Sitting up and blowing raspberries. Baby Language

Dear Nathan and Hannah, 

Per Nathan's wishes, we have been just hanging out at home for the past week. Except for the quick trip to Michaels to pick up some Perler beads and glitter glue, we've stayed put at home. The house is a mess because we've played with everything, and I'm getting ready to get rid of stuff at our upcoming neighborhood yard sale day. 

Hannah, you have been requesting to play the purple pillow game all week. This game consists of throwing a purple throw pillow after following a sequence off silly moves with the pillow. One person stands at the foot of the bed (on the floor) and the kids stand on the bed. If the pillow falls on the floor, we lose a point. If the pillow lands on the bed, we gain a point.  You guys can sure come up with some silly flips and cannon moves. 

We still are loving the games King of Tokyo and Kingdomino, which Hannah can play by yourself and not on a team. 

And Perler beads. You guys have made so much stuff with them lately. We've used up almost the entire 15,000 bead bucket. (This is even with 3,000 refill beads of commonly used colors)

We've worked out a system with the timer to help everyone get just a little bit more sleep in the morning. As a result, everyone is happier and not as grumpy. The timer turns the night light on at 7:00 which lets you guys know that you can get out of bed. It turns off at 7:30, which lets you know that you guys can come out of your rooms to wake us up. 

I'm usually with Hailey until after 7:30, so when I walk out, I usually see you two playing legos side by side. I love how close you two are getting. Some days each of you will say mean things like, "I never want to play with you again" when you are mad at each other, but you always end up coming back and apologizing for saying hurtful words. That always makes me so proud. 

Dear Hailey, 

You are now doing a pretty good job with sitting up. I still don't trust you to sit up by yourself on the floor, but you are quite content sitting up against a couch for a long time. Especially when your brother and sister will bring toys to you for your amusement. 

 You are also becoming quite squirmy during diaper changes. It's like when I take the diaper off, I release something and you start squirming like crazy. Luckily, the wipes bag keeps you occupied...for now.

 See, I told you, you can sit up unassisted for a little while.

 Oh, and you have learned to blow raspberries to show that you are hungry. Kind of cool way of communicating.

You got your first tooth! Lower left incisor. It actually popped through on the same day Nathan got his first tooth. I'm curious to see if the others will follow suit. The next one should come on the 22nd.

Ok, you up crying...I better go. Until next week,
Love,
Mommy