Just want to write this down - Ethan got a Handy Manny radio thing for Christmas. It "breaks" and you have to fix it. One of the parts that breaks is the circuit board - or as Ethan calls it, the Circus Card. :)
I have a bunch of pictures to post, just need to get them resized and uploaded. Maybe I'll get to that tonight. :)
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The best part of my whole day is the 15-ish minutes after Logan wakes up. I usually get up before he does, so I'll go in to check on him, and if he's awake, he'll look over at the door and instantly break into a huge gummy grin. I lay down beside him, and let him out of the swaddle, and he stretches and yawns, and smiles. We 'talk' to each other - I tell him how adorable he is, and how much I love him, and he smiles and coos back at me. We usually lay there for a good 15 minutes - until either he decides he wants his diaper changed, or until Ethan crashes the party and climbs all over us and gives Logan kisses and hugs. He sure does love his little brother, and Logan loves him right back. :)
Posted by Lacie at 1:39 AM 1 comments
It's been too long since I've posted - maybe I should have done Holidailies? Ah well. Here I am now.
It was a monumental day in the D household today - Ethan filled up his potty chart! He's been doing SO well going poop on the potty - he's only gone in his pull-up twice this week, and he poops at least twice a day, so that's doing really well! Oh, I am so, so proud of him, and he knows it, too. :) The other night when I was out at my cookie party, he said to Shawn "Mommy and Daddy are really proud of me!". Awwww. :) So the reward for filling all 100 squares was a special trip of his choice, and he's been begging to go to Chuck-E-Cheese all week. So as long as the weather cooperates, we're going up to Cedar Rapids tomorrow to celebrate. :)
We're back in Iowa for Christmas from now until next Sunday or Monday, I'm not sure when we're going back yet. Here at MIL's until Wednesday morning, then at my parents' for the rest of the week.
Logan had his 6 month appointment this week, and he's not gaining much weight - only 8 oz. in the last 2 months, bringing him to 14 lbs. even. He is gaining length and head circumference, though, and is meeting his milestones (though slower than Ethan did) so our ped. isn't worried about the slow weight gain. Now that he's started solids, hopefully he'll start chunking up a bit. When I told him not to grow up too fast I didn't expect him to take me so literally. :)
Solids have been going really well - he's had avocado, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, oatmeal, and peas. Didn't care for the peas much, though Shawn said they were really thick and it may have been a texture thing. We haven't tried them again yet, so we'll see how take 2 goes. He does love the others, though, and is eating a serving of oatmeal mixed with a whole (small) jar of food at a time. He doesn't like to eat when I feed him, though - I have a feeling he's thinking to himself, screw the food, gimme boobies! :)
On the way over here tonight, Ethan grabbed my Boppy and 'fed' Bear-Bear with his boobies. It was way, way cute. :)
Logan is getting really good at sitting up unassisted - we still use the boppy when he sits, but if he gets tippy, most of the time he can right himself without falling over. He's still very content to just sit and watch what's going on. He's mostly a very happy and smiley boy and I love him to bits. :)
Ethan finished his fall semester of preschool last week and I'm sure he's already ready to go back - he LOVES going to school and seems to have a really good time there without me. He did have a bit of a pushing/hitting problem one day, but hopefully it was a one-time thing.
I am constantly amazed at how smart he is - he got a thank you card from one of his teachers in the mail the other day, and he was able to read almost the whole thing to me. He loves pointing out words when we're out and about - it's definitely beyond having words memorized, he is reading them. He's also started to take an interest in telling time - he's always looking at the clock and telling us what the hands are pointing to, and he knows that when the clock points to 10, it's time to go night-night. (Though, here it is, 1am, and he's still going strong playing with the dogs. Ah well, it's a special night.)
I'm sure there were other things I've been meaning to write about here to remember them, but of course I've forgotten. Whoops.
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I'm all in a tizzy tonight because I got in a fight with someone on OLU. Fight, me? Noooo... *shuffle* This bitch I hate anyway helped her friend with her newborn and had SUPER DOULA as her usertext. I sent her a PM saying it was insulting to actual doulas. She flipped out, I fired back, yadda yadda yadda. There goes another year off my lifespan. *sigh*
Logan had oatmeal for breakfast this morning, and LOVED it! It's so cute watching him eat, he tries to help with the spoon and fails miserably, and it's just adorable. I can't believe he's almost 6 months old already.
We went out and bought new lights for the Christmas tree tonight - faceted C6 LEDs. They're gorgeous and I love them. :D We got a new sparkly silver star topper, too. No ornaments yet - I'll have Ethan help me with those tomorrow, and then I'll take a picture. :)
I really need to get pictures uploaded. The oldest pictures on my camera right now are from Halloween. I've been a slacker.
Posted by Lacie at 12:21 AM 1 comments
It was a bittersweet day in our house today. My baby boys are growing up. *sniff*
Ethan started "big-boy" preschool today - I've been going with him all semester, but today was the first day he went by himself. I don't think he even noticed I was gone. LOL I barely got a hug and kiss out of him before he was off running around with his friends. They made a Froot Loop necklace for their craft today, but he was apparently more interested in eating the Loops rather than stringing them, and the few that did make it on the necklace were history by the time we got home. :)
Logan had a big day today as well - his first solid food! He went to town on some avocado and did really well - no tongue-thrust reflex, no gagging, nothing! He was definitely ready to start. I almost cried afterward, though - for the first time in his life, he ate something that didn't come from me. *sniff* I'm so proud of us that we've made it this far with exclusive breastfeeding, and I have no intention of stopping any time soon. I'd like to make it at least 6 more months so we can wean straight to milk instead of to formula, and I have no problems going longer than that, until he's ready to be done.
We put up our Christmas tree tonight, but of all the strands of lights we have, not a single one of them fully works. So I need to peruse the ads tonight and see if anyone has a good deal on lights. I'd love some faceted C6 LED lights, if I can find them cheap enough. They're $11/box at Target and we would need at least 2, if not 3 boxes.
I got my latest Bag o' Crap from Woot today, and I made out pretty well! I got a Crock-Pot, 4 universal car chargers (without the tips), a Mr. T read along book that has a vinyl record for the audio, and a digital camera bag. Not too shabby for $8!
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