Easter

We had a fun Easter. The kids enjoyed the Easter Egg hunts, Brooklyn was all about the eggs. Last year she would get one and then stop and look inside and then keep going.. she only got like 2 eggs. This year she sprinted to everyone, I even had to have her throw some back for the others. Brycen did well too, he just liked holding and shaking them. Brycen turned 14months on Easter. He is nonstop all day. He climbs and runs and throws things and hits things you name it he is into it. He is so fun though and I like being home. He is in the middle of dropping his morning nap which is good and bad. He will take a 2 hour one in the afternoon, and go down for the night around 630pm-600am. He goes to sleep so well, and the only problems we run into with the kids sharing a room is if Brooklyn wakes him when she is going to bed. Bryce still says mama, and dada, it sounds like da, for everything he wants. He signs eat and more on occasion. He pretty much just points or grunts for what he wants. He knows bellybutton, toes, and eyes. He loves looking for other people's belly buttons. He loves being outside, whenever anyone goes out he stands at the door and crys because he wants out too. If I ask him if he wants to go outside he goes and sits by the door to put his shoes on. Brooklyn is doing well, still loves reading, coloring, dressing like a princess and playing with her babies. She is writing all of her letters by herself, and is getting much better at coloring in the lines. Her fine motor skills are really improving. she won a coloring contest at the grocery store for Easter, she won a soccerball and some candy in an easter basket. She was so excited.

Jen and Jac Designs

Here are some recent shirts/dresses from Jacqui. I can't wait for the others to arrive!

1 year old

Wow! Where did the year go?

Weight 22lbs 6.7 oz about 45 %

Height 29.8 inches about 40%

Head 18.8inches

I can't believe this year is over. Brycen has grown so fast. We did his party a few weeks ago, he loved his cake. He has been walking for a little over a month now and is sooo fast and nonstop. He just runs back and forth through the house the entire day. He doesn't want to he held or strapped down. He is a happy kid. He is finally sleeping 12 hours a night and he and Brooklyn are doing so well together in the same room. He goes down about 6:15 and her at around 7:15. Every now and then she will wake him us when we are putting her down but he goes right back to sleep. They both are up at about the same time 6:15 or so in the morning. We got rid of all Brycen's bottles and he has been doing really well with a cup, the binky willl be next to go, but probably not for a while :) He says mama, dada, ands sometimes Thank you. For anything else he just says ma ma ma which could me more, or milk. He just screams it until he gets one of those. He loves playing peekabo/hide and seek, he will just laugh as soon as he sees you.

11 1/2 months

Brycen has been taking steps for about a week now, these last few days he has really gotten good.

Brycen 9 months

These pics of Brooklyn are some outfits my friend Jacqui made, aren't they so cute!

I can't believe Brycen will be 9 months tomorrow. He will be one before you know it. He is crawling all over the place, he was still crawling on his belly until a few days ago. He was so fast at it, but he is now up on his hands and knees. Brooklyn was up on her hands and knees at 9.5 months, so I wasn't worried that he wasn't crawling that way yet. He is doing well, eating 3 meals a day, and in between I nurse him. I have surpassed my expectations on nursing... I was shooting for 6 months. One of the reasons being that he still wakes up between 3 and 4, and that is the easiest. We are trying to get him to sleep the whole night through, but are inconsistent. He goes down by about 6:30 and will sleep till about 3:30, eat and go back down till 6-6:30. He takes about a 45 min nap about 2 hours after he wakes up, and a 1.5 hour nap aroun 1pm. He has 2 teeth that just came through and another 2 that aare just about there. Cutting teeth at a time is no fun. He was fussy the first few days his gums were swollen, and he has been much better the last week or so. I wish they would all just come through. He is constantly pulling up on the furniture, and cruising around the room, he wants to walk so bad. He says mama all of the time, claps his hands, high fives and plays peek a boo. He loves playing with Brooklyn, he just watches and follows her all over. She is a good big sister and loves playing with him.

Brycens 9 month stats

Height: 28.75 inches : 69% Brooklyn was 29 inches at 9 months

Weight: 18lbs 13 oz: 23% Brooklyn was 18 lbs 9 oz

Head: 45.75: 73%

There are pretty similar in size even though Brycen was born 2 lbs heavier.

Brooklyn is doing well. She still LOVES preschool, she wants to go everyday. We are working on her writing, she loves tracing letters, and she can almost write her name... just needs to work on the k and y. I love working with her at home and seeing what she learns. It makes me want to teach elementary school, maybe I will transfer when she is in Kindergarten so I can work at her school.

Fall

Here are some recent pics. The one of Brooklyn in her blue dress was for her harvest party at preschool. The others are just from the last month or so. I can't believe Brycen is 8 months old. He is doing well, eating solids, he likes everything, still crawling on his stomach, and pulling himself up and climbing on everything.

Brooklyn loves preschool. She is only going 2 days a week so usually one other day at home we do school stuff. She knows all her letters and sounds, counts to 30 and we are working on sounding words out. She is such a sponge. She loves to play the letter game on the computer. It is nice because she can use the mouse by herself so I can put her on the computer while Icook dinner.

Go Chargers!