Dear Beck and Baby Zwei,
kids, my life has become so much more... full with you two in it!!!!
Beck, you are almost 2 and are starting to become quite the parrot. You repeat words after us, but then we never hear them again, so I refuse to count them as part of your vocabulary. You have still gained quite a few words in the last month though and I think we are finally starting to see the "language explosion" that we kept hearing about.
Your new favorite activity is actually kind of a chore. You help us feed Lita breakfast and dinner. You hold her food bowl, put it down in her stand when it is ready, even bring us her water bowl when it is empty.
You love your monster trucks. Daddy got a new R/C monster truck recently and you two are having a blast driving it together. You are a good buddy for him.
You are still working on that. one. last. 2-year. molar. I hate teeth. Have I mentioned that before? Yeah... As a result of that tooth you have been sleeping a lot with us lately. I love the snuggles most of the time, but space is going to become a premium in our bed with my growing belly pretty soon. :) I am still hopeful that once this last tooth is out and with some gentle coaxing, you will start sleeping in your room again, just as you did before.
You are also still nursing twice a day and that is becoming rather... uncomfortable... these days. I am hopeful that this too will change once those darn teeth are done. If not, I will finally be willing to consider gently weaning you. Sorry, kid.
Current naptime is around 11:30 and you sleep for 2-3 hours most days. I usually work for part of your nap and then we snooze together for the rest of it. Goodness knows that I can use the extra sleep at this point too.
New things include:
~"ups"=oops "Ti-ta"=Lita "vroom" "hop" "bye" "Oma" "Ut"=out "Sit" "Holp"=help "Wawa"=water "Vamos"=our release word when feeding Lita
~Working on signs for walk, playground and help
~Your bald spot has filled in!!!
~I am sure there is more that I am forgetting....
The biggest news of the month is that we learned that you will be gaining a BROTHER in January! Your dad and I are pumped. I am already picturing bunk beds and soccer games in the backyard. :)
Baby Zwei, you are a mover and a shaker just like your brother was (and still is). Every doctor I have seen that I has tried to listen to or see you has commented on how you will not stop moving. Tell me about it. You are quite persistent with your kicks these days. Dad got to even feel you for the first time this week.
We had our level II ultrasound to check on you and all looks well except for one tiny, little thing that they want to check on again. All that means is that we get to see you again in 3 weeks! :) The doctor wants to make sure that you are growing at an appropriate rate (that is, they found something that carries a small association with growth restriction), which I only find terribly amusing because I am already measuring at least 4 weeks ahead of where I should be AND they want to monitor you for being too big since your brother was so large. Mixed messages much? Several other tests have come back normal, so we are pretty much convinced at this point that the doctors are just being overly-cautious.
It is official that as of your arrival, I will become a full time stay at home mom. I know this will take some adjusting for all of us, but it is the best thing for all of us as well.
You just keep growing and shaking and being healthy and your brother will keep me plenty busy in the meantime.
Love you two kids,
momma
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