Leah is cruising around furniture and I have seen her let go and stand for just a second without holding on. She is sleeping longer than ever at night. She goes to bed around 7:30 or 7:45 and sleeps until about 8 in the morning! This is pretty awesome for my kids. Usually she just wakes up and plays or sucks her thumb in her bed, so I don't even know exactly when she wakes up. I just eventually open her door to see if she is up and she will give me a huge smile and stand up.
Since Thanksgiving she has started sucking her thumb a lot. I'm not sure if it is just because of the teeth coming in or if this is a new habit. But, it keeps her content and she soothes herself with it, so I am fine with it. Evan and Logan both sucked their thumb at some point, but both stopped on their own by the time they were two, so hopefully she will be similar. She is now no longer nursing, so it could be related to stopping that. She is taking whole milk in a sippy cup and is doing great!
Colin is doing well in school. The Challenge class is for sure more challenging. He is even putting together power point presentations. It is very impressive. It is fun to see him grow up and become more independent and slowly more responsible too.
Evan is doing wonderful in school as well. I have been so lucky that school comes pretty easy to both of them. Evan is still at the age that he wants to rush through his work to go do screen time or play, but overall, he is doing great. We continue to be amazed at his memory, especially with football. He was telling us the other day that in 1988 the Redskins played the Broncos in the Super Bowl and the score was 42-10. Dennis had to look it up to see if he was right and he was! Evan says he "saw it on TV once when they were talking about Shanahan coaching the Bronco's". Maybe he will be a football announcer one day?
Logan is doing well too. He is a pretty easy kid a lot of the time. But, is incredibly independent and wants to do everything himself. Unless he wants attention, and then suddenly he says he needs help. He has fussy times, but can also entertain himself pretty well. He is usually the first one awake in the mornings, but will wait until he sees Colin or Evan come out of their room as a signal it is time to wake up. All 3 wake up sometime between 6:40 and 7 am usually. And take turns being the first up. Occasionally, I will have to wake one of them up at 7:10 to get ready for school, but most days they are walking out of their room at 6:45am (which is the time we make them stay in their rooms until). Logan is becoming so loving toward Leah. He gives her snacks and kisses and cuddles with her. He is starting to really embrace the big brother role.
They are all growing so quickly. They are a lot of fun, very affectionate and kind. They are typical boys and are active and have their hands on each other more than I would like. Raising multiple sons is not an easy task, especially for someone like me who likes a quiet, clean home. But, there are lots of rewards that go along with it too. They can all be very nice to one another when they want to be. I think they all have big hearts and they are growing everyday to be thoughtful young men.
I never knew parenting would involve so much self doubt. Every time they do something bad I automatically think what am I doing wrong. And then they will do something so sweet or thoughtful and loving and suddenly all is right in the world, and it feels like maybe we will make it through this ok afterall. I never really understood what a roller coaster ride parenting would be and what a humbling experience it is. Despite the craziness, the tears, the tantrums, the yelling, the physical activity, the exhaustion, I am truly enjoying being a Mom and there is nothing I would rather be doing or want to be more.
When we returned from Virginia, we pulled out our Christmas decor and put up the tree. Once again we chose to put up our small artificial tree, since we will be traveling for Christmas.
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