monthly update…my late bloomer and the terrible threes

Molly is 15 months old today.  Here are some things she’s been doing lately…

* Cuddling.  She’s our little cuddle-bug.  She loves to be held and will lay her head on my shoulder and snuggle when she’s tired.  I love this.

* Starting to be a picky eater!  Molly has always loved food.  She used to eat anything I put in front of her.  All of a sudden she’s not interested in the vegetables she used to love.  Hopefully this is just a phase that she’ll pass through fast.

* She calls everything “ga ga”.  She’s big into pointing and demanding what she wants, all the while yelling “GA GA!”. 

* Still not walking…hence the late bloomer title.  I know that most children walk before 15 months (a lot of them well before 15 months), but (according to the pediatrician) it’s not a concern unless she’s not walking at 18 months.  I am continuing to learn that every child develops at his or her own pace.  We can do many things to encourage our kids to reach their milestones, but at the end of the day, each child’s an individual.  It’s been humbling for me to answer those people who say, “How old is she?  She’s still not walking?” with a cheerful, “Nope, not yet!  She’s just Molly.  She’ll do it when she’s ready!”.

* On the positive side…she’s taking more and more independent steps every day! 

* One more happy thing this month…Molly FINALLY calls me “Mama”. 

Some things Owen’s been up to lately…

* So far, I think the 3’s are worse than the 2’s.  We dealt with LOTS of tantrums with Owen during his 2nd year, but I think the sass that accompanies the 3’s is SOOOOO much worse.  I feel like it’s been behavior bootcamp around here lately…we’ve been trying to catch every one of his sassy retorts and enforce consequences.  Owen’s big into responding with sass whenever we ask him to do something.  (Example:  In a Pizza Hut on our recent roadtrip, Travis said to Owen, “Owen you need to obey me right now.”  Owen responded with a sassy, “You obey YOURSELF!”)  The backtalk drives me UP THE WALL.  I am seeing more and more of my child’s sinful nature and his need for Christ.  We continue to pray for Owen to understand his need for Jesus and want a personal relationship with him.  This parenting stuff is TOUGH!

* Possessiveness!  Oh my GOODNESS…he cannot deal with it if Molly even looks at one of his toys.  If she’s playing with her baby doll, he needs to play with that same baby doll.  As if the sassiness wasn’t enough…

* Okay, he’s not all bad this month.  He does love his sister and calls her “sister pants”.  I love it.  She’s the first one he wants to see in the morning.

* Imagination!  I love to listen to him play.  The stories he comes up with when he’s playing with his action figures or his dinosaurs are hilarious.  Each character has a personality and they have some very lively conversations.  And each character has a different voice.  It’s hilarious.

* Music.  Owen has always loved music, but right now he wants to know who sings every song on the radio.  He is always asking me, “Mommy, what music is this?”  Right now he really likes Lady Gaga, much to his father’s dismay.  That makes me sound like a really awesome parent of a 3 year old, doesn’t it?  It’s just that she’s on the radio so darn much!  Many nights Owen will stay up singing in his bed at the top of his lungs instead of sleeping.  Sometimes the singing lasts 5 minutes, sometimes it lasts up to an hour and a half.  Just depends on the night.  On one particular night, Travis went in to quiet down the singing and he asked Owen what he was doing.  Owen responded with, “Oh, I’m just singing Lady Gaga, Daddy.”

That’s all for this month!

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