the summer continues...

we've been enjoying our summer and of course all of this hot weather. to bad it's not going away any time soon, but today we beat the heat and went with lori beth epley over to her parents house for a swim. since i'm now out of summer school and have a few weeks until butler starts back, i have a few days i can spend with jay. it was a nice start to the day and jay loved every minute of it. it took him a little bit to warm up to lori beth and the water, but after he did, he was everywhere. it made me a little nervous around the deep end when he was walking around, but most of the time he stayed near the shallow end and on the stairs. by the end of the morning, he was running and jumping into the pool and was definitely not scared of getting water in his face.

this past tuesday night, garrett was out of town, megan was working, and jeremy had a game and noah was left in limbo. knowing that jay and noah play well together i suggested that he come over the house and play. i didn't know about the weather and the pop up showers that keep coming around, so we didn't venture out to the fields, but stayed home instead. they played, ate dinner, played some more, took a bath together, and played a little more. they had a great time, but really gets me thinking how did my parents do it with twins? they can be a handful and really act like boys when they are around one another.

over the weekend, garrett changed jay's crib into a toddler bed (or shall we say his own "big boy bed"). so far so good and not too many bumps and bruises. he some how got out of the bed on saturday night (i think he slept walked) and fell out of it on sunday night. other than that, jay stays in the bed and doesn't even get out when he wakes up in the morning. he just lays there waiting for me or garrett to get him out of bed. lets see how long this lasts.

another thing jay loves to do is color. normally we give him crayons, but i gave him markers one day. not a good idea because they can get everywhere. and when it says washable, it doesn't mean off of skin right away. it needs to wear off or you need to be put in the pool for a while for it to come off. he really has gotten really good at coloring. i've been really impressed, but of course it's not in the lines. if you look closely you can see his dirty, little hands.

we hope your summer is going as good as ours!!!