Tomorrow begins our adventure into potty training. I have actually been giving it a test run this afternoon with Justus. He has gone pee on the potty twice. No accidents...yet. I just am having him sit on the potty every 30 minutes or so. He complains sometimes, but he will usually sit there at least for a minute. I am actually going to attempt potty training both boys at the same time. I think I am crazy! I think Matthias is ready, but we will see how it goes. If he isn't responding well after a few days I may wait a few more months. Who knows what will happen. I guess we are about to find out. I am loaded up with pennies for the candy machine filled with M&M's, a few suckers, and some mini candy bars for when they decide to go poo on the potty.
Justus is continuing to do really well. He will be starting speech soon. I have a meeting with the school tomorrow to start the process. Hopefully he will have his first session within a few weeks. The teacher did tell me it's a long process, so I guess I will find out more about that tomorrow. I'm just hoping that he gets enough sessions in to make a difference for his re-screen in April....even if it isn't enough so that he doesn't have to attend preschool...as long as there is progress.
Matthias is doing really well. He was battling some stomach issues up until today. He had been sick on Monday and he has had yucky diapers ever since. Today he seems to be back to normal, so I'm very thankful for that.
Charley has finally gotten the hang of crawling. At first I don't think she understood that she could crawl to get to stuff that she couldn't before. It only took her a couple of days to figure that out and now she is into everything. And now she is realizing that she can crawl throughout the house. I guess I will have to start chasing her soon. She is also pretty interested in pulling up. She hasn't done it yet though, but has crawled up to the couch on may occasions and reached up to grab the couch, but then doesn't know what to do. She is growing up way too fast!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
We have a tooth!!! Charley got her first tooth. I checked her gums today and I can feel a little corner of her first tooth poking through. She definitely is getting her teeth way before the boys got their first tooth. I think they were both 10 months old when their first ones popped through. She's still not crawling, but she can get from point A to point B when need be. She can scoot and roll.
Justus' preschool screening went well. He scored low in his speech...19th percentile. We weren't really shocked though. They said he was speaking at a 2 year old level...which is totally understandable since the person he talks to the most is a 2 year old. They said since he did just turn 3 he really isn't that far behind although they did suggest that we start bringing him to the speech therapist. The preschool teacher is supposed to call us back next week so that we can get that all set up. After that, he will go back in for preschool screening in April to see how much progress he has made. They said hopefully him being a couple months older will make a big difference. They are also a little concerned about his short attention span. I'm hoping it's something that won't be an issue once he gets into a structured classroom. We will have to wait and see on that one though.
Matthias is doing really well. Nothing really to report with him. He seems to have hit a little growth spurt within the past couple weeks. He is getting so tall. Today he finally figured out how to open doors. He has been depending on his brother to open doors, but he figured it out today all on his own. His life just got a whole lot better!
Justus' preschool screening went well. He scored low in his speech...19th percentile. We weren't really shocked though. They said he was speaking at a 2 year old level...which is totally understandable since the person he talks to the most is a 2 year old. They said since he did just turn 3 he really isn't that far behind although they did suggest that we start bringing him to the speech therapist. The preschool teacher is supposed to call us back next week so that we can get that all set up. After that, he will go back in for preschool screening in April to see how much progress he has made. They said hopefully him being a couple months older will make a big difference. They are also a little concerned about his short attention span. I'm hoping it's something that won't be an issue once he gets into a structured classroom. We will have to wait and see on that one though.
Matthias is doing really well. Nothing really to report with him. He seems to have hit a little growth spurt within the past couple weeks. He is getting so tall. Today he finally figured out how to open doors. He has been depending on his brother to open doors, but he figured it out today all on his own. His life just got a whole lot better!
Monday, January 25, 2010
I've been so preoccupied with my other blog that I have kind of forgotten about updating this one. Now that I am kind of in the habit of updating the other one daily I should be able to keep up with this one. Anyways...things here have been really good. January has been a busy month. We made a trip up to Springfield to do our Thanksgiving get together with Jon's side of the family since no one could make it back in November. We also spent some time with Jon's mom since she was in the hospital. She is back at the nursing home now and is doing much better. Other than Jon's mom being sick it was a great visit with Jon's family.
Justus is doing really well. We are actually taking him to a preschool screening on Friday. We are wanting to make sure he doesn't need help with his speech. We will see how it goes. We will also find out if he's on track for preschool and if he's not we will make arrangements so that he will be ready when the time comes. In other news, Justus now has his own room. After fighting with the boys every night to go to sleep...and many nights ending with Justus sleeping on the floor in our room...we decided it would be best for everyone if we put Matthias and Charley together and put Justus by himself. It has made a world of difference and Jon and I finally have our sanity back! The bad thing with Justus having the smaller room is that we had to get rid of his race car bed. It fit in the room but didn't allow for any space to put his dresser in there. He doesn't seem to notice that it's gone though.
Matthias is doing really well also. He is doing much better after splitting the boys up also. He goes right to sleep now and very rarely causes any problems. He is getting so big. He is still a momma's boy though. He loves sitting in my lap....all the time. He wants to cling to me also. The good thing is he doesn't throw fits when I leave him places and things like that.
Charley seems to have gotten big over night. She is now sitting up on her own and she is so close to crawling. I don't think it will be but a couple weeks before she is mobile. She also seems to be teething. No teeth yet, but we'll see what the next few weeks bring. She is beginning to go through a little bit of separation anxiety when I leave her now, but it's not too bad.
Other than that things are great. Check out the other blog if you want to see some pictures.
Justus is doing really well. We are actually taking him to a preschool screening on Friday. We are wanting to make sure he doesn't need help with his speech. We will see how it goes. We will also find out if he's on track for preschool and if he's not we will make arrangements so that he will be ready when the time comes. In other news, Justus now has his own room. After fighting with the boys every night to go to sleep...and many nights ending with Justus sleeping on the floor in our room...we decided it would be best for everyone if we put Matthias and Charley together and put Justus by himself. It has made a world of difference and Jon and I finally have our sanity back! The bad thing with Justus having the smaller room is that we had to get rid of his race car bed. It fit in the room but didn't allow for any space to put his dresser in there. He doesn't seem to notice that it's gone though.
Matthias is doing really well also. He is doing much better after splitting the boys up also. He goes right to sleep now and very rarely causes any problems. He is getting so big. He is still a momma's boy though. He loves sitting in my lap....all the time. He wants to cling to me also. The good thing is he doesn't throw fits when I leave him places and things like that.
Charley seems to have gotten big over night. She is now sitting up on her own and she is so close to crawling. I don't think it will be but a couple weeks before she is mobile. She also seems to be teething. No teeth yet, but we'll see what the next few weeks bring. She is beginning to go through a little bit of separation anxiety when I leave her now, but it's not too bad.
Other than that things are great. Check out the other blog if you want to see some pictures.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Christmas and a New Year...gone. Things were definitely crazy the last two weeks of the year. We were running around seeing family, old friends, and trying to enjoy our time at home also. Christmas was great. Christmas Eve was spent in Mt. Vernon. The boys got a lot of great gifts and of course had fun tying out their new toys. Christmas morning was spent at home. We got up first thing and opened presents with the kids. The boys loved opening all of their presents and loved their new work bench. It kept them occupied while Jon and I opened our gifts to each other. Jon's dad and sister joined us that afternoon and the boys got even more presents. They got a new wagon from Aunt Sarah, which they loved and Jon and I are going to love it once it gets warmer and we start back up our trips to the zoo. The boys also got new race car beds from Grandpa. They love them!! I'm not such a big fan only because they take up the entire room since Jon and I didn't think to measure them before getting them into the room...oops. Oh well though. Charley got some new clothes and a few new toys as well....she really didn't know the difference though.
The boys are doing great. They have enjoyed their race car beds. Justus has sustained two injuries...a bloody, fat lip and a bruised eye. Matthias amazingly hasn't been injured yet....the key word being yet. The boys have been keeping busy with all their new toys. It is kind of nice having some new things for them to play with. They keep themselves pretty entertained for the most part. I'm so glad they are getting to the age where they will play with each other and keep each other entertained.
Charley is doing great as well. She is now eating baby food. So far she has tried carrots and squash. She loves both. She gets so excited when it is time to eat. She has also transitioned out of her baby bath and is now in her bathseat. It's so much more convenient. The only problem is that when she gets a bath the boys think it's time for their bath also. I usually just put them in the bath at the end of Charley's. They splash too much for poor little Charley.
Here is a link to all our pictures from December.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=348229&id=566475544&l=961cd84ad2
Also, I started another little blog. It's more of a project/New Year's resolution. Here's the link...
http://365daysofklestinskis.blogspot.com/
The boys are doing great. They have enjoyed their race car beds. Justus has sustained two injuries...a bloody, fat lip and a bruised eye. Matthias amazingly hasn't been injured yet....the key word being yet. The boys have been keeping busy with all their new toys. It is kind of nice having some new things for them to play with. They keep themselves pretty entertained for the most part. I'm so glad they are getting to the age where they will play with each other and keep each other entertained.
Charley is doing great as well. She is now eating baby food. So far she has tried carrots and squash. She loves both. She gets so excited when it is time to eat. She has also transitioned out of her baby bath and is now in her bathseat. It's so much more convenient. The only problem is that when she gets a bath the boys think it's time for their bath also. I usually just put them in the bath at the end of Charley's. They splash too much for poor little Charley.
Here is a link to all our pictures from December.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=348229&id=566475544&l=961cd84ad2
Also, I started another little blog. It's more of a project/New Year's resolution. Here's the link...
http://365daysofklestinskis.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Things have been kind of crazy with everything that has been going on. I had a wonderful birthday. Jon surprised me by taking me out to eat with some of my friends. It was a lot of fun and Jon did a good job of making my birthday special. On Saturday we celebrated Justus' 3rd birthday. I still can't believe he is 3 years old already! We had the family over for lunch and presents and then headed to Monkey Joe's. It's a place for little kids that has a bunch of jumpy houses. The boys had so much fun! They both impressed Jon and I with how much they climbed and were able to do.
Yesterday we had Justus' 3 year appointment. He is getting so big! He now weighs 41 lbs. which is in the 95th percentile. We were also told to take him off of whole milk. We have kept him on whole milk because we thought it would be beneficial since he is such a picky eater, but the doctor said it wasn't really. So once I run out of whole milk we are going to switch the boys to 2% for a while and then continue to drop them down until we get to skim milk. Anyways, Justus is now 39 3/4 inches tall, which was in the 75th percentile. The main thing I talked about with Justus' doctor yesterday was his speech. He doesn't really enunciate and can be hard to understand at times. The doctor said by age 3 a stranger should be able to understand 3/4 of what he is saying. I'm not sure if they could, so we are going to get his hearing checked and then take him to see to see a speech therapist. We'll see how it goes. I haven't set up the appointment yet, but plan on doing that sometime today.
Charley also had her 6 month check up last Thursday. She is in the 75th percentile on both height and weight. She is now 27 1/2 inches tall and weighs 16 lbs. 13 oz. She can now roll over both ways, and can sit on her own for a few seconds. She loves playing with toys and being in the exersaucer. She is getting so close to being able to push up onto all fours, but only does it when she is really frustrated about being on her tummy, so I don't think she is actually trying to do it.
Matthias is doing really great as well. He is the only one that hasn't had a doctor's appointment in the past 2 weeks. He seems to have hit a little growth spurt. He is getting so tall. He is still going through his terrible two's, although they are very mild. He tells us no all the time, but usually changes his mind pretty quickly. It's so funny how different the boys are. Matthias is still quite the cuddle bug. He loves for me to hold him. He doesn't really like hugs and kisses, but loves to sit on my lap....Justus doesn't really like that and rarely asks to sit on my lap. I think maybe he is going to be a momma's boy...or at least he is for the moment.
We are really looking forward to Christmas this year since the boys are starting to understand the whole presents thing. We think they are going to love all of their new toys, and race car beds! I will be sure to post pictures this weekend!
Yesterday we had Justus' 3 year appointment. He is getting so big! He now weighs 41 lbs. which is in the 95th percentile. We were also told to take him off of whole milk. We have kept him on whole milk because we thought it would be beneficial since he is such a picky eater, but the doctor said it wasn't really. So once I run out of whole milk we are going to switch the boys to 2% for a while and then continue to drop them down until we get to skim milk. Anyways, Justus is now 39 3/4 inches tall, which was in the 75th percentile. The main thing I talked about with Justus' doctor yesterday was his speech. He doesn't really enunciate and can be hard to understand at times. The doctor said by age 3 a stranger should be able to understand 3/4 of what he is saying. I'm not sure if they could, so we are going to get his hearing checked and then take him to see to see a speech therapist. We'll see how it goes. I haven't set up the appointment yet, but plan on doing that sometime today.
Charley also had her 6 month check up last Thursday. She is in the 75th percentile on both height and weight. She is now 27 1/2 inches tall and weighs 16 lbs. 13 oz. She can now roll over both ways, and can sit on her own for a few seconds. She loves playing with toys and being in the exersaucer. She is getting so close to being able to push up onto all fours, but only does it when she is really frustrated about being on her tummy, so I don't think she is actually trying to do it.
Matthias is doing really great as well. He is the only one that hasn't had a doctor's appointment in the past 2 weeks. He seems to have hit a little growth spurt. He is getting so tall. He is still going through his terrible two's, although they are very mild. He tells us no all the time, but usually changes his mind pretty quickly. It's so funny how different the boys are. Matthias is still quite the cuddle bug. He loves for me to hold him. He doesn't really like hugs and kisses, but loves to sit on my lap....Justus doesn't really like that and rarely asks to sit on my lap. I think maybe he is going to be a momma's boy...or at least he is for the moment.
We are really looking forward to Christmas this year since the boys are starting to understand the whole presents thing. We think they are going to love all of their new toys, and race car beds! I will be sure to post pictures this weekend!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
I guess it's been a few weeks since I have updated. I didn't realize that. I'm so behind. We are doing really well. We enjoyed Thanksgiving in Springfield. It was just Jon, me, the kids, Jon's dad, and sister. It was a little toned down compared to previous years. We had a good time. I even got a little Christmas shopping in. Other than that we haven't been too busy. I've been spending most of my free time making bows, but not that Holiday Mart is over I will be taking a break from bow making for a while. Jon and I made $100, so I think it was worth it. We also got to enjoy an evening out on Saturday night. We celebrated our anniversary and went to Charlie Gitto's downtown. It was super delicious...horrible service though.
The kids are all doing really well. We have gotten Justus to go pee on the potty 3 times now. He is finally warming up to the idea of going on the potty. After the holidays Jon is going to take a Friday off so that he can start potty training him over a weekend. I will be so excited when I only have to change two children's diapers! Justus is continuing to talk more and more and is becoming a little easier to understand as well. We have also been working with him on his colors and he is starting to recognize them. It seems his favorite color right now is green. He wants to say everything is green....even though he knows everything isn't green.
Matthias is doing well. The biggest change...he is now sleeping in a toddler bed. He is doing great with it. We generally have to separate the boys to get them to go to sleep, but for now it works. I think Matthias really likes that he is in a toddler bed and can get up and down as he pleases. He is still telling us "no" all the time, but he is much easier to handle than Justus was when he was going through his terrible two phase. Matthias is a good listener and even when he tells us no he usually does whatever it is that we ask of him.
Charley is almost 6 months old! I can't believe it!! I really need to get the camera out and take some pictures of her...and the boys for that matter. I haven't been so good at taking pictures lately. Anyways....Charley is getting big. She still isn't rolling over from her back to her belly, but she is SO close. She loves sitting in the exersaucer! She likes making it rock around and spinning in the seat to get to all the toys. I finally started giving her cereal. She absolutely loves it. She is going to be so excited when we start fruits and veggies.
The next couple weeks are going to be a little busy for us....Jon is working most of this weekend and then there's my birthday, Charley's 6 month check-up, Justus' birthday, Justus' 2 year check up, I have a doctor's appointment, Christmas eve in Mt. Vernon, and then Christmas here with Jon's family. I can't believe Christmas is so close. We are done shopping for the kids. The boys are getting a tool/work bench. It's really neat! It has a ton of tools, and some of them are battery powered and spin and make noise. We think the boys are going to love it! That is a joint gift for both of them and then they are getting a few smaller things and stocking stuffers. Charley is getting a small basket with some pink girly rattles/toys and then some baby food. I am almost done with Jon's Christmas also. I have a few more things to look for.
Hopefully I will get the camera out soon. When I do I'll post some pictures.
The kids are all doing really well. We have gotten Justus to go pee on the potty 3 times now. He is finally warming up to the idea of going on the potty. After the holidays Jon is going to take a Friday off so that he can start potty training him over a weekend. I will be so excited when I only have to change two children's diapers! Justus is continuing to talk more and more and is becoming a little easier to understand as well. We have also been working with him on his colors and he is starting to recognize them. It seems his favorite color right now is green. He wants to say everything is green....even though he knows everything isn't green.
Matthias is doing well. The biggest change...he is now sleeping in a toddler bed. He is doing great with it. We generally have to separate the boys to get them to go to sleep, but for now it works. I think Matthias really likes that he is in a toddler bed and can get up and down as he pleases. He is still telling us "no" all the time, but he is much easier to handle than Justus was when he was going through his terrible two phase. Matthias is a good listener and even when he tells us no he usually does whatever it is that we ask of him.
Charley is almost 6 months old! I can't believe it!! I really need to get the camera out and take some pictures of her...and the boys for that matter. I haven't been so good at taking pictures lately. Anyways....Charley is getting big. She still isn't rolling over from her back to her belly, but she is SO close. She loves sitting in the exersaucer! She likes making it rock around and spinning in the seat to get to all the toys. I finally started giving her cereal. She absolutely loves it. She is going to be so excited when we start fruits and veggies.
The next couple weeks are going to be a little busy for us....Jon is working most of this weekend and then there's my birthday, Charley's 6 month check-up, Justus' birthday, Justus' 2 year check up, I have a doctor's appointment, Christmas eve in Mt. Vernon, and then Christmas here with Jon's family. I can't believe Christmas is so close. We are done shopping for the kids. The boys are getting a tool/work bench. It's really neat! It has a ton of tools, and some of them are battery powered and spin and make noise. We think the boys are going to love it! That is a joint gift for both of them and then they are getting a few smaller things and stocking stuffers. Charley is getting a small basket with some pink girly rattles/toys and then some baby food. I am almost done with Jon's Christmas also. I have a few more things to look for.
Hopefully I will get the camera out soon. When I do I'll post some pictures.
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