We are 16 months and counting. The weather has been a lot nicer and we have gone out more. We have taken the kids to play with our neighbors. We have wheeled them in their Choo Choo wagon. They loved sitting in it the first day, rolling around everywhere. By day two, they figured out they were not buckled in and wanted to climb in and out.
Exciting news – Nathan is now a walker. He took a few tentative steps outside after walking holding my hand. Now he is taking some steps on his own. His balance is perfect, but he forgets to see if anything is in his way. He still crawls a lot – but I think as he speeds up, he will give up crawling. I just love that he will hold my hand and walk. Daniel and Emily are independent walkers – which will make walking in public a little more difficult.
I also tried to see what words they are saying. Daniel can say the word “more” – and he does the sign with it. Emily does the sign. They love animal sounds. Emily makes a great cow sound, all can do the dog sound, and Nathan likes the lion sound. I think Emily can make a snake sound, too. Daniel says ball, book, and a few others. Nathan clearly says up and down as well as ball and a few others. I think I counted seven words for him. Emily is still working on the b sound – and she says a few more words but with a d sound instead. Luckily, I know what she is trying to say. They all will read a book and make sounds like they are reading out loud. It is sooo cute!
Daniel and Emily like to kiss me (or Will or Veroniuq), and all are huge cuddlers. Nathan loves holding a stuffed animal when he plays (Mickey is a favorite – as well as a dog). They are now huge climbers. Nathan climbed a wall at the gym and left the circle yesterday to climb the steps into the ball pool. He then showed his ambidextrous skills and threw balls to me with both hands at the same time. Emily loved the swing yesterday and ran over as soon as they were getting hung to be the first one in. She also loves to do somersaults. Daniel loves playing with balls, throwing them (left handed mostly) and is learning to kick them. He liked the trampoline yesterday, but he hasn’t learned how to jump on it yet. They also love books and Emily or Daniel will bring one over to me to read. Often, Nathan takes it out of my hands to keep. He still loves the toy that someone else is playing with most.
They love our new slide and climb up the steps to slide down in all sorts of ways. Nathan is so helpful on the slide, he’ll push anyone down! Right now he is riding the rocking cow that Leah gave us.
They also know a lot of their body parts. Nathan just walked over to tickle my back. They know about 8-10 body parts and Emily lifts her shirt to show her belly button. It is so cute. It’s not as cute when she lifts my shirt to play with my belly button! I do love being with them. They make me smile all the time. It does get difficult at times, though. As they learn how to play with each other, they learn how to fight with each other. They sometimes want the same toys at the same time. They are all showing their independence, as they fight for things in different ways.
We plan to take them out more and more as the weather gets nicer. We want to go to the park often and teach them to play in the field. My kids aren’t a huge fan of grass – and this will be an obstacle to overcome as there is a lot of grass around in the summer!
They also know a lot of their body parts. Nathan just walked over to tickle my back. They know about 8-10 body parts and Emily lifts her shirt to show her belly button. It is so cute. It’s not as cute when she lifts my shirt to play with my belly button! I do love being with them. They make me smile all the time. It does get difficult at times, though. As they learn how to play with each other, they learn how to fight with each other. They sometimes want the same toys at the same time. They are all showing their independence, as they fight for things in different ways.
We plan to take them out more and more as the weather gets nicer. We want to go to the park often and teach them to play in the field. My kids aren’t a huge fan of grass – and this will be an obstacle to overcome as there is a lot of grass around in the summer!
