Anyway, it has gone so well! We are really loving it. We need to crack down a whole lot more on Blakely and tv and the iPad. It is just SO hard. I think it would be a ton easier if I wasn't nursing. Henry is in a really annoying phase where I have to be laying down in a quiet room to get him to eat. I mean, what is that about? So putting B in front of the tv is my only option. If she barges in, (the only way she enters the room...) Henry's meal is over.
Anyway, she still has some attitude adjustments we need get going on, but Stephen and I are really liking it. We just feel like we aren't wasting time. I am sleeping better- probably cause I'm not on eBay for an hour before I try to go to sleep, and we are talking more. We talked before, but also sat around perusing jcrew and espn. Nothing wrong with that, but we are thoroughly enjoying our kidless time just talking on the couch.
Don't get me wrong- it's hard. I can't tell you how many times a day i pick up my phone wanting to check Instagram or Instagram a super cute picture of my babes. Or google something real quick, or hop on eBay to see if I can find my kids some cute spring clothes....but it's good for me. So instead I hop on my Esther bible study that I need to do anyway, or pick up the book I started a year and a half ago but still haven't fished. ("Can't wait to get to heaven" by Fannie Flagg) I highly recommend her books. "Fried green tomatoes" is an incredible book, and "daisy fay and the miracle man" is probably my favorite fiction book ever. It's HILARIOUS.
So we have been having lots of fun. Play dates. Going swimming- both kids LOVE. There is an awesome indoor aquatic center here in town with a great kid area. Blakely loves and hates the water. She is scared of getting splashed in the face, so if its crowded she's stressed, but she is not afraid enough of the water. She'll just walk right up to the edge of the pool, and obviously I didn't give her a chance to find out, but it seemed like she would have jumped right in. Henry ate it up. He loves to splash and he's too young to be afraid so he is fun. He also has no qualms with water in the face, so that's great.
He is still not officially crawling, but sometimes I'll discover him on the other side of the room and who knows how he got there. I will save the detailed update on him till after tomorrow's 9month checkup.
Blakely is having a heyday with imaginative play and has started pretending things with herself. She gets in the laundry basket and pretends to drive to the store, then shops out of the laundry basket (which holds toys) then gets her money out of her purse to pay. Then she takes it home and cooks with it. She puts all of her babies to bed, sometimes even puts them in her room and closes the door, and actually remembers them later in the day and gets them up from their nap.
Her grammar is incredible. Mainly just her ability to form complex sentences on her own. At least once or twice a day she says something to us that just doesn't feel like a 2 year old should be able to say. For instance, Sunday after church she went to Stephen and said "I forgot something daddy! I forgot my drawing at church. We need to go back and get it." I'm not exaggerating. Is she 2 or 14?! I asked her today what her favorite part of the day was and she said "probably playing with Hankie." Probably? How does she know how to use "probably"!?
We have started asking her what her "happy" for the day was at dinner. It's the sweetest thing. Is usually playing with Henry, occasionally playing with me or Stephen. But I think she really gets it. She will also ask us and our guests what their happy for the day was.
And just so you know she's not all sweet, I came in today to her holding Henry's head- face down on the floor with all her body weight. Somehow he wasn't crying. Needless to say, she went straight to timeout and got a very stern first and only warning against doing anything like that. Real life.
Blakely and Stephen are having a daddy daughter weekend while me and Henry head to the stumo wives retreat Friday Saturday and Sunday. I am excited about it, and I know Stephen and Blakely are going to have a fun weekend. She prefers him right now anyway, so I doubt I'll even be missed. (Maybe a little by Stephen...) :)
We are suppose to get a big snow storm so our weekend plans may end up going out the window if the roads get bad.
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