14 Months Old

I’ve been really bad at posting this past week but we’ve been so busy enjoying our last weekend of “summer”.

Both Cory & I took the day off of work on Friday to get a head start on the extended Labor Day weekend. Cory headed out goose hunting in the morning (first hunting trip of the year – that really means that fall is on its way!) and I finished up packing the camper for the weekend. We spent the weekend camping at a friends’ cabin which is about a 2 hour drive north of our house. It was a fun weekend with friends with a beautiful mixture of summer & fall weather and only a little bit of rain. The boys did great and had a lot of fun. They were able to enjoy a couple of 4-wheeler rides from their dad too.

Colton has really started getting brave with this new “walking” thing. He takes an average of 5-10 steps on his own all the time now. You can already tell that his sense of balance is getting better. Wyatt has also started taking a couple steps on his own but is still pretty hesitant and a bit wobbly and would rather crawl. He will take some steps on his own several times a day when he’s with my sister (she says she gives him slight support on his back and he starts trucking along) but I haven’t had quite as good of luck getting him to do that with me.

The boys have been sleeping awesome. (Although Colton had a couple rough nights over the weekend & earlier this week where he was waking up in the middle of the night, crying & not wanting to go back to sleep – but last night he was back to normal and slept right through the night.) The boys are sleeping around 11-12 hours each night. They fall asleep somewhere between 6:45-7:15 PM. (Our bedtime routine is: bath (on bath night), lotion & jammies, blanket & book; and they do awesome with it!) They go to bed semi-awake and do a good job of putting themselves to sleep. They both have been sleeping until around 6-6:45 AM.

No further ground has been made on the tooth-front, although I think Colton’s got another one (or two) on their way by the way he’s been chewing on his fingers.

We’ve worked with both boys for a while using sign language for two “key” phrases – “more” & “all done”. They both seem to be picking up really well on these and are using them more & more at meal times. The next ones I will probably add in are “Please” & “Thank You” because we’re always using those phrases around the house with them now.

Wyatt
Wyatt has started to say the sound “ma” for milk. The boys get a sippy cup of milk right away in the morning after we change their diapers. When I ask if they want their milk – Wyatt will make the “ma” sound and will repeat it if I say the word milk back to him. He’s trying really hard!

Colton
Colton has been so super smiley lately! I don’t know if he’s just so proud of himself for walking or what it is, but I’m loving it. He gives you the biggest tooth-filled smile that will just melt your heart – so sweet!