June and July

June and July were busy months at The Benton House. We finally got Martin potty trained. I decided we needed to go all in mid June and went straight to underwear! The first week was def a learning curve! You are training yourself just as much as you are training them. But, we didn't have as much trouble as I would have thought we would! This is a huge perk to waiting until they are ready! Martin is doing awesome now, and we haven't had any accidents in over 2 weeks (knock on wood). So proud of Martin!!

We sold our house in Oxford at the end of June. We have had a reliable renter living there for almost 2.5 years, but it is a relief to know no one will call and say the air is out of the dryer isn't drying. Hard to pop in and check on things from 2 hours away!

Livi cut her first tooth on July 26th (the day we had family pictures)! She hasn't been overly fussy-- but she has been a drool monster and has been stuffing things in her mouth with such purpose! Here's hoping she gets the rest of her teeth with such ease.

The first two pictures are from the day we went to oxford to close on the house. We stopped to pee on the side of the road in the back of Mama's Tahoe! Who says you need an rv to pee while you travel??

6 months (a month late)

At 6 months Livi has all sorts of new tricks. She has started sitting up on her own. She weighs 14 lbs 4 ounces and is 26.5" long. She will also low crawl dragging herself by her elbows. She also gets up on her hands and knees and rocks. She will do this to propel herself forward but hasn't exactly figured out how to make it all work together. She still prefers to stand when given the chance and really loves the Johnny jump up! She is such a sweet girl we almost forget what a handful she was for the first two months! She is in size 2 diapers but we will switch to 3's when we run out of the 2's we have left. And she is in mostly
9 month clothing. There are a few 6 month things she can still wear (if they are two pieces).

We had family pictures done last week, and I was quickly reminded why I am not willing to shell out $2k for kids pictures....EVER!! Martin was a total turkey the whole time. He was totally chatting our photographer up and happy as a lark until the camera came out and we said smile. Then it was meltdown central! Every little thing set him off. "Livi is touching me. The swing is hurting me. I don't want to smile. I just need to cry. I want to go home. That squirrel is running too fast." Those all happened. And just like that I got a glimpse into what the TERRIBLE TWOS are really all about. Being totally irrational! He really tested my patience! It will be a miracle if she has anything resembling a decent picture. I'm sure she got some good ones of Olivia. At least that's what I am banking on. Y'all say a prayer to the photo gods! We need it!

We went on another beach trip at the beginning of July and had a fabulous week. I plan to do a beach trip post when I have a minute to get on the computer and blog (so I can load my pictures), instead of my phone.