Tonight while I was watering my plants, I saw a flock of geese heading north? North? Summer's almost over!

Nolan continues to have appointments with his ophthalmologist to track his progress since his eye surgery. Nothing but good news every time thank God. We are supposed to be patching his good eye still to hopefully train his eye that was operated on; however, we are not successful. I refuse to hold down my son and wrestle him at this point. The doctor believes that Nolan's surgery was a success and will be worth it eventhough we aren't patching. He really doesn't believe at this point that it will affect the results dramatically.

Nolan had his teeth cleaned again. This time not so good. He continues to be cavity free but he was sweating through his shirt by the time we were done by three of us holding him down. How the doctor did not poke his tongue, I do not even know. We are going to wait another year before attempting this feat again.

We have had lots of company lately and it's been a lot of fun. We had the Weatherly's and the Wyckoff's over for a UFC party. Lots of people, little house. The kids had fun...I think and were all asleep by 11 p.m. I am amazed that Dominic and Donovan slept at our house the first time they came over.

Aunt Melissa came to watch Nolan so that Jeff and I could take Derek and his girlfriend Lauren to the Tigers game. It was 94 degrees and I thought I was going to fry to death. It was "ot in icky" as Nolan would say. I somehow survived although the Kid Rock beer didn't help. :)

Last weekend, Grandma Pietchak, Aunt Melissa, cousin Derek, Great Aunt Mary and Great Aunt Georgia came over for what I call an indoor picnic. Derek and Jeff went to the Lions game followed by the Tigers game while the girls stayed home and visited. It was the first time Aunt Mary met Nolan and visited our house. What a special treat. They all showered Nolan with beautiful gifts which he didn't seem to mind. He loves his Hot Wheels.

Nolan's language is developing at record speed (as far as I am concerned). He is reciting his colors, shapes, letters, numbers and animals. His gets especially proud when it is nighttime and he doesn't want to go to bed so he tries to speak very clearly and use big words like rectangle to impress me. Although I am so proud of him, he still needs his rest.

Tonight was his first night in his big boy bed. We decided it was time to get him a new bed. We haven't had time to go and buy his twin bed yet, but we had a toddler bed in the basement that my old boss Liz gave me. I brought it up, cleaned it off and put it in his room. He wouldn't leave! I kept asking him if he wanted to play in the living room and he said, "NO!" He did really well tonight getting in and staying in. He got out once to pick up the car he dropped, that's it. He's now peacefully sleeping like a big boy.

Off I go, Project Runway starts tonight!