Changes

Kids grow up too fast.  I wish they would grow and develop slower, so I can have more time to enjoy each stage they go through!  Last week Porter learned to say, “Bye bye” and even opens and closes his hands when he says it.  This week he learned to blow kisses!  Last night we were all in the living room enjoying some quality family time and Porter kept giving my leg open mouth kisses.  Then he accidentally breathed out one time when he did it and gave me a raspberry.  Well, he thought that was the most amazing thing ever!  He kept doing it over and over and we were all laughing so hard!  I need to keep the battery to our video camera charged at all times for moments like these.  He is growing into a little toddler.  He’s not my baby anymore.  He can also climb our stairs as fast as lightning!  Seriously, he is practically running on all fours up to our second floor, and he always laughs the whole way up.  If we are downstairs and I put the baby gate up on the bottom step, he will crawl over (hoping to be able to climb them) and see the gate and put his head down on the floor and cry in misery.  He hates that gate. 

Indiana is growing too.  She isn’t even 2 1/2 yet and is in 3t & 4t clothes, depending on the brand.  I am hardly ever having to change her diaper these past few days because she is potty training.  She is doing so well at it now!  Yesterday we were leaving the house and were already out the door when she turned around and said, “I go potty!”  My first thought was, “Just go in your diaper!”  But, I unlocked the door and we went back inside so she could go.  I was really proud of her.  I used to have to ask her every hour if she needed to go and now she comes up to me.  She still isn’t ready for panties yet.  She has not gone #2 on the toilet ever, so we need to still work on that.  And if she is busy and distracted she will also still go #1 in her diaper.  Baby steps, but we will get there!