Tuesday, August 18, 2009

15.5 months – General update and pictures

Sorry I haven’t updated in so long. With Tracie being back at work, the weeks are just flying by. Life is going well. We are thinking about buying a house, possibly before Christmas, so we have been house hunting a few times. We will be seeing a mortgage broker on Monday, so we know how much we can afford to spend. I’m getting quite excited to have a place of my own.

The boys are going really well. They are absolute pro’s at walking now, and occasionally they are trying to run. It is so cute. Their comprehension is amazing. They follow simple verbal commands very well, and love to help around the house. They are still extremely curious active toddlers who get into EVERYTHING but they are just so cute!!! They are sleeping, eating and growing beautifully at the moment. Benjamin still prefers to squash his vegetables and throw them rather than eat them, but other than that, they are great eaters. We have taken away their afternoon bottles and replaced it with a sippy cup of milk, much to their disgust for the first week. They are ok about it now. They are still having a bottle of formula when they wake up about 7:30am, and when they go to sleep, about 6:30pm. They sleep through the night, 13 hours almost every night. Occasionally teething pain or a stomach ache wakes them, but probably only once or twice a month. They are great sleepers.

They haven’t been officially weighed lately, but I think they are putting on weight. Their clothes are getting too small. Winter is almost over. We are trying to make the last of their winter clothes last the next few weeks, until we can get some new summer clothes. A few days ago we had a surprisingly warm winter day and the boys wore a t-shirt. Ethan was quite confused about being able to see his arms. He kept looking at them and touching them. It was very funny to watch. I guess they can’t remember wearing a t-shirt.

Last night when I got Ethan out of the bath he was standing on the bath mat and he did a wee. He watched his little stream of urine come out of his penis and onto the floor. You could see him studying it very closely. He was extremely proud of him self, smiling and laughing. He attempted to do it again, with much concentration on his face, but couldn’t. It was SO FUNNY!!!!! – I love watching my boys experience and learn. They are so innocent, so curious. It’s just amazing.

Benjamin is extremely busy all the time. He is always on the go. He loves to climb, play with balls and read books. He still carries over his favourite books and nudges you with them to ask you to read to him. He will quite happily sit and read book after book for over half an hour. I’m amazed his attention span lasts as long as it does. Ethan also likes books, but gets bored after a few mins.

Both boys are starting to talk a little more. Ben babbles constantly all day. Ethan is quieter, but still babbles often. Today Ben was playing a game with Tracie and Tracie said to him “you’re so cheeky”. He loves to be told he’s cheeky, he thinks it’s very funny. Today he said “cheeky” back to her. So she said “cheeky boy” and he said “cheeky” and this went on and on. He must have said “cheeky” about 10 times. I’m sure both boys say a lot more than we realise. The sometimes get quite frustrated when they are trying to tell us something and we don't understand. I’m looking forward to when they can communicate better.

Ok, time for some pics.

Most of these pics are of Ethan at the park, as Ben is much too busy at the park to stop and get his picture taken. He just walks around non-stop.

Ethan (standing) & Ben (examining the ground)tn_P8130492

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Ethan (behind the fort) and Ben (trying to figure out how to go up the ladder)tn_P8130486

Ethantn_P8130487 Ben. He walked up the the net, then got down on his hands and feet, crawled under like that (not on his knees), then stood up again on the other side and walked away. tn_P8130488 

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Ethan and Ben playing peek-a-bootn_P8130491

Below is a video of the boys playing with a little ball at the park. They thought it was great fun when the ball went down the slide!

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