This new year has brought about so many changes in the Raiders household. The basement is one step closer to being finished as the framing is almost done and there's now windows in there. I can literally see the light at the end of the tunnel. To move from a house that had double the finished square feet it has been interesting with toys and furniture. We will alas make it through this hurdle in life and laugh at the silly things that we stressed about.
Savannah is now a potty trained girl. I honestly thought I would be sending that girl to Kindergarten in diapers. She wanted Elmo and that was the end of the argument. Last Monday we awoke to her realization Elmo was gone. I told her that all her diapers were thrown away and panties were now the new thing. We had about a 50% success rate and I cleaned up a few accidents in public. By Friday last week we were going in public and rarely an accident. The only accidents she has now is when she has water before bed and wakes up at 3am. She just can't make it to the bathroom quite in time. I went back and forth whether I should give her water before bed. She has a cough and runny nose so figured an accident is better than a water deprived sick girl. As long as when she crawls in bed with me in the middle of the night, I don't wake up with a puddle I'm ok.
Carson is a walker and is potty trained. (Just kidding) But in all seriousness he is starting to walk. He every once in a while lets go of the furniture and I catch him giggling away as he waddles to the next object. It's hard to believe at this age Savannah was just learning to crawl and he's learning to walk. He's been crawling around the house for the past 4 months. He is such a chattery little guy. He is never quiet except when he is sleeping.
Carson is also now growing again. Before Christmas we increased the dosage of his medicine for acid reflux only to have a reaction to it. The doctor claims that to not be the cause of it but nothing else changed in his lifestyle and he had no other "virus" symptoms. We stopped the medicine and gradually the hives went away. He has almost completely stopped spitting up. I do clean up about 1-2 messes a day but thats a lot different than the 1-2 every 15 minutes. He went from 19.1 lbs at Thanksgiving to now at his check up on Tuesday he's 22.4 lbs. He has also grown 2 inches in that time. Leaps and bounds for a guy that hasn't grown in 6 months. His 12-18 month summer clothes I have been buying him may fit after all. He has also been switched to formula for now. He gave up breastfeeding all on his own. I wanted to nurse him until March at least but he said starting this year that he was done. He would scream every time I sat down to nurse him but as soon as I handed him a bottle he would suck it down. That was a very hard week for me. Not sure if we are going to have more kids or not so that may be the end of my nursing days. I long to have another baby some day but we will see where our hearts are lead. For now we are satisfied and happy with the two wonderful children we have.
Savannah is now doing puzzles for age 3 and up. She requests that we sit down with her and do her farm puzzle. When my dad and brother came for Christmas that was the first time I had brought her puzzle out. A dear friend of mine got it for Savannah when she was 3 weeks old and I've been anticipating the day I could bring it out. Now almost a month later, she can almost do her 36 piece puzzle by herself. She loves to do her ABC's and counting but has no interest in learning colors right now. She has picked up an array of words this past month too. She is starting to repeat and remember things we tell her (or don't say to her but she overhears). She requests 2 eggs or pancakes in the morning. It's not just eggs but TWO eggs. These are such fun ages. Carson beginning to walk and Savannah discovering new words.
Carson also can now say mama! Score for me as Savannah didn't say mama until 18 months. He's definitely a mama's boy. :)
