We got a tooth!

As soon as I thought we were getting into a routine, Bailey started teething. I knew the drooling was getting out of control but realized when she was 'chewing' on my finger that a tooth had already popped through. No wonder we are back to getting up at 4am!

Brett still loves his sister dearly and we continue to work on 'gentle' ways of showing it. We thought he was kissing her hand and after she started screaming, we realized he was biting her. "Brett! Did you just bite Bailey?" "YEAH!" Apparently something else we need to work on.

Brett figured out this month how to climb into Bailey's crib...we asked him how he got in there so he showed us how he scaled the bars, pulled himself up, and then flipped over, falling head first into the mattress. Thankfully he has not done this while Bailey was IN the crib. I'm sure she would not appreciate her brother jumping on her when she's asleep. I guess she is learning quickly what it's like having an older brother.

We've been working on new words every day with Brett, saying names of family members and things we see. We were doing patty-cake the other day, Brett thinks it's hilarious to do "ROOOOLLLL it" with his hands. He was giving me names of people to make cakes for. We did our cousins Asha (yaya) and Aubrey (AH-Bee), Uncle Chris (kiss) and then Obama. So because Brett insisted, we made a cake for the president.

The other afternoon we were cooking dinner and waiting for daddy to come home. Bailey was in her bouncy chair and Brett was running around. Bailey had kicked off her shoe and somehow got it into her mouth to chew on and I laughed saying "Oh Bailey we don't eat our shoes" I turned back to the stove but not before catching Brett smacking her saying "NO SHOE MOUTH!" People warned us how hard it would be having 2 kids this close in age and they were right. We are definitely admitting we were naive, but no one could prepare you for how funny it is.

Is it really May already?

I'm struggling to grasp the fact that it's May and in this month Bailey is 4 months old and Brett will be turning 2! Where does the time go?
Bailey had her 4 month appt and her doc said clearly she has no issues with growing! Bailey is now over 16lbs and in the 95th percentile for weight for girls her age....yes I said 95. She is still sleeping well through the night and the long crying fits are not nearly as often. She smiles and laughs but it's usually at Brett. Last night Brett and I were reading and Bailey thought it was hilarious for us to "Nay" like a horse. We got out Brett's old jumperoo and she seems to be a big fan of it!
Brett is almost 2. I feel like we just had his first birthday. While I'm in denial about how old he is, he is growing and changing daily! It's funny as he is becoming more verbal, I'm seeing how much he really does understand and take in. He used to growl (for truck) and shrug his shoulders meaning "where is his truck?". Now he is saying "white truck go?" I worked on colors with him for like a day or two and now his favorite thing is to name what color everything is. It's quite cute. He loves going to the library and looking at books. It's so nice that the library is 1/2 a block away, we go for evening walks there 3-4 times a week. I visited a friend for lunch last week at an elementary school. Not only was the room full of kid-size furniture and bright colors but Brett saw a fire truck (twice!), a school bus (multiple times), a white van, and then we were stopped by a train on the way home with 84 cars. He was yelling and pointing so much he was exhausted by the time we got home. Brett was in heaven!

May flowers!

No Pants Original - Sorry from phone

No Pants No Pants

Another month...

Another month of survival...

The Harmans have made it another month...I say this because some days are certainly challenging. I jinxed myself saying that Bailey was sleeping through the night last time, because shortly after she went back to waking up a in the EARLY hours of the morning. Now (fingers crossed) I think we have hit some sort of a night schedule and she is consistently sleeping 10-11 hours!! WooHoo! The daytime is still a mess and often contains multiple melt-downs by at least 1 of us. For example, I just had to wrap Bailey tightly and dance erratically for her to calm down and go to sleep...thanks to her, I am too tired to even think about working out at the end of the day.
Brett is still doing a great job of being a big brother and mimics us trying to console his 'Babee'. It's adorable but we still have to remind him to be 'gentle'!
We attempted our first road trip to Ohio for Easter weekend. We were pleasantly surprised how nicely both kids were on the way there to be completely demoralized on the way home with 3ish hours of high pitched screaming and numerous stops to make sure everyone was ok. But we made it.
A few highlights of the last month:
Brett's head went through our wall (literally) while jumping on the bed...does the song "no more monkeys jumping on the bed' mean anything to you Rob?? But to Brett's defense, he didn't cry - he saw the hole and said "uh oh"
Brett had a very successful 1st Easter egg hunt at Grandpa/Grandma Wood's house
Aubrey and Brett held hands (without prompting) in the car coming home from dinner.
Josie and Brett are still so stinking cute in their affection for each other.
Brett started a gymnastics class - 1st time was disastous!! 2nd and 3rd have been a little better. There's something about rules and structure that he is resisting...I wonder who he got that from??
Bailey is smiling more and follows Brett around the room.
While packing the car to come back from Ohio, Brett put his toy cup in the exhaust pipe of our car...we only discovered because Brett was mad that it was stuck.
Bailey seems to have a tolerance for Brett's crazy antics...I found them (during Daddy's duty, I might add) with Brett completely covering Bailey with his toys...I couldn't even see Bailey! There were trucks and mirrors and blankets all over her!
Bailey is gaining weight like a champ!
Apparently Grandpa Wood is the baby whisperer...he was able to quiet the wee one multiple times and get her to nap
Brett and Daddy sing and dance to "no pants" nightly

Oh yeah and Brett has learned to say "NO" and does so quite often!