Monday was also the day I was ready to put Spencer out on the corner with the sign that says "free to a good home!" Yup we are in the terrible two's! It seems like everything is a challenge with him. If he doesn't get his way or you tell him no he will throw a mini tantrum or fake cry. He will also go to hit or kick you if you try picking him up or taking something he doesn't want you to touch. I see many "time outs" in his future! On Wednesday I put him in a time out because he had patted/tried to hit me for telling him no he couldn't have his 4th Nutragrain bar and I put him in his crib and the next thing I knew he was sound asleep! I would say that was a case of being over tired! His new favorite things to say are "Spencer's turn" or "Spencer do it!" I like that he wants to be independent and try to do things on his own but half the time he can't do the stuff he wants to do or we are in a hurry and I don't have time to wait while he puts his socks on!
Spencer is getting smarter these days and a little bit mischievous. The last few mornings and at nap time he now gets out of his crib and tries to open the door. On Friday morning while Ryan was getting ready for work and I was feeding Easton we could hear Spencer coming down the stairs to join us. Ryan and I were both surprised to see him. I'm thinking it won't be long and he will be moving into his big boy bed.
These pictures don't have anything to do with what's written above but I thought they were good examples of his mischievous side!
This boy has trouble written all over his face!
Another thing that Spencer does is take forever when he's going to the bathroom. I've never seen a little boy start and stop going to the bathroom as much as he can. He will go a little bit and then stop take a piece of toilet paper and wipe. I will then ask him if he is all done going and he his response is "noooooo still going" and he will start again. This can go on for at least 5 times before I finally offer a marshmallow to just get him off the potty.Easton is smiling a ton these days and cooing a lot. He seems to still be adjusting well in his new room at school. I even made it all week without calling to check in on him! He also continues to sleep through the night going down around 7:30-8:30 and sleeping until 5:00-5:30. I still miss him a ton during the day and have a hard time putting him down at night because I just want to hold him forever knowing that he won't be little like this for long.
Since I use this blog as our baby book for the boys I want to tell a story that is a bit old and that most of you already know. I thought though that I should have it documented because everyone says some day I will look back and laugh at the situation....even though I still feel horrible about it to this day! It was a few weeks back and Spencer, Easton and I were all home together. I had decided the windows were dirty and I wanted to wash our big picture window. I snuck out while Spencer wasn't looking and Easton was in his swing but while I was washing the window Spencer saw me. He ran to the door to try and get out but doesn't know how to turn door knobs yet so came back to the window to watch me. When I was done I went back to the door turned the knob and pushed but the door didn't move that's when I realized Spencer had locked the dead bolt when he was trying to get out! I started to get nervous and then thought, ok I will call my mom (I realize now there is really nothing my mom could do to help since she lives an hour away.... but in all situations mom's seem to know the right answers) but then I quickly realized my phone was in the house. I thought maybe I left a door unlocked or something so I went around the house checking everything.... no luck! Now I'm really panicking. I tried very hard to get Spencer to undo the lock. He just kept laughing at me and trying to turn the door handle. I was trying to stay calm because I didn't want him to get scared and start crying. I was able to see Easton in his swing from the window and by this time he has now started to fuss (poor baby!) All of the solutions I came up with I needed a phone so I ran two doors down to my neighbor who I know does day care some days but no one was home. I ran back home and tried one more time to get Spencer to unlock the door no luck. So my next thought was either I run to a few more houses down and get a construction guy who is building a house down the street and have him come break our window or I run to my other neighbor who does day care and use her phone. I decided to go to my neighbors and use her phone. One small problem.... since I only really use my cell phone and all of my numbers are in my phone I don't have any ones number memorized. I first had to use her computer to get Ryan's work number off an email and then I emailed my neighbor Kristin who has one of our house keys to call me at Emily's house! Finally I talked to Kristin and got the code for their garage. I ran back to their house got my key and finally was able to get into our house. Spencer didn't have a clue that anything was going on. He was still playing basketball and laughing at me as I came running into the house. Easton was still crying in the swing...... I picked up both boys and hugged them for a good 5 minutes before I could even move! I was pretty upset and called my mom bawling to tell her what happened. So that will forever be known as the day I was the worst mother in the world. I will also never go outside like that again leaving Spencer inside and no way of me getting back in. We will also be putting a key pad on our garage. I knew there was a reason why I didn't like washing windows!
As for the rest of the week we had a lot of fun. On Saturday morning Spencer and I tried to make chocolate chip cookies. I am an awful cookie maker but we still had fun trying. It was Spencer's job to pour things into the bowl. When it came time to add the chocolate chips Spencer didn't want to just pour them in he wanted to drop them in one by one! Do you know how long that could take? He would drop one in and then eat two. So finally I gave him a little pile to eat and poured the rest in. Spencer loves helping me in the kitchen.
The best part of making cookies.... you get to lick the beaters.
Saturday afternoon Grandma Nancy came up for a visit. She got her while both boys were sleeping so Spencer was very excited when he woke up from his nap to see her. She even brought him a present! That always seems to win him over.
Grandma Nancy was staying over in a hotel so we took advantage and took Spencer swimming. We had the whole pool to ourselves and they had steps that walked in so Spencer could play on those! Easton got to stretch out and play on towels. The water was pretty cold so finally after Spencer's lips were blue and he was shaking all over we went upstairs to warm up and Grandma Nancy even let Spencer jump on her bed.
We all went out to dinner that night. Spencer was a good boy and ate well. Easton was pretty tired and slept through most of dinner. It was nice to spend some time with Grandma Nancy since we don't get to see her very often!
