A couple things have been happening here lately. And there's lots to write about, but I seem to always be short on time lately. Either babies aren't sleeping, or if they are, I'm trying to catch up on sleep, or I'm busy editing photos or trying to check one of the many items off my ever growing to do list. But we still manage to find time for fun!
Over the weekend, we went into the botanic gardens to scout it out as a potential photo shoot location. Riley was your typical almost 2 year old, and wanted nothing to do with photos, which was fine because it was FREEZING cold. Luckily Jackson was all bundled up asleep in his car seat the whole time, so was clearly unfazed by the cold.
Over the weekend, we went into the botanic gardens to scout it out as a potential photo shoot location. Riley was your typical almost 2 year old, and wanted nothing to do with photos, which was fine because it was FREEZING cold. Luckily Jackson was all bundled up asleep in his car seat the whole time, so was clearly unfazed by the cold.
Jackson has been SUCH a good baby lately (except for night time sleep, more on that in tomorrow's update). He's a happy little dude, and I am SO thankful for that. He smiles all the time, and he laughs all the time, and he puts up with all of Riley's antics, he's such a little sweetheart! Can you believe he will be 15 weeks old tomorrow? I'll probably do a 15 week update since it seems like so much has changed since he turned 3 months old (2 weeks ago).
And Riley? Oh. my goodness. she gets funnier and funnier and smarter by the day. Her new favorite thing to do? Color on her hands (and arms). At first I didn't let her draw on herself, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized there is really nothing wrong with it aside from it gets a little messy. I try to discourage her drawing on her face, but she can draw on her hands 'til her heart's content. And so she does...
She literally wakes up from her nap, comes running down the hallway, and shouts, "wanna do coloring on da hands!!!"
I have so many hilarious videos of her, if only I could get a few more hours in the day to put them all together!!
We're also contemplating starting the potty training process for real- the other day she refused to lay still for a new diaper, so I gave her some minnie mouse underwear to wear, and told her that she could use the potty if she needed to go pee-pee, and not to go pee-pee on Minnie Mouse, etc... She was wearing them for about an hour and a half, and mastered taking her underwear on and off by herself, and would sit on her little potty, but never actually peed in it. And I would gently remind her every 5 minutes or so to use the potty if she needed to, and not to pee on Minnie. She loves Minnie, so I thought that might be good motivation to get her to use the potty. Welp, sure enough, when she had to pee, she took off her underwear, aaaaaand.... peed on the hardwood floor. She then looked at me, and said very matter-of-factly, "no pee pee on Minnie. Pee pee on the floor." I told her that we use the potty, not the floor, blah blah blah, and then I asked her "Riley remember no pee pee on the floor, where does your pee pee go next time?" And she looked at me, thought about it, and answered: "On the rug?"
Oy, I've got my work cut out for me....
We're also contemplating starting the potty training process for real- the other day she refused to lay still for a new diaper, so I gave her some minnie mouse underwear to wear, and told her that she could use the potty if she needed to go pee-pee, and not to go pee-pee on Minnie Mouse, etc... She was wearing them for about an hour and a half, and mastered taking her underwear on and off by herself, and would sit on her little potty, but never actually peed in it. And I would gently remind her every 5 minutes or so to use the potty if she needed to, and not to pee on Minnie. She loves Minnie, so I thought that might be good motivation to get her to use the potty. Welp, sure enough, when she had to pee, she took off her underwear, aaaaaand.... peed on the hardwood floor. She then looked at me, and said very matter-of-factly, "no pee pee on Minnie. Pee pee on the floor." I told her that we use the potty, not the floor, blah blah blah, and then I asked her "Riley remember no pee pee on the floor, where does your pee pee go next time?" And she looked at me, thought about it, and answered: "On the rug?"
Oy, I've got my work cut out for me....
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