The busiest part of it was the 4 day business trip that Kent had from Monday, Sept 30 through Thursday, Oct 3. If I had known about his trip earlier, I would have begged one of the grandparents to come spend the week with me! Thankfully, I did survive the week, but I have a whole new appreciation for single parents. I learned how to do a joint bath with both kids in our big soaker tub with Elin in her personal baby tub - Erik loved it and has requested his bath to be with Elin several times since then! He likes to supervise the baby's activities and report on her to me! He is very good at telling me when Elin is sucking on her fingers by yelling out "No fingers in mous!" He has actually helped me avoid several upchuck situations! Thankfully, since figuring out why Elin was puking, we've only had 1 more instance. Of course, that one happened at the park - just after we got to the playground area - and by the time I got Elin into the bathroom to clean her up, she had also had a diaper blow-out! AAHHH. That took some time to clean up in the park bathroom while also convincing Erik that it was fun to stand around in the bathroom not touching anything or looking in the cracks of the stalls at other Moms!
Elin's big achievement from the past 2 weeks is that she is sitting up (almost)!!!! She has gotten so good at holding up her head and sitting upright while on our laps. I put her on the floor this past Monday, Oct 7, and the result is posted below! She is folded nearly in half, but I am counting this as officially sitting up!! She is also working very hard on rolling over from her back to her tummy - she can get halfway onto her side, but she is getting so close!
Erik's latest achievement is that he has figured out how to take pictures on my iPhone. He rarely actually gets his subject in the frame, but he loves to walk around with the phone clicking the button. Here are a few of his pictures:
We have had some funny stories that have happened over the past few weeks. The first is that Erik has asked for a few new story books to be read to him at bedtime. He always asks for Kent to read to him and no matter how hard Kent tries to hide a particular book or ask for another story, Erik keeps pulling out a book about...American patriotic songs!! Ha, ha. Kent does a wonderful & admirable job and he sings each song. I love hearing Kent's rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner and Home on the Range come through the intercom system that we use to monitor Erik's room!! The first night, Kent started the national anthem a bit too high and had to switch octaves midway through! Too funny!!
The second funny story happened last week on Sabbath morning. I've gotten into the necessary habit of nursing Elin wherever Erik is playing in the house. That morning, Erik wanted to play in his room after getting out of bed, so I sat down to nurse Elin in the chair in that room. Erik watched for a little bit and then started saying it was his turn to feed the baby. He even used "Please" - which normally means that he can have what he is asking for! I tried to explain that only Mommy could feed Baby Elin, but Erik just kept asking. After I switched sides, Erik climbed into the chair on the same side I was nursing, lifted his shirt up over his chest and then demanded that "Baby, suck it!" It was too funny; I did eventually put Elin in his lap in the nursing position, but she wouldn't nurse!!
Some recent pictures of the kids:
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| Erik playing "night, night" with Elin |
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| Siblings |
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| Cuddling siblings with their "boppas" |
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| A common sight for a two-year old!! (He wanted my camera to take pictures) |
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| Elin & Kelli at Sabbath School (Elin is in a dress from Nana) |
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