8 Months young :-)

Our little man turned 8 months on the 9th of August. I know I'm a little behind on posting the pictures. We did get some great pictures of Owen and of course Kaitlyn wanted her picture taken as well. Owen is doing great, he has four teeth and two more have broken through the gums. He is getting stronger in his legs and loves to pull himself up. Unlike Kaitlyn, Owens hair is growing like crazy, I may have to take him to get his first haircut before he turns one.Kaitlyn and Owen

Owen practicing his standing in the playroom

First Day of Pre-School

Today was Kait's first day of pre-school. She did pretty good, she started to cry when some of the other girls in the class were crying, so of course mommy started to get tears in her eyes :-( It was quite a change only having one child. So quiet!! When I picked Kaitlyn up she was having a blast and had already met another little girl.

Kaitlyn's Bling

Kaitlyn got her ear's pierced!!! This was our second attempt. The first time we tried when we were back in Virginia, but she freaked out when the lady was trying to put the dot's on her ears. For the last three days she kept saying she wanted her ear's pierced and I told her it was going to hurt a little and asked if she still wanted them. She said yes. So when Deniz and I took her to Claire's we did not expect her to go through with it. But she was a trooper and got them pierced. She even scored a purse out of the deal :-)

Pre-School Open house

Today was a big day for Kaitlyn and Mommy. We visited Kaitlyn's pre-school for the open house and met her teachers and some of the kids in her class. She was so excited to wear her new butterfly backpack. This year she is in the penguin class. Deniz and I were kind of nervous and we were not sure how she would do, but she went right in and started playing. We will see how she does on her first day of school.

Fun Summer Days

Last week was busy but fun. The kids and I went to Raley Field for Mommy and me day. It was so much fun. Raley Field is home to Sacramento's Minor league baseball team The River Cats. We were able to go on the baseball field run the bases and play games. Kaitlyn enjoyed running the bases and trying to slide into home plate.

Kaitlyn, Owen and I with DingerKaitlyn taking a big swingKaitlyn practicing her slide into home plate

Just starting

When Kaitlyn was born I was so good about sending e-mails with picture updates to family and friends every month. Well since Owen was born almost 8 months ago, I have only managed to send out one or two e-mails with updates. So in a attempt to keep everyone up-to-date on "The Garrett Four" I'm going to try and blog. It shouldn't be too difficult since I manage to blog twice a week for Scrap-n-Stamp. But time will tell ;-)

So now for the update on the kiddo's. Kaitlyn is doing great, she loves helping me with her little brother and is very excited to start pre-school at First Baptist on the 17th of August. She is doing great with her potty training and hardly needs to be reminded to use the potty (which makes my life easier).

Kaitlyn and Mommy making Pizza

Our little man Owen is growing like a weed and has found his legs. He has been crawling for awhile, but just in the last week he has started to pull himself up to the standing position. Couch surfing is in the near future for him.

Owen crawling