GO HAWKS!

Last Saturday Jason and I enjoyed a day out.  A LONG day out!  Whitney was kind enough to watch the boys in the morning, then Papa and Great Grandma Phyl came over for the afternoon shift.  We joined about 20 friends and neighbors for the Iowa vs Iowa State football game.  We all met at the bus around 7am and took off for Iowa City for a 2:30 kickoff.

Jason and two of our neighbors purchased a 1980something bluebird school bus last year and painted it up Hawkeye style.  It's quickly becoming quite the party bus.  The latest addition includes a new stereo system and bench style storage so we can accommodate more stuff and more people. Anyway, enough about the bus.  We had so much fun hanging out with friends and celebrating a 35 to 7 Hawkeye victory.

We rolled back into town around 9pm I think.  Even though it was a long day, I hope we get to do it again this season.  GO HAWKS!

Quotes from a 2 1/2 Year Old

"WHY?" - I thought we might have passed right by this stage already but suddenly I'm hearing this several times a day now.

"WHAT?!" - This is much cuter than "why?"  Jason or I will say something to Nash and he says this like it's the most astonishing news he's heard all day.

Another trip to Schwiebert Park

I admit it.  I'm starting to get anxiety about summer coming to an end.  I decided that since it was sunny and still in the 70s, we would take advantage of it and visit Schwiebert Park again.

This time I was a little more prepared.  I brought Nash a change of clothes and his water shoes...but I forgot a towel.  He didn't really care.

 Jason met us over there after work yesterday for the first time and he was really impressed with the place.  We could really use a park like this on the IOWA side of the river!

And the gates go back up!

On Monday this week Nolan figured out how to go from his back into a sitting position.  When we put him in the crawl position he was getting SO close to getting the hang of it.  On Tuesday he had his 9 month check up.  He weighed in at 24.3 pounds putting him at the 90th percentile.  He measured 29 inches long putting him at the 75th percentile.  On a side note, Nash weighed in at 29.2 pounds.  Yep, only 5 pounds difference.

I keep reminding Nash to be nice to Nolan because it won't be long until Nolan will figure out how to whoop up on him.  It was also on Tuesday that Nolan actually crawled across the carpet.  It is now Saturday and the boy is on the go.  We took the baby gates down about a month or so ago but it looks like we need to put them back up again.
Nana started teaching Nolan to hold one finger up to say that he is "one." She was hoping that by the time December 5th rolled around, he would have it down pat.  Well, he caught on a lot faster than expected.
I think he's getting ready to show some more teeth soon too.  All of the sudden my easy going guy HATES to have his diaper changed.  He arches his back and whines and tries to escape.  I'm blaming it on teething because that's what we blame everything on.  :0)

Nolan "getting mad"

Quotes from a 2 1/2 Year Old

"Mommy, you're my Megan and Daddy is my Jason." - Nash

Open WIDE!

Nash went to see the dentist for the first time today.  We have a brand new dentist building right on the river.   It's only been open for two weeks and they specialize in pediatric dentistry.  Nash wasn't too sure about going to see Dr. Chris today but he did so well!

He has an overbite but NO CAVITIES.  I was also concerned because Nash grinds his teeth at night.  Dr. Chris told me that about 80 percent of kids under age 4 grind their teeth.  About 20 percent of those continue to grind their teeth after age 4 and it's usually genetic.  Jason has to wear a mouth guard at night because he grinds his teeth so we'll see what happens with Nash.

Jason surprised us and showed up during Nash's appointment.  He didn't want to miss this monumental event.  He was so impressed with the building that he wants to switch dentists now.  :0)  Nash's next checkup is scheduled for March.