Thursday, May 20, 2010

Faith 19 Months




Faith is hooked on her "hi" (phone). She walks around saying "Auntie hi" all the time. This means she wants to have a phone and call auntie.

She is still really loving music and dancing. She likes to get her instruments out and play along with the music. Her head bops up and down too. She will try and mimic your movements, sway her arms back and forth, and spin.

She also is really enjoying playing with her dolls. She likes to nurse them. She pulls her shirt up or takes it off completely, says "nurse, milk" and gives her babies milk. When she is finished she says, "pat, burp" and gently pats her baby's back. It is very cute.

At night when she finishes nursing, and often before naps she has learned to ask for cuddles to prolong going to bed. Of course I can't turn her down when she looks at me with those big blue eyes, nuzzles up against me and says, "cuddles." I have to give in and cuddle for just a couple of minutes.

Faith's personality is becoming more and more pronounced. Majority of the time she is very sweet and loving. She likes to cuddle, sit and read stories, and play. However, when she isn't happy about something she doesn't hold back from expressing her opinion. She yells, screams "No", throws herself to the ground, and will resort to biting or hitting on occasion. She is also very smart and has figured out how to be extra cute to try and get what she wants. We call her a little pistol and often say it is a good thing she is cute. I don't remember Bryce having this type of deliberate behavior so young. She has been getting timeouts for a few months now. Sometimes I've gone so far as to put her in her crib until she can be nice.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Bryce 3 Years, 10 Months




Bryce is just two months away from being 4. Wow, 4 seems so big. We've already started pumping up turning 4. Saying that he is getting so big and that 4 years old can do more big boy things and that they can behave even better than 3 year olds.

Bryce is still loving school. He threw fits twice when I arrived to pick him up. He was upset because he wanted to stay for rest time at school and wasn't ready to go home. He really has a great time. We had parent - teacher conferences at his school. Miss Nancy said he was doing great. She said he was a joy to be around, got along great with the other kids, and had grown a lot since the beginning of the school year. She said occasionally he is really sucked in by other boys that tend to do naughty things, but that they were working on this.

His behavior at home has been fairly good. He definitely wants to be right all the time, doesn't like to be corrected or told no, and wants the last word.

He and Faith continue to play more and more together. When Faith is napping, Bryce misses having her to play with. It is very cute.

Bryce is still only napping once or twice a week. I think by the end of summer he will give them up completely.