Another week has passed, and we survived the "blizzard" we had last week. We even got an extra morning with daddy that we weren't expecting. With all the snow on Thursday, Brian couldn't get out of the driveway. So, he stayed home from work with us that morning. My parents picked up around noon in the 4 wheel drive SUV and took him to work and my dad went to the office for a couple hours, too. Then, I took the SUV with a carseat in it and took Will to the doctor. He was on his 4th day of 102.7 fever. Glad to report it wasn't anything but a little virus, he's better now and it did NOT result in any coughing or wheezing, so no nebulizer treatments. I'll be glad when the snow is gone, the weather warms up and we can start playing outside and taking walks again!
In other news, we are replacing bottles this week with tippy cups. No more day bottles for these guys. Hopefully they'll make the transition well. Will and Xander really do well with the cups, Grace, not as well, but I think she'll be forced to catch up when she is really thirsty and that's the only way she'll get liquid! It's interesting though, how they all have their strengths. Grace is so very close to walking full time. She can walk pretty much anywhere, and go any length. She just has to decide to do it all the time. So, she's ahead of the boys in that area, they're ahead of her with the sippy cups.
We are also very excited that we think Xander has said his first word. They all babble syllables like "mama", "dada" "nana" and others, but don't really use them as language, and of course they all sign "more". But, Xander has started saying "quack" and he'll do it if you say "Xander, what does a duck say?" or hold a duck up. It's very funny. He crawls around the house "quacking" all day. We get a kick out of it. It is neat to see how much their receptive language is improving, too. They understand so much now. They know phrases like "Do you want some milk?" or "Let's get your coat." and "can I have a hug?". They have started following 1 step directions, too. When Grace stands up in the tub, all I have to say is "Grace, sit down" and she does, every time. They will also follow directions if you say "get the ball" or "give that to me". It's neat to see then develop language this way. However, we've also started having problems with sharing, taking each other's toys and Xander has taken to biting. They cry when they can't have something they want, or if something they have gets taken away. I think it's just the beginning for that!
The top picture is of them playing on the couch. For some reason, they absolutely love to crawl around on it. I don't particularly like all the drool on my nice couch, though! We see the doctor at the NICU on Friday again for the follow-up developmental clinic. They are chronologically 14 months, but developmentaly 12 months, so this is like their 12 month checkup. So, I'll post any news about that. More next week.
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