It's raining milestones

My Boys

This past weekend was hard for me. Every time I turned my head I had more evidence of Jacob's growing. He stopped using bottles this weekend. He is strictly a sippy cup man now. He is now in a booster seat sitting at the table instead of in his high chair. He is asking to sit on the toilet and telling us when he has a dirty diaper. He started putting more word together. He now says "Mama and Dada" and "Caly and Echo". He carries his laundry to his room now. I must have cried about three times in both delight and anguish at all of his development. Sigh.

My big boy looking like Einstein:


Sadly, those were not the only milestones for our family. I took Caly to the vet on Saturday where she was diagnosed with mild arthritis. She is the almost 7 years old. In my mind, that is nothing more than middle aged, but the vet informed me otherwise. She is the nicest dog in the world. Jacob climbs on her and hugs on her and teases her with food and she is the gentlest, kindest dog ever. She LOVES Jacob and he LOVES her. We put her on some medication that seems to be making a difference. She is on special food now and needs to go on a little diet. We are hoping all of these will make a difference. We love our girl!