But when every weekend of the summer was pretty much booked up with some sort of event, it’s hard to get to get yourself to make a posting.  I guess I’ll just post up a list of what’s changed since my last post.

Let’s see…

Trenton is growing like a horse, he’s got his two bottom teeth, and one upper tooth.  He’s been doing much better with the teething thing than Savannah did.  He’s crawling like crazy and is pulling up on anything and everything.

He’s started eating solid foods as well.  Heather and I being “kinda crunchy” parents are making Trenton’s food like we did with Savannah.  Not only does it save us a few bucks, but we know what he’s eating.  So far he’s digging the butternut squash, sweet potatoes, banana’s, apples, and pears.  However he’s not too keen on the carrots.

In keeping with our crunchy theme, we’ve also been doing the cloth diaper thing since June and after a couple weeks of getting used to it, we’re well in the groove of things and like not having to throw away $$ to disposable diapers.

Savannah is continuing to amaze us everyday as she grows and gets smarter.  This summer she took it upon herself to show us how she can write her own name.  She’s even written a few “letters” to her preschool teachers.

Which reminds me, since Labor day, she’s been attending preschool two days a week at Cary Methodist Preschool and she absolutely loves it.  She’s made a bunch of new friends and has really opened up in social situations.

We’ve managed to get out on a few camping trips this season as well.  And most recently we came across a deal on a new camper that we couldn’t pass up.  So we moved up from our 1985 Palomino Stallion pop up camper to a 2002 Palomino Stempede hybrid camper.  We now have our own bathroom, and shower!  Savannah and Trenton love it (not to mention so do mom and dad)

Since Trenton has started taking an interest in the foods we’re eating and he just rolled past the 6 month mark last week, we decided to start introducing some solid foods to his diet.  We opted to skip the nasty looking rice cereal and give single grain oatmeal a shot.  Our first two days were a huge success, he took to it like he’d been eating for months already.  I think now is when God puts odor into the poo poo!

So at almost 6 months, Trenton’s pushing 20+ pounds.  He’s quite the little man and is growing and learning so much everyday.  His latest trick is sitting up all by himself!  Heather and I are doing our part for going green.  We’re taking the cloth diaper plunge with Trenton and by our calculations, we should be breaking even with diaper costs within 6-8 months and the diapers we got should last us until Trenton is potty trained.  So we can reallocate the diaper funds to the gas fund!

Savannah is continuing to amaze us everyday as well.  She’s being such a big helper with her little brother.  And thanks to some great birthday present books she got from Grandma Doris, she’s already writing her name in her books and on her magna-doodle

The other day she wrote her first, middle, and last name all by herself!  We’re so proud of our lil girl!

Weighing in at 16 pounds, 5 ounces and measuring 25 1/2″ long…..AT TWO MONTHS!!!!  Trenton, “The Rock” Horton!  Yeah, we’re just as floored as everyone else.  At Trenton’s 2 month checkup, he tipped the scale at over 16 pounds.  We’ll have to get a weight on him now that he’s just turned 3 months old.  I’m guessing an even 18 lbs!

That’s one big boy!  But he’ll always be my little man.

Savannah is doing great having a little brother around all the time now.  She’s super helpful with diaper changes and getting burp clothes, etc for her brother.  She loves to read to him and just be around him and play.  Trenton’s really started to pay attention to what’s going on and will follow you around the room with his eyes.

In the coming weeks, we’ll be heading out on our first 4 person camping trip.  That should be an experience.  But, if he’s anything like his sister, he’ll take to camping like a duck to water (I hope).

Speaking of camping season.  This year we picked up another couple to camp with us.  Mom and Dad picked up a new truck and a new travel trailer this year.  No more “swearing tent”, it’s high style for them now!

Off and on we’d been working with Savannah on her potty training. We had good weeks and bad weeks, and with Trenton coming shortly, we had no real intentions of tackling potty training again until the spring near her 3rd birthday.

Once again Savannah bucks the system and after a little pep talk from one of Heather’s friends about her daughter going on the potty, a mental switch was flipped in Savannah’s head. She’d been really good at staying dry overnight in her diapers, but during the days it was pretty hit and miss with the potty. After finding out that her friend wears big girl undies, she wanted to wear her pull-ups again. She had a couple accidents during the day, but they were getting less and less. Heather picked up a couple packages of real underwear and since Thursday of last week, she’s been wearing them during the day except for a small accident everyonce in a while, she’s been doing great!

Friday night she told mommy that she wanted to wear her undies to bed. Knock on wood she’s been doing great with the days and nights. She’s even told mommy “I don’t wear diapers anymore.” We’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’ve reached the milestone, but we also anticpate a few accidents along the way. But right now, we’re taking it as a victory in the Diaper War!

One month in to having two kids and so far we’re all still here! Sanity levels are within operating specs for the most part. Trenton is doing great so far. He’s very much like his sister (being mellow and laid back), but unlike Savannah, he’s sleeping like a champ! Which more importantly means that daddy is sleeping well too! Savannah didn’t like being swaddled and had a hard time putting herself back to sleep when she woke up. Trenton on the other hand loves being swaddled and is really good at falling back asleep.

At Trenton’s two week checkup, he tipped the scales at 11lbs 13oz! That’s a full pound gain in two weeks since he was born! He’s gonna be a big boy. It’s a few more weeks until his 6 week checkup and we’ll see what he comes in at. He’s nursing like a champ and Heather’s recovery overall was a complete 180 from Savannah.