It's hot!

The cousins after Clayton's baseball game

The weather yesterday was a beast and unfortunately just a slight taste of what we will experience from now until September! Yesterday was 93 and today the high will be 85 degrees. The thing that makes it so unbearable is it's almost always cooler outside than in our house even with our air on. In the summer the average day is at least 100 so we are in for it! Our house doesn't seem to cool off until 3am just in time for it to heat up again, being 80 degrees by 9am. Luckily, we have made several friends in our ward who have swimming pools so we will be spending lots of time at their house this summer. I just bought two new suits for the summer season. I need to get Tanner a floating device and then we are ready!

Nana and the boys

On Thursday I took Tanner for his long overdue renal ultrasound for his hydronephrosis. The nurse called today and said everything looks normal which is great! I didn't get any more details so maybe this means everything is totally fine and he outgrew this problem. I take Tanner to the doctor for his one year appt next month so we will find out then.

Ethan is really growing up!

I am really excited about this book Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons - I've known about it for over a year now and finally feel it's time to get it and teach Ethan how to read. I'm SO excited to teach him and have heard amazing reviews on this book. I know several people personally who have taught their children (all around Ethan's age) with this book and have had good success. I hope Ethan will be receptive and take advantage of this head start.

Papa and Ethan at the Science Center

Our little Tanner baby has become quite the climber and explorer in the last few days. He can now climb on our couch with no assistance. He has been able to climb on it if a pillow or toy was close enough to give him that extra step up, but now he is a pro. This makes it even more difficult to leave him alone for a minute since he can climb and fall off it so fast. Tanner is also starting to give us cheesy grins throughout the day. Both boys are starting to sleep in - at least to our standard of sleeping in to about 6:30 or 7:00 - so that is great!

One of the many areas we played in that the boys love.

Now for a John update, he is finally free of any hospital or rehab center and home for good! This morning he got to leave to come to my parents house (since the Brooks have stairs) at least for a few days so he can build up enough strength to climb stairs at home. The doctors thought he wouldn't be home for at least 6 months but now 8 weeks later he is home and doing so well. He will go to a physical therapy everyday but at least he can be home to continue his recovery. What a blessing that he has come so far in so little time!