I kept meaning to post more regularly, but clearly that didn't happen! All of sudden Halloween was over, then Thanksgiving, and now here we are, five days away from CHRISTMAS! My boys have grown and changed so much in the last few weeks. Poor Luke has been sick since Halloween, poor baby. Just coming down with virus after virus, he can't catch a break. He and JJ have both grown and are the funniest, most handsome little gentlemen. Anyways, here is a disjointed but fairly detailed update on my guys and all of their crazy cool accomplishments and hilarious antics since September!
Luke...
...started pulling himself onto his knees using objects and our hands (November 26, 8 months old). He's not pulling to a stand yet, but I'm wondering if he's a little behind on a couple things because he's been consistently under the weather since the end of October.
...is sooooo wiggly, and into everything. That child is never still.
...cries just like Jace did as a baby. Instead of a typical “waaah” type wail, Luke's little mouth shapes into an "O" and he cries “oooohh” with his eyes and nose crinkled shut. He also has a fake little whiney cry that he's picked up recently, and I happen to htink it's adorable.
...cut his first tooth at 7.5 months cut his first tooth (bottom)
...started crawling the week he turned 8 months old, and he is FAST, especially when he hears us open the dishwasher or pull out the vacuum.
...loves to play with the wheels on the big fire truck (like his brother)
...is an extremely distracted eater while nursing. Any noise, movement, or object causes him to pull off every few seconds so that he can investigate. Sometimes, even my neckace is too distracting and I have to hide it to get him to keep eating.
...has found his voice. We privy to major shrieks and squeals, and he is delighted every time
...is my little shadow. He follows me everywhere, and when he wants me to hold him or he needs a little attention, he rubs his head against my leg like a cat.
...looooves his food! Peas, peaches, blueberries (his favorite), pumpkin (also his favorite), potatoes, butternut squash, apples, oatmeal, chicken, peas, cheeriohs, bananas, applesauce, green smoothie of spinach and blueberries and water, peanut and almond butter, oranges, riced cauliflower, broccoli, bell pepper...he love them all!
...enjoys his wagon rides, walks, and being out and about. He's so sweet and content when we go out, exploring or sitting quietly in my lap and observing.
...has been able to sit up for awhile now, no hands!
...loves looking at himself in the mirror, being talked to, reading books, and picking on his big brother. Whenever Jace is having his diaper changed, Luke crawls over and starts pounding on his face and trying to pull on his hair. Jace is a good sport about it, I think he realizes it's all in love. Jace is not such a great sport about Luke trying to take whatever he's playing with at the time. Luke wants to do everything JJ is doing, and Jace isn't so much flattered as he is irritated by this.
...is sooo sweet and friendly, and loves smiling at everyone he sees.
...licks his lips when he’s hungry
...has started making a face when he's displeased: His eyes get squinchy, he wrinkles his little nose, and he lets out this fake sounding, soft little whine. It’s the cutest.
...has radar or some sort of built-in alarm that sounds off when someone walks into his room. He is sound asleep, and we are quiet as can be, but no matter how silently we enter, his tiny head pops up immediately, searching for the intruder. It's impossible to check on him without waking him up. I do love seeing that round little noggin peeking over the railing of his crib, though, especially when I turn on his lamp and he smiles his big gummy grin.
...loves anything that goes. When we go to the library or dump out toys in the living room, he goes straight for the cars or toys with wheels, just like his big brother.
Jace...
...has such a great sense of humor. He has his own little jokes, like pretending not to know the answer to something, or saying the wrong answer on purpose. He makes up his own games, like “Mama’s Piggies?" He also has this forced laugh that he does at random times, like while we are driving in the car, or while he's eating a meal. It cracks me up. He also laughs when others around him laugh, like he wants to be in on the joke.
...clears his dish after meals and takes it to the sink without being reminded. He's also really great about taking off his shoes before going into the house. Such a sweet helper.
...talks so much, and is saying some rather hilariously adorable things. Some of them are novel and come from his own mind, and others are quotes from movies or things he's heard us say and repeats out of context days later. Some new Jace-isms include:
-"Doctor Pepper?” (Mommy's drink)
-“Sliced bread?” (I tell him he's the greatest thing since sliced bread everynight at bedtime)
- “Good night, mama”
-“I hurt mine bum bum”
-“A hold you, mama/daddy?”
-“Deal O’Neil!”
-“Thinkin, blinkin”
-“Check it out!”
-“Keep your bottom on the bale!” (from the pumpkin patch)
-“Love you in the mornin’”
-“Give me the child!” (Monsters Inc quote)
-“Wind the frog!” (Toy Story quote...we watch a lot of movies)
-“Let’s do it to it, my dudes!” (When he says it, it sounds like "Do it en me dudes!")
-“tickle a tootsies?”
- “Goodnight, sweetheart” (while closing the door to Luke's room while Luke and I were in there)
-pushing his drink or his food towards me and saying “Here you go, Mama. Merry Christmas.”
-Starting to tell me things are the "best ever!" For example, I got him a cup of hot cocoa and took him to the park, and he was sipping it and exclaiming: "Is the best hot chocolate ever!" Or while he was coloring this morning, he kept repeating: "Best Christmas ever!"
...likes to give very romantical kisses on the lips
...has had lots of mega-tantrums lately, especially upon waking up from naps or in the morning when we try to go get him out of his crib.
...loves to glue things. We made some fun crafts, including a Thanksgiving turkey and a Christmas tree.
...asks for Eskimo kisses ("Est-o tisses?") and butterfly ("Buh-sye) kisses. And every night, just before I'm about to leave his room after tuck-ins, he asks me: "Mama, one a more tiss?"
...reads Brown Bear to us before bed, word for word.
...has started biting his nails.
...was dinking around on the bench at dinner and half fell off. One leg went off the front, while the other was still on the bench. He started to cry, and through his tears he announced: "Hurt a wittle bum? Hurt a wittle bum?” Oooh, it's so hard not to laugh.
...loves to play family Hide and Seek with the lights off. He can rarely wait to be found, however, and he always comes running out of his hiding place shouting “Hi, Mama!”
...is starting to relay past events to me, like when he got nervous when Daddy left him in nursery, and Jace opened the door and ran out to find him. He told me later: “Where Daddy go? Open a door, ran out!” He has some seperation anxiety these days.
...always gets in our car on the same side as Luke. Jace climbs in first and climbs to the far side of the car where his seat is, and then I put Lukey’s seat into his insert in the middle seat in the truck. Jace likes to wedge himself between Luke’s seat and the front seat, which drives me crazy because I have to walk around and pull him out, then stick him into his car seat. When I do this, he always says something about “rabbits house” but I never understood until just recently, when he told me “stuck like pooh bear, stuck in rabbits house!” There is a scene in Winnie the Pooh where Pooh Bear eats too much honey and gets stuck in the entrance of Rabbit's burrow, and nobody can get him out. Such a funny boy I have.
...is bestowing lovely compliments. I just organized our craft drawer a couple weeks ago, and Jace wandered over and said: “Wow, that’s amazing, Mama!” It's nice to feel appreciated.
...is such a great helper, an awesome listener, and tries so hard to do what we ask him to do. He has his moments, of course, but he's such a good boy and I'm so proud of him.
OTHER NOTEWORTHY EVENTS:
1. Halloween: Jace was a fireman, Luke was a bear, and both refused to don the headwear that accompanied their costumes. Colt and I were in charge of the ward Halloween party, so we didn't get a lot of pictures, unfortunately. We also were able to go to my parent's ward Halloween party that weekend, so we didn't feel too bad about staying in on Halloween night, eating treats, and watching Monsters Inc.
2. Thanksgiving: We headed to PDX and celebrated with my parents in Oregon. We had a blast, as we always do with Mimi and Papa. We were also able to take Jace to his first movie! We went and saw Coco, but didn't make it all the way through, due to an agonizingly long "short" before the actual movie began. Jace loved the experience, though, so I can't wait to take him again.
3. My 30th Birthday: I turned 30 a few days ago, and Colt gave me a Harry Potter themed weekend. I got Potter socks, my letter from Hogwarts (finally), a box set of the entire series so I can read them to our future Potterheads, and a beautiful new watercolor sketchbook. He made me the oreo ice cream dessert, and we took the boys to a really neat children's museum in Everett. I am spoiled.
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