I guess I should teach her the difference between bathroom and toilet :)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Bathroom = Toilet
The other day Lucy was giving her baby dolls baths in some bowls full of water, but one of the dolls was on the dryer where she couldn't reach it. I was feeding Cole at the time so I told her she would have to wait. After running back and forth a few times she started pulling Cole's bouncy chair out of the bathroom. Well, a dirty rag had fallen on it and I didn't want Lucy playing with it so I asked her to "throw the rag back in the bathroom because it's dirty." She looked at me while I asked her a second time, and kind of gave me a, 'what-ever-you-say-mom' look...She picked up the rag and headed for the bathroom....A few seconds later I heard the toilet lid close....
Monday, May 9, 2011
The Kiddos
Here are some pictures of Lucy and Cole and random stuff from the last little while:
Lucy asks to hold Cole all the time!
When she is done this is the face she makes. She'll start pushing him away and say 'done, done'.
Usually she points at his face and and talks about the different parts.
One day she decided to climb up the changing table while I was changing Cole's diaper.
....and she thought it was pretty funny!
Would you guess this face is happy? She thought it was :D
Discovering that she can climb through almost all of the holes in the jungle gym.
Cole's Sunday outfit! One of our good friends made him the shirt!( Isn't it cute!!) I think he looks all grown up when he wears this!
I discovered that he likes to lay on my shins and look around!
Look at those cheeks!!! You can't see it here, but he has three (yes THREE!) double chins...I guess it's called a triple chin :)
Once again-- Lucy's happy face! I LOVE IT!!
One Month Old (and some change)
Holy moly, Cole is almost 6 weeks old! I can't believe how fast it has gone by. Here are some things we've discovered about our little man since he has been with us:
~ He is nOiSy!!! He is almost always making some kind of sound, obviously crying is one of them, but he mostly grunts and growls, snorts and sighs (but these sighs are very breathy and almost like a groan). He likes to whistle and sing in his sleep. Not only that but his bodily noises could rival most adults!! Haha!
~ He doesn't like the cold (not that surprising...who does?). When we give him baths he is okay for most of it except for when we have to move him from his clothes to the bath or bath to towel...because that requires our cold hands to touch his back. He is getting better though, as long as our hands are warm when we transfer him he's pretty much stopped crying :)
~ He s a little grease monster...I remember Lucy getting dried out and we always had to put lotion on her after her baths -- she still has dry skin. But our little man doesn't ever need lotion. His hair gets greasy by the end of the day, and his face sometimes glistens..hahaha.
~ He LOVES sounds - even better than he likes voices - I try to calm him by talking to him and it DOESN"T work...not even a little bit. Unless I'm telling him he gets to eat :D So I've been having to practice making sounds and experimenting with different things. I feel really silly sometimes but I guess you've gotta do what you've gotta do, right?
~ Cole prefers men to women...at least to me anyways. Example: Cole cries and cries and cries. Mommy tries to calm and console him by talking to him, making sounds, bouncing him, laying him down, anything and everything other than feed him (because it's not time yet). In comes Daddy, who picks up Cole and starts yelling at him (okay that sounds bad--he's not yelling at him but talking to him loudly). And guess what? IMMEDIATELY Cole is quiet. And happy, and interested. Is Mommy just a little jealous?? OF COURSE!!
~ Coles LOVES to eat. He would eat every hour if I let him. I make him wait at least 2 hours. Because I already feel like I feed him every hour and a half because feeding time is 30 mins. So, 20-30 mins before the 2 hour limit he wakes up and starts fussing cause he wants to eat. But THEN, when I do feed him he'll eat for 5-10 mins and fall right to sleep. So I have to change his diaper and wake the kid up so he'll eat more so he can make it the 2 hours....Oh boy, he cracks me up.
~ He is already smiling! I know people say that when babies smile it''s because of gas bubbles moving through their system...I don't buy it. This kid really does smile. Some times it's a little crooked, but those kind are my favorite!
~ Our little man is very strong. With in minutes of being born this kid could lift his head. When we hold him in a sitting position he has ALMOST perfect control of his head. He can hold it for a ridiculously long time, for his age. For tummy time, at 2 -3 weeks he could lift his head and turn it from side to side. When he straightens his legs he can hold his whole body weight on them. ( I could keep going, but I don't know if any of you even care about this.....I think he is amazing, but I am also his Mom).
I love him! he's so different from Lucy in so many ways. Having children is such a cool experience, especially since each one of them is unique and special in their own way. I'm so grateful for my children and for all that I learn from them.
~ He is nOiSy!!! He is almost always making some kind of sound, obviously crying is one of them, but he mostly grunts and growls, snorts and sighs (but these sighs are very breathy and almost like a groan). He likes to whistle and sing in his sleep. Not only that but his bodily noises could rival most adults!! Haha!
~ He doesn't like the cold (not that surprising...who does?). When we give him baths he is okay for most of it except for when we have to move him from his clothes to the bath or bath to towel...because that requires our cold hands to touch his back. He is getting better though, as long as our hands are warm when we transfer him he's pretty much stopped crying :)
~ He s a little grease monster...I remember Lucy getting dried out and we always had to put lotion on her after her baths -- she still has dry skin. But our little man doesn't ever need lotion. His hair gets greasy by the end of the day, and his face sometimes glistens..hahaha.
~ He LOVES sounds - even better than he likes voices - I try to calm him by talking to him and it DOESN"T work...not even a little bit. Unless I'm telling him he gets to eat :D So I've been having to practice making sounds and experimenting with different things. I feel really silly sometimes but I guess you've gotta do what you've gotta do, right?
~ Cole prefers men to women...at least to me anyways. Example: Cole cries and cries and cries. Mommy tries to calm and console him by talking to him, making sounds, bouncing him, laying him down, anything and everything other than feed him (because it's not time yet). In comes Daddy, who picks up Cole and starts yelling at him (okay that sounds bad--he's not yelling at him but talking to him loudly). And guess what? IMMEDIATELY Cole is quiet. And happy, and interested. Is Mommy just a little jealous?? OF COURSE!!
~ Coles LOVES to eat. He would eat every hour if I let him. I make him wait at least 2 hours. Because I already feel like I feed him every hour and a half because feeding time is 30 mins. So, 20-30 mins before the 2 hour limit he wakes up and starts fussing cause he wants to eat. But THEN, when I do feed him he'll eat for 5-10 mins and fall right to sleep. So I have to change his diaper and wake the kid up so he'll eat more so he can make it the 2 hours....Oh boy, he cracks me up.
~ He is already smiling! I know people say that when babies smile it''s because of gas bubbles moving through their system...I don't buy it. This kid really does smile. Some times it's a little crooked, but those kind are my favorite!
~ Our little man is very strong. With in minutes of being born this kid could lift his head. When we hold him in a sitting position he has ALMOST perfect control of his head. He can hold it for a ridiculously long time, for his age. For tummy time, at 2 -3 weeks he could lift his head and turn it from side to side. When he straightens his legs he can hold his whole body weight on them. ( I could keep going, but I don't know if any of you even care about this.....I think he is amazing, but I am also his Mom).
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