The pictures are ones my friend took at Monster Mash the Friday before Halloween. We met our friends Steve and Rachel and their twin daughters, Fiona and Julia. Matthew's costume is a dragon and Kater a cupcake. The kids had so much fun playing games, jumping in the jump house, and rockin' out to the kids' band.
Back on October 27th, the twins
turned 20 months. What! Only 4 months away from being 2 years old already! I better start the party planning. :)
Unfortunately, I didn't get this blog
post done as soon as I would have liked. The week of Halloween our family, except for
Kevin, had the flu. It was a time for firsts. First time for me to be sick as a
mommy and first time our little ones to have the flu. Thankfully, Kevin didn't get
sick and was super dad and took off work to take care of all of us! So happy
that experience is over and we are all back to normal health at our household.
For now....tis' the season I guess.
Here are the new things Kate and
Matthew have been up to at 19 months (the best I can remember now, so it might
be shorter).
Katherine
Ilene:
(September 27th - October 27th)
* You can now say the three best
words a parent can't wait to hear: "Love you, Mama" and "Love
you, Daddy". When we say I love you at bedtime you will go down the list
of family members saying you love them too.
* You can say Grandpa and Grandma
* Your talking has really taken off
this month! You are saying a lot of 3-4 word sentences. You love to mimic what
we say. We now have a little echo in the room with us.
* We went back to Iowa at the end of
September and you went to your 2nd cousin, Beau's, 1st birthday party. You also
went to a pumpkin farm with Grandma Joyce, Grandma Carol, and Aunt Jenny.
* You're still a little book-worm. Your favorite books are: Argggghhhh Spider, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Goodnight Moon, and any Mickey and Minnie Mouse book. You like to read the books out loud to yourself. You are starting to have parts of those books memorized.
* You can point to and say
"circle".
* You can also point to and say the
body parts: nose, mouth, head, feet.
* You can make an animal sound for a
sheep, elephant, cow, cat, dog, frog owl, bear.
* You love to tell people hi,
good-bye, and see ya.
* Your favorite foods this month
were: Lil' Crunchies or kid Cheetos (you ask for them constantly), peanut butter toast, pudding, cheese, milk,
and turkey dogs.
* Mommy and Daddy have been church
hunting this past month, so you have been going to church up here for the first
time. You love to sit with us during the service. You are awesome during the service and sit and look at books and clap along to the music.
* Your top left molar came in! I knew
you were working on a new tooth and was surprised to see it was one of your molars.
Matthew
Edward:
(September 27th - October 27th)
* You had your first haircut at Kids'
Hair on October 13th. You were scared sitting in the chair while the hair cut
was happening, but you were brave and made it through. Mommy took you to the
salon.
* You started a speech program
through the school district in our county. You qualified for the program since
you aren't verbally using your words. Your receptive language and motor skills
are right on track, so this is to help you with talking and using your words. Once
a week the speech teacher comes out to our house and works with you. So far you
have had 2 sessions. You really like Jill, your teacher, and enjoy
"playing" with her. I'm learning some great and helpful teaching
skills to help you use your words along with some sign language.
* Along with language development, we
went and had a hearing test done at an ENT to make sure you were hearing okay
per the speech assessment team. You were also suffering with a cold for
over a month at this time, so we took you to the doctor for a check-up. You had
your first ear infection. Since the fluid didn't go away after two different
antibiotics, you are going to have tubes put in your ears this month on the 15th. Hopefully
this will also help your hearing which will in turn help with talking since you're not hearing the best with the constant fluid.
* You randomly like to walk backwards
around the house. Come to find out you figured out how to walk backwards down
the step in the living room.
* The words at this time you can say
are bye-bye, hi, and see ya. The words we have been working on signing in
speech are please, all done, and more. You do try and say please and more when
you signing. You're awesome at following our directions!
* Love puzzles and can do a lot of them by yourself now.
* Loves to help me put lids or caps back onto bottles. You know what you're doing with all of that now!
* Loves to walk in and out of a room telling us "good-bye, see ya". So cute! You'll keep waving at us until you can no longer see us.
* Love puzzles and can do a lot of them by yourself now.
* Loves to help me put lids or caps back onto bottles. You know what you're doing with all of that now!
* Loves to walk in and out of a room telling us "good-bye, see ya". So cute! You'll keep waving at us until you can no longer see us.
* You now have all of your teeth up
to your 2 year molars. So glad the molars are finally in! Not fun!
* We went back to Iowa at the end of
September and you went to your 2nd cousin Beau's 1st birthday party. Beau got a John Deere motorized gator and the two of you loved to sit in it together. You also
went to a pumpkin farm with Grandma Joyce, Grandma Carol, and Aunt Jenny.
* You have been an awesome sleeper!
You aren't waking up at all most nights and are taking a 2 to 2.5 hour nap
during the day. You go down for a nap around 12:30/1:00ish.
* You learned how to climb into your
highchair. Ugh! You also love to climb up onto the dinning table. What a
monkey! Nothing is safe on the table or edges of counter tops.
* Your favorite foods this past month
were: bananas, waffles, cheese, strawberries, watermelon, and Greek yogurt.
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