Happy Mother's Day!
Hello from Buffalo! I hope everyone is having a Happy Mother's Day. Noah's big gift to be was his new ability to say, "Ma". He finally got it yesterday. He's been slow to talk. At 17 months, he can say "Bye" and "Da". He's working on "no" and "yes", but having more trouble with those. He really, really wants to say "cookie", but can only get out a gutteral "cuh" and "ohhhhh", then he starts to bounce and point. It's pretty funny. The idea of a cookie gets him too excited to concentrate.
He's been far more interested in large motor skills, and can scale the average playground with the Big Kids. He prefers spiral slides; the larger, the better. Quite honestly, his sense of adventure freaks me out. He tries things Olivia would never have even thought about, and most kids in our neighborhood his age can't even consider doing. (Heather, does this sound like Connor?)
I've missed you guys online. I spent several weeks in April sick, and was so thankful for the antibiotic the doctor finally offered I didn't even question it's use. It did work, and I really did need it. Ahhhh, what a difference Modern Medicine can make!!
I hope this finds everyone well and happy. Happy Mother's Day, Hunnies!!
posted by kris @ 9:31 AM
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Yes Kris that does sound like Connor or now Aidan for that matter. Aidan has no fear - none. At 2 he prefers the top bunk in his brother's room over anything resembling a toddler bed or crib. The 3 boys have been sharing the room (their choice) since the new year but Lucas has decided he's had enough of the talking, kicking and restlessness of his brothers that he wants to move into the other room with the baby. Now to find bedding appropriate for a 6 year old in a twin bed and a new baby in a crib...
Happy Mother's Day! Kris, what you said is my Emily. She was fifteen months old when she insisted on climbing up this TALL spiral thingy. It was probably about ten feet tall. she kept going over to it and trying to climb, well I would take her off and say "no." I asked some people in our play group to keep an eye on her while I put our stuff in the trunk. I heard a scream looked up to see one of my friends who was about six or seven months pregnant jump up and with what seemed like two strides moved about twenty feet over to Emily who indeed had conquered the tall blue spiral thing and was not only at the top, but was SITTING ON THE TOP of it. I arrived just seconds after my friend to help emily down. Let's just say we didn't leave right then. Because she had to use her new skill of climbing up and down the big spiral thing a hundred times before we left. It's funny because she just looked at me every time she would climb it with an "I told you so look in her eyes." It was from then on I initiated the "if you can do it on your own rule that's fine, if not you can't do it rule." At the same park there are these monkey bars in the shape of a half circle. you know the diameter is probably about twenty feet wide on the ground. The following year she felt the need to conquer that equipment. I was standing there watching her with a stay at home dad I know. He was a nervous wreck. He kept saying, "shouldn't you be helping her? Shouldn't you get her down or something?" I stood there and watched her as she grunted and groaned, pulled with her tiny arms and, pushed as hard as she could with her chubby little legs. She did indeed make it to the top then she dropped down to the ground and climbed back up. Mind you caleb just learned how to climb this same set of monkey bars the same year and he was four and a half. I tell you kris, let the little guy do what he can he will love it! Just stand by and spot him and you will get so much joy out of seeing his accomplishments.
Emily still insists on doing everything the big kids do. Caleb is even teaching her Karate. That girl has a mean kick! Thanks for sharing that story with us it brought back some great memories!
Oh, Caleb lost tooth number too!
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