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My Beautiful Babies.
Luke 2 and a half years old
Kate 8 weeks old |
Time is going by so quickly at the moment.
Kate is already 8 weeks old, and Luke is 2 and a half.
Life is a the Geddes home, is nothing short of CHAOTIC. lol.
I like to think that for the most part, it's happy chaos, though we definitely do have our moments (like right now, I can hear Jake sighing heavily, because he has reached his patience limit with Lukes morning of melt downs) lol
I'm happy to say that I've survived the first week of solo mommy duty since my mom left, and it hasn't been an entirely unproductive or chaotic week. Days were long because Jake had to work late, but I managed for the most part, to keep my cool, and stay on top of things... by staying on top of things, I simply mean I took a shower every day, fed my kids and husband, kept up with the laundry, and we all made it out alive. LOL
I have a long way to go before I feel like I'm back in control, with a routine, and system set up that works for me, but all in all, it wasn't a bad week.
Luke is showing some definite signs of improvement with his language. A lot of the time we still have no idea what he is saying, but he is at least saying SOMETHING. haha.
He is trying to communicate a little more, and he is constantly pointing at things either asking what they are or telling us what they are. He copies and imitates things he hears and sees (including a clip of Britney Spears dancing on a Pepsi Ad. lol.. too funny) and he is starting to take a bit more of an interest in books. I think the next 6 months will bring a huge improvement in his language and communication skills, which will be great.
He seems to be a little more adjusted to his baby sister. Well at least for the past 3 or 4 days, he hasn't seemed quite as jealous of her, and I haven't seen him 'bullying' her quite as much as he had been doing. He enjoys lying next to her in my bed in the mornings when he wakes up, and he has wanted to hold her a couple times over the last few days. He also likes to give her a paci when she gets upset, though he does find it very frustrating when she spits it back out. lol
He has also taken a huge interest in BUGS.. and we have no shortage of them here. He is constantly pointing out a spider, or a bug, or a moth somewhere in the house (yes, sadly we get that many where we live) and takes an avid interest in them.. dead or alive. :P
He has started to pay more attention to his surroundings while we are out, and he loves to point out all the trucks on the road, or look at the moon (another frequent favourite) and he has a radar for spotting a ball or a balloon in just about every place we may find ourselves.
Kate is growing and developing more and more each day.
I was pleased to get the first smile out of her on Halloween (Oct 31st), and since then she has given a few more. She loves to lie next to Luke in my bed in the morning, then stare at him and smile. I'm not sure if it's that she just really loves her big brother, or if it's a "I'm cute, please don't hurt me" defense mechanism so that she won't get beat up. haha
I'm sure in no time they will be playing really well together, and love each other to bits.
She is still a SUPER slooooow feeder. It takes on average 45 minutes to an hour for her to drink a 4 oz bottle... with it taking even longer on some days (like today)
We've tried to move her up to the next 'flow' bottle nipple, because she is still using the newborn to 1 month nipple, but the next one up she just chokes on.. so I guess slow nipple, with slow drinking baby is how it's gonna have to be for now.
She's becoming a lot more alert now, and likes to have short bursts of time where she can lie and look at the toys on her activity mat, or just stare around the room. She has the cutest big eyes, and you just want to eat her up when she opens them wide and stares around, which she loves to do over your shoulder.
This year has FLOWN by.. it's crazy to think that next month is Christmas, and then we start 2012, and before I know it, Kate will be turning a year old.
I'm definitely ready to move past the sleepless night stage, but I sooo love having a little baby in the house. Jake and I both, are suckers for a warm, snuggly cuddle with a newborn on your chest and their sweet smell wafting up to your nose. And then of course there are the little feet, that I just LOVE to play with. Poor Kate frequently goes sock-less, despite the chilly house on some days, because I just love to look at and hold those tiny little newborn feet :)
We are very quickly forgetting what life was like before Kate, and we're loving watching her and Luke grow.
I have a great little family, and although some days are just plain exhausting and hard, I wouldn't change the 'package' I got for the world.
