Mid August Update

Once again, I've been slacking on the blog updates. We don't have Internet at our house yet so every update has to be done from my phone, which is a little annoying.

The second weekend in August was quite busy!  Seth and Sarah got married!  Thursday, we had the rehearsal dinner.  Gavin and Logan enjoyed giving high fives to various people, running on the stage and eating ice cream.  By the time we left, we were all exhausted.

Friday was the wedding, which was up at the cabin. Once again, the boys had fun running around.  They even fed Seth some goldfish before the ceremony started.  As the wedding party was walking down the aisle, Gavin yelled "done, go home!" And the started crying.  We ended up having to stand to watch the ceremony.

Sarah hired babysitters for the evening so we had them watch Rylynn.  It was nice to be able to chase the boys around without carrying her around too.  When we were eating dinner, Gavin and Logan kept wanting to go up to the head table and see Seth and Sarah.  Once the dance party started the boys were having a blast.  They loved dancing with everyone and Gavin kept wanting to jump.  Galen and I had to keep finding other people to jump with him because our arms were so tired.

Saturday we headed back up to the cabin to hang out with everyone but it didn't last too long.  Rylynn was so fussy and kept spitting up so we headed home after a few hours.  While we were there they boys got to play some toss, sit on the dock and drink a lot of lemon water.  Gavin kept telling people he was drinking beer. 

A few days later, we went to Adventure Zone with Galen's cousins who were here from Texas.  Gavin and Logan played a lot of games and would get really excited when tickets would come out of the machine.  Their favorite game was Whack A Mole.  With all of their tickets we were able to get chalk, play dough and cars.  They have been walking around the house saying "new cars, drive them!"

We also went to Grill Wars one night. This was the first year that Galen and I haven't had to work so we thought we would go check it out.  Logan's favorite burger was a wild rice burger and he ate about half a burger.  He was also very willing to try all of the different samples.  Gavin didn't really want to try anything.  He was content to just eat chips.  And Rylynn slept the whole time. 

We also went out for Seth's birthday and sat outside on a deck overlooking the lake.  The boys were in heaven.  While we were sitting there a big boat was coming in and they got to see it go under the bridge.  There was also helicopter that kept flying around.  Every time they would see it they would yell "copter!"  They even learned a new word, beverage. 

Once again I can't believe how much Gavin and Logan's vocabulary is expanding.  Pretty much everything they say now is two or three words long.  Some of my favorites are come too, I do it, so big, like it, and trade you.  I love how they speak, if they want to be carried down the stairs they say "carry you" if they want to be changed they say "change you." It's cute because we ask "do you want me to carry you?" They don't understand the whole me and you thing.  

Rylynn had her four month doctors appointment.  Her doctor is impressed with how big she is and made multiple comments about how healthy she looks.  She is 26 in long and 17lbs 5oz, 95th percentile for height and weight.  I'm a little nervous that all of the 18 month summer clothes I bought her for next year aren't going to fit.  She had to get three shots and did really well.  

She also started sleeping in her own bedroom this week!  I hadn't moved her out of our room yet because I was worried we wouldn't hear her if she woke up, but she screams loud enough there is no way we will sleep through it.  So far, she's been doing really well.  She goes to bed around 10 and usually gets up at 8 to eat and goes back to sleep.

A Few Firsts

What a fun few days it's been! On Thursday, Rylynn rolled from front to back for the first time!  It wasn't even a one time thing, she has done it every day since then, sometimes even multiple times.  Today she had her toenails painted for the first time.  I figured Seth and Sarah's upcoming wedding was a good excuse for a baby pedicure.  I painted them while she was sleeping and it was more difficult than I anticipated. Her toenails are tiny!

Gavin and Logan had their first haircuts in a salon today.  Normally, Sarah cuts their hair but we took them to our friend DeAnna.  When she asked who wanted to go first, each boy said the other ones name.  Gavin ended up going first and he did a great job.  He sat still for the most part and only request to get down a few times.  Logan shocked us and sat completely still, I think he liked that he could watch what was going on in the mirror.  

After their haircuts they got first haircut certificates that have some of their hair in them.  It's a cool souvenir for their baby boxes.  We finished off the morning with lunch at the pub.  The boys were very excited about their fries and nuggets.

Last Tuesday, we took Gavin and Logan for an overnight trip to the waterpark.  We weren't able to go on vacation this summer but I thought we all deserved a night away.  Rylynn stayed with Galen's parents for the night.  When we checked into the hotel, the boys were so excited!  Our room had a deck that over looked the highway and the lake so they were pretty excited about the cars and trucks that would drive by.  They also got to see the train go by.

When we first went to the pool, the boys were a little unsure about the water.  This was the first time that they had really been swimming.  They held on very tightly to us when we were in the pool.  As soon as they found some balls and a basketball hoop they warmed up a bit.  We swam for about a half hour before heading back to the room for pizza and juice boxes.

When we went back to the pool the second time they were much more willing to get in the pool.  We walked around in the kiddie pool, watched the bucket over the kiddie pool "dump it" multiple times.  And then we spent a lot of time floating down the lazy river.  Gavin and Logan even got to the point where they would go under the waterfalls in the river.  They had such a fun time pointing out the mountains, turtles and coconuts as we floated around.

The evening also included a trip to the arcade where they tried unsuccessfully to at skeeball.  Galen and I really should have known that they would just try to throw the balls.  They also played wack a mole and got to get a few little plastic animals with all of their tickets.  We also spent some time outside on the swings.  Immediately they knew what to do on the swings, how to sit and how to hold on with both hands.  I'm pretty sure we owe this to Beth since they go to the park with her every Wednesday.  And they got to eat marshmallows for the first time.

We ended our night with popcorn and an episode of Mickey.  Bedtime was much easier than we expected it to be.  I'm sure it helped that they were so tired from swimming.  But they snuggled up in bed and fell asleep pretty quickly.  I only had to tell Logan to lay down twice. After they went to bed, Galen and I were able to sit outside on the deck and relax a bit.

The next morning, we had continental breakfast and let the boys pick out their own stuff.  We ended up with so much food.  They wanted yogurt, doughnuts, muffins, juice and fruit loops, which they kept calling Cheerios.  Gavin was so excited that they were very colorful.  Of course they took about two bites of everything that we got them.  We managed to sneak in a swim before we had to check out.  

It really was a nice little stay and we will definitely be going back in the fall.  I really liked the opportunity to have some time with just Gavin and Logan, but we did miss Rylynn a lot.  When we asked the boys where she was, they would say "gone" and try to find her.