2.29.11 ~ 20 months

Okay, I know there isn't a February 29th this year...so either the girls stay 19 months old for another month or I make up a date :) Toddlerhood and the terrible twos are rapidly approaching in this house. The girls have all learned a valuable word in the English language. No. This is a very useful skill when I ask them if they want to take their coat off. Not very useful if I ask them to do something and they very appropriately refuse. It started with sweet Brelynn in the kitchen a few weeks ago. Dan asked her to do something and she shook her head and said 'no'. His first response was to look at me and ask when they started using that word. That was the first time. Then came time out. They're learning the boundaries and pushing them just a bit right now. They are generally doing really well and playing with each other for longer periods of time. They are either fighting less or learning how to work out their issues on their own...either way I'm happy about it.

Developmentally they are using so many words and phrases now. They will say 'I love you' which just melts my heart. They give good hugs and kisses and love to sing and play games. We listen to kid music during the day and whenever 'row, row, row your boat' and 'the hokey pokey' come on they run into the kitchen and start playing along. They are all running and climbing now. We are still blessed to have good sleepers, usually 13-14 hours at night and 1-2 hours during the day. We have noticed some attempts at climbing out of cribs but so far no successful attempts. I'm really looking forward to nicer weather so we can get outside for walks and trips to the park and I'm sure the girls are, too. Avery is almost done teething. She has cut her last 4 teeth so once they are in she'll be done. The other girls have a few more teeth to go until they're done.

That's all I can think of for now...we're already looking forward to an exciting summer of vacations and birthdays!

2.22.11 ~ babies

The girls love their baby dolls. Well, they used to anyway. They would hug them and kiss them and feed them little bottles of milk and share their cookies and tuck them in under the blankets. Used to. Today they decided it was much more fun to injure their babies. I guess this seals the deal that there will be no more babies in this house!

Avery in heart shirt and blue pants, Brelynn in light pink shirt and dark pink pants, Camille in dark pink shirt and purple pants.