So just thought I'd update everyone.
Ben:
Well he's starting to talk back a little, and becoming bossy. I guess his Mom bossing him around all day is starting to wear on him and he's grateful for a little sister to take it out on. Poor girl! At least she's patient with him. We also call Ben our "Walking Musical". Everywhere he goes he's singing and boppin to some kind of internal beat! But I guess he's been watching me too much. He also has been Potty Trained since Christmas! WOW!!! It's been a fight to even start!! Once he decided though he only had about 8 accidents and none were poopie! Miracle?! No I deserved it after all he's put me through with his health!! This I consider my Christmas Bonus!! Ben also LOVES puzzles and reading, reading, reading!! We've missed going to the Library this winter because of Symi's health. I just couldn't bring myself to getting "mini-peetree dishes" into our home and risk Symi getting sick. Nope it wasn't worth it. But hopefully soon we'll go back for more. Ben also is totally absorbed in Dinosaurs right now. He loves any kind of movie, book, or plastic toy that is associated with them. He received dinosaurs for Christmas and plays with them all the time! He LOVES primary! Ben is so obedient and very reverent. He is such a mellow kid and loves to sit and listen and hold onto every word they say. He comes home and loves to have us sit down while he teached us what he learned. He thinks I'm amazing because I know all the Primary songs he's singing. Just about everynight he askes me to sing him to sleep with his favorite, "I Am A Child of God". I just can't resist.
Symi:
WOW!! This girl is on the GO!!!! Now that she is feeling better she is WILD!!! She is constantly moving and if she isn't she screams and SCREAMS!!! She is trying to hard to crawl, but just has no coordination. Hopefully it will come soon. She loves to jump in the jumper for hours each day. Now that she's eating better, she's sleeping better too! In fact she started to struggle one night. Then the whole week she was a little grumpy. Well I noticed while I was feeding her that 2 teeth had popped through!? When did this happen!? With Ben he had swollen gums for months and slobbered like a St. Bernard! All she did was get a little fussy. Teeth!? Yeah I can handle a baby teething compared to what we've been through. She loves to scooch everywhere and play with everything that Ben has. She's loosing interest in all the "Baby Toys" that we have for her. But hopefully getting outside soon will help calm her down. She also LOVES books and having someone read to her. That's about the only time she'll hold still. Another thing she loves is balls! She goes NUTS!!!! CRAZY!!!! Shaking and squealing at the top of her lungs when she sees a ball and then raises the knotch when she get's a hold of it!!!! Symi has loved growing up and eating real food now. We just have to be super careful of everything she eats. Nothing with milk in it. Makes her REALLY grumpy and then makes for very messy diapers! Ewe! Anyways, she is growing and gaining weight. The other day Dane was changing her diaper and said,"Wow, Girlie!!! So there is where you've been hiding all your rolls!" She is starting to finally chunk out! Oh I love it! My babies have been skinny until now!
Dane is almost finished with his first year of student teaching and is learning and loving it. We are excited to hear if we will be hired at the beginning of May! There are so many major changes coming our way! I just hope we are prepared for all of them!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Today
Today we are loving life. I made some homemade green playdough and be went to town!! He played with it for 2 hours. I finally convinced him that we needed to put it away because it was starting to dry out and crumble! He is so funny to watch! He loves to pretend and is very serious about it! The other day he was telling me how excited he was about going to see Grandpa.
He told me this:
B: Mommy, I'm going with Grandpa. We're going to find some horses and go riding. Then we'll go huntin deers with our big guns. Then we'll find some water that isn't hard and go fishin too!
(he then stops. Worry washes over his face and then he started to bawl.)
I was concerned and didn't know what was going on!
M: Ben what's the matter?
B: Oh Mommy. I can't go fishin!! I don't have a fishing pole!! (more sobs)
(followed by my laugher)
M: I'm sure that someone in our family has one that you can borrow.
B: Ok. But Mommy, it has to be a small one because I'm just little and I want to carry it all by myself.
Too much fun!
Symi is doing so well!! Improving everyday and making us so proud!!! She has been eating solid foods since January and LOVES it!! She HATES to be on the floor playing while we are eating! Even if she's just been fed. She'll sit down with us and want to eat whatever is on our plates! She get frustrated when it's not coming fast enough and will lean over and start knawing on the table edge and growl until she's fed again. Silly girly!
Naps are starting to become more consistant! Sad to say now that she's just turned 7 months old! She used to get up at nights about every 30 minutes. LONG NIGHTS!!! Then be up for the day around 5ish. Well lately she's been starting to go from eating 3 oz. every 2 hours to 5 oz ever 3-4 hours!! HEAVEN!!!! (Can you hear the angels singing? Because I sure can!) Anyways, that means that she is starting to sleep SOOOOOO much better at nights!!! I will wake up 4-5 times to give her the "Mee-Mee" and then she'll fall back asleep. Then she'll be up about 1 and is hungry for a bottle. Then she'll fall back asleep until 4 or 5 in the morning! I know that's early for some but it's AMAZING TO BE GETTING MORE SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't feel or quite look like a Zombie anymore!! Horray for living! Symi has also been sitting up since the middle of February and loving it!! She is so much more happy to be up and looking around! She also loves to reach for all she's worth and scoot her little bum wherever she wants to go. Which right now is starting to be everywhere! She wants to crawl, but her arms just are not strong enough to hold her up. Her legs are though and she'll stick her little bum clear up in the air. She has strong legs from the jumper. We started putting her in it when she was only 2 months old because she just wanted to stand. Well now she'll jump way forward and then let her legs go limp and she slides backwards. Then she'll jump way forward and do it all over again! She LOVES to be on the move!! We call her our "Go-Go-Go Girl"!!! The harder . . . the faster . . . THE BETTER!!!!! She gets very jealous when the boys wrestle around on the floor and she is not involved!! She just wants to be everywhere at once! Someday she'll slow down. Maybe.
Well we'd just thought that we share a written picture of our days lately. I know it's not the same as those cute smiling faces but hopefully we'll get some more pictures up soon!!
He told me this:
B: Mommy, I'm going with Grandpa. We're going to find some horses and go riding. Then we'll go huntin deers with our big guns. Then we'll find some water that isn't hard and go fishin too!
(he then stops. Worry washes over his face and then he started to bawl.)
I was concerned and didn't know what was going on!
M: Ben what's the matter?
B: Oh Mommy. I can't go fishin!! I don't have a fishing pole!! (more sobs)
(followed by my laugher)
M: I'm sure that someone in our family has one that you can borrow.
B: Ok. But Mommy, it has to be a small one because I'm just little and I want to carry it all by myself.
Too much fun!
Symi is doing so well!! Improving everyday and making us so proud!!! She has been eating solid foods since January and LOVES it!! She HATES to be on the floor playing while we are eating! Even if she's just been fed. She'll sit down with us and want to eat whatever is on our plates! She get frustrated when it's not coming fast enough and will lean over and start knawing on the table edge and growl until she's fed again. Silly girly!
Naps are starting to become more consistant! Sad to say now that she's just turned 7 months old! She used to get up at nights about every 30 minutes. LONG NIGHTS!!! Then be up for the day around 5ish. Well lately she's been starting to go from eating 3 oz. every 2 hours to 5 oz ever 3-4 hours!! HEAVEN!!!! (Can you hear the angels singing? Because I sure can!) Anyways, that means that she is starting to sleep SOOOOOO much better at nights!!! I will wake up 4-5 times to give her the "Mee-Mee" and then she'll fall back asleep. Then she'll be up about 1 and is hungry for a bottle. Then she'll fall back asleep until 4 or 5 in the morning! I know that's early for some but it's AMAZING TO BE GETTING MORE SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't feel or quite look like a Zombie anymore!! Horray for living! Symi has also been sitting up since the middle of February and loving it!! She is so much more happy to be up and looking around! She also loves to reach for all she's worth and scoot her little bum wherever she wants to go. Which right now is starting to be everywhere! She wants to crawl, but her arms just are not strong enough to hold her up. Her legs are though and she'll stick her little bum clear up in the air. She has strong legs from the jumper. We started putting her in it when she was only 2 months old because she just wanted to stand. Well now she'll jump way forward and then let her legs go limp and she slides backwards. Then she'll jump way forward and do it all over again! She LOVES to be on the move!! We call her our "Go-Go-Go Girl"!!! The harder . . . the faster . . . THE BETTER!!!!! She gets very jealous when the boys wrestle around on the floor and she is not involved!! She just wants to be everywhere at once! Someday she'll slow down. Maybe.
Well we'd just thought that we share a written picture of our days lately. I know it's not the same as those cute smiling faces but hopefully we'll get some more pictures up soon!!
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