April Twelfth

A quick update, since it's late and I can't believe it's only Tuesday.

Dakota is TEN months tonight.  TEN months.  We made it!  And we're actually doing pretty well.  Dakota is growing and learning and changing, and becoming more and more like a little person.  She also has got to be about the most cheerful little girl you've ever met.  Yesterday she napped for a total of 1-1/2 hours, from 10:15-11:45 am.  And didn't sleep again until she went to bed, and she was so incredibly cheerful when I picked her up.  Amazing.  I don't know how she does it, but it's awesome.

And now for some pictures:

On Saturday we went to Bubblefest at the Discovery Science Center.  They have a whole exhibit where you can play in the bubbles, but they also have a bubble laser show.  The show was awesome.  The guy is basically a magician with bubbles.  There were literally bubbles everywhere, even all over us, and we were in the far upper right corner.  We went with Maxwell and his mom, and the boys were just enthralled.  And actually, the grown ups were pretty impressed too.  And Dakota just kept clapping!

Jayden, with all the bubbles in the background.  I'm kind of obsessed with his profile.  

Jayden IN a bubble.  Bear with me, you'll understand in a minute.

Yup, that's right.  He was IN a bubble, in a little pool of water.  It was hilarious.

Jayden and Maxwell, blowing a giant bubble.

Soccer class on Sunday.  Because an hour of playing soccer in the rain wasn't enough, Kylie and Jayden decided they'd run a few sprints to finish up class also.  These two are so cute together - sort of a mismatched pair, but they get along so well.

Jayden helped me make breakfast for dinner on Sunday night, so clearly we ended up with green eggs and ham.  I mean, why not?!?

This week at preschool is the Week of the Young Child.  Monday was crazy hat/hair day.  Jayden picked out these hats for him and Dakota.  Sorry for the light - I forgot to take a picture at home and was rushing through drop off to get to a 9 am call.  And of course Dakota had a dirty diaper that I got to change in the back of the car when I got to preschool.  Of course.

Dakota in her hat.  Everyone thought it was her birthday.  But nope, just a regular ol' Monday.

Monday night I had a board meeting for work and then ran to the grocery store by myself.  Carmen actually skipped Dancing with the Stars (sort of - he was happily set up on the couch watching the recorded show when I got home).
This was one of those "you know you're a mom when..." moments - I realized that my board meeting (where I had to present) and the solo trip to the grocery store was a "night out."  Pretty sad.

Official ten month photo!  I don't do the fancy photos with blocks and all that.  I tried doing pieces of paper with Jayden, and he just kept eating or tearing the paper.  And they rarely showed up in the photo.  So now we just make sure a decent photo is taken on the right day and that's considered a success.  

Of course if I'm taking a picture of Dakota, Jayden needs a picture too.  :)
Today, Tuesday, was sports day - so the kids played all kinds of sports this morning (obstacle course, tug-of-war, basketball, bowling, football, etc.) and wore their favorite sports team clothing.  Of course Jayden was all Duke-d out.  And Dakota too.
Tomorrow is "what do you want to be when you grow up" day.  I am curious to see what Jayden decides.  I asked him tonight and he said "I already know.  I'm thinking about it.  I'll decide in the morning."  But he and I have never talked about what he's going to be when he grows up.  Mostly we talk about the things he can do when he grows up, or when he'll be a "big kid," or if he'll ever stop growing, just for a minute, so I don't have to buy new pants and new shoes again!

I'll let you all know once he decides.  :)

And one final video.  Dakota is all over the place these days.  Still not crawling, but pretty good at scooting, and trying to stand up EVERYWHERE.  Except when she does stand up, she does this crazy movement that pretty much just causes her to sit back down again.  It's, well, it is what it is.  Enjoy.