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Such a happy baby
Fun with golf clubs
Katie was napping so I convinced Owen to go outside and play. There were some tears, but once I got him outside he was fine!
Trying to hit the golf ball is harder than it looks.
That’s Elmo’s World!
Owen is really becoming a parrot—and learning from watching Sesame Street. His favorite new “Word on the Street” is stumble—as he fake-demonstrates it all the time. And he LOVES the Elmo’s World theme song:
I’m a mermaid.
Says Owen.
Yes, he loves Xbox Lego Pirates of the Caribbean.
Then more bath cuteness:
Peas!
Today Katie had her first peas at lunch! And she did REALLY well—eating almost a whole jar!
Katie likes watching, too.
Like brother, like sister…she likes to watch herself on the camera.
A new noise
This is a new noise Katie has started making. 🙂
Owen misses daddy
This is what happens about once a week when Owen gets up from his nap and misses Tom. Usually he just says he’s not happy, but sometimes it’s a full-fledged breakdown. Poor kid.
Our last Christmas!
Grauntie Marge sent Christmas gifts so we Skyped tonight to open them. The robotic bugs were a HUGE hit with Owen (and we think they’re cool, too). Here he is, showing them off:
And here we are having fun with them in the kitchen!
Katie’s Gund Peek A Boo Bear
Someone wants to crawl!
This is how she usually ends up:
And then she gets put back here:
In comparison, Owen was scootching pretty well at 6m10d (Katie is 6m3d)…so it will be close.
Almost every day, folks.
He doesn’t know what he wants, he just knows its not anything I’m suggesting.
I don’t want medicine.
This is what happens at the mere mention of having to take medicine. Poor kid.
We eventually snuck it in his juice, telling him that the cold juice cools off his fever.
Oh, the whining.
This is what we get ALL. DAY. LONG. Whenever we ask him (or tell him) to do pretty much ANYTHING.
This morning it was me telling him we had to go downstairs, but he could still watch TV.
😐
New year, new haircut!
Owen desperately needed a haircut so Tom took him this morning so they could both get one. I told Tom to get it SHORT so Owen basically has a military “high and tight.” I think he looks SO much older!
And then him actually checking it out when he got home:
And with his new gun:
Katie Noises
Trying bananas
Tonight we tried bananas. Tried being the operative word.
Daddy and Katie
Katie Noises
Robot Microphone
Thanks Aunt Beth and Uncle Jim—this thing is a riot. We all like it!
Merry Christmas!
Well this morning was…not quite what I expected. I thought Owen would wake up and be super excited about Santa…but all he wanted to do was play his Xbox game. 🙁
We excitedly said “Owen, who came to visit last night?” and in the most quiet and bored voice simply said “Santa.” Not quite the response I expected. About 20 minutes later we convinced him it was time to check out what Santa left—and he was a bit more enthusiastic. Here we are coming down the stairs to find the stockings…
And then it was off to see the presents…where he got upset because Santa ate “his” (Owen’s) cookies—even though Owen didn’t want any himself last night or this morning—and then back to happy again remembering there were presents to open.
Of course, he was happy to pose with all the presents:
And smiled with one when I asked him to:
And enjoyed playing with some of the things:
But honestly, he seemed less than thrilled with most of his stuff (though I guess to be fair, it’s hard to get excited about clothes or games when they’re in a box). I mean, he enjoyed opening them (which I guess is good enough, right?) but then they were pretty much immediately tossed aside and it was on to the next present. (Yes, I know he’s three. But it was just such a change from last year when he wanted to play with everything as he opened it). He did like a few things (meaning he expressed some awe over them—like both new Xbox Lego games, his Cars cars, and his Indiana Jones minifigs)…but the biggest hit wasn’t even from us or Santa—it was a bug vacuum and fishing rod (that you put your iPhone in to pretend fish) from Tom’s mom that were both immediately turned into guns. And an activity box that was for Katie.
I guess I was expecting too much from a 3yo, right?
And less than an hour later, he was already done playing with everything new and wanted to play the stupid xbox game I had hoped would be forgotten about with the appearance of two new games. 🙁 I feel bad that I’m a little upset, but I just keep telling myself it’s not a big deal, it’s not a big deal, it’s not a big deal because I know he’ll eventually play with everything and like the games, etc…but it was just a bit disappointing because it wasn’t what I envisioned (and you think by now I’d know better).
There were lots of smiles and fun moments, though. 🙂
We Skyped with Grandma Marsha and Uncle Rob while Owen opened the presents they sent and some from Santa and mom and dad.
We had labeled everything with big name tags because Owen knows his name, so with just about every package he picked up he said “O-W-E-N spells me—Owen” and it was completely adorable. So then it was funny when we caught him opening a package for me and we said “Owen, is that yours?” YES! “Owen, whose name is on the label?” He looks for the label, sees it’s not Owen and immediately says “I’m sorry! So so sorry!” 🙂
Katie enjoyed the tags on one of her gifts:
And Charlie enjoyed a box in the middle of the floor—and watching everything from her perch:
And he was excited about this Captain America figure…
…until Tom pressed the button to make it speak and it freaked Owen out:
And he liked his trampoline…for about 15 seconds. (That was free so it may end up being gifted elsewhere because we don’t really have room for it if he’s not loving it.)
So overall I’d say it was a success, even if it didn’t go quite as we planned.
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’!
Katie has started rolling over! It started a day or so ago when she was on her belly when we got her up in the morning—one day happy, one day screaming (when she can’t flip back over). Owen did the same exact thing but got over it in a few days.
So last night we put her to bed—minus the swaddle so she’d have use of her arms to flip herself over if necessary—and hoped for the best. I was just a bit nervous because I was watching her sleep on her stomach—which I know is okay (she’s napped that way before) but it’s still a little nerve wracking thinking about it being the whole night. But it was cute (though we’ve got to get the video camera closer to her to get better pictures like we got with Owen!).
And then tonight I finally caught her actually rolling over!
I finally got him to play along.
WARNING: It’s a long video, because its the first ~8 minutes of the movie.
It’s much cuter in person—and when you’re familiar with the movie—but this is what he does EVERY time we watch the movie. Normally he sees me recording and hides but today he let me!
Owen is sad.
Wait until you hear why he’s sad. He actually says that all the time (though doesn’t cry all the time) and it’s such a strange thing to say we figure he had to have heard it somewhere but we haven’t figured it out yet. Or I guess he could have come up with it on his own…?
Camera placement FAIL
After dinner I held Katie next to Owen and she kept grabbing at his head and his hair and he was laughing hysterically. I tempted fate by grabbing my phone and quickly trying to set it up to record (I needed two hands to hold Katie) while Owen was still in the mood, so-to-speak. Unfortunately, you can’t see much of Katie, but you can hear Owen’s hysterical laughing.
Katie sputtering with grabby hands
The jiggly camera work is all due to her grabby hands. 🙂
Owen gets new cars
And Katie got some new bibs but she doesn’t make for a good video!
Thank you, Wendy and Toby!
Of course as soon as I stopped recording…
Wow. These are cool. This is the coolest helicopter ever.
Owen: Mom, the white car and blue car are sad.
Me: Why are they sad?
Owen: The red car won the race.
This helicopter is HEAVY. The cars are light.
The whining is endless.
Owen has turned into Mr. Whine About Anything and Everything All the Freaking Time.
Just today:
Waking up from a nap? Whine.
Me singing to Katie? Whine.
Asking if he has to pee? Whine.
Asking if he wants a snack? Whine.
Tom walking down the stairs? Whine.
The cat walking by him? Whine.
The sun isn’t out? Whine.
Putting a pillow next to him? Whine.
Telling him its time for dinner? Whine.
Telling him we have to go downstairs? Whine.
Turning off the TV? Whine.
Asking if he wants to go outside? Whine.
Asking if he wants a juice box? Whine.
Katie cries? Whine.
I turn on the wrong Backyardigans? Whine.
The Backyardigans story doesn’t start fast enough? Whine.
I turn off the living room light? Whine.
Katie reaches for the wipes? Whine.
And once he starts whining, any action or talking will cause him to start again.
It’s tiring.
Hopscotch attempt
I drew a hopscotch outline to try and teach Owen. I don’t think he quite got it. 🙂
The sick whining.
He woke up from his nap crying and by the time I got downstairs to him, he just couldn’t seem to stop. Everything I asked him just seemed to make it worse. 🙁
He obviously doesn’t feel well but doesn’t know how to express it—and isn’t used to it since he’s never been sick like this before.
It just breaks your heart. Grandparents, you might not want to watch. 🙁