Hooray for Will and Glen!!!

William ate solid foods last night! We started with carrots. He seemed to really like them and he got the hang of it very quickly! Once he got the hang of pushing the food to the back of his mouth with his tongue, he started opening up really wide for the spoon and leaning forward. I'd say he was definitely ready. He even cried when it was gone. He did very well again tonight. He was opening wide and leaning forward again.

Glen is progressing with potty training. Earlier today, he went #2 in his potty then wiped himself till he was all clean. I did a double check and he did an excellent job, there was nothing left for me to clean up! Then at dinner, he said "Mommy poop". We ran to the bathroom and took his pull up off and he used the potty! That was the first time he wanted to use the potty with a pull up on! I'm so excited and proud of him! (in case you can't tell)

~Amanda

Not Feeling Well!

Poor Glen woke up extremely cranky this morning. We all know that when Glen starts acting sick he is usually pretty sick. I checked his temp. and he had a fever of 100. We went to an urgent care facility and found out that he still has the double ear infection he was diagnosed with on the 8th and he also has strep throat which the dr says by the time line he probably got from day care. My poor baby is on another antibiotic and instead of the prednisone we are trying ibuprofen. Hopefully, we get this knocked out before Thanksgiving.

~Amanda

Trip to FL!

We had a really good time in Fl. Sam and I got to go and watch the Falcon's Football game Thurs. night without the boys, and they won, so that made it even better!

Friday, we went out on the Homosassa River and out into the Gulf of Mexico on a boat. We had a good time. Didn't see much out in the Gulf, but we did see the monkeys on Monkey Island, and Manatee's up the river. A couple of Manatee's (a Momma and baby) came up to the boat and started chewing on the anchor rope. Apparently they do that a lot, they like the way the rope feels on their jaws from what I've been told. Then they played with us by pulling the boat by the anchor rope for a little ways. It was really cool. Sam jumped out of the boat and swam in the river for a little bit. Glen got his feet wet in the gulf. Will looked really silly in the life vest.

Saturday, the roads were all blocked off and we were unable to leave the house due to the seafood festival, so we went and checked that out. It was very crowded but fun. Then, we went back to the house and had a bonfire. After that Glen and us girls watched Toy Story 3, while the boys went down to the shed and had a few beers.

Sunday we stopped by Grandma Teresa and Grandpa Tom's in Homosassa, and visited with them before we drove over to Lakeland to see Grandma Nancy, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Marilyn, Jake, Kasey, and Kally. We had a great time visiting with them. Haven't seen them in a very long time. At Grandma Nancy's Glen got to see some cows up close and hear them moo. After those visits, we went to Sarasota, to stay with Papa John and Grandma Wanda. That was fun too.

Monday we spent all day out by the pool and relaxing. Later that night, the boys watched Glen and Will so the girls could go over to Siesta Key and check out the beach. We stopped at a gift shop while we were there and some how Glen mad a killing even though he wasn't there! Not quite sure how that one happened!

Tuesday we got up early and headed back. The 8 hr drive took 11 almost 12! We got stuck in some accident traffic and of course had to stop to eat and feed Will. We were lucky the Old Girl got us home. The transmission started acting up again on our way down to Fl and screamed and fussed the whole trip. We were very worried we weren't gonna make it.

The X-Terra is now back in the shop and the guy said that the bearings had gone out again and he was gonna try something different this time. Luckily, it is still under warranty. Hopefully, this is the last time we have to deal with the transmission!

~Amanda

Dr's Visit

Will was supposed to go to the doctor for his 4 month check up yesterday, but since he has had a fever off and on the past few days and diarrhea he couldn't get his shots. So we are rescheduling that appointment. Glen was supposed to see the doctor for an allergy follow up and hearing test yesterday. Looks like the Zyrtec didn't work and he has two ear infections from his current allergy attack. So we are gonna have to go back for the hearing test as well. The doctor is gonna try Singulair and see if that works with the allergies. I do know that the Singulair is making Glen quite grumpy and aggressive. He actually hit William today. He never hits the baby. I have been advised to give it another two days max and if he is still acting like he needs a nap all the time then we are gonna have to find something else.

Both Sam and I are looking forward to our trip to Florida. I hope it turns out to be somewhat relaxing. Of course with an almost 3 yr old and a 4 month old I can only reasonably hope for so much before it starts sounding like a fantasy!

~Amanda

To Grandmother's House We Go!!

We went to Atl. today to see Grandma and Grandma Mac and Uncle John. Glen is now using names and he is coming along really well with his speech. We had a great time visiting with Grandma. I think she really enjoyed seeing us as well. She loved watching Glen run around and play and holding William. We had a good time at Grandma Mac's too. Glen did a lot of playing and I think Grandma Mac really enjoyed holding Will and watching Glen run around playing too. Will did a lot of smiling and laughing while we were there. It was nice to visit and catch up. We are all looking forward to the next visit.

~Amanda

Happy Halloween!!

Well we had a great Halloween weekend! Saturday night we went trunk or treating at a church with Stacey and Garrett. We had a great time! Glen really started to get the hang of trick or treating. I got him to say trick or treat, thank you, and happy Halloween! Of course, it didn't sound exactly like that when he said it but you could tell what he was trying to say. He did not want to go on the hay ride, but he did like looking at the tractor. I think he won't try stuff at night that he would normally try or do during the day. Glen's imagination is starting to work over time at night I think. He's not a big fan of the dark right now. I did, however, get him to go into a small haunted house. He did really well. The first boy jumped out and screamed, Glen just looked at him. I told Glen to scream back at him and of course at the top of his lungs he obeyed. So him and the goblin got into a screaming match. It was really very funny. The second goblin did scare him. He froze and went directly into his scared stance (biggest eyes you've ever seen and hand to his mouth) so the little boy took his mask of and said it's ok, it's not real see it's just me, after he took his mask off. So I picked the frozen Glen up and carried him out and let him watch the other kids come out laughing and smiling. I think he got it then, cause he did not seem phased in the least bit. Went to Publix too where he got some candy and Publix Silly Bands.

Sunday night, we went to Me'me' and Pe'pe's for dinner and trick or treating where he dressed up as Super Man and William was dressed as a teddy bear. Glen even tried to grab Will and called him the name that he calls teddy. Quite funny! Glen really got the hang of it! After the first house he was running back to the golf cart screaming more! Every house we went to he was ready to jump of the golf cart and run up to the door. He would ring the door bell and then knock on the door! I even caught him saying more one time instead of trick or treat! We had a blast and I wish I had brought the video camera because I did not think Glen was gonna have that much fun going door to door!


~Amanda