Didn't August just start?

     I seriously have no idea where August went.  Has it flown by for everyone else?  I can't remember where I was, but I needed to know the date and I was thinking August 4?  Uber fail.  It was like the 17.  I was so shocked.  I guess that's what happens when you don't have a car, are shut in everyday and are severely sleep deprived.  Awesome.

     Anywho, here is the normal update:

     Derrick is actually off track in a week and a half!  I can't believe how fast that has gone by!  (I know, I know.  I already mentioned that.)  He is really liking his new class as they are MUCH easier than his class last year. (The class that caused their teacher to retire mid-year and all other teachers refuse to rotate?  Ya, that class.)  I am super excited to have him home in September, although we are going to keep very busy.  Derrick and I are going to be doing training to be licensed for foster care.  We hope to bust it all out (8 trainings that are 4 hours each) at once, so that makes one busy month!

     I am trying to be better at balancing my life.  I took this little test online about where you are spending your time... ya, none of it was on me.  Intellectually, emotionally, physically, nada.  So now I have been trying to exercise (bought an xbox game and LOVE it!  Aaron does it with me too!), challenge my brain (I do puzzles online when I can), and have picked up crafting (thank you pinterest!).  I know that sounds like I have a lot of time, which I don't, but at least I try to fit things in when I can now.  It's definitely helping.

     Aaron... oh Aaron.  Everywhere we go people ask if he's two.  Does that sum him up?  He's starting to know exactly HOW to push my buttons and does it PURPOSELY.  So fun.  But when he is good, he is the sweetest little guy ever.  Tonight he kept asking me to stay in bed with him and sing while snuggling!  I know he was just trying to put off bedtime, but I'll take all the snuggle time I can get with this kid!  It does not happen often anymore.

     I got the boys' pictures taken and Aaron was the biggest stinker ever.  He kept pushing Trae over saying "whoa" like it was an accident (which then put Trae in a fit for hitting his head), "falling" off the stool onto the floor, dropping every ball we wanted him to hold for the picture, wouldn't sit near Trae, roll over while yelling "whoa! whoa!", etc.  I eventually just kicked him out of taking pictures.  So didn't get any good ones of my boys together, but I guess that's just the phase we are in.

     Aaron is nearly potty trained.  (I say nearly because we haven't tested going out in public yet.)  Today was his first real and successful day.  I won't go into detail (I am saving it for it's own post) but he only had one accident today (I think... it was at the very end of the day and I wasn't here) and even pooped for the first time in the potty!  Major win for everybody!  Yeah!!

     I am LOVING the stage Trae is in right now.  (Ok, only when he is NOT teething!)  He is just the happiest little guy and is really learning how to move.  The kid just won't sit still!  Getting dressed, diaper changes, & feeding take much longer as he is just such a wiggle worm.  He wants to see, touch, and eat everything in sight.  He is so comfortable with rolling over, so as soon as you put him on his back to change, he goes straight to his tummy reaching for something.  And now that he's starting to crawl (like an army crawl) I really have to watch him.

     This last month was really tough on him though.  He was trying to cut a tooth for 2 weeks!  And it wasn't fun for either of us.... fever, not sleeping, extremely runny nose, couldn't breathe, not happy, and just overall not feeling well.  It was a very rough two weeks.  And then his bottom tooth cut!  Yeah!!  I had my happy baby again!  Until like two days later, we started the process again on his second bottom tooth.  He isn't fevering with this one (yeah!) but still has all of the other symptoms.  We are at the tail end of it though, so he's starting to be happy again. 

     Trae is such a picky eater!  He already hates veggies and is SUPER picky with his milk.  The day after he cut his tooth, he stopped nursing.  Just pretty much cold turkey.  (He'll still nurse through the night when he is tired and first thing in the morning if I catch him early, but that's it.)  But he HATES and refuses to drink formula.  So I am pumping as much as I can as that's all he'll eat.  And he won't even drink that unless cereal is mixed with it.  So breast milk in a bottle with rice cereal.  That's the only way  he'll take it.  Talk about picky!  The kid now goes through a box of cereal in 2 days!

     He is (still) one pound from his car seat limit (he actually lost some weight teething the first time) but we decided to change the car seat anyway.  It beats me constantly checking his weight.  Poor guy got thrown into sitting in high chairs and grocery carts.  He isn't very good at it yet.  He falls over easily (even though he is a good sitter) and doesn't really like it.  Looks like he'll just have to learn fast!

And that about sums it up!  Here are the pictures of our adventures this last bit!

Aaron likes to throw anything and everything into Trae's crib.  SO ANNOYING when Trae is sleeping...

Also likes to climb the side and talk to him/throw bigger items.

Gotta love being creative when you don't have an oven!  Cinnamon Roll Waffles!

And this is what your 2 year old gets away with when mom is so busy/tired with a teething baby.... I about had a heart attack when I walked into the kitchen!!

The first smile I had seen in a LONG time!  I took TONS of pictures!  It was also just days after he turned 6 months!

Last picture in the car seat!  6 months old!

I needed to get things done... this way he didn't fall over or lose his toys!

And of course, whatever Trae does Aaron has to do.

Trae is SO MESSY with vegetables.  NEVER fruit.  Kind of annoying when you know how non-messy they can actually be when they want to be.  Oh well.  Makes great pictures! :)

And, again, Aaron had to have a picture too. ha ha

Starting to reach for toys while sitting and going to tummy!

I spiked Aaron's hair...

He liked it!  But would never show me, the stinker!

Coloring!

Trae fell asleep holding onto the bumper.  Too cute!

He ALWAYS rolls over onto his tummy in his crib.

Aaron helped me make cheesecake for FHE.

Another messy face

First bath together!  I LOVE this seat for Trae!

FIRST crawl!!  For my phone....

Trying to get Trae to eat his toes for a picture...

So Aaron kept doing it to show him.

And we got it!!

Even Aaron would eat Trae's toes.

Bought this hat... Aaron LOVES it.  But still wouldn't give me a good picture.

New car seat!!  The boys can talk super easy now.

First time in a high chair at a restaurant.

And he loved eating the table.

He crawled again for some ice cream.  I gave him the stick from the Popsicle.

I think Trae looks so funny with his hair down.  This was after a bath.  His hair is just always poofy!

REALLY messy with nutella!

Lesson learned.. don't bounce your baby on your bed!  The bed fell off of the risers!  Do you see in the carpet where it use to be???  Talk about a heart attack.  Trae just laughed.

What you come back to find when grandma baby-sits.

Trae getting some good crawling action.

Then flipped over to play with the camera.

Messy with veggies again.

I fed him blueberries too without cleaning him up!  Do you see any blue?  Of course not... only green beans.

It got all over me too... I had to wash my glasses AND  face AND change my clothes!

And one quick video of Trae blowing raspberries!  I just randomly heard him doing this out of the blue so I grabbed my camera!