Piper
Ponytails are out again! After a week or so straight of a ponytail everday, she's decided she's through with them again, for now. Sometimes bows are still ok, but that seems to be up for debate each morning. She's also started to wear nightgowns sometimes to bed at night. She just looks so darn cute with her nightgown and a pair of socks on, dragging her blanket heading to her room.
Potty-training-we are still making some slow progress with this. This is also something that, in terms of interest, comes and goes. But when she wants to do it, she does it very well. Other times she just tells us, "No, I go in diaper." We've discovered that books are a good distraction to keep her sitting for awhile in case something happens. She's also perfected the art of taking her pants and diaper off "all myself".
A few potty-training stats:
- Number of times Piper has fallen in the potty: 1
- Number of times Piper has fallen off the potty: 1
- Number of times she has sat on the potty, only to be distracted by something in the bathroom, which she then stands up to check out, only to potty on the floor right next to the potty: 2
Who knew potty-training could be so entertaining!
Now that Ger takes the kids to school in the morning, I usually leave just before them. Piper has started to walk me to the door in the mornings, where she gives me a kiss and hug and has started to say, "Bye Mommy. Love oo. Dive careful." I think she's been watching her Daddy!
BooneSleep-well things have still been going well after the "tough love" several weeks back. We had a blissful couple of weeks of sleeping through the night, then a period where he started to wake up again, for what reason we'll probably never know. But this time the paci worked to soothe him and put him back to sleep for, usually, the rest of the night, which was good. And now it seems we're back on track. Can't complain at all. Sometimes, I wish he'd sleep a little later, he usually goes to bed around 6:30pm and then gets up between 5:30-6am, occasionally a little earlier, but he's doing great.
Tummy time is going much better. Piper's been helping us alot and loves to show him her toys and entertain him, which he also finds quite enjoyable. He's making attempts to roll both from him back to front and front to back, but hasn't quite figured it all out yet. But he's working on it. And the back of his head is starting to look a little bit rounder, yeah!! He's also quite the social butterfly, he loves to be in the middle of whatever is going on and really looks around to take everything in.
We started feeding him rice cereal this week also. He seems to like it so far, as his appetite has really picked up lately. We're not sure where he's putting it all, but he is getting the cutest little rolls on his legs.
Family Fun
Oh, and here's a classic story. We went out to dinner last night. By last night, I mean I went to pick up the kids and met Ger at the restaurant just before 5pm!!! Now if only we could find the places in town that have "early bird" specials, we could really take advantage.
We had a fun dinner with the kids. Ger and I had finished our dinner and Piper wasn't done yet. The waiter came to take our plates and Piper quickly put her hand over her bowl and stood up and told him, "No take my plate. I no done yet." The waiter just chuckled and walked away. After he brought the check, Piper wanted to color with the pen he left us to sign our receipt. She became upset when it was time to go and she couldn't keep the pen. We explained it wasn't ours and she had plently of crayons to color with. So in the end, we left the restaurant, all finished with a leisurely dinner, at 5:30pm, with a infant carrier seat, a large diaper bag and a crying toddler screaming she wanted "that pen"! All in all, a good night! Pretty typical for where we're at in our lives. Ger and I had a good laugh in the parking lot.
1 comment:
Great dinner story! How our lives change as we go through the different stages!
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