My Boys are Growing Up

We have had some big changes in the Gehle house in the past two weeks. Starting with Camden, as you can see from the picture he is feeding himself. I was telling a friend how I didn't think he would ever give up baby food one day and then the next day he shut his mouth and turned his head every time it was offered to him. Of course I had just stocked up with about 20 jars the day before!!!!! Now he doesn't even want me to feed him! If I put food on a fork and try to give it to him he turns his head and then gets another piece from his tray and feeds it to himself. So now I can actually maybe eat while my food is still hot?!??!?! The other big change for Camden is that he is crawling and pulling himself up to standing. He started with a military crawl and I liked this, he wasn't too fast. Well he graduated up to traditional crawling and has been VERY busy!!! His first day crawling he made it into the laundry room with the dog bowl. Next thing I know Brayden is asking for a paper towel to which I ask why and he replies, "to clean up my brother". He was wet up to his elbows and having a great time!

The next BIG change here is that Brayden is using the big boy potty!!!!!!!! He is very excited about the stickers that he gets to stick to a chart; 1 for just trying, 2 for going pee and 3 for going poopy. He anounced today that he is going for 3 stickers but will be happy with 2!!! I am trying to make this as positive for him as possible. He asked for a Diego potty seat to go on the big potty, not a potty chair he has one of those but he wanted just the small seat. First off I can't believe he remembered, I showed him that months ago! Well I went to find it and didn't remember where I saw it so 4 stores later we found it, thank goodness!!! He also got race car underwear but he only wants to wear them for the walk down the hall to his potty and then for the walk back to his room after he uses the potty. He still finds comfort in his diaper, and I have to admit so do I!!!!!

Finally an Update!!!

So I can't believe it has been a month since I updated this! It hasn't been because I wasn't thinking about it. I've taken plenty of pictures with the idea that I am going to post it, but then something happens. For starters we were in Michigan for a week and a half the beginning of January. It was great being back and seeing everyone! My cousin Debbie, Bob and my Aunt Dee made the trip down to Jackson to see us, thank you again! I missed seeing my cousin Kristin and her family but have definite plans to see them this summer. It is stressful being away from home but it is also stressful coming back home. The first week or so after we get back from Michigan; lets just say I'm moody! This is something I have come to terms with since I've felt this way since the very first visit back after moving away. It's very hard wanting to be back home with our own routine but not wanting to leave family. That is the first reason I neglected this blog, the second is that I got sick. We left Michigan and it was 62 degrees we get back to Minnesota where it is not bad at 32 degrees until a few days later when IT HIT!!! IT being the typical MN winter cold, we dropped down to -4 degrees on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Now that is -4 WITHOUT factoring windchill, add that it and that brings us to a wonderful -20 or so degrees. Lets just say they warned us that more than 9 minutes out in the elements, exposed skin would start to freeze. And it got worse!!!!! This past Thursday morning it was -18 again without wind chill. My sinuses HATED this! So now I am on the better side and of course we warmed up to +30 degrees; it's amazing how warm 30 degrees can feel!!! Of course we are expecting a high of -1 by Wednesday??!?!?!?!? Where in the heck did my husband move me to?!?!?!?! So enough with excuses, I will be posting some pictures to this blog this week, we have had many big changes that I am very excited to share (NO I'M NOT PREGNANT!!!!)