That’s what my lads are doing more of these days. Qade is so funny! His vocab is growing by leaps and bounds as well as his ability to communicate more clearly to us. I can see the wheels in his head turning as he tries to come up with the best way to tell me whatever it is. He’s been adding his own syllables to words he knows to create a “sentence” and it sounds something like this: I say, “Go get your drink. It’s in the kitchen” his repeat is, “Yo-ee, yo-ee dink, yo-ee yo-ee yo-ee tichen.” 
It cracks me up! Another thing he does is call everything he has no word for “dis.” So he’ll ask me for something and vaguely point in some random direction all the while saying “dis” and even adding “peas” because he knows that asking politely is the best way to get something, but often I have NO idea what he’s asking for. He is getting better about being able to “show mommy” what he’s talking about. He recently learned the word “feeners” (fingers) and tonight while riding the wheely bug, he stubbed his toe on something, and was fussing. I didn’t come “rescue” him so he finally came to me and bent down grabbing his toes and saying “Feeners” so I knew he hurt his toes, but had to laugh at them calling them fingers. He likes to say, “Oh man!” but it sounds more like “Aww, Meen.” Stu taught him the phrase “Cool beans” this week too, only when Qade says it it sounds like “Cold Meat” that is hysterical!
Myles on the other hand has also been practicing his voice. He has this high pitched squeal that he can “say” for quite a long time. He also has recently learned to ‘fake laugh’ and that cracks me up too. He also likes to just “talk” to us but doesn’t really use any consonants yet. It’s mostly “ah-ah-ah-ah” with an occasional “duh” thrown in. 
It’s fun to talk to my monkeys. I remember thinking, before Qade was born, that it would be so cool to hear my child say “mommy” and it really has been amazing. I have a little person, well 2 little people in my life and they love me, and now Qade has the ability to tell me so. At bed time he’ll pop his thumb out and whisper, “low you. Nigh-night.” Oh… just melts my heart every day.
So anyway I have an enormous list of “to do’s” for myself tomorrow. Not the least of which is making cinnamon rolls and some Hawaiian bread to share with special friends! Woo-Hoo!!!
Archive for the ‘Myles’ Category
Vocalizing
04.06
Lessons
03.16
Happy Monday! I’m getting to this a little late so maybe it’ll be a Happy Tuesday for you. We’ve had some interesting days round here! The boys have been under the weather, complete with cruddy cough for Qade. So Mommy has been trying to disinfect stuff and comfort little people as much as possible, but there’s only so much that you can do. They actually haven’t been too bad, but yesterday you could tell smiley Myles just wasn’t quite himself. 
Today has been better though, and we even spent some time outside in the BEAUTIFUL sunny warm weather!
The boy’s cousin is here for a few days and it has been fun to watch them interact. Albeit they don’t always “play nice” but they are learning, and I think it’s good for them. Qade, since he’s been feeling icky, thinks that any time Aiden touches him, even to give him a toy, he should shriek as loud as possible and dissolve into tears and drool. (don’t know why those have to go together, must have something to do with his mouth as open as it can go- ha!) And they’ve both been learning how to “share” and play nicely. Aiden is learning how to be gentle around Myles and we mommies and Daddy are learning that kids sometimes just have to work it out, and sometimes need intervention. Last night the cousins were both heading for a very early bed time due to massive amounts of meltdowns, but then, like magic, once they got their jammies on, they were the best of pals and played so nicely that they actually got to stay up late, because we adults were mesmerized by them, ha ha ha! This morning they were back “at it” but then when we were outside they played so well. It’s hard to figure out one year olds, I’m thinking. Fortunately none of us are the “My kid is perfect, and your’s is the devil” type of parents so we’ve had a good time even if the monkeys have occasional issues.
Qade has been back in his crib the last couple nights. He fell out of his toddler bed (not a far fall, just so you won’t be nervous) but went right back to bed with the help of his Dad. However because he hasn’t been feeling well and coughing, consequently waking himself up, I thought it better to put him back in the crib than to have to fight that stay-in-bed battle at this point. The other evening after he had been put soundly to sleep we played a game at the diningroom table and may have been a bit loud, who us? Anyway, as the rest of us were preparing for sleep, I hear this knocking at Qade’s door. Sure enough there he was, sippy in hand, waiting to greet the day. Too bad he didn’t realize it was still 11 hours away. 
He had even turned off his “noise” and his humidifier, things that he does after nap or in the morning. Funny funny boy. So that’s when he went back to the crib, without a fuss I might add. I think that I’ll stick him back in his bed once company is gone and we can be consistently on our routine.
Myles has been doing great, except for not feeling fun yesterday. He has 2 little teeth on bottom that he has been enjoying gnawing on things with. I think he’s still surprised when he hears a squeak out of a teether that he’s munching. It must be a strange sensation. I put him in one of his 6 mo outfits last night (because Qade had emptied his drawer and I didn’t find them till bed time since he had tossed them all in the crib!) and I couldn’t get over what a big boy he’s getting to be! Of course the sleeper was too big on him, but he still looked very big in it. Sniff sniff! Teeth and big boy clothes, don’t know if I can take it!
Well, I’m pretty sure this has been one of my most rambly post ever, so I’ll stop before I start to loose readers. Hope you are all having a wonderful day, and that your weather, if possible, can be as beautiful as ours! ta ta!
Bye-Bye Gummie
03.11
Myles has 2 little teeth just bursting to break through! In fact one may have breached today! I can see a little white spot and feel it pretty well with my finger, but I’m not sure if it’s actually cut yet. Poor fellow! It’s kind of funny going through babyhood the second time around. When Qade started getting teeth and doing all the “first things” I though it was so great and cheered him on and such. Now I want to keep Myles a baby for longer. Ha! Don’t know why that is, but I do know that I’ll miss the little gummy smile when his teeth do come through. However, I also know that I’ll love his toothy grin just as much! Hopefully these teeth won’t give him too much trouble while they are coming up. I’ve given him a bit of Tylenol today to help out a bit, and he’s been chomping on his fist quite a bit. Right now both the boys are snoozing peacefully, something I wish I could be doing too. Perhaps I’ll get a chance. Ta ta!
Knock-knock, who’s there?
03.06
This is a little trick Qade has learned. He likes to close doors behind him, but he doesn’t like to be “stuck” so he will knock on the door when he’s ready to get out. Funny funny kid! He doesn’t yell or anything just a persistent knocking sound. As for the room time, I’ve backed off of that for now. Lately he has volentarily been playing more in his room by himself, but he doesn’t understand when I put the gate up and it causes quite a meltdown, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of room time. Once he is in his “big boy bed” we will have the gate up at his room at night so we don’t have to worry about him prowling the house by his lonesome, and I think that will help him get used to it more. But since he is playing nicely in his room more often these days, it’s just not a battle I’m willing to fight. He has a little CD player in there and we’ve been listening to some Veggie Tales songs that his Grandma Noggle got him at Christmas. Qade has learned how to pull out the bottom drawer and use it as a step so that he can hit the play button should the music stop. Hmmmmm??? What should a good mommy do? Right now I’m just blinking at it. It’s not like he climbs up the whole thing and tries to parachute off the top or anything, so we’ll cross that bridge IF we have to. Ha!
Okay the verdict on the stew: It was “okay” say both Stuart and I. The flavor was a little different for a stew, but not bad. I saved the leftovers in the freezer and we’ll certainly eat them up, but I won’t be making the stew again. The meat was nice and tender, but the flavor was just a little too weird for us. So there’s my oh-so-insightful take on Chinese 5-Spice. Maybe I’ll make a cake with it!
Last night was our 2nd full night of sleep in a row!!! Myles did NOT go down easy so I was nervous. He had a nice helping of cereal for dinner at nearly 6pm, then Mommy fed him as usual at 7pm, and he konked right out! However he kept waking up and crying from about 7:45 on. I went up and rocked him a bit, which didn’t really help because he doesn’t like to be held to sleep, but I could tell he just wanted sleep, so he finally went back to sleep, but that didn’t last long, and he was acting like he was a starved child. Go figure! So finally i made up a little bottle, because I knew his tummy could NOT be as empty as he thought it was. Sure enough he swallowed about 2 oz and that was that. He was wide awake by this time, but didn’t want any more formula. I figured I’d be spending some time with him around 4am, but went to bed earlyish around 9:30 or maybe it was 10, just can’t remember. However, littlest love slept soundly till after 7am!!! I was so shocked! This is a very awesome thing, and sleep feels SO good!
Since I had such wonderful sleep, I’m determined to get a bunch of stuff done today. Right now the dishwasher, washer and dryer are all happily working while I ‘doink’ on the computer. Now I just need to get that broom and vacuum to figure out how to move themselves. Where in the world is Marry Poppins when you need her? Ha! Well, I hope that you all have a spectacular weekend! We are looking forward to seeing our nephew, Aiden for a little bit! It’s going to be fun to get the boys together now that they’re both walking and “talking” ha ha ha! Toodles!