Life Lately

Well with two kiddos posting is non existent. I figured I should do a long update post.

Brayden- you prob starting walking around 14 months or so.. same time as Landon, which shocked us bc you would pull yourself up on things etc way earlier..however right after you started to walk you began to run. You just fly and love to run around from the living room through the dining room in a circle over and over.

Loving all things animal sounds..love to say what the animals say and love books that make the sound. You love markers and can get the caps off and have drawn on the floor, walls carpet ahhhh. We have to watch you like a hawk.. you will get into everything. You can open doors...pro at going up and down the stairs on your own.

We just ditched your high chair bc you just throw everything on the floor and its such a pain to clean the high chair not to mention the space it takes up.

You are still very demanding and will go and pound on the pantry door or fridge saying more or mama..demanding food...if you dont get what you want you typically throw it across the room and sometimes youll go pick it up and eat it after you realize youre not getting anything else.
You are getting pickier with what you eat or if you just dont want to eat it you wont..throw it etc..still love fruits, yogurt apple sauce..very good at using a spoon and fork on your own.

You are so smart and know where things go--shoes etc..if we tell you to go throw something away in the garbage you will..unless you dont want to you like to shake your head no alot.. Your fav new word is mine or no no!

You love to do whatever your brother is doing and will rip his glasses off his face.

You weigh 28lbs 8 oz.. big boy.. wearing 2t tops mostly some 24 mon.. 18 month pants fit the best or they are too long.

Got rid of all bottles shortly after turning one..we held on to night one a little longer.. You arent much of a drinker in general its hit or miss.

Love bath times and standing up on stool to brush your teeth by yourself. Youll run to stairs when we say bath.

You love your pacis and like to carry them around...we try not to give it to you that much during the day unless you are sick/teething upset.

Still a horrible sleeper. youll nap great sometimes 2-3 hour naps after lunch time. We can just set you down and leave. At night youll take a bath around 7 and get jammies on and read books and lay you down with blankie and paci and well usually sit in there 5 mins and then you are fine if we leave.. lately you have been waking up around 12-1 and are inconsolable..end up sleeping with us which you will usually go right back to sleep..you want to be touching us..

At school they say your favorite time is art time....which explains your love of crayons markers chalk etc.. you also love play dough but sometims youll attempt to eat it.

being in the car youll often scream your head off for over an hour so we try to plan trips around naps so youll sleep. We are going to attemp to take our first plane ride and Im so worried youll scream the whole time.

You also got ear tubes in October.. you had several ear infections and constant fluid in your ears... they said it was effecting your hearing too so we got it done.. you were a pro didnt cry once and were up walking around right when we got home. You havent had an ear infection since!! The restested you ears a month later after the tubes and there was no fluid and improved hearing too. WOOP WOOOP.


We are loving everything you are learning and hoping youll become a better sleeper and stay in your room all night! Wishful thinking im sure haha.

Landon-

You are so smart and have a unbelieveable memory for your age... Youll remember things from books or like what we ate when I was in the hospital and had Brayden. You always amaze us. You can finally write your name we had been trying to get you to for forever.. had no desire. You are loving workbooks cutting paste etc..activity books.

Starting love games, go fish, yeti in spaghetti, yahtzee etc. Its fun. You still love your ipad and we try to limit it but you prob watch way to much on there. You love transformers, swords play fighting etc.. typical boy. Love music and dancing/singing..spanish--how do you say this in spanish and asking the ipad.

You are sooo picky when it comes to eating unless its a hot dog or mac and cheese or plain quesadilla you are soo picky. We have to try and force you to eat or try things or take x amounts of bites. You still love milk/choc milk. Candy. Yogurt cinnamon rolls sauages are faves... each morning you need choc milk and cereal and lately its apple nutri grain bars. You love apples without the wrapper lol. Bananas. You love to help bake..make cookies-frosted ones. lol You refuse to nap for us on the weekends unless we have a huge bribe-parties presents.

You were so into the elf in the shelf and xmas in general..decorating. You werent afraid of Santa and talked his ear off.

We go on little dates to see all the latest kids movies and you just love it..you get a popcorn and root beer and act like its the greatest thing in the world. YOu ask all the time when we are going disney. You cannot wait for your first plane ride to Az.

We have been working on recognizing your lower case letters and numbers more..youve known the capital ones for so long.

You have been going to speech tues and thurs with Ms Haley and seem to enjoy it and weve noticed so much progress. Hoping youll be good for kindergarden and everyone seems to understand you alot more.

You are still an awesome sleeper..we usually have you in bed by 8 at the latest earlier on weekends if you have had no nap. We read you a few books and you go right to sleep on your own. We did have to buy you a clock that turns green to wake up bc you kept waking up at 5am after the time change. You can now usually go downstairs by yourself and watch the ipad till we get up which is so nice.

We recently have let you feed Bella in the mornings as your job and you seem to love it.