Easter

(This is a picture from a couple weeks ago.)

I must admit just how pathetic I am... no pictures of Easter, none from Saturday morning while we colored Easter eggs. How sad is that?!? Well don't judge me too quickly, I have some excuses.

Jeff went camping with some friends of his Friday afternoon & returned Saturday afternoon. So I was alone with the kids during the whole egg coloring ordeal. (Note to self: Wait until Jeff is around to help, if possible.) Living through it without ruining anything in the process was my goal. So walking away to get the camera, or to bring the camera to the dye filled party wasn't really a thought. But we did have fun, Hannah loved it & only managed to break 3 eggs, 2 of which were while she was loving them too much. (She treats everything like it's her baby, & the eggs were no different.)

Sunday we got up & had a little egg hunt inside, due to the rain outside. Then of course we all ate too much candy, and as for the lack of pictures on Sunday... I was going to get some of the kids dressed for church, but they both were sick & stayed home with Jeff. Is that a good enough excuse? Not really, I know. Due to the snotty noses & coughing we weren't going to join our friends for Easter dinner, but we were told to come anyway. So after debating we opted to go for dinner, after telling Hannah she wasn't allowed to cough while there, & giving Milo some medicine to try & dry out his snotty snout. We enjoyed way too much food with good friends, & no cameras.. Sorry!

Milo Update

I took Milo in for an 18 month check up last week & he was 24.8 lbs... I didn't catch his length, since I had to pin him down to get the measurement & I forgot to ask. I have tried hard to not compare him to Hannah at that age, because she was advanced in her speech at his age. I had decided that he was fine, because he understands what we say to him, but still questioned the doctor what is normal for his age. She asked how many words he says & I told her about a dozen. She said that an 18 month old should know about 7 words.

He has really taken to signing the last few months & that really helped us get beyond our communication barrier. His signs include:More, Please, Dog, Bird, Cat, Dad, Bath, Water, Milk, Juice, Eat, Hot, Thank You, Baby. Some of the words he knows are: Dog, woof, Dad, Momma, bird, tweet-tweet, balloon (this is our favorite, we ask him to say it over & over every day), juice, ball, bye-bye, hot, shoes, more (mo), please (Pease), side I know there are more than that, but I am drawing a blank right now.... and in the last week since his appointment he has started saying: star, Milo, hello, poop. (These lists were more for my record... sorry.)


(Sorry I didn't cut this down, I just didn't feel up to it, so you'll have to hear the whole family.)

It is amazing to watch him learn daily, if not hourly, & I love it!!

**I have so much more to blog about & update, if nothing more than for my own info & to look back on. The thought crosses my mind & I feel guilt... that is a good sign right? So hopefully I'll actually get around to it.**