It has been awhile since I have posted an updated on the
kids. Since it’s Thanksgiving – I
thought that it would be good timing to post an update. Considering they fill most of my list of what
I am thankful for, it makes sense!
KATIE:
Katie has entered the “no” phase. It’s not a simple, “no,” it’s an elongated,
“nooooooooah.” Most of the time coupled
with a shove of her hand pushing away whatever you are trying to do (give her
kisses, give her food, tickle her, put her to bed, even give her a silly
look). I have to say, I love it! I know that sounds weird, but it’s the first
stage of her showing her opinion. She
normally is such a sweet easy going little girl, but she definitely uses her
“no” when she means it! As mentioned in
my previous post, Katie making progress with her walking skills. She isn’t so close that she will walk
tomorrow, but she is curious and getting closer. She is quite an efficient crawler and climber
and thinks she is pretty funny climbing up the stairs when she finds a gate
unexpectedly open. One of our favorite
things about Katie is her deep laugh.
Andy has the highest little voice (we call him Beeker). Katie…she inherited the Campbell gunner laugh. Katie has two laughs – a gunner laugh and an
evil, hahahaha laugh. She makes me smile
every time she laughs. She also still
smiles with her eyes. A lot of the time,
Katie has her thumb in her mouth, and she has mastered a smile with her thumb
in place. She has one big dimple on her
left cheek and is working on quite the mullet.
Unfortunately she inherited the Campbell
girl hair too…thin and wispy.
Katie has
a few words: no, baba, thank you (tank
oo), cheers (chis), bye bye, hi (hiiiii), mama, dada, peek a boo (pee boo),
Andy (D), what’s that? (dat), walk walk (wak), uh-oh, nana (banana or any
food), book (boo), baby (baybEE), baby bear.
Her favorite game is to ask for her baba and then shove it as hard as
she can to the ground and then laugh about it.
She is a great sleeper – taking a good 2 – 3 hour afternoon nap,
sometimes with a quick hour nap in the morning.
She goes down around 7:30 and wakes up around 8:30. She loves sleeping with her lambie or
anything with a soft tag that she can play with (just like her brother!). She almost always has something in both hands
and will try and crawl or pick up more things with stuff in her hands. She likes to play with cups or bowls and
place small items in and out of the cups and bowls. She’ll cheer for herself, dance (sitting
down) when music comes on, and give high-fives.
One of my favorite moments was when we were watching the Husky game on
TV and the band starting doing the kick-off drumming. She pretended to tip her hat like we did when
we were at the game. So proud! She will eat about anything and gets most
excited about Trader Joe’s applesauce (again, like her brother). I should buy some stock in TJ’s since we
clean out their apple/carrot/banana sauce whenever we stop by. Katie is a happy girl who is starting to show
some sass and we love the little girl she is becoming.
ANDY:
Andy is full of personality.
He is loving preschool, but also is picking up some interesting things
at school. He came home the other day
and pretended to shoot me with on of his cars, hit me, and said in a mean
voice, “I’m the bad guy!” Seriously, at
age 3?!? He also is starting to say
things just to see my reaction – like, “I don’t want to be your friend,” or
“Katie and I aren’t friends anymore.” Or
he’ll just randomly walk up to Katie and hit her in the head. These are the things that keep me up at
night…but mostly, Andy is a happy guy.
He actually is quite a pleaser.
We are working on helping him understand that it’s okay to have a bad
day or not be happy about something because even when he feeling really crummy
from a cold/cough, he says, “mom, I feel much better…are you happy now?” Of course I’m happy…just worried! Andy is a routine person and will correct you
if you get off the normal routine. Wake
up, oatmeal for breakfast, preschool/activity in the morning, lunch,
book/prayers/little boy story before nap (and yes, still taking naps most days
– phew!), wake up from nap, snack, afternoon activity watch a show, dinner, play
a game, bath (aka, hot tub), book, prayers, little boy story. The End.
I love his little boy stories because it reminds me of when
my dad would tell me stories when I was growing up. The stories always are about a little boy and
we talk about what he did that day. He
often fills in the gaps or corrects me when I am telling the story. Sometimes the little boy stories are how I
find out what he did at preschool or why he is sad, etc. During the day, Andy narrates most of his day
and likes to ask lots of questions. He
is curious, thoughtful, stubborn, silly, and very perceptive. We can’t get much by him these days! It is so much fun to see the wheels turning
in his head. He loves books, puzzles,
eye spy games, linkin logs, legos, anything to do with cars, airplanes, or
boats (or anything related to the Cars movies).
He has a great imagination and is starting to enjoy singing – often making
up words to his own tune. He still isn’t
the best eater. Mostly because he
doesn’t want to sit down for more than 3 minutes. He loves “smoothies” (yogurt shakes),
applesauce, oatmeal, pasta, cottage cheese, chicken nuggets, anything with
ketchup or ranch on it, olives, pretzels, frozen grapes…and that’s about
it. Oh – and anything sweet. Not sure where he gets that from : ) He is starting to have an opinion on what he
wears and is officially potty trained!
Woo hoo!! I love spending time
with Andy and talking about whatever comes to his mind. He is a sweet boy and surprises us with
random, “I love you’s” throughout the day.
His current obsession is “blowing his boogies” even when he doesn’t need
to.
Kyle and I feel extremely blessed to have these two little
ones in our lives (and Henry, of course!).
We are thankful for our family and our health.
