Levi’s becoming chatty. He babbles on and on, nonsensically. A lot of didi dada go go gag a. He has said:
Hi
Up
Dada, Didi, Daddy
Mom, Momma
Kaylee
Jackson
Dog, Gog, Doggie, Goggie
Tush
Go
Yes
No
Ball
Signed for More a whole bunch of times
He almost never will repeat after you have said something. He almost never is reliable with his words or consistent. They seem to just pop out and then don’t transform into a permanent communication ability, at least not yet. You practically have to wrestle him down to change his diaper, I am just lucky I come away relatively clean and so does he, and that the diaper is actually attached to him in the end. He’s a little gymnast, wanting to fly right off the changing table or bed, rolling away…anything to get away! He doesn’t cry though so for that I am grateful! I know it may start soon. A toy simmers him down a bit, though not for long – so this Momma has to work with lightning speed … and he won’t be tricked with a song or a silly noise either … oh no! Levi is as I have said, a good eater. He eats whatever we are all having for dinner just cut up small. It’s so much fun and such a relief after Kaylee’s lack of eating experience at that age (which was a bit scary for us, and in retrospect glad we didn’t have Levi first then Kaylee because we would’ve been even more concerned we think). Levi stands and scoots, he squats up and down by himself and walks assisted. He has had a couple accidents while attempting these things and the beginning of bumps, bruises has begun – right now I am not proud to say he has a fat lip and a bruised cheek from these adventures.
Kaylee is growing up! She has been clearing her place at the dinner table. Her tantrums have waned to almost none. She likes to make mean little faces in protest and likes to run away, but that’s nothing compared to the prior all-out kicking and screaming fests. Like Levi, she can be elusive and stubborn. Like sister, like brother I guess. She is learning her letters and knows both of them. Recognizes her name and can tell you how to spell Kaylee and Levi. She sings it in this little song that I taught her about their names. So very cute! She doesn’t know a Y from a V yet because they’re so alike to give an example Eric provided me with. She was recently screened by Early Childhood for Pre-K readiness. She tested 35 out of a needed 11 points, and tested a year above her age. Eric said she only lost points out of lack of attention span to bear with the length of the testing. I signed her onto the waiting list of pre-school after hearing that, so we’ll see if she gets in. Kaylee is also learning to swim, thanks to Eric. Her leaping to him in the pool progressed into more of an assisted swim and then a come-to-me swim. She blows bubbles and is learning how to not inhale and keep her mouth closed.
We have been spending every night in the pool. On weekends we are in there 2 times a day, if it were up to Kaylee she’s swim all day. I’m like a broken record, but Levi is a water baby and goes with the flow, loving the pool time.
The two kids had a haircut, with Levi getting his very first ever. The lady warned me that he would look older, not as much like a baby and that some Mom’s cry. Afterwards I was mysteriously not affected, just super happy with how he looked and excited. I actually thought he looked more like a baby when he was 6 months or so his hair was about that long. His head looked a little smaller with the clean cut. And we got lessons on how to give him a cute little Mohawk if we so desire! My little “rockstar” looks great in a Mohawk! So precious! It is so much fun to have both a girl and a boy and go through the different things associated with raising a girl/boy. I definitely am loving the no cry, tough guy (not to be cliché) of having a boy. But on the other hand, I love to do Kaylee’s hair in pig-tails and do her nails and to talk,talk,talk away with her.
