Party all night

Lately, both of the kids have been sleeping terribly. Our good little sleeper, Kai, now cries and yells whenever we try to put him down at nighttime. And we were so hopeful when Sora slept through the night in Hawaii, but lately she's been horrible. We've been trying to be more consistent with ensuring that she naps adequately throughout the day, because sometimes overtiredness can cause poor nighttime rest. Fingers crossed that it works, because we're exhausted.

Position not sanctioned by AAP, but we're trying whatever works.

Nonetheless, the kids have been progressing forward. Kai now strings together simple sentences and is learning words as quickly as we can say them.

Kai knows the word, "rainbow," and is fascinated by them.

"Ba Ba shoe!"

It's amazing to watch Kai figure things out. The other day, we mentioned Brownie (my mom's pet dog) and he said, "doggie, wo-wo-wo-wo, fish, Po Po, Gung Gung, Matt-Matt," naming all the people and things that he associated with my parents' house.

Action shot at Po Po and Gung Gung's house

He's also (finally) not crying through the entirety of church nursery time and seems to be making friends with some of the kids at church (other than Evelyn).

We've been working on potty training and although it seems unlikely that we'll be able to train him so early, he's peed twice in the potty (sounds like a big whoop, but a big deal in mommy-world).

Sora has a growing awareness of the world around her, although that mostly means that she spends her day watching her big brother who is running around, screaming.

Sora: "I did not sign up for this."

Unfortunately for us, she also seemingly has stranger anxiety, which seems improbable since she's only four months old. That makes things difficult for us since she doesn't usually do well with anybody but me, Nik or Nik's mom holding her.

A rare moment with Gung Gung

We went to Norris' first birthday party this past weekend. It was great seeing friends and catching up. Best of all for Kai, they had a bird show and Kai was absolutely transfixed by the parrots. Kai certainly loves animals. He's also figured out Chubs and Skinnay's names and likes to give them treats, feeding them little bits of hay.