Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Happy 2nd Birthday, Jackson!
Our Jackson turned 2 today and it is still unbelievable. He is such an amazing kid and we cannot wait to see what this year has in store!
Watch! He even blows out his own candle!!!
Watch! He even blows out his own candle!!!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Ben's 100th Day / Jack's 730th Day
We celebrated Ben's 100th day with a Korean lunch and naked baby photos. We then had cake for Jack's 2nd birthday and went to Kiddieland Amusement Park. The park is designed for kids under the age of 10 and had plenty of rides for all the kids to enjoy. Jack rode the Tilt-A-Whirl and was not scared. He and Jacob then rode all the little car/boat/spaceship rides and loved it. We will definitely be going back next summer!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
Labor Day
Nice relaxing day...despite Taylor's second trip to the store forgetting her wallet(sigh). We flew a kite (sort of) and just lazed about.
Terrible Two
Jack has officially become a difficult child.Well, more difficult than we have experienced.
Those who know us can now say "I told you so" as Jack ceases to be the wonderful easy kid he used to be.
Tantrums have begun full force. He has been reprimanded at day care for hitting (which has stopped, so far). He yells "no." He yells back. He doesn't listen. He cries and screams when he doesn't get his way.
According to the book THE HAPPIEST TODDLER ON THE BLOCK, he still falls under the "easy" category in general. If he was "spirited" he would be very difficult to break of these habits.
Hopefully we can get him back to behaving before his anger gets the best of him.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Lost - daily BM
Ben continues to cat nap through out the day instead of having two long naps in a day. He is supposed to start consolidating his sleep by now but he seems to be having trouble. I cannot and do not believe that some kids are just light sleepers. Those light sleeping kids tend to be over tired and cranky and whiney most of the day and just not happy.
I know from experience that when Jack gets a good nap, everyone has a good day.
I don't think Ben is a cat napper by nature though because last week he was sleeping much better than he is this week. Last week he took a 2 hour morning nap, and a 3 hour afternoon nap and he pooped once in the morning and once at night.
Alex and I believe Ben's naps are being messed up by his constipation. Being on soy formula does that to you more so than just regular formula (formula itself is binding to begin with!).
Ben is already on Karo AND 2 oz of water every day to help him 'go' and yet we still have use the thermometer trick to help him go. Poor little man.
I cannot wait till we can start him on solids and get some prunes and squash in him. He has his 3 month doctor visit in about a week. I will inquire about either using prune juice in his bottles instead of Karo, or when I can start him on solids to help him go. Sigh.
I know from experience that when Jack gets a good nap, everyone has a good day.
I don't think Ben is a cat napper by nature though because last week he was sleeping much better than he is this week. Last week he took a 2 hour morning nap, and a 3 hour afternoon nap and he pooped once in the morning and once at night.
Alex and I believe Ben's naps are being messed up by his constipation. Being on soy formula does that to you more so than just regular formula (formula itself is binding to begin with!).
Ben is already on Karo AND 2 oz of water every day to help him 'go' and yet we still have use the thermometer trick to help him go. Poor little man.
I cannot wait till we can start him on solids and get some prunes and squash in him. He has his 3 month doctor visit in about a week. I will inquire about either using prune juice in his bottles instead of Karo, or when I can start him on solids to help him go. Sigh.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Ben 101
Just a few things about the Banji-man:
1) Hates entertaining himself
2) Holds his pee while he naps/sleeps and let's it all go the minute he's awake.
Hopefully this means he will be easy to potty train later. :-)
3) Loves watching Jack
4) Likes watching TV
5) Will wake up the INSTANT you stop pushing the stroller or the car hits below 45 mph.
6) Likes baths - especially when he's being dried off in a soft fluffy towel (lots of smiles)
7) Can lift his head, and chest off the ground
8) Can sit in Bumbo fairly well
9) Likes to complain
10) Goes from whimper to full on yelling in 3.2 seconds
11) Likes being swaddled
12) Likes being read to
13) Likes nuzzling up against mom's chest while having afternoon bottle
1) Hates entertaining himself
2) Holds his pee while he naps/sleeps and let's it all go the minute he's awake.
Hopefully this means he will be easy to potty train later. :-)
3) Loves watching Jack
4) Likes watching TV
5) Will wake up the INSTANT you stop pushing the stroller or the car hits below 45 mph.
6) Likes baths - especially when he's being dried off in a soft fluffy towel (lots of smiles)
7) Can lift his head, and chest off the ground
8) Can sit in Bumbo fairly well
9) Likes to complain
10) Goes from whimper to full on yelling in 3.2 seconds
11) Likes being swaddled
12) Likes being read to
13) Likes nuzzling up against mom's chest while having afternoon bottle
Sunday, August 24, 2008
By Request: Benjamin (and Jack!)
We are suffering 2nd Child Syndrome by not posting nearly as many photos of Ben as Jack. We know, we are bad people. So, here you go....
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Day Out With Thomas 2008
My fear was Jack would pull a Santa and be deathly afraid of the "real" Thomas.
Instead he shocked us by being super excited and having a great time. Along with Tea, Jacob, Ellie, and Kate, Jack explored the train museum and loved every moment of it.
Instead he shocked us by being super excited and having a great time. Along with Tea, Jacob, Ellie, and Kate, Jack explored the train museum and loved every moment of it.
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