Just a few more pictures...

Today was Alex's first time riding the bus, so I have a picture of him getting on it and then one of him getting off it when he got home today. He was pretty excited to go this morning and yelled out, "Awesome!" when he saw the bus coming around the corner. He said he had a pretty good day too, and is excited to go back tomorrow. That's always nice to hear.

And of course, Daniel fell out of the stroller when he tried to turn to see behind us and bonked his forehead pretty good, but I didn't take a picture of that. Just thought I'd share, since his accident-prone phase is continuing.

Getting on

Coming off


And now, just for fun, here are a few pictures of Abby

First day of school! And other pictures

So yes, today was the first day of school for Ben and Alex, although Alex just had a kindergarten orientation for an hour and doesn't really start until tomorrow. They both seemed pretty excited, although Ben was a little more nervous since his teacher, who was going to be moving up with the class, was no longer working at the school. So he got a teacher who just moved here from Colorado Springs 3 weeks ago. She seemed pretty nice at the meet the teacher night last night, but Ben isn't sure if he likes her yet.

After we dropped Ben off at the bus in the morning, Alex asked why he didn't get to go for his full class today. He was a little sad about that.

So anyway, here are some pictures from today.

Here are Ben and Alex ready for their first day:


Here's Ben


Here's Alex


Here's Ben getting on the bus. The face wasn't because he didn't want to go, but because he didn't want me to take his picture:


Here's Alex in front of the school before orientation:


Now Alex, Chris, Daniel, and Abby:


This morning after we dropped Ben off at the bus, we walked down to the park to play for a bit. Here's Alex hanging on the bars:


And the 3 boys playing:


Chris and Daniel going down the slide:


Alex going down the slide:


Alex likes to take random pictures. This is one of the irrigation canal by the park:


Here's Alex pretending to be a frog at the zoo:


All the kids by the tigers:


Here are the boys by the river at the Nature Center:

Daniel's accidents

Daniel had a rough week. Last Wednesday, he fell through a hole where a slat was missing at the walkway in the park, hitting his chin on the way down. Last night, he was on Ben's bed and reached up to grab Alex's bed and slipped off, hitting his back on the open drawers (Chris's clothes are in the drawers in Ben's bed and he tends to leave them open) on the way down.

I've decided that Daniel, even though he's a 4th child, is like your typical fearless 2nd child. He's not afraid to climb on anything or get into anything. I told Bryce that if we didn't already have Abby and weren't expecting her either, at this particular point in time, I would probably decide to be done. He's a very pesty 2 year old. But he's cute. That's probably the only thing that saves him right now.

Here are some pictures of the results of his accidents:

Abby's 4 month WCC

I took Abby this morning in for her 4 month WCC (well child check-up). She's still developing normally and is healthy. She now weighs 14 pounds, 7 ounces (66th percentile) and is 24-3/4 inches tall (also 66th percentile). She still has a little head at 16 inches (20th percentile), but it's going up in the percentiles and is growing normally, so she's fine. The doctor said I could start giving her some rice cereal now if I wanted to, especially if it would help me remember to give her vitamins, since they really recommend that breast-fed babies take at least some vitamin D.
She got two shots and the oral immunization again, which she didn't like. She kept making faces at the nurse as she'd give her the oral one. It was actually pretty funny.
I take her back for her next check-up at 6 months, as normal.
And of course, my PDA decided it needed to reset itself, so all the appointments I had scheduled there and all the birthdays and everything are now gone. Ah, well.