July SPED by!!!

It's hard to believe that our summer is already over! Bo has grown by leaps and bounds this summer, and little Molly is already three months old now. Where does the time go?

Here a few pictures and videos from this month:

Dressed up for Chick-fil-A's Cow Appreciation Day:

Molly thinks her hands are the best toy ever!:

This is my favorite picture of Molly from this month. I could just eat her up!
If you remember from a June post, Molly was not yet able to lift her head as many two-month old babies do so we had to work with her and bring her back to the doctor for a check-up to see how she was progressing. Her doctor was pleased with her progress, and within a few days after our appointment, Molly was not only lifting her head pretty well, but she also began rolling over!

The other first for Molly this month was swimming in a pool. Although she fussed a little when we brought her into the water, she seemed to like floating around in the water with Tyler. Hopefully we'll have a few more opportunities to bring her back to the pool before she grows out of her super cute bathing suit! :)

Bo is becoming more independent every day. Some of the things that he is doing now that he either could not do at the beginning of the summer or has progressed with since the beginning of the summer include:
*No longer needing pull-ups, even at night time!!! (Thank goodness!!)
*Swimming across the pool completely unassisted and without floaties.
*Reading more than 100 words. (With the exception of a few words on the Dolch Pre-Primer and Primer list, he can read all kindergarten words and we're working on first grade sight words now. The crazy thing is that he can spell a lot of the words from memory too.)
*Dressing himself completely (except for buttons). He comes out of his room every morning, usually with a mismatched outfit, puts his hands on his hips and says, "How good do I look?"

Bo is all about Star Wars and superheroes, and he also really likes coloring with markers, making Molly laugh and talk, singing along to Randy Travis songs in his Daddy's truck, watching Super Why and Word World, and reading books. Every day is a new adventure with Bo, and we can't wait to hear about all of the fun things that he does when he goes back to school this week!

Bo knows...

...the Serenity Prayer! Our church is studying the prayer this summer so we started reading it to him at bedtime so that he could become more familiar with it. Bo quickly learned the words (well, most of them) and he now insists on saying the prayer every day before nap and bedtime. He's already learned all of the words so all of you WFUMC members can/should too. :)

In case you aren't familiar with the prayer, this is what he is saying:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it,
Trusting that you will make all things right if I surrender to your will
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with you forever in the next.

Swim time with the cousins

Bo's taking swim lessons with his cousins Maddie, Sophie and Ella. He's really making good progress and likes his new teacher, Miss Brittany.

Only one week after we made this video, Bo started swimming the width of the pool without using his floaties! I'll try to get a video of that soon.

At least one child is looking at the camera in each of these pictures. :)

Chatty Cathy

Molly has so much to say these days...
Molly chats a lot with her daddy when she should be getting ready to take a nap.

Here she is giving you an update about her two month well-visit at the doctor:

Length: 22 1/2 inches (50th percentile); she was in the 10th percentile at her one month visit

Weight: 10 pounds, 7 ounces (25th percentile); she was between the 10th-25th percentile at her one-month visit
Head: 41 cm (off the growth chart); she was in the 90th percentile before; Her pediatrician said that the size of her head is most likely affecting her ability to lift her head up when she is laying on her stomach. We're supposed to work extra hard on tummy-time exercises to strengthen her neck muscles and report back to the doctor in 2 weeks. If we don't see progress, he'll refer us to a neurologist to have tests done to determine what is causing her to be low-tone.

After getting three shots, a little Tylenol and a nap goes a long way. She cried a good bit when she got her shots, but a few hours after her appointment her smile was back.