Check ups for Evan and Noah

Today we had check up appointments for Evan and Noah. Noah is 29 ½ inches (50%) and 24 lbs (50% surprisingly). Evan is 39 ¼ inches (75%) and 36 lbs (75%-90%). Both boys have colds and it turns out Noah has an ear infection. We had no idea. He’s been acting fine. Besides the colds and ear infections, everything else looked good. Noah was a pain though. He screamed and cried the whole time we were in the exam room. He obviously didn’t want to be there. He was fine in the waiting room, but did not want to be in that other room. We could barely hear what the doctor had to say. We asked her about Evan’s lack of potty training/interest. She said not to worry and not to push until he shows interest. Morry asked at what point is the kid too old to be in diapers. She said by age 4 a kid should be potty trained.

After the appointment I took the boys to the Circle C park for a little bit. Evan spent a lot of time on the basketball court. We didn’t have any balls with us, but he still had a good time. He pretended to throw basketballs.

After the park, we went to HEB to pick up Noah’s medicine, but it wasn’t ready yet.

When we got home we ate lunch outside. Noah was very cranky. The only time he didn’t cry was when he was eating puffs. He probably ate ½ of the container. I just wanted to keep him quiet so Evan and I could eat.

After lunch I put them down for naps.

Blanca came at 3:00pm and before I left I heard Evan talking in his room.

I tutored and got home at 8:00.

Morry made pasta for dinner for him and the boys.

Evan and Noah are in bed now. I think they are asleep.

Brrrrr

It got cold here. The weather man said it got close to freezing here last night. This morning around 9 the temperature was 42 degrees. I still walked Evan to school. It was cold, but at least it was sunny. I bundled the boys in jackets and blankets, and by the time we got to school they didn’t need the blankets anymore.

While Evan was at school I just got stuff done around the house. Noah and I didn’t go anywhere. I fed Noah his usually lunch of cereal. I also gave him some Gerber puffs (little finger food cereal). He’s starting to get better at getting foods to his mouth. He seems to like those little puffs, even though not all of them make it to his mouth.

When I went to pick up Evan at school he was in the corner near the books lying on a pillow and covered with a blanket. He was smiling at me and said, “I tucked myself.” Wendy thought that was funny. He went over to the corner on his own, got the blanket and pillow, and tucked himself in. He must have been pretty tired.

When we got home I tried to put the boys down for a nap. Neither one wanted to sleep. I finally got Noah to sleep around 2:30. When Blanca came at 3 Evan was still up. Through the monitor we heard him say, “I want Blanca.” He must have heard her come in. Evan ended up not napping at all. Noah slept for almost 2 hours.

I got home from tutoring at 7. Morry had made ribs for us. We ate dinner and then put Evan and Noah to bed. Evan scratched his Toy Story CD, so we had to put the Raffi CD on instead. He cried some, but now it sounds like he is asleep. Noah doesn’t seem to mind what he listens to. Right now he has a swing music CD in his player.