Delaney's First Boyfriend

I got home from work today and was hanging out with the kids before starting dinner.
Delaney: "Mom, I have to tell you something but you can't tell Daddy."
Me: "Ok, what is it?"
Delaney: "I have a boyfriend."
Me: "Who is it?"
Delaney: "I'm not telling you."
Me: "Did he ask you to be his girlfriend?"
Delaney: "Yes, in art class (which was yesterday), and then he kissed me today in music class."
Me: "Congratulations Delaney!" (being very serious)..."Did he kiss you on the lips? What did you do? Did anyone see?"
Delaney: "Yes, on the lips, and I just looked at him. Nobody saw.  Then the teacher said 'No kissing.'"
Me: "Ohhhhhh, are you happy? Why don't you want to tell Daddy?"
Delaney: "I don't know...but I like Michael. And I want to take the bus like him...how come I can't take the bus?  I don't want to get picked up anymore."
We are in trouble!!!

Update: I met Michael's mom at the Fall Festival, and apparently he is using all of his lunch money to buy Delaney snacks!  Delaney denies this, but who knows?!?!?!

Delaney is a "Teriffic Kid"

But we already knew that! "Terrific Kid" is a program run by the Kiwanis Club to recognize students that show good qualities, such as morals and integrity. She was chosen by Mrs. Gilbert and her name was announced on the morning news at school. We are so proud of her!

Finn is 8 Months Old!

Finn now weighs 19.8 lb and is 27" long.  He is now wearing 12 month clothes!  What a great month of development Finn has had!  The biggest thing is that he is now mobile!!!  He is crawling as of 9/17/11 (7 months).  He also started sitting up, first in his crib, then on his own on the floor 9/6/11.  Before he crawled, he rotated around the room from sit to belly to sit to belly!  We had to remove the hutch on his changing table recently because he is so squirmy!  The girls were never as wiggly as he is- he will push himself backwards off the table- and he still cries as soon as you lay him down for a change!  Finn now has his 2 bottom teeth in, which weren't an issue- he didn't have any side effects.  His first came in on 8/26 and second 8/28.  He got his bottom teeth in and Delaney lost her bottom teeth- she thinks she did have his first real cold, and had a few restless nights sleeping with Mommy.  As a result of the cold, he also got  his first ear infection and went on an antibiotics.  During this time, he was really drooly, and then his second tooth was all the way through, so the drool could have been related to his cold or his teeth.  Finn is now doing great with the finger foods- he loves feeding himself puffs, mum-mums, and cheerios.  He will chase them all the way down his hand!  He isn't as demanding of food, but he still will screach for his dinner!  He is waving at us and says "Haaaa" for "Hi" when he waves!  He leans in and gives big, wet, open mouth kisses when asked!  It is so cute!  He likes when we say "How big is Finn? So big!"  He doesn't move his arms up yet, but he grabs my hands to let me raise his arms for him!  So funny!  He is now recognizing pictures of people and gets so excited to see himself or his family in pictures!

Finn got his second haircut, too, and it seems like his hair is getting darker at the top.  The whole back is still light blonde.