Abby:
1. I told Abby she was a princess the other day, and she said, “no, I’m Abby”
2. Whenever we ask Abby to do something she doesn’t want to do, she always uses the phrase, “I can’t want to”, or “I can’t like that”, its so cute.
3. Abby’s favorite books right now are the birthday book (I think she is dreaming about having her own birthday with a pink cake), and the Thomas Engine book. She and Alex just love everything about trains.
4. Abby is potty trained mostly, but once in awhile she has an accident, and I tell her that it makes me sad when she doesn’t go in the potty, so she has tried harder to make me very happy and when she goes potty, she exclaims, “mommy, I made you happy”, it’s so sweet. Whenever Alex does something he’s not supposed to, Abby will say, “oh no Alex, you made mommy so sad”
Alex:
1. Waddle Butt- Alex runs kind of with a slant, and likes to take his own sweet time. He’s a lot like his dad in that way- a lollygagger .
2. Whenever we ask Alex if he is poopy, he always says, “no, abba”, to try and get us to think its Abby.
3. Alex is so cute at bedtime, he has to have his back rubbed and has to talk about the things he did that day, and the people he saw, then when I try to leave, he holds on to my neck and pulls me back down and asks me to sing to him or listen to music. It’s really my favorite time of the day.
4. Alex has a really hard time pronouncing full words, he only does one syllable, so its really tricky to figure out what he’s trying to say, it’s kind of cute though.
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Spilling, Jumping and Wiggling
Sometime last week you (Abby) spilled a whole container of Cheerios on the floor. You had surrounded your self with them and couldn’t get out without stepping on them and crushing them. You were frustrated every time you stepped on one and picked up your foot and tried to brush it off. Once you finally got out of the Cheerio maze you ran to your room and put your shoes on then came right back and walked all over the Cheerios, now happy that you couldn’t feel them on your feet.
You are getting some air now when you jump. You can get off the ground about ½ inch. You go down stairs standing up now, but you won’t let us help you. You need to do it by yourself. You are getting quicker as you get more confident. You are a pretty fast runner, and since it has been warm now for spring you just love to be outside. And you shoe fetish continues. You even wore you shoes to bed last night. If you don’t wear them to bed you put them on as soon as you get up. If your mother or I take our shoes off, you go and get them or us and make us put them on.
Alex, you are quite a wiggle worm. You like to throw your body around. You seem to have a lot of fun shaking you head back and forth when you are in your high chair. Abby joins you and you both laugh. The last week you have been waking up earlier, usually around 8 a.m. You stand up and walk along the couch and even stand up in the middle of the room, but you haven’t actually started walking yet. You like to talk and you have a cute voice. I think you weight more than your sister now. We all went on a hike up to Battle creek falls and it definitely seemed that you were heavier than your sister. You two really look like twins.
Swallowing the lid – Abby was sucking on the top of a lip gloss – the lid came off and she swallowed it – she came over to me and opened her mouth pointing down her throat and trying to reach in and grab it out.
Words
Taking off diapers – it best if we put shorts or pants on you when we put you to bed or else you would talk your diapers off.
Playing in the toilet
Jumping
Walking
Personality – Particular, easy going
You are getting some air now when you jump. You can get off the ground about ½ inch. You go down stairs standing up now, but you won’t let us help you. You need to do it by yourself. You are getting quicker as you get more confident. You are a pretty fast runner, and since it has been warm now for spring you just love to be outside. And you shoe fetish continues. You even wore you shoes to bed last night. If you don’t wear them to bed you put them on as soon as you get up. If your mother or I take our shoes off, you go and get them or us and make us put them on.
Alex, you are quite a wiggle worm. You like to throw your body around. You seem to have a lot of fun shaking you head back and forth when you are in your high chair. Abby joins you and you both laugh. The last week you have been waking up earlier, usually around 8 a.m. You stand up and walk along the couch and even stand up in the middle of the room, but you haven’t actually started walking yet. You like to talk and you have a cute voice. I think you weight more than your sister now. We all went on a hike up to Battle creek falls and it definitely seemed that you were heavier than your sister. You two really look like twins.
Swallowing the lid – Abby was sucking on the top of a lip gloss – the lid came off and she swallowed it – she came over to me and opened her mouth pointing down her throat and trying to reach in and grab it out.
Words
Taking off diapers – it best if we put shorts or pants on you when we put you to bed or else you would talk your diapers off.
Playing in the toilet
Jumping
Walking
Personality – Particular, easy going
Saturday, March 5, 2005
Common Words...Up All Night with Alex
It was a couple weeks ago that Melinda came out from the bedroom to find you, Abby, sitting on the time out bench. Surprised, she said, “You don’t need to be in time out. You haven’t done anything wrong.” Seeming disappointed, you got up, went over and hit your brother, then came back and sat down in timeout, seeming content to be there with a reason.
You are singing a lot lately. It’s really cute. Your most common words now are:
No
Mommy
Daddy
Shoe
Aley (Alex)
Hello/Hi
Bye
You really like shoes. (This might be a sign of things to come) You like to put shoes on when you just have your diaper on, or your pajamas. You are still really consistent at putting them on the wrong feet.
Alex, you now have 4 teeth: the two on top and the two on bottom. When you sit in your high chair you pull your legs up underneath you. It looks like it just your waist up sitting in the high chair.
You like to smack your lips when you eat and you do so very loudly. You are really good at clapping your hands. You are very much a little boy.
When you and I wrestle you charge like a bull, putting your head down and crawling full speed into me, trying to push me over.
You have done a good job at being a pestering little brother. You sometimes pull your sister’s hair, or try and take her books. She becomes very upset when she is trying to color, or read and you come over next to her to see what she’s doing and try to get involved. You have quite a temper yourself.
You like to open up and yell sometimes when you don’t get your way. Once, in the middle of the night, you woke up very upset. You wouldn’t let either of us hold you because you pushed away and threw yourself back. If we set you down, you kicked your legs and threw up your arms and yelled some more. The only thing that finally calmed you down was when I took you out in the cold garage.
When you are happy or upset, you hold your hands up in the air then bring them down slapping your knee, your leg or your stomach. You really are a good looking boy. You still have your kissable cheeks and you are a favorite with the aunts and uncles. Nanna said that you always have a smile just for her.
Oh, I have to add a note about your first time being babysat. Your mom and I went out for the evening and stayed overnight at a hotel for Valentine’s Day. You stayed and Rob and LaDena’s house. You and Abby both played well and had a good time, but when it came time to go to bed it was a different story. Rob stayed up with Alex all night long. And Abby woke up and ended up taking Rob’s place in bed with LaDena.
You are singing a lot lately. It’s really cute. Your most common words now are:
No
Mommy
Daddy
Shoe
Aley (Alex)
Hello/Hi
Bye
You really like shoes. (This might be a sign of things to come) You like to put shoes on when you just have your diaper on, or your pajamas. You are still really consistent at putting them on the wrong feet.
Alex, you now have 4 teeth: the two on top and the two on bottom. When you sit in your high chair you pull your legs up underneath you. It looks like it just your waist up sitting in the high chair.
You like to smack your lips when you eat and you do so very loudly. You are really good at clapping your hands. You are very much a little boy.
When you and I wrestle you charge like a bull, putting your head down and crawling full speed into me, trying to push me over.
You have done a good job at being a pestering little brother. You sometimes pull your sister’s hair, or try and take her books. She becomes very upset when she is trying to color, or read and you come over next to her to see what she’s doing and try to get involved. You have quite a temper yourself.
You like to open up and yell sometimes when you don’t get your way. Once, in the middle of the night, you woke up very upset. You wouldn’t let either of us hold you because you pushed away and threw yourself back. If we set you down, you kicked your legs and threw up your arms and yelled some more. The only thing that finally calmed you down was when I took you out in the cold garage.
When you are happy or upset, you hold your hands up in the air then bring them down slapping your knee, your leg or your stomach. You really are a good looking boy. You still have your kissable cheeks and you are a favorite with the aunts and uncles. Nanna said that you always have a smile just for her.
Oh, I have to add a note about your first time being babysat. Your mom and I went out for the evening and stayed overnight at a hotel for Valentine’s Day. You stayed and Rob and LaDena’s house. You and Abby both played well and had a good time, but when it came time to go to bed it was a different story. Rob stayed up with Alex all night long. And Abby woke up and ended up taking Rob’s place in bed with LaDena.
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