January 2018

We are officially calling potty training as accomplished.  Hallelujah and praise the lord. The final hurdle for Owen was going potty at school.  He has gone a full week in underwear at school with no accidents and doing very well asking to go when he needs to use the bathroom.  I am so proud.  He is doing well at school with his friends.  He loves going to his gymnastics classes right after school on Mondays and Wednesdays. With it being colder, we will go over to his friend Ethan's house to play on some of the afternoons.  Their house is just down the street from us and Ethan has a younger brother about 8 months older than Milton. We took Owen bowling for the first time and he got a kick out of using the ramp thing and watching the ball hit the pins.  I think his favorite part was seeing the ball return. We had a snow day and went over to Grandma's to play with all the boys for a bit.  Otto and Rory brought some costumes which they all had fun dressing up.  We even got Milton to join in with a costume.  Owen has developed a fear of bears as he is always setting up bear traps around the house.  He got one put together in the van with two bungee cords.  Damon and Owen will go around the house hunting bears with the pop rifle and the civil war replica rifle.

Milton is moving around more and more.  Still that butterfly stroke thing.  He will do more of a crawl when he is on a high friction surface such as on the carpet in the basement or if he is left naked to scoot around.  Owen does take exception at times to Milton's mobility and will shout "no baby" and then go sit on top of him.  Milton takes it well.  He finds Owen absolutely fascinating.  Especially Owen's train track setup in the basement.  I am teaching Owen that he can move to a higher surface that Milton won't bug him.  I will find Owen perched on top of his toy drawers playing away. Milton loves his chow.  We are yet to find a food he won't eat.  This month he got to try eggs, cheese, peas, and strawberries.  He loves graham crackers.