The Bebej Blog: Devin -- Week 38 (7/2/14-7/8/14)

Without kids, I used to love the 4th of July, but when you have kids, you start to loathe the sight of fireworks being sold in parking lots all over town. Thankfully, Kyler pretty much just slept through the fireworks or woke up only slightly before going back to bed. Devin has been a superstar as well, sleeping through everything and not being phased at all by the new noises associated with the holiday. Devin had a great time hanging out at the pool and enjoying the new patriotic pinwheel we gave him. He is always so happy being outside and could spend hours watching the leaves on the tree move or just looking around at all that is going on. It was actually a fairly mild 4th, which meant that he did not even go into the pool this year. Grandpa and Grandma always love to take pictures, and this year we got some great brother pictures in their patriotic holiday clothes. We also made a trek out to Lake Odessa to see some of Ryan's old college friends and enjoy some time outside. Devin napped terribly that day, but he was still his charming self and happy to just be with people.

The rest of the week included a lot of rolling around. Devin is becoming really good at rolling to where he wants to go and has started to grab and reach for things that Kyler does not want him to touch. We are having to make sure certain toys are moved to the basement or are only played with on the couch or table out of Devin's reach. At the end of the week though, Kyler was volunteering some of his cars for Devin to play with, and it was fun to hear him tell his brother all about the car he was slobbering on. Devin has not really gotten much out of animals lately, not really enjoying the kitties or rabbits at the farmer's market or the pet store, but he does love Duncan and wants to touch him anytime he passes by him. Duncan tolerates the grabbing really well and knows to just walk away before Devin gets too good of a grip on him. Along with rolling and sitting up better and better, Devin has started to try to sit up and roll in the tub, which makes for a very busy and wet bath time. We introduced pears at breakfast time this week, which seemed to make Devin excited to be at the table with his brother. They always smile and "make music" by pounding the table together. Oh, brothers. One thing that I was slightly surprised by this week--and which I never had to deal with for Kyler--was that Devin likes to play with the velcro on his Bum Genius diapers and has successfully undone them a few times. Pretty soon we might need to use exclusively diapers with snaps!