May

Before the month of May disappears, I better get a blog in before I forget what is going on! Clara is ALMOST in her big girl bed. About two weeks ago Matt and I were talking about getting a dresser for her room and we commented that we needed to get her to sleep in her big girl bed before we had room for a dresser in there since a crib and a bed takes up a lot of room! Well we were in Ellis' room and Clara ran into her bed, curled up and asked to sleep in there. And she did! The whole night without a peep. The next day, her nap did not happen in there but I did create a chart with fishy stickers. For each time she sleeps in her bed without crying or screaming, she gets a sticker. For 7 stickers, a prize! Things are going OK, though today for her nap and right now, at night, she is in her crib. Not sure that that regression is about! It might just be easier to take out the crib and not give her the option. We'll see what we can do.

Onto Ellis news, he is in the complete octopus arm stage. He is so quick and grabs about everything he can. Clara is getting a taste for what really having a baby brother is like, he always wants what she has!

Clara is really into her Snowball cat right now. She likes to bring it everywhere she goes and this evening she actually kicked Ellis because she thought Ellis was going to touch Snowball. I don't think she intentionally wanted to kick him but they were on a blanket in the yard and when he went for it, she kicked her feet in anger and he got in the way. He cried.

Ellis really likes to roll around now. Changing his diaper is a bit more difficult because the first thing that he does when his diaper is off is roll over. He has not quite figured out how to get to a specific destination while rolling but he can get around. It won't be long before he is crawling I think. Feeding him is going OK. He really thinks he can feed himself which is frustrating because it is not the most efficient of CLEANEST way to do it. Sometimes he east something but other times he gets so frustrated nothing happens but a good old fat tantrum. He still nurses like a champ though!