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@Smurfette: Oh my gosh, I will have to dig through old IGs to find it! Go, R!

@Adira: Haha I agree with @smurfette- Xander is the most chill baby ever! Pete is more obsessed with his pacifier than ever. I'm not sure how or when we are going to wean.

My super eater has been having a picky phase for the past week or so. He's spitting out some of his (previously) favorite foods like scrambled eggs, bananas and berries. All he wants to eat is carbs! At least he is open to whole wheat varieties of pasta and bread. I am trying to sneak in some other foods when I can but he is really craving the carbs. A true Italian, I guess.

@QueensBee: R hasn't wanted to eat this weekend, except cheese and pasta. So frustrating and a waste of food. She loves pasta but doesn't like bread. Seriously, not my child.
The IG video should be easy to find, just look for her in her MC Hammer pants. I don't know why but every one piece from BG makes her look like MC Hammer but the ones from Carter's doesn't.

We are still away and replying on my phone is kind of hard.

We are having as much fun as we can. I got a cold the day after we got here and Isaac got it the following day. Today he was feeling a bit better. He has been a very clingy mama's boy. He won't let anyone hold him and cries if I go into another room. Sleep has been terrible.

Two nights ago he started rolling in his sleep as well as sitting. He has never done this before.

Between the colds and rolling neither of us are getting much sleep. And I can't sneak away for a nap since he screams.

I feel bad for my mom as she hasn't got to do much with him.

I'm looking forward to being home with DH for the night help.

@Smurfette: I found it last night. Love those hammer pants!

@ALV91711: Awe, I know you were really looking forward to this trip. Sorry to hear that you both have been sick. Pete is home sick with a fever today too. These winters are just so hard to stay healthy.

@ALV91711: Sorry the trip isn't what you wanted it to be. I hope you feel better soon!!
@silver1: Her straw cup, she won't use a sippy. I am J hasn't lost weight. Has he gotten taller? I think they don't gain as much now cause they are so mobile.

I was home with R today. Day care closed cause of weather. It was just raining and cold but nothing froze. She took great naps and was still exhausted tonight. I hope she isn't getting sick. DH got an early flight and is on his way home. We are supposed to get freezing rain/ice/snow for the next couple days. Supposed to be big power outages as well. I am nervous! Glad DH is going to be home.

@Adira: Yay for Xander on the booting the pacis! That's great!

@Smurfette: I've been thinking about giving them some WCM in their sippies to try with dinner so they'll start getting used to it. Our ped told us the amount of milk that they will drink when they switch to WCM in a cup will probably drop significantly, which kind of stresses me out but I guess it's normal. Right now, they have 24-28 oz. plus 3 meals a day and snack, and he said when we switch, he'd like them to be drinking at least 15 oz. a day. That doesn't seem like much. But on the other hand the idea of trying to get them to drink that much out of their cups is intimidating since they only sip here and there, so I guess that's good.

@Mrs. Blue: R is doing great with milk. Yesterday she drank 3ozs between all meals so she will need to increase it but she also has been drinking 4 6ozs bottles the last couple days. Thanks for the 15 ozs note. I figured the pedi would tell us at her 1yr appointment but at least now I know what it should be.
@ALV91711: Glad you made it home! Are y'all feeling better? DH did make it home, thankfully. He brought a stomach bug with him and 36 hours later is still stick. But now able to keep water down. I just hope R and I don't get it.

@ALV91711: aww!!

@ALV91711: Welcome home! Glad to made it back safe and sound in this crazy winter weather.
Pete is still acting a bit picky with his food. He now prefers if I give him an enormous chunk of food so he can be in charge of eating it. For example, if I give him a strawberry cut up into small pieces, he will spit it out. If I give him a whole strawberry, he will happily bite into it and enjoy every bit of it! He's learning to take smaller bites but I still get so nervous about him choking, especially as he gets to the end of the strawberry. Same is true for bananas, toast, broccoli... anything! He definitely wants it *his* way.

@Smurfette: Glad you survived the storm with power! Hope DH is feeling better soon. Sounds like R is caught on to the deliciousness of homemade french toast!

Well, I can't officially say that Pete is "walking" yet but he has certainly taken his first steps this week! He's started taking about 4 steps at a time before he topples overs. I think he will be walking pretty soon!

He's also started babbling a lot more which makes me sooooo happy. He still isn't close to saying real words and is limited with his consonants but at least he is trying. Also, when we saw his cousin last week, they were both at exactly the same level regarding speech so that reassured me that he's still in the normal range of language development.

And finally, Pete is giving proper kisses now. If I say, "Peter, can you give mama a kiss?" and point to my cheek, he crawls over and gives me a slobbery open mouth kiss. No teeth! (He used to try to kiss but would end up biting) It's so much more pleasant now that he knows how to do it without teeth!

We are enjoying an unexpected snow day home together today. It's been nice to catch up on household chores and also spend the day with little man. Such a treat!

Hi all! So fun that so many of your babies are walking now!

J's newest development is that he started clapping at the 11 month mark, and he loves it so much. He's always clapping now haha!

He's turning one next Saturday, which is also his 1st birthday party. Sniff sniff... growing so fast! I'm getting sad thinking about it because he might just be my last baby! This year went by too fast..

@Adira: whoa, how did you compile all the bdays? did you dig through the old board? thanks for doing that!!

@Smurfette: i feel like i've been waiting forever for him to do it, and now he's clapping and high fiving all over the place. i was never able to get either of my kids to get the hang of a sippy... i feel like learning to tip it back is more complicated than sipping out of a straw!

my sister is due in 2 days too - i'll be expecting a nephew any day now, and my kids will have their very first cousin!