Hopie is now crawling like a real baby- no more dragging herself across the floor- and she pulls herself up on most everything, except moving objects. She loves butterfly kisses; they make her laugh out loud which is adorable. She doesnt say much, but lets out an occasional squeal of delight when her brother is around. (splashing her in the bathtub, crawling into bed with her or wrestling her to the ground... you know, the usual older brother moves). She eats like a champ and is just starting to refuse to let me spoon feed her, but is open to pretty much anything she can pick up. This is much unlike her brother who survives on pancakes, pumpkin bread, tortellini and bean burritos.
Al is refusing to nap or go to bed right now... my dad told me to start ignoring him when he gets out of bed, so last night I deceided I couldnt battle with him anymore and I would try to ignore him. Hilarious. I cleaned, folded laundry, watched TV, read a book all teh while he is in the bathroom washing his hands for 15 minutes and playing in the bubbles, moving ornaments from the little tree to the big tree, climbing on and off the counter, and finally ending up outside my door (bc I told him he was not allowed in... that was the one thing i did say to him during this "ignoring" process). He stared at me for 15 minutes until I turned out the light and went to bed, then he got up, walked to his room, and went to sleep... 10:30pm. ha!
Here are some adorable, yet really annoying things Al likes to say when he doesnt want to go to bed:
"I dont have to mommy"
"Its impossible" said more like 'im-pot-e-bul'
"I not tired, I wake"
"probably not go bed mommy, probably not"
On the contrary, last night Al was trying to go to bed-it was around 8:45- and Hope had woken up and was crying. So we can hear Al saying "Its okay Hope, its okay" in a calm and quite voice. And, as her cry turned into a scream so did his tone and he began yelling " IT's OKAY HOPE!!". Hilarious.
Big Brother Walks Little Sister to School
11 years ago
