Little Boys Update

JASON:

Well, Jason is doing pretty well these days, although he sometimes seems like his almost 30 with his intellect and attitude :)
He knows the alphabet, but is still working on getting the right letter with its shape. He is excellent at shapes, colors, and numbers. He can count up to 12, and knows addition with lower numbers. We also have a "Brain Quest" kindergarten flashcard pack, and he understands most of the basic concepts in that (such as opposites, missing items, misplaced items, pictured emotions, etc.), as well as its mathematics that I mentioned above.

He is really helpful to me when I need him, as far as fetching diapers, clothes for Micah, sippy cups, ingredients while we bake, etc. Its really nice to have a little helper :)

Unfortunately, he is MAJORLY dealing with the policeman/big brother syndrome, and we are trying to teach him to come get us instead of always taking things into his own hands. He occasionally does something quirky and mean to Micah just because he is hyper...but usually his victim is Tyler, lol! ;) It helps to have him go outside with the guys to burn off some energy, and feel older...but has a bad habit of losing daddy's tools lately.

TYLER:

Well, school is pretty much nonexistent with Tyler-Beans, as we call him :) He has started singing little ditties (like, Happy Birthday, Twinkle-Twinkle, and ABC's), but doesn't always get them right.
He talks up a STORM though! His voice is so squeaky, its so adorable! He pretty much never said a word before Micah was born, so I didn't really know what his "voice" would sound like...which I am always curious about with every child that is born (even ones not my own). Its just so incredible how different children have different tones, pitch, and lisps.

Tyler likes to antagonize Jason (as all little brothers do), but usually is a cry-baby when it comes to taking what he gives.
He has officially been weaned off his bottle...which if anyone knew him, they'd know his bottle was a permanent accessory just mere few weeks ago. Unfortunately, three things happened in this order: 1) Got a bad cold 2) Got a Bacterial infection around his mouth, so couldn't have a pacifier or bottle or anything, that would re-infect or cause irritation around his mouth 3) Mommy boiled nipples of bottles so they would be ready for when the infection was gone.....and accidentally let the water boil out. SO! He was weaned out of necessity, lol! :)

Tyler doesn't enjoy the outdoors much though...pretty much the only thing he likes is puddles, but nothing else remotely holds any interest (little jobs, climbing things, tools, yard work, etc). So, he goes outside with Jason, jumps in a few puddles, then comes inside. He would MUCH rather play in his room with his little plastic animal set, or hotwheels, or Thomas and Percy (toy trains)...which all 3 he could do for hours at a time. He is a social bug sometimes, but when it comes to play, he could be by himself forever and not even know a minute had passed.

He is starting to not take naps all the time now, but is moody when he doesn't, so we like his "on" days MUCH better than his "off nap" days. Also, he has STARTED being interested in potty training, but we don't want to push him like we did Jason, so we will just let him set the learning pace.

MICAH:

Micah Steven is a pretty good baby, although as I speak, he is currently in the midst of a HORRIBLE cold, that has his throat so sore, and him puking up phlegm almost every time he starts coughing and gags on it. SO, because of his misery, we have been spoiling him terribly, and I know its gonna take some work to unspoil him in a couple days when the sickness is gone :( Poor baby!

He is scooting forward now (finally), doing the army crawl. He loves being on all fours, but still isn't quite sure how to crawl using his back legs. He sits up really well by himself, and has been since Christmastime, although out of paranoia I had the boppy around him always until last week. He can go from sitting to crawling position, which is fun to watch. I still can't believe how fast they change at this stage!
He has an obsession with the cat, which is funny! She will wander aimlessly around the kitchen, and he just spins in circles trying to watch her, lol! His lower teeth are almost broken through...they have been huge bumpy swollen things for about 2 weeks now, so I think they keep on going back down, or whatever it is that people say they do. Soon they'll be here though, I'm sure.
We have been giving him mostly rice cereal, but experimenting with other baby foods. So far, his favorite is sweet potatoes (real shocker there..), but unfortunately since being sick, he has stopped eating anything, so we are exclusively nursing again. He still has a binky, but unfortunately we have lost 3 of his favorites, and mommy purchased a lousy brand binky 2 days ago, so he is pretty unhappy with his pacifier choices at the moment. Maybe we'll just have to wean him from those as we did Tyler! Maybe sicknesses are good for our family: The are an end to any infant addictions :)

Micah ADORES his older brothers, and will just watch and follow them around, until they acknowledge him, and then he gives them the BIGGEST grin and starts babbling to them. Tyler always plays with the plastics cupboard, and Micah will crawl over to him, and play with the lids and containers too, while watching Tyler play. Its really precious.

I still Cloth Diaper, using Fuzzi Bunz diapers, which are "pocket" diapers, with snaps on them for closure. They are really sturdy, and since switching to tide for my detergent, they have been working beautifully, and smelling so clean and fresh when they are done washing! PRAISE THE LORD, no more line-drying in the house! Jon went and got me a propane tank and a regulator, so we finally have a dryer, YAY! Now, washing and drying the diapers is so much easier, and I have learned to be more than usually grateful for a common appliance.

So there you have it! A nice LONG update on the kiddos :)