Update on the Kiddos

I haven't given a full on update on my two little bundles of energy in a while, so I thought what better time to do it then while I'm supposed to be working. Ha! Nah, I'm just taking a little break since I didn't take a lunch today.

Ashlyn -
She used to be my shy little girl who wouldn't talk to anyone. She'd always hide behind my leg and give those evil eyes to any stranger who tried to speak to her. Now she's the little girl who won't stop talking. She talks non-stop 24/7 to me, to her daddy, to her brother, to her baby dolls, to ANYONE and EVERYONE who'll listen, or even those who won't! She also was such a pleasant baby and toddler. She was calm. I never had to worry about her getting into anything. Now it seems as if she's out to destroy everything she can get her little hands on. She scratched, with her fingernails, a house on our leather sofa downstairs. She scratched up our old tv upstairs with a pen. She wrote her name on the stairwell downstairs. I'm telling you that this child is more of a mess at 4, going on 5, than she was at 2! I think that alot of it is jealousy. I thought for the longest time that she was adjusting wonderfully with Brennan, but here lately I've noticed a slight change. She's been acting out more. I think that since Brennan is bigger now she doesn't understand why he can get away with certain things and she can't. I'm sure that it's just a phase that will soon pass. I sure hope so! On a more positive note, she really is a sweet and caring sister. Poor Brennan has 2 mommies instead of one. LOL! I know that I've said this before, but Ashlyn is definitely going to be a comforter. Anytime that I'm sick she's constantly checking on me and playing mommy/doctor to me. She's such a sweetie pie! I can't believe that she'll be starting kindergarten this year! It makes me tear up just thinking about it.

Brennan-
My little man. He weights nearly 21 lbs and has a whopping 12 teeth! He just last week began full on crawling. I'm talking knees on the floor and his chest in a raised position. Before it was more of an army crawl type of thing that he had going on. He's still not walking yet. I felt SURE that at the rate he was going he'd be walking by the time he was 8 months old, but I guess I was wrong. I'm not rushing it though. He's into EVERYTHING as it is! I can't imagine the horror when he does start walking! He is that baby that does not play with one single toy of his own, but will scour the den for just one piece of lent or one sock that I have forgotten to put away in order to satisfy his playful desire. He doesn't want his expensive choo choo train, or blocks to play with. NO NO NO........He would rather have the cardborad roll left over from the toilet paper or a snot sucker.........yes a snot sucker. He's amazed with that little gadget! He's just in the past week mastered sleeping through the night. Can I get an AMEN on that one? Let me just tell you how much the little chunker eats before he goes to bed. Either one #3 baby jar of food or 2 #2 jars of food. Then he may still want a few puffs after that. Then around 7 or 8 he has 9, yes 9 ounces, of formula before calling it a night. Hey.......whatever gets him and I both through the night soundly! I can't believe that my little man will be one next month! I'm getting a little teary eyed just thinking about it! He'll be 1 and I'll be 30. What great milestones to reach on the same day together!