Lilah @ 1, Aidan @ 3

Warning: this post contains pre-party pictures.  Sorry, but I've been busy!  And they're still cute, I promise!! 

(And I want to wait until I get the pics my friend Keren took of the party anyway.  Yes, we had a photographer!  I can take my own, but it was nice not being stuck behind the lens.  And I'll actually be IN a couple!  If you realllllly can't wait, here are my pictures, my mom's pictures, and my friend Christy's pictures of the party on flickr.)  ; ) 

Communication

Lilah's words: Dada, Mama, and lots of other vowels, consonants, babbling & screeching



Aidan's new phrases: "Come heeeeee-yuh, Mama!" 
"I'm coming!"
"Yuck, meow, No!  Don't yo up!" (throw up) 
"Dada, don't yell at Mama!"
"Mama, don't yell at Dada!"
"Mama, No!  Don't yell at Aidan!"  (apparently he thinks we yell... a LOT.)  : )
"Dank you, Mama.  You're welcome." (he likes to say both at one time)
"Dat mine.  Dat Aidan's." 
--- he has an incredible memory and is still talking about the train that was broken at Sophia's house and how Dada's kite hit him on his head at the beach.



Motor skills

Lilah: walking!!  And on her birthday too.  Before Friday, she walked 1-3 steps at a time.  On her birthday, she walked from the living room to the kitchen.  She walks with her arms up, like a field goal, and prefers to carry a piece of clothing when she goes. 



Aidan: can thread beads on necklaces by himself and get shoes/clothing on and off successfully.  Seems to be ambidextrous.



Nutrition

Lilah: loves it spicy!  She downed half a piece of meat lover's pizza at Drew's party last weekend.  Ate half of my smokehouse turkey sandwich from Panera.  And will try pretty much anything, although it might end up on the floor.



Aidan: pretty much opposite of above... except if he doesn't like something, it ends up on the floor too.  Not sure when this pickiness will turn around.  It's exhausting and stressful for Mama around mealtimes.



Milk

(figured I'd dedicate an entire section to this.  Aidan would be quite pleased.)

Lilah: made the switch to a sippy cup in ONE day about a month ago.  She drinks about 3 sippy cups of milk a day (cold, too!  No warming milk up in this house) and will also drink water or juice at mealtimes.



Aidan: will ask for milk when he's hungry, milk when he's grumpy, milk when he's bored.  ALL DAY LONG.  It works as a great bribery tool.



Growth

Lilah: is wearing size 18 months and will be moving in 18-24 and 2T very shortly.  Size 5 shoe, but could be 5 1/2 if they made them.




Aidan: depending on the brand, he wears size 4T or even 5T tops, and 3T or 4T bottoms.  Thankfully his shorts from last summer all still fit!  Size 10 1/2 shoe.



Potty-training

Lilah: Um, still a ways off (but I'm hoping for earlier than 3.)



Aidan: if I take his diaper off, he'll go naked for awhile and ask to pee in the potty (standing up), but he has still never (not ONCE) pooped in the potty.  Summertime is my goal (and his deadline.)



Napping

Lilah: 1-2 naps a day. 



Aidan: none.  He'll fall asleep if we're in the car around 4pm, but it doesn't make for a very pleasant evening when he wakes up.



Nighttime

Lilah: still waking up once a night (if not more.)  We're going out of our minds.  Sometimes it's teething-related, sometimes she just needs more calories at dinner.  Sometimes she does bless us by sleeping through, but those are always the nights we're staying up late, so we're still exhausted.  (yes, call us stupid.  We're too tired to care for your insults.)



Aidan: sleeping-through-the-night champ since 6 months old!  He's even put himself to bed, when he's really tired. 



Playtime

They're playing together!!  Chase (albeit slooooow for a toddling Lilah), peek-a-boo, tickling, wrestling, playing at the train table, throwing sand in each other's eyes (oh wait, that was just Aidan), and jumping on Aidan's bed.  If I ever doubted why I had kids so close together, I don't anymore.  : ) 

Love you, Pod & Bean!