Well, I finally got some decent video of Ollie smiling. So here it is.

And also of note... Sam wore big boy underwear to school yesterday for the first time! We've had the underwear in his drawer for awhile. We've been looking at it and talking about what he has to do in order to wear it, etc. Yesterday morning he peed in the potty then asked if he could wear his big boy underwear. His teacher told me a long time ago that we could send him to school in it whenever we wanted to give it a try. So...I figured "why not" it'll be their mess to deal with not mine. He did have one accident at school. But, Sam had gone to visit in another class for awhile and his teacher forgot to tell the other teacher that he was training in his underwear, so she blamed herself on that one. Then he peed on the kitchen floor when he got home, not long after he sat on the potty for forever and didn't go! At least it was on the tile! We'll see how today goes.

Sorry its been so long. We got a nasty virus on our computer and had to take it to the Geek Squad where it stayed for over a week. Otherwise the Norris clan is doing really well.

Ollie has started cooing and smiling and is a little more interactive. He is also more content to sit in his bouncer or on his play gym and look at the dangly toys or watch us as we eat or whatever. The evenings are better too. Still fussy, but for a much shorter period. We went to the doctor for his 2 month check-up today. He was 13 lbs 10 oz (85th percentile) and 23 3/4" long (80th percentile). He has been having some nasty green poop over the last few weeks. The doctor thinks it may be a protein allergy and suggested that I eliminate all dairy, eggs and soy from my diet. Not sure what I am going to eat, but maybe it'll help me loose some more weight :) Also there was some concern at his last visit that not enough skin was removed with his circumcision and that it may need a revision. She looked at it again today and did some pulling and tugging on it. It bled, and he screamed. She suggested that we get a surgical consult to to be sure. Then just as he started to calm down from that, they gave him 5 shots! He had a rough day.

Sam is good. He has been sitting on the real toilet and has pooped twice and peed twice in the last 3 days. And thats just a home, he has gone several times at school too (which he has been doing for awhile). Until now, he hasn't been interested in using the potty at home. He continues to enjoy reading. I think he must have over 20 books memorized and some of them are pretty long. Its been hard to get him to take naps on the weekends. He pulls all the books off his shelf and sits on his bed and "reads" them to himself.

The weather has been so nice, we've been able to go to the park several times. Tony and Sam played and even flew a kite while Ollie and I watched. Sam was able to practice his climbing. Climbing and jumping have always been harder for him than his friends. Sam, Ollie and I also went to a inflatable jumping place that has free-play times and Sam loved it. Some of the stuff is hard for him to climb on his own, but most of it he was able to do after I helped him a few times. We are thinking about doing his birthday party there in April.

And thats what we've been up to.

Emily

Hello all! We are all doing fairly well.

Sam is testing the limits as all toddlers should. Not much fun for mom and dad, but we're coping. He had been sick with an upper respiratory infection and ear infection. Once we got those treated, his behavior improved dramatically. We are also trying to step up the potty training as well. He hasn't shown much interest in it really. But all of his friends keep moving up to the preschool class at school and you have to be potty trained to move up. So, we are using that as motivation.

Meanwhile, Ollie is testing his lungs. He is a good baby most of the day and night, but the evenings are another story. He is very fussy from 8 to 10 o'clock most nights and feeds frequently during these times. It has been very frustrating for mom and dad. We just muddle through and know that it should pass one day. Otherwise, Ollie is great. I think he has smiled af few times. It is so hard to tell if its a real smile or not. He is getting big fast! I had to bust out the 3-6 month clothes. They are a little big on him, but he was getting too long for the 0-3 months. I think he probably weighs about 13 lbs based on our scale.

Ollie is a man of many expressions

Bathtime

Brotherly love

Making Valentine cookies with Kiki

Enjoying the unseasonably warm weather. Where is your helmet Daddy?