Brody's first tooth

Last night Brody finally cut his first tooth and he wanted to make sure the whole house knew about this momentous occasion. In other words, he was up crying ALL NIGHT. Sleepless nights are the hardest part of parenting for me. I am WAY too crabby when I don't get my sleep. I feel bad for the poor little guy though. He is in some serious pain. Hopefully the first is the worst and the rest won't be so bad. One can dream, right?

Brody has been playing peek-a-boo lately by covering his eyes with his hands anytime he hears the phrase "peek-a-boo!" He has a toy that says it and he even does it then. It's adorable!

Hunter filled his "pom-pon jar" (reward jar) so he was able to pick a fun place to go. He chose "Altius Gymnastics." We attended his best preschool friend's birthday party there in May (Hailey) and he LOVED it. He has been asking to go there ever since. Since they do not have open gym we couldn't just go whenever we wanted to. They host a "parent's night out" though where you drop off your kids from 6-10 p.m. and they organize all kinds of fun things for the kids (bucket rides, trampoline time, obstacle courses, etc.). It was our first time leaving Hunter somewhere for that long unsupervised by us. We were a little concerned that he would feel lonely because he didn't know anyone else there but he had a blast! He was talking about all these games he played with the other kids called "octopus tag, hospital tag, and mountain tag." Evidently it was a hit. He stayed the entire time too. I thought for sure we would be getting a phone call to come and get him early since 10 p.m. is several hours past his bedtime. His eyes were all red when we picked him up and he yawned the whole way home. Our "parent night out" was a parent night in but that's okay. We had a nice time together regardless.