House Full of Sickies

All of us are sick this week.  Well, so far Brandon has managed to escape it, but Kylie, Hayden and I have all been hit with a cold.  So lots of runny noses and coughing going on at this house.  Which means that we haven't been outside to play at all and have been cooped up inside all week.  Not very fun, especially for Kylie.

Thus, we have been watching lots of movies and taking it easy.  Kylie's favorite movie of the moment is Cars 2, and thanks to that movie, has learned some new words: car, boat, and McQueen.  She always asks for the movie by saying 'McQueen'.  It's pretty cute!  We also got some new apps for her to play while being stuck inside.  One of them I thought was pretty advanced for her: having to spell words and put them in sentences.  But it is her favorite game and I have even heard her parrot some of the words she is spelling!  (Very, eat, cake)  She is SOOO close to talking, and has been for awhile.  One of these days she is just going to spout a sentence, I know it.  The other day she was crying and looking around, so I asked her what she was looking for, and very clearly she said "My bear!" I was so happy that I was able to help her and have her tell me what was wrong!

Hayden has gotten to the age where he likes to be sitting up and looking around at everything.  So we got the little Bumbo seat out and let him sit in it for a few minutes (until he gets frustrated, haha).  You can definitely tell how chunky he's getting when he sits in it.

And then of course, Kylie has to do whatever Hayden does.  Especially if it involves some toys that she considers hers... like the little blue dog...

We also tried to recreate the super cute picture of Kylie when she was this age on top of our cat, Charlie.  It didn't turn out so well.  Either Hayden wouldn't lift his head or he'd tip over.  At least our cat was tolerant of being squished by him!

In fact, our cat seemed to like the attention, because after we gave up on getting a decent picture, he came and cuddled up to Hayden.

Kylie is still on the fence about naps.  I can get her to take one half of the time, and on the days she doesn't take one she either does fine or completely crashes.  Like the other day at dinner time.  One second eating her dinner, the next, totally zonked.

I think she really needs naps more than ever, now that she has her new 'big girl' bed.  She just loves being able to play in her room before she is ready to crawl into bed at night and during naps.  The problem we are experiencing is in the mornings... they seem to be getting earlier every day.  She used to sleep in until at least 9 AM, but now that she is free to get out of her bed she is in our room before the sun is even up now.  And you can tell she is still tired because she will cuddle in bed with us for a bit until I am ready to get out of bed.  That is probably the reason she has been crashing randomly when she refuses to take a nap...

Kylie loves to talk on the phone with Brandon when he is on his way home from work.  She is a little chatterbox and is pointing to all the things around the house that she has been doing.  Brandon and I are just on the edge of our seats wanting to know what she is saying!  This week Brandon decided to trade his phone for an iPhone, so now we can do Facetime.  Kylie thinks it is awesome to see her daddy's face on the phone, but she won't talk to him like she normally does on the phone.  But I am sure she will warm up to the concept!

Hayden has been so alert lately!  He loves when you talk to him and has even been looking at the little toys on his bouncer seat.  And he is an awesome smiler!  He smiles a ton more than Kylie ever did as a baby.

Luckily Hayden is a happy baby when he's awake and fed.  He is a lot of fun to play with and talk to!  He especially loves Daddy Time.