Kids can drive you insane, but
at the same time they can be the most amazing little creatures.
Both kids seemed to have entered a new phase in life. Lex has
quite suddenly become a very friendly, polite, lovey, and
helpful little kid. He’s always been that, I guess, but now
it’s so much more consistent. He is full of hugs and kisses and
“I love yous” to everyone. He hugs and kisses Eve all the time,
tells me he loves me, gives Alan great big hugs, and frequently
checks in to make sure I’m happy. Yesterday I hurt my toe (it’s
all swollen and lovely shades of purple, black and blue!) and
Lex ran right over to see if he could kiss it and make it
better :) Later in the day I commented that my toe really hurts
and Lex looked all confused and said “but I kissed it to make
it better. Do you want me to kiss it again?” I love the love!!
He goes to bed easily, both at night and at quiet time. Most
nights he asks to say good night to Eve and so I put her in his
bed. He wraps his arms around her and hugs her and kisses her
and sings her a song. That melts my heart. They lay in his bed,
arms around each other, singing the alphabet together. Sooooo
sweet!!!

Eve, on the other hand, has
entered a feisty phase. She’s still adorable and silly and
sweet, of course, but now we can add stubborn, feisty, and
temperamental to the list as well. It all seemed to start after
the stomach virus thing and I have a feeling she’s not quite
right still. I thought maybe she had a UTI, but I spoke with
the doc and he said the symptoms don’t necessarily agree (it
was a Sunday so we didn’t bring her in). He didn’t have any
other theories though, so we’ll just wait and talk to her
regular doc at her 2yr check up. But she’s been very fussy
lately, crying often for little or no reason, she cries a few
times each night (doesn’t really wake up, but cries for a few
minutes in her sleep), and it takes her forever to fall asleep
and she wakes up much earlier than usual — earlier than Lex
most mornings! She used to be my prize sleeper and now she’s
not! She also lost all interest in potty training. She likes to
tell me when she’s peeing and pooping (though I think she is
now confused about which is which, perhaps because of the
diarrhea a few weeks ago or just toddler senile?), but when I
ask if she wants to move to the potty she says “No, just pee in
diaper.” On the bright side, she loves Lex’s hugs and often
hugs him back. And she’s almost 2!!! Just one more week of my
baby and then she’s officially a toddler and I’ll have no more
babies in the house. Sigh.