What's been going on this fall... you might be wondering? Since Karen and the kids got back Labor Day weekend, we've all been settling back into our routine. I continue to go to work each morning and Karen wrangles the kids all day... I'm unsure which one of us has it worse... Although from the stories I hear I think people may be slightly better behaved at my office versus the playground. Although it was touch and go for a while as people were stealing yogurts out of the fridge and then other people left anonymous notes on the fridge... Long story short, eventually the stolen yogurt was replaced and the yogurt bandit has been dormant for some time.
As Annie enters her 28th month, she continues to assert herself. She is very independent. And by independent I mean she will do what she wants to do independent of how you feel. For instance, you might say, "Annie, please put down Nichol's pacifier." And then she would put it right in her mouth and run away. Or you might say, "Annie, you cannot grab snacks from other people's strollers." And then she would reach right in someone else's diaper bag and pull out some snacks.
For the most part she still takes an afternoon nap, but probably once a week she protests and refuses to sleep at all. Her new technique is to take all of her clothes off, including her diaper, and just hang out naked in her crib for two hours. You can imagine the scene you walk in on if she's doing this quietly and the full two hours have passed... Usually she starts screaming or singing at some point to alert you to the fact that you should definitely go in there to make sure she's not jumping around naked in her own feces.
Nichol continues to grow and grow and grow. He has the biggest head and sometimes I wonder how his neck can support that melon! But he has the biggest smile that goes perfect with a big dome. And I shouldn't really be talking, as I have one heck of a big head too. He's been doing much better sleeping through the night. I'd say he gets up maybe one-ish times, but he definitely will go through some 'loud sleeping' bursts where he's murmuring, or babbling, or breathing heavy. Nichol is still sleeping in our room. We're very close to putting the two kids together, but at this point we're waiting for Nichol to consistently sleep through the night before we double those kiddos up. What else? He's super wriggly and I think he'll be crawling sooner rather than later. He has a big appetite... And likes his rice cereal.
Annie and Nicholas are so cute together. Every morning when Annie wakes up the first thing out of her mouth is "Nicky wake? Where's Nicky?" She varies between calling him "Nichol, Nickodee or Nicky". She loves to give him hugs, although whenever she gets too close to him, Nichol instinctively reaches for her hair and gives it a good tug. At which point she starts crying, saying "No No Nicky! Nicky pull hair." It's pretty funny, especially since at that point she's usually been on top of him or giving him a bear hug by the time he finally grabs some hair.
Weekends have been lots of fun. Usually we try to hit up a farmers' market on Saturday mornings, then we head to the park or some other fun activity. Annie likes to be on the move and Nicholas just goes with the flow!
Next post... Apple picking!
As Annie enters her 28th month, she continues to assert herself. She is very independent. And by independent I mean she will do what she wants to do independent of how you feel. For instance, you might say, "Annie, please put down Nichol's pacifier." And then she would put it right in her mouth and run away. Or you might say, "Annie, you cannot grab snacks from other people's strollers." And then she would reach right in someone else's diaper bag and pull out some snacks.
For the most part she still takes an afternoon nap, but probably once a week she protests and refuses to sleep at all. Her new technique is to take all of her clothes off, including her diaper, and just hang out naked in her crib for two hours. You can imagine the scene you walk in on if she's doing this quietly and the full two hours have passed... Usually she starts screaming or singing at some point to alert you to the fact that you should definitely go in there to make sure she's not jumping around naked in her own feces.
Nichol continues to grow and grow and grow. He has the biggest head and sometimes I wonder how his neck can support that melon! But he has the biggest smile that goes perfect with a big dome. And I shouldn't really be talking, as I have one heck of a big head too. He's been doing much better sleeping through the night. I'd say he gets up maybe one-ish times, but he definitely will go through some 'loud sleeping' bursts where he's murmuring, or babbling, or breathing heavy. Nichol is still sleeping in our room. We're very close to putting the two kids together, but at this point we're waiting for Nichol to consistently sleep through the night before we double those kiddos up. What else? He's super wriggly and I think he'll be crawling sooner rather than later. He has a big appetite... And likes his rice cereal.
Annie and Nicholas are so cute together. Every morning when Annie wakes up the first thing out of her mouth is "Nicky wake? Where's Nicky?" She varies between calling him "Nichol, Nickodee or Nicky". She loves to give him hugs, although whenever she gets too close to him, Nichol instinctively reaches for her hair and gives it a good tug. At which point she starts crying, saying "No No Nicky! Nicky pull hair." It's pretty funny, especially since at that point she's usually been on top of him or giving him a bear hug by the time he finally grabs some hair.
Weekends have been lots of fun. Usually we try to hit up a farmers' market on Saturday mornings, then we head to the park or some other fun activity. Annie likes to be on the move and Nicholas just goes with the flow!
Next post... Apple picking!
