Kiddo update

New Levi firsts:
1) He can wave his hand and say “bye”
2) When overwhelmed by his sister or during diaper changes (which he dislikes) he says, “Stop”
3) He blows a kiss.
4) He is saying Kaylee more clearly.
5) He is continuing to try to jump all the time, and says “Jump”
6) He picked out the biggest pumpkin at the pumpkin patch you ever saw, and Kaylee picked out the tiniest one (and green!)
7) He loves to be chased and loves to play peekaboo.
8) He loves to play fort and hide under furniture.
Kaylee has been going over to play at the neighbor’s house frequently on her own, she of course gets escorted across the street but then upon seeing her buddies, she screams delightedly as if she has just met an idol, a rock star! They play for hours together, she has even gotten good at going to the bathroom by herself over there. She even eats dinner over there from time to time. The girls are often over to our house playing as well, and as we are getting closer to having the family room completed, we are excited to be able to host their playtimes even when the weather gets cold.

Kaylee enjoys baking with me, she helps with all the ingredients. She especially loves the part where she gets to steal some chocolate chips. We have removed all the buttons off the oven, since Levi loves to turn them. Levi enjoys the desserts with us after we’re done cooking, smacking his lips and saying, “Num!” and making a gigantic mess of himself, his bib, his highchair and the floor. But I am happy to clean up after him, it’s much preferred over the not-eating stage that Kaylee went through at his age.

Both kids had their flu vaccine. Kaylee got the flu mist this time because she fought the shot this time. Then a day later she was down with the flu, with high fever and frequent vomiting. That always seems to happen to her, I am not sure that the flu shot for Kaylee. Still need to think on this some more, and talk with her pediatrician. Levi had some reaction too but it wasn’t as pronounced and didn’t cause him as much discomfort.