Owen conversations

Owen telling daddy how you put sugar on the poo poo and it goes outside and flowers grow.

Owen (after peeing in the potty): Ime wiggle my pee pee for me?

Ime: ok 

Owen: now I no have to wash my hands. 

(Manipulation at its finest at 3 years old)

Funny pronunciations of words

Push-a-play (for the DVD in the car)

Dommy...a weird phase where he called mommy this...Thankfuly is over

"Hey mommy" I hear this about 300 times a day. 

"My favOrit cowar is red"

"I love you this much all day long" "I love you all the day and all the night, i made that up"

"Why do you love Mommy?" "Bc I love you all the time" 

"It's white like MeMe" in reference to a tractor trailer truck and then anythign else white

Jesse 7-9 months

I am sorry my dear son. I love every moment with you and I know I am forgetting things faster than they are happening and I want to record every moment, but summer happened. Two kids happened. Life and time kept moving and well blogging isn't on my mind as it used to be when I sat a desk 8 hours a day.  

Jesse is a joy. He is such a snugly baby, when I lift him out of the crib he puts his head on my shoulder with one arm around my neck and the other patting my back or arm. Sleep has been hard for him with all the travel it's been hard to have a normal schedule.  But here is a little bit of what we see as normal right now.  Jesse is taking 2-3 naps a day and down for bed at 7:30-8pm, he sleeps till 6-7:30am sometimes just needs a "dreamfed" in the morning and heads back to bed.  

We just moved him up to a new car seat. He is so heavy. Everyone wants to snuggle and hold him, but can't because our arms get so tired. I can't wait to hear what he weighs tomorrow at his 9 month check up.

TEETH: 4 we have two top and two bottom!! The 2 top came in together and it was ROUGH! Poor baby couldn't sleep and hated being spoon fed if that spoon hit his top gum wow what a wail of pain.

FOOD:  we tried 3 times a day for solids, but he isn't interested in it. He prefers pouches over spoon fed and loves copying or being like is big brother.  He eats 4 oz one or 2 times a day. He nurses 5-6 times a day. 

Jesse still sleeps on his belly, I nurse him and then lay him on his belly and cover him with a blanket.  I place toys at his feet and sometimes this occupies him in the mornings.

Jesse is pulling up to his feet. I took a video of him pulling up using my leg today and then later caught him standing at the hearth.  I feel bad for the kid, he falls a lot. He bumps his head more than I remember Owen bumping it and then you have big brother "helping" him with results in more bumps.  

Brothers. Wow. I know about sisters and I hope they have a great relationship like I do. Owen is so good and so bad to Jesse in the blink of an eye.  Today he was wanting to hug and kiss him good morning.  Jesse was sitting on the floor and the hug got a little aggressive and he ended up flat on his back hitting his head in the process.  Later Owen was trying to be helpful and put the teething paci in his mouth and pushed him onto the floor again.  (Did I mention Jesse completely dropped the paci since my last update!!! Chris and I are thrilled we didn't have to have a big transition with dropping the paci). Last night they were playing and Owen didn't want to share the truck so he ran over Jesse's fingers....it was on purpose.  But 10 minutes later Owen was getting belly laughs out of Jesse as he ran from side to side of the high chair playing peek-a-boo.  Big brother was laughing and having a blast too!

I love my boys!

Jesse: 6 months

Jesse has changed so much in the past month.  

ROLLING: he is rolling both ways, but mostly to the right.  This new trick is fun during the day and yet at night has posed some issues. Jesse is flipping from his belly to back and ends up at the corner of the crib and can't get back to his belly to sleep. This means mommy is having to help him.  He is becoming more aware and so when I flip him he wants to nurse to sleep.  He does still use the paci, it is hit or miss. Sometimes the paci is in and I can hold it in his mouth and his head on the mattress and he conks out, sometimes that thumb makes it's way into his mouth and he sleeps and sometimes he screams like he is in pain and I have to start all over. It's been rough.  His sleep is so different than Owen who was sleeping through the nights most nights and Jesse is back to getting me up 2-3 times. The issue is I can't have Jesse crying out and waking his older brother. 

TEETH: well we saw the buds at 5 months and one has popped through. There has been a lot of nursing and a lot of up all night nights.  I am so tired recently.  Jesse has the bottom left tooth and the right is coming in fast.  

FOOD: what won't this boy eat!  He was eating about 4oz twice a day till that tooth popped through.  It seems that he has backed off a little and is not so frantic for solids now that his TEETH SPURT (a very accurate new phrase I can't take credit for but will be using!) is over for a bit.  Jesse likes: apples, bananas, pears, sweet potatoes, squash, cereal, green beans, peas, carrots.  He doesn't care for my homemade zucchini and avocado. 

SPIRIT: what a happy guy Jesse is!! Smiles if you look and talk to him!  He LOVES to sit in his play seats and watch his brother play on the floor.  He loves to watch Owen from his car seat and recently Owen finds it fun to try and make him laugh!! My heart melts to see them interact and begin to have fun together!  Jesse is a snuggle bug.  He wants to be close, I love how he already hugs my neck when sleepy; nuzzling his face into my neck with his arm grabbing around the other side if my neck!  Oh how daddy makes Jesse laugh!  He knows mommy is for comfort and food and daddy is fun and play!! Daddy flies him up in the air and tickles him and Jesse will cackle so loud and wake up the house!!   

Jesse: 5 months

Well, we FINALLY had his 4 month well check up about 5 days before he turned 5 months.  I had scheduled Owen's 3 year well at the same time so it had to be after the 11th for insurance reasons and then we got SNOW.  Boy did we get snow!

Owen and Jesse both enjoyed the snow, though the 3 year old loved it more!

At Jesse's well visit I was told he was perfect.  Yup, I knew that! The only thing he isn't doing is rolling.  He can but I guess he doesn't have the motivation to do it.  Dr. B said he seemed very chill and so this is probably why he isn't rolling yet.  I am not too worried because he is trunk and body tone are great according to the Dr!   We are so in love with this new little man, my little J as I find myself calling him sometimes!  Right now as I am typing this at the dining room table, he is squeaking and playing on the playmat on the floor.  He hands at grasping things are getting better and better. I can see him look at something and then his hand will go to it and if the item is large enough he will grasp it!  He got his 4 month shots and it was a little rough for about 36 hours.  He did need some extra sleep taking a killer nap from 2-5:30, nursed and ate some cereal and then cried out so much we put him back to bed and he slept pretty great all night just needing to nurse a few times.  I could tell his legs were hurting him and he did have a mild fever.  I also noticed that the bottom teeth are starting to come in.  Little white pressure buds under the gums are HURTING my baby.

Jesse is such a happy baby.  We have had some sleep issues, but now that we are committed to tummy sleeping he will go down without a peep to his naps.  Our night time isn't the greatest, but last night was better.  He went to bed at 8pm, dreamfeed at 11pm, then nursed again at 4am and cried for me at 5:30am but we left him and not even a minute he was back asleep till 7:30am!  I can handle that!

Jesse has dropped the bottle or I should say we only have done the bottle about 10 times and the last time he didn't take any from it at all.  It was a bit rough and Mommy had to come home early from her girls game night.  Its ok, this just seems to be what my babies do.  Hopefully, he will learn to drink from a straw at around 6 months like Owen did.  We have started some solids, so far just cereal and bananas.  He likes to eat, but when the spoon hits those tender gums it is OVER!  I fear Jesse is going to have a harder times teething than Owen.  Time for the teething gel and tablets.

Jesse LOVES to watch his big brother Owen.  He will laugh and smile whenever Owen gives him the least bit attention!  Owen loves him too.  Owen just is 3 and Jesse isn't very interesting.

Owen conversations

Daddy: Owen don't try and poot! (In the middle of a diaper change)

Owen giggling: I tried!

In the car Owen's pretend flip phone rings.

Mommy: Owen who is it?

Owen: Neanna!

Mommy: tell Neanna to have fun in Wales!

Owen: have fun at the beach, Neanna! Bye bye!

At aunt janes house: 

Kayla: bye I have to go, see you back at I-me's house.

Owen: no don't leave...I want to go home.

Mommy: tell your daddy 

Daddy: you want to go home tonight?

Owen: uh-huh, I want my big boy bed.

Owen: I'm tired, mommy 

Mommy: we are almost home

(Back at home in his room with daddy) Owen turns off the light 

Owen: rock me daddy

Daddy rocks him and asks if he wants an extra song

Owen: no, just Owen and MeMe song

Mommy: what do you want to watch on TV?
Owen: chugga chugga bang bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

Jesse: 4 months

Wow, my little smiley happy baby!  You are so adorable.  Everyone tells us so!  You are just like Owen in so many ways! You have the sweetest spirit and are so go with the flow.  You like Owen only cry if you are wet, tired or hungry.  You do fuss a little when you want us to sit you up...I am thinking that you don't realize that you are still a little baby and you want to be big/grown already!

Sleep.  Oh 4 month sleep regression....I loath thee.  You were doing so great sleeping till 6am and now all of a sudden you feel the need to get up in the middle of the night. I had been feeding you, but after a couple of nights when you barely nursed one side I decided you are waking out of habit not hunger.  I did have to make sure it wasn't a growth spurt, but I am pretty sure it is because you don't get as scheduled naps during the day as Owen did.  You have an older brother who has school and we need to run errands, go to doctors, and play dates.  I fear mommy is suffering sleep recently due to our packed calendar!

We did the unthinkable. First I decided that you didn't like the swaddle and then I decided to try you on your belly while you were sleeping. Oh the world of difference this makes. I think you are like my family and can't breath out of your nose when sleeping on your back, you now go down without a peep for naps! It is a miracle.  Thankfully we have an angel care monitor and this keeps me from worrying too much about you. 

You have found your hands and they are fascinating to you!  You are starting to grab at things and even grasping items sometimes!  You popped your paci into your mouth several times one day too, but it was really just luck because it hadn't fallen too far from your mouth.  I love how you suck on your hands trying to figure them out and use the other hand to hold the first one in your mouth almost as if you don't trust it to stay where you want it!

Your face lights up when you see me.  Daddy tells me that you watch me walk around the house.  I do have to admit I am your favorite person and I am basking in all the glory of it.  But, you love your Daddy and brother just as much.  You watch Owen play like he is the coolest boy on the planet and you look like you want to jump in and play too!  Baby, stay a baby a little longer!  No need to hurry this growing up business!

You are at least 15 pounds, wearing a size 2 disposable diaper and 3-6 month clothes.  We have had the hugest snow and your well check up visit was canceled. 

Owen happenings

We are creeping towards 3 years old faster than I can blink!

Owen had a great Christmas and a very special firetruck from Santa amazed him! He had so many presents to open he almost got frustrated because he wanted to play with all his new things!  We had a wonderful time with both families and Owen had a BLAST playing and trying to keep up with his older 2nd and 3rd cousins at Aunt Jane's house.

Once we settled down at home we decided to try take 2 of potty training.  Owen really wants to wear his diapers and pants.  The first morning it was a battle to get the underwear on him, struggling and crying, but after a minute and a distraction of his favorite meal of yogurt and cereal bar he was fine. The next morning it was easier to convince him to wear underwear. The biggest struggles right now are pooping in his underwear and he doesn't tell us when he needs to go.  So, it seems that when I get distracted or we are somewhere doing something we all forget and he has an accident.  He doesn't seem to distraught when he has an accident and I wish he would care more.  The kid would run around wet and covered in poop on his butt if we let him, but get a little jelly on his hand and he will FREAK!  I am going to give it another couple of days and see how we do.  If we can get one poop in the potty then I have hope, if not we will wait until he is more ready.

Owen is still napping in the afternoons and I feel it is short lived as it is taking longer for hims to go to sleep and then when he does nap it takes him a long time to go to sleep in the evenings even though he is exhausted from the day.

This little boy takes after his daddy for the love of music and songs.  Whenever I think up a new song he asks me to sing it again and again! Owen can sing quite a few songs all the way through or with just the slightest help to stay on track.  To name a few: twinkle twinkle, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Jesus Loves Me, Rain Rain Go Away, Mr. Moon, London Bridge, Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Its Raining Its Pouring, Ring around the Roses, Row Row Row your Boat.

He can count to 12 some days and he knows how to spell his first name most of the time.  He knows the 3 word name of the road we live on and the road both of his grandmothers live on.  He remembers from almost a year ago when he threw up in Target and everytime we see their logo he tells me he "wont spit up in there today".  Recently, he has been interested in the first letter of our names: Jesse, Mommy and Daddy.  He surprised me when a tv show was talking about the letter D and busted out that it was like Daddy!

He loves his baby brother!  He helps by bringing him toys and once a day he gives him a special kiss and hug unprompted!  

Returning to continue this post...umm its only been at least 2 weeks! LOL!  We are committed to underwear.  We know accidents will happen and poop has only happened in the potty once.  Last night he had to go so bad, but held it till nighttime when we still put diapers on because some nights he soaks through them onto the bed.  We are starting to do naked nap times and several times he has stayed DRY!  If he is naked he will run to the potty on his own, but if he has underwear on he will pee in it.  Except at school he has been doing great staying dry!  Every day I immediately look at his pants to see if they are the same ones I sent him to school in!