Like she was trying to contain her excitement, but couldn't.
Getting ready to go...putting on her new shoes. They are about the only thing we have any choice on. They have to wear uniforms to school, so we are limited to collared shirts that are navy, light blue, white, or gray. But she was pretty excited about the shoes.

"Natalie, show me how excited you are!" And this is what I got...

And there she goes. (Not to return until after 2:00--long day.) I just can't believe that she is old enough for this!