Okay, no more diapers. That's it. We're done. We're going to potty train our 5 month old. Ethan, our oldest, was 3 before we potty trained him. So, we're not messing around with this one. We're starting early. In fact, we should have started at birth.

Okay, yes, I'm kidding. But, you have to check out this article about how parents are potty training their kids from birth. It is common in parts of Africa and Asia where parents can't afford diapers. One woman quoted was training her 14-week old. I don't think it's the kid who's getting potty-trained...it's the parents.

Ben asked Ethan to hold Rachel while he made a snack for him. Ben noticed it had gotten very quiet and when he went in this is what he found...

I also posted this on Rachel's blog but it's too cute to pass up. Ben asked Ethan to hold Rachel while he made a snack for him. Ben noticed it had gotten very quiet and when he went in this is what he found...

Someone once told me that Ethan has two gears--on and off. Well, when he finally does go into "off", he continues to make us smile. Here's why:

She's healthy! 15lbs11oz, 25.5" and 40cm head circumference. She's doing just fine at the 75th, 50th and 90th percentiles.

New tricks for this month: in addition to shoving her hands in her mouth, she has also learned how to screech (and no, I don't mean scream...there is a big difference), how to barrel-roll across the floor though she's only done it twice, how to sing (in about the same key and tone that I sing...poorly for those who don't know me), and she's started reaching and grabbing. After she started grabbing for our food, we decided to try cereal. She does like her cereal and grabs onto our hands and shoves the spoon in her mouth. However, the applesauce gets an "I just ate a lemon" face that we're try to capture on camera. She also is fascinated by our mouths. She loves to stick her hands in my mouth and moves her lips like she's talking but all that comes out is either baby babble or a loud screech.

Rachel has learned to blow raspberries. She makes them when she's happy, she makes them when she's mad, I even think she makes them in her sleep. They're cute until...she's eating. She loves to talk while I'm feeding her cereal but now she blows raspberries causing quite a mess.