Stages 2

Peter is at a great stage too. He is starting to learn actual words. He always talked quite a bit but all nonsense. Now he says 'mommy' for just about everything but he's starting to learn a few other words (gotcha and daddy so far). He mostly does sounds. He is a fantastic growler. He knows what cows say but it sounds more like 'beeee' than 'mooo'. I don't know what that's about but it's cute. He also does 'uh uh' and 'mmmm'. He's very independent but it mostly gets him into trouble right now. He tries to get drinks from the water dispenser on the fridge and almost always gets soaked. He can fill up the cup but when he tries to bring it back down he tips it and gets all wet...or he tries to fill up something that has a lid on it. He's smart but he is only 1 and a 1/2. Peter does a lot of screaming. Mostly to be silly. He and the other kids will run up and down the hall and scream. He also loves books. He brings us books all the time to look at with him. He doesn't have the patience to sit through an actual story however so we usually read one sentence or less and then turn the page. Jeff and I are pretty bored with his favorite books but we don't want to discourage him so we read them anyway.

Stages

I love the stage that Penny is at. You know, the one where she can't do anything. I don't have to worry that she'll fall off the bed or down the stairs or stick her finger in an outlet. Not like the other kids. (Although, I do have to protect her from being carried around upside down by Peter--true story.) Actually, I love all the baby stages. When they can roll over onto their stomach and they are so proud of themselves and they do it over and over again. Only you have to keep coming and turning them back over because they get stuck on their stomach with their face in the floor and then they cry. But this beginning stage is so cute. Penny is like a little sack of potatoes only not so lumpy. She's also like a bobble head. She likes to try to lift her head and look around but her head is wobbling all over the place. I try to support her head but it's hard when she's so determined to look around and it is bobbling around so much.

Happy One Month Birthday, Penny!

Penny just passed her one month birthday on Thursday. She stayed awake most of the day and has been staying awake during the day ever since. She slept all day for her first month and her awake time was usually around 2 or 3 am to 7 or 8 am. It's so funny how abrupt the change was. She already looks different. She's bigger and more alert. I think she's even about to grow out of something. Sometimes it seems sad how fast they grow up but I am not going to miss this last month--what I can remember of it.