Friday, December 14, 2012

Today

I tried to make homemade ornaments with Brahm today. Didn't work. He didn't want to help cut them out or decorate them. I have half of them left so I'll try again tomorrow. I think he might be more excited if I start hanging them on the tree.

Here are some cute conversations we had today.

A: I want to go to the basement after nap.
M: A OK
A: A OK spells nap.
M: no, NAP spells nap.

A:Tomorrow is Saturday  Brahm will take a day off on Saturday.
M and D: what are you doing on your day off?
A: play. Play some more, lunch, play a little, take a nap, play.
M: sounds like a good day off to me.

Now I'm going to rock Anna to sleep and give Abraham a big hug when I check his covers.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Spelling

While playing with his letters puzzle...

M: what word do you want to spell next?
B: mixed vegetables

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

An update

I guess it is well past time for me to update the header of this blog. 

Abraham and Anna have had quite the adventures in the past 8 weeks.  Abraham has been learning what it means to be a big brother.  That means sharing Mommy and Daddy sometimes.  He does pretty good but once in awhile asks me to put Anna back in the playpen if he wants 1:1 time and I am busy. 

Abraham has been receiving occupational therapy once a week through the early intervention program.  He has a balance issue which has led to a delay in his gross motor development.  Even though he only has been receiving the service for about 7 weeks, we definitely see an improvement in his confidence and abilities. It's great to see!  His OT suggested we sign him up for gymnastics, so tomorrow is his first day.  I think Jeremy will be taking him most of the time, but it will be neat to see how much fun he has learning to jump and roll. 

Anna had her two month well visit a few days early.  She is now 11lbs and 23 inches long.  She is almost exactly where Abraham was at two months.  They are following the same growth curve too:  50% in weight and head circumference and 85% in height.  She amazed me this morning and fell asleep on her own for her nap in her pack and play while Brahm and I were playing around her.  Abraham NEVER did that.  Anna's sleep last night was pretty amazing too, but I can't say too much about it, since I attribute the length to her getting her shots yesterday.