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February 29, 2008
Keeping up with our lives
I figured it was probably time to give an update on my boys. I would like to start blogging more about them and what they are doing in their different stages of life. I have heard about a site that turns your blog into a book and so now my plan is to start blogging about the boys more so that I can have a concrete record of my kids as they grow up. We'll see if I actually keep up with it! So if you feel like I am talking about my kids too much, I am not trying to brag or anything - it is more for me than anything. You can just stop reading my blog if you feel like it is getting excessive (which I doubt it will with how little I blog!).
Jaron is now 3 1/2 years old. He left the baby phase and has turned into a little boy, without me even realizing it. He has become more friendly and seems to be a lot more comfortable in different situations. He loves to "read", memorizing almost every library book that we check out each month. He loves numbers and counting, which really took off when we did an advent calendar in December. He can now count to 100, which he basically taught himself to do. He has an amazing memory, which I think he got from his dad, and can recite The Lord's Prayer, Psalm 23, and the beginning of Luke 2. He and Elias are best buds right now and have fun reading together, playing with their train set, wrestling, and singing, singing, singing! They also seem to enjoy fighting, seeing that they do it so often!
Elias is my little feisty boy. He will be 21 months next week, but he seems to have already entered into the terrible twos! My mom said that the terrible twos are more like the terrible pre-twos, and always started with her kids around 18 months. So I guess Elias is right on track then! When he throws a fit there is nothing you can do to console him. He becomes totally irrational and cries so hard that he starts shaking and can hardly catch his breath. When he does this, all I can do is hold him and let him get it out of his system. But when he is done he turns immediately back into his sweet, fun self. He makes us smile all the time does and says the cutest things. He can talk up a storm too! And like Jaron, he loves to look at books and tries to quote them along with Jaron. He can count to 10 and recognizes numbers, even though he doesn't know which number he is looking at. And he loves to snack!
Jonah will be 3 months old next week. He is such a sweet baby. He still sleeps a lot during the day and has proven to be my best sleeper so far. He will wake up only once or twice a night to nurse and then will go right back to sleep. He is great at sleeping in his own bed and does well at settling back to sleep if something stirs him awake. One of his favorite things to do is to get his diaper changed. Sometimes if he is crying, Ben will lay him down and change his diaper, or even act like he is changing his diaper, just to make him happy! He smiles a lot and I love to hear him laugh, which we can make him do by tickling him or talking in funny voices to him. He is also our biggest boy yet, weighing in at 20lbs. 12 oz. 2 weeks ago!
So now you are all caught up with my little boys. Hopefully future posts won't be as long.
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