Growing Up

At this stage in their life, you don't have to look very hard to know that your kids are growing up fast. The signs are obvious.

Chay is potty trained. He still needs a bit of help getting dressed after using the toilet, but its odd to see him jump up...announce his intentions...and run off to the bathroom.

The gates guarding our stairs are gone. The twins are able to navigate the stairs by themselves. I think it was the first or second day after we took down the gates that Jenner took a stumble down the stairs, but since then both Jenner & Jace have been pretty good about slowing down and taking their time getting down those steps. I could probably take the gate mounts off the wall, but I figured I should leave them up for a while just in case.

The toddler food on the shelves has all but disappeared. We used to get a few toddler things from Gerber as the twins were learning to eat solid foods. But now the twins are eating whatever we eat so no need to buy Gerber toddler foods any more.

The three boys can now sit in any car seat they choose. The car seat in the middle was hardest to adjust the height for the shoulder straps. So Chay used to sit in the middle. The seats on the ends were for the twins. But now that the twins are taller, all three seats are set to the same height. This means Chay is no longer forced to sit in the middle which he loves. Chay thinks one of the funnest things to do in the world is to drive around town with the window rolled down.

Now that the fence is up, I have put the patio furniture out on the deck. Last year, we just skipped it. The twins were about 5 months old mid-summer and we didn't want to have to worry about them on the deck so we were barely out in the backyard last year. This year is a different story, especially with the fence to corral the kids.

So as I look around the house, there seems to be big changes every once in a while that are there to remind me, as if I didn't already know, that the kids are growing up very fast.