I have been TERRIBLE about blogging this new year. I have a lot going on and sitting at the computer typing is not what I want to do in my "free" time. However, there are some updates I want to get down so I don't forget!
Mw:
Bottom two molars have broken through and are halfway in. We are now waiting for the top incisors to come in and make our lives a little easier. He is a mess of boogers and grossness with these teeth!
Says a few words.
His FAVORITE is "bowww" (ball). He says this when he wants to play, usually after he's done with a nap or done eating. If he's having a meltdown I can ask him if he wants to play or go nigh nigh and he will answer me. It's SO nice that we're getting to the point that he can communicate with me. He never picked up on signing so we don't have that to fall back on like we did with Mk.
He also says:
ack (snack)
mom
dad
Nigh (nigh nigh)
Hi
eat
tickle tickle tickle
nummy nummy nummy
yummmm
He shakes his head "no"
Waves Hi/bye
Points to things we're talking about
Gives kisses - you know, the open mouth going to eat your face kind? I LOVE them.
He likes high fives and fist bumps (only if it explodes afterward, the likes the "pow" sound)
His "thing" to do now is to flick his hair like Jared does and to suck his tongue when he's tired. Sometimes he'll just do this when I ask him if he wants to go to bed instead of saying "nigh". It's cute, for now, but there is that part of me that thinks about how expensive braces are going to be because of this little habit.
I don't think I've mentioned it, but he walks EVERYWHERE now. He backs up, turns around, basically he's an old pro. He grabs things off the ground while standing, throws things across the room (the kid has an arm!), LOVES to make his matchbox cars go down the track, likes to entertain himself with toys (doesn't always need me to play with him, which is SO nice), and he still likes to play in his rocker chair that Grandma got him a long time ago.
He actually seems to understand what I'm saying now. He will go get the ball if I tell him to. He will come to me, he will defy me when I tell him "no", he will put things down or pick things up if asked.
He also mimics really well. He likes to play kitchen with us and pretend to eat the food! He can also pick up on something new by watching. the most recent was how to put his cars on the track. The track is pretty small (matchbox cars) but he does really well with it and takes his time. It's cute to watch. He still likes to take his time and figure things out on his own as well. Not a trait he learned from his mommy!
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| Digging for another car to put down the track |
He eats almost anything. He's starting to not like things. He doesn't like carrots, avocado (ever since the time the threw up all night after having some - he was about 6 months old), and .... well that's really it. He eats really well.
He was going to bed at 6pm every night, but last week he pushed himself to 7 and hasn't looked back. We don't mind. He still gets up around 7am and takes 1-2 naps a day.
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| He likes to make the ramp go up and down. It's rather noisy. |
He also got his first "mom" haircut today. That just means that I didn't pay a professional to do it. I got it a little short though. Nothing that a couple of weeks of growing out can't fix. Jared says he likes it, but I think he thinks I paid for it so he doesn't want to feel bad about spending the money. *update* I told Jared that I did it and I got a "nice job". I will try to remember to post a picture of it later.
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| Nice hair *cough cough* |
Mk:
She is just an amazing child. She is so full of spunk and I just hope I can try to channel it in a productive direction. She still throws a "fit" whenever she doesn't get her way, but now she gets a timeout whenever she throws an unjustified fit. It's STARTING to cut back on their frequency. She really does burst into tears and starts to cry whenever she doesn't get the answer she wants. I always try to give options to avoid this, but sometimes that's just not possible. I would say that the fits are my biggest challenge with her. I *think* I have it figured out now, but we'll see.
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| Just showing some 'tude |
She LOVES dance class and really likes gymnastics as well. Her little life revolves around getting to do these things. I can threaten not getting to do those two activities or not going to the Y and she will immediately change her attitude. I can also get her to hurry up with things when we are going to an activity. Otherwise she is the slowest little girl I know. Especially when it comes to eating. The girl has no problem taking an hour to eat 1 piece of bread that has been turned into a pb&j. No lie. I gave her one for lunch the other day and told her that when she was done she could get down. I didn't tell her she had to eat it all. She was there for over an hour playing, goofing around, making the sandwich pieces play tag with each other, you name it. Anything to slow the eating process. This KILLS me. I frequently set timers and urge her to focus. She is growing at a steady rate so I don't worry about her nutrition, but man, a little hustle sometimes would be nice!
She is getting better every day with writing her letters. She has almost all of them except the most important ones: M and K. Both very important to spell her name. Go figure! I think it's the angles that have her tripped up. She can trace them without a problem, but can't do them without something to look at or follow.
She loves to read and gets several stories a day. We play board games almost every night. I sometimes take the night off and let Jared do that with her. Some days I need a break and it's good quality time for them.
She's starting to wean herself off of a nap. Usually she can go 2 days max without one before it catches up to her. If she does try to pull the "no nap game", she crashes and sleeps for about 3-4 hours when she finally lets her body win. Then we can't get her to bed for the night. I've tried waking her after an hour and she won't get up. She will open her eyes, talk to me, and then tell me she's going to go back to sleep. What's a mom to do? I'll tell you: let her sleep!!! I like the quiet.
It's that time of year, you know; preschool registration. I have it narrowed down to a couple of schools that I like. Both have registration in early February. I may hold out one more year. She can't start kindergarten until 2014 so even if I did just next year that's a year of preschool before K. I don't think she even needs preschool, but she REALLY wants to go to school. She asks me every day if she has been a good girl and can go now. I think she hears that all her older cousins can't play because they are in school and that makes her jealous. A lot of her dance friends are in school too, so that must be hard for her. She was supposed to go this year, but we pulled her last minute because I didn't like the feel of it after they had changed directors. She was also REALLY naughty at the open house so I
may have told her that's why she couldn't go this year. "She showed us that she couldn't listen and follow directions".
Okay, for those of you that are thinking, what was
so bad that we did that to her:
After pushing the limits during our "tour" and meeting teachers, blah blah. We had some ice cream. She loved it. We were packing up and she headed toward the door. I told her to stop and she kept going, not just going, she sped up. I dropped everything and had to RUN after her. She got out the cafeteria, through the entryway, through 2 sets of doors (with people coming in them, and nobody stopped her), and 2 steps into the parking lot before I was able to grab her. The worst infraction was touching the parking lot without holding a hand. She got a timeout right there on the curb that day. I didn't even feel weird with the other parents looking at me. I was SO mad/scared that day. I get worked up just thinking about it.
Anyway, she thinks she's ready to prove she's ready for school now. We'll see I guess!
I'm tired and have to study (more on that later). Enjoy your day and smile!!
