At the moment, he is obsessed with Tommy. And the feeling is mutual! Tommy runs to Grant's crib every morning and makes sure Grant has his blanket and bear before coming downstairs. Tommy tells him he is "his best buddy" and shows him how to build rocket ships with legos. It's so beautiful. Yesterday he drew Grant a picture and showed it to him. "I made this because I love you Grant!" So sweet.
Cole loves to sing to Grant. Our jokester, Cole sings songs like "ta-ra-ra BOOM de-ay!" and "pop goes the weasel" in an attempt to make him laugh. Cole is ALWAYS joking. In fact, after he pulls a fast one on you...he yells out "JOKING!!!" It's awesome. The other day he pulled the band-aid off his finger and said "look! my cut is all better!" Shocked - because he had just gotten the cut earlier that day - I stared at it with wonder when he yelled out "JOKING!! This is my other hand!! I tricked you!" :) He put a band-aid on by himself for the prank. Can you imagine?
The boys are loving school and really picking up more and more Spanish, too. In the morning they ask for "jugo de naranja" (orange juice) and yesterday Tommy and I were doing his homework and I was surprised to learn how many food items he could name in Spanish. I need to beef up my own learning to keep up with them. Otherwise, they'll start plotting their shenanigans in Spanish and Kevin and I will be left scratching our heads. :)
Now that Grant is crawling, things have definitely changed. The gates are back up and we are still learning to navigate with them. The hardest part is staying on top of the boys as they are always running from one thing to the next and forgetting to shut gates. The other day, Cole literally saved Grant's life. Tommy had come up from the basement and forgot to shut the door and no one knew that the baby gate to the TV room was left open. When Cole yelled for me...I found him holding on to Grant's ankles...Grant's two hands were on the top step of the basement steps. He was about to go down. My stomach still turns just thinking about it.
But it actually opened up a good window for us all to sit down and talk about safety. I've shown the boys what to do if they ever saw him choking. And the boys have become more vigilant with gates and doors. Sometimes all it takes is one scare. Thank God Cole spotted him.
In other news, Tommy was evaluated at school for speech and looks like he may be seeing a Speech Therapist to work on his pronunciation. We work on it at home, but he definitely needs some more help. I just am so thrilled to have such interventions at such a young age. He'll be right on track for Kindergarten in two years.
Now that Grant is crawling, things have definitely changed. The gates are back up and we are still learning to navigate with them. The hardest part is staying on top of the boys as they are always running from one thing to the next and forgetting to shut gates. The other day, Cole literally saved Grant's life. Tommy had come up from the basement and forgot to shut the door and no one knew that the baby gate to the TV room was left open. When Cole yelled for me...I found him holding on to Grant's ankles...Grant's two hands were on the top step of the basement steps. He was about to go down. My stomach still turns just thinking about it.
But it actually opened up a good window for us all to sit down and talk about safety. I've shown the boys what to do if they ever saw him choking. And the boys have become more vigilant with gates and doors. Sometimes all it takes is one scare. Thank God Cole spotted him.
In other news, Tommy was evaluated at school for speech and looks like he may be seeing a Speech Therapist to work on his pronunciation. We work on it at home, but he definitely needs some more help. I just am so thrilled to have such interventions at such a young age. He'll be right on track for Kindergarten in two years.
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