March 2010

March 8th
Easton had his doctor visit this afternoon. He now weighs 9 pounds, 5 ounces and is 22" long. He is finally on the charts for all of his measurements. He's only at the fifth percentile, but he is making headway.

The doctor did say his head is a bit flat on the right side, so we have to make sure to give him plenty of tummy and floor time. We are also trying to feed him on our right sides and put him to sleep on the opposite side of his bassinet. The doctor gave us an easy exercise to do that will help strengthen the muscles on the other side of Easton's neck. Although he has a pretty strong head, this exercise should help make him more confident in turning and looking left, as well as right. We are hoping all of these things will help to cosmetically even things out for the little man.

Other than that, Easton seems to be doing well. He is still playing catch-up, but the doctor is optimistic he will be reach all his developmental milestones for the two month mark in a few short weeks.

Kyla wasn't too thrilled to go to the doctor with us, but when she learned Easton was going to be the one getting poked and prodded, she was quite thankful. She was sure to let both the nurse and doctor know she was not the one who was sick. What a little ham!

Grandpa will be visiting us in a week, so we are all looking forward to spending some time with him. Easton is excited to meet him since Kyla's been filling him in on how good "Gramps" is at playing car games.

March 7th
Easton is two months old already. The time seems to be flying by even faster with two children, and it was going by pretty darn fast with just Kyla. Easton still spends the bulk of his days sleeping. He gets a bit fussy around dinner time and wants to be held, but we don't complain too much. We enjoy having a little one to snuggle with. Soon he will be off and running, so we are trying to enjoy these moments while they last.

Kyla has been working on potty training for the past several weeks. She is great at going pee-pee on the potty, but has no desire to poop there. She knows she has to poop, and will eagerly point out when she has pooped in her pull-ups or undies, but does not care to do the deed on her potty chair. She has only pooped on her potty once. We wish we knew some magic trick or secret to get her fully potty trained. It would be great to have her in big girl underwear from here on out. Hopefully, she will have this mastered by September so she can attend pre-school.

Speaking of pre-school, Kyla was accepted into Christ Lutheran's pre-school program last month. Starting September, she will attend pre-school three days a week in the mornings. She seems excited to go, but only time will tell. As of now, she is under the impression Mom, Dad, Easton, Ryder and Harley will be going to school with her. Despite the numerous conversations we've had telling her she will be going by herself, she keeps insisting school is for the whole family.

Not to over share, but there is a funny story to be told regarding potty training. Maybe this is the reason Kyla is unwilling to poop on her potty?? Every time we have to change what we've termed "poopy pants," Kyla has to look at the poop. This is probably not too uncommon for toddlers, but she also has to see if the poop is big or small. And lately, she has to say "hi" to her poop. There is a reasonable amount of frustration on our end because Kyla won't poop on the potty, but it sure is entertaining hearing her say "hi" to the poop in her pull-up or undies.

Easton goes in to the doctor tomorrow for his two month visit, so we will let you know how that goes.
We put our house on the market on the third, so we also have that going on right now. We are really hoping some great family wants to buy it while there is still a tax credit for first-time home buyers. We've only had one showing, but we hope to have an open house this weekend. Our realtor is confident we can sell this house, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that it will indeed sell for an amount that allows us to purchase a slightly bigger home. We've loved being in this house for the past five years, but we are starting to outgrow it. We'd love a home with a three car garage for all of the kids' stuff. Plus, we lost our guest bedroom when Easton arrived. It would be nice to have that extra bedroom since our families live out of state.