Alright, so it turns out all those who said Logan's faucets of slobber were a sign were right. He cut his first little tooth Christmas morning, and was very nice about it. His nose ran like crazy and then an hour or so later daddy found it. I guess dad has a habit of feeling around in Logan's mouth...or it could have been that Logan was chewing on dad's finger and that's how it was discovered. Either way, it was a great surprise. No teeth in Carter yet.
We made it home from Medford alright, (which is where we spent Christmas), but unfortunately some of us (namely Carter and I) came home sick and have only gotten worse. We've both got bad colds and coughs, and Carter even got diagnosed with "croup" on our first unscheduled doctor's visit. We got him some meds and he seems to be getting better already.
Thank goodness, because Evan and I are planning our first big weekend away this weekend, and I don't think the grandparent baby sitters will appreciate such a cranky kid. We're splitting the boys up between the grandparents so they are easier to handle, so there shouldn't be a problem. Hopefully I will be recovered enough to enjoy my freedom! One thing they will have to worry about, though, is baby proofing, since both boys are now officially mobile. Logan has got the inch-worm thing down, and is moving around more and more every minute. Carter isn't quite as comfortable moving forward yet, but he does a 360 on his belly in seconds flat.
Things have been pretty busy around here (despite the sick house label) since we are moving to Vancouver next week. I've got exactly 4 boxes packed. Yikes. Evan keeps saying "don't worry about it" but I have to say, I'm worried. I have a feeling that there are going to be a lot of black plastic bags being hauled up to our new place.
So if you're not doing anything next weekend, we'd love to see you!! (And maybe your empty trunk??)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
An old post...unpublished until now.
It's official; we are moving at the beginning of the year up north to Vancouver. My mom is very sad, but Evan's dad's family is very excited.
Carter has mastered the pacifier, and can now take it out and put it in fairly accurately most times. The boys are eating three meals of solid food a day and unless they're tired (and cranky), they would probably eat more! They're very good at napping for mom at home...not so much for grandma.
Logan has developed a very hammy smile in the last few days, and was cracking up everyone that was hanging out with him last Sunday.
Carter has mastered the pacifier, and can now take it out and put it in fairly accurately most times. The boys are eating three meals of solid food a day and unless they're tired (and cranky), they would probably eat more! They're very good at napping for mom at home...not so much for grandma.
Logan has developed a very hammy smile in the last few days, and was cracking up everyone that was hanging out with him last Sunday.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
So much has happened in the past few weeks! Where do I start? I guess I'll just start in the middle somewhere and hopefully I'll make it to both ends.
Both boys can now get their toes in their mouths (have for about a month now) and do so any time they can, but the funny thing is that they also try and get each others' toes in their mouths as well. Actually, when they're sitting next to each other and decide that they want to chew on something, pretty much anything is fair game - it just depends on which is closer to each mouth. They look at each other and smile or laugh sometimes, but then they also look at each other's binky in their brother's mouth and try (usually successfully) to take it out and put it in theirs (usually unsuccessfully). Once they even switched them entirely. Each took the others and put it in his mouth. It doesn't matter whether they are currently sucking on one or not - it's the principle of the thing. "That guy has what I need. I'd better take it." It's actually fairly logical - and to be expected since the boys are geniuses. So we end up with a lot of pacifiers on the floor in between them or in their hands.
Speaking of that, they have almost mastered another skill - getting their pacifier from their hand into their mouth in the right orientation. They are very good now at scouting out where it is (also the reason for so many pilfered pacifiers) and picking it up, but they haven't quite figured out how to turn it in the right direction. Carter will actually put it his mouth, realize it's wrong and take it away into his other hand and try to reposition it, and he'll try quite a few times, but it is still luck that gets it in there correctly. There are times when he actually sucks on the wrong side of it and seems pretty content; I think those are the times that he has just given up and given in to the fact that this isn't the time he's going to get it and he might as well settle. His big thing in the last few days is to take it out and play with it a bit. Not so fun when we're trying to put him to sleep and he wakes himself up by taking it out. I swear sometimes he does it on purpose!
They are both very in to textures, and (for about a month - since last I blogged) they like to touch and feel everything. About 2 weeks ago, Logan went through a short phase where he would bounce when sitting in your lap. He's mostly moved on from that - his new thing now is to turn around on your lap (especially if you're sitting with your knees up on the coffee table) and suck on your knees. I think it's the texture of the denim he likes - we wear mostly jeans you know. He'll leave your entire knee drenched in about 2 minutes. There's been rumors that he's drooling so much (and let me tell you - it's a LOT) because he's teething, but so far there are no other signs.
Carter's big thing lately (aside from getting better at the binky stuff) is squealing like a banshee. He thinks it's hilarious, which it is, when he's bouncing frantically up and down in the jumperoo. Unfortunately it's also something that he does when he's tired, like when he's supposed to be going down for a nap and his brother has just fallen asleep. When I'm home alone and there is only me to rock him, with his random high pitch screeches, to sleep in the other room and comfort Logan, who was startled awake but is just a few back pats away from sleep or cranky wakefulness, it does get tricky.
Another of Carter's new trick that is absolutely adorable is that he claps his feet together. He actually hold his little ankles and claps them, and when you say "Clap, Clap!" to him, he gets a huge grin on his face and does it more. Logan isn't really in to that - he's much more focused on getting his foot (or feet) in his mouth. It doesn't matter if there are socks on or not, though if there is something on his feet, you can bet it's going to get drenched.
Oh and how could I forget!! Logan is CRAWLING! Well, not really, but he did scoot a few inches toward a toy more than once in the last few days. He set his sights on something, and wiggled his little body glowworm style towards it. We've tried to get him to recreate it for daddy (since he did it at grandma's house) or for a video, but he doesn't seem quite ready to perform on demand yet. It could possibly be that he was a little confused as to which trick we wanted him to perform, because once we set him down he rolled from his tummy onto his back, laid there for a few, then rolled back onto his tummy. (We already recorded the official roll over weeks ago, so he hasn't done it much since then now that it's out of the way as far as accomplishments go.) Carter hasn't got to scooting anywhere yet, but he is better and holding himself in the "crawl" position than his brother. Carter holds himself up on his hands and knees, where as Logan prefers to stay flat.
Solid foods are going great, though we found out on Thanksgiving that they don't love everything. They're not big fans of turkey, though they will tolerate it if we mix it with some yummy fruit. We've also tried freezing squash and putting it in these fancy little feeders that hold food in a little mesh bag so whatever food you put in mooshes through. It was a squash-sickle. Carter Loved it, Logan took one lick and was done. Too cold for him maybe...We're planning on trying it with frozen banana soon - I'll let you know how that goes. ; )
Both boys can now get their toes in their mouths (have for about a month now) and do so any time they can, but the funny thing is that they also try and get each others' toes in their mouths as well. Actually, when they're sitting next to each other and decide that they want to chew on something, pretty much anything is fair game - it just depends on which is closer to each mouth. They look at each other and smile or laugh sometimes, but then they also look at each other's binky in their brother's mouth and try (usually successfully) to take it out and put it in theirs (usually unsuccessfully). Once they even switched them entirely. Each took the others and put it in his mouth. It doesn't matter whether they are currently sucking on one or not - it's the principle of the thing. "That guy has what I need. I'd better take it." It's actually fairly logical - and to be expected since the boys are geniuses. So we end up with a lot of pacifiers on the floor in between them or in their hands.
Speaking of that, they have almost mastered another skill - getting their pacifier from their hand into their mouth in the right orientation. They are very good now at scouting out where it is (also the reason for so many pilfered pacifiers) and picking it up, but they haven't quite figured out how to turn it in the right direction. Carter will actually put it his mouth, realize it's wrong and take it away into his other hand and try to reposition it, and he'll try quite a few times, but it is still luck that gets it in there correctly. There are times when he actually sucks on the wrong side of it and seems pretty content; I think those are the times that he has just given up and given in to the fact that this isn't the time he's going to get it and he might as well settle. His big thing in the last few days is to take it out and play with it a bit. Not so fun when we're trying to put him to sleep and he wakes himself up by taking it out. I swear sometimes he does it on purpose!
They are both very in to textures, and (for about a month - since last I blogged) they like to touch and feel everything. About 2 weeks ago, Logan went through a short phase where he would bounce when sitting in your lap. He's mostly moved on from that - his new thing now is to turn around on your lap (especially if you're sitting with your knees up on the coffee table) and suck on your knees. I think it's the texture of the denim he likes - we wear mostly jeans you know. He'll leave your entire knee drenched in about 2 minutes. There's been rumors that he's drooling so much (and let me tell you - it's a LOT) because he's teething, but so far there are no other signs.
Carter's big thing lately (aside from getting better at the binky stuff) is squealing like a banshee. He thinks it's hilarious, which it is, when he's bouncing frantically up and down in the jumperoo. Unfortunately it's also something that he does when he's tired, like when he's supposed to be going down for a nap and his brother has just fallen asleep. When I'm home alone and there is only me to rock him, with his random high pitch screeches, to sleep in the other room and comfort Logan, who was startled awake but is just a few back pats away from sleep or cranky wakefulness, it does get tricky.
Another of Carter's new trick that is absolutely adorable is that he claps his feet together. He actually hold his little ankles and claps them, and when you say "Clap, Clap!" to him, he gets a huge grin on his face and does it more. Logan isn't really in to that - he's much more focused on getting his foot (or feet) in his mouth. It doesn't matter if there are socks on or not, though if there is something on his feet, you can bet it's going to get drenched.
Oh and how could I forget!! Logan is CRAWLING! Well, not really, but he did scoot a few inches toward a toy more than once in the last few days. He set his sights on something, and wiggled his little body glowworm style towards it. We've tried to get him to recreate it for daddy (since he did it at grandma's house) or for a video, but he doesn't seem quite ready to perform on demand yet. It could possibly be that he was a little confused as to which trick we wanted him to perform, because once we set him down he rolled from his tummy onto his back, laid there for a few, then rolled back onto his tummy. (We already recorded the official roll over weeks ago, so he hasn't done it much since then now that it's out of the way as far as accomplishments go.) Carter hasn't got to scooting anywhere yet, but he is better and holding himself in the "crawl" position than his brother. Carter holds himself up on his hands and knees, where as Logan prefers to stay flat.
Solid foods are going great, though we found out on Thanksgiving that they don't love everything. They're not big fans of turkey, though they will tolerate it if we mix it with some yummy fruit. We've also tried freezing squash and putting it in these fancy little feeders that hold food in a little mesh bag so whatever food you put in mooshes through. It was a squash-sickle. Carter Loved it, Logan took one lick and was done. Too cold for him maybe...We're planning on trying it with frozen banana soon - I'll let you know how that goes. ; )
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