All the supplies for the media room step
My beauty
Max was ready to play some Top Golf!
Not so sure about his form but he had fun (while I stressed about the ledge a few feet away that he could fall off...)
Uncle Alex helping Maxwell
We took Alex to a tex mex restaurant. At one point, Maxwell wasn't behaving so I put him on timeout in an empty section of the restaurant. It looks a little further away than it was. Discipline ...it's not just for in the home!
Before...just a light fixture
After...
The boys worked on the step in the media room while Brittany and I went to Oklahoma for Julianne and Derek's show. They also watched both the kids. (More on that in another post...) I was impressed they got it all done in one long evening.
Finished product! I love that it's temporary so I can move it to the garage if we want to use the room for something else for a few days or so. They even went the extra mile and it's got cutouts so it fits around the pillars.
Emmalyn focused on her uncle
He finally got over his fear of my tiny baby
We love you Uncle Alex!
It was fantastic having him visit. Maxwell absolutely LOVED having him here. He adored his Uncle Alex and wanted to be around him and play with him.
Now, an update on the kids.
- Emmalyn has an amazing ability to know when I am in the shower. She can be happily sleeping so I'll go to quickly jump in the shower and I swear that the second I get in the shower, she starts screaming. ARGH!!! Every time!
- We are getting smiles but there's no real trick that always works to get them.
- She sleeps much better when she's a little elevated but I don't want to have her sleep like that since it's recommended babies only sleep on their back. I think it's tied to her being gassy. She will cry out in pain when she's sleeping and it causes her to wait up.
- Emmalyn struggles to get into deep sleep during the day which means I am constantly attending to her until it's time to nurse again. (Again - possibly tied to the gassy issue.)
- She spits up a ton.
- (You would think these past few things would point to her having Reflux however I don't think that's the case with her. We had that with Max and it's not the same with her.)
- It's sad but we are so busy and I'm so tired that Emmalyn is only getting a bath once a week. I look up and realize it's been that long and then I'm shocked with myself. UGH
- Max was painting last night and he painted a house for her and also wanted pink paint "for Emmalyn".
- Max seems to be doing good with her but still gets upset when she cries. He has wanted to cuddle with her and touch her when it's time for nap or bedtime.
- He's aware that she can't talk so I will say something like "she loves your kisses" and he'll remind me that she can't talk.
- Then he'll talk about something he wants to do with her like blow bubbles and then talk about how she can't do that now because she's little and he'll teach her once she gets older. :)
- Max is listening to his parents better than he was, which is MUCH appreciated.
- He is doing pretend play more and more which is fun to watch.
- Maxwell has been struggling with napping. He just lays there for up to hr and a half without falling asleep.
- He is just so very independent! I am trying to remember to continue to let him do more.
- Max's language and verbal skill amaze me. It feels like he is using more complicated words and sentence structure than a 2 year old should be able to. For example, he correctly used the word "while" in a sentence.
- My tailbone getting better but is not all the way healed from my time in the hospital. I can't believe it's been 6 weeks and still hurts.
