Happy 15 months old

 

Happy 15 Months Old!!!

Most mornings I wake to laughter coming from the babies bedroom.  When being woke at 7:30am it is the sweetest sound to hear.  Before laying them down for their morning and afternoon naps they almost jump for joy at the excitement of going to their room for a nap.  After I have put them in their crib and leave their is usually laughter for the next half hour to an hour.  I am not sure what the excitement is all about but I wish I had a spy cam!

Below is a video of them after they had woke from their morning nap.  Its not the best quality but you can hear the excitement and laughter of seeing mommy and daddy as we enter the room to get them.

 

Here is my best attempt at a Valentine’s Day photo…Lila wasn’t too excited about it, Carter kept trying to turn around in his chair and Madelyn was saying enough already!!

Doesn’t Carter just look so sweet in this picture…well he is most of time but he can also be SO hard headed.  I gently call his name when he is doing something he shouldn’t be and its as if I am talking to a brick wall.  So I raise my voice and nothing and then I tap him on the shoulder and finally I get a response and what do I get…a huge smile as if to say you can’t yell at me look how cute I am.  Oh what a handful he is going to be!  His new favorite thing to do is stand on the chair which is something he is not suppose to be doing and then he gives that sweet smile and just laughs when I ask him to sit down.  Needless to say for now the chairs only come out once a day…snack time!

He is very much like his mother and has a hard time getting moving in the morning…Madelyn has the same problem but Lila just goes full force from the moment those feet hit the ground. 

 

Is it possible to stick this entire lego in my mouth…let me try!

 

Carter is ALL boy…he is a climber, the dare devil and he loves to get messy.  One morning I thought they might enjoy blueberry pancakes for breakfast but it never crossed my mind that it would be messy.  Well just take a look at Carter and then notice how clean his sister are…he can make a mess of anything!

He loves standing at the gate watching the tv as close as possible and looking so cute in his bibs!

 

Carter is the comedian of the family and if you want to roll in laughter all you have to do is just watch him for a few hours.  He stubbles around trying to walk and sometimes like as if you spun him around a million times and let him down to try to walk and then just flops to the floor but gets right back up like nothing ever happened.  Here he is getting much better at walking.

 

Madelyn is finally getting some hair.  I think I have mentioned before that I thought she was going to be a tomboy and lately she has shown me signs that she is not girly at all.  She gets this little smirk on her face when I get her all dressed up and say “you look so cute”.  As if she is telling me “come on mom I just want some sweat pants”. When I try to put a bow in her hair the very second I put it in she is pulling it right back out.    

 

She loves making a funny faces for the camera.  She is so funny with her facial expressions and is always making goofy faces.  She also enjoys pointing at everything and everyone especially if you are doing something she wants you to know she seen.  This child could eat an entire box of crackers…she is obsessed and when we haven’t given her any she points at the box and cries until of course I give in.  She also might be the lefty of the family like her daddy because she has been using her left hand alot when pointing, using her spoon and waving so far.

She loves to suck her thumb and twirl her hair.  She is a tv junkie and if Mickey Mouse clubhouse is on you bet she will be sitting there through the entire show in which most of it she is sucking her thumb and twirling that hair.

She enjoys telling us “no” by shaking her head no very sharply.  She says no for everything

 

The rougher the better for Madelyn she loves being swung around, hung upside down and tossed around.  She loves it and laughs and giggles the entire time!  She also has an infatuation with belly buttons.  She loves them!!!  She will pull of your shirt continually and poke at your belly button and just laugh and laugh!!

Taking some of her first stable steps and she was SOO proud of herself. She was also cooking mommy some lunch.

 

Here she walking a little distance…

 

Lila is a very busy little girl.  She is always running around and giggling as she goes about her day.  She enjoys bringing her brother and her sister their blankies, their sippy cups or a special toy.  At first I thought oh what a great little helper she is being but I soon realized that she is just trying to make sure they have what they need so they do not come after what she has…smart cookie!  She is also trying to say words that you say and will following instructions even better now.  She also knows where her nose is and where mommy’s is and daddy’s and the stuffed bear and whoever else is at the house that day.  But she really isn’t interested in any other body part!!

Here she is with that sweet little giggly grin and a serious look.

Lila is SO girly!!  She loves getting dressed up and after I get her dressed she just looks down at her outfit and just grins like “don’t I look so cute”.  One of the outfits she just loved….

She has also taken an interest in posing for the camera and then she wants to look at the picture immediately and then take another picture.

Here she is cheesy, saying no way mommy and a pretty pose.

   

Here she is helping mommy sort through her purchases.  She just loved looking through all of the clothes.

She also enjoys tormenting her brother and her sister.  Here she is putting a bow in Carter’s hair!

 

We have occasionally been letting the babies explore the kitchen while we are making their meals.  Well I haven’t had the opportunity to completely proof the kitchen…of course all hazards items are locked up.  I had forgotten that I even had food coloring in the cabinet until someone reminded me.  Luckily, I was standing right next to her before it got too messy or she got it on anyone else. 

 

We were loving playing with the diaper box that was delivered that day.  Which brings me to a friend who recently asked me how many diapers we go through because of the size of this box. I hadn’t really thought of it lately but after I figured it out I was a little depressed.  Its not as much as the 10-12 newborn diapers a day times three.  But now its more like 5-6 diapers a day per kid which equals out to 465-558 diapers a month not to mention all the wipes and butt cream we go through.  So when can we start potty training???

We are finally eating our snacks at our big kid table and actually sitting there the entire time. 

Is it quite obvious that Carter has a crush on Izzy…as soon as he saw her recently he immediately started chasing after her and trying to give her a big open mouth kiss! Here he is pushing her in a stroller like a gentlemen.

We had some Super bowl battle wounds!!  Carter fell and busted his lip earlier in the day and then fell two more times busting it again…poor kid he is so clumsy.  Then Madelyn fell at a friends house later that day on a step and bit her lip in a couple of places and scratched her poor little chin.  Thankfully Lila has not joined the busted lip group because I don’t think she would have handled it quite as well.

Sick, Playdates, and Communication

 

We have been pretty sick around here the past week.  It all started last Saturday when Lila woke up and had thrown up in her bed and then it was all down hill from there.  We ended up with the stomach bug it began with Lila, then Brad, Madelyn and Carter and guess who still hasn’t gotten it….me amazing!  I have never changed so many poo diapers in my life and these were not your average poo diaper if you know what I mean.  I have also never watched so many episodes of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because nothing else would do.  We don’t watch alot of tv so you can imagine my anxiety that I had possibly created three tv junkies but that’s not the case!!  I couldn’t leave the room for even a second without a total meltdown…mommy had to be in sight at every moment so this made it hard to do anything except watch Mickey.  However, I thoroughly enjoyed all of my extra cuddle time.  Yesterday, they were finally starting to feel better and were off playing by themselves.  After this week it really makes me appreciate just how good they really can be.

Here was Carter tonight still trying to walk.  He was blowing bubbles and waving his hands everywhere while trying to walk.  I think if he would just try to do one thing at a time he might have this walking thing down my down. Its so funny how different he is from Lila when she was trying to learn to walk. She was very careful not to fall and would stop and try to catch her balance and continued to move slow and steady.  Carter on the other hand just goes full speed ahead and when he loses his balance he just flops to the floor as you will see!!

Here we are the week before we got sick….

Hello, Lila says…Here Mommy the phone is for you! 

Who let this wild beast out of the cage…Madelyn was on fire this day.

Carter loves climbing in the box of toys.  I think he believes if he sits in the box of toys then the girls can’t get to them!

He really enjoys the little kitchen opening and closing the doors to make mommy a scrumptious dinner.

  

He was also dreaming of going out and playing in all the snow we recently received but it was way too cold!!!

Lila’s first ponytail!

 

Two Saturday’s ago we went for a playdate at our friend Autumns house.  Her neighbor friend even came over to play for a little while.  Here we are getting ready to eat Elana’s yummy grilled cheese sandwiches! 

 

Autumn giving Madelyn hugs

Taking over Autumn’s bed…they all ran back to her room and jumped right into her bed

What’s going on outside??

Playing peacefully for 2 seconds:)

 

Autumn tackling Carter

Then the next day we went to visit our other friend, Izzy

We loved her huge ball pit

           

Lately we have been communicating really well.

We are trying to learn sign language.  So far Lila and Madelyn can say “milk” and “all done” and Lila can also say “more”.  Of course, they only do this when they feel like it but its progress.  Carter doesn’t seem interested at all in signing at all…just like his dad! 

We are also trying to say words…mama(finally), dada, baba, bye, hi, done, num num, duck, dog ,cat, ball, book and the favorite is mmmmmmm whenever they eat something they really like.  There maybe a few more but that is all I can recall that we say alot. 

Lila is also following instructions.  I will ask her to go into the other room and get something and she does it and brings it back. Carter and Madelyn do so as well but not to the extent that Lila does.

Happy 14 months old

 

Happy 14 months old and in just a few days its Happy Adjusted First Birthday!  Their actual due date was January 13th….that’s so hard to believe that they would just be turning one!!!

Here are our faces of the day….

A very happy Carter today…he was in the best mood today.  But he currently has 6 teeth and I think he is working on another…hence the chewing of the fingers!

As always a very happy Madelyn…look at those little pearly whites.  And she is my little eating champ…she loves food right now and is eating so well!  Here she is eating some mandarin oranges!

And Lila takes the prize for the best cheese.  What a face…she is little miss smiley lately.   I think she loves the freedom of walking:)  And look at this hair…out of control!

 

We had been taking just one bottle a day in the morning since our first birthday but after Christmas we finally gave that up too and to my surprise they didn’t even care.  So just the other day I finally cleaned off all of the bottles from counter.  In a funny way I was sad to see them go but excited to get my counter space back and not have to wash anymore bottles…YIPPEE!!!

Its been awhile since I posted our schedule so I thought it would be fun to see how much its changed:

7:45am- wake and drink sippy cup of milk while they waller over mommy who lays in the floor to try and wake up…lol!

8:30am-change diapers and then mommy heads to kitchen to make breakfast

9am-eat breakfast

9-10:30am-playtime while mommy cleans up the kitchen and then comes to play

10:30-noon-nap while mommy does chores, checks email, and starts lunch

noon-lunch

noon-2:30pm-playtime while mommy cleans up the kitchen and then more playtime with mommy or what some mickey mouse clubhouse:)

2:30pm-snack time

3:30-5:00pm- nap time…more mommy chores and check up on her social networking aka facebook lol

5-6pm- play while mommy get dinner ready

6pm-dinner time

6:30pm-straight to bath tub from dinner table

7-8pm-get ready for bed and play and enjoy a little more milk and then its off to bed!!

As you can tell mommy enjoys the two naps a day…I really hope we can keep those two naps for awhile:0)

When Lila wakes up early from a nap she likes to help mommy clean out her cabinets!!!

My attempt at a together picture..not successful today!!!  Lila says this is boring as Carter steal Madelyn’s bow and she laughs at him…never a dull moment!

Happy New Year

 

As we well know the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is quite a hit in our house…in fact nothing else will do.  Here is Madelyn dancing and waving at Mickey.  The closing song is called hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog and no matter where they are in the house they all come running to watch.  So turn up your sound and listen in on the excitement!!!

And the couch isn’t quite big enough for all of us to sit on and watch Mickey.

                

Getting ready for New Year’s Day festivities…don’t we look cute!

    

Madelyn trying to get into the cabinets and petting Mamoo’s dog, Lacey

  

Carter raiding the snack cabinet and using the chair as a walker…he was scooting the chair across the floor.

        

Sheww this New Year’s stuff is exhausting.  Lila was trying to put all three cups in one hand…she was doing a pretty good job and wouldn’t give up!!  Josh downloaded the hot dog song on his IPOD and Lila was hugging it as it sang to her…she wouldn’t give it up as we had to pry it out of her hands.

       

Walking update:

Lila is now walking everywhere.  She just laugh and giggles when she get going…she just loves walking.

Carter is taking steps and trying to get moving.  He likes to grab a hold of your leg or pants and walk around the house with you or have you hold his hand while he walks.

And on New Years Madelyn took two steps on her own two days before First Steps was coming to evaluate her development.  Cognitively and socially she is exceeding in those skills.  She is a little behind on her gross motor skills but not enough to worry..she will catch up…she always does.  She was having so much fun with the evaluator and was showing off.  It was as if she was saying look what I can do…like she knew what was happening…she is just too funny!!!