18-month check-up

Saturday G4 turned 18 months old.
Yesterday she got to go to nursery at church.
Last night she did her first somersault (sp?).
Today she had her 18-month check-up. Weight: 21 lbs Height: 31 inches

17 months 13 days

G2 and G3 were 17 months 13 days old when G4 was born. Today G4 is 17 months 13 days old.

Here is a picture of G2 and G3 17 months 13 days ago.
I tried to find separate pictures of them, but any that had them separate they weren't looking at the camera or they were a little blurry.

Here is G4 this morning eating her breakfast.

G2 and G3

No pictures in this post. I don't have any on this computer. Don't hate me!

G2 and G3 are enrolled in preschool.
They will begin in January.
We could have started them December 2nd but decided to wait a month.

G2 and G3 are daytime potty trained.
They still have accidents here and there, but so does The Boy.
I will be working on night-time training here soon.
I was going to start on Monday night but life got too busy.*

For poop training I had been giving two** cookies when they*** would go in the toilet.
Now that we have trick-or-treat**** candy they get to choose candy or cookies.

My babies are growing up so fast.

*For those that don't know, I have started watching a little boy (one-year old) a few days a week.
So, with adding him on and as much as we are out and about doing things, I just haven't had the time
or energy to put into potty training like I should.

**I decided on two because they all want a cookie when one gets some so the three that don't use the toilet get one and the poop goer gets two.

***Includes The Boy. They all informed me today that if I go in the toilet and not my underwear***** then I can get cookies or candy too. How nice of them.

****We went trick-or-treating with Grammy, Uncle Rob, Aunt Katilyn, Lydia and Joseph. I will try to get a post up before next Halloween.

*****No, I do not still poop in my underwear. I swear!

17 months 6 day

G1 was 17 months 6 days old when G2 and G3 were born.
Here he is sitting on Uncle Ricky's lap on that day.

Today* G4 is 17 months 6 days old.
I know it is a strange "milestone" to think about. Most people wouldn't even realize it. But I'm not like most people. So there you go.

*For those of you that looked on
Tuesday (or Wednesday for that matter)
no this post was not there then.
I technically posted on Thursday but back-dated.

Isn't she adorable!

We've been practicing

All about G3

"Interview" with G3:

Favorite color: pink
Favorite number: 1
Favorite letter: D
Best friends: "You" - Mommy
Favorite toy: A baby
Favorite movie: Shrek
Favorite show: Yo Gabba Gabba
Favorite food: "Pa-stuff"
Favorite thing to do: "Making paint" aka painting
Favorite drink: juice

G3, based on chart up to 3-years:

*Imitates adults and playmates
*Spontaneously shows affection for familiar playmates
*Can take turns in games
*Understands concept of "mine" and "his/hers"
*Expresses affection openly
*Makes mechanical toys work
*Turns rotating handles
*Matches an object in her hand or room to a picture in a book
*Plays make-believe with dolls, animals, and people
*Completes puzzles with three to four pieces
*Understands the concept of "two"
*Follows a two- or three-part command
*Recognizes and identifies almost all common objects and pictures
*Understands most sentences
*Understands places in space ("on," "in," "under")
*Uses 4 to 5 word sentences
*Can say name, age, and sex
*Uses pronouns (I, you, me, we, they) and some plurals (cars, dogs, cats)
*Strangers can understand most of her words
*Climbs well
*Walks up and down stairs, alternating feet
*Kicks ball
*Runs easily (we know she can run, but she rarely really does)
*Bends over easily without falling
*Makes up-and-down, side-to-side, and circular lines with pencil or crayon
*Turns book pages on at a time
*Screws and unscrews jar lids (and the like)

G3 talks. She actually does talk quite a bit. It just doesn't seem like it when also listening to G1 and G2. Unless she is excited about something and then I think she talks more than anyone.

G3 is working on potty training. Most days she wears "big girl" underwear and has very few to no accidents. We even went to Iowa and she wore her "big girl" underwear and did awesome!

G3 really wants to be going to school with G1. The other day when we dropped him off she had a full on temper-tantrum at the school because we had to leave. I feel so bad for her. :-(

G3 is always anxious to help me out, unless that involves picking things up off the floor.

If we are not home it is very hard to calm G3 down when upset. If we are home she just needs to spend a couple minutes in her room (with her "Happy") and then she is fine.

G3 can open doors, but doesn't do so very often unless told to.

She continues to like doing her own thing, although she has been playing with the others more lately.

G3 loves all things twins. She gets excited when we point out other sets of twins and seems to be drawn to anything twin-related.

We are so incredibly blessed to have G3 in our family.

G2 and G3 have really been conversing with each other a lot lately. I love how "grown-up" their conversations are getting. They are so concerned about each other too. It is so amazing to see the connection they have. Although, neither one will claim to be the other's twin. We try to convince them of it but they tell us no and then tell us that someone else is their twin.