Most of January was spent finishing plumbing and wiring on the house or making trips to Dickinson to get supplies! The kids have done great getting tossed around to whoever will keep them for the weekend for us. Max had his first overnight at Grandma and Poppy's, she said he did ok, he woke up twice and had a hard time going back to sleep but all survived!
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| Max is a typical male, has his remote, his recliner and life is good |
January 7, Max had his 1 year checkup and Locklyn had her 3 year checkup. Max weighs 23 lbs and was 30" long. He dropped from the 80% the end of September to 50 % in Jan! It's amazing what happens when they really start moving! Dr O said again that she is surprised how well he has done considering how sick he was when he was born. Locklyn was 40" and 35 lbs which is + 95%. Dr O said she is very smart and seems much older than three! I have to agree with her, her new favorite is "I telling you mom, worry about yourself, don't worry about me!"
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Locklyn was finally old enough for the rec department classes,
she got to do tumbling with Kynlie this year |
Thursday mornings after Locklyn is done with preschool the girls have had Preschool Tumbling through the Recreation Department. After a few talks with Kynlie about how she is the biggest and the oldest kid in tumbling and all the younger kids are watching her to see how to do it, she finally quit whining and did all the activities on her own. Locklyn on the other hand, has been so sad because she wasn't old enough to do any of the deprtment activities until this year, took over Kynlie's shoes of whining and complaining that she didn't want to do it. Oh the joys!
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| The kids spend a lot of time in the car when it is so cold out and we are finalizing things on the house |
We have put a lot of time into the house this year. The poor kids are watching a lot of movies in the car because it's too cold for them to be out and just easier to not have to be talking to them while we are trying to talk with contractors. They were excited to see the sheetrock, I think the rooms make a little more sense to them when they can't see through them.
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| Max loves his dump truck |
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| Kynlie hanging from the table by her arms coloring, with her legs crossed |
The end of January we went to Chico Hot Springs and met my parents and brother, sis-in-law and nephew for the weekend. The kids absolutely LOVED it! Kynlie swims like a little fish, doing summersaults under the water and swimming all over the place. Max watched Ray walk all weekend and Monday after we got home he decided he could walk too and has been running ever since. He even thinks he's big enough to walk up and down the stairs now! My uncle Dan and his friend Sally and her daughter came over from Bozeman Saturday afternoon and had supper with us. We all decided that needs to be a yearly trip
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| Kynlie and Ray at Chico Hot Springs |
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| The result of an amazing nap |
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| Max took a bath in the sink so he didn't miss the super bowl |
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| We had the Moore cousins for a weekend, the girls were in heaven |
February 5, Neil and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary. We had a lunch date with the kids, and Neil gave me tickets to see Nickelback in Minneapolis in March. We had a romantic evening with 3 extra kids in the house so I went to Bowman and played with my league volleyball team and Neil stayed home with all the kids. We did go to Marmarth on Saturday and have all you can eat crab with a group of friends, picked up at the door by a limo!!
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| Max sleeps without having to touch mom now |
Max is back to sleeping in his own bed all night, again, for now! Nap time is hit and miss if I can get him to sleep at all and if I can put him down when I do finally get him to sleep. Weaning him from nursing is another story. He tries ripping my shirt down or pulling it up when he thinks he needs to nurse, weaning may have to happen when we are gone for the weekend for the concert, sorry Grandma!
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| Sheetrock is getting hung. This is the entryway and the stairs going up |
Wednesday evening a crew showed up to start hanging sheetrock. They have the upstairs and all of the bedrooms done, part of the basement and working on the rest of the main floor. They think they'll be done mid week hanging and ready to start taping and texturing. The crews to do the siding, fascia, soffit and gutters should be here Wednesday. It's really starting to look like a house!!
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| From the entry way looking to the upstairs |
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| Upstairs looking at the front door and dining room |
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| Upstars, door goes to Kynlie's room |
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| Kynlie's room, left door is closest, bathroom then to the living room |
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| Kynlie's room window |
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| Max is not above playing dress up. Dad is not impressed |
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| Big boy in a little body |
