Guess Who's Two? and Other updates

What? You can't put your foot behind your head like this?

When I go to write these, I feel like I should be super-creative or witty. I read several blogs haphazardly that always have such amazing writing and I aspire to be like them. Instead, it's like tonight with me writing this as Declan finishes his last bottle and I try to be awake enough to write something coherent. So if you're looking for witty or creative, move on. If you're looking for some boring writing with cute kiddo pictures thrown in, then you're just in the right place.

See? Isn't this cute?

We had a great summer overall, and are now settling well into the fall back-to-school routine. Although with a start date at the end of July, we're definitely beyond the start of the school year. Things have been happily low-key with not too much going on.

Another cute picture! Well, maybe not the glasses.

Both kids are in new daycare settings, which has been a great blessing to me--Declan is in an in-home setting where he is the only kiddo three days a week and only one other girl the other two, so he gets lots of one-on-one time. While I loved being at home with him over the summer, I learned for his therapy that the more people working with him the better because he shows strengths for different people, so me being at home with him isn't the best solution and this is the perfect setting then.

His current favorite pastime

He can still sleep anywhere

Callum gets to ride with Scott everyday and is going to an all-day preschool that has a great structure and really works on teaching him life/school skills. He absolutely loves it and comes home happy and exhausted. I am a little suspicious of his eating habits since every day this week he claims they have had chicken for lunch, which makes me question either his ability to distinguish meat.

Callum's also playing soccer--he also played in the spring, and I've been proud of his maturity and growth in being able to listen and pay attention, although sometimes he is still that kid who has to be silly or talk nonstop (I know, a shock!)

In other news, Declan has officially entered the terrible two's! We had a nice basic birthday with family, and considering the amount of people, he did remarkably well. He loves his presents and it is great to see how interested he is in them. He hasn't perfected sitting yet, but has suddenly made huge leaps in that and can sit for lengthier times without help. He also rolls everywhere without problems, and we're working on scooting and spending time weight-bearing on his legs. Knock on wood, we also haven't had any major problems lately with his health. We dealt with ear fluid over the summer, but has done well otherwise. Get this--he weighs a whopping 20 pounds! Yes, we know most kids are that weight at one year old, but we thought we'd never get there with him. He helps us get our money's worth out of clothes.