Kendall has been busy undressing herself. We're pretty sure this is her showing interest in potty training, but then she confuses us by getting ready to go outside instead of into the bathroom. While David was on duty Friday morning she took her diaper off and pooped on the floor. It got worse from there but I'll spare the details. Did I mention how happy I was that I was at work?
She also kept busy playing with a new doll set my Aunt Mary and Uncle Steve sent. It's the cutest toy, and her and Ryan have both been enjoying it.
Ryan was beyond thrilled to get back to school and his little routine. The kid thrives when he's on a routine.
Natalie has been busy keeping us up at night. She is up 4 times minimum. She is just not comfortable. Is it teeth? Because she's obviously teething:
Is it her tummy? Who knows. Every so often she'll sleep through the night but I'm sure this is due to pure exhaustion.
We got her crib lowered and her musical aquarium back in working order. All three kids loved this. If I lose track of Kendall, it's the first place I now look for her.
We also introduced Natalie to baby food, other than cereal. We started with peas, which did not go over so well.
We'll give it some time, and try again. She has been more content on the floor and can scoot around quite well now. Most of the time she is a smiley, happy girl. Now, if we could just get her to sleep we'd be in business!
David and I are a little disappointed to be back to our normal schedule. I took a couple days off during the holidays which gave us two full days off together two weeks in a row. Wow! Our typical weekly schedule gives us Wednesdays off together which sounds great in theory. However, one of us has to fulfill our Co-op (Ryan's pre-school) obligation on Wednesdays from 12-3 so we never feel like it's a full day off. To have two days off, with no Co-op obligation, was amazing.
After a busy, hectic week we usually make Friday night movie night. The kids get to pick out their favorite movie (it's usually the same one for about 4 weeks) and enjoy some popcorn while watching. This week we mixed it up a bit using our new DVD players (thanks, Michael and Jenn). Ryan and Kendall thought it was the coolest thing to watch a movie in their bedroom. They had to forgo popcorn, but they didn't care.
My new Blurb book arrived. This is by far the coolest thing I've come across in a long time. I can actually print my blog into a book. Gone are the hours and hours of traditional scrapbooking I had envisioned I'd have to spend to chronicle the Boehm Family happenings. Blurb downloads all my blog entries, and after a few hours of editing pictures, etc. it prints into an awesome, hardcover book.
We welcomed Grandma Sue and Grandpa Ken to Seattle on Sunday. They are staying a few days until they set off for Paradise (aka Maui) for 3 weeks. Grandma Sue has a bum knee so is on crutches, and basically laid up. This is really not Grandma's style, but she's keeping a good attitude. The kids are getting the hang of it - bring the games to Grandma!
Grandpa has stepped it up, and is now a pro at making bottles for Natalie and feeding her cereal in addition to taking great care of Grandma Sue!
We had a late birthday celebration for my Dad (Dec. 31) and an early birthday celebration for David (Jan. 16) last night at half time of the National Championship game. I made my Aunt Jeannie's Mint Chocolate cake which was delicious. We're always looking for a good excuse to eat cake!
And before we let Grandma take off we needed to take advantage of her hair cutting skills. Both Ryan and Kendall were in desperate need of haircuts, and Grandma Sue does the best job. Even with a bum knee.
The picture of the five of you is just precious!
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