Busy month!

Bill working
Bill did another 4 days of his “2 week” duty at the base in Everett. He continued helping do research and interviews. His trip to Wyoming was cancelled, but he still went to Montana. He got to see some old friends too!

Renae babysitting
Renae continued on to her 2nd week of watching Shaun while Bill worked. Thankfully it was cooler, so they were not roasting alive. The first week was in the 90s and 100s, the second week was mostly in the 70s!! Yay!

8 is Great!
We were able to go out to dinner, just the 2 of us on our 8th wedding anniversary, on August 4th. Renae was with us, and she volunteered to watch Shaun in the evening too so we could go out. What a good sister and Aunt!! Love you Renae!

Shaun is a year and a half, or18 months old!!! He went to the doctor for his well check up a couple weeks before in July. I forgot to post his stats last month, so here they are:
Height: 2' 11", 99 percentile
Weight: 24 pounds 10oz, 36 percentile
Head: 51cm, 99 percentile

First dentist visit
Shaun survived his first dentist visit! He laid on my lap while the dentist looked in his mouth at his teeth and brushed a toothbrush over them and also applied a fluoride gel. He cried a little bit, but before hand the lady said not to worry because a lot of little ones cry a lot. Plus, it made his mouth stay open, so the dentist could look in easily! He said his teeth look great. He has 16 out of 20 of them in various stages of coming in, pretty much right on track. He doesn't have to go back in for another year, and then he starts every 6 months like us. It is a nice children's dentist. A couple of my coworker's kids go there and they say they look forward to it, if you can believe that! :)

Shaun and Daddy started going back to story time at the library. This time it is the toddler story time instead of the baby story time. My boy is growing up! They read stories, sing songs and get a stamp on their hand (toddler’s at least!)

Sad news. My Grandma Nairn passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2009. She was 90 years old. She was diagnosed with cancer in about May or June and then since she got weaker, moved from her retirement home apartment to an adult family home under hospice care. We knew the end of her life on earth was coming sometime soon, but it is still a big shock when it actually happens, especially when it was even quicker than we thought. I’m just grateful, that she led a long and mostly healthy life! We last went to see her 4 days before she passed when Shaun and I gave her the collage. I’m glad she got to enjoy it for her last 4 days.
We also went and visited my Grandma Kennedy. I was going to post some of the good pictures I took of this visit, but something happened when I was downloading them off the camera and “poof” they were gone. I shed some tears over that one too (because you never know if there is going to be another chance), but we are just going to have to get back for another visit really soon to take some more! And, I will be copying pictures off the camera instead of “cutting” them to ensure they don’t get lost from now on!! Lesson learned!