A Miracle

Last Friday, January 21, 2010 Beth decided she was ready to wear big girl underpants. She had one accident that night but none since. She is basically potty trained and I didn't use charts, bribes, or my own tears to try to get her to do it. I know it's later in her life than some parents would allow, but to me it is a miracle. I had a feeling that everything would be okay but I also went through times of thinking, how will she go to Kindergarten.....and other thoughts of what about college?

Icipops

Winter is in full swing and it's been too cold for me once again. I broke large icicles off the house today for Beth and Andrew to hold. Beth wanted to lick and eat hers. I'm not sure how much to be worried about how dirty the water that formed them was. Andrew didn't want to touch them for too long--I don't blame him. I had to record this though because Beth calls icicles "icipops". Which makes sense since icicles has the same ending as popsicles and they are both cold and can be licked.

Just for the record, Andrew started clapping a few days before his 10 month birthday on December 26, 2010.

Andrew had tubes placed in his ears on Thursday, December 16, 2010. He had them placed in his ears by Dr. Garner Meads, Jr. at the new Riverton Hospital. It was hard to have to dress him in a tiny gown and turn him over to a nurse who took him to the operating room. He was only gone from us for between 15 and 20 minutes which was really nice. He recovered well and while he still is up at least once a night, his naps during the day have been 2-3 hours as opposed to the 1-2 hours he was doing for a while. I was hoping the tubes would solve all his sleep problems but alas no. It's interesting that the one thing I need more than anything is plenty of sleep and neither of our kids sleep through the night yet. If I slept long enough to dream, I would dream of a night with eight (or more) hours of uninterrupted sleep. It's hard to imagine I use to be able to sleep when I needed to. Kevin and I are both sleep deprived. It would be nice to have a night time and nap time nanny so that we could rest.

For about a week now we have noticed that Andrew is saying "Be" to call out or refer to Beth. Maybe Beth will be his first word. I don't think I recorded what Beth's first official word was but I know she started saying "Mom" and "Dad" quite young.