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We have been working on and off with Christopher on potty training and we've had some ups and downs with it. As anyone who has been through this before knows, if the child isn't interested, it's a battle. You just have to decide whether you feel like fighting it. Well, I'm not a fighter, so I'm not forcing it on him, just suggesting we try it at least once a day. Most of the time I get a "no" out of him. The good thing is, he has become more aware of when he goes #2 and so he has started coming up to me and telling me that he has gone. Last night I was sitting on the couch eating dinner and Christopher comes running out of his room, jumps up on the couch, turns around backwards with is bottom in my face and tells me, "Poo poo!" Thanks little guy. Just ruined my dinner. Gotta love being a mom.
This morning I was trying to hang Christopher's new curtains in his room and, as usual, he wanted to help. He is in a phase where he doesn't really want to wear clothes all that much and so some days he's either in just a diaper or changing his clothes all day long. Well, he was going through his closet and found his old tennis shoes from last fall and had to wear them. We tried telling him they were too small, even put them on Sophie to show him they fit her better (they didn't, but we were dumb enough to think we could fool him), but we had to put them on his feet to prove it. Then we had to put on his Home Depot apron so he could get to work.
Later this afternoon Christopher found a bin filled with his baby clothes and on top happened to be an orange outfit with Tigger's face on it. He loves Tigger and wanted to put it on. I tried to tell him that it was too small for Sophie and there was no way it would fit him (it's a 6/9 month outfit!), but he insisted on putting it on. Surprisingly we got it on, enough to make him happy. I was laughing so hard I could barely get a photo. But I did the best I could.
Then later tonight I took Sophie's bib off and he tried to put it around his neck by himself. Once I helped him get it on he wandered around the house with it on. Again I had to get photos and he was sitting in his room on the floor working on a puzzle. He looks like either the largest baby in the world or just a 2-year old who is a little confused. I know when he's older he'll probably kill me for doing this, but I just couldn't help myself!
Ok, so I'm not sure if I'm posting all the things she tries, but nobody probably even cares what she's eating so it doesn't matter. I do it for me I guess. I just bought a bunch of stuff and try it out. so far fruits are not her favorite and like her brother, loves veggies!
Food: Green beans
Result: At first wasn't sure, then loved them!
Food: Bananas (Ok, so we've tried these before, but whatever!)
Result: Not quite sure about them, but is getting used to them the more she eats them. These I've actually made myself, everything else I buy first because I'm not about to go to all the trouble for something she hates.
So I don't know whether to laugh or be mad, but the kids were so funny at lunch time today that I just couldn't help but write about it. We had gone to run some errands and by the time we got home they were both hungry. I got lunch together for Christopher and then made some cereal with sweet potatoes and apples for Sophie. Well, she's not real crazy about the apple part because it's still a little too tart for her. She has also learned how to stick out her little tongue and spit. She thinks it's hilarious and this time Christopher did too. He got to laughing so hard I thought he was going to choke on his mac and cheese. One would spit and then the other one would. They both looked so happy I couldn't help but laugh, but was getting sprayed by all kinds of food at the same time. Once Christopher started spitting his mac and cheese I had to draw the line. He of course didn't listen because he was having too much fun and so I had to take his food away and put him in time out. A lot of good that did! Sophie kept smiling and spitting at me every time I tried to feed her and Christopher is in the other room facing the corner laughing every time she does it. I tried getting on to her, but the more I said no the happier she got and the more she spit. So much for that battle!
Kids: 1
Mom: 0
So we ran out of the last food we tried (been mixing a little with her cereal to ease her into the new flavors) and so this weekend we tried a new one. Thankfully Brandon was there to get photos. It was hilarious!!!!
Food: Sweet potatoes
Result: Couldn't feed her fast enough! She was actually grabbing the spoon and shoving it in her mouth with both hands and would then push whatever didn't make it in, back into her mouth. I bought some more at the store so I could make her a nice supply of sweet potatoes.
We celebrated our first holiday in our new home by having our friends, the Khans, come down to hang out. They arrived late Thursday night and so on Friday we played at the house and took naps. Later that afternoon we had our new friends (and back door neighbors), the Ramages and the Kitsteiners (our across the street neighbors) come over for a cookout. After dinner we bathed the boys, who were filthy from playing in the dirt all day, and loaded up wagons and strollers to go down to the water to watch the fireworks across the bay. On Saturday morning we got ready to head to the beach. We loaded up the kids and all of the stuff we'd need to stay through lunch. Unfortunately the power had gone out the day before at the base beach area and so the water wasn't working and when it was time to go home we had to rinse off in the ocean and carry the kids up to the covered area. Wasn't very effective, but you do what you have to. That night we had the Ramages over again to help eat up our leftovers from the day before. It was great having all the kids playing together! On Sunday we went to the splash pad on base to let the boys run around in the water and at the playground. The dads had a blast taking tons of photos and I'm going to do my best to put as many on here as I can. (You can always check Burt and Melissa's blog for more photos.)
The crazy and exciting things with our kids that happened this weekend are that Sophie has started sitting up. She still wobbles a little, but she has been working on it all week and finally was able to balance herself for extended periods of time. She has grown so much lately and eating like crazy that we decided to weigh her and found out she weighs 19 pounds!!!! That is what I weighed at one year! But I think we all realize that she's not your typical petite little girl. We love our chubs though! As for Christopher he decided he wanted to shave his head like Uncle Burt. Brandon pulled the clippers out and asked him which number he wanted and Christopher told him. What surprised me even more was that Brandon was ok with it, he's the one who would never let me cut it before. The boys had a great time cutting each other's hair and getting all cleaned up. It was really cute! Christopher actually cut about half of Brandon's hair for him. He might be taking over for me soon!
The crazy and exciting things with our kids that happened this weekend are that Sophie has started sitting up. She still wobbles a little, but she has been working on it all week and finally was able to balance herself for extended periods of time. She has grown so much lately and eating like crazy that we decided to weigh her and found out she weighs 19 pounds!!!! That is what I weighed at one year! But I think we all realize that she's not your typical petite little girl. We love our chubs though! As for Christopher he decided he wanted to shave his head like Uncle Burt. Brandon pulled the clippers out and asked him which number he wanted and Christopher told him. What surprised me even more was that Brandon was ok with it, he's the one who would never let me cut it before. The boys had a great time cutting each other's hair and getting all cleaned up. It was really cute! Christopher actually cut about half of Brandon's hair for him. He might be taking over for me soon!
Christopher and Nicholas going for an early morning dig.
Burt giving the boys a good swing.
Sophie and Joshua sitting and playing together.
A day at the beach with the kids.
Christopher getting his head shaved.
The boys playing at the waterpark and playground.
Our pretty little girl showing off that beautiful smile of hers.
I feel like we still put more on here about Christopher than of Sophie, but he can do more than she does right now so there is more to talk about. (Just being honest!) Not to say that she isn't trying. She rolls over both ways, but once onto her belly she hates rolling back over. You'd think she wouldn't mind because anytime you put her on her back within seconds she's over. Why don't they see it as a game and just keep going? Maybe it's good she doesn't. Who knows where she'd end up!
I know I've mentioned in the past about how in love she is with her Daddy and her brother. You can't hold her without her trying to spin around and see what one or both of them are doing. It's really sweet! Lately she has been trying to sit up. I'm trying to make myself sit on the floor with her and have some new tummy time by working those abs. I'll hold a burp cloth up and let her grab it and she wobbles back and forth trying to stabilize herself. She does pretty well. I think she'll be sitting on her own very soon. She also loves swinging. She started grabbing the ropes the other day and thought it was fun to try to hang on while going back and forth. I posted some photos so you can see her cute little smile.
She is also trying to scoot around while on her belly. I figured, why not help her out some? She's going to crawl eventually, so I just put a hand back there and let her see what she can do. Just like any other younger sibling she can't wait to do what her brother is doing. Let's just hope they love each other then as much as they do now!
So, we all know how much Christopher loves to dig. Well, we told him that when we moved we'd get him a sandbox. Little did we know that we'd be living in one. No, not the beach, we literally have sand as our yard. With some weeds thrown in, but Brandon's working on that. The day after Brandon and his classmates put up our fence I looked out the window and saw him digging along the fence. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was making a digging area for Christopher. I wish that I had caught the joy on Christopher's face because it was priceless. Since that day he will sit out there for hours (seriously, hours) and play with all of his diggers in the sand. We found him a shovel the other day and that has made it even more fun for him. I finally got some photos so you could see what he looks like after just 10 minutes of playing in his dirt pile. They are from different days, but he just has so much fun it's hard not to want to capture them all! On a typical day at home he will spend about an hour in the morning and then an hour in the afternoon just playing. Sometimes it's longer. Needless to say, sometimes we get two baths a day. Eventually we want to frame it out and I want to find a contruction sign to hang on the fence. We'll let you know if any of that happens. Just know that if you have a little boy that likes to dig and you ever come to our house, make sure you bring a change of clothes!
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