Griffin is 2!

Griffin is 2!

As of 2 years old Griffin's little personality is really starting to show itself. He is one independent little guy, and prefers to do most things himself.

So here is what's new with Griffin at 2 years old:

- He has an ever expanding vocabulary, mommy, "nanny"=Daddy, recently started saying Coen and Iffin (Griffin), "motter"= Water, Milk, no, car, Abu (any grandma aged woman), good morning, hi, bye,
- He loves torturing the dogs or "gago" as he calls them and any other dog he sees. He especially loves feeding Titus cheerios
- He loves his "babies" the white and black dog and blue dinosaur and recently his little grey dog also needs to be with him.
- Has no fear, and climbs up on everything including the counter stools, tables, beds, etc.
- Loves anything to do with water, the water table, washing his hands, baths
- Gives the sweetest hugs and kisses and says "mmmmuah" when i ask for a kiss
- Has been the easiest kid to put to bed until a couple months ago when he started crying everytime he was put down. Usually only cries for a few minutes before settling, but also had a phase of only wanting his Dad to put him to bed. Goes to bed around 7pm and is up around 6:30am most days.
- He also recently has been fighting his naps, but we have figured out that he doesn't want to miss out on all the fun so if he see's Coen going into his room at the same time then he will have a good 2 hour nap. Is this bad that i'm tricking him and using his brother as my accomplis? :)
- He can point out most of his body parts
- Loves playing with his brother, cars on the track, coloring, duplo, play dough, running, playing in sand, bubbles, books, trains,
- Refuses to go in a booster or high chair and is becoming a bit more picky with food. It gets a bit tricky because he insists on feeding himself, which makes things ever so messy. Favorites right now are fruit, hamburgers, cheerios, yogurt, smoothies, yams, crackers.

So excited to watch this little man grow up, he continues to be a super chill guy for the most part, with the odd tantrum here and there, but he's 2 now so I use that as an excuse for him :) We love you so much Griffin!

Coen is 3.5

Coen is 3.5 and he feels like such a big boy to me now. All of a sudden I can talk to him and he fully understands everything I am saying and can respond appropriately back to me in full sentences (or talk back to me with stank)! It amazes me with every milestone how fast time is flying by and how lucky we are to have such an amazing little boy.

He is obsessed with dinosaurs right now, and recently ninja turtles have become a new favorite, along with spiderman and batman. He loves to play pretend these days, which is so much fun to watch, but he seems to get embarrased now if he knows we are watching him, so we have to do it on the sly. He prefers walking now rather than sitting in the shopping cart, or riding on the side or sitting in the part of the cart where the groceries go.

He loves building with duplo, doing puzzles, playing hungry hippos, coloring, playing playdough, helping me bake, playing with dinosaurs, bouncy castles, going to the library (he always says we have to "caturn the books") going to the park, riding his bike, and walking the dogs.

We put him in gymnastics over the winter and he loved it. It was his first unparented class, and he was nervous on the 1st day, but rocked all the other classes. We will likely start it up again in the fall. He is now back in swimming (paul saddler and kinsmen), which he seems to be warming up to again (didn't enjoy the first class at kinsmen much as he went under the water and wasn't prepared for that. and soccer starts next week, which I am soooo excited about.

He loves eating mac and cheese, hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken cashew, "chicken fish", ravioli, spaghetti/pasta, meatballs, cereal (cheerios/shreddies/cornflakes/rice crisps).

He is still my gentle and sensitive little guy, which I absolutely love about him. The crying tantrums get a little old sometimes, but overall he is a pretty darned good little boy. Recently he seems to have trouble dealing with Griffin taking things away from him, he gets beaten up by his little brother on a regular basis. He knows when to say sorry now and says it in the sweetest voice if he knows he has done something wrong.

He continues to be obsessed with what he wears ... to the point where I just let him pick his clothes now because it's just not worth the hassel.

Sleep is better, he goes to bed no problem at 7pm (on non daycare days because he doesn't nap), closer to 8/9 on daycare days lately. He is up some nights to pee, but he now often says mommy i'm not gonna knock on your door (even though he usually does). Mainly goes on the toilet now, not really using the potty anymore.

Favorite movies/shows now are land before time, the good dinosaur, toy story, cars, ninja turtles, spiderman, blaze and the monster machines, jake and the neverland pirates.

Griffin is 18 months

So I officially have a toddler and preschooler now. What happened to my babies!?

So as of 18 months he:

- Can WALK! He started walking at 16months, actually it was officially on new years day that he decided to feel confident strolling around on his own.
- Uses a fork and spoon quite well (able to poke food with the fork and get it into his mouth)
- Is down to 1 nap/day
- Sleeps from 6:30/7pm-6/7am
- Nods and shakes his head
- Says Mama, dada, more, coco (Bosco), ball, bye, up, milk, no, shoe, sock, hello,
- crawls up and down the stairs
- Waves
- Gets into everything and gets mad if things get taken away from him
- Does the most adorable and amazing snuggle by nuzzling his head up against us
- Loves playing with Coen
- Loves playing with balls, ballons, duplo, dinosaurs, cars, pushing the shopping cart, lounging
on the beanbag
-Loves hugging and hitting the dogs, we are working on teaching him to be gentle. Anytime we say be gentle he gives them a hug, it is seriously too cute.

Coen is 3!

Hard to believe that 3 years ago today this little guy shocked us by arriving 4 weeks early. It's been an amazing 3 years and I cannot believe how fast it has gone by.

So here is a little update on our 3 year old.
His vocabulary is expanding by the minute, my favourite words/phrases of his right now are:
Hamaburger
I can't know
Anytime he says thank you, and we say your welcome, he follows it with a no problem!
Yoohoo
heLLo - struggled with L sounds for a long time and now he really emphasizes them, it sounds hilarious and absolutely adorable
don't talk to me like that, don't fight with me
Your my best friend guys (to me and Dad when we do a family hug)

Favorite things to do:
Play duplo
Play with cars on the track or car mat, or anywhere really
Play with dinosaurs
Be tickled
Play dough
Do crafts
Ride his strider bike or trike or scooter
go for walks and tell us "i'm such a good runner"
go to the park, and be pushed on the swing
Bouncy Castles
Watch the Cars Movie, paw patrol, Bo on the Go, Walking with Dinosaurs

- He is so gentle with the dogs (most of the time) and often will pet them and say "Bosco is my best friend"
- He still sleeps with his stuffies Manny and Bobby, but doesn't bring them with him everywhere he goes anymore.
- Sleep became an issue around 2.5, he seemed to need to get up 1-5 times per night. Over the past couple months it has improved to 0-2 times most nights to go to the bathroom, or just be resettled.

We had a halloween themed birthday party for this little guy this year. Since his birthday falls on Oct. 30th, I figured what better theme than Halloween! He has been talking about his halloween birthday party since Griffin's birthday.

Here are some pics from the past year :)

Griffin is ONE!

Seriously you guys how has another year gone by. I just blinked and Griffin turned ONE! I'm slightly late with his 1 year post, but better late than never! I have had such an amazing year off with my boys, and just cannot believe how lucky we are to have these 2 amazing little guys in our lives. Thank you for being the absolute chillest, sweetest, happiest baby we could ever ask for Griffin! You really have been such an easy baby, fingers crossed you keep the momentum going into toddlerhood! Griffin's birthday month was a fun one, I took far too many photos, but couldn't help myself because I mean just look at that face! He was a fabulous cake smasher, and dove right in (just like his brother did). We celebrated his big day with a super fun birthday party that included a bouncy castle, bubbles, and awesome company. Thanks to everyone that came over to celebrate with us!

So as of 1 year Griffin is:

- Getting around quickly by crawling forwards, and still using the occasional roll to get around
- Enjoys standing when we prop him up on the couch or ottoman or anything really, but is still pretty wobbly
- Loves snuggling with his stuffed animals, he sleeps with his blue dinosaur
- Has so much blonde hair, i'm pretty sure nobody would ever guess he's 1/4 chinese
- Loves watching Coen and playing with him, but gets slightly upset when Coen won't share his toys (or when he grabs them out of his hand)
- Says ticky ticky and i'm pretty sure it's because everyone loves to tickle him because he has the best laugh in the world.
- Does a ridiculously cute scrunched face smile lately
- Is a fantastic eater
- Has 8 teeth
- LOVES splashing in the tub, like I never escape dry. He also loves to splash in the dog's water dish, I have to remember to move it when he's on the floor
- Is wearing 12-18 month clothing and 4/5 diapers
- Loves mum mums and feeding himself cheerios (and spilling them EVERYWHERE)
- Really only gets upset if he is hungry or tired
- Still napping twice a day and goes to bed around 6:30 (up at 5:30 most days which I hope changes soon)