Rowan & Nik: Officially 16 weeks, and TEN POUNDS. We had a meeting with lactation this morning, and they totally blew my mind. They are also taking about 4 ounces now. Lots of eating and growing going on over here!! Another first: Rowan weighs more than Nik... only by one ounce, but it's still never happened before, even in the womb!
They've now outgrown almost all of the newborn clothes, are in size 1 diapers, and have had to move the straps higher on their car seats. Craziness. They are sweet, happy little people. Nik is the more emotional of the two. When he smiles, his entire face smiles, too. I love it. Rowan is all cheeks, and sticks his tongue out when he smiles. He likes to laugh, and he's a much better sleeper now. He has something strange going on with his eyes, and we have another appointment with an ophthalmologist tomorrow to see what's up. Every time he wakes up, his eyes are almost matted shut, and crusty. Hopefully it's nothing serious, maybe just clogged tear ducts or something. Other than that, though, he's a happy little man. I love watching them smile and flirt. I've even heard a few laughs here and there. I love this part!!
Other things: Long overdue Keatonisms! I think there may be some repeats... sorry in advance!
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"I have to send the money back to somebody because the soup is not good."
"I want my face to be an oval. It won't fall apart that way." (No clue why the kid is talking so much about face shapes lately! Haha...)
Casey: "What would my clown name be?"
Keaton: "Daddy McDonuts"
Me: "Can you make a square?"
Keaton: "No, I'm making something similar. It's a salami."
Neighbor: "Can you draw an I?"
Keaton: "Yes, I can." (Draws an uppercase I.)
Neighbor: "Can you draw a little I?"
K: "Yes!!" (Draws a small uppercase I.)
Looks at his crayon. "It says 'Boogie Green'. It's green like boogies."
"'Stupid' is a bad word to say. My brudders don't say 'stupid' because they don't have teeth."
"If you take your hair and your mouth off I would call you the moon." No clue where that came from.
Playing with his helicopter: "They are really bad hurt! It's a mergency!"
Neighbor: "Watch out, tiger!"
Keaton: "He's not a tiger! He's Evan!"
"On my 2nd birthday I will be 4, then I will be 5."
"We got a new flag, and we hung it up on our house. Then it was an American house."
"If my chair falls down, my head will break off."
To Casey: "Push the go button, copilot!"
Me: "Can you put the clothes into the laundry?"
K: "Yes I may, sir!"
I was getting all three boys into the house, and I propped the door open with Nik's car seat to make it easier to get the other two inside. Keaton walked through the door and said, "Thank you for holding the door, brudder! That was really nice of you!"
K: "Can I have one more donut?"
Me: "Yes."
K: "How about 20 more?"
...kid after my own heart...
Patting my stomach: "There's nobody in there anymore. Did my brudders break your tummy? Where did they come out from?" (I avoided that topic... haha!)
"Heaven is kind of a different place. Where is Heaven? Is it on Saturn?"
Me: "Keaton, I can't hear you."
K: "My voice is talking, Mommy."
"When I move to my new room, can the walls come with me?"
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Keaton is potty trained now. He has the occasional accident in bed overnight, but he blew my mind last week by going into the bathroom, taking off his wet clothes, putting on new underwear, putting the wet clothes into the laundry, and THEN waking me up. So proud of this guy! He's growing up too fast!!
Keaton has a very very big crush on a girl in his class. "When I get older, I want to marry Alena. I will ask her. Do you think she will say yes? I will have to get her a ring. Can I have toys at the wedding?" [Serious sidenote: I was talking to Alena's mom and telling her this Keatonism, when another mom walks up and says, "Well, at least you can be thankful he likes girls! It could be the other way." I looked at her and said, "And I would be okay with it if he didn't." The comment bugged the heck out of me. Mind your own business, lady! And he is THREE YEARS OLD! I digress. Hopefully that lady gets her head out of her butt soon. Although I had another run-in with her at school this morning and she asked me if the babies, who were sleeping and had their heads drooped to the side, were one month old. I told her they were almost four months, and she said, "Oh, their necks just aren't strong enough yet, I guess?" Has the woman never seen a sleeping kid? Even adults can have their heads fall to the side when they sleep sitting up. Calm down, woman. Ugh!!]
What else can I tell you about Keat? He's at summer day camp now. So far he's enjoying it a lot. I've been taking him in the mornings to school, with the boys. It's tough, but we manage somehow. I am completely worn out by the time I get home, but it's nice to be a part of the school again. I've missed them.
In other news, our basement is getting drywalled this week! (Is that a word??). This weekend, Keith and De are coming to help paint. Things are starting to happen more quickly around here! By the end of Summer, we should have a fully functional basement. I'm pretty stoked. I haven't really helped at all, but I hope to be able to help with paint, at least. It's crazy to see it with walls now. Things are really coming together!
I can't think of anything else to update about. I'm sure I'm missing a lot. I'm working on a book of Keatonisms, and hope to have it completed soon- the first edition, at least. That kid cracks me up... and hopefully he'll enjoy a book of things he used to say. :-D
Until next time!
-Ash
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