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Finding the Groove
We have been struggling with sleep in our house. Nicholas is up 1-4 times each night and at least one of those times is “top of the lungs” screaming which can last for an hour or more. Naps are also challenging where 20 minutes of sleeping alone in his crib at the same time of…
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Cousin Kristina
It was such a special treat to have Rob’s cousin in town for a long weekend. We got to know her even better when she was here 5 years ago on a nursing rotation and miss her tons since she moved back to Florida. The best part of the trip was when Jeff proposed to…
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Post Nap Fun
The time between nap and dinner is pretty short, 1.5 hours. When the weather agrees we try to get outside in our front yard for a few minutes. Cooper has always loved blowing bubbles and this week he insists on doing it from inside this box. After dinner we typically head upstairs for baths and…
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27 Months
Language development has been one of the biggest changes in the past couple of months. His vocabulary, pronunciation, and memory are all growing leaps and bounds daily. He now says “Thank you” instead of “De Da,” “Excavator” instead of “Icky,” and most importantly “Cooper” instead of “Pooper.” When we were preparing dinner one night he…
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Remlinger Farm
We have to thank Groupon for this fantastic day of adventure. Nothing like an approaching expiration date to help get an activity on the calendar. This was Cooper’s first carnival ride. We both anticipated he would get scared and one of us would have to go get him from the ride, but he loved it.…
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Daddy’s Work
Today we dropped Daddy off at work so that we could check out the awesome construction view from his office window. Cooper was very impressed. Even after leaving the building we spent another 15 minutes watching the elevator go up and down on another tour they are building. On his own Cooper sat down on…
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Solids!
Nicholas got his first taste of rice cereal today. He didn’t seem to mind it too much. I realize that we are used to making oatmeal for Cooper so it was not nearly as runny as it probably should have been. Daddy gave feeding Nicholas a try the next day. We are pretty sure he…
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Funnel Cake or Elephant Ear
Funnel cake or elephant ear. We are a house divided. Daddy loves the funnel cake and used the argument it originated where Pop-pop grew up to make it Cooper’s first sweet fair food. New this year at the fair was the petting farm. It took a little bit, but Cooper worked up to petting a couple…
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6 Months
Stats: Length: 27.01 inches (79%) Weight: 17 lbs 8 oz (60%) Head Circumference: 17.91 inches (93%) We had a good doctor appointment and everything is going as expected for Nicholas. They did give us a referral to a craniofacial specialist for our concern about his misshapen head. After meeting with the specialist we are going to…
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Gym
We ran out of excuses, the Kochman family is now a member of the local YMCA. Step #2 is to use the membership and we did that today. We timed it for the boys to go to childcare while I went to a group fitness class. Reading the childcare handouts they suggest trying it for a…