Natalie's Blog

Just a few updates on my boys for the records:

Quinn has been into dressing himself lately. Its hilarious the outfits he comes out in. Today he had on first a layer of very small cotton shorts, then underwear inside out, then lounge pants. On top he had two long sleeve shirts, both of which were inside out and backwards.

Quinn thinks he's a big boy. He gets out of the bathtub all by himself and gets dressed all by himself. Brushes his teeth all by himself.  Puts on movies all by himself.  Bittersweet.

Quinn had his first dentist appointment on Tuesday. He was SO good! The hygienist kept commenting on how good he was and helpful.  He did everything they told him and was very pleasant. The only tale-tale sign that he was nervous was how stiff his body was.  He was trying really hard to be a big boy. It was so sweet.  Thurm & I went too. It was the first time we had gone in about four years!  Thurm had two cavities and I had none. The dentist praised me and gave me a gold star because I take such good care of my teeth.  I think I blushed.

Quinn's favorite foods are pasta, bananas, toast, eggs, ABC soup, chicken noodle soup, crackers, pretzels, and most cooked vegetables.

Jens has been pulling himself up and standing for a little over a week.  He's loving the freedom! He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth. Everything. He has two teeth on the bottom and 3 1/2 on top. One of his front teeth wants to come in, but just can't cut through.  Its been straining against his gums for about a month and is driving him crazy. Poor kid.  He's a little angel that LOVES to be kissed by me. Not by Quinn because Quinn is too rough. And not by daddy because daddy's beard is too rough. But he'll let me kiss and nuzzle him all day if I wanted to.

Jens does a cute thing where he tucks his top lip under and whispers "babababa."  He also things its fun to shake his head back and forth. He's eating chunks of soft foods like peaches, green beans, cheerios, bananas, bread.  He goes to sleep at 6pm and only wakes once to eat and is up for the morning at 7am. Its great! And he takes two naps during the day.  He still thinks Quinn is hilarious.

We took them swimming on Friday and they both LOVE the water, as I'm sure most kids do.  Jens waved his legs and arms in excitement the whole 45 minutes. His enthusiasm was actually tiring trying to hold him above the water so he didn't drown himself.  Quinn made his daddy take him down the slide non-stop.

Thurm ran a 25 K (little over a half-marathon) around Antelope Island last weekend with his brother. He is running the SLC 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks.

We are installing carpet in our attic on Thursday! YAY! A year in the half in the making and I'm ready to be DONE! Turns out we suck at home improvement and not only that, we hate it.