The Urichs are here!: March 2013

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Bye, Bye Binky

There are so many parenting philosophies out there, many of which include opinions on pacifiers. When I was in the hospital after giving birth to Kyler, the nurses gave me the option of offering him a binky. Kyler was such a sucker (ha, ha...he actually came out chomping his lips) that it was pretty much a no-brainer. I didn't want to become his personal pacifier. When he was 18 months, we decided to "cut him off". Pun intended...we took his binky and punctured a hole in the end so it lost it's appeal. Then each day I would cut off a sliver of it so that it increasingly got smaller and undesirable. It worked; one day while I was tucking Kyler in for a nap, he took it out and threw it on the floor! Then I asked him if we should throw it away and he said yes. But as I have mentioned in previous posts, Kyler and Blake are very different. We are trying to cut Blake off cold turkey, and it is proving to be difficult. Last night I went into his room and took out the pacifier that he was using as well as the extra one sitting on the dresser and made them disappear into thin air (yes, I am a magician too). At 5:30 this morning he woke up asking for it. We looked EVERYWHERE for them. We even pulled the covers all the way off of the bed to make sure that it didn't get pushed down. Surprise, surprise, we couldn't find them anywhere! I was able to calm him down enough to where he slept for one more hour. However, now it is nap time and we are struggling! We have now spent 45 minutes playing the same game. Blake gets up, we bring him back to his room and get him comfortable only for him to come out 5 minutes later. Hopefully our perseverance will pay off. If not, there is a plan B...cut the binky!

Kyler with a binky in his mouth and stealing one from his cousin, Madi.

Blake getting soothed in between posed photos of his newborn shoot.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

How old are you, Blake?

When you ask this question of Blake, he shouts excitedly, "Free!"
About a month before his birthday we started practicing saying, "Two!" He got really good at it and everything was, "TWO!"
"Blake, how many eyes do you you have?"
"TWO!"
"How many legs do you have?"
"TWO!"
"How many hands do you have?"
"TWO"
"Blake, how old are you?"
"TWO!"
Then just a couple of days before his birthday, we were practicing and I asked, "Blake, how old are you?"
"FREE!"
Darn it...all that practicing and he changed his mind! That's our Blake for you! He is very much a second child and will definitely keep us on our toes! With all of that said, we are so very happy to have him in our lives. If both of our children were the same, life would get pretty dull. Blake is very unpredictable, but that is the spice of life!

Blake fits the mold of a typical two-year old boy! He is talking up a storm, sometimes incomprehensible, but fun to watch. (When I became a mother, I became even more intrigued with the whole teaching/learning process and am astounded by language development.) Here are a few of his favorite things (in no particular order):
His older brother, Ky-eee (Kyler)
Elmo
Asian Rice Crackers
Sweets of ANY kind
Momma
Daddy
Ooof-eee (Lucy)
Spidey (Spiderman)
Bathtime
The color blue (just like with the number two, then three...everytime you ask him what color something is, his response is, "BLUE!"

We celebrated Blake's SECOND birthday a day later than schedule due to the unpredictability of Springtime weather in Colorado. We still had good food, good company, and a great time!

Happy Birthday, Blake James! We LOVE you!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Saturday, SnOw DaY!

Today we were SUPPOSED to celebrate Blake's SECOND Birthday (Yeah, I can't believe he is turning TWO either), however, a blizzard kind of got in the way. Literally. The major interstates were closed down due to major accidents and road condition preventing many of our party guests from coming. So, we played in the snow instead. One of my boys absolutely LOVES the snow...