Rainy week, sick kids

 Evie loves going for walks in the backpack!

 Andrew has finally started to like building with blocks. We built a lot of towers which he then loves to smash

 Clothespin skills are a new one we are working on. He can't quite pinch the clothespin open but he likes trying. We did this for about 30 minutes

 We had been sitting in living room enjoying peace for a moment and then I wondered what Andrew was up to becuase he was being so quiet. He had pulled all of our clothes out of the dresser and dumped them in Evie's crib, haha. It took a while to clean up but he sure had fun.

 I learned that if I give Andrew a bucket of ice while I am trying to cook he entertains himself for a while. He loves to stir the ice and eat it and then it gets dumped out all over the floor.

 I found a magnetic cooking pan in the apartment to use for his magnet animals. Andrew knows what all of the animals are now. I tell him to find one and he picks it out of the pile and puts it on the cooking sheet. It is good practice for his words. He still won't say any of the animals names except for cat.

 Andrew loves his puppets too. He likes to put the puppets on his hands and then pick up other objects for the puppets to hold.

 We have a jar of coins that Andrew loves to put in the slot. He has started to say the word coin.

 I came into the bedroom to find Andrew standing on top of his walker. I don't know how he balances so well!

   This week we had to take Andrew to the E.R again. He had a runny nose in the morning and by the evening it turned into an episode where he couldn't breathe so we rushed him to the hospital. They gave him some breathing treatment and did a chest x-ray. He has bronchiolitis. He is getting better but still coughing a lot. When he is sick he gets even more hyper than before if that is possible. He will not just sit and watch his shows. I have had to go on really long stroller walks to get him to sit and relax for a moment. Evie has had a stuffy nose too but I gave her some saline and he nose seems to be doing better now. I really hope it doesn't turn into anything like Andrew's.
  Andrew has been growing up a lot lately. He has started to want to sleep in the big bed and eat on the big chair at meal time. He also insists on feeding himself. He won't eat if I try to do it but when I give him the fork he eats just fine. He finally said Dadda today too! The talking is still coming very slowly; we are working hard on it.
   Evie is very busy as well. She flips immediately to her tummy when you lay her on her back and starts kicking her legs and going crazy. She wants to crawl so badly. She likes being on her tummy now. She is also starting to grab things and hold on to her toys. Her laugh is so cute too. She really loves Brandon and give him lots of giggles and smiles.
  It has been really rainy the past week so we have been stuck inside. I've been trying to come up with more activities for Andrew. As long as he has something a little challenging to do he is fine. When he is out of things to do he immediately starts trouble-making. He can pretty much get into everything now. He loves to close the door to our bedroom and then hurry and get splashing in the toilet. His kitty stuffed animal had a bath in the toilet while I was feeding Evie the other day. He knows when he is doing something he shouldn't and he gives me the biggest grin when he gets away with something, haha.