Megan was in CA on Monday and Tuesday so I stayed home with Steven, Sammy and Amaya on Monday and Jason stayed home on Tuesday. We also had Grandma Sunshine with us from Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning.
Our early intervention team brought a craft with them. (With glitter, omg!) We made cupcakes with thumbprints for the cherry on top!
The finished product!
Monday was also a chance to test out the awesome bean bags from Aunt Sara, Uncle David and cousins Chase & Charlie. We still have some growing to do before we can use them every day but these are going to be fun for a loooooooong time!
Steven’s a climby guy
Sammy’s a lounging guy
Amaya’s a nervous girl
Steven had physical therapy on Friday. He was measured for his ankle braces and should have them in a week or two. They’ll have dinosaurs on them! His physical therapist mostly worked on activities to build core strength while sitting, standing and kneeling.
And see this toy they’re working with? It has these colored pegs that fit in the little holes. Sammy was able to place the pegs in the holes and stack them on top of each other. Jeannette, our PT, said she usually doesn’t see that until age TWO! Clever Sammy!
This weekend, Amaya had adventures! She went to the grocery store with daddy and to Best Buy with me.
Amaya knows how to live. 🙂
In our continuing quest to master utensils, today we tried cottage cheese. Small curd. It was Megan’s idea and it was a good one. We’ve got a long way to go but we’re getting better and better at it!
This obviously isn’t a food blog but I’m pretty excited about this meal so I took photos. It’s baked mac & cheese muffins with ham! They look so tasty.
We also moved our kitchen set up around this weekend. Well, Jason did. 🙂 Our hope is that this will keep our walls from further distress. Flinging cups of milk and flying food takes its toll! It has a nice flow, too. Brings Steven, Sammy and Amaya into the mix a bit more than with them tucked in a corner and they can look outside while they eat.
Steven had crazy hair this week. This is his Flock of Seagulls look.
A mohawk with Cookie
A mohawk at mealtime
And a mohawk at bedtime!
Happy Steven
Steven working on milk at bedtime instead of a bottle
Steven looooooves sports balls!
Someone found the light switch!
Cutie in a cubby!
Sammy’s such a BIG kid!
He’s also a joker
But so is Amaya!
Amaya has pretty much mastered standing independently! And this week she actually took 3 steps! It was a one time thing, so far, but as she stands more and more I expect her to take off at any moment.
Amaya loves to say “uh, oh!”
We have daytime playtime!
And we have bedtime playtime!
This video is from last Sunday when the boys and I were playing catch.
Finally, everyone still loves cookie!
This week (Friday!) we’re excited to welcome my mom, Gene, Savta, Aunt Sara, Uncle David, Chase, Charlie, Uncle Austin, Aunt Dena and Lavinia to the Land of Cheltenham. We’ll be partying all weekend, into next week, so look for our next blog post after the festivities!