Birthday boy

Birthday cookie cake in Nashville!

Kyle starts preschool tomorrow! He is so excited.

Kyle had his fourth birthday last week. We had a party in Tucson with his friends before we left and a small family party here on his actual birthday. We went to the ice cream plant that morning, McDonalds for lunch, and then he chose to watch movies all afternoon, lol! We had pizza for dinner and a cookie cake with candles for dessert. He has continued to receive little packages in the mail from family and friends back home and loves it! He wants to know what is in the mail for him everyday when we go check the box.

Now that he is four years old, he has started doing things that he told his he couldn't do when he was three because he wasn't a "big boy"! He started standing up to pee on his birthday eve, gets dressed and eats by himself, clicks himself in to his own car seat, and is "brave" when faced with potentially scary experiences.

I feel like I missed out on his whole 3 year old year with us moving right before his 3rd birthday, the adoption classes, and then Micah's pregnancy. Kyle was required to grow up more this year than any 3 year old should have to! Despite all that Kevin and I have been dealing with the past 12 months, poor Kyle has been stressed out too. The other day he asked me when we were going back to AZ and I told him sometime in October, and he goes "To stay?!?" and I had to tell him no, that we would come back to Nashville. Then he has days when he tells me he loves it here and doesn't want to live anywhere else, lol!

We are starting to have a couple of good days every week, but the bad days are still really, really bad. I continue to feel defeated in our housing search and if something doesn't work out this weekend, we will start looking for a rental.

The boys continue to grow grow grow! We met our new pediatrician and she's wonderful, although the office isn't great, so I'm not sure we'll stick with her. Kyle is hovering around the 50-75th percentile for height and weight while Micah is up in the 90-95th percentile for height and weight. We kept thinking he was quite a big boy! I'm excited Kyle's growth spurts have slowed down, as this means we can keep using his 5 pt harness in his car seat for a little longer. Kevin has graciously allowed me to purchase some new baby carriers, as Micah can get very heavy, very fast, and of course, he loves to be carried as opposed to sitting in the car seat or stroller!