Some Completely Random Notes

I was JUST saying that Olivia better watch it or Hayden is going to catch her in the talking category.  He has been talking up a storm lately!  So what if most of it sounds like Chinese.  He has a few new things he says including "uh-oh" & Grandpa "papa," which came completely out of the blue at my grandparent's house this weekend (though we can't get him to say it on a regular basis.)  And then, just like that, viola, Livi spouted out a handful of new words.  She also says Grandpa "papa."  And I think she says Grandma too.  Jeff is "daddy," I am just "Mom" but when we ask her to say Grandma, she sometimes says "Maa-maw"... so I'm thinking thats it?  She sometimes says "papa" for Grandma too, so we'll keep working on that.  (And just an FYI:  I have heard that a lot of kids say G-pa before G-ma because its easier.)  Then Wednesday night randomly she was saying "baby."  And Friday afternoon I heard her say "GO" as she pushed herself down the slide.  And asked to get "Out" when she was done swinging.  So that is 5 new words in just a few days.  Plus, this week she also now says a duck says "quat quat" & a bunny says... {enter noise of clicking tongue}... think Bugs Bunny chewing on a carrot noise.  Wednesday, Logan was telling people at Target "HI" as opposed to his usual "HEY" {We call him the Fonz!}  So I guess that's vocab progress for him too?  He's way to obsessed "vroom"ing to talk.

When I say Logan is obsessed with "Vroom"s... I mean this week we left Walmart with CARS sippy cups that we did not really need.  And he was still holding onto them 2 hours later after supper.  It took a bribe of a bath to steal them away.  So we also bought the movie.  Hillarious!  Hillarious watching the kids watch it that is.  Logan claps, dances & blows kisses at the cars on TV.  Literally blows kisses at the TV!  (They all blow kisses now)  He just gets so excited!  Attention span still pretty short though.  15 minutes of sitting still max.  He is very excited about airplanes right now too & spends lots of time pointing up at the sky.

After Logan's visit to the ped for his "hurt" foot, I weighed the kids at home since I couldn't remember for sure what it said Logan weighed.  According to our scale, Logan & Livi are 24 pounds.  So I'm guessing he must have been 23lbs 12oz that day.  I also tried to see how tall they are.  By my measurements Logan is 31.5 in, Olivia 32 in & Hayden 33 in.  Making Logan like the 20% & the 15% for height.  Olivia the 40% for weight & 45% for height.  And Hayden, by my scale, is 29 pounds!  OMG!!  He is an OX!  Thats 80% for weight & 50% for height.  I'm curious what clothes sizes we're going to need this fall?  Now Hayden is in 24s, Logan in 18s & Livi in some 18 & some 24.  Thinking of bumping to the 'T' sizes just seems weird.  Means they are getting "old."

And on Wednesday Livi was the straw.  The straw you ask?  Yes, the straw.  The straw that broke the camel's back.  After a 45 minute drive to Lincoln during which she screamed the entire time, carseats got flipped.  {tear}  I'm going to bet that the extremist extended rear facing pushers do not have a Livi.  (I'm obviously pro extended RF too, but I'm not about to tell someone they are going to hell for turning their 4 year old forward facing.  Yes those people exist.  Trust me.)  If you need a visual, by screaming I'm talking scream til she coughs & gags.  Bloody murder.  Like I couldn't scream that loud if I were yelling "rape!"  We're lucky she doesn't puke on herself... SCREAMS.  And as of late its non-stop & pretty much her norm.  Attempts of toys, treats & sippy cups fail miserably & just get thrown in a fit of rage. 

So while my latest agenda was to wait until fall, closer to 2, when the drama of warm, winter clothes & coats to flip them.  Out of the blue, Wednesday was the day.  (Honestly I knew it would be an out of the blue decision)  While I'm sad we didn't make it to the current recommentation of a minimum of 2 years, I am pretty proud we made it to 19 1/2 months since my goal was 15!  We've not driven anywhere with them FF in the van yet, so I guess I can't toot the horn yet as to if it haults the screams!  If it doesn't, you might will probably hear me screaming from wherever you are.

Olivia's bottom right eye tooth is SO close to breaking through.  It needs to hurry up before she withers away.  She literally has not eaten but 4 bites in over a week because of these darn teeth.  She drinks milk like a addict.... which lead to our first go round with battling constipation.  So we are trying to limit her on that a bit & try to keep her from stealing her brothers milk cups.  Beyond that she is tolerating it well.  Logan, in fits of excitement, has bitten both Jeff & I this week.  And Hayden has taken on biting as an act of battle.  As in, he has attempted to bite me several times this week mid-tantrum.  To the extent that he grabbed my hand & stuck it in his mouth to bite me!  And he got himself into a bit of trouble when he also clampped down on his brother's leg mid-fight this week too.  We have never had a biting issue that didn't accompany teething.  And he is still Mr. Drool.  I just swear somewhere back there he has to be getting something too?!  Right?! Hopefully its just that & not an issue that is going to continue. 

Told you it was random...