More challenges . . . but it's all good:)

Lynsey has continued her difficult streak this last week. She challenges us, whines, doesn't want to go to bed, etc. I know all these things are normal for a two year old, but not my two year old! She has been acting like a baby, which was not cute for very long. I really hope this is a very quick phase. We are phasing out her naps, because she is now becoming more difficult to put to bed than ever before. We are still trying to make her have "quiet time", but some days that is very difficult to enforce. I'm not giving up, though - I need that time in the afternoon. One thing that IS getting better is her ability to play by herself. This has become somewhat of a necessity for her, because we have told her that TV is for "big girls", and so until she decides to pee on the potty, she can't watch TV. I figure it's win-win, because either she decides to pee on the potty on her own free will (finally!), or she just doesn't watch TV, which is not a bad thing. It's been a few days, and every time she asks for a show, we tell her she can't until she pees on the potty, and she instantly talks about doing something else. I don't know what that potty has done to offend her . . . anyway, I am pretty sure it won't motivate her to potty train, but I'm glad she's not whining for TV all the time anymore!

Adam is cutting his bottom two teeth! Already! He's not even 6 months old yet! He's had a lot of teething symptoms the last few days (more than Lynsey ever had) and has been a bit whiny, but it's not too bad so far. The nights have been reasonably good, but we'll see how tonight goes - they are on the verge of cutting through now. He loves his Jolly Jumper so much - it's become my go-to place to put him when I need free hands for a while. His thighs haven't gotten any smaller, but he's burning some calories! He loves grabbing his feet, and it sounds like he's on the verge of making the "ba" sound - we'll see how long it takes!

I am done with pumping - WAHOO! I didn't quite make it to 6 months, but so close - less than a week away! I pumped my last bottle yesterday, and it took a long time - my milk is basically gone. I can't tell you how happy I was to put that breast pump away. I wasn't sure how he would like the concentrate formula in the morning, but he drained it in like 4 minutes so that answered that question. He is warming up to the baby food, and I'm thinking about trying some strained meat in the next day or two. He is still drinking just as much milk as before, so I think he can handle more solids. Every morning it amazes me how hungry he is - he just drains that bottle. I have a hungry boy on my hands!

Brian and I bought a DSLR camera last Saturday! We have been taking a lot more pictures trying it out, so there are quite a few pictures attached to this post. We are still learning how to use it, and I'm going to Black's tomorrow morning for a one-on-one tutorial on how to use all the features (it's a Canon Rebel T2i for all the camera people out there). Even in Auto mode, the quality of pictures it takes is unbelievable compared to our old camera - and our old camera wasn't bad! I'm excited to learn more about the features and getting into photography a bit - I say a bit because I don't think I'll ever be a total photography buff. I am thinking I'll take a photography course in the fall, though - can never have too many hobbies!