No More Babies

Well, this morning around 5, Judd started crying, so I let him cry for a few minutes, hoping he would go back to sleep, but no luck. I went in to get him, and his diaper had leaked and he was wet and freezing. I got him all changed and into warm jammies and of course he had to "nurse" to go back to sleep. Harper's empty bed looked really inviting, so I went in there and got 2 more hours of peaceful sleep. Around 7:30, Harper found me and crawled into bed with me and asked me what I was doing because it was not night time, so I needed to wake up and she pulled the curtains back, so I could see the daylight outside. She snuggled in with me and within a few minutes, Juddson's door swings open and he walks out of his room saying "mommy?" and looking for me! Harper and I looked at each other in amazement and sure enough, I put him in bed and he climbed right out! Oh dear... once they reach that stage, they are officially toddlers.... I am sad... no more babies.... but-- that means, I am officially going to wean him (it's not like he's getting milk anyways)... So, a big challenge is right in front of me. I think while I am weaning Judd, I am going to put the nasty polish on HJ's thumb and try to wean her off her thumb. May as well go through a couple weeks of hell and just put it behind us rather than draw it out, right? When Judd is nursing and he can look up at me and talk to me, it's just weird... time to wean, no doubt about it.
Harper is officially the musically inclined child of the family. The other day we were coming home from the gym and I was scanning the radio stations and it scanned right through a classical piano piece and Harper asked me to turn it back to that "pwanno song" so I did, in amazement she new what instrument was playing. She must have learned that from Baby Einstein "Meet the Orchestra" or from church in Hector, because I think those are the only places she's seen a "pwanno." After the song was over, she asked to hear it again, but I told her our truck didn't have a clicker (like the tv at home) and the next song came on and she was not happy that it wasn't another piano song. The next day, as soon as we got into the car, she asked for "pwanno song" again. I turned on the classical station and she said "that not pwanno, that's barraca's" and she was right, it was maracas! I was impressed!!! Her favorite instrument was first the tuba, then the flute, and now she wants to play the harp because her name is Harper, how fitting would that be? She and Josh were watching a movie and he told me to come in the room and look at her and she was waving her arm around pretending to conduct the score to the movie!!! Duane will be proud!
Noah is still all about some "Ario Kart." Little gamer. I am regulating it though, and not letting him live on it, which he would.... and he is obeying and stopping when I tell him too, no major melt downs yet. He loves to play outside with Hoover, but Hoover is still a little too wild and bites Noah instead of the dog toy, so the play sessions don't last for too long. Tonight, we were driving the kids to put them to sleep and we drove past the UAFS gym and Noah said "Noah, Daddy, run" and he was remembering back to last Halloween when Josh let him run from the church fall fest, all the way up Waldron, to the gym, and into the gym where the guys were practicing. He has a spectacular memory!
Harper went to sleep before we left the driveway, literally tonight, and it took Juddson 17 miles before he went out. Noah stayed awake and wanted to sit on the couch and watch football. He wanted "black" to win (Texas Tech) and was really into the game for a good 30 minutes before he went to sleep.

Note: One of Harper's favorite sayings right now is "Hold me very much" and she asks me that all day long. Today she started saying "OK, mom." in a tone like she was 15 or something. It was hilarious, and she did it several times. Like, I said, "Harper, you need to eat your sandwich." and she said "OK, mom..." and glanced back over her shoulder making sure I noticed her new terminology!