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Second to be born, second to crawl, second to get any teeth, but first to walk. Will took his official first few steps in sequence today multiple times. I am sure his sister will not be too far behind but for now he is quite excited to try walking.
Good job Will!
Evan netting the Blue Gill
Yesterday we had their one year doctor’s appointment so I wanted to give an update for those of you who want to know…
Cora
The doctor was happy with her growth, pretty consistently small. 🙂 even though she is tiny she has taken over the role of eating everything. We now dump what Will does not eat onto Cora’s tray and she eats it.
Will
He also is growing well.
Both babies can stand on their own for a minute but no real steps. Will seemed to take a side step the other day but don’t know if we can really call it a step. They are both close.
Well – the first year has come and gone. We had a joint birthday party for the twins this year and had a lot of friends and family come and celebrate with us. Although the weather was not always cooperative – we had a great time eating Portillos and Costco cake as well as playing in the back yard with all kinds of fun toys. Check out the photos so you can see the excitement for yourself!
A big thanks to all that came out and joined us for Cora and Will’s first birthday!
On Saturday we took the kids over to our friend Ginny’s house so the twins could get their first haircuts.
Will stepped up and went first. He was not too sure about the cape but overall did pretty good. He basically just needed some cleaning up with the back of his hair as well as the sides shortened. I used my iPhone to keep him looking in one place without a lot of movement. Thankfully I had an episode of Curious George on there to keep him occupied for a few minutes at a time while Ginny was cutting. Of course we do not have a good after photo – I was lucky to get any photos, but overall he looks less like a baby and more like a little boy. Check out the photos to see more of the haircut experience. A big thanks to Ginny for being patient with Will during his first trim!
Cora went after her little brother so she could first see what this was all about. She was very unsure of it in the beginning but after a few minutes she was ok and got the haircut she desperately needed. Her hair was getting so long it was constantly in her eyes and trying to keep a barrette in her hair while trying to have her and her brother not grab it was too much of challenge for the every day routine. Cora mostly got her “bangs” trimmed and then the side and back evened out a tiny bit so that everything will grow in a bit more even.
Packing down the sand
I decided that it was time to start gardening so Evan could learn about plants as well as being able to go out before dinner and picking some of his favorite foods (he absolutely loves fruits and vegetables). I wanted him to help with the digging/planting/etc so of course – you can see the sort of help he provided in the photo. I had a mixture of sand and soil and asked him to simply flatten out some of the big balls of dirt/sand. In his mind – he thought the steamroller was the tool of choice so he was rolling around on everything to flatten everything out. Let’s hope his method works! (I went back and loosened everything up)
Cheese and Cracker Time
I think Amy could easily live off of cheese and crackers (and I could live off of cheese crackers) so when I discovered that Will and Cora both love Cheese (American) and crackers (Oyster) I was not surprised. Cheese and crackers make for a nice quick and easy snack/part of meal that is easy for them to pick up and eat as well as for us to quickly get something out to these usually starving children who when they want food – they want it now!
Will is a speed crawler. He can go being stationary to being across the room and down the hall in a matter of seconds. About two weeks ago we found if we did not close the bathroom doors he would go in and unravel the toilet paper. While that was sort of cute, the next step for him was to then stuff the toilet paper in his mouth and eat it – which was not so cute. We have been a lot better with keeping the doors shut, but the other day when someone was over – they left the door open and after a few minutes of not seeing Will – I tracked him down in the bathroom with about 3 feet unraveled and a big mouthful. Oh Will…
Evan had a fun Easter this year. Denise took him and the twins to see the Easter bunny the week before Easter and then on Easter day we went over to Phil and Ginny’s house for an easter egg hunt, food, and of course fun presents. Check out the new photos of Evan and his Easter fun.
The highlights this year were the sweet rifle the Easter Bunny brought him and the umbrella that Denise bought for him – and of course all the other presents and candy! Thanks to everyone who helped make this a super fun Easter!
Will and I went for another visit to the doctor this evening. He started to show signs of a cold a few days ago and with his third tooth (finally) coming in we thought maybe it was teething. Then yesterday we started to hear a tiny bit of wheezing again. If you remember in February he was in for wheezing, given a breathing treatment and then Albuterol. Same today. The doctor said it was a very slight wheeze, but it was there. She again gave him the treatment in the office, he again screamed the entire time, and is getting the Albuterol inhaler every four hours.
So I asked about asthma. She said yes, Will most likely has virus triggered asthma. Which means he should be fine at most times when he is healthy and usually this type goes away by age 6 if not before. It could be triggered later on when he gets more into sports and activities…but we will just need to wait and see. She said she sees no reason for any other medications at this time – like a preventative steroid.
On another note, Evan has been sleeping since 4:00pm. He woke up briefly showed because he was soaked with sweat and then told Jen he was going back to bed. He also has a slight fever. He got a great report from school today…we figure he was not feeling good and therefore did not have the energy to be crazy. 🙂 Cora was just crying in bed for about an hour, we gave her a little medicine too.
I need a couple healthy months….or weeks….or day!!