February 9, 2014, at 10:15 pm | It’s been way too long since I’ve updated on Danny’s developmental progress, so here’s a quick look at how’s he’s blessing our lives these days!
He’s probably the most verbally advanced of our kids at this age, as he tries to repeat almost anything you ask him to (with varying degrees of success). Here are the words he’ll say without a prompt:
Mommy
Daddy
Bubba
Pappy
Baby
Puppy
Cheese (when getting picture taken)
Hi
Bye
No
More
Please (he’s working on this one)
Up please (I heard this one time?)
He sleeps at night from 8pm until 7:30 or 8 am, with one occasional wake up where he’ll fuss himself back to sleep or need a back rub to quiet him down. He naps from 12:30-2:30 (I’m working on having him stay in bed til 3). Now usually wakes up happy in the mornings (which is a HUGE change for him!) He wakes up from naps happy about half the time. He absolutely adores sharing a room with his big brother. He went from crying almost every time we put him down to sleep to almost never crying after we made the switch. He doesn’t have any favorite toy or blanket or use a pacifier. Throws anything out of his bed I try to put in with him.
He eats well with utensils, drinks out of straw cups or open cups. Eats everything. His favorites are spaghetti, pizza, clementines, tortillas, broccoli, strawberries, and anything sweet. He has lots of teeth – I’m honestly not sure how many! He has everything except his 2-year molars.
Loves to sing, dance, climb up and then go down the slide by himself, copy his siblings, throw balls. He has very good hand/eye coordination and loves to put things in/out of objects. Plays well by himself sometimes or beside siblings. Doesn’t like books (yet!). He gets very excited whenever someone is talking on the phone and he desperately wants to talk too and push the buttons.
He has a fiery temper and lets everyone know it! He doesn’t bang his head on the floor in frustration as much as he used to, but he still yells "BAH!" with a scrunched up nose and outstretched arm at anyone he deems a threat to his food, personal space, or playthings (which happens much more often than his dad and I would like – we’re working on that!).
He loves to cuddle. He loves to nuzzle his head into my neck when he’s sleepy. Anytime I hum a few bars of his lullaby song, he lays his head on my shoulder. He gives kisses and tries to comfort his sisters when they’re upset by rubbing their heads and babbling softly to them. He’s just started picking up fuzzy stuffed animals with a thrilled squeal and cradling them into his face while he rocks happily side to side.
He had the best belly laugh ever. He loves to be tickled and roughhouse around with his dad. His dad and his Pappy are his favorite people, especially when either of them are on a motorcycle/tractor/ATV. The kid is fearless and loves to go fast!
He has a smile that melts my heart every time. We are so blessed by him!
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February 4, 2014, at 10:39 pm | Our cruise vacation got off to an unexpected start when Jimmy, then me, then Becky, then Susie, then Jim all came down with a 24-hour stomach virus as soon as we hit the open water. I was actually relieved when I realized we were suffering from an illness, and not just really seasick and doomed to feel like this for the next week. The ship’s doctor quarantined us to our room, so with our staggered symptoms, we ended up being stuck from Sunday night through Tuesday night in a small space, but as Jim rightly put it, “There are worse things than being stuck in an ocean-front jail cell!” So while we were feeling like this:
 
We were looking out at this, which somehow made it much better (and it didn’t hurt that we had an attendant repeatedly changing the ruined sheets and towels for us!):
  
We ended up having to miss the first port, Cococay in the Bahamas (all except for Susie, who joined my parents on shore since we didn’t know she was sick yet), so we missed the beautiful beach there, but once we were finally out of quarantine, we got to explore the beautiful boat!
 
 
This picture below was actually taken a few hours before we got sick, so you can see my mom and the girls featured on the big screen as their departure dancing was filmed!
 
February 3, 2014, at 11:16 pm | We traded in our snowboots for Crocs and flip flops last week! We spent an amazing 8 days in the sunshine with my parents and sister on an all-expenses-paid Caribbean cruise, courtesy of my parents. We can’t thank them enough for the trip! Many more pictures to come (I’d rather pretend I’m back in those tropical temperatures than face the snowstorm outside!).
February 2, 2014, at 10:53 pm | Susie: “Everybody (at school) believes in Santa. And saying ‘butt.’”
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Jimmy: “You should say good words like, ‘Hi! I’m Jimmy!’ not bad words like ‘hate – butt.’”
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Jimmy, eyeing his favorite vegetable: “Is this a cucumber…or candy?”
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Jimmy: “When I grow up I’m going to get a Cadillac Escalade and meet you at the mall. And daddy.”
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After Jimmy kept giving his two cents about how I should discipline Danny while he was misbehaving, I said:
“Jimmy, don’t worry about Danny. You worry about yourself.”
Jimmy: “I worry about YOU!”
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Susie: “Life is fun!”
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Dad: “Hey Jimmy, don’t pick your nose.”
Jimmy: “I’m not. I’m getting a booger out.”
January 31, 2014, at 10:01 pm | I think we can all agree the best part of baking is the spoon-licking!
January 30, 2014, at 9:47 pm | This kid just makes me laugh:
For the non-initiated, here’s the lyrics he’s attempting to sing (in the wrong order), to the theme song of Despicable Me:
“I’m having a bad bad day / Steamrolling whatever I see / It’s about time that I get my way / If you take it personal, that’s okay / Watch, this is so fun to see / Huh, Despicable Me.”
January 29, 2014, at 9:15 pm |
Anyone care to guess what these two were doing?
Give up? Susie was playing “beauty salon” and convinced her brother to be her so-called “patient” (you can see her other victim waiting her turn on the toilet). I’m just glad he didn’t actually end up a patient in the ER with a head wound!
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ABOUT US I'm blessed to be saved by the grace of God, loved by my wonderful husband Jim, and embraced by my twin girls, Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy and my sons Jimmy and Danny. I started this blog in May 2008 when I was hospitalized for pre-term labor at 24 weeks gestation. The Lord allowed me to keep the girls inside until they were 34 weeks along, and on July 27th, Rebecca made her debut, followed by Susanna, five minutes later, on July 28th. We ecstatically welcomed Jimmy into our lives on April 25th, 2011, and Danny on August 31, 2012. This blog has been a personal journal of faith and motherhood and the only way I can remember which child did what and when. Thanks for stopping by to share in my Faith and Joy! Feel free to e-mail me at: [email protected]. |
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