General update

I haven't posted a general update on the kids in a while, so I thought I'd do that now. :) (besides, brother has kinda taken center stage lately and sister needs some attention!)

Ella is growing up so fast! She will be 4 months old on Saturday. Can you believe that?? We go in for her well visit next week, so I'll post details about her weight and height, etc then. This week she has decided that she wants to be mobile. She's started trying to roll over and she's SO close! She can get all the way onto her side, but can't quite kick over onto her tummy yet. I'm sure it'll be any day now though. She also has figured out how to move around in circles. I laid her in her bed yesterday for a nap and when she woke up, she was laying perpendicular to the way she started. It's so fun to see her doing new things. She is such a happy baby. Owen was a content baby, but I dont remember him smiling as much as Ella. She just smiles at people and laughs. I love it! She also talks a lot. She's started this new thing lately where she grunts. It's cute - kinda like her own language. :) I'll post some new pictures of her later today so you can see how much she's grown! She played in her exersaucer last week and liked it for the first time, so perhaps I'll post one of those pictures.

You've gotten the latest news on Owen already, but he's been saying and doing some new things lately (besides being sick), so I thought I'd post those here. He's started trying to repeat a lot of what we say now. Below is the list of things I can think of right now. I'll add more if I think of any others today. The big thing with him right now is "Do it me!" It's out of control! The child wants to do EVERYTHING. I'm not kidding. He gets mad at me because I wont let him put his ear drops in by himself. Yesterday he got mad because I didnt let him pour his own juice. It's really funny, but sometimes it's irritating because he gets so upset when we don't let him do things. We try to let him do as much as is safe. He gets most things for himself, opens and closes doors (and locks them if they have a lock he can reach), gets his medicine (i.e. sticks the dropper into the bottle - I fill it up - and then he puts it in his mouth), and lots of other silly things. He's getting to be such a big boy. We're trying to channel this newfound independence into some productive behaviors like picking up toys, throwing things away and learning to put his clothes on. So far, he's done pretty well, although the picking up toys things is kinda sporatic. :)

Today is Owen's first day back at school. He did pretty good at drop off (although he was kinda acting like a zombie... hopefully he was just tired) so we'll see how he is when we pick him up. I hope he has a good day. I'm gonna miss him now that I'm used to him being here with me all the time. Hopefully I can get some productive work done today though!