feeding the duckies

Emma’s quite a joy! She’s probably the most expressive and “smiley” baby of the four. She was also the fussiest and still requires a bit more attention (and carrying) than the others did at this stage. This is one of the reasons for the long delay between posts! Let me try to catch up a bit…

Emma‘s only sporadically sleeping through the night at this point, but she’s also now able to roll over from back to front. She’s incredibly vocal and greets everyone with a wide smile — and sometimes raspberries!

Nathan is, well…Nathan. At 21 mos. he’s simultaneously incredibly cute and incredibly mischievous. You would think that by the third child, all of the kinks had been worked out of the “baby-proofing” of our house. Not so. Nathan clearly has a future in quality control as he’s managed to sniff out a whole host of overlooked things. For his sake  we’ve been forced to add latches to the refrigerator and stove. And the bottom floor bathroom door remains locked at all times. He’s already managed to give himself fairly substantial gashes on his chin and mouth, and right eye. We moved him to Sean’s bed (after moving Sean into Annalise’s room) when it became clear at around 18mos. that he would be perfectly willing to launch himself from the crib rather than cry for a few minutes (or puke). There was also that month-long period in June where I would need to take him nightly to the basement to sleep after he’d wake up between midnight and 3am.

Nathan’s language skills are really taking off — he’s putting three and four-word sentences together and is actually able to say “Bethie” with a th. He’s a very special kid — though it seems a safe bet that he’ll be either the first in our house to break a bone or at least in some way involved in it!

For Sean, Spiderman still rules. I’m not sure how much video we have of him singing the (original) cartoon theme song, but I’m sure we could fill a few SD cards if we caught it all! He’s very excited about starting (pre-)school in a few weeks (Racoon) and just came home with his Spiderman backpack and Buzz Lightyear lunch bag. To accommodate Emma and Nathan, we moved Sean into Annalise’s room on a new Lightning McQueen bed. They love it — though a bit too much as most nights they’re up rather late talking and playing. He’s enjoying gymnastics and puts his head underwater at the pool, though I think if he had his choice, he would probably spend most of each day snuggling with Aunt Bethie on the couch watching movies.

Annalise is a little mommy, showman, and occasional drama queen. She directs most of the happenings at our house. Her latest thing is the “Tinkerbell Show” that she’s putting together with her brothers. We’ve yet to see it and are a bit concerned with her plans for decorating the house with wrapping paper, but it’s certain to be a theatrical tour de force.

Her biggest change this summer took place at the pool. In early June it took a great deal of coaxing to get her to get her head wet — now she’s jumping in on her own and swimming underwater back to the edge! Annalise would spend all day outside if she could.

Suzy’s still hanging on as we try to make it through this challenging year (and beyond), and I’ve got a year left of school to complete my BSIT/ISS.

Coming in November: The Jaromin’s plus Aunt Bethie Take Disney!

Filed under: Uncategorized on August 10th, 2010