20 Weeks Old!

Aiden has his first tooth and it seems like another may be on the way out. He is now officially trying baby food as well. He does very well with the cereal and last night he tried green beans for the first time. He wasn't really sure what to make of them at first but a big smile spread slowly across his face once he got a good taste. He ate about half the container which is pretty good for his first time.

We sit him next to his sisters in the Bumbo and he will try to play with their toys and watch them read their books. Kaylee does okay until he gets a hold of her favorite toys. Then she starts screaming that he will "spit all over them." HaHa. Alyssa is good until he grabs a hold of one of her pigtails. I am kinda worried she might hit him to get him off but so far she has just stayed very still and cried until I freed her hair. Let's hope it stays that way. At least for a while longer!

Overall, he is still a very happy boy. He loves to be tickled and will giggle at the silliest little things. The only thing I notice is that he has a very short attention span with his toys. You gotta move him from the swing, to the bouncer, to the play-mat, pretty quickly to hold his attention. I think he is ready to get up and crawl around with his sisters already. He also gets easily frustrated when he can't do something the way he wants to. Daddy blames me for that but I am not so sure I am responsible for that one. :-)

Photos of "baby brudder" taken by Alyssa. She figured out the zoom button and you can tell she really likes it. I help her steady the camera and she snaps away.

Terrible 3's?

I have to say that I think K&A were more mature and well behaved in their 2nd year than they have been in the last month or so. I am beginning to wonder if we are going to suffer from the Terrible 3's instead of the Terrible 2's.

I used to be able to let them run and play around the house with little supervision. They made a mess with their toys but rarely got into things they shouldn't. That has all changed in the last few weeks.

Here are a few things they have done in just the past few days:

1. Took hamburger seasoning into their kitchen and poured it into a pan. A pan that had holes in the bottom of course. Their whole play room spelled like those spices for a few days. They said they were cooking like Mommy.

2. Took my pump parts and spread them out all around their playroom. It was a lot of fun trying to find them all since they have some many special hiding places.

3. I found all of the pump parts but didn't realize that they had taken out the dish soap I keep in the bag. I first noticed that at work and realized they probably got a hold of that too. I came home to find the empty bottle that night but didn't figure out where they put it all. They said they put it in the bath. I later found that they meant their little doll bathtub. They poured it out all in the tub on top of a cabbage patch doll. They said they were giving the baby a bath like Aiden.

4. They decided that they needed to clean their kitchen set. I guess the best way to do that in a 3 year olds mind is to take baby lotion and cover the whole kitchen in a very thick layer. It took mommy forever to clean up their "cleaning job."

5. I had finally gotten Aiden to sleep and told the girls they had to stay in their room and be quiet as they were falling asleep. We heard them playing in their room but didn't think much of it. A while later I heard Aiden screaming and went upstairs to find K&A looking guilty. They had decided it would be fun to go in our room, turn on the light, and take all of Aiden's clothes out of the dresser to throw on the floor and jump in. Aiden was wide awake by that point and had no intentions of going back to sleep. I couldn't even deal with it. I had to call Daddy to handle that one!

6. They like to copy me so they want to feed their baby dolls just like I feed Aiden. They took some left over cereal (that I should have put in the sink right away) and were feeding their doll and wiping her mouth with a play dress. There was cereal everywhere.

Those are only a few of the things they have done lately. All I can say is that they are lucky they are so cute!

Is he always so happy?

A lot of people will ask me if Aiden is always smiling and laughing. The answer is most definitely "NOOOO." I choose to post all of the smiley pictures but my boy is not always so sweet.

His new thing is to start whining as soon as we put him down. He wants everyone to know how dissatisfied he is that he was put down when he clearly wants to be held. This is only a little taste of his crying. He will launch into full blown wailing if I walk out of his sight. I really wanted to capture the pouty bottom lip that he pokes out so well but no luck. :-)

Please excuse my voice in this video. I never realized how dumb my "baby talk" voice sounded until this moment.

What's New?

Aiden is now rolling over both ways and does it all the time.. can't leave him alone for a second!

Kaylee is known for having quite a temper. Now when she gets mad at me she sighs and says "Oh God, Mommy." Whoops. Guess I have to take blame for that one.

Aiden's first tooth is coming through! It is a bottom tooth and it is sharp. I give him the baby orajel which helps but boy does he gag when he tastes it.

Alyssa has a new way of waking me up in the morning. She says "MOOOOMMY the sun is up so we need to wake up." I am normally not much of a morning person but that is such a sweet way to wake up.

Both girls are feeling ready to ride the bus to school. They tell Tony every morning that they are going on the school bus with Brendon. Tony tells them that makes him sad and they say "We will come back Daddy."

Aiden is waking up in the middle of the night to talk. REALLY loud talking that lasts for about 10 minutes before he falls back asleep.

Alyssa is telling very elaborate stories now. She tells us one about a spider that crawled up on her arm while she was sleeping in Kaylee's bed. The spider got in the house by opening the door and then walked up the stairs. The spider had very big arms with muscles and tried to bite her. Kaylee saved the day but smashing the spider with a shoe. Maybe she will write books when she is older.

Kaylee loves to dress up in her princess clothes, fru-fru shoes, and jewelry. She completes the look with a purse on her arm, cell phone up to her ear, and a credit card in hand. Daddy doesn't like that at all but I told him to be glad it is just pretend for now. Who knows what she will be wearing for real in about 13 years. :-)

Aiden still loves his big sisters. Alyssa stated that she likes him too. She was laying next to me as I put him to sleep and she said "Mommy, I like him. I like to pet him."

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

A few totally unflattering pictures of me but the kids are cute as usual!

19 Weeks Old!

Coming Home

The girls had to stay home today since they had fevers yesterday afternoon at daycare. Luckily, they were feeling much better today and you could sure tell by the messes that I came home too!

Aiden was sleeping when I first got home but I heard him start talking a few minutes later. This is what I saw when I opened the door....

Sure is nice to come home!

Stroller Ride

3 Year Check Up

Kaylee and Alyssa had their 3 year check up yesterday. They were very scared to go and kept asking me if they would be getting shots. I said no and was crossing my fingers that I was right. Thankfully, I was! They were nervous at first but warmed up pretty quickly since the nurses and doctor are super kid friendly. The girls went from hiding behind my legs to calling the doc a "Monkey Head" and "Nana (banana) Head" in about 2 seconds flat.

They were both right around 3 feet, 2 inches tall and Alyssa weighed 30 pounds while Kaylee was 28 pounds. They have always been about 2 pounds apart so that wasn't too surprising. They got good reports on all their skills and language development too.

I treated them to fries and ice cream afterwards. Not very healthy but it sure made them happy!

Daycare Party

The girls had a party at daycare on Friday to kick off their birthday weekend. I sent over cupcakes and all their friends bought them gifts. They were a little confused by having two parties though and Alyssa thought that if she was celebrating turning 3 on Friday that she would be turning 4 on Saturday. :-)

Here are some pictures of the party. In the first picture you can tell that my girls are still not able to hold up three fingers to show how old they are. They have spastic hands just like their Mama. I try to help them out but all the fingers pop right back up. Alyssa did figure it out for a while over the weekend and was very proud to show off that new skill when people asked her how old she was. Other times she would get really mad and say "I can't do it Mommy. I just a girl!"

Not sure if she was implying that only boys could do it or if she was saying that she was just a little girl. I am hoping for the second and told her that anything boys can do... girls can do better! :-)

Princess kits from A&T

Play-Doh sets from Angela and Family

Or as Kaylee would say "from My Angwa"

Group hugs - they did this on their own