End of summer update

Well, the summer is ending and I'm excited to see the changing leaves on the trees and for upcoming holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving. But I will miss the warm weather.

Jared absolutely loves being outside, so during the month of September we spent a lot of time at parks or just hanging out in the front yard.

We got some new neighbors last month. She was moving into the house by herself (as a surprise for her husband who works in Alaska and only comes home for short periods of time) while being 9 months pregnant and having a 2-year-old! Needless to say we helped out a lot. Her little boy is Jared's age so they played together some outside. Mostly they just play with each other's toys and often fight over them because they're both just learning how to share. But it's good experience.


Kayla is doing wonderfully. She got over her colicky stage and is a lot more content now. I also think she's a lot cuter now because her baby acne and cradle cap have cleared up. She's starting to get into a sleeping routine during the day which is nicer. Unfortunately, she tends to have a morning nap, and then an early afternoon nap, while Jared has noon nap, so they don't sleep at the same time anymore. That means no more naps for mommy. The good news is she's better at sleeping at night than Jared was. And the doctor says that since she's over 12 lbs now she's biologically capable of sleeping 8 hour straight without eating, so if I want to stop feeding her a night she might sleep through the night soon. That'd be nice!

We took Kayla swimming for the first time last week, so that was exciting. There are two really awsome kid-friendly pools in our area! Well, not in town because it's too small for that, but within a half an hour drive. Anyway, Kayla was very content in the water. She just laid back and floated contently in her little life jacket most of the time and only cried once we had gotten out of the pool and she was cold.
Jared enjoyed being able to stand up on his own (in the 2 feet and under area) and go down the waterslide. It wa lots of fun!

Other things Kayla is doing; she can hold her head up really well while being held and has just started to show interest in toys. So, fun times!

Oh, and I can't forget to post this picture. I took it just for Amy. Of course Nathan and Jared like having all those jelly beans in the house now too.