Puddles

We're pretty certain that Joshua has never met a puddle he didn't like. He has spent the last four days in the puddle at the bottom of our driveway. It was ridiculous at first because we did not have any rain boots for him. He would soak his shoes and then cry because his feet and shoes were all wet. We would put dry shoes on him and BAM back in the puddle and the cycle would start over again. When we were outside on Sunday our neighbor brought us some rain boots that don't fit her little guy yet and they are PERFECT! He loves wearing them and splashes around! Brian has taken full responsibility for Josh's love of puddles. Apparently, Brian was a lover of puddles himself. Josh still goes through three to four pairs of pants per day as he cannot control his excitement once he is in the puddle and splashes all around!

I wish that I could remember the time in my life when simple things like puddles made my day!

Happy Birthday Ethan!!

I wanted to send out some special birthday wishes to my godson Ethan! He turned 8 today. Happy Birthday Ethan!! I love you!

Logan the Goldfish

I'm convinced Logan is part goldfish. No, he isn't slippery or orange or a cracker. He grows fast. In fact, I think he grows very quickly into whatever size clothes I put him in. I just moved him up to the nine month size clothes about three weeks ago. He's already outgrown them and is starting to wear twelve month size. He's FIVE months old!!!!!! Now, Josh was in twelve month size clothes when he was about four months old. All we have is summer clothes from Josh. No long sleeves, no pants. And I know that my friend gave me a bunch of her boys clothes, but if I remember correctly, Josh outgrew her youngest, who was one year old when Josh was 4-5 months. They were wearing the same size!

Anyways, Logan is growing fast.

I went to Austin yesterday and went shopping with my mom and dad. We got Lauren a bunch of summer clothes and Logan a few long sleeve pants outfits to hold him over until summer. My mom was gracious enough to buy half of the clothes and then treat Lauren to some princess beads and Josh to some toy cars. Boy, my kids sure do get spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa!! I guess that's what grandparents are for.... Then today my neighbor brought over a bunch of clothes her boys have outgrown! YAY!! So, I feel better about Logan's clothing situation. I'm still convinced he is a goldfish and am trying to hold him back in the nine months size clothes as long as possible since I KNOW once I put him in the next size up he will grow like crazy!!

A Few Recent Pictures....

Joshua in all his princess gear - and yes, he did dress himself in all of it

The three muskateers......... Logan looks like he's going to cry!

Lauren lounging on Dixie

Tummy time for Logan.......and Lauren and Josh

Sweet Logan lovin' his Jumparoo

Potty in the Pot-TY!

Joshua has officially started potty training. We are not in the blitzkrieg (lightning war) stage yet, as we lovingly refer to it here in the Kraby house, but we are in the beginning stages and THAT is a big deal.
Josh went #2 in the potty on Monday. I think that it was not on purpose, but more of the fact that he was already going and Brian put him on the potty quick. But we made a big deal about it, of course! Even Lauren was very excited for Josh.
Then Josh went #1 at school on Tuesday! Yay!!
With Lauren I had just found out that I was pregnant with Logan so I was on a mission to potty train her quickly. Blitzkrieg. I did not want three kids in diapers. But with Josh there doesn't seem to be that panic or drive to get him potty trained - other than saving a TON of money on diapers! It will come when it will come. Until then we will celebrate the small victories!

To Nap or Not to Nap.....

We are in the middle of a transition here in the Kraby house. Little Lauren's nap time. What a double-edged sword. On the one hand, when she doesn't nap, she is a terror in the evening. From about 4pm until bedtime (which usually comes much earlier on non-nap days) she is terrible! She is mean, bratty, and generally unpleasant. She usually spends a lot of time in those late afternoons in her room....to keep her away from us and to give her some time to herself.
However, the days that she does happen to fall asleep in the afternoon, she will not fall asleep at night. I don't know that I really care that much about the not falling asleep in itself because she does stay in her room. But she is a bear in the morning to get up, especially on school days. On Monday she took a nap for only 45 minutes to 1 hour and didn't fall asleep until after 10pm. She was a lot of fun at 7am getting up for school!
So, I guess it's time to completely give up the nap. I think I will miss it more than she will, but I'm still not totally convinced her little growing body and mind doesn't need it.
Anyone with any advice, please feel free to share!

Nicky!

Our nephew, Nick, just left after staying with us for a week. He came up for some dental work, but left with his own fan club/paparazzi. Lauren and Josh love Nick so very much! He was so kind and caring with them. He is 22 years-old and I'm sure the last thing that he wants to do with his time is hang out with a 2 and 3 year-old. But he spent time with them, listened to their stories, played with their toys and they ate it up! Every time Nick was not in sight, Lauren became concerned. Then when he would walk in the door she would yell "NICKY!" as would Josh and they both would go running for hugs. I'm sure that he does not really like being called Nicky, but he let it slide with Lauren and Josh. He has to come back in a week or so and I know that Lauren will be counting the days until then!