I love "firsts"!

I have to say, I just love "firsts".  It is so much fun watching my kids learn things and do things for the "first" time.  Its amazing how they learn so much in such a short amount of time.  My little peanut completed another first today and I have to shout it out to the world because I'm soooo proud of her!  Makenna went "stinky" on the potty chair today!  She has gone potty on the potty chair one other time (the beginning of August), but not really knowingly.  Today she said "uh-oh" to me at the table and looked suspicious like she had to go.  She usually says "stinky" before or after she goes; I think because I always tell her she's stinky when she does go.  I picked her up, sat her on the potty chair and Denver and I sat there in anticpation.  Denver likes to go in private so all of a sudden he decided we better leave the room.  I told him I better stay, but he could leave and so he would leave and come running back to see if there had been any progress.  Then he decided he needed to go and he ended up doing a little bit on the big toilet while Makenna did on the potty chair!

Now I'm going to have to decide if I'm ready for this little girl to be going on the potty chair.  I'm not so sure I have the energy for this so we may just encourage it at times and see where we go from there.  She was so proud of herself afterwards and kept going back to sit on the potty chair.

On a side note Denver hadn't had an accident for quite some time until last Saturday when we were at some friends house.  We'll chalk it up to being too busy playing to take time to go to the bathroom.  That seems to be the only time he has accidents anymore!  Before we know it we'll have a diaperless house!

And a "first" for Makenna!

Makenna hit another milestone this past Saturday. She is officially sittng on her own! She's been practicing lots, but usually is pretty top heavy and would fall forward pretty fast. I had noticed she was able to sit up longer and on Saturday Evan sat her down and we watched and she sat forever! Evan went along his way to go play with Denver and I continued to watch her and then got to thinking I better go grab the camera. Makenna was sitting in the grass so I left her sitting while I went for the camera and she never fell over! Here are the pictures to document her milestone!

Here are a couple other pictures we took as well while we continued to play outside for awhile.

Another First for Denver!

The "firsts" for Denver have really slowed down, but they still happen once in a while and are lots of fun. Denver had his first tractor ride with "Papa" (Grandpa Rodney). I wish I would've had the video camera and lighting that could pick up Denver's reaction as the tractor was being started. He was so excited! Denver took both arms and pull them in, like saying "yes!" and had the most excited look on his face. Denver has been asking and asking for a tractor ride, but a while back when he asked he got scared when Papa turned the tractor on so they never went for a ride.

Of course Denver wasn't ready to be done riding and wanted to climb right back in!