This week, we got the exciting news that the newest member of our family was born, Oliver Seth Owen (I believe this is the official name)-Laura and Todd's second little boy. He makes the 4th baby born in 8 weeks. He is absolutely adorable, he looks like a little Parker. We can't wait to meet him, as well with all the other babies. Our first chance to meet one of the newest babies will be next week, when Katie and Wade and little Aubrey come to visit. We are anxiously awaiting their visit.
It is not uncommon for toddlers and young children to regress a little when a new sibling is born. Aleigha has, for the most part, done well; however, there have been some things that have changed. For instance, she was 100% potty trained during the day. Now she has pee accidents (fortunately she has not had any poop accidents), about every other day and sometimes twice in one day. I think we are going to go back to the M&Ms to reinforce her to use the big girl potty again. It worked within days after first starting, so hopefully this will get her back to being fully potty trained during the day. Also as a little incentive, we taught her how to use a stool and climb on the BIG potty (w/ an attachment of course) all by herself. She gets very very excited when she climbs on it with no help. I have included a video of her doing this; however, the memory card became full as soon as she climbed on. So unfortunately, we did not get her reaction on camera.
Another regression has been that she was sleeping all through the night. Now she wakes up and wants to come into our bed. This week we took down the side of her crib to make it a toddler bed that she could climb in and out of. We were a little weary of doing this because she has no door to her room, and I didn't want her to wander around the house looking for us. And since she has never tried to climb out we thought we would keep her in the crib for as long as possible. We are fortunate to have a second crib for Brenton, so we don't need to move her out. Despite all this, I thought that the excitement of not having the side of the bed would make her excited to sleep in her bed instead of ours...HAHA. The only plus side of it was that we didn't have to get out of bed to get her...she came to us. It assured her coming into our bed. The first night, we thought that maybe it was a success. She slept all the way through the night in her own bed. The only scary thing was that when she did wake up around 7:30, before we were awake, she searched the whole down stairs for us. When I heard her calling out for us, I got up to get her, and found her in the kitchen. The second night, I woke up (I guessed I sensed something, b/c I didn't hear anything), to find her standing right next to our bed. All I could see was her eyes up. She didn't say a word...it scared me half to death. The next night, Chris awoke and found her laying on the floor beside our bed with her blankie and bunny. It didn't take long for us to put the side back up. I included a video of her playing in her bed. She did like that she was able to climb in and out whenever she wanted; however, it didn't keep her in bed at night. When we get back from vacation in a few weeks, we are going to try to do sleep training. It worked for her when she was 9 months.
Alright, so for what makes this week the most exciting.........drum roll please.........Chris and I will be going to the Washington DC temple to be sealed together and to our children for all time and eternity. We were able to set the date and get our interviews all in the same. We are inviting all friends and family that are able to go to join us in such a joyous occassion. For those who can not go into the temple, are more than welcome to come see us outside the temple and then join us for a celebration dinner outside the DC area. We will be sealed on Wednesday, August 12 (aprox. 3 weeks away). For any more details, please contact me.
Here are a few pictures and videos from this week. Hope you all enjoy.
She put herself in Thor's kennel
sneak peek at what Brenton will be wearing for his baby blessing and for the sealing at the temple
an absolutely adorable summer outfit...thank you Mrs. Nolan...we are forever greatful for all the
wonderful things you have sent to Aleigha and Brenton
Brenton in a cute little onesie that Aunt Carrie bought for him
Aleigha is showing off her muscles
she's so much fun
since Brenton has been born, everything has become her baby...including this Wii remote cover
Beautiful Aunt Molly taking a nap with Brenton
1 comment:
I loved reading your blog from last week. Sounds like a lot of exciting things going on for you, and you didn't even mention the fact that you may end up moving to Missouri!!! Let me know what you figure out about that, and if you guys think you'll take the job transfer. You'd be a lot closer to us :O), though not Arkansas :O(. Also, I think Brenton has the same blessing outfit that both Parker and Ollie wore!! Mom must have bought it for you? Anyway, we love and miss you guys tons! Give me a call sometime.
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