Kidstuff

Here's a random movie of my boys for you, followed by more random kid stories.

1. Justin got the first ear infection of his life in a big way. Full blown in both ears! The poor little guy was miserable for three days before I took him to the doctor. Thank goodness for Amoxicillin! It's been wonderful to have him feeling better and start acting like his cute little self again.

2. Justin hates getting his haircut. I've been feeling confident at fading up Joseph's hair and I really wanted to try it on Justin instead of just buzzing it off as fast as I can. But I knew he wouldn't hold still enough for me. Then I remembered a friend telling me when Joseph was a baby that she would strap her son in the high chair and wrap him in a sheet to bind his arms to cut his hair. And I remember thinking that sounded a little heartless at the time. Maybe baby #2 has made me a little more heartless, because it sounded like the perfect solution to me now. It worked great. He seemed to cry less, I didn't have to fight his arms and his hair didn't turn out too bad either!

3. Justin says so much now and it's great to be able to understand what he wants. Except for the fact that he yells at me quite often if I don't respond right away. My favorite thing he says is, "Yeah baby!" He'll use it whenever he's in the mood:
Me: Justin, do you need a new diaper?
Justin: Yeah baby!
Me: Justin, would you like a snack?
Justin: Yeah baby!

4. Joseph has really been pushing the boundaries lately and driving me crazy: talking back, defiantly disobeying, excessively using "potty words." A couple of Sundays ago, Darren was at his early morning meeting, I was trying to get the rest of us out the door on time and Joseph was REALLY pushing my buttons. I was getting angrier and angrier until I wasn't even sure I felt like going to church. As we finally got on our way, Joseph says, "Mom, it's hard to have two kids like us, isn't it?" I burst out laughing and answered, "Yes, Joseph. Very hard." I guess if he's capable of making me angry and then completely diffusing the anger with hilarity, he evens out. Maybe I'll keep him.