Blogging 2 days in a row!! Woot Woot!!
Just had to share a Grady story I just remembered:
Last week when Grady and I were eating dinner, (Brynlee was still taking her evening nap and Paul was gone out of town for work.), he picked up his cup and said, "Let's do cheers Mommy!" So, I did "cheers" with my cup to his. I thought it was really cute and funny and just thought to myself that he must do that at Kellan's so that is where he learned it.
Then he says, "We do cheers at Grandpa Dan's house."
My jaw dropped.
We did that at Gpa Dan's house LAST THANKSGIVING! As in, over a year ago. How does he remember that?!?!
He seriously has a crazy good memory. So good it's scary. :) We have to remember to always be on our best behavior!!
Which leads me into another story:
Last night when Paul was trying to give Brynlee bites of banana baby food (he had also given her some corn bread so he was sneaking in banana bites) she got upset that it was a bite of banana instead of the corn bread that she loved. Paul says to me, "Oh she was pissed about that bite, she wanted corn bread.". Grady starts yelling, "Pissed, Pissed, She's Pissed Daddy!"
Even funnier, Paul didn't even realize that he had said "pissed" and then he didn't realize that Grady was repeating it until I pointed it out. Then he quickly tried to tell Grady he had said something else, but Grady didn't believe him. :)
12.07.2011
12.06.2011
We've Been Busy
So my blog gets pretty neglected these days. I NEED to make sure to put it on my to-do list once a week so I can write about what we have been up to! If nothing else, than for a journal for myself to go back to and remember what we have done with our lives. As I was trying to come up with a recap of our year for a Christmas letter, I was thinking about how easy it would be if I could just go back to my blog to remenisce. Now, I just need to remember to actually post things that I can go back and read!! I guess I will add that to my list of New Years Resolutions. I never make resolutions, but I actually have 3 things on it already!
1. Blog more (goal of once a week)
2. Take more videos and pictures
3. Get on a consistent routine at the Y
Anyway, this is what we've been up to lately (and a few kiddo updates!). I know I posted about our Halloween fun, but I don't think I had even put much before that about our fall. So, I think I will go back and recap our entire fall (more for my future benefit!). :)
September: Had all of our college friends come for a Husker party, Went to Wichita for my cousin Holly's wedding to Jeremy, Went to West Point for a weekend with Paul's family, took all of the grandkids to Omaha for pictures, Paul helped shingle Gma Bert & Gpa Ben's roof, started Toddler Team-up at the Children's Museum (a once a week play group).
October: The Deaver's came to visit for a weekend, went to the Roca Berry Farm to the pumpkin patch, went to Vala's pumpkin patch, went to the Omaha Zoo (Gradyn's favorite place ever, the zoo!), Went to Fairbury for my Gma Marlene's 80th birthday party, all of us were sick (Paul the worse) and we got everyone who came to our house that weekend sick too!, Went to Boo at the Zoo, Went to the Children's Museum's trick or treating, went trick or treating to our family in Lincoln.
November: Went to Holdrege to visit the Deaver's for a weekend! Also got to meet up with some NP friends in Kearney, which was awesome!, cleaned out our storage room (took a whole weekend), decorated for Christmas!, went to Lawrence to visit Paul's brother Mike with the whole family, went to Fairbury to my Gma Marlene's on Thanksgiving noon, went to my Aunt Lori's in Lincoln for Thanksgiving night, went Black Friday shopping with Ashley for 16 hours (3 hours sleep...), went to West Point for the weekend for Isaac's 4th birthday party!
The first weekend in December: Ashley and her friend Amanda came to stay with the kids and Paul and I had a "weekend away" in Omaha! It was so awesome to just have time to relax, eat out, sleep in, go to a movie, have no responsibilities!! I haven't even been away from Brynlee until then, and it had been probably about a year, or more, since I had been away from Gradyn (except for when Brynlee was born) so it was well past due to have some kid-less time! Of course I missed them like crazy and couldn't wait to get back to see them, but it just makes everything better when you can have a break. We need to do it more often. I am just SO not used to having help so I have a hard time asking for it. And, I need to let go a little more I decided.... Maybe that should be my 4th resolution..... hmm...
Brynlee Update:
*She turned 8 Months on December 1st.
*She is quite the little mover! Always up jumping, bouncing, cruising around furniture, walking while we hold her hands, starting to push the push-toys, always moving. She crawls around very fast now and will follow all 3 of us around the house until we stop and she can pull herself up on our legs. Even Grady! He, of course, doesn't stand still long enough for her to get up, so then she falls to the ground. It doesn't even phase her, she just keeps on going, following him wherever he goes next! We are looking for her to start walking in the very near future! Crazy! She is only 8 months old!
*She LOVES puffs. The Gerber kind, any flavor. She gets super excited when she sees the can! She also loves most any cracker. She is STILL a stubborn little turkey about eating her baby food. We are STILL mixing it with oatmeal cereal to get her to eat it. Although last night I did get her to eat some squash/pear mix by itself!! It was a stage 2 food, which I think she will eat better since it is thicker. Hopefully we can continue on that path b/c it is a pain in the butt to make cereal to mix with food at every meal! She does awesome with any table food we give her too and LOVES meal time!
*She is still an awesome sleeper! 11-12 hours a night, straight!! Naps at home are awesome. Naps at daycare are hit or miss. She is a very light sleeper, so sometimes she won't nap very long at daycare.
*She is usually very very happy and smiley! She has a low-key temperment and is just SUCH a good baby! We always say how we were owed her after her brother.....
*She is starting to wave bye-bye and will mimic bye-bye when we say it. I'm trying REALLY hard to get her to say Ma Ma, but no luck so far! She does babble back at me, but no luck on the 'm' sound.
*She is entering a little bit of a stranger danger phase. She LOVES her daddy and lights up, yelling, kicking like crazy when she sees him. She does get excited for me too and wants to be right at my side a lot, but she especially gets excited for Paul! We are really noticing lately when we are in a big group she wants to be at our side and won't leave, which is strange for her since usually she will crawl all over. At Isaac's birthday party I had to put her down to play a game and then went back to sit down when my turn was up. She saw me go sit down and immediately took off to come over to me again.
*She LOVES her brother! Seriously, still too much. She needs to cry or learn to push him off of her! She loves to be tackled, tickeled, whatever he does to her....
*She is really starting to respond to music, will dance and sing along with it.
*Her hair is really starting to grow in thicker. It is lighter than it was when she was born, but still a dark brown. The new growth even looks darker. We need to put it behind her ears quite a bit!
*She is wearing pretty much 9 month or 12 month clothes. Some 6 month things still fit her, but most are too snug. I would say she is about average height/weight, but it's hard to tell b/c we know a lot of babies who are bigger than her that are younger, so that makes me think that she might be a little smaller than average. I think her constant movement really make her burn so many calories! :) I wish I had that happen to me!!
*We will go for her next check-up at 9 months so I'm excited to see what her 'stats' are!
Grady update:
*He will be 3 on January 27th! He has known his birthday since the summer, and always said it the right way, but now he always says "January 27th Gradyn Joseph Guenther". I guess he thinks they all need to go together..... But, at least he knows it I guess!
*He is still such a little ball of fire! So dramatic! So manipulative! So challenging! But also, SO loving! He is the light of our lives. He is so funny, smart, and talking so much that we are constantly telling him to talk quieter or slow down or just be quiet for a minute.
*He is now working on mastering all of the letters of the alphabet. I would say he only has about 10 to go. And most of those are letters that 'could' be mistaken for something else or that are close to others. He is also getting some of the letter sounds! The kindergarten teacher in me is SO proud! He still doesn't really want to sit down to practice writing them though. Mostly b/c he can't sit still for more than 5 seconds... But, he will sit still for learning activities like his letters, which is weird. He knows all of the shapes, most numbers and he does love to sit and tell us them.
*He loves to play on my iPad, and honestly that is where he has learned the most! There are so many awesome apps that he uses all the time that teach him so many things!
*He LOVES Nick Jr. He would watch it 24-7 if we let him. He knows what the order of the shows that come on at night are. He gets super mad if we shut it off. His punishment when he gets in trouble at daycare is that he can't watch TV that night. He HATES that. So, usually he only has 1 bad day at daycare a week (if that) because he definately learns his lesson when he can't watch TV. It has become a problem with how much TV he wants to watch. So, we have made it a rule that he can go in our bedroom and watch TV when Brynlee goes to bed. That has been a nice little routine for him in the evenings. Especially b/c that is the ONLY downtime we get at all.
*He is still a super picky eater, which is annoying, but I try to not be annoyed since I am also a super picky eater... :) He loves his staples of pancakes, mac & cheese, roast beef, turkey, peas, green beans, CORN(still loves!), sausage (patties with pancakes), mini-corn dogs, some noodles, spaghetti (sometimes), applesauce, and cereal.
*He LOVES the farm and going to help Gpa Ron feed the cows. He talks about it all the time and is always telling us he wants to go there. He loves to ride in the tractor with Gpa and help him. He does love to play cows/tractor/farm at home too.
*He loves trains, and will play with them sometimes at home, but mostly loves to ride on the train at the zoo and watch them in real life.
*He has also recently started loving dinosaurs and can name them all. We had no idea he could do that! Again, from TV. Dino Dan.
*He really wants to go to a Royals baseball game, the Zoo, and the park. We keep telling him that after Brynlee's birthday he can go do all of those things again. He knows that her Birthday is April 1st, so he will say aftter April 1st he can go. :)
*I know there are about a million other things I could say about him and tons of stories! Hopefully I will have time another day to post some of his funny stories!
1. Blog more (goal of once a week)
2. Take more videos and pictures
3. Get on a consistent routine at the Y
Anyway, this is what we've been up to lately (and a few kiddo updates!). I know I posted about our Halloween fun, but I don't think I had even put much before that about our fall. So, I think I will go back and recap our entire fall (more for my future benefit!). :)
September: Had all of our college friends come for a Husker party, Went to Wichita for my cousin Holly's wedding to Jeremy, Went to West Point for a weekend with Paul's family, took all of the grandkids to Omaha for pictures, Paul helped shingle Gma Bert & Gpa Ben's roof, started Toddler Team-up at the Children's Museum (a once a week play group).
October: The Deaver's came to visit for a weekend, went to the Roca Berry Farm to the pumpkin patch, went to Vala's pumpkin patch, went to the Omaha Zoo (Gradyn's favorite place ever, the zoo!), Went to Fairbury for my Gma Marlene's 80th birthday party, all of us were sick (Paul the worse) and we got everyone who came to our house that weekend sick too!, Went to Boo at the Zoo, Went to the Children's Museum's trick or treating, went trick or treating to our family in Lincoln.
November: Went to Holdrege to visit the Deaver's for a weekend! Also got to meet up with some NP friends in Kearney, which was awesome!, cleaned out our storage room (took a whole weekend), decorated for Christmas!, went to Lawrence to visit Paul's brother Mike with the whole family, went to Fairbury to my Gma Marlene's on Thanksgiving noon, went to my Aunt Lori's in Lincoln for Thanksgiving night, went Black Friday shopping with Ashley for 16 hours (3 hours sleep...), went to West Point for the weekend for Isaac's 4th birthday party!
The first weekend in December: Ashley and her friend Amanda came to stay with the kids and Paul and I had a "weekend away" in Omaha! It was so awesome to just have time to relax, eat out, sleep in, go to a movie, have no responsibilities!! I haven't even been away from Brynlee until then, and it had been probably about a year, or more, since I had been away from Gradyn (except for when Brynlee was born) so it was well past due to have some kid-less time! Of course I missed them like crazy and couldn't wait to get back to see them, but it just makes everything better when you can have a break. We need to do it more often. I am just SO not used to having help so I have a hard time asking for it. And, I need to let go a little more I decided.... Maybe that should be my 4th resolution..... hmm...
Brynlee Update:
*She turned 8 Months on December 1st.
*She is quite the little mover! Always up jumping, bouncing, cruising around furniture, walking while we hold her hands, starting to push the push-toys, always moving. She crawls around very fast now and will follow all 3 of us around the house until we stop and she can pull herself up on our legs. Even Grady! He, of course, doesn't stand still long enough for her to get up, so then she falls to the ground. It doesn't even phase her, she just keeps on going, following him wherever he goes next! We are looking for her to start walking in the very near future! Crazy! She is only 8 months old!
*She LOVES puffs. The Gerber kind, any flavor. She gets super excited when she sees the can! She also loves most any cracker. She is STILL a stubborn little turkey about eating her baby food. We are STILL mixing it with oatmeal cereal to get her to eat it. Although last night I did get her to eat some squash/pear mix by itself!! It was a stage 2 food, which I think she will eat better since it is thicker. Hopefully we can continue on that path b/c it is a pain in the butt to make cereal to mix with food at every meal! She does awesome with any table food we give her too and LOVES meal time!
*She is still an awesome sleeper! 11-12 hours a night, straight!! Naps at home are awesome. Naps at daycare are hit or miss. She is a very light sleeper, so sometimes she won't nap very long at daycare.
*She is usually very very happy and smiley! She has a low-key temperment and is just SUCH a good baby! We always say how we were owed her after her brother.....
*She is starting to wave bye-bye and will mimic bye-bye when we say it. I'm trying REALLY hard to get her to say Ma Ma, but no luck so far! She does babble back at me, but no luck on the 'm' sound.
*She is entering a little bit of a stranger danger phase. She LOVES her daddy and lights up, yelling, kicking like crazy when she sees him. She does get excited for me too and wants to be right at my side a lot, but she especially gets excited for Paul! We are really noticing lately when we are in a big group she wants to be at our side and won't leave, which is strange for her since usually she will crawl all over. At Isaac's birthday party I had to put her down to play a game and then went back to sit down when my turn was up. She saw me go sit down and immediately took off to come over to me again.
*She LOVES her brother! Seriously, still too much. She needs to cry or learn to push him off of her! She loves to be tackled, tickeled, whatever he does to her....
*She is really starting to respond to music, will dance and sing along with it.
*Her hair is really starting to grow in thicker. It is lighter than it was when she was born, but still a dark brown. The new growth even looks darker. We need to put it behind her ears quite a bit!
*She is wearing pretty much 9 month or 12 month clothes. Some 6 month things still fit her, but most are too snug. I would say she is about average height/weight, but it's hard to tell b/c we know a lot of babies who are bigger than her that are younger, so that makes me think that she might be a little smaller than average. I think her constant movement really make her burn so many calories! :) I wish I had that happen to me!!
*We will go for her next check-up at 9 months so I'm excited to see what her 'stats' are!
Grady update:
*He will be 3 on January 27th! He has known his birthday since the summer, and always said it the right way, but now he always says "January 27th Gradyn Joseph Guenther". I guess he thinks they all need to go together..... But, at least he knows it I guess!
*He is still such a little ball of fire! So dramatic! So manipulative! So challenging! But also, SO loving! He is the light of our lives. He is so funny, smart, and talking so much that we are constantly telling him to talk quieter or slow down or just be quiet for a minute.
*He is now working on mastering all of the letters of the alphabet. I would say he only has about 10 to go. And most of those are letters that 'could' be mistaken for something else or that are close to others. He is also getting some of the letter sounds! The kindergarten teacher in me is SO proud! He still doesn't really want to sit down to practice writing them though. Mostly b/c he can't sit still for more than 5 seconds... But, he will sit still for learning activities like his letters, which is weird. He knows all of the shapes, most numbers and he does love to sit and tell us them.
*He loves to play on my iPad, and honestly that is where he has learned the most! There are so many awesome apps that he uses all the time that teach him so many things!
*He LOVES Nick Jr. He would watch it 24-7 if we let him. He knows what the order of the shows that come on at night are. He gets super mad if we shut it off. His punishment when he gets in trouble at daycare is that he can't watch TV that night. He HATES that. So, usually he only has 1 bad day at daycare a week (if that) because he definately learns his lesson when he can't watch TV. It has become a problem with how much TV he wants to watch. So, we have made it a rule that he can go in our bedroom and watch TV when Brynlee goes to bed. That has been a nice little routine for him in the evenings. Especially b/c that is the ONLY downtime we get at all.
*He is still a super picky eater, which is annoying, but I try to not be annoyed since I am also a super picky eater... :) He loves his staples of pancakes, mac & cheese, roast beef, turkey, peas, green beans, CORN(still loves!), sausage (patties with pancakes), mini-corn dogs, some noodles, spaghetti (sometimes), applesauce, and cereal.
*He LOVES the farm and going to help Gpa Ron feed the cows. He talks about it all the time and is always telling us he wants to go there. He loves to ride in the tractor with Gpa and help him. He does love to play cows/tractor/farm at home too.
*He loves trains, and will play with them sometimes at home, but mostly loves to ride on the train at the zoo and watch them in real life.
*He has also recently started loving dinosaurs and can name them all. We had no idea he could do that! Again, from TV. Dino Dan.
*He really wants to go to a Royals baseball game, the Zoo, and the park. We keep telling him that after Brynlee's birthday he can go do all of those things again. He knows that her Birthday is April 1st, so he will say aftter April 1st he can go. :)
*I know there are about a million other things I could say about him and tons of stories! Hopefully I will have time another day to post some of his funny stories!
11.07.2011
Chicken and a Chick
A few pics of our Halloween fun as a Chicken and a Chick.
It was adorable.
We went to Halloween Hurrah at the Children's Museum!
We went to Boo at the Zoo!
We met Madison there!
We went Trick or Treating at Aunt Shari's!
we.have.so.much.candy.
seriously.
3 huge bowls full.
yum.
11.03.2011
TEETH! And No Paci!
Brynlee finally has 2 teeth! Both at the same time, bottom middle. She has been showing signs of teething for several weeks so we are so happy that 2 have finally popped up! And, we are very glad we can blame her "off" behavior on the 2 teeth! She is still not quite back to sleeping through the full night every night. But she is much better. She is eating like a horse! I think she is just so hungry at night b/c she has been eating so much! She goes right back to bed after eating, but we were so loving not having to get up at all! Well, I should say Paul was so loving it because he is usually the one who gets up to feed her. Although it does still wake me up... :) haha! He hates when I say that when he was the one who actually got up with her! I have a problem with being able to get back to sleep after I am up (since it is usually around 5:00 to 6:00 am) so Paul gets up with her since he can go right back to sleep always. She definately loves her daddy too, maybe that is why! hmmm... :)
In other news: Brynlee doesn't take a Pacifier anymore!!! She will not take it at all any more. If you try to give it to her, she gets even more mad! So, she is paci free, at 6.5 months. We are happy about this because it means not having to get rid of it later when she is older and it is harder to do (although it was pretty easy with Gradyn). But, the down side is that now we pretty much can't get her to sleep anywhere besides putting her down in her crib. She was never a baby who let herself fall asleep in your arms (neither of our kids are!), we can't rock her, she won't cuddle, etc. But, at least the paci would provide a little calmness to let her relax in your arms. Now she won't at all. So, when we are out and about, we pretty much can never expect her to sleep.
She does suck on her bottom lip in place of the paci. She also does that when she is hungry. If she sees the bottle she starts sucking on that bottom lip.
I'm wondering if the paci was hurting her when she was first starting to teeth and that why she refused it???? who knows, but she will not take it! We have tried several times when she is hysterical or when we are trying to get her to sleep, but it just makes her freak out more. So, I guess no paci for us anymore!
She officially turned 7 months old on Tuesday. Getting so much more mobile (as if that was possible), acting older, and growing so fast!
Halloween pics coming soon!!
In other news: Brynlee doesn't take a Pacifier anymore!!! She will not take it at all any more. If you try to give it to her, she gets even more mad! So, she is paci free, at 6.5 months. We are happy about this because it means not having to get rid of it later when she is older and it is harder to do (although it was pretty easy with Gradyn). But, the down side is that now we pretty much can't get her to sleep anywhere besides putting her down in her crib. She was never a baby who let herself fall asleep in your arms (neither of our kids are!), we can't rock her, she won't cuddle, etc. But, at least the paci would provide a little calmness to let her relax in your arms. Now she won't at all. So, when we are out and about, we pretty much can never expect her to sleep.
She does suck on her bottom lip in place of the paci. She also does that when she is hungry. If she sees the bottle she starts sucking on that bottom lip.
I'm wondering if the paci was hurting her when she was first starting to teeth and that why she refused it???? who knows, but she will not take it! We have tried several times when she is hysterical or when we are trying to get her to sleep, but it just makes her freak out more. So, I guess no paci for us anymore!
She officially turned 7 months old on Tuesday. Getting so much more mobile (as if that was possible), acting older, and growing so fast!
Halloween pics coming soon!!
10.24.2011
Brynlee hates baby food!
So for the past 5 weeks or so we have "attempted" to give Brynlee some veggies and fruits. We started with the veggies. The very first time she got a small taste in her mouth and acted like she was gagging. Very dramatic. Every time the spoon touched her lips, same thing. We still attempted every night. We did peas for 4 days, then green beans for 4 days, then carrots for 4 days, then sweet potatoes for 4 days. Finally she would at least tolerate the sweet pototoes. As in, she would allow the spoon to go in her mouth and not make a complete gagging gesture and face. Every veggie got about 5 or 6 spoonful tries a night. She would not allow it.
We had high hopes when we moved on to the fruits. Especially since the sweet potoates didn't go AS terribly as the other veggies. Our high hopes quickly vanished the first attempt at pears when she did the same sour face (no gagging though!) and still refused to open her lips. We have now tried pears, peaches, and bananas. Still refuses everything.
She WILL eat her cereal and LOVES it! She is sometimes hesitant at first to see if it is a veggie or fruit we are trying to trick her with, but as soon as she realizes it isn't she opens her mouth wide asking for more and gobbles large bowls up fast! And yes, we have tried tricking her many times with spoonfulls of veggies or fruits in between cereal bites. She spits it right back out.
She loves the little baby mum mum rice patty things. She will gum french fries and chicken nuggets, mostly playing with them, but still opening her mouth and tolerating it.
We are getting more and more tempted to go right into table foods and skip this baby food stage altogether b/c it is a gigantic waste of time...and energy...and emotions...
We know she hates her high chair, so we have tried to have her sit on our laps to eat. Same response.
We know she is super active/busy/wants to be on the go at all times, so we have tried to limit interaction/distractions when she eats. Same response.
We haven't tried to put some of the fruits and veggies INTO the cereal yet, which is our next attempt. Mostly because we wanted to NOT feed her cereal at night anymore and we just wanted to do the fruits and veggies. We will try that method tonight to see what happens.
Other than the refusing to eat ordeal she is still the best baby you could ask for! Pulling herself up to standing on EVERYTHING! She is pretty much crusing around furniture now. We have had debates on if she will be walking by Christmas. I am moving it up to December 1st.... She will be 8 months on Dec. 1.
She is sleeping anywhere from 11 to 12 hours a night, so awesome. She is happy, talky, smiley, lovey, all the time! She is the love of all of our lives, especially her brother. :)
We had high hopes when we moved on to the fruits. Especially since the sweet potoates didn't go AS terribly as the other veggies. Our high hopes quickly vanished the first attempt at pears when she did the same sour face (no gagging though!) and still refused to open her lips. We have now tried pears, peaches, and bananas. Still refuses everything.
She WILL eat her cereal and LOVES it! She is sometimes hesitant at first to see if it is a veggie or fruit we are trying to trick her with, but as soon as she realizes it isn't she opens her mouth wide asking for more and gobbles large bowls up fast! And yes, we have tried tricking her many times with spoonfulls of veggies or fruits in between cereal bites. She spits it right back out.
She loves the little baby mum mum rice patty things. She will gum french fries and chicken nuggets, mostly playing with them, but still opening her mouth and tolerating it.
We are getting more and more tempted to go right into table foods and skip this baby food stage altogether b/c it is a gigantic waste of time...and energy...and emotions...
We know she hates her high chair, so we have tried to have her sit on our laps to eat. Same response.
We know she is super active/busy/wants to be on the go at all times, so we have tried to limit interaction/distractions when she eats. Same response.
We haven't tried to put some of the fruits and veggies INTO the cereal yet, which is our next attempt. Mostly because we wanted to NOT feed her cereal at night anymore and we just wanted to do the fruits and veggies. We will try that method tonight to see what happens.
Other than the refusing to eat ordeal she is still the best baby you could ask for! Pulling herself up to standing on EVERYTHING! She is pretty much crusing around furniture now. We have had debates on if she will be walking by Christmas. I am moving it up to December 1st.... She will be 8 months on Dec. 1.
She is sleeping anywhere from 11 to 12 hours a night, so awesome. She is happy, talky, smiley, lovey, all the time! She is the love of all of our lives, especially her brother. :)
10.15.2011
Love Love Love
Awesome story:
At Brynlee's 6 month check up G got his flu shot and B got her 6 month shots and then her flu shot also. We were a little nervous with G getting a shot b/c he hasn't had one since he is old enough to know what is going on so I knew we were going to have to do some good sweet talking to get him revved up for it. Well, luckily he saw a bandaid while we were waiting in the doctor's office and wanted the bandaid. So, I had some quick thinking, and told him that he WILL get a bandaid b/c he is going to get a shot and you get a bandaid after you get shots! Well, he was SUPER excited then! He was yelling at the nurse who kept popping in and out, every time she would leave the room he would yell, "Wait! I need my bandaid!" So, he was excited to get it. We had him do his shot first so he wouldn't see B crying and getscared. He did okay as I put him up on the table, I pretty much just laid his bottom on the table while he clung to my neck b/c he was scared to lay down. He mostly just said "Ouchy Ouchy!" over and over as the nurse was giving it until it turned into crying/screaming. He was a little excited about his band aid, but mostly still clinging to me. As I was comforting him, it was B's turn to get her shots. As soon as he heard her start crying he sat up (although still crying himself), and wanted to go over to comfort B! It was SO CUTE! He was laying over her, through his tears telling her "It's okay Brynlee, I'm right here. It's ouchy for a little bit then you will get a band aid!" So.Adorable.
Of course, B cried for like 1/4 of the time G did.... :) And she got 3 shots....
He was a little jealous that B had 3 bandaids and he only had 1.
Unfortunately G was sick for a few days last week, which we are wondering is a reaction to his flu shot. He is finally back to his old self. Although still demanding medicine. He only had it like 3 times the whole time he was sick, but now he thinks he loves it. He was faking sick the other night so he could try to get some. "Mommy I'm gonna puke." "(fake coughs) see, I cough." Didn't work... :)
Brynlee's 6 Month Check Up
These are her 6 Month stats: Grady's 6 Month Stats:
Weight: 16 lbs. 7 oz (60%) Weight: 15 lbs (5%)
Height: 26 in (70%) Height: 24.5 in (5%)
Head: 16.75 in (51%) 25%
She seems so much bigger than G was, but she isn't really THAT much bigger than he was. He was just so much more petite which made him seem smaller I think. He is still pretty petite in his hips/waist. Trying to find pants that fit him this fall has been an issue. He needs the length of 2T, but they just fall right off of his waist! I was hoping he would be able to do 2T's finally this fall, but 18 month is still best for him...or 12 month. But that is another story!
She is a little above average in everything, which I was not surprised by based on the size of clothes she wears and the way they fit. She is pretty much in all 6 month clothes, but some 12 month stuff fits okay if it is smaller fitting. She is quickly growing out of the 6 month stuff though, I'm about ready to bring out the 9 month sleepers, which very fittingly are mostly all fleece! Should be perfect for the colder weather.
She is still really trying to pull herself up on everything. Why can't she just be content with crawling for awhile!! Do we really have to be pulling ourself up already?!?! :) She crawls all over the house and follows me everywhere! She is kind of an unusual crawler and never scooted or army crawled, went straight into crawling on her hands and knees.
She is doing great at Kellan's for daycare. Kellan loves her and says it is so much fun to have a little girl, she is used to little boys now! (Her son is 12 months, and the baby before Brynlee was a boy.) Grady loves having her there and is always asking where she is if he can't see her or has to go up and say hi to her. Which is what he does at home too! He is such a sweet big brother! Thankfully!
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