Progress

Well, it's official...........my computer is down......I need to try and call today to take it in and hopefully it's a manufacture fix that will be covered!

So since I don't have any way of posting pictures or video, I thought I would just update you on the kids.......

The boys have been acquiring a lot more words lately (although, when they are upset it's still very difficult to figure out what's wrong), especially Carter. Both the boys can now say "Sidney".....it sounds more like "Nih-ney". Carter and Sidney lately have been partners in crime.......she will get him into something (like soak the bathroom with water and/or soap!).......then later he will go back and do it again and be calling her to come join him! Carter has been saying "Alright" in the cutest, little sing-songy voice. He says "Mon Mommy" (meaning Come on) or "Mere" (Come here)......he also says "what", "wait" "Oh No!", "Nice", "Speed" (after Lightning McQueen says "I am speed.") Carter says "I did it"......and just signed and said "eat" the other day..........Carter is big into trucks....which sounds more like "shuck".....he makes this sound when cars are driving by.....I haven't figured it out yet......like shuh, shuh, shuh..........He now says "Bye, bye" when he's ready to leave somewhere, or if we are at home and he wants to go somewhere. Carter has been saying "Up" (although he uses that for down too.) Sometimes he will say "help", but they kind of sound alike. Carter can also say "outside"....which sounds more like just "side," when he wants to go play in the backyard.

Cameron says "I get it", and just went went to take a sip of my juice and said "no more" when he realized it was gone. He says "Hi Mom" (Yes, it's Mom most of the time these days........not Mommy.......sigh.........are they growing up that much already?) He says "Stuck", "Look"......and loves Sidney's pink and purple fuzzy boas...he can say Carter & Sidney.......but not Cameron.

They both have "MINE!" down pat and frequently are fighting over cars these days......even though we have over 30. They can both say "Slide" too and "cookie".....which is getting easier to understand, but they go right over to the cupboard where they are, so it's easy to figure out. They both use "all done", with the sign and immediately push themselves away from the table (we are working on waiting until everyone is done, but it's proving to be a challenge.) They are both learning to toughen up......as big sister Sidney shows them the ropes........or the floor.......or how to take a fall........through real life experience. It's funny, I will tell one of them to say sorry and the one that's hurt will say it, not the one that did it! They both can say "wet", meaning that they want to get wet usually.......although they can say "water" too, (at least I know Cameron can.) Sometimes they will get loud and have an attitude like they are being very authoritative and babble something, with the pointing finger and everything,.....it's so cute, but I have no idea what they are saying. (It's usually Cameron that does that.) Carter is VERY into sports, like his Daddy and likes to pose squatting down, with his hands on his thighs. like he waiting to catch a basketball rebound, and holds the bat over his shoulder with bent knees waiting for the pitch. He also has been doing this football push thing........he will hold one arm out straight, into Cameron's back, pushing him like he's trying to run for a pass through the opposing player. Recently they both started saying "burp cloth" too, although Cameron says it more clearly and will also use it for his bink/paci. " They can both now say "Excuse me", which usually sounds like "muse me"......when they need to get by each other (and I'm trying to get them to use it when they burp too!) All three kids say "cheese" as soon as I pull the camera out and are used to being constantly recorded. (Although they usually want to see the picture or video before I'm even done taking it!)

Sidney is once again showing her Independence........not wanting to wear what I pick out.....it always has to be a skirt or a dress.......but SHE has to pick it out.......and the bedrooms are upstairs, but we spend most of our time down stairs, so it's kind of pain......I make her take the clothes back up to her room and she can usually bring the stool over from her bed into her closet and get the skirt (or dress) that she likes. Plus, lately she has been very mischievous and defiant.......climbing on the counters and getting into things when I go upstairs to change the laundry over or get dressed or make the beds or something.........and telling me "No" when I tell her to do something.............or getting up and walking away when she's in a time out. Some days (ok, a lot of days) Mommy has to let out a UUUUGGGHHHHH! with frustration.......and it's kind of funny, Carter will do it too. They really do mirror your behavior.......I'm seeing that more and more every day. She will now actually wear a headband (usually not holding her hair back....just for looks......but Mommy and Daddy always try to fix it).......or sometimes a couple of barrettes, kind of like tiny pony tails in the front of her hair. She is very into Hannah Montana now and has her guitar, and a CD and tells me as soon as we get into the car that she wants HM and which song she even wants to listen to! After seeing High School Musical on Ice, she is getting into that too. (Her cousin Madeline has all three movies and the music! They won a gift basket at the school/church raffle.) Roman was saying that it really hit him how much she is growing up (at the ripe old age of 4!) when they were driving to Lake Havasu and the boys were watching a video and Sidney had her headphones on and was bee-bopping to HM on her portable CD player. She even knows the words to a lot of her songs.........definitely not a baby any more......and with the attitude she sometimes displays........not even a toddler any more.......look out Mommy and Daddy.........some serious drama coming your way!

Ok, if I want to get this posted (and I need to go referee again with the kids), then I had better stop thinking of all the cute, and sometimes annoying things that my kids do!