Beckys Blog

I was trying to get a picture of Titus and Raquelle playing together, but as soon as I got the camera out, Raquelle had to come play with it. She likes to stand right in front of the camera and say "Hi!" to it. Like her bed head? Check out all the new teeth coming in! Then...attack of the Titus! Raquelle left her color picture un-guarded. Of course, all un-guarded items on the floor are fair game for Titus to eat. What a nice sister. She decided to let him finish his snack rather then freaking out and taking it away from him. Losing interest in coloring and in the camera, Raquelle has moved on to her new hobby....turning the light on and off! Hope you enjoyed the random pictures of my kids playing today.

The kids had their check ups today. Titus had his 4 month (actually 5 month) check up and shots, and Raquelle had her 18 month. Stats are as follows: Titus: Weight - 18 lbs 10 oz - 95th percentile Height - 27.5" - Off the chart Raquelle: Weight - 24 lbs 1 oz - 50th percentile Height - 34.5" - Off the chart I think they may have miss-measured Raquelle. When I measured her at home just a couple weeks ago I measured her at 32.5". So, if she doesn't grow any (according to her chart) between now and her next check up, we'll know I was right. So it wasn't in my head...Raquelle has gotten skinny. She has always been 5oish percentile in both height and weight. She shot up, but her weight hasn't caught up with her height yet. This would be why she suddenly went down a pants size recently. Her diapers look like she could go down a size there if we wanted to also. Both kids are right on track and both kids were given a clean bill of health. Even Titus'...

One great memory I have of growing up is licking the beaters when mom made cookies. Of course, there were 5 of us and only 2 beaters, so I had to be fast if I wanted one. Usually, the other 3 would end up with a spoonful of cookie batter to make things fair. Since this was such a great memory of mine, and I happened to be making cookies today....I decided to pass on this wonderful tradition to my oldest child. So, here is Raquelle licking the cookie dough off the beater while she watches Baby Einstein. See how focussed she is on the video? Baby Einstein has taught her 4 new words just in the last week (since I started letting her watch TV). Her new words are Lion, Fish, Duck, and Movie. Thad says if she can say "movie" then she must be watching too much and maybe we should cut back to a couple times a week. Then I point out that she can now recognize and name 3 more animals then she could a week ago. Of course...once it ended, the sugar kicked in and she started jump...

Titus is officially mobile! Yesterday, I left Titus on his play mat in the living room and took Raquelle to change her diaper. I heard Titus start crying so I finished up and went to get him. He was stuck under his high chair! I don't know how he got there, but he did! No one else was home so he had to have done it himself. Since then, I've noticed he uses a combination of rolling, twisting and a little bit of scooting to get where he wants to go. No army crawl yet, but he is getting up onto his hands and knees! He is a very strong baby. Also, Titus has caught up with Raquelle in size! Both kids now wear the same size diapers! Raquelle originally moved up in clothes sizes because of her chubby little belly. Since then, she has grown taller without gaining any more weight. The other day, She was out of pants (I hadn't done laundry), So I pulled some out of T's drawer and put them on her! Surprise! They fit! She has trimmed down enough to fit back into 12 m...

Ever since I was pregnant I've told people how great it would be having kids so close together. I've always said it would be hard at first until they started to play together. I expected them to become playmates maybe when Titus could walk. Well, it's happening sooner then I had expected. Titus and Raquelle are quickly becoming best friends. Raquelle's first words out of bed in the morning are "Tissis?" followed by "dada?" asking where they are. Here are some pictures I got of their play time. (No T is not over dressed, it was raining and cold the other day!) Raquelle can buckle and unbuckle Titus from the high chair. This means it's not safe to put him in the chair and then go get his food, I have to make his food first, and then put him in his chair. Raquelle giving Titus a hug Raquelle likes to read to Titus. She thinks the books are about him. The wale in the fishy book is "Tissis", baby Jesus in her bible book is "Ti...

Well, Thad won't let me cut Titus's hair, and I'm tired of hearing what a cute baby I have...and how old is SHE? Or how SHE has such great eyes, she'll never need mascara, or how beautiful HER hair is! So, since Thad won't let me cut his hair, I decided I may as well dress him to match! This only lasted until Thad got home from work. Then he took the flower out of his hair and changed him into overalls. But seriously...doesn't T make a cute girl! By the way....this is one of Raquelle's current dresses that he is almost big enough to fit into. Here is my broken toe. I tripped over an end table when I jumped up to get Titus when he was crying at bed time last night. This picture really doesn't do it justice. The purple is actually much brighter then that, and the blue goes almost half way up my foot

Today, while I was sitting on the couch nursing Titus, Raquelle decided to start running at a full sprint (with some jumping mixed in there) around the living room and screeching at the top of her lungs. Of course, the screeching startled Titus, who would then bite and turn his head to see what was going on. After scolding her several times and being ignored, I finally said "Raquelle, go to your room!" She stopped, looked at me and said "Poopy!" So I asked her, "Are you poopy?" She smiled really big, squatted, grunted, and pooped right there in front of me! Then she stood back up, said "Poopy!" again, and took off to her room to try to climb the changing table. Had I not been in the middle of nursing, this would have been a wonderful opportunity to sit her on the potty. If she was an only child, I would totally start taking her potty, but with 2 under 1 1/2 I just don't have the time. Maybe I'll start when she is 2.