Where have I been?
I've been here of course. Just so much to do and so little time. As I mentioned before, we now have DVR which means that my life of having no interest in TV really at all has transformed into me needing to watch all kinds of shows that I never knew I needed to see before. On top of all that, we are now the proud owners of a Nintendo Wii! Greg and I talked about getting one after Christmas since we really didn't spend much money on each other at all. Then Greg won his fantasy football league which gave us just enough money to make the purchase. I had forgotten all about wanting a Wii after I was so distracted from watching so much TV that I had recorded on our DVR. Then Greg got a package in the mail, opened it up in front of me, and we became the owners of a Wii. In conclusion, I have been playing with the kids and when the kids are sleeping I am either watching TV or playing Wii. This means that nothing else around here that needs to get done is getting done like cleaning and laundry and starting our taxes and showering and blogging.
So, on to the kids.
Marcus is learning a bunch of new words and making up words that maybe possibly very slightly sound like the words that they are meant to be. He is so proud of all the big boy things that he can do. When he gets done eating he lets me know that it is time to clean up by telling me um-ah, which apparently is clean up in Marcus language. When it is time to change William's diaper, Marcus gets the diaper out for me as well as a wipe then closes the doors of the changing table. Marcus has also been making lots of progress with using the potty. All the progress is on his own since we haven't been doing much of anything to push the idea. Most mornings when he gets up he tells me that he needs to use the potty and off he goes to the potty and does his business. Sometimes during the day if he feels that that he isn't the center of attention he will tell me that he needs to use the potty and then I have to hurry and switch my attention to him, take him to the potty, and he sits there and doesn't do anything. Yesterday he kept saying something to me and getting upset that I had no idea what he was talking about. Finally I figured it out. He was saying some word of his that very remotely might resemble the word diaper. He went #2 and needed a new diaper. Later in the day he went #2 again and told me once again that he needed a new diaper. Then he ran to the changing table, got out his own diaper and a wipe for me to use. Now I just have to teach him how to use the Diaper Champ and change his own diaper! Marcus has also be checking out the elasticity of his face, as in, "If I bounce my face off this thing, will it return to its normal form?" So far the answer has been yes. He tried bouncing his face off of a guitar amp (resulting in a bruise on the bridge of his noise and some redness above his upper lip) and bouncing it off of Greg's knee (resulting in a bloody lower lip).
Not too much changing in the world of William. Thursday will be his last day of getting a bottle although he seems blissfully unaware of this. We have slowly been watering down his nighttime bottle. Usually I give him a bottle of water before his nap but today I am going to give him nothing. Hopefully that goes over reasonably well. Come Friday night I am going to attempt to not give him a bottle. Wish us luck! William went to the doctor yesterday for his well-baby appointment. I almost cried because he was very traumatized by being examined. On top of that, he had to get four shots. He is now 21 lbs 6 oz (up a lb and 2 oz from last visit). He is still in the 50th percentile for head and height and 25th percentile for weight. He is showing more of an interest in books for purposes other than to eat them. He has two words. He says "thank you," (no really he does) and "momma" although the momma thing doesn't necessarily mean me but is more of a broken record thing he does all day long and gets annoying. He isn't making any progress in learning to walk, sometimes taking a step or two but showing little interest in advancing the skill. Pretty much he isnt changing all that much right now, just being cute and loved.
So, on to the kids.
Marcus is learning a bunch of new words and making up words that maybe possibly very slightly sound like the words that they are meant to be. He is so proud of all the big boy things that he can do. When he gets done eating he lets me know that it is time to clean up by telling me um-ah, which apparently is clean up in Marcus language. When it is time to change William's diaper, Marcus gets the diaper out for me as well as a wipe then closes the doors of the changing table. Marcus has also been making lots of progress with using the potty. All the progress is on his own since we haven't been doing much of anything to push the idea. Most mornings when he gets up he tells me that he needs to use the potty and off he goes to the potty and does his business. Sometimes during the day if he feels that that he isn't the center of attention he will tell me that he needs to use the potty and then I have to hurry and switch my attention to him, take him to the potty, and he sits there and doesn't do anything. Yesterday he kept saying something to me and getting upset that I had no idea what he was talking about. Finally I figured it out. He was saying some word of his that very remotely might resemble the word diaper. He went #2 and needed a new diaper. Later in the day he went #2 again and told me once again that he needed a new diaper. Then he ran to the changing table, got out his own diaper and a wipe for me to use. Now I just have to teach him how to use the Diaper Champ and change his own diaper! Marcus has also be checking out the elasticity of his face, as in, "If I bounce my face off this thing, will it return to its normal form?" So far the answer has been yes. He tried bouncing his face off of a guitar amp (resulting in a bruise on the bridge of his noise and some redness above his upper lip) and bouncing it off of Greg's knee (resulting in a bloody lower lip).
Not too much changing in the world of William. Thursday will be his last day of getting a bottle although he seems blissfully unaware of this. We have slowly been watering down his nighttime bottle. Usually I give him a bottle of water before his nap but today I am going to give him nothing. Hopefully that goes over reasonably well. Come Friday night I am going to attempt to not give him a bottle. Wish us luck! William went to the doctor yesterday for his well-baby appointment. I almost cried because he was very traumatized by being examined. On top of that, he had to get four shots. He is now 21 lbs 6 oz (up a lb and 2 oz from last visit). He is still in the 50th percentile for head and height and 25th percentile for weight. He is showing more of an interest in books for purposes other than to eat them. He has two words. He says "thank you," (no really he does) and "momma" although the momma thing doesn't necessarily mean me but is more of a broken record thing he does all day long and gets annoying. He isn't making any progress in learning to walk, sometimes taking a step or two but showing little interest in advancing the skill. Pretty much he isnt changing all that much right now, just being cute and loved.
posted by Annie and Greg @ 9:29 AM
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Annie,
Good to hear from you again. Good luck with the weaning.
Gail
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