April 26, 2011
At the playground today, Lewis started dragging a truck around in the sandbox. As he did that, he said, “Come on cute truck! Come on cute truck!”
Beau has an accomplishment as of yesterday. He used to suck his thumb on just the left hand. Now it looks like he can suck on either side. Ambidextrous thumb sucking! He’s very versatile.
Just yesterday, Lewis started forming questions properly. Before, he would just ask a question through intonation. “I go to the park?” “I eat some cereal?” Now he’s asking me questions all day long. “Mommy, can I climb on the couch?” “Mommy, can I touch this?” My favorite question that he asked many times yesterday was, “Mommy, can I help you?” He wanted to help with the laundry, and help change his diaper...his own diaper that is. He’s a really good helper.
May 3, 2011
Tonight, Beau rolled from his back to his tummy. He’s been a little roller for the past few weeks side to side. All of a sudden, he’s ended up on his tummy, and we’re not sure if he knows how to get off!
Today Lewis saw his friend Matthew at the park. They were playing and running around. At one point Lewis sort of tripped on this cement area and fell. I don’t think it hurt too much. He stood up and said, “I’m OK. I’m OK”. Then he looked up at Matthew and held out his hand and said, “You kiss it? You kiss it?” Matthew bent down and kissed his hand. It was so cute!
Today we went to the doctor because Beau hadn’t pooped in a week and a half. Prior to that, he hadn’t pooped for a week, and when he did poop, it was really small. So, I had been talking to the nurses and we had tried different things, to no avail. We went to the doctor, and he was nursing just before they called us into the doctor’s room. The nurse weighed him and took his temperature. Then she left and I started nursing him again, and then he went...and boy was it a big one! When the doctor came in, I had to tell her that he hadn’t pooped for a week and a half, but he had just gone that minute. We were all very happy about it though!
I feel so happy and lucky because the last couple days have just been heavenly. This is what life is all about! The weather has just been gorgeous – about 70 degrees and sunny. Yesterday morning, Lewis and I went for a long jog. We saw the sheep in a field behind our neighborhood. Then we ran to the train station and then ran by some water, which he loves. Afterwards we ran to Kunkel Park and spent a couple hours playing at the park. It was so lovely! Then we went home for lunch. In the afternoon the neighbor girls came over and played with Lewis while Mommy managed to finish up a bit of work. Then we went outside and played in the yard and Jaime, Jeff, and Carter came by and we played with them for a bit. We have such a wonderful life! We’re so blessed!
Today we went on a quick errand in the morning and had to take Beau to the doctor. On the way home from there we came by Terhune Orchards. It was 75 degrees and sunny. Lewis wanted to see the horse, and he fed the goats. He played on the tractors, and we had a picnic. It was heavenly! I love my life!
Lewis asked tonight if he could have a cauliflower. He actually meant a dandelion, but he couldn’t remember how to say it. Cauliflower is pretty close...I can see it!
May 16, 2011
Lewis just woke up from a nap, and I could hear him yelling, “Can we go to the farm? Can we go to the farm?” He just wakes up thinking right away of whatever you told him right before bed, and he’s really excited!
May 18, 2011
We have a little problem. Beau has gotten really good at rolling from his back to his tummy, but he hasn’t figured out how to roll back the other way. So, every time I go get him when he’s crying really hard, it’s because he’s on his tummy and he can’t figure out how to get back. Ah dear.
Today as I went to walk down the stairs with Lewis behind me, he all of a sudden said, “Norah, can I hold my hand?” (Which means can I hold your hand.) Too cute!
May 21, 2011
I woke up (at 6:15am) to Lewis saying, “Please, I have a band aid? Can I have a band aid, Norah?” So funny! Then I got Lewis up and gave him his band aid, and he was very excited. I asked him if he wanted to snug in Mommy’s bed, and he said OK. And then he said, “And read books in Mommy’s bed?” I said, yeah! I got him up and he pointed at the door and said, “Go in your crib!”, and then he broke out in laughter at his joke!
May 25, 2011
This morning Lewis wanted to say the prayer for our morning scripture study, and it went something like this:
Dear Heavenly Father, We’re grateful for this day. Thank you for Beau and Mommy and Daddy and Lewis. And...we’re grateful for this day. And, thank you for the trucks and that we saw the train. And for Beau, and Mommy, and Daddy, and Lewis! In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
May 27, 2011
This morning a baby deer sat down just outside our window. I took Lewis to see him. It was very cute!
This morning Lewis came into the room. He saw the picture of Jesus hanging on our wall and he said, “That’s Jesus!” I told him that’s right. Then he said, “Jesus on the bus?” I told him that Jesus didn’t really have busses in his time. Then he mentioned a couple other things about Jesus playing with toys and such. And then he said, “And Jesus talks to President Monson”. I told him that’s right. J
June 6, 2011
Daddy was working from home this morning, and he told Lewis, “I need to do my work”. Lewis responded, “You need to do your work? No. You not to do your work. Can you play with my work?”
June 7, 2011
Beau just came down to Richmond with me. He did wonderfully in the car. He did get fussy at one point, and I started to singing to him to calm him down. Regular songs didn’t quite do the trick, but when I sang his name in, say, a five note scale or in thirds, he calmed right down. So, he definitely recognizes his name. Everyone down in Richmond said he was such a happy baby. He just constantly smiles at everyone, and he’s so, so cute!
People love his name, by the way. I think it’s so easy for little kids to say, that they latch on to it. We have numerous friends from the library or the neighborhood who always talk about “Baby Beau” and want to see “Baby Beau”.
Beau is a little roller. He’s been able to roll very well for a long time. He can now roll well forwards and backwards. Today I was reading books to Lewis before his nap, and Beau started rolling around, and he managed to roll himself right under Lewis’ crib. Lewis hadn’t really noticed, so when I finished reading the book, I asked Lewis if he knew were Beau was. Lewis looked a bit perplexed and distraught, but then he heard Beau under the crib and lay down to find him. He thought that was so funny!
June 8, 2011
Today Lewis and Beau both took a bath together. Lewis was so cute. He was splashing Beau and making him laugh so loudly. Mommy messed it all up because I made Lewis start splashing more gently, but then Beau stopped laughing at him. It was very cute. After the bath, I was struggling to keep Lewis on task to have him dress and get ready. At one point he ran away from me, and next thing I knew, he had somehow opened a bottle of Listerine and he was pouring it all over himself, as well as on the white armchair in his room and down on the rug. Ahhhh!!!! Thankfully Listerine is alcohol based, and it wiped right up! Phew!
Lewis had a haircut tonight and he was really excited for his haircut. As I was finishing, I said to Lewis, “OK. I think I’m just about done”. Lewis exclaimed, “It’s treat time!”
June 9, 2011
Bad news in the world of keeping things clean today. Lewis has figured how to unscrew his sippy cups, even though they sort of have a safety feature. I got him up from his nap and he was all wet. I thought, is that sweat? Did he wet his bed? And then I saw the opened cup. This is going to get interesting!
June 10, 2011
Lewis was just having a whiney moment, and so I told him, “Lewis, you’re being a prima donna!” He told me, “No, I not a donna. I want to eat a donut!”
This afternoon, Lewis asked me, “Can I ask a favor? Can we see pictures on the puter?” (which means the computer) SOOOOOO cute! This little boy is too much!
June 13, 2011
Today Lewis was wearing a pair of shorts that were a tad too big for him. On the way home from the park, I realized that Lewis wasn't with me and turned around to tell him to hurry up. Instead, I saw a very cute little exhibitionist!
June 15, 2011
I’ve just started telling Lewis stories, just like Baba did for me when I was little. So, we do Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and we’ve delved into Little Red Riding Hood. Lewis also requests the Noah story, the New York City story, and the Teddy Bear Picnic story. It’s SO cute! He loves it so much that he just sits on my lap mesmerized and gives me so many hugs because he’s just loving it all so much! It’s so cute!!! He calls the Goldilocks story, “Lillylocks”. And, he knows the songs that go in the stories now. And, he likes to pretend to tell the stories himself now too. In fact, after I had finished telling him the Lillylocks story the other day, then I needed to change his messy diaper. While I changed it, he started telling me the story of the poop, because he was still in story telling mode. “And, then, there was a poop!”
We also got to skype with Baba and Gogo the other day before nap time and had Baba tell Lewis the story over skype. It was amazing! We’re half a world away, but Baba and Gogo can still tell Lewis a bedtime story and sing him a song and blow kisses before bed!
When Kristen, our babysitter, left today, Lewis asked, “Oh, where’s Kristen?” I told him that she had to go home. He looked out the window and yelled at the top of his lungs, “Bye, Kristen, Bye, Kristen!” Finally, he threw himself down on the couch and said, “I love Kristen!”
I gave Lewis a new Mr. Elephant Man today because his old one is so disgusting from him chewing on it all the time. I gave him the new one, and he seemed happy. Then he looked a bit quizzical and asked me, “What’s that?” I told him it was Mr. Elephant Man, and he told me, “Yes, you’re right”. But then he tried to eat Mr. Elephant’s Man’s nose when he woke up from his nap. He sort of looked at it like he was a bit confused and then told me, “Oh, that’s yucky!” Just not the same!
June 16, 2011
Yesterday I gave Lewis applesauce with lunch. He had finished one bowl of applesauce, and he wanted more. So, he told me, I want more “apple sausage”. I asked, “Oh, do you want more applesauce?” “No!” he replied, “that’s apple sausage!”
June 21, 2011
Lewis was just looking at this flyer that came in the mail. It has a picture on it of a little girl pushing a toy lawn mower. So, he told me, “That girl is lawnding!” Isn’t that a great verb!!!
Today we read the gospel picture book, which he really likes. He saw a picture of Jesus and the rich man from the story in the New Testament. He pointed to the picture and said, “Oh, does that look like Auntie Mish?”, pointing to the picture of the rich man. Hmmm...maybe...but I’m pretty sure Auntie Mish is MUCH more beautiful than that!
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