Pictures soon will follow for Odin's 10 month update!

Name: Odin

Age: 10 months 1 day

Height/ Weight: (as of 11/24/14) 28 1/2 inches and 18 lbs 8 oz

Teeth Status: 2 bottom 2 top and 2 more poking through on the top

Favorite Activities: crawling, sitting up and trying to stand

Foods I like: CHEERIOS!!!!! peaches, pears, sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, apples, baby rice

Foods I hope to never eat again: green beans & sweet carrots

Favorite toy:

Word List:

• hi
• mm ma
• da

In the last month I have improved upon:

• I can now almost sneak into the hallway before ma and da can catch me
• muh ha ha! ma is never going to sleep through the night again if I have my way.
• standing: there is just not much around her that I can climb in order to try and stand but I'm trying my best
• escaping to Loki's room to play with her
• CHEERIOS!!!!!!!!
• if I can pick it up, it can go in my mouth. If I can't pick it up I will bring my mouth to it to chew on it. 
• Everything is edible, trust me.
• I have the puny mortals under my spell! All I have to do is lift my arms up and they come rushing over to pick me up!

Odin is 9(months)! aha aha ah

Name: Odin

Age: 9 months 3 days

Height/ Weight: to be filled in tomorrow after the doctor visit. 

Teeth Status: 2 bottom 2 top and 2 more coming in on the top

Favorite Activities: crawling, sitting up and trying to climb

Foods I like: peaches, pears, sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, apples, baby rice

Foods I hope to never eat again: green beans & sweet carrots

Favorite toy:

Word List:

• hi
• mm ma
• da

In the last month I have improved upon:

• getting the whole 'crawling' thing down pat
• still working on sleeping all night by myself
• talking! Mm ma was said first! (haha I won this one!)
• climbing; everything is climbable, if only my limbs would work right.
• following: my big sister leads me all over the house
• playing with Loki (it's so cute to watch, he has no idea what's going on, and for that matter I'm not 100% sure Loki has any idea either) 

8 months and counting!

Name: Odin

Age: 8 months 2 days

Teeth Status: 3 in, 3 more starting to pop through

Favorite Activities: Chewing and drooling.

Favorite Food: Milk, sweet potatoes, bananas, squash, and peaches

Favorite toy: Loki's legos

In the last month I have improved upon

• learning how to crawl
• learning to sleep in my own room (but not all night yet, that would be too easy for mommy
• sitting up a lot more 
• saying 'hi' I won't say mama or dada yet, that would be too easy
• hiding as many of Loki's legos as possible for latter play when she's not looking.

One Whole Month! (well a little bit extra)

Odin is over a month old! It's quite amazing actually, Husband says it seems like it's been longer than that, but I actually disagree, it feels like no time has gone by at all. Poor tiny boy still fit into his newborn things until a few days ago. Although mostly he wore the newborn zip up pajamas, a) because they're a little easier to get him into than a onesie and pants b) they keep him warm well c) most of the onesies that fit him are short sleeved and if I'm getting cold in a sweater I'd be worried about him being cold in the little short sleeves. Although to be honest, I'm cold when I shouldn't be lately, everyone says it's just my body adjusting to not being pregnant anymore, I think I'm just losing my love for the cold, which I find sad.
It feels good to see he's finally gaining some heft to himself so he's able to wear more than just his newborn jammies. He looks like he's growing up so much in his little onesie pants combo outfits! Oh how fast the time goes.
Odin's also started (mostly) sleeping through most of the night. He will normally go to bed a little before Loki's bath, then sleep till around midnight or 1, and then he wakes up for a feeding, and normally wants to stay away until 2:30 or 3, depending on how awake he's feeling. But all in all, I'm doing okay with this, it just takes me a few minutes to actualy feel human in the mornings when I'm expected to do the whole 'walking talking taking care of a two-year-old thing.' But hey, at least he's sleeping for extended periods of time instead of just like 2 hours at a time!
We're currently looking for a new family doctor, partly because I feel as if we're taking advantage of the system of GraceMed because we have insurance now and also because I grew up going to the same doctor until after I was 21, I would like that for my kids as well. Consistency has always been my friend. Going to make more calls around tomorrow and see if anything looks good. We've gotten lots of suggestions from friends that I need to check out, so hurrah for friends helping me out.

Right now I'm getting all set to go back to work tomorrow, and so I've been pumping more often, not only in preparation to do it more often, but to let Husband have some experience bottle feeding Odin while I'm at home to help if need be. But they are both doing so well I haven't really been needed other than to keep Loki in line.
I am a little anxious as to how pumping at work is going to go. If not for my plans to pump tomorrow before I go in I would already have everything packed up in my little bag and ready to go, as is I've got most of it packed up and ready, or at least all the parts are gathered together for easier packing.

Loki's update

Since I've been posting so much about Odin, I figured Loki really deserved an update.

Potty Training
 - kind of at a halt due to her being terrified of the toilet and scared of her potty. No idea why the toilet is so scary, but it is. She's even lery of the training potty right now. So we've put it up for a little while, and will bring it out again soon when she seems more 'ready' to try again.

Talking
 - Not much around strangers, but you get her going and she's off just like her daddy. Her newest and most used right now are "we're here" "help" and "more please"
 - Most common thing for me to say to her...."Careful!" (she's started climbing, everything)

Almost 2
 - It's coming up so quick, only 6 days and my little girl will be 2. Where does the time go?

Comprehension
 - She may not have much more than 20 words she uses, but she understands most of what we ask or tell her. It was actually rather shocking when I realized it. It's kind of nice to talk to her like she understands and then actually have it start happening.

Crayons and coloring
 - Oh my does she love her coloring. So much so we have had to take crayons away a few times due to coloring on the cabinets. So she's on a strict crayon ration and is only allowed two warnings now before they get taken away (warnings come from coloring on anything other than the books, like for instance the windows or floor.)

Daddy's little girl
 - She loves her daddy, no doubt about that. Anyone who sees them together can tell. All she wanted to do on tuesday was sit in his lap and make him read to her. Needless to say he didn't really get much DnD reading done, but I think he read about the crocodile wanting to find his mommy at least 15 times. If he wasn't reading to her, she was happy to lay next to him on her tummy (same as daddy) and watch him work on his character creating.  Most of the time though she was just trying to steal his pencil to 'write' on the paper.

Eating
 - Loki is almost a picky as her daddy, but she's doing very well with eating with a fork, not as good with a spoon, but the majority of the food makes it to her mouth. Most of the time with the fork she stabs the food then grabs it and eats with her fingers, which is cute, but not exactly what's supposed to happen, but I suppose so long as she's eating and happy everything will come out in the wash and she'll get it eventually.
 - She does love cooked carrots, not a big fan of broccoli, but she can't get enough corn, and every once in a while we can sneak a green bean in without her noticing.

Doctor Update
 - She is officially 34.75 inches tall and 28.75 lbs. Her height has gotten much better than the last visit, and she's gaining weight well. (mom's scale had her much heavier, so I'm thinking mom's scale lies.)

Boy Thoughts

As odd as it sounds, I'm actually nervous about having a little boy. I didn't have this same feeling of nerves with I was expecting Loki, mostly because -obviously- I am a girl, so therefore I kinda know how things work in 'girl world.' How girls respond to each other and what not. (Also I'm not quite so worried about 'the talk' considering Loki and I have the same parts, and yes, I am already thinking that far in the future.)

But I was never really around little boys either when I was growing up or when I would babysit. I know they're a lot more rough and tumble than girls, but I have no idea with how to deal with the 'guy world' and their way of doing things. I just worry that I would be able to help him figure social situations out because I have no idea how to do it myself.

Also, Loki has yet to pee on me, I'm not looking forward to Odin doing so. (Everyone says it'll happen, and I'm fairly inclined to believe them)