Keira crawling!

Matthew thought he would be helpful and put all Keira's toys in her crib.

He had the right idea, she stopped crying.

Keira stood for the first time a couple weeks ago. I am a little behind. She is now crawling also.

You may also notice the pears that I canned. I am quite proud of them (ha,ha). Thanks to my mother and mother-in-law, I now know how to can. I did 25 quarts of pears with Bonnie's help, and then my mom came down and we canned 57 quarts of peaches and 8 quarts of applesauce. It was a lot more work then I realized. I was really impressed when I talked to my mother-in-law and heard how much she and Hilary had canned. The pears and apples are from our trees. Our peach tree didn't do very well because of a late snow in the spring, so my mom bought a couple bushels. I have learned a lot this summer about growing fruit and vegetables and preserving them. I have really enjoyed it.

Yea, Ryan is potty trained. That means he seldom has accidents, and he tells me when he needs to go potty. He is still wearing a pullup at night, but he has been dry for the last 3 or 4 nights. He threw his underwear (aren't we all surprised that Ryan threw something) up on the wall between the livingroom and dining room. He thought he was pretty funny.