Spring!

Today we finally feel like spring has arrived! 

Off to Dinner!

Sim's Rough Week

Simeon has had a bit of a rough week this week. First of all, Shane caught him with the iPad hiding out under a desk the other day when it was most definitely not his "screen time"...

Shane also walked in on him re-arranging the order of the kids' names, putting himself on top to pick the video the next time they watched something...

Then the other night he got out of bed and fell asleep in the closet...

We have had great fun with that one. Lieren saw it all happen and thought it was funny. Then Shane showed Sim the picture and Simeon just laughed so loud. 

We also found him in the pantry, behind a curtain with a box of cheese-its. Totally didn't ask. 

And then yesterday he got to go play with a friend for the first time all by himself and he ended up having to get stitches...

You just never know what's going to happen next with this kid!

Beauty

Bittersweet Milestone

So the other night we had a babysitter here for bedtime and she put Blaise to sleep without his paci.  You've heard me talk about the paci.  I really was not looking forward to taking it away.  I mean, it's only been recently that Blaise has it only at nap and bedtime.  And even then, he would take it always if I let him.  But she put him down without even thinking about it.

I noticed when I went up to his room after Miranda left that he didn't have it.  And there it was in the cabinet where I keep it between sleeps.  

And the wonder of it is, he slept.  And he woke happy.

                      

So today at naptime, I just put him down without it.  He didn't beg for it.  He did fuss a bit and when I went back in, he wanted his wearable blanket on.  I never put it on at nap but maybe it was a bit of security for him.  But then he slept a wonderfully long nap.

And tonight as I was putting the wearable blanket on for bed he said to me, "My papi?" (which is what he calls it).  I just said, "I don't know, Blaise..." and went on with the bedtime routine.  He didn't say any more and went right to sleep.  So we'll see.  The jury is still out on whether this is permanent.

But it just reminds me...these milestones, they are so good. So sweet.  And hard too.

But instead of being sad about babies getting bigger, I will instead think about how cute these two were tonight...

We went to eat dinner at the home of some friends and now our college group is here.  Sim and Blaise wore these shirts I just got for them and were about as cute as anything I've ever seen.  I didn't choose to leave Silas out.  He was just too busy building a new Lego he got today and was already dressed and didn't want to take a minute to change to his Batman shirt.  It was no big deal.  Just kind of funny how focused he was wanting to finish before we left.

Some Stats

We just switched to a new pediatrician. It took 3 visits to get all the kids their well-child check ups so that we could establish ourselves as patients. So we've been doing a lot of this lately...

 

I realized this is Silas' 4th pediatrician and he is only 5 1/2. I had kind struggled with whether to switch because we loved our last pediatrician. She was wonderful and I absolutely loved her. Her office was also a teaching practice so there were always medical students, which I really liked. But our new ped goes to our church and is honestly 2.5 minutes from our house. So when our insurance changed at the beginning of the year and opened the door for us to go to him, we decided to do it. It is so convenient and I think it's going to be good. It doesn't hurt that we can always catch him at church for a quick question (like I had to do last night!).

 

Since we've just had all these visits, I thought I would record our kid's stats and a couple things about them these days.

 

Silas is 3 ft, 9 inches tall, which is in the 69th percentile. He is 45 lbs, the 58th percentile.

 

Silas is a little sponge for knowledge these days. He came home from school today and told me all about the rays of the sun and how the atmosphere worked. It's fun to see all he is learning. And he is getting excited for next year when, as he says, "You're my teacher, Mommy!" I am getting excited too and am deep into picking curriculum!

Simeon is 3 ft, 5 inches, which is the 83rd percentile. He is 41 lbs, the 92nd percentile.

 

When I went to pick up Simeon and Lieren at church on Sunday, Simeon was thrilled to see me, but he wouldn't come to the door till he knew Lieren was coming too. He called and called to get her attention then they walked to meet me together. It was so sweet!

 

Lieren is 3 ft, 1 inch, which is the 20th percentile. She is 32 lbs, the 36th percentile. And no, you didn't read that wrong. Yes, Simeon is a good 4 inches taller than his sister and much closer to Silas in both weight and height. Lieren has always been our petite one!

 

Today Lieren came to me after lunch and said, "I just want to change one more time; just my shirt this time." I told her that was fine, even though she had already changed her outfit at least twice. When she came back down she was wearing a new shirt and different skirt. She loves to wear a skirt or dress. It sure is different than the boys around here, all of whom would be happy to stay in their pajamas all day!

Blaise is 2 feet, 9 inches tall, which is about the 75th percentile. And he is 29 lbs, the 30th percentile. I had to figure out his percentiles on my own online because I forgot to get a print out from the pediatrician before I left. But I think they are pretty accurate.

 

One thing I never want to forget about Blaise in this season is that right when he gets out of the bath, he wants me to hold him. He clings to me like a little monkey. Today when I took him out, I was standing drying him off and he said, "Sit, Mommy!" then pulled on me to kneel down so he could climb up on me. The wet is pretty worth the snuggle.

 

Blaise is also our happiest church nursery child. He always goes right to the nursery workers and even waves to me as I walk away and says, "Bye, Mommy!" I never knew how joyful it was to have a child go into class so happily at this age.