Happy 5 mo. birthday
Anticipation
The approach
First taste
Smile during first taste
Sister getting in on the action
Sister gently being corrected in how exactly to feed her brother
Taking over the spoon!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Here Comes the Bride
So, we finally had an event to attend outside of our house. We took Eye of the Storm with us, since I am not yet comfortable leaving him with younger sitters. Tornado enjoyed her one-on-one time with our sitter. (no puns intended for our dear friends in the south....AK earned that nickname way before all the bad weather)
Eye was the youngest attendee and also the quietest. Eye was very proud of him. Interesting to note, though....eye think he missed his sister! They are always hand in hand, side by side and this was his first time "away" from her. What a special bond they are forming. Eye often have tears in my eyes when eye watch them together. She is sooooooooo loving with him...hugs, kisses, "playing doctor", bringing toys, books, saying goodnight. (This paragraph IS meant as a fun pun to my dad because one year the letter "I" quit working on his typewriter and all his letters to me included the word "eye" as a substitute. :) )
Poor Eye, tooth...I mean, too. He has been "teething" since about month 3 and there must be some suckers ready to pop....He was a mess when we got home. I feel SO bad for him because he is such a "good" baby...He cried so much tonight--with real tears and one chubby hand shoved in that little mouth. Finally got him fed, soother and sleeping. Hope tomorrow is better. Tomorrow we are having a Cereal for Lunch party, as it will be his first taste! Stay tuned.
Eye was the youngest attendee and also the quietest. Eye was very proud of him. Interesting to note, though....eye think he missed his sister! They are always hand in hand, side by side and this was his first time "away" from her. What a special bond they are forming. Eye often have tears in my eyes when eye watch them together. She is sooooooooo loving with him...hugs, kisses, "playing doctor", bringing toys, books, saying goodnight. (This paragraph IS meant as a fun pun to my dad because one year the letter "I" quit working on his typewriter and all his letters to me included the word "eye" as a substitute. :) )
Poor Eye, tooth...I mean, too. He has been "teething" since about month 3 and there must be some suckers ready to pop....He was a mess when we got home. I feel SO bad for him because he is such a "good" baby...He cried so much tonight--with real tears and one chubby hand shoved in that little mouth. Finally got him fed, soother and sleeping. Hope tomorrow is better. Tomorrow we are having a Cereal for Lunch party, as it will be his first taste! Stay tuned.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Spelling Bee
This morning in the car on the way to a playdate, SHE spelled her name correctly for the first time! Woo-hoo! That's been a long time coming and a lot of hard work!
HE is discovering his voice...nearing that 5 month age. I remember AK loved to squeal and shriek at 5 mo. Yikes. Time for the ear plugs. EH, like his sister, loves the "Squ" sound...squid, square, squeamish, squint, etc...we go on and on and he giggles...today's laugh word was: Voluminous.
Guess we'll work on having AK spell that next. :)
HE is discovering his voice...nearing that 5 month age. I remember AK loved to squeal and shriek at 5 mo. Yikes. Time for the ear plugs. EH, like his sister, loves the "Squ" sound...squid, square, squeamish, squint, etc...we go on and on and he giggles...today's laugh word was: Voluminous.
Guess we'll work on having AK spell that next. :)
Friday, May 13, 2011
May Pictures 1
Bath time...he has ear infection written all over his face. Oh, now he can also roll from tummy to back! I've finally started a milestone chart for him. :)
First Balloon. Not quite as excited as AK was with hers (@ 3 mo. old)
He's definitely more interested in chewing on his fingers.
Happy Mother's Day. The best presents a girl could ask for...
The Remainder of April in Pictures
Playing dress-up
Dinner with friends from TX
Bunny cake 2011
Easter Egg Hunt...post-Easter, a friend tipped me off to NOT fill the eggs.
Ah, lightbulb goes on....live and learn...
I don't usually post pics of me I don't like, but here's one...I like it simply because I am holding EH. I was feeling very happy inside, although I look very tired outside!
Some day they will sit still long enough for the photos to not all be a blur...
Blackmail photo...just in case :)
4 months old
2 AND A HALF
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Mommys aren't supposed to get sick
Scene One:
Perhaps my extreme fatigue should have been an alert to The Thing that I have and that has taken over our house. (no, it's not mono...they tested for that, too) Friday through Mother's Day was spent in bed and my fevers continued through yesterday. I am holding my breath in hopes that they are over, but am seriously wishing my throat would get better. Never have I experienced such pain and throbbing in the throat. I've even started just grunting at AK and Daddy has taken over the evening stories.
All this to set the beginning of a very hilarious Monday night. The kind reader will infer that the normal chaos has been a little more abnormal with Mommy struck out and Daddy pinch-hitting the entire weekend.
Scene Two:
Post-nap afternoon...playing outside; Mommy has another raging fever and is a bit loopier than normal. I may have forgotten to change EH near the end of playtime before dinnertime.
Scene Three:
During Monday night dinner, the question is raised, "Who gets a bath tonight?" (Usually it's our night "off") It is decided that it will be EH. Dinner moves through dessert and EH starts crying. Since he has also been on an antibiotic.....well, let's say, we've been going through diapers a bit more rapidly than usual. Daddy goes to check his bottom and....I shouldn't write what he may have said! :) (Oops, I DID forget to change him earlier) Quick plan discussion: we'll bathe him NOW!
Scene Four:
Daddy is upstairs changing EH when I hear: "I need help." It was an AB--no, not you dear Auntie--but an Antibiotic Blowout! I help out at the scene and Daddy says "Ready the bath!" "Should I bring him down naked?"
"Yes!," I say.
Scene Five:
AK is sitting quietly in her seat, eating her ice cream. I am filling the bathtub and Daddy comes down carrying/holding EH. Right as I'm placing the tub on the counter, a little voice says, "He's peein' " and only nanoseconds later, Daddy lets out a sea of expletives! It was HILARIOUS, considering all our weekend had already been. Just another day in baby/toddler-land.
Scene Six and Final:
Post-bath, EH again pees on me and as usual, I jump a foot in the air and let out a screech, followed by laughter. Poor little guy, my laugh scared him so much, he started to cry! So funny!! [And he hasn't done any "spraying" in a looooooooooong time!] :)
Perhaps my extreme fatigue should have been an alert to The Thing that I have and that has taken over our house. (no, it's not mono...they tested for that, too) Friday through Mother's Day was spent in bed and my fevers continued through yesterday. I am holding my breath in hopes that they are over, but am seriously wishing my throat would get better. Never have I experienced such pain and throbbing in the throat. I've even started just grunting at AK and Daddy has taken over the evening stories.
All this to set the beginning of a very hilarious Monday night. The kind reader will infer that the normal chaos has been a little more abnormal with Mommy struck out and Daddy pinch-hitting the entire weekend.
Scene Two:
Post-nap afternoon...playing outside; Mommy has another raging fever and is a bit loopier than normal. I may have forgotten to change EH near the end of playtime before dinnertime.
Scene Three:
During Monday night dinner, the question is raised, "Who gets a bath tonight?" (Usually it's our night "off") It is decided that it will be EH. Dinner moves through dessert and EH starts crying. Since he has also been on an antibiotic.....well, let's say, we've been going through diapers a bit more rapidly than usual. Daddy goes to check his bottom and....I shouldn't write what he may have said! :) (Oops, I DID forget to change him earlier) Quick plan discussion: we'll bathe him NOW!
Scene Four:
Daddy is upstairs changing EH when I hear: "I need help." It was an AB--no, not you dear Auntie--but an Antibiotic Blowout! I help out at the scene and Daddy says "Ready the bath!" "Should I bring him down naked?"
"Yes!," I say.
Scene Five:
AK is sitting quietly in her seat, eating her ice cream. I am filling the bathtub and Daddy comes down carrying/holding EH. Right as I'm placing the tub on the counter, a little voice says, "He's peein' " and only nanoseconds later, Daddy lets out a sea of expletives! It was HILARIOUS, considering all our weekend had already been. Just another day in baby/toddler-land.
Scene Six and Final:
Post-bath, EH again pees on me and as usual, I jump a foot in the air and let out a screech, followed by laughter. Poor little guy, my laugh scared him so much, he started to cry! So funny!! [And he hasn't done any "spraying" in a looooooooooong time!] :)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Two new milestones
It was brought to my attention that I hadn't included inches and pounds in the last post, so I have updated that info.
Two new milestones, one each:
EH laughed for the first time yesterday, 5/3/11. So cute! He did it again today. I'm still working on figuring out what makes him tick. Yesterday it was a slurp sound; today it was the word "drool."
Or maybe it was just my funny face. I like to think it was the former. :)
AK: We've been working on learning "why" for many months. She'll say, "I need that." And we'll say, "Why do you need that?" Or something along those lines. This morning (like EVERY morning), we drove past the CVS and she said "We went to the CVS." (With EH's ear issues, we've spent quite a bit of time in there lately) I said, "A, do you know WHY we went to the CVS?" Of course she didn't, so I very slowly and clearly explained WHY we went to the CVS. Well, it must have sunk in because tonight while I was bathing EH she said, "I need that washcloth." Again, we posed to her: "Why do you need the washcloth?" She thought for a moment and said, " 'cause I want to play with it."
YEAH! :)
Two new milestones, one each:
EH laughed for the first time yesterday, 5/3/11. So cute! He did it again today. I'm still working on figuring out what makes him tick. Yesterday it was a slurp sound; today it was the word "drool."
Or maybe it was just my funny face. I like to think it was the former. :)
AK: We've been working on learning "why" for many months. She'll say, "I need that." And we'll say, "Why do you need that?" Or something along those lines. This morning (like EVERY morning), we drove past the CVS and she said "We went to the CVS." (With EH's ear issues, we've spent quite a bit of time in there lately) I said, "A, do you know WHY we went to the CVS?" Of course she didn't, so I very slowly and clearly explained WHY we went to the CVS. Well, it must have sunk in because tonight while I was bathing EH she said, "I need that washcloth." Again, we posed to her: "Why do you need the washcloth?" She thought for a moment and said, " 'cause I want to play with it."
YEAH! :)
Monday, May 2, 2011
Stats
Looks like I'll be posting a bit out of order. I am so tired these days...not sure if it is my "condition" (ha) or simply being the mother of 2 small, energetic children. Probably both. Ha.
Today we had well-checks for both Tots:
AK: at, slightly above and slightly below 50% in all areas: head, length (3 ft tall) and weight (28 lbs). Doc, of course, commented on her verbal ability. Yep, she's a talker alright...
EH: slightly below 40% head, 75% weight (16 lbs), 90% height (26 inches). I'm afraid there will be football in his future...or maybe the safer basketball?
He is suffering from a double ear infection and what I call, FIRE BUTT (serious diaper rash). Oh, and the 4-month round of shots. After 4.5 doses of antibiotic #1, he is now on antibiotic #2. Sigh. I don't like it, but I hope it will help. His ears are apparently a complete mess and he has not breathed clearly out of his nose for over a month. Thank you, AK and preschool. ;)
Some day there will be further posts of Easter pictures, sick-dude pics, 4-month pics and 2.5 year old pics....Stay tuned, but please do not hold your breath. :)
Today we had well-checks for both Tots:
AK: at, slightly above and slightly below 50% in all areas: head, length (3 ft tall) and weight (28 lbs). Doc, of course, commented on her verbal ability. Yep, she's a talker alright...
EH: slightly below 40% head, 75% weight (16 lbs), 90% height (26 inches). I'm afraid there will be football in his future...or maybe the safer basketball?
He is suffering from a double ear infection and what I call, FIRE BUTT (serious diaper rash). Oh, and the 4-month round of shots. After 4.5 doses of antibiotic #1, he is now on antibiotic #2. Sigh. I don't like it, but I hope it will help. His ears are apparently a complete mess and he has not breathed clearly out of his nose for over a month. Thank you, AK and preschool. ;)
Some day there will be further posts of Easter pictures, sick-dude pics, 4-month pics and 2.5 year old pics....Stay tuned, but please do not hold your breath. :)
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