We went to the doctor today for Ethan’s one year appointment. He’s still a small tike. Only 19 lbs. and technically still supposed to be facing backwards in his car seat… but we already “installed” the big seat so he’ll be staying in that! He’s 29.5″ long… he’s always been a tall kid. He also got 3 shots! OUCH! And boy did he scream. I felt so bad for him! Doc says we need to work with him more on his language… help him learn new words… or any words would be good. 
Guess we have some homework to do.
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Samuel has a new room!! Well, it’s a shared room, but at least he has a corner now!
I’m not sure our youngest, Samuel, is going to make it to his first birthday. I think our daughter is trying to get rid of him. I think she loves him, she talks to him and about him often. But she has also done things to make us think otherwise. When he is in his swing she likes to push it beyond what it was meant to go. She likes to poke his eyes. She threw his favorite pacifier into the garbage disposal (unknown to Erin until she ran it). She has picked him up and dropped him repeatedly (and tried to pick him up many other times). She has taken his blanket, covered his face with it and laid on him. She has put a marble, a pretzel, a piece of pizza, and other things into his mouth. I’m just not sure if Samuel is going to make it because his older sister is out to get him.
This is Ethan’s way of saying this room is off limits for Alayna. Now every door in our house, even Alayna’s own room, has this sign. Even the outside doors. It’s Alayna’s catch 22 - can’t go in, can’t go out.
We went to the Midwest Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati a couple weeks ago. It was crowded!! Besides the fact that they scheduled the conference to begin at the exact same time as opening day for the Cincinnati Reds (~10,000 convention goers + ~40,000 baseball fans = no available parking + lots of frustration!) it was a nice trip. Samuel enjoyed the big bed, Erin and I took the floor. ;)
When your Daring Child is also your Clumsy Child that child will invariably be your Injury-Prone Child.
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Yikes! Jack doesn’t know any words yet! We better get working, his 1 year appointment is in 3 weeks. If you learn a great technique other than saying the word and asking Jack to say it back, let me know
Eh, I’m not to worried about his speaking skills. He is a babbling maniac and we just point at stuff and say what it is. We are doing a little signing but he hasn’t quite caught on to that either. Ethan seems to be the kind of kid that will do what he wants when he’s good and ready. He doesn’t show many signs of being a dare devil… not yet anyway.
hehe
We expect that some day his first words will be a full sentence.