All my babies love each other. They just do. That isn't to say they don't have their moments, but overall the all three play so well together. For which I am so grateful. You may say that they're young, and you would be right. But I have several friends with kids similar in age to ours and they do not get along like this. So I recognize I am lucky and will take it for as long as I can!
This month marks the end of school for Zoe and Rhys. For Rhys I am excited. He has learned SO much this year. More on that later. For Zoe, I am sad. I am not normally the one who gets emotional about this type of stuff, but picking her up on her last day today was really sad for me. I thumbed through the album of photos and art projects the teachers put together and I actually got teary eyed. It means she's growing up. Where is my baby?
Rhys isn't finished until the end of the month, but I am already dreading looking forward to having all three kids in the house all week long. I have developed a new appreciation for all the parents who I've heard bemoan Christmas/spring break/summer when their kids are at home. Luckily, Cody's job has an every-other-Friday-off schedule so hopefully we'll be able to pack in some trips to the zoo, children's museum and neighborhood water park.
So what's happened since our last update (that was a very long time ago)? I'm gald you asked!
Beckett:
- my little sugar pie is crawling all over the place, he started right after Zoe's birthday and has perfected the army crawl/snake slither technique
- he gets up on all fours and rocks, but hasn't put it into motion yet
- he is pulling up on shorter height surfaces (ie. window, kid chairs, etc), but hasn't quite made it to pulling up on the couch
- his balance is still wonky and instead of falling on his butt he falls all the way backwards on his back and knocks his head
- we're really having to watch this little guy because he's sneaky and loves to explore
- se is such a happy baby, and only really cries when he wants to be picked up/held/is tired or hungry
- he loves to snuggle and he loves his momma!
Zoe:
- has quadrupled her vocabulary in the last month, no joke
- she knows more than I ever thought a barely-two-year-old could know
- is too smart for her own good
- has really started to slim down and I am finally (yea!) able to find cute shoes for her - a really big deal for me after suffering from only being able to literally find TWO pair that would fit until a couple months ago
- is very into her dolls
- is very impatient
- gives a lot of kisses and has started to say "I love you", "excuse you" (she means 'excuse me'), "thank you" and "you're welcome"
- is SO funny, but gets put in to timeout almost on a daily basis for unnecessary screaming
- is doing great in swim and is really enjoying it - her and Rhys are in the same pool together during their lesson, but have different teachers
- enjoys dancing and art, and recognizes the theme songs from her favorite shows
- knows most of her colors and is great at puzzles
- is almost FOUR!
- had a fantastic ARD report
- is (according to his teacher) the only of her students to ever meet all their goals within the school year, and she's been at this for a while
- is speaking a lot lately, including:
- momma
- dada
- Nonna (my mother)
- night night
- up - for picking him up or getting him down from his chair
- nono
- more
- bye bye
- hi
- bath
- speaks letter sounds and numbers
- what's that
- is doing a great job at repeating on command, which is hard for him to process
- knows numbers, letters, letter sounds and colors - I can't say he knows all of them but he definitely knows most of them - AMAZING!
- is getting a new super duper stroller, which will make our lives so much easier
- still loves to crawl
- loves to torment Zoe
- wrestles with his toys
- loves to play cars, to be outside and loves to swing
- thoroughly enjoys anything action - sports, games, car racing, etc
