July 13

I'm quite a bit behind on this so I'll just jump back in and hope it works.

I spent the week home. We went to the cabin for a couple days and the girls had a blast. I think they totally wore Mom out, but they had fun and were quite hilarious roasting hot dogs. Chels saw a bat while changing clothes and ran out the room, then Steve and I got to do the "bat dance" and got the bat to go out the window. We had a few screams and hollers, but then a lot of laughs. The next day Mikiya was afraid to go upstairs. Back at Mom's the kids had a blast in the pool. Quaid even got brave enough to walk along the edge and not have me hold him, although he did go under once.

We had a little b-day party for Quaid yesterday with Mike's siblings that live over here. I think Mikiya had more fun than Quaid, but it works. She sings happy birthday 80 times a day and finds all sorts of toys to put in bags to "give" him. He took two steps yesterday and three today. I think it's quite exciting. He was a little unsure about cake, but likes the frosting after some experimentation. However, he LOVES vanilla ice cream, as long as the bites are small enough he doesn't get an ice cream headache.