Busy, busy busy

The last few weeks have flown by. School started, we made a trip to Des Moines, and we helped family members move and work on their houses.

Keegan started his first day of preschool on August 19. We went the night before to open house and he was so excited. I (Abby) was able to take him to school on his first day. I think it was harder for Mom than Keegan for this new beginning. He is enjoying it immensely and learning a lot. The letter of the week was "M". He was busy telling his teacher all of the M names that he knew (all of my brothers family's name start with M). Each morning he goes to school with Stan and has breakfast before heading off to preschool. He thinks he is pretty big stuff.

Keegan and his preschool teach Mrs. Hanson.

Aiden has adapted well to the slight change in routine and enjoys being one of the older kids at day care in the mornings. He even has amazed us lately with his urge to use the big boy potty. Hopefully we can say goodbye to diapers in the near future! That would be nice before our new baby arrives! He definitely is 2 as he now has a distaste for the bath tub. He either refuses to get in and wants to sit on the potty longer or after getting in asks to have a time out as he knows he can then get out of the tub. Oh how quick they figure things out:)

We also made a trip to Des Moines to visit a college friend and enjoyed the Farmers Market and a trip to the library to learn about Monarch butterflies and of course shopping for mom:) We also attended the town celebration and the weather was just perfect.

Nothing new to report on the adoption front for ourselves. We did learn today that some friends we had met through Katelyn's Fund received a baby yesterday. How exciting! What a whirlwind for them. We'll keep everyone posted if we learn anything new. We know that our timing is not God's timing and we need to trust in his perfect will for the child he has for our family.