Home alone for the week

Well it’s Friday and we survived the week very well without Jeff, so I feel that is a huge blessing. We had two play dates, yesterday with Lily’s friends and today with Ryan’s friends. Lily had meltdowns at both so it became a bit stressful and I probably shouldn’t do two in a row again, but it did fill our morning so that was nice. I told Lily to put some of her toys away so the babies wouldn’t get them and she then went around the house asking if we could keep certain things out for them to play with. She was actually very excited about Bubbie’s friends coming over.

I put up a small picture of Jesus in Lily’s room that is the same as a bigger one on her wall. Ryan LOVES it. He looks at both of them, pointing, just waiting for me to say, “Jesus.” I’m convinced he knows who it is and he has such joy when he points to them. Lily as a young baby loved gazing and smiling at the picture too, it’s pretty sweet.

I had my 1 hour glucose test this week and the kids did great. I had to get my blood drawn and Lily kept telling me I was being brave. There is a little play house type toy at the office and another younger girl was playing with it. Lily took on the role of the adult and was explaining to her the options of things she could play with. She did the same thing when Lexi and Gracie came to play. They played Bingo and she said the things I always say and was explaining the game to them. She also did a 25 piece puzzle all by herself. We have done the puzzle a lot, but I have always been with her, so I was very impressed when she did everything on her own.

The biggest surprise for me with Lily this week was that she memorized my phone number, area code included! Whenever we play with the cash register she always asks me for my name and number. I told her and then helped her find the numbers on the cash register to punch so it was a slow process.  When we switched places I asked her what her name and number is and she repeated back to me my number! I was blown away and now she can just recall it.

The biggest thing for Ryan is that he can stand up with no hands in the middle of the room. He is also getting better at walking on his own, mostly just short distances, but without me coaching him to walk. He still crawls a lot but he is definitely getting better. He also is really into balancing and his favorite activity this morning was to balance the remote control for the stereo on the arm rest of the high chair. It’s hard for an adult but he was very focused and kept getting it to balance and was so happy with himself.

Lily and Ryan love turning the radio on and dancing to the music. It was on classic rock for awhile but I finally had to change the station. It’s pretty funny and Lily also loves holding my phone listening to the soundtrack to “Frozen” and singing to the songs and dancing in the middle of the room. These kids love their music.