I'm sorry if this comes out like I'm rambling, but it is after 1 in the morning and I'm trying to remember to get all of this down before I forget.
Standing ~ Evan stood on his own, unassisted yesterday! It was funny because Grandmama was over and she was borrowing the laptop to check her email. Evan was at the music table chewing on his ducky rattle. Apparently he lost track of what he was doing or said what the heck, let's give this a try. I watched him, gnawing on the duck and then he just stood there as he let go of the table he just stared at the t.v. and chewed on the duck. Of course I squealed "Oh my gosh, he's doing it." Just as Grandmama looked he plopped down. She thought perhaps he was taking steps, but nope, just standing is just as special. It means we're that much closer to walking.
Teething ~ We are still teething and apparently we're going to get another six teeth at once. It has been a few months since we've seen anything new pop through. He's gnawing on everything in site. And it really stinks that the Hyland's Teething Tabs were recalled because they did more for the kids than Tylenol had ever done. So we're stuck between a rock and a hard place there. But back to teething, the other night Adam was holding Evan on the bed and dozing off when all of the sudden Evan up and bit his knuckle really hard. I tried not to laugh, because I know how un-funny it is when it happens to me. I'm also hoping that the teeth issue is part of our sleep, or lack there of, issue but in my heart I know it's not.
Talking ~ As for Evan and talking he's getting a lot closer to saying Mama and Dada. He's trying to get new sounds out every day that aren't just baby babble. It's quite cute.
As for Arabella, she is one smart cookie. Pardon my french, but I stubbed my toe rather hard and the first thing that came out was dammit. Next thing I know, Ms. Parrot said "dammit" in this cute, polite voice. Mommy sure was embarrassed for sure. So, note to Mommy, don't say such things around Arabella unless you want them repeated in an untimely manner in the future. She's also getting better at putting more than one word together and asking for items by name rather than pointing and asking please. She's also trying to sign "welcome" after we say thank you to her. She actually says it and forgets to sign, but as long as we get it in one version or the other we're happy. She really does have manners which surprises a lot of people when we're in public. Please, Thank You, and Your Welcome go a long way these days.
Another funny thing she's said/done lately is "Shake your booty." I sing "Shake Your Booty" and try to get her to dance or shake her booty. Unfortunately with the lack of ability in enunciation at this time booty comes out boobie. So there she stands, wiggling her hiney, and shouting "Boobie, Boobie, Boobie." I tell you there is never a dull moment with this child.
Singing ~ I've been singing Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle Twinkle a lot hear lately to both kids. The past couple of days I've caught Arabella singing Winkle Winkle ittle star, *insert mumbles here*. It's too cute.
Feeding the baby ~ Arabella knows that Evan gets Mommy milk, she comprehends it, she signs it, she makes sure to tell me exactly what Evan is doing while he's doing it. So now that she is more interested in her baby dolls she's attempted to nurse them through her shirt. It's the most awesome thing in the world from my point of view. But today she apparently believes that the baby needs solid foods, particularly wheat thins and water. So there she sat while I nursed Evan, she crammed a wheat thin into the tiny fake open hole of a mouth of the doll. Then she laid the cracker down and proceeded to shake her sippy of water at the dolls mouth until water came out. I abruptly stopped her but that didn't stop her from trying to stick the sippy into the dolls mouth. I am however glad to see she has the concept of imaginative play, but wishes she wouldn't crush wheat thins to do it.
Climbing ~ Arabella has always been overly active and when she started flipping off the couch I thought, she's gonna break her neck. Now I'll be surprised if she makes it to 5. Two days ago Adam and I were putting up the Halloween decorations, which include several resin pumpkins. There were two pumpkins sitting on the stairs. Now Arabella is contained in the living room where the couch backs up to the stairs. I came up from the basement only to do a double take as she's sitting on the couch with both pumpkins in her lap saying "pun-tee." I shout at Adam and ask him where the pumpkins were and he said "on the stairs." He comes up stairs and for the life of us can't believe her. She crawled up the back of the couch, stood on the outside of the stair case and some how managed to finagle the pumpkins up and over the railing and get them into her lap on the couch. I mean seriously she's either Houdini or she's going to be an acrobat when she grows up. I'm hoping there are other children like her out there? Some one please reassure me that this is normal!?!?
Well, Evan has decided that he finally wants to nurse to sleep so I must go now. I hope you enjoy this look into my little world because I know one day I'll look back on this post and laugh about how weird my children were.
