Grant's first day of school and Sloan in the tub

Sloan is now trying out some some eggs.  She seems to like table food but gags a little.  I am ready for her to be just on table food to be honest.  She should also have a tooth here in the next few days!  I can see the skin breaking a little on her bottom right tooth.  Although she fights me sooooo hard to get in her mouth.  She is so much stronger and fights so much harder than Grant ever did on stuff like that.  I have to hold her down and pry her little mouth open to see it.  I gave up on looking really good earlier but I did see where the tooth is about to break through.  She is biting everything and drooling like a faucet.  Sloan is also pulling up to her knees all the time now.  She loves to pull up in the crib and pull the curtain over the bumper.  She also snagged a blanket from the stack that sits next to her crib.  Sneaky little thing.  She may have even more of my personality than Grant does......ahhh the teenage years are looking to be rough in our house!

Grant started 3 year old summer camp/preschool today!  He goes from 9am-12pm and loves it!  Ms Kasie and I took him this morning and he could care less that we left him there.  There were a couple of other 3 year olds that were screaming when their parents were leaving.  Grant immediately went to check out all of the toys and other kids.  We went back to pick him up and he had some funny stories.....first, he said that "one of the boys pooped in his diaper" so obviously there are some kids in his class that are not yet potty trained! He also said he "really liked their potty and didn't need a stool to stand on because his pee pee could reach over the potty" lol!  They have the mini toilets that look just like ours.  Their snack was cheese balls and water and he informed me that we needed to get some cheese balls. 

I got a laugh out of one little boy when we got there this morning.  He went straight up to the teacher and said "I can't have cows milk" with the most serious face.  There are so many allergies these days that I guess they are used to it.  They told him that they don't give any milk to the kids. 

We ordered Grant a queen sized bed which should be here in a couple of weeks.  He will officially be a big boy then I guess.  We are hoping he loves the bed and wants to stay in it at night, lol!

Sloan eating her eggs

Bathtime

 Trying to stand up in the tub but she is not sturdy yet.  This is her typical face though....screaming in laughter

 Grant at preschool!  His teachers are Miss Van and Miss JoAnn



Camp Houston

Luke and I went on a vacation for week without kids and had a great time!  CeCe and Papa Bill had a very busy week while we were gone.  The week started a bit rough since both Grant and Sloan were sick.  It is just my luck that they both catch something right before I want to go relax somewhere, lol.  Grant ended up with an ear infection and I got him meds right before I left.  This was his first illness since he was 8 months old!  Poor little Sloan ended up with Bronchitis and mom had to take her to an urgent care (which we found right before I left just in case, thank goodness).  She got some meds and got better quick after that.  The grandparents got way more than they bargained for but we really appreciated it!  Juggling both of them at their ages is no easy task!

Grant had a great time and is still talking about all of the fun things he did.  He got to swim, pick blackberries and eat them, terrorize the cats, ride his bike, visit with JW and play endlessly with Uncle Rhett who I am sure has a new perspective on how much time and energy kids take, ha ha!  Grant also learned a new word,  "holy crap" thanks to Papa Bill.  I guess it could be way worse.  Grant now uses it in perfect context but says "holy crappers".  I have to stop myself from laughing because it is really funny to hear it come out of his mouth. 

Sloan has now tried eggs, pieces of a biscuit and....don't judge but McDonald's french fries!  She loves the fries and so do Grant and I.  She is still mostly on baby food but we are starting the real foods.  She is also crawling faster and faster everyday now.  She is sitting herself up now sometimes.  She continues to be much more verbal than Grant ever was.  She loves to clap her hands all the time now.  Bath time has become a challenge sometimes since she is trying to stand up on the edge now.  She has zero balance so you have literally keep a hand on her the entire time. 

Playing ball inside with Rhett

Sloan loved the drums, probably because they make so much noise

 Grant loved the boat in the pool

 Nana and Sloan.....check out Sloan's rockin' hair...thanks CeCe

 CeCe had some fun with a tutu and pearls...

 Grant and Sloan hanging out at the pool

 Riding in the jeep....well...sitting in the jeep

 I have no clue what prompted this craziness!  Thanks Papa Bill

 JW and Sloan



Grant's Snotty Mess and Sloan loves her some Mum Mums

 As previously mentioned in my last post, check out the floor of toilet paper.  The first pile was much larger but I didn't get my camera before he threw it all in the trash.  Lot of snot in this house....but it is getting better

 Sloan loves puffs and now really loves these Mum Mums (rice crackers).  She is quite aggressive with her puffs so I am thinking she may take to table food quickly.

The Infirmary, Pediatrician battle and Sloan has a new skill

Our house has been an infirmary for the past few days now and it is not fun.  Sloan caught a cold and it has turned into Bronchiolitis (aka lots of wheezing).  I can handle a runny nose and cough but not wheezing!  Grant has caught it too but just has a cough and a runny nose. The younger they are the worse this stuff is in my experience. Grant had Bronchiolitis at almost the same age as Sloan so I had some experience under my belt this time around.  She was put on breathing treatments (albuterol) yesterday but she was still wheezing after her treatment this morning.  So, I took her back to the pediatrician this afternoon.  I am sure I have some "crazy mama" remarks in her file now since I got into with the doctor pretty bad.  I wanted her to get Prednisone (which is what finally got rid of Grant's wheezing when he had this) and the doctor was pushing back.  If anyone knows me well, they know that I don't take no for an answer when I really want something and an MD behind your name doesn't mean you know everything that is right for your child.  He did a breathing treatment in the office and she was still wheezing some afterwards which he tried to say was normal.  He said that she just had to let it work its way out of her system.  Long story short, we went home with Prednisone (mama 1, doctor 0) and she got her first dose tonight.  So, cross your fingers that she wakes up tomorrow without wheezing.  She is already sleeping better tonight and it has only been a couple of hours.  She has been sleeping but very restless and all over the crib the past few nights. 
Funny Grant story....Since I pulled Grant out of daycare (at 8 months old), he has not been sick until now.  So, a runny nose has freaked him out a little.  He comes and says he needs a wipe with the slightest bit of snot coming out of his nose. So at naptime, he was yelling for a wipe every few minutes before he actually fell asleep.  In all of my creativity (or lack thereof) I gave him a roll of toilet paper in his crib and told him to pull a piece off, blow his nose and throw it on the floor.  I went back in after he woke up and there was a pile of toilet paper!  It was so funny but it kept me from having to go in there every time he needed it, lol! 

On a positive note, Sloan has learned how to clap her hands!  We have been doing Patty Cake this past week and she picked it up very quickly.  She is also trying to wave now which is very cute.  She is crawling several feet a time now and actually pulled herself up to her knees to get to a toy this past weekend.  We caught her trying to sit herself up twice now but it was unsuccessful....and I am not totally convinced that she realized what she was even doing.