The little man is getting so big. He is no longer on a bottle and he is off his formula. He is sleeping through the night. Kiki is sleeping in her panties (instead of pull ups) through the night. This is the 3rd night in a row that she has waken up dry. She also wears her panties during naps and has been dry for the last 4 naps. She is so proud of herself, the first night she wore panties to bed she woke up dry. We went to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate to show her how proud we were and to give her an incentive to keep working on her goal. In two weeks we will find out if we are having a boy or a girl. My brother's girlfriend is due the exact same day as me and they found out on Thursday that they are having a boy. We do have a boy and a girl name picked out.

We had our first Dr.'s visit to hear the heartbeat. The Dr. couldn't find the heartbeat so we did an ultrasound and everything is okay. The baby was just further in my back than it should have been, it was hiding from us.

The little man's first birthday is coming up. We are planning his party. I am really excited to be planning his party. We are just planning on having it at a park or the house depending on how the weather is. The party is in September so you never know how the weather is going to be in Nebraska.

I just hope the little man's 1st birthday party goes better than Kiki's. I was SO disappointed with the turn out of her 1st birthday party. Her birthday party was in November at a local indoor play area. The night before it had snowed and iced pretty good, but it had stopped by the morning of the party so it was sunny and nice that day. I had a couple people that were supposed to come in from Grand Island that I didn't really expect because it was worse there than it was here, so I understood. I had a lot of family that lived here in Lincoln that just did not show up. I felt so bad for Kiki and I hope the little man's birthday is far better!!

The hubby was kind of hesitant on planning the little man's birthday party because he doesn't want to be disappointed again...it just comes to show you who your real family and friends are when something important happens in your kids' lives. Regardless of who is there this year for the little man he will know who celebrated his first birthday with him.

Kiki had her 2 1/2 year check up this last week. Her height is 34 3/4 in and she is in the 25-50%, and her weight is 26 lbs she is in the 10-25%. She has only gained 1/2 a pound in 6 months. She did not have any shots this time *yay*. Kiki's doctor was pretty impressed with everything she knows and can do, the doctor asked us, "Are you sure she is not 4?" That made me feel really good because she is not only where she is supposed to be at her age level but she is way passed other 2 1/2 year olds.

The little man is doing really good. He is trying to sit on his butt from his stomach, he can't quit push up that far yet. He is talking alot, he can say "daddy", "ba ba" (for bottle). The hubby and I have heard him say his name a couple times and I have heard him say Kiki a couple times. When he sees his bottle or wants his bottle he says ba ba. I am working on getting him off the bottle and on a sippy cup because he can hold up his sippy cup up pretty good. He has been eating a lot more "people" food. Probably won't get on a schedule of eating people food until he is about 11 months.