Oh brother ...

Now that things are somewhat settled in our house with us being a family of 4, things for Hunter are starting to become a little more clearer.  He has officially become jealous.  Not that I didn't think this would happen at all, I just didn't know in which ways he would express them in and the fact that he is in that "terrible two" stage.  For instance, whenever I'm feeding Tyler this is pretty much the only time Hunter acts like he really needs something and acts out on it if he doesn't have it right away.  He points to Tyler and starts crying and saying, "Ty!".  He gets so mad because he knows that its him that is preventing him from me getting up right away.  Then he does something that he knows he is not allowed to do and always results in  a Time Out that is enforced right away as best as I can while feeding Tyler (btw, we have 2 Time Out chairs on each end of the house for this).  Lately, he already knows that he did something wrong and has already been heading for the chair before I say anything....haha!  Another example, of his "jelly" and I think a little bit of him being that "typically 2 year old pushing the limits" is  before bed we either watch Barney or Youtube videos on the computer and this is also the time that Tyler goes through a tough period trying to put himself to sleep and I need to keep going in his room to check on him (almost always just to insert his paci and re-swaddle him) but while I am doing this Hunter will either a). touch the remote to the TV and push all the buttons that either cause the volume to sky rocket or do something to the movie or b) touch mommy's computer and cause some issue with it if we are watching Youtube videos.  He knows better that these are both off limits and to not do either of them before Tyler arrived but now this is his "jelly" acting out. In my world, he so funny because Tyler is such a good baby that he pretty much sleeps and eats all day (with the awake time that Hunter participates in) so those 20 minutes that I feed him are so miniscule compared to the whole day that he gets my full attention.  Haha.  I totally feel his frustration because I did spend all of my time with him before Tyler was here so I'm just being patient and letting him get through this and he did turn 2 so he is testing us more.  The one really good thing is that he does love being involved with "Ty".  He always wants Ty to take a bath with him and always gives him kisses.  He also loves to help me give Ty his paci when he starts to get fussy and I always let him pull up the chair to Ty's changing table to let him see me change his diaper and get him dressed.  Hunter picks out his outfit every morning =).

Hunter loves participating with Tyler when he's on his play mat.  It's so cute.

Now that Hunter is 2, he has been talking a lot more.  Not like full blown sentences all day long but he is always pointing out everything to us and whenever Sean and I tell him a new word that he hasn't heard he always repeats it.   Before I took him out of day care, the director did mention to me that he may need to be evaluated by a speech therapist and I got really concerned.  I wasn't too worried because all of his teachers were bilingual and Hunter followed their directions in Spanish but he always knew what I was saying too.  So I knew that Hunter probably wasn't too sure at how to answer anyone whether if it was in English or Spanish so that is why I thought perhaps he was a bit delayed.  Plus, I knew that when I was going to be home on maternity leave that he would pick up more words because I was home with him more.  Also, he wasn't even 2 years old yet and I knew that boys are usually more delayed that girls.  When I took Hunter to his new pediatrician (which I love and is also Tyler's), I asked him about the whole language thing and he said as long as he can say approximately 50 words that he is fine and he can clearly say that many.  I asked him about being evaluated by a speech therapist and he told me that I do not need to be concerned at all if he isn't picking up new words easily and if he was nearing 3 years old and couldn't say more than about 50 words then yes, I would need to.  So that is a relief for me.   Hunter is such a sweet boy and loves to give all of us kisses and hugs.  He loves to dance and sing his ABC's.  He is starting to really show his personality and at times he tells me that he just wants to play and be by himself in his room!  LOL.  He will tell me to go and will shut the door and say "bye mommy". Then 5 minutes later I will go in and see the mess he made with all his books all over the floor and will ask me to read to him.  He still loves his cuddle time with me and always leans on me and says, "cuddle?" and wants to hold my hand.  My heart melts and hope that it lasts forever.  He is all boy and loves animals of all sorts.  He loves to go on walks and look for lizards and of course loves playing in water, especially his pool. I am looking into to putting him back into daycare part time because  I know he misses being around other kids.  He does have a little playmate who name is Hannah and she is 3 that lives in our neighborhood.  I try and have him see her about once a week and he loves her and that helps.  I love seeing him interact with her now that he is older because she talks to him like he is her little brother and he does whatever she says! He really enjoys playing with her.  LOL. 

Anyway, so far the SAHM job has been pretty good.  Yes, I have moments where I want to scream for a second but overall, I can't complain.  Naptime and Dinner/Bed time are the toughest part of my day because that is  when they both almost always need me at the same time but we get through it.  Tyler is such a great baby and he is becoming more aware so he does need more awake time which is great because he is smiling more and is starting to be used to the noise from Hunter.  He is growing like a weed and I'm going through Hunter's hand-me down clothes more faster than I did with Hunter.  Tyler goes for his next checkup in 2 weeks and I've already weighed him and he weighs 10.5 pounds at 5 weeks old so I'm thinking he will be 11 pounds at that appointment.  These boys are going to be the complete opposite!  I already see it.



Love these boys so much.