All in a week

We'll start with my 12 week old Anderson. He's had the most typical week. Pretty much sleeping eating and pooping. Oh, and lots and lots of crying, lol! No, he really doesn't cry all that much. He's usually pretty content as long as he's fed and not sleepy. Right now he's trying to laugh. I do mean trying! It's the cutest thing. He just kind of thrusts his arms and grunts. I've never had a baby where laughing didn't come natural too. I've been workin' it too! Tickling, peek a boo with the feet, funny voices, singing! One day soon we're going to have a breakthrough and I'm sure it will be the best cutest laugh ever! I can't wait.
So I guess next we'll go to Sonny, might as well go youngest to oldest! He's had a rough couple of days. Yesterday he had to have his ears tested because he has a slight speech delay, so they want to rule hearing issues out first. About an hour before the appointment I realized, "oh crap! Sonny hates his ears being touched"! I was not about to drag an infant along to that! So I pumped a bottle and shoot out the door to drop Anderson off with Tom at work. I of course was unannounced which he didn't appreciate much. No regrets here though, best decision ever. We arrive at the appointment right on time! As I'm filling out the paper work Sonny looks up and says "poo poo". Great. Guess what I left with Tom? That's right, the baby bag! Right then they call our name. Ugh!
*sigh*
So we go back to this room with tons of gadgets, he's doing just fine. Then the audiologist says "let's put this on your ear" holding a little instrument. He freaks! "Oh, OK" she says,"let's wait for the other audiologist before we begin." Meanwhile, I'm apologizing for his reaction and the smell, frantically explaining why I don't have any fresh diapers. In my head I'm screaming "I am a good mom! I am! I am!" The other lady arrives and we begin. We're moved to a room that's probably about 4' X 4' and hot as heck! I'm holding him on my lap about a foot away from the audiologist. Then the smell kicks in, and he's been taking iron...not pleasant at all! They make him listen to different tones at different frequencies while I'm restraining him to keep him still, sweating like crazy. This takes forever (in my mind), then we move to a chair where they put "ear pillows" in his ears to measure the echo in is ear drum. This was the big finale! He's the sweetest little thing, but my sweet angel was taken over by the beast within for the test. After some screaming, kicking, lots of poop, sweat and tears, alas, his ears are fine. But hey, at least we know now and won't have to go through that again. Hopefully that comforts me during the flashbacks!
Now to Jonathan. Our sensitive child. Who'd a thought! It's his first week of full day kindergarten. He seems to love it, but everyday ends with cranky tears. I think he'll get used to it eventually. He really likes his teacher and being in the big kid school. His teacher says he's been doing great. The first few days he was a little hyped up, but she said he's passed that now and doing great. Until.... of all days library day. Hahaha! So, I guess the librarian was reading a story called A Bad Case of Stripes about a little girl who gets stripes and changes into all sorts of things until she eats lima beans and is cured. She was half way through the book before Jonathan started freaking out. He was terrified! So they shut it quickly and calmed him down, then had to begin reading The Little Red Hen instead. I've seen him that scared a few times, but never over a book! He is scared of face paint and tattoos, so it kind of made sense. That kind of reaction was a surprise though. Then I looked up the book, it's pretty darn scary! I could see how he would freak over that. Pretty funny though. She probably thinks we're some crazy parents who lock him in the basement! Anyway, he's fine. He still won't look at the book though. I tried to explain that's it's pretend, but he's not having any of that! Other than this fiasco, he's enjoying school and hopefully he'll come to enjoy the library there too!
Kennedy has had a pretty good week. She's doing well in school and just started her first season of soccer! Saturday she had her soccer pictures taken and loved it so much she exclaimed that she's going to do soccer forever! Then we brought her back down to Earth and told her she should probably decide this after her first practice or better yet a game. Hahaha! So her first practice came and it was adorable. She was super happy and really enjoyed herself. The coach said she was giggling all the way down the field. We could sort of tell that from the sidelines! The girl inherited my skills in the sports department, which would be nil! It's so funny to watch! Her hands and feet flailing every where, lucky if she hits the ball even luckier if she doesn't trip. It's so cute, gosh I love her! Who knows? She may keep up with it and be a champion soccer player! Between the soccer and the ballet, coordination is sure to come at some point. Maybe one of these days she'll even stop falling out of her chair at dinner!.