Normal life with my cute family - - Mid October 2014
Maxwell enjoying the accessories when we were out shopping for Halloween costumes. Sometimes he is such a "boy" it catches me off guard.
Hanging with Daddy at the library
Daddy trying to read to them both.
Perfection
He caught one of the bubbles he blew!
Enjoying the warm fall weather
Those cheeks are something else
One of those major baby milestones - eating your feet
Video - She's so good at sitting up and spitting up. It's disgusting and amazing all at the same time.
Nighttime routine - reading stories
Video - Maxwell has been doing awesome at swimming lessons. After class, his coach asked if she could take him into the bigger section to see how he'd do with it. He did awesome at swimming far! I was impressed.
She is so smiley but still doesn't laugh very much
It's nice to have clients who make great snacky food but not always good when you find yourself hungry because there's usually something within reach. I've got my Perfetti Van Melle Airheads Bites, my General Mills Chex Mix, and all I needed to complete the picture would have been some Kraft peanuts!
Video - She's just so happy, even after midnight. It's hard when she's engaging and being cute like this to turn off the light and go to bed.
I was working from home so I got to be around when she got a bottle (which usually doesn't happen)
I'm sure she was like, "you aren't supposed to be here right now"
Updates:
Maxwell actually did his own glue at school on a project! This is a big deal since he hates getting his hands dirty.
He still stays in his bed even when he wakes up. He will just sit there and call for us until we come and get him.
Maxwell can almost to showers by himself, he just needs a little help with his hair. This feels like a huge accomplishment, to me!
He has staying dry during his nap for 2 days in a row at home. That hasn't happened for a long time. He gets to choose a prize out of the "prize bucket" if he stays dry but we haven't had to give out many prizes lately. (And that's why we still put him in pull-ups at home during nap time and nighttime.) He stays dry most of the time during nap time at school, I don't know why he can't do it at home! Lately he has been saying that he will keep his pull-up dry when he is 16. I sure hope it's not that long!
Instead of saying the word "Disgusting" he says "Bisgusting" and instead of "Remember" he said "Demember"
He is really excited about going to school in the morning, which I love!
He is so polite!
Emmalyn used to suck my face (cheeks) when she was hungry and now she nose dives towards my boobs. When Maxwell was nursing, he used to draw circles almost with his fists and then would punch my boobs. Emmalyn however will grab them and squeeze. I'm just a punching bag. :)
On Oct 17 Emmalyn really started getting up on her knees often and she does it a ton. She ends up pushing forward a little and getting to what she wants but it's not full on crawling yet.
She has a horrendous mad scream. It makes Peter nuts.
I gave Emmalyn some avocado to eat and she did NOT like it. She DID like it when I gave her a little drink of water though.
She can finally take her vitamin drops without choking when they go in her mouth (which is nice because they smell like the iron in them and stain everything)
She's big enough that I gave her a bath in the baby bathtub without the infant sling.
She's not a cuddler unless she is really tired.
She's great at going to sleep at night and will sometimes roll to her belly when she's sleeping but not always.
Right now, she's not as talkative as she used to be.
