Addendum

A few things I forgot to mention.

Evan:

He's on a one nap schedule. He now naps at 12:30 pm, right after lunch, That has gone well.

He no longer eats on his high chair, but rather on the table with us. We got him a booster chair and he loves it.

He rides forward facing now. After 20 months, we decided to change his car seat since he's so tall, and he looked uncomfortable riding rear facing. He's completely astonished with the new view.

He still wakes up every night. So nights only once, others... far too many times. We're going to try a new strategy.

Joan:

She started waking up at night as well. At first I thought it was the 4th month wakeful period, but now I'm thinking it was the cold she still has. She was waking up 3-4 times, but now it's more like two, close to 5 am, when I feed her. she then goes back to sleep for another hour, so not too bad, considering.

She's blowing strawberries. When she's happy, but especially when she's upset, has been crying or is about to cry and you pick her up, she starts going to town with her vrrroom, vrrroom vrrroom, as if she was telling you why she was upset.

Evan: 20 months old

He weighs 29 lbs 10 oz and is 35 inches tall. That means he gained 2 pounds and half an inch in 2 months. He's growing fast!

He doesn't have many words, but he has a couple new ones. He says "agua" (water is Spanish) and sort of says "hola" and "avion" (airplane; it's not very clear but I understand him). He also says "hi" and "hop". Hop comes from one his favorite books at the time, Pouch. And he sort of hops around when he says it. It's adorable.

We're taking him to a gymnastics class, and he loves it. He doesn't use every apparatus, but the ones he does, he loves.

He still loves dancing. His favorite song right now is "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera. And last night he was taping on the table, and it actually had some melody to it. I was very impressed.

He also enjoys giving Joan Buddha bellies, feet, whatever he can grab. And dancing with her feet. She usually smiles at this, though every now and then, she's not amused... But he's gentle with her more often than not, which is an improvement.

Joan: 4 months old

I'm so in love with our girl.

She weighs 14 lbs 7 oz, and is 26.5 inches long. She's great. She's getting stronger every day. She loves sitting and standing (assisted). She giggles every time I help her to stand. She loves eating her hands and looking at them.She's not too into toys yet.

She also likes when Evan is gentle and playful. He makes her smile. And when we're reading books with Evan (and she's almost always there), she pays a lot of attention. I can tell she's going to love books, just like her brother.

She never cared for the binky, didn't use it at all and would spit it out. But now, she really into it. We still haven't decided if that's a good thing of a bad thing...

She's more demanding of attention, but she's still very laid back, and just a chilled, happy baby.