My big girl!

Olivia is almost 16 months already!  We had her 15 month appointment last week and all checked out pretty well.  Here are her stats - a few shockers:
Ht:  31 1/2", 78% - little shocked she wasn't taller
Wt:  27lbs 14 oz, 99% - not a shocker, but hey just for the record this IS NOT off the charts!
HC:  18 3/4", 92%

This girl is rocking the teeth, she has 12 teeth and the 4 eye teeth are pretty much popped up.  

WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THAT???

 

Olivia can be a bit grumpy since she has a runny nose about 22 days a month along with teething, but overall, she is super fun right now!  We just love her so much.  Here is a bit of what she's like right now.

• You can't ask for a better hug than from this girl.  When you pick her up or get home from work, she comes running as fast as she possibly can with a huge smile and arms right open.  It's the best!
• She LOVES her brothers and tries to do absolutely everything they do and is always trying to play it cool around them.  If they sit on the couch, she sits on the couch.  She tries to play what they play, whether they like it or not.  We have been having to put her in the tub with them because she will sit and whine at the tub and stick her leg up and try and get in - no joke!  After watching enough soccer games now, she will kick the ball around a little bit:)
• She is somewhat my little buddy, if I am doing chores, like watering flowers, she just follows behind.  Or she likes to sit by you, so we sit on the front step together sometimes.  In the morning if I sit on the chair and brush my teeth, she gets her toothbrush and sits up by me.  When I do my makeup, she has a brush to go along and do hers too.  Oh, and she somewhat helps with laundry!  I got her to start taking the dish towels to the kitchen drawer, but now she picks up all the piles and tries to take them their:)  So I'm not sure how much help it is!
• She dances now and that is pretty darn funny.
• Pantry is still one of her favorite hangouts.  One day Keith was having a tizzy because he couldn't find his gym card and the last we saw of it was Olivia playing with it one Saturday morning while I was trying to get some extra zzz's.  We looked everywhere for that thing, a couple weeks later Keith found it in the pantry!  Of course the place we should have checked.  
• We are finally done with bottles.  Took us a bit longer than I wanted, but I have to say it was painless, no fits at all!  A little bittersweet, so happy to never wash bottles again, a little sad to not have any babies to feed bottles to.  
• I would like to share a favorite toy, but to be honest she doesn't seem to just love any.  I have caught her playing with Ninja Turtles 3 or 4 times!  She does love her baby.  She always says, "bab a bab a".
• She loves to show us her tummy and pulls up her shirt.  
• She LOVES puppies, as long as they don't get too close.  There is a puppy picture at daycare and every time we walk by she gets super excited and says, puppy, puppy, puppy.
• She has tons of words, seems like she picks up a couple new ones every day. Some I hear quite a bit of:  no (I hear this one too much!), she will shake her head and say no!  Night, night,  MINE, cracker (girl loves her snacks), poppy - she recently started calling her pacifier poppy, Hello - that's what she calls my phone now, book- she really likes books.  Shoes, she loves shoes and it sounds more like shoos.
• She loves when I sing to her or anyone for that matter.  
• She is too big of a snacker, being around the boys does not help at all, but she gets something out of the pantry, then goes to her drawer and will get you a bowl and is pretty darn determined to get her snack.
• She is starting to throw more fits and tantrums these days!  
• She really likes her little playset with the slide and going on wagon rides.

 

Overall, she is pretty darn silly and super fun!  

 

 

A typical weekday at the Bormann household....

I must preface this post as a snoozer since our lives really aren't too exciting. But it is funny how much our routine continues to change and you think back to the last six months and can hardly remember what you used to do.

Anywhere between 12:00 am and 5:00 am Dylan ends up in bed with us. Not a great phase we have been going through! The only good thing about it (besides a little extra snuggle time I get with him) is that he seems to sleep longer in our bed. The boys used to always get up by 6:00 and lately they have been sleep until 6:30-6:45ish. Carter is an AWESOME sleeper and when Dylan isn't in their room in the morning to wake him up, he sleeps longer! Keith usually gets up with boys and gets them sippy cups and Cheerios or Kix in their little snack cups. I try to sleep until 7:00 if possible. (we negotiated this out since I do the drop off) However, lately Dylan likes to come back and sit in bed with me and eat his cereal (sometimes hit me in the head with the cup) and I try to sleep. Then from 7-7:30 everyone gets ready and dressed, a few attempts with putting hats on the boys and then we try to be out the door by 7:30.

Our daycare is closer to my work, so typically I do the drop-off. This takes a little while b/c I fill out there forms put all their food for the day in the fridge and then I usually play with them for a little bit before I go. Some days leaving is easier than others. Lately Dylan has been really clingy and not wanting me to leave. Then it's off to work for the day!

If possible we both try to pick them up, it is really hard for me to get both to the car. Keith is much stronger and has longer arms and it is a little easier with his truck, so he manages pretty well on his own. We try to be there no later than 5:30. I did the pick up on my own tonight and found it to be a little bit on the stressful side! I was cornered when I walked in the door by all the kids, then Dylan and Carter were both crying wanting me to stand and hold them. I think it took me 10 minutes before I was able to actually get my shoes off and walk in. Then carrying them both out is always a battle for me. I have a system for getting them in, but out is much harder.

Once we get home and walk through the doorway, we pretty much begin what I will call "meltdown hour". Both are really fussy and want to be held and cry, scream and yell quite a bit! Which making dinner with one kid in your arm and the other wrapped around your leg is a little bit difficult! Once they eat they are in a little better of a mood, but still not great. We just started packing more food for their PM snack because I think they might be a little extra grumpy b/c they are hungry.

After dinner we try and clean up and then we usually either read stories or play in the toy room. We do baths every other night and that usually puts them in good moods! Then just when you think you want to put them in bed ASAP they both get in the best of moods and are so much fun around 7:00. They both totally mellow out and just play so quiet and happy. IT IS GREAT! I wish they were like that all night because they are so much fun at that time. We usually give them sippy cups of milk and then between 8 - 8:30 we take them to their cribs and they go to sleep pretty well.

Once the boys are in bed we make their lunches and try and clean up around the house and take care of any other tasks that need to be done for the next day. I usually take a bath at night. Then I love to relax, watch TV and look at Facebook or blog. For a long time we were so swamped at work I would usually end up working for a few hours, but we have been slower so I haven't had to work at night. We try to get to bed by 11, but that only happens a couple nights a week.

And that's pretty much what we do 5 days a week....... jealous, RIGHT?