I took that one of me with my 'nilla and once the boys woke up we took a bunch more. Note to self: next time you take a bunch o' pictures of yourself at least do something with your hair--messy ponytail not looking good. Okay, so Dalton and I were playing and Easton decided he wanted in too so he squeezed in between us:
Some kisses for my guys:
Some smiles:
Check out poor Dizzle lying on the floor in the background.
Smiles by themselves:
Easton and "The Man" (from his Legos...as in, "I like the man"):
Am I wrong for saying that I don't like how much his gums show in that picture? Oh well.
Dalton and The Mom:
So now we've got the pictures out of the way...what's the latest? Well, another horrendous night with Dalton last night. It frustrates me to no end, especially at the time. Last night he started up just as I was trying to go to sleep. I made Jason stop doing his homework and come upstairs to listen to me vent about it. What a guy! He tended to Dalton and sat in the hall with the laptop to keep working so I wouldn't have to deal with getting up again and again till later. Yes, he kept it up all night just like the night before. I'm really hoping it's just because he's still sick. A coughing fit woke him one of the times...then I feel bad. Still. Of course I'm not mad at Dalton, I'm mad at me. And the situation. I just find it so frustrating that he's regressed so much in his sleeping habits. That makes me feel like it's something I'm doing wrong...he was sleeping such long stretches at a pretty young age (especially for a breastfed baby) and now this. Grrr. Anyhoo...
My latest Easton worries? I'm a big worrier if you guys didn't know this about me already. It's a fault but there's no changing it. Anyway, I was watching that video of him from the other day (it should work now for those of you trying to see it). His pronunciation is not the greatest and I don't know if it's normal or if I should worry. My sister who knows about such things says not to worry yet. It's just that some of the kids we're around are verbal prodigies and so I have a hard time figuring out what is "normal". Then I made the mistake of mentioning the concern to my mom (also an admitted "worst case scenario" worrier) and now I don't know what to think. I'm still trying not to worry. Especially since he recently seemed to forget how to answer "Who/what/why/etc." questions. He used to do better. Now his answer for some NON yes/no questions is "Yes". "Easton, who was at Gym today?" "Yes". "WHO was at Gym? WHO?" "Yes." Or, "Why did you bonk your brother?" "Yes." Ugh. He used to do better than that. All his recent head injuries must've knocked that ability out of his head or something. 'Kay, not really. Jason thought it was hilarious yesterday. I was worried but Jason's laughing like that makes me laugh too. I said, "Don't encourage him" (answering yes) and J said, "He doesn't know what I'm laughing at" but Easton DID. He started saying "YES!" and faking a laugh at himself. Ugh. I didn't exactly think being a mommy would be easy or anything but I was expecting to worry about other stuff than my son forgetting how to answer questions.
Oh, and for about 10 minutes yesterday I was worried Easton had broken his collar bone. He fell off the back of his green chair and grabbed his other arm right away. I spent some time doing my athletic training/EMT assessments on him and I guess he's fine. He seemed fine about 2 minutes after it happened and certainly seems fine today. Although my mom likes to tell the story about how when I broke my arm I was still whacking my little sister with the affected limb as we waited to get the x-rays taken. I still think he's fine.
We went to Circle Time this morning. Nothing exciting to report from that other than we checked out Nemo and he is very excited. Easton went right down for his nap and I'm currently "fighting" with Dalton to go back to sleep too. This afternoon my mom and sister are coming and we're taking Easton to Build-a-Bear. They gave him a gift card for Easter but since it was from them I wanted them to come do it with him too. I don't know how Easton'll do but it'll be nice to have another sleep friend to threaten to take away. Kidding. Well, sort of.
Anyhoo...that's all from our end. Adios!
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Apparently Yesterday was "Self-Portrait" Day
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4 comments:
oh, don't stress Kristin! Our kiddos are at that age where there such a HUGE range of normal...(((hugs)))worrying mommy! Love the pics of your fellas-cracks me up to see chubby Dalton next to skinny Easton!
Love all the self portraits! I *wish* my hair could go into a ponytail because there are days when I do not want to deal with it. I'm jealous of all you long haired ladies...and men too I guess (ie Jason circa 1995). :)
I also have the gummiest smile EVER so I can't knock Easton's. He's still handsome!
Hopefully the constant waking up is a short-lived phase for Dalton. I'll keep my fingers crossed for tonight!
I love all the photos!! Too cute. I think my fave is Easton and the Lego Man. His expression is great...gums and all. *lol*
Sounds like Easton is doing fine to me. His speech sounds typical for his age. Nathan was always advanced, but other people had difficulty understanding him for a while there. If he used to understand questions, I'm sure he still does. There are so many nuances to speech, he might just be focused on something else right now...like making Daddy laugh. *lol* Gosh, I think Nathan still answers questions that way sometimes. "Why is Katie crying? Yes. No, WHY is she crying Nathan? I said YES, she is crying. But what happened? Ohhhh, she fell." Its just a matter of lazy listening for him.
I hope Dizzle feels better soon and you get some SLEEP.
What cute photos!!!! I loved the one of D just chilling in the background. What a good boy!
I hope he sleeps better for you tonight. It is so hard to function on little sleep.
And Julia will do the same thing with the "why, what,where" questions. Just today I asked her "what" she played with at school. Her response...josh, jeremy, chase. Why there were only boys in this answer is a whole other story. LOL.
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