The Share Family: June 2009

It has been a busy month. We took lots of pictures for their 18 month celebration. It is still hard to get them to all smile and stay still. What you don't see in the pictures is them climbing down, escaping, jumping to the top of the couch, etc.

They definitely have more and more words. The other day, Nathan accidentally bit me and I said, "Ouch!" He said, "Ouch, Ow, Ouch, Ouch" about 12 times. It was so funny. When I blow on food before giving it to them, they say, "Hot." But when you think they can say anything, I say,"Mama" and they say "Da Da" or it sounds likely they are saying, "Ma Ma" and I turn around with a big smile and they were really saying, "More, more." Oh, well. Glad to have words. Not as happy about having tantrums - but we have had 1-2 tempers arise. It is amazing - the best toy is what someone else has - even if they discarded it 10 seconds before! Nothing we can't handle, and luckily all tantrums have happened in the house (whew).

We went back for their 18 month appointment and Emily gained a pound!!! We actually went to Sweet Tomatoes first and they ate tons. All of them gained weight. I might take them there every time they are going to get weighed. Daniel's weight was 22 lbs 10 oz (10%), height 30" (5-10%) and head count was 48.2 cm (50-75%). Nathan's weight was 23 lbs 13 1/4 oz (10-25%), height 31 1/8" (less than 25%) and head count was 49 cm (75-90%). Emily's weight was 19 lbs 13 oz (less than 3%), height 29 3/4" (5-10%) and head count was 45 1/2 cm (25%). Daniel and Emily had their MMR shots. Daniel had a Measles type rash on his arm. Nathan had his last DTAP and first Hepatitis. He visited Urgent Care for a huge egg on his arm from one of the shots. Daniel had his adenoids out and tubes replaced this week. He seemed tired for a couple of days (it actually took him almost four hours to wake up from the procedure) but is doing really well. I had a tummy attack this week and am going in for surgery next week to remove the bad part. Hopefully, we will all be healthy for a really long time after this.

We have taken them to the baby pool, sometimes they love it, sometimes they are less sure. Part of it depends on how many kids are around. They do LOVE running around the tennis court. One of our neighbor's children (Leah's daughter, Georgia) has been a huge help. She loves running around with them and has saved them from falling. She also loves playing with both of the boys just as much as Emily...what a great help (and she is going into first grade next year). Leah and Georgia even came over for a play date! It was wonderful. We took the children to their first story time. It was okay, but we want to try out some of the activities at the library this summer.

We are finished with My Gym - so sad that she closed -she was wonderful. We have taken them about one time a week to Jeronimo's Bounce House. They love the slide and the musical dance floor. We may do music classes there in the fall if they don't go to preschool. They also love the playground at the mall. That's a good thing, because it is air conditioned - I just wish no one else knew about it! It gets crowded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also will spend a lot of time at the pool and playing outside. Thanks to all of our neighbors, we have lots of toys in our backyard to play with.