Tuesday: more videos

Isaac praying.  It's his new prayer.


Joshua discovered jumping.  He did it once by himself, probably by accident, and then thought it was so funny when Ben would jump.  Joshua kept trying, but it usually looked as though he was jumping down instead.


Joshua has also started bringing drinks to the couch at dinner time.  Usually he doesn't fall.

Monday: a new record

We had a new record today!  Two bloody lips.  Isaac must have had a split lip...I saw it in Meijer and he was completely oblivious.  I asked him if it hurt and he thought a bit and then said yes, but I kind of wonder if he said yes because he was hoping to get something out of it.  However, Joshua did a face plant and fully understood that something was wrong.  My first instinct with bloody lips, I've recently learned, is to rush into the bathroom.  I then decide that I need a paper towel, which is not in the bathroom and sigh to myself.  I should really think about what I'm going to do when I see blood before doing anything.  Or have some paper towel in the bathroom.

Ben and Isaac "played science" tonight.  The second machine was a hit...he laughed and laughed and laughed with it.

Flurry has been feeling left out lately.

Sunday: time change

The boys have been sleeping in pretty well in the mornings.  There have been a few where I haven't had to get up until 8.  (And on a weekday it feels rather scandalous.)  It may have helped that I set the heat so that it doesn't kick on until 7:45.

Anyway, due to this lovely sleeping in streak the boys did well today.  Joshua woke around 6:45 and started creaking.  I was vaguely aware of it but Ben got up with the boys so I got to sleep in even more.  It was wonderful.

Saturday: funny Isaac sayings, Joshua in costume

Ben:  ... and I was talking to Ben about the problem at work...
Isaac bursts out laughing.
Ben: what's so funny?
Isaac: you were talking to yourself???

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Ben and I are talking about random things in the car.
Isaac: we should paint our house
Amanda: oh really.
Isaac: yeah, we should paint it black.
Ben: the inside or the outside?
Isaac: the inside.  I don't like white.
Ben: but if we did that we wouldn't be able to see we'll.

Isaac: we could just put more lights in.  We should paint it black.

Ben: but we wouldn't be able to see well!

Isaac: but I have special eyes.

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Ben: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Isaac: a big dog.

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Isaac, to himself in bed: The Bible verse says you can have a treat.

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We went to Cheryl's house to trick-or-treat this evening.

This is when Joshua saw Grandma. :(  It was an instant run away.

Joshua slowly warmed up.

Joshua likes to pick up books and read them.

Friday: Trick or treats and more!

Isaac decided to take a picture of the coasters today.

Then we had Joshua's 15 month well child visit.  He weighed 20 lbs 4 oz (14%) and measured 30.5" (24%).  Everything seemed fine except that his hemoglobin was still low.  I'm hoping it's because the first month we didn't use vitamins "with iron" because when I got the vitamins I didn't know it would be low and after I didn't realize there was a with and without iron.  It does surprise me a bit though, since for the past month we've been pretty good at taking them regularly...we miss maybe one day a week.  However, it must not be too low since we're not checking it again until his 18 month appointment.

We went Trick or Treating at Ethan's church.  Like last year.  It isn't cold and isn't too much candy.  I was a bit sad to see Isaac take several harder pieces of candy...he's ok with suckers, although they still get a little sticky, but I'm not sure how laffy taffy will do.  I guess we'll find out.

Isaac was a Lego Block.  A black one, of course.  With a candy holder brick too.  He couldn't hold the candy holder with both hands because the box was too big, so Ben and I ended up holding it.  However, Ben managed to fit into the box, so I expect that we have several years with this costume. :)

Joshua was Winnie-the-Pooh.  I'm hoping to get a better picture tomorrow to compare to Isaac in it.  The hat didn't stay on very long.

We went to Wendy's afterwards, and Ben was trying to spell something to me...

Ben: Should I give Isaac a s-t-r-a-w?
Amanda: s.....t........a.........can you spell it again?
Ben: s-t-r-a-w
Amanda: s.....t.......a......r......w....are you sure it ends in a w?

We were talking about it later, and spelling things for me just does not work.  My brain cannot process the words in any sort of timely manner.  Whenever Ben does it he can see my brain break and it's true!  I tend to just say things because I don't like being spelled at, but maybe I can spell a few more things because Ben actually can understand it.

Thursday: Wacky Day

It was wacky day at school today.  Ben was in charge of the hair, but it was a bit long to make it spiky.

Isaac wore stripes on stripes.  We tried to wear plaid shorts over the pants, but that wasn't comfortable.  It was hard to find clothes that clashed when his pants are all neutral.

Joshua's colors clashed.  He had mismatched socks too.

This evening Isaac kept saying his forehead hurt.  But then he would laugh and run so it was hard to figure out if he just wanted medicine or really had a headache.  I ended up giving him a syringe full of water.  It was "bedtime medicine."  And the flavor was "clear."  As I was leaving his room he told me that he was feeling a little better already.

Wednesday: 15 months

Joshua turned 15 months today.  To celebrate, he started saying "hi."

So let's see...

Eating: he's still eating medium well.  He eats table food fine, but I still have a hard time with vegetables.  Bread and graham crackers are a favorite.  He's nursing about three times a day.

Sleeping: He usually only takes one nap, but taking two isn't odd.  Even if he only takes one nap it is often only about an hour and a half.  He goes down for bed around 8pm, wakes up around 6am to nurse, and then goes back to sleep until about 7:30am.  He does a creaky door impression around midnight most nights, but often will go back to sleep.  I still get up with him an additional time at least twice a week.

Moving: He is now a full walker.  He's doing a great job and it's fun to see him wobbling around.  He has fewer and fewer falls every day though.

Talking: "ni-ni" (night-night) is probably one of the most common, although I'm pretty sure he also started saying "hi" tonight.  He can sign "more" and "all done" and "pick me up".  Those four words cover a lot of communication.

(It was orange day today.)

Interpersonal interactions: he still likes the immediate family, and sometimes prefers me and sometimes Ben.  Isaac can make him smile often, but Isaac also has odd rules that Joshua doesn't understand.  Maybe not so odd...things like Isaac can touch Joshua but Joshua can't touch Isaac.  Joshua is getting better with other people too.  Slowly but surely.

Playing: Joshua is a great player.  As mentioned before, he can stack things and likes to look at books and just amuses himself well.  A new favorite is to play with the bowls in the kitchen...I eat our animal magnets with a spoon.  But it always gets such a big grin from him that I happily have another boy who likes to feed me pretend food.(ok, ok...mostly happily. Isaac still feeds me pretend food all the time and I just don't get it.)  He has discovered the IPad and gets a little bit of time every week.

Uses: Joshua is starting to understand what things are used for...bowls and spoons for eating, quilts for pictures, phones for talking, combs for hair.  Above he had gotten off the quilt and then came back to it for more pictures.