Update on the kids

Ok so the purpose of this blog is to keep a written documentation of my children’s lives. I’m not doing so well at the moment. Let me tell you about what is going on with the kids.

Katie is my big girl. She helps me clean the house and takes good care of her brother. Brady was playing with some scissors and Katie knew that doing so wasn’t safe and so she took them away from Brady. Doing so sliced his finger. Blood got everywhere. We probably needed to go get stitches but we didn’t and now we have to do a tape/gauze routine everyday to make sure that Brady doesn’t pull of his bandage.

Katie is bored most days and tells me so. She is addicted to my Itouch. If we let her watch more than an hour she turns into monster Katie and the rest of our day is ruined. She is definitely one of those kids you need to send outside with strict instructions to run until she can’t anymore. She can count to 10 by herself and to 20 with assistance.She almost has her entire alphabet mastered. She can recognize the written letters, she can tell you what each of them says, we are working on words that start with each one and how to write the letters. So far she has the easy ones of O,L,I,H and of course K. She also can recognize her name in print. I can’t wait for her to start preschool after her birthday. She will enjoy every minute.

Katie is my water bug. She has 3 swimsuits and usually all of them are in the wash. She is still a small little thing. She currently weighs 26 lbs and is 36 in tall. She has little feet like her grandma and only wears a size 6 shoe. I just cut 3 inches off her hair and it still is past her shoulders and curly at the ends.

Brady, besides slicing his finger, is a happy child. He is scheduled for surgery on the 21st of Sept for his clogged tear duct. He will actually go under anesthesia which is a little scary for me but what can you do.

At his 9 1/2 month check up he weighed 17lbs 12oz. He was 29 inches tall. He has 6 teeth, with 2 more trying to come in. It varies each night if he is going to sleep all night or be up 4 times. He hardly ever eats baby food anymore. He prefers table foods and can eat the same portion as Katie.

He started walking on Aug 3rd at 9 1/2 months. The movie below is from the first day he walked.

One month later he is pretty balanced and getting faster every day. He is trying to keep up with Katie so he has to to learn to be quick. He does have the bumps and bruises to attest to his hard work.

They get along great together for the most part. Kate has the tendency to be pushy some days but Brady takes it in strides. Katie definitely lets me know if she thinks that Brady needs something.