My Own Space

This past weekend was bittersweet. A couple (technically 3 because the twins are 2 people, meaning 2 milestones wrapped into one event) of milestones were hit.

Firstly, Izzy is now riding in a backed booster seat with JUST the seat belt!!! He'll be 5 at end of March. He's been in the 5 point straps up til now. He's a bit big for them but we were worried he'd try to get out of his seat if he just had the seat belt.

While riding the bus home, he would also be in a 5 point harness (special ed busses have restraints for the kids). His foot kept falling asleep because of the way he was sitting in it. His driver asked if it would be all right to put in him the seat belt (all seat belts that are being used with him have should straps). I said sure, we shouls give it a try, and that's when I decided to try Izzy in a seat belt.

On the trip down to SIL's he did GREAT!! He loved being able to look out the window. Our van doesn't have shoulder straps all the way across (it's a 99, it also doesn't have the latch hook system) so James went to sitting in the middle and Izzy and Jayda are at each side. He sat well in the seat and didn't mess with at all.

The 2nd (and 3rd) milestone was that the twins are now sleeping upstairs in a big kid room in a big kid bed!!! Jack almost pushed Abbey out of the crib on Friday and I knew it was time to send them upstairs. While the kids were gone this weekend, Jason patched a hole in the wall and we made the beds and put up a gate in the doorway. That way the won't accidentally fall down the stairs or wander into the play room and eat toys they shouldn't have. They are still sleeping together, and I figured that until they ask to sleep seperately, they will continue to do so. There is a 2nd bed in that room, that Kati will be using when she comes to visit. They do have some of their toys upstairs (Yay for some of the toys from my living room disappearing!) and their blankets and lovies. They sleep pretty well in the big bed, I think they are enjoying having more space!

That brings me to My Own Space. Yeah, it DOES deserve to be capitalized! As I'm cleaning up the office, I'm noticing a big empty space. Originally I thought that I might put a papa san in there, a quiet reading space that I or one of the kids could go to. However, the more I'm thinking on it, I'm thinking that maybe a craft table would be a better option. Right now, the pack n play is in there for Jack's tanturms. It'll stay there until he gets big enough to go to his room for them (standard house rule, all tanturms go upstairs). Then I'll have space to play with.

Which leads me to what to put in that empty space in the corner. I have a bunch of containers of fabric that really should go in there, to help declutter the living room. It'd be nice to have a place to work on crafts that I don't need to tear down each time I'm done with it, like I do with the living room table. Having the pc in there is handy, so I can look up things I might need to know, or even to play music.

If you had a space of your own, what would you put in it?

3 Months Old!

How is it possible that Abbey and Jack are now 3 months old? Where did the time go?

They are both cooing and trying to talk to you. Jack has kind of discovered his hands. Sometimes I'll see him sitting in a bouncy seat just staring at them. The other day he accidently poked himself in the eye. It was amusing because the look on his face after he did it said "Hey, how did THAT happen?"

Both of them are trying to giggle on occassion. Abbey REALLY loves to watch people. Jack is happy to lay on the play mat looking up at the toys, however Abbey would rather be sitting in the bouncy where she can easily watch everyone and everything that is going on. At their 2 month appointment, which was late I admit, however it was the 1st appointment that was available for the both of them at the same time, which was on October 21, Jack was 11 pounds 8 oz and Abbey was 8 pounds 12 oz.

While Jack occassionally sucks on his thumb, Abbey is a die hard thumb/finger sucker. She refuses to take a pacifier at all now, wanting only her thumb and first finger. She will shove the pacifier out of her mouth to suck on her hand like that. I was hoping to avoid that because it is so much easier to get rid of the sucky than it is to stop the sucking of a hand.

These pictures were done shortly before they turned 3 months old, but it's close enough for me.















Prayers and blessings everyone, I hope that you all have a great weekend and a wonderful holiday on Saturday.