One piece of good news this week: Liv's last eye tooth is in! I think its been in for a while, I just now noticed. 2 kids down, 1 (with 3 eye teeth left) to go!! Oh wait, isn't there some 2 year molars we'll probably be seeing soon too??
Best news of the week: since Monday, no one has crawled out of a crib! Haven't done anything special, they just haven't. Not asking why... just going with it. So for now, we are still a 3 crib household. I bought a few things in preparation for toddler bed transition, just to ward off evil spirits! Speaking of bed...its becoming more obvious that Livi & Logan's love their lovies or "night-night" or "wuvies" as they would call them. Hayden prefers a blanket! And for some reason this week they think they can take them everywhere?!
The kiddos keep talkin', talkin', talkin'. Livi is combining 2-3 words almost always. And when she's not, she is talkin' 100mph in a language we don't understand. Jeff said tonight she sounds like Kid Rock "ba, wid the ba, da bang, da bang, digity..." Just mumbo jumbo constantly! And she seems to repeat a lot of what comes out of our mouths. Hayden had his first 2 word phrase today "moe peas" (more please). More chips that is, chips from our chips & taco dip for the Husker game. Yum! And anymore I really don't worry that Logan's speech is behind. Him & Hayden are a pretty even keel with what they actually know. Hayden is just so much louder. Logan started saying please today. And Hayden & Liv can now say milk "mok" as opposed to calling everything juice. And as of today both boys say grandma "mama." Which is almost always followed by pointing to me & saying "mom"... apparently they feel like they have to differentiate.
And its becoming more & more obvious that their comprehension skills are improving too. The newest thing this week that amazed the pants off of me: If you ask Logan "where are the boys?" He will point to himself & Hayden. And when asked "where is the girl?" he points to Livi. How does he know that?? We did it over & over & over, because it seemed like it was just coincidence. But he has done it time & time again. When I asked Hayden where the girl was, he just replied "Lil la" (Olivia). {P.S. I think Olivia is saying her own name sometimes too.} They answer you "yeah" & "no" when you ask them questions. Though they prefer to answer "no" to everything! Although, they seem to have forgotten exactly what NO means.
Although we can point out who is a boy & who is a girl... our house still often looks like this ;) They boys like to wear pretties too. Why should "the girl" get all the fun?! Can you picture our household if it really had been 3 girls?? I can't imagine life without all the "boy-ness" in it!
Trying to put it on himself....
They would make pretty girls though :)
We are in full swing toddlerhood. They have a HARD time listening. And everything has to be a battle. Oh toddlerhood! The little things like brushing teeth before bed just wears me out! We are having a HARD time sharing. Our house is loud, loud, LOUD! Fighting or crying goes on a lot! But thats because they are getting better about actually playing WITH toys the right way & get upset when they don't have what they want. And they are forming favorite objects. Hayden's newest fave thing is parking cars behind the doors on the Little People Farm. Driving them in & out. Opening & closing the doors. Logan loads up as many cars as he can find, puts them in a bigger car/truck & drives them around. Why put people in there when you have cars?!? And he throws an absolute fit if he doesn't have at least 3 Lightning McQueen's at all times. Livi likes giving Elmo rides on cars. Or sit in a laundry basket & say "rye" over & over like she is riding something. (We need some more girly stuff!! Birthday soon!) And they seriously never.hold.still!
We like to suck the toothpaste off... but don't you DARE help us brush! I think "they" recommend a dentist visit starting at age 2.... I can't imagine that will go over well.
Seriously... they.can.be.down.right.exhausting!!!!! {And yes, he is really asleep.}
We had day #3 of daycare. (We have only been scheduled for 1 day a week to start) Drop off is rough. Tears & screaming from Hayden & Livi. Logan does fine. And this week I actually think Liv would have been fine at drop off had Hayden not thrown a huge fit. And they are tearful when they leave. All those emotions just come back when daddy shows up! They said this week outside of drop off & pick-up, there were only tears 1 other time. They went for a wagon ride & when they got back to the toddler room, they cried. Otherwise doing well. They eat most of their food there. Food they would NOT eat at home. Fish sticks & green beans for example. The girls just laughed & said thats what all the parent's say. Something about being around their "friends" they all just eat, because the other kid is. I wish I could watch them on video during the day. See how they interact.
A few shots from bath night. While I'm not excited for summer to leave us, fall coming, meaning not applying sunscreen every day outside... meaning less bath nights, is kind of appealing.
Livi, with bubbles on her face.
Hayden
Logan wasn't in the bath mood that night. He was quick in & out & back to his cars!
So Hayd & Liv had plenty of room to 'swim.'
We had another go at Play-Doh. Went a little better. If nothing else, mom & dad enjoyed it!
Livi actually was getting the hang of rolling her hand to make a snake.
Logan just wanted us to make him balls so he could collect them in his cup. He is such a hoarder!! Bad!
He, he!
Livi wanted to play without shoes!
The boys went down the slide too, but mostly they prefered to run.
RUN!!
And we climbed...
Hey girl. I am still waiting for those two year molars to come through. He has always been late on getting teeth but don't hold your breath for those to come right at two years :). And speaking of teeth, I also put him on my dental insurance this year since he was two and I chickened out and didn't take him in the spring because I thought he would be scared and never open his mouth and it would be a bust. So the better he is getting about brushing and letting me help and opening up his mouth the better I will feel about taking him to the dentist before the end of the year and making it worth it for me to be paying for his insurance all year.
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Katie, you are supermom. Some days, honestly, I can't handle my ONE toddler. I mean, I can...but when I've been feeling under the weather like today, I just can't imagine how you have THREE! Another suggestion about cribs vs. beds is you can buy them sleep sacks and then they can't use their legs to help them get out, I've heard that works awesome and I'm not sure if I told you that before. Just be extra prepared and then as Murphy's Law would have it you won't need it!
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