But in the meantime, I have much to update so here we go!!!
Wyatt is still taking steps on his own, he is learning to stand more and more unassisted. He is also realizing that he can move from the table to the couch in one step. This is a great thing for him, especially when he has taken something from his sister...he has learned he cam move faster this way! Kaylee has still not tried walking on her own. She choses to sit down instead and then crawl. But she does like standing.
Teeth, teeth and more teeth....for the last 2 weeks, sleep in this house has been very limited...I have been getting anywhere from 1-3 hours of sleep at a time. Both the kids have more teeth coming in. Kaylee has been cutting 3 teeth this round...she has her 2nd tooth on the bottom now, and tooth number 3 and 4 are coming in on the top. The top ones are not her fromt two teeth, but the ones beside the front two. It has been a rough go of things, she will go to sleep okay, but then cries in her sleep. There has been several occassions where I have gone into her room, and she is just lying there on tears...my poor little angel. Usually some cuddles would sooth her enough to go back to sleep, but there have been many nights lately where she is only happy cuddling with mommy. At least, we know why she is so unhappy at night and it is able to be taken care of, but still it is no fun seeing your little ones so uncomfortable.
Wyatt, now has 6 teeth, 4 on the top and 2 on the bottom. Those front top two teeth were horrible, these ones caused some discomfort for the little man, but he is a trooper. Now, he is showing signs of teeth 7 and 8 coming in...these ones are coming in on the bottom! He has been chewing and chewing and at times biting!! He is also more uncomfortable at night, but not as affected by this as Kaylee has been.
Growing up....well, I finally did it! We took the infamt carseat bases out of the car and installed the big carseats. WOW was that a P.I.T.A!!!! It took over 4 hours to get them installed, and there were 4 of us trying to get them in! I never thought it would be that hard to get those things in the car....now that they are there, they will be that way for awhile, until we decide to turn them forward facing...not rushing this though. THANK YOU CASEY!!!!! She was the one that was finally able to get those darn things installed properly, and she has the war wounds to show for it...sorry about all of the bruises, at least today my hands/wrists no longer hurt!! I had such a run around trying to get professional help for installing the carseats but had no luck. I tried the firedepartment and no one was there, I went to the RCMP and they will not look at them/touch them as they do not want to be liable. So then I went to my health unit near home and they told me that most people will not do this anymore as they do not want to be liable....soo my question was "where can one go for help to ensure that their babies are safe?" I was told I could order a DVD and watch it...what a joke!! Again...THANK YOU CASEY!!!! you helped me so much, as you know I was highly stressed about this...and MOM...thanks for listening and trying to help too!!! Did we not have fun running from the wasps too!!!!
First time Kaylee in her infant carseat. She was so tiny here. She was 2 days old here, she weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces here.
2nd last time thatKaylee was in her infant carseat. Wow she has grown!! She is 10 1/2 months here.
1st time Wyatt was in his infant carseat. He was 2 days old here and weighed 5 lbs 10 oz
2nd last time Wyatt in his infant carseat. He sure did fill it up quickly...What a change. He is 10 1/2 months here.
So now that the big carseats are in the car, the kids seem to really like them. They sit a bit higher up so now they can look out the side window more and see a bit more out of the back window. The chairs are reclined enough so they can still sleep pretty good!
Meeting more family for the first time. On this past sunday, me and the kids went out to Drayton Valley. Uncle Mouse and Marleen (from holland) arrived and we had a great family BBQ, welcomed them here and celebrated the August birthdays. At first, the kids were not to sure as there were alot of people, but with no time at all they were comfortable with everyone. And as ususal, they fought their afternoon naps...did not want to miss anything! But sleep and cuddles won! Kaylee seemed quite comfortable with uncle mouse and had a good little snooze with him. I was informed that I too slept the same way with uncle mouse when I was that age :)
When we were at my uncles having the BBQ, well Kaylee and Wyatt learned a new skill, and they made it look like they had been doing it forever. There was no stumbling, pausing or hesitation. They just went full steam ahead and thought it was great and did it over and over...THEY CLIMB STAIRS!!!!!! Not to sure how they managed to look like pros doing this as we have no stairs in our home for them to climb...pretty amazing!
A couple of weeks ago, my mom bought Kaylee a little "baby". Kaylee loves this thing. When we out visiting grandma (my mom) Kaylee had her baby on a stool and was pushing the stool around. Well the baby fell off of the stool and Kaylee stopped pushing the stool, walked around it, picked her baby up off of the floor and placed it back on the stool. Kaylee then proceeded to continue pushing the stool and baby. This little event amazed me so much. I honestly thought that she was just pushing to stool to help her walk around more freely...wow was I wrong! She is such a smartie pants!
Wyatt loves his cars. He pushes and throws them, but when he pushes them he makes a sound by blowing through his lips )like making raspberries! He too is such a little smartie pants!
Kaylee is starting to want to share her things with some people. She will have something and then she holds it out to show you. She will then place it into your hand. Just amazing at how much they learn on their own by just watching people around them
So, we finished the birthday invitations for their 1st birthday. We are so excited to be in the midst of planning this momentous event! It is so hard to believe that soon they will be 1 year old...the time has gone by so fast!! I am hoping to get the invites out this week. They turned out so good, we are proud of them!!
So, I finally get to start getting Wyatts room done. My goal is to have it done by his 1st birthday and I am sure it will be done by then! We got rid of the double bed and the old TV that was in there (glad you can use it Mal!!) So now it is just down to emptying it out and then the fun of washing the walls, filling any holes, priming, painting, redoing the trim, put in the playmats on the floor, make curtains for window and closet and new bedding. I am happy to finally be able to tackle this challenge. It will be nice for both Kaylee and Wyatt to have their own room. The amount of toys they have will be nice to have 2 rooms to put them in...maybe mommy and daddy will get their living room back...or at least not so over run with toys :) I will keep you posted on how this goes!
