Blowing Raspberries

Kate is blowing raspberries like crazy! We need to keep a bib on her because she is doing it so much. She is such a busy girl. I am surprised that her legs have any rolls on them considering how much she kicks.

Alex has been throwing more tantrums. He is getting a bit challenging. Hopefully I will get a handle on it as he went for 30 minutes tonight. All over something so silly. He handed scoop to me and I took it and then he decided that he wanted scoop back. I tried to give it to him, but he just had a melt down. All of this transpired in thirty seconds and then resulted in throwing oneself on the floor and crying for thirty minutes. He a;so gets quite disgruntled when he is coloring and has to put the colors away. Sometimes he cleans up nicely and other times he just throws them on the floor. Max got a purple crayon the other day, that was not so good.

Roll Over

This morning Kate rolled over from her back to her stomach twice! We were so excited. She is so active sometimes she kicks so much that she kicks her pants right off. She seems to be growing everyday. I think she is almost long enough to move on to the 3-6 month sleepers now. I picked up her pictures today after work. They are very cute. She did not have as many smiles as Alex did at this age, but she is smiling more and more everyday. We just have not gotten it on film much yet. She is finally getting back to pooping. She is still not going everyday, but at least three times per week.

Alex had a word explosion again. He is saying so many things. His latest words are "me, all gone and hello" We even got him to say "hola" when Rog was here visiting last weekend. He also can now say "Rog". One new event for Alex is that he is now afraid of ice. When he encounters snow or ice while walking he stops dead in his tracks and starts crying. I have had to carry him alot this week due to all the snow. At least he likes wearing his boots.

First day at daycare

Today was my first day back at work and Kate's first day at daycare. She did great. She drank four bottles though! Apparently she is back on the two hour plan for feedings. I will have to pump three times at work to keep up with her. Today went well for me. I got two cards from the kids and one even cheered when he saw me. All the teachers at Diamond Path were nice and friendly and the day went by very quickly. Hopefully the rest of the week will go as smoothly.

A gift of one more day

Today was a snow day. It was supposed to be my first day back to work, but we had 30 mph winds and 12 inches of snow. March is unpredictable and today proved that. I got one more day to stay home with Kate and Alex. We had a great time and did lots of snuggling and reading books. Hopefully she will not be up four times tonight and I can get a good night's rest for my first day back at work tomorrow.

Play gym

Kate is loving the playgym. She hits the toys that are close to her and kicks her feet like crazy. She is so good with her head coordination. She can follow us around the room and studies everything. She loves to be held up on your should so that she can hold her head up and look around. She also coos a lot. She just started holding on to things when she is sleeping. She is often seen holding on to my shirt, her blanket or her pacifier when she is sleeping. She is most active with her feet and she is always kicking.

Alex actually ate chicken, peas and tater tots for me tonight. Nothing went on the floor either. I am amazed, perhaps he is getting over the food throwing stage. His room is still quite cold and they replaced the thermostat today so hopefully things will be getting better.