B+C+B+C+B+C: Changes on the homefront.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Changes on the homefront.

- We talked Brianna into moving bedrooms. We made it sound like the most exciting thing in the world, and she bought it. It's so weird having her in a different room, but it was a necessary change. I feel like she's such a big girl now - she can reach all the light switches, do the whole bathroom routine by herself, and be reallyreally mischevious.

- Brian set up two cribs in Brianna's old room. The babies nap in there during the day, so I'm able to access my own room now. They're still mostly with us at night though. I like keeping them close.

- The babies now use bath seats that allow them to sit upright, not lay back. They're getting more sturdy with their sitting-up attempts. Bath time is a real circus around here, because Brianna insists on being a part of every second of it.
- They've started bringing toys to their mouths. Oral fixation.... so weird. Can you imagine seeing something new and thinking, "hmmmm, what's this? I'll just stick it in my mouth to figure it out...."

- Both roll around a lot - proficiently and deliberatly. Courtney does full 360s sometimes. It's somewhat entertaining... but mostly disturbing. Mobility progress is no bueno.

- I took them out to visit their Dad at work and bring him a breakfast sub. Brian's jaw dropped to see me venture out of the house without urgent cause.

- I keep getting the feeling we're going to move soon. Like Spring. Maybe it's all in my head. Hopefully. I mean, Brian wants and deserves a promotion, which necesitates moving North.... but the thought of packing everything and everyone up is petrifying. Still.... I'm de-junking the house, saving big boxes, and figuring out housing logistics in case this is a real premonition.

- Brian and I made plans for a date. A real one. By ourselves. Out of the house. Will we be able to just forget about the babies and enjoy ourselves? Idunno.

- Babes are wearing some of their 6-9 month clothing... which leaves me with loads of 0-6 month clothes they never even tried on. What to do with it all??

- Courtney likes to stick out her tongue and spit. I love my camel baby.
- Both babies are showing all the signs of readiness for solid foods... like making suicidal dive-bombs towards whatever I'm eating. I let them have a tiny taste of banana. Their eyes lit up like the 4th of Juy. I brought the highchair in from the garage and cleaned it up. Official first feeding will be soon - as close to their 6-month date as I can stand to wait.

3 comments:

Ash said...: Whoa, can't believe the babies are big enough to play in the tub, roll around, and eat real food. What's with the moving ideas? stop it...:); January 28, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Sally Jackson said...: Wow-big things ahead--and maybe a few changes, too!
Love the updates, You are so thorough!
p.s. Little 6 mos Jonah wants nothing to do with solids. I gave him some banana and he looked at me like I was feeding him poison and spit it out. ha ha--every baby is so different!; January 30, 2011 at 4:16 PM
Julie said...: like up north by me again?!!! YAY! :)
I totally feel ya on the suicide dive-bombs attempts toward food - you described Capri to a T!; February 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Changes on the homefront.

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