This week was pretty uneventful, just the usual work, sleep, repeat routine. I ended up cancelling Kira's specialist appointment as she hasn't had a nosebleed in a couple of months. She is also finally cutting her final two molars, so nice to have one kid done with the teething process.

Kira has developed a love of doing puzzles. She does these for most of the day when she's at daycare, so we picked her up some puzzles for home, and now she does them at home for most of the evenings. She is quite good at them too, today she finished a new puzzle all by herself - 48 pieces! She was very proud of herself, I was very proud of her.

Kai continues to do well, he's growing, eating, sleeping, and pooping like a champ (heh). For the last week or so he has been quite cranky and clingy in the evenings, we aren't sure why this is happening, but hopefully it won't last for too long. He has not yet had a successful nap in his crib, but we've had success getting him to nap on the couch, so that is better than nothing. I'll worry about getting him to nap in the crib once he learns how to roll over.

Here are a couple of photos from this week....

Kira took a picture of her new Thomas the Train puzzle that Jon brought home from Phoenix (it's huge)

Ta-da! She did the Pocoyo puzzle all by herself

Kai in his bumbo chair. He has discovered how to suck on his fists and has them in his mouth pretty much all the time now. He gets very angry when he can't get them in there and even angrier when you take them out of his mouth.

Kira practicing "sticky feet" - a move that she learned at her gymnastics class.

She likes to do this move a lot...

Phew, we managed to survive the first of Jon's trips away this month - I have a deeper respect for stay-at-home mums now for sure, it is not easy with 2 little ones. Thankfully, my mother-in-law came to stay with us for 2 days which was a giant help.

Kai had his 2 month shots last week, other than the usual tears from the jabs, he seemed to do ok. The side effects were fatigue (wooohoo!) and then he got really cranky in the evenings, right when Kira came home from daycare. I had to carry him constantly or else he'd start crying, this made things a little more difficult and stressful, but he's recovered now. He is slowly starting to fall into a routine now and has adjusted his bed time from 1am to 830/930pm. He is 12 pounds now and 62cm long, so his growth is coming along nicely.

Today we are starting naps in his crib. Kai is a light sleeper (like his mum) and has a nasty habit of waking up every time I put him in his crib during the day, hopefully after a couple of days he will be more comfortable sleeping in there as opposed to being held. I will miss the constant cuddles, but he's almost 3 months old now, so I guess it's time to learn to sleep on his own.

Kira is still doing amazing with being a big sister. She helps with diaper changes, feedings, and sings to Kai when he gets upset. She kisses him goodbye in the morning and when she goes to bed at night. She even shares some toys occasionally with him. Hopefully this will continue as Kai gets older.

More pics to come once there is some time, Kai's just woken up from a 15 minute crib nap...it will be a tough task getting him to sleep in there during the day. Sigh.

Ok, thanks for letting me know your true feelings about Facebook (ha). Here are some new pictures of the kids. Next week I will be taking Kai for his 2 month shots, so we'll get him weighed (he's about 12lbs right now) and measured. Kira also has a specialist appointment coming up for her nose-bleeds, poor little thing. She is finally cutting her last 2 teeth right now, she's dealing remarkably well despite the pain she must be in. She gets Jon to rub her gums before she goes to bed at night.

Speaking of Jon, he's off to Phoenix next week for his birthday trip. He'll be going with his brother to golf, relax, and watch the Suns play. It will be interesting to have the 2 kids here, but I'm sure we'll manage :) Jon is in dire need of some relaxing time, he's been working so much overtime lately and doesn't get much of a break when he gets home.

I originally started this blog as a place for people to go to see new pictures of Kira and get updates on her growth etc; however, it seems that everyone that reads this blog has now joined facebook (except for Jon, but he doesn't count since he gets to see the kids daily), so I will no longer be updating this blog. New pictures + videos will be posted on facebook, thanks for reading!

If you'd prefer to have updates in this blog instead of facebook, please let me know by leaving a comment.

Cheers.

Janine