Training Wheel Defeat!

Last night after dinner, we went on our traditional family walk. Caleb decided to hop on his two-wheeler (with training wheels) as he has so many times in the past several months, but this time he actually took off down the street...riding as if he had been doing it for years! It was awesome! When he first got the bike, his little legs were too short to reach, but he has been capable of riding now for the past 6 months, I would say. He just hasnt pedaled forward - he wasnt "getting it!"

I have to say that Brian and I were a little sentimental watching him cruise up and down the sidewalks in our neighborhood. It is quite amazing watching your kids accomplish even the smallest of things. Not that this feat was small - it clearly was challenging for him, considering it took him 6 months to put the pedal to the medal!! I cant wait to watch him for it tonight!

Holy Crap!

Tessa ate her own poop! (no this is NOT the picture of it, just a cute pic of her, thanks, Ginger!). So gross, I know - ahhhh, gag! Picture the most adorable, sweet, giving, loving 15 month old - and picture her diving into her own feces and eating it!!

Thursday night we got all three out of the bath and I let Tessa run off into Caleb's room as we got the other two dressed for bed. She was being quiet and happy, and actually looking back to play peek-a-boo with us, so I thought all was well - and she was just occupying her sweet self. Well the quietness revealed itself a few minutes later as she trampled poop across the living room floor. At first I just thought, oh no, she pooped, let me clean her up. Well, as she approached me, I saw the poop all over her pacifier. The horror that I felt is indescribable!!

I did laugh through cleaning it up though - I remember my nana telling me that my dad ate poop as a kid and one of my friend's daughters did the same at about a year old. I knew she would survive, by all means and I knew she most likely wouldnt even get sick. But, that is just plain gross and a story that we will be re-told for years to come!