Sunday, July 29, 2012

My babies are growing at a rapid pace...much like anyone elses but it is still so hard to believe, amazing to observe, and fun to be apart of........most of the time.  It is absolutely insane how much life comes full circle once you have kids.  Funny how things that your parents did when you were young, made no sense what-so-ever, or were hard to accept.  Suddenly, years later, I understand the oh so frustrating response of "I am your mom, that's why!"  I have found myself using that line as of this week.  Graham is into asking a million questions, which by the way, reminds me SOOOOOOOOOO much of my brother at his age.  He is definitely inquisitive which I think is a great thing but I can only answer his questions in so many ways.  Kamryn is watching Graham's every move and likes to be just like him.  If she is anything less than a Tom Boy, I will be so shocked....can't say I would be surprised if she stays a Tom Boy because I was/am the same way.  She loves, loves, LOVES, to test the waters!  NOTHING phases her.  When Graham used to do something such as play with an outlet or the electronics and I would yell NO in a stern voice...he would crumble and cry.  Kamryn....when she does those things and I yell NO...she turns her head and laughs and then does it again.  These two little munchkins are so different yet so similar...bizarre.

Graham will turn 3 on August 8th and then attend his first preschool session...a one hour rehearsal so to speak...on August 9th.  Last week was enrollment and guess what?!?!?  I FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT!  Great mom right here folks!!  Anyone want to compete for the awesome mom of the year award??  Bring it on!  Geezz....seriously.  I had the 9th firmly planted in my head as the day I was going to take care of all that stuff, which we can no problem, but the "official enrollment day" was July 25th.  I will get my act together and be prepared to have a preschooler in the house!!!  I will.  I will!  Prior to attending preschool, Graham is supposed to be potty trained.  We have been working on it and I have not forced the issue all along.  I figure he will do it when he wants to anways.  He has done really well!  We are on day 2 of consitant training!!!  Other than the pull-up we used over night, he used 1 all day yesterday, and has used 1 today!  whew whoo!!!!!!!  Little miss Kamryn Louise has taken to going potty in her potty chair every night before taking a bath!  It's a start!  We sing a potty song, start the bath water, and whoala!

Kamryn is walking/running all over the place.  As of yesterday, she is officially 13 months old!  While "hi" is her favorite word, she says momma, dadda, azzi, bye bye, NO, and her newest word: APPLE!  She has said banana a couple times but not real consistant with it.  Her current hobbies are:  playing in Azzi's food and water, turning off the tv or changing the channel, unraveling toilet paper, and splashing her hands in the toilet bowl water!  Great stuff right there!  She has totally bypassed the baby food stage.  I can honestly say there is not one type of "baby" food that she liked.  She would eat carrots and sweet potatoes but not much.  She is pretty much eating whatever we do.  Her obsession is the yogurt melts and little munchies...they pretty much resemble cheese curls.  Recently, she has discovered her love for Cookie Crisp cereal with the milk!  I am impressed with her ability to use her utensils!  She does a great job using her fork and spoon but she still uses  her fingers.  She is definitely the messiest eater of her and Graham (was that proper English?  probably not...).

Well I better go wake up the kids from their naps...actually I will only wake Graham.  We have got to get him to bed earlier at night!  I have already let him sleep longer than I had planned.  So long for now...and the journey continues...

Monday, July 2, 2012

Brief birthday update

My baby girl is now one year old!  She turned one June 28th!  Kamryn decided to start walking the week prior to her birthday and now she is constantly on the go...as if she wasn't already.  We had a small party with my family on her birthday (Thursday) and then a bigger party on Saturday.  She wasn't too sure of the presents as far as unwrapping them.  She looked at them like it was ridiculous to stuff tissue paper in a bag and would run off.  The morning of her big party she got sick.  She is also cutting 4 new teeth at one time right now AND had her 1 year shots on her birthday....happy birthday, right!?!?  Poor girl!  She would knaw on cardboard right now if I'd let her.  Sunday, Graham went to the park for a picnic with Gabe's parents and they brought him home b/c he wasn't feeling well.  We ended up having to take him to the ER.  Long story short, he was overheated...had heat exhaustion.  My best friend Ann, also Kamryn's Godmother, came with me to the hospital.  We had some pretty interesting moments but for the sake of Graham's pride, I will put them in his baby book instead of world wide :)  It is getting late and this isn't the most entertaining post.  I feel like anymore I am just slapping down some details while I have a few minutes but hey, I guess that is better than nothing.  Time is going by so fast...so cliche' I know, but holy smokes...I am trying to treasure every single moment of the baby/toddler days...there are a few moments I could do without, but then I guess I wouldn't truly appreciate the sweet moments as much :)   I am so blessed...and the journey continues...