Sick Kids, Fun Times

Addie was sick last week and has her first ear infection. Not bad, we lasted 20 months. But since she's been on antibiotics she's steadily improved. However, it also seems in the last week that their mouths have exploded. They repeat everything we say, so be careful. My favorites are asking Riley a question, and getting "I don't know and here we go" and Addie says "I get down, sit down, and that's my sissy or that's my daddy". Some of their funny words are bummer dude and whoopsidoodle (from Grammy of course). Riley also sings her ABC's up to G. I'll have to get that and them racing from the doorway through the hall on video. Such a fun age, I just had to share and mark the memory. :)

She went potty, she went potty!!

Hip hip hooray! Carol called me today at work to tell me Riley went potty today on the potty chair. Now we've been running in there for the last week, usually after they had already gone. And I'm not pushing them, this is something they've started on their own. So today, Addie said she had to go so they ran in there and Addie didn't go, but Riley wanted to sit and all of a sudden the music started to play. Where was that when we were younger? So they danced around and took pictures which I'll post at a later date, just wanted to mark the date. Riley's new words for the week are turtle, blue, and purple and is able to identify them when given different objects. So yeah, she's not colorblind (Brad is) and although it's usually passed through moms to their sons, you never know. :) Addie's not feeling well so she's been quieter than usual, but still likes to dance and pump her fist. We were watching We Are Marshall the other day and she learned the fist pump and made us rewind it ten times. I'm not exaggerating! :) So that's cute, and we've changed it to "Let's go, eagles" for aunt Katy and her basketball team. Addie still babbles more, but Riley says more actual words: coat, hat, tent, bite, bike, bowl, turtle, Elmo, up, off, out, book, blue purple, cup, fork, Amen. Addie can say book, bike, up, down, more, coat, dog, and Amen. That's all for now, just wanted to give a quick update.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year! We had a wonderful time with family and friends. The girls still don't totally get it, but they thoroughly enjoyed unwrapping gifts. As Addie would say "more, more, more". They were very cute and thankful to all for all of their fun presents. They love to play in their new kitchen and have very wild imaginations, cooking, cleaning, setting the table, etc. They think they are so big and like to try to dress themselves like putting on their "coats and boots". They still love their books the most, but this morning we played with play-dough and colored with crayons and markers. Yikes!! Ok, enough babble on with the pictures. Oh, I almost forgot, but Addie did her first independent forward roll on Christmas and has been rolling ever since! Riley tries, but still does a bit of a twist. Too funny, I'll be sure to post a pic. :)