A little late, but here’s my copy and paste of kid-related FB statuses in April. The theme of this month is Kate no longer napping regularly and Ember gets sick (again). I haven’t really slept well since. (Did I before? I forget.)<\/p>\n
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April 30
\nKate was playing with her animals in her farm. Ember crawls over and Kate starts crying. I look over and Ember is slamming the wagon and animals around on the floor, laughing, while Ember sits to the side, sobbing hysterically as if her entire village just got squashed by Godzilla. Which, in a way, I guess it did.<\/p>\n
April 30
\n“Kate go poopies on the potty and get a CHOCOLATE!” At least she’s figured out the important part.<\/p>\n
April 30
\nEmber likes to crawl over and stand up holding on to Kate’s little table. This morning she did it while Kate was eating cereal at the table and, as per usual she grabbed her food away from Ember and held it up above her head. Except it was cereal, not a cheese stick or something…. and it dumped all over Kate’s head. Much sobbing ensued…<\/p>\n
April 29
\nDen said Kate is attempting to be devious…. but failing.
\n“Hey daddy! Go over dere and watch Strawberry Shortcake!! Go OVER DERE!”
\n“Kate, you are not getting up on that chair, and no I do not want to watch Strawberry Shortcake!”<\/p>\n
April 28
\nTwo children asleep… In my vehicle… In the driveway. I get to sit on the porch and enjoy the sunshine in peace and quiet!<\/p>\n
April 27
\nEmber starts crawling across the room whimpering, heading straight for me. “Eh ah ah ah wah!” Suddenly she notices the bathroom door is open. Detour, detour, happily charging down the hall with a shriek of excitement.<\/p>\n
April 27
\nMy gosh someone is wicked cranky today. Unfortunately so is the toddler.<\/p>\n
April 26
\nMy kids are attempting to kill me by refusing to let me sleep at night.<\/p>\n
April 25
\nBrought out her tricycle for the first time this year and she was able to pedal on her own!<\/p>\n
April 25
\nEmber is now travelling by holding on to furniture and lets go to stand for a few balanced moments. Getting closer…<\/p>\n
April 24
\nApparently there is a windows advanced power setting for what function you want the power button to play: power on\/off, hibernate, sleep, nothing. Ah ha!! Mama: 1, baby: 0. I wonder how long it will take for the fun to wear off now that the button doesn’t do anything!<\/p>\n
April 24
\nOne person in this house really needs a nap. Unfortunately it is not either of the children.<\/p>\n
April 23
\n“Mama, get me my puppy now!” Yeah um… how about no. Try again.<\/p>\n
April 23
\nSo proud of Ember! I left her at the child care at the YMCA so I could take an exercise class (with Kate, of course), expecting her to be Very Unhappy. (She’s going through a clingy want-mama phase.) But after I sat with her for 10 minutes before leaving she ended up crawling around playing for the hour I was gone! Whew. <\/p>\n
April 23
\nI said to Ember, “Hello my darling!”
\nKate: “No Mama, that’s Ember! That’s your Ember! Not your Darling!”<\/p>\n
April 21
\nKate wakes up crying and I go in there to give hugs and calm her down. I ask her if she had a dream and she cries, “No, I hurt! Merlin scratched me!” Awwww. That’s the first time she’s ever described a dream. :(<\/p>\n
April 21
\nOh, and tonight after we put Kate to bed I was changing Ember into PJs and I suddenly looked at Den and said, “Shit. I think I forgot to put a diaper on Kate.” We went in there and no diaper. And she had already peed in her bed. -.- Mama fail.<\/p>\n
April 20
\nToday Ember demonstrated that she knows how to climb stairs, and she knows how to get off Kate’s trampoline feet-first. Huh.<\/p>\n
April 20
\nToddlerese: “He drapes on me!”
\nDen: “He’s draped on you? What the heck? Where did you pick that up?”<\/p>\n
April 19
\nThis morning I woke up to a soaking wet baby in my bed – always love that! Stripped her down naked and moved to the other side of the bed to nurse her. She managed to fall asleep sitting up, folded over almost in half with her upper body on my belly, completely naked. And there she slept. If only I had a camera within reach!<\/p>\n
April 17
\nShe sees daddy with ice cream and hightails it over there.<\/p>\n
April 17
\nKate, I love you, but you are lucky it is not acceptable to use duct tape on small children while younger siblings are sleeping.<\/p>\n
April 17
\nWe went to tour the preschool today and I told Kate we were going to see her new school. As I pulled into the parking lot she said, “YAY!! My new school!!” She was disappointed when she learned she wasn’t actually getting dropped off today. I’m thinking she is not going to have any trouble come September. ;)<\/p>\n
April 15
\nFor a minute there I thought I’d successfully transferred both sleeping children to their beds. But when I picked up the phone to make a call I heard Kate running around in her room and then she opened up her door and was noisy. Which woke Ember up. So much for a phone call. Grrrr.<\/p>\n
April 15
\nJust this week Ember has started doing three different things: pointing, stretching her arms to help me get shirts on her, and (finally!) rolling over!<\/p>\n
April 14
\nWe went to watch Den play some baseball today. Kate clapped every time he swung the bat (even if he missed the ball). She clapped when he ran. She clapped when he got to home plate and scored a run. As he came in off the field she ran towards him shouting, “Yay Daddy!! I so proud of you!!!” Died laughing.<\/p>\n
April 14
\nSo since that one week when Kate figured out she can let herself out of her room she doesn’t do it anymore. I never put on the doorknob covers. She just woke up from her nap and I hear her saying, “Daddy? It’s wake-up time!” And now she’s singing songs in bed. She’ll stay there until I go get her.<\/p>\n
April 13
\nError in planning: new computer tower has a large lit-up-blue power button on the front. Guess who thinks that is really awesome. -.-<\/p>\n
April 12
\nShe won’t let me put her in bed. :\/ [pic of Ember asleep on my shoulder]<\/p>\n
April 12
\nI hear Kate say in a mildly alarmed voice, “Mama! Mama!” I roll my eyes slightly as I turn to her and say, “What Kate?” She points at Ember the same time as I see her: standing next to Kate’s table, dumping out an entire container of pureed sweet potato all over the table and squishing it around with her hand. Gaahhhh. Just had a bath, too.<\/p>\n
April 12
\nWake up this morning to the sound of Kate saying “Help!” I go in her room to find her sitting on her bed with her footie pajamas mostly off, but stuck around her ankles, and she’s trying to nurse her baby doll.<\/p>\n
April 11
\nYou know you’re nearing the end of your rope when you look over and think, “What the hell is Kate watching?? Oh who cares, she’s sitting down and quiet.”<\/p>\n
April 11
\nI just love it when my baby refuses to sleep even though she’s really really tired and crying…. said no mother ever.<\/p>\n
April 11
\nEmber has discovered power cables. Whee. I am so excited. (<-- sarcasm)\n\nApril 10\nGoodness Ember was cranky today... so unusual for her!\n\nApril 9\nTeething: the thing you think it has to be every time your baby is screeching and seems to be in pain, even though you have never seen any hint of a tooth.\n\nApril 8\nEmber woke up but is still so tired. We watched tv together and now she's hanging out on my lap smiling at me, making soft little babbles, and leaning her forehead on my shoulder. She is just so sweet! Love this kid. So lucky to have her.\n\nApril 7\nSpent a good chunk of time today looking for the third piece of \"treats\" (pretend food). Could not find it anywhere, gave up. Kate just walked up to me with it. I'm all, \"Where did you find that Kate?!\" and she stares blankly at me and says, \"Dunno!\" Damnit, I want to know where it was!!\n\nApril 7\nThe girls are pulling the table back and forth. Kate keeps saying \"My table! My table!\" and Ember is just giggling.\n\nApril 7\nUntil you have dealt with toddler meltdowns and overtired\/possibly teething baby crankiness all day you can't truly appreciate how much fun it is to go grocery shopping alone. I danced down every aisle.\n\nApril 7\nKate insisted I lay down on the floor - really not comfortable. And she kept saying \"real trees.\" I couldn't figure out what the heck she was doing, pretending to be trees? Until it clicked and I realized she was acting out a scene from the Lorax. When I finally did lay down next to her she got up and said \"Mama flip me!\" and then jabbed her finger at me and said, \"You're Audrey!\"\n\nApril 6\n2 days late, but Ember is 10 months old! And still no teeth, hehe. She loves speed-crawling, following Mama around, pulling to stand on everything, throwing toys, and putting small objects in her mouth. Dislikes include getting her nose wiped and not having mama's boobs available when she is tired. (Now that I think about it, she doesn't have many dislikes!) Oh, and she still won't roll over... If she falls onto her back she's stuck like a turtle until I flip her over. Weird kid.\n\nApril 4\nTook the girls to the store. On the 5 minute trip back home one of the two fell asleep... But not the one I was expecting. At least she transferred to bed so I get to watch the TV!\n\nApril 4\nNothing like falling asleep on the couch and waking up to discover she found the markers.\n\nApril 3\n\"A bigger dot!\" I guess she likes that book! [pic of a scribbled circle]\n\nApril 3\nBeing a parent to a nearly-three-year-old is akin to being a cheering section\/motivational speaker for a sloth. Seriously, it shouldn't take 10 minutes and several attempts to pick up 15 beans off the floor.\n\nApril 3\nVacuuming accident today... Kate sucked up one of her bead necklaces. She is very distraught. I tried to rescue it from the vacuum bag but apparently going through the hose broke all the beads apart. :\/\n\nApril 3\nKate has not been listening to me lately and I have to repeat a \"NO, don't touch that!\" a couple times with emphasis. Well when it sinks in she's started getting upset, running into her room, and slamming the door to cry on her bed. Seriously people... she's not even 3.\n\nApril 1\nWe are moving into that stage of nursing an older baby where she fidgets, grabs my hair, smacks my chest, pinches my back (!!) and then when she is done tries grabbing my nipple with her iron fists. Wheee!\n\nApril 1\nI gave Kate a bunch of stickers to decorate the [plastic] eggs. She has a bucket full of undecorated eggs and one egg with every single sticker on it.\n\nApril 1\nIt is 9:45 and I need a nap. Too bad the kids don't agree.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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