Dentist

Elinore went to the dentist for the first time ever in November last year.  She did very well; I mean sure she cried when they looked in her mouth, but it was quick and painless and she was right back to herself after that. 

Her first molar on top are just peeking through and her bottom molars are going to be popping through very soon they say. 

Caden did very well too.  He gets nervous as we get to the appointments, so I usually stay with him.  I could see he was anxious when he sat down as I walked on to stay with Elinore.  He did very well all on his own though and had no cavities!

Caleb on the other hand, had 3 cavities!  He'll be going back in a few weeks to have those filled.  They said he does so well with his dental work that he'll be getting all 3 done at once and then be done because he does so well with it.

And it wouldn't be a visit to the dentist without them reminding me to help them floss, because we have to remember they don't do a good enough job on their own.  We'll see how that goes...!

To end, a few pictures from this morning's dentist office visit. 

Sick Day

One Monday in November, Elinore and I stayed home from work and the babysitters on a sick day.  I was miserable sick and she was on the upswing from being sick over the weekend, so we snuggled.  Her spot of choice, the crook of my knees on the living room floor while we watched tv.  More than likely it was Sesame Street because that's what she's interested in!

Swimming Underwater

We spent the last few days as a family at Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, Ohio.  While maybe someday I'll share more about our time there, today I just wanted to remember what Caden told us at lunch.

At lunch today Caden told us he has a special tooth he has in his mouth that lets him breathe underwater! 

Amazing!

It sure was good for a laugh for Keith and I!  :)

Books

Elinore is now into books.  She loves them!  She'll say "Boo" when pointing at them.  She carries them to you to read to her, and she's actually listening to them now!  She's been really interested in books the last few weeks, but just in the last week she's started to actually listen to them when you read them.  Yesterday she came over and sat in my lap or next to me many times to listen to books.  However, by books, I really only mean a handful of them because we're reading the same book(s) over and over and over.  Some of her favorites are a hide and see farm animal book, Brown Brown Brown Bear What Do You See and a Sesame Street numbers book. 

Piano Player

The other night I was in the kitchen doing something in the evening after the kids had gone to bed and Keith was away for something when I heard a few keys on the piano played.  When you're the only one home and awake, it's quite frightening.  At first I though, did one of the kids sneak out and do that to scare me?  But I didn't really think they did that, so I was kind of afraid to go around the corner and see what was going on.  I had to though, because I had to know what was going on in side my house with my family inside.  This is what I found...

That silly kitten of ours scared the crap out of me.  Maybe I should go back to keeping the lid closed on those keys!

8 Teeth

Sunday Elinore and I were feeling under the weather, so we stayed home all day in our pajamas and relaxed. That afternoon I noticed two new teeth of Elinore's! She now has 4 teeth on the bottom!

Whole Milk

Just in the last week or so, Elinore finished our freezer supply of breastmilk.  I had stored a lot while I was pumping and it was fantastic to have.  We used fresh pumped milk most of the time at the sitters, until near the end of her first year when we started supplementing with the freezer supply.  After she turned a year old she went to freezer supply at the sitters exclusively because I was done pumping!  At about 14 months I stopped breastfeeding at home and she continued on freezer milk only until she was 15.5 months old!  I'm so glad we made it so far. 

The transition to whole milk, not going too smoothly so far.  More on that later hopefully.