WDP: 9 Months

Wren,

Sweet girl.  We are just loving on you!  You are a very good baby.  Much of that comes from us having more experience this time around and knowing how to help you when trouble arises.

You are a bubbly, smiley, giggly, happy baby.  We can easily make you laugh.  Animal noises, peek-a-boo, brother laughing or dancing, Mommy bouncing, and Daddy just walking into a room are your favorite giggle triggers.

You are eating much more food these days.  You like baby food and we even give you some with grains in it.  You LOVE puffs.  You like to chew small bits of carrots, celery, bananas, peaches, grapes - really whatever we cut up. You also drink water out of a sippy cup- big girl! I am still nursing you a few times a day as well.

You sleep very well at night and even take two good naps, if we are home.

On that note, you have teeth!  The bottom middle came in first.  Now it looks like you are getting the top four and the next two on the bottom.  You seem to be in a decent amount of pain.  Thank goodness for Ibuprofen.

You are still not crawling, but you are sitting, pulling up, and getting in crawling position.  I will not encourage further movement.  It will happen.  And I will have to learn to be in two places at once.

You have started waving, clapping, and using the sign for dog (we think). You also full-body flap when something exciting happens (like Mommy reaching out to pick you up!).  We say, "flap flap."

Wrenny Wren, we so love you.  I love your little fingers and how you slap my chest when you are happy.  I love  your smiles and how much you love Brother.  I love having you as my baby.

Love,
Mom

NAP: 31 Months

Dear Nash,

What a busy month it has been.  I keep telling myself (and this blog) that I will try to update sooner, but that never happens.  Please just know that I am running after you and toting your sister instead of writing on time.

You are still such a busy boy!  You started mother's day out at the end of August.  You are in the Frog's class.  Each day when you arrive, you take your frog picture and put it on the log.  The first few days, you just went right in and started playing.  Then you caught a cold (imagine that- a cold after the first week of school - so typical!) and things didn't go as smoothly.  But, I hope we are back on track now.  You seem to like your teachers and the tiny bit of structure school provides.

You are very into dinosaurs right now.  You have a few little toys that you carry around any play with.  You frequently talk about T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and a bunch of other ones that I can't even pronounce.  I had no idea that there were so many dinosaurs - tons more than when I was a kid!

You also love watching TV and movies.  You like Wall-E, Toy Story, Ice Age, Dinosaur Train, and Thomas.  Of course, we have to limit this or you would watch TV all of the time.

You also love your boy cousins - Luke and Davis and Luke and Joe in Iowa!  You talk about them constantly.

The terrible twos seem to be upon us.  No is always the first response out of your mouth, before you even think about the question.  You also want to do what you want when you want to do it.  Sounds like your parents to me!  Daddy is ready for you to just listen, but we know that that might be a ways off.  We still do a lot of redirecting, over-explaining, and time-outs, when necessary.

What else...you are directing us which way to drive in the car. You climb on everything, all of the time.  You say "that one this" instead of this or that. You say, "yes, sure, of course" when we offer up something especially awesome. You love your family.  All of it.  When we leave Sissy with Daddy, you ask about her.  At night you recommend I go check on her.  You like "new water" before bed, along with Kiss Goodnight and Stinkyface.

OH and you tell us, "I LOVE YOU!"

Nash, each month brings such wonderful new things.  I hope you'll let me love on you forever and ever, sweet wild boy.

Love,
Mom

A Little Bit of Life With Two

More Wrenny Wren

Auntie Sharon made Wren four sets of hats and shoes.  Did you get that?  Four sets of handmade hats and shoes!  Wren looked so cute in her first set (they go up in size).  She looks like the cutest Cabbage Patch doll ever.  Thank you, Auntie Sharon!

A Little bit of the Potato (Nash Potato, that is)

Bring on the Bird