Caroline Pushing Lightning

Caroline loves pushing Lightning McQueen around the house. Here is a quick video of her maneuvering it around the entry way of our house. She will push this thing all around the house. She frequently gets frustrated when it gets stuck but after a little whining, she normally she gets it out by herself.

A Gross Sick Kid Story

As I mentioned before, there was a diarrhea story. Warning, this one is a little gross.

I was at work and Amy was home with two sick kids. After I been away for a couple hours, I get a call from Amy saying I needed to come home right away and help out. I could hear to screaming kids and the "I've had enough" tone of Amy's voice.

When I got home, Amy told me about the straw that broke the camel's back. Amy had already changed close to ten dirty diapers and was no longer putting clothes back on the kids. They were just crawling around in diapers. Amy was in the middle of changing Caroline on the changing table when Caden came crawling in crying. Amy looked down and noticed Caden needed another diaper change and to make matters worse, half his diaper had come off and there was a lot of liquid poo!

Caden looked at his diaper, looked at Amy, and then back to his diaper. He proceeded to stick his hand deep into his diaper and pulled out a completely dirty hand. With Caroline on the table and also covered in poo, the only thing Amy could do was say, "no, no, no, Caden, no...do not put your hand in your mouth, no, Caden, no, no, no". Thankfully, Caden listened. He was content just looking at his disgusting hand.

Amy cleaned up the kids and immediately called me.

Can you guess what I'm thankful for? Maybe I should save this for Thanksgiving but I'm thankful all this happened while I was at work. :) I would not have dealt with it as well as Amy.

Caroline's First Step

Caroline took her first step tonight! She has been pulling up and walking next to things for awhile and she has been standing unassisted for a week or two.

Tonight, she stood up, waved at me with her homecoming queen style wave, looked down at her feet, and then took one step covering about five inches. She then sat down.

Way to go, Caroline!

Sick Kids and Scary Looking Caroline

Our kids have been sick a lot over the last few weeks. Pretty much since we got back from Seattle, we have been dealing with sick kids. There have been multiple ear infections, reactions to flu shots, diarrhea (more on this later), viruses, and rashes. This last week was the first week in a long time the kids were completely healthy and were back to their old happy selves.

As you can see here, Caroline had a fairly alarming looking rash.
Thankfully, when the rash appeared, Amy's good friend from Nashville was visiting us who happens to be a pediatric nurse. She knew what the rash was and said it might look bad but it would soon go away. She was right. Caroline's rash completely disappeared after a couple days with no sign she ever had a rash. Caden got a similar looking rash a couple days later but he was no where near as bad.

We actually took Caroline to the Hula Hut sporting her rash. I'm sure most of the people there saw her and were scared of some sort of outbreak. :)

Caden Smiling for the Camera Video Montage

Earlier, I wrote a post about Caden smiling for the camera. We managed to get him doing this on video a few times. He never does it quite as well when the video camera is going but I think it is still pretty cute.

Stuff the Twins Do

Here are some of the things the twins do. Some are new and some are not so new.

Twins:

• They no longer have any bottles. All of the milk they get now comes from a sippy cup.
• The kids do art projects at school and often with finger paints. When I see the art work, I can always tell who painted it. Caroline's art looks like she loved it and went crazy all over the page. Caden's art is always more deliberate and controlled.
• At day care, the twins take naps in cribs next to each other. Surprisingly, Caroline wakes up first and uses her blanket to wake up Caden. She throws her blanket onto Caden, whips it around a little, and pulls it back. The teachers watch her do it everyday and laugh.
• The kids love playing with phones. They hold it up to their ear, or more like the back of their head, and talk.

Caroline:

• Caroline stands up. She can do so for around twenty seconds.
• Caroline loves "Lightning McQueen". She climbs on and off it and pushes it all around the house.
• Amy will say a word (cow, ball, Elmo, etc) and Caroline will go find that item. Even if it is not visible, Caroline knows how to look for it and find it. She is very happy to show off the item when she finds it.
• Caroline loves saying "cow." She has a little cow toy that moos. We also have a little duck toy. Caroline loves imitating it by saying "quack quack quack quack." The "q" sounds a little bit more like a "w" sound but it is pretty close.
• Caroline has two crawling speeds--normal and turbo. The turbo speed is very fast and could probably out run her mom.
• Caroline loves sleeping. She is sooooo easy to put down and is on a very nice schedule.
• Caroline is a good little eater. Her favorite is any fruit we give her.

Caden:

• Caden says "Daddy" clear as day. He normally says "da da" but he can definitely say "Dad-dy."
• Caden also says "hello." It sounds a little more like "ello" or "ella" but it is still very cute. He loves saying it when he answers the phone.
• Caden loves talking and will make sounds for hours on end. He mainly does it when it is just the four of us.
• Caden still has a gimpy leg crawl but he gets around the house very well.
• Caden pulls himself up and can walk around holding onto things.
• Caden is getting better at eating but is still pretty bad at it. He loves his cheerios, bread, and cheese.

One Year Checkup

The twins had their one year month checkup on Monday and everything is going well. Not much new to report. Here are their measurements from this appointment.

Caroline

twelve month:
weight: 20 lbs 1 ounces and 30th percentile
height: 30 inches and 76th percentile
head circumference: 46.4 cm and 75th percentile

nine month:
weight: 18 lbs 7 ounces and 50th percentile
height: 28 inches and 70th percentile
head circumference: 45 cm and 65th percentile

six month:
weight: 15 lbs 15 ounces and 50th percentile
height: 27 inches and 90th percentile
head circumference: 43 cm and 52nd percentile

four month:
weight: 13 lbs 6 ounces and 45th percentile
height: 25 inches and 75th percentile
head circumference: 41.3 cm and 50th percentile

two month:
weight: 11 lbs 12 ounces and 75th percentile
height: 23 inches and 75th percentile
head circumference: 39.4 cm and 53rd percentile

one month:
weight: 9 lbs 1 ounces and 50th percentile
height: 20.5 inches and 30th percentile
head circumference: 36.5 cm and 25th percentile

two week:
weight: 7 lbs 10 ounces and 25th percentile
height: 20 inches and 50th percentile
head circumference: 35.4 cm and 25th percentile

birth:
weight: 7 lbs
height: 19.375 inches
head circumference: 34 cm and 25th percentile

Caden

twelve month:
weight: 18 lbs 5 ounces and 5th percentile
height: 29 inches and 25th percentile
head circumference: 46 cm and 30th percentile

nine month:
weight: 17 lbs 8 ounces and 10th percentile
height: 27 inches and 10th percentile
head circumference: 44.5 cm and 25th percentile

six month:
weight: 14 lbs 15 ounces and 8th percentile
height: 25 1/4 inches and 10th percentile
head circumference: 43cm and 25th percentile

four month:
weight: 12 lbs 11 ounces and 10th percentile
height: 24 inches and 25th percentile
head circumference: 41cm and 20th percentile

two month:
weight: 10 lbs 4 ounces and 25th percentile
height: 22 1/4 inches and 25th percentile
head circumference: 38.2 cm and 12th percentile

one month:
weight: 7 lbs 13 ounces and 5th percentile
height: 20 inches and 5th percentile
head circumference: 35.8 cm and 6th percentile

two week:
weight: 6 lbs 4 ounces and 5th percentile
height: 19 inches and 6th percentile
head circumference: 33.9 cm and 5th percentile

birth:
weight: 5 lbs 10 ounces
height: 18.125 inches
head circumference: 32.3cm and 5th percentile

Here are some charts of their stats.