JJ - maybe a haircut is in my near future?
KK running!
Ariya loves sliding
Ariya Bella
Some serious confusion going on in the Gera household - pretty cute consfusion...Kailen and Ariya seem to confuse each other for their own names :) For example, on a typical morning we'll bring them down from their cribs; when the two see each other KK will typically point to Ariya and say 'KK' and Ariya will point back to Kailen and say 'Ariya'. We'll need to straighten that one out soon!
Major vocabulary explosion in the works for Kailen. He' starting to put two words together more easily. He's understanding emotions...the difference between Happy and Sad. His staple words include: 'more', 'open'...pronounced 'apen', 'fall down', 'nini' aka nap/sleep time in english. Kailen is such a happy boy these days - every since we seperated his crib from Jaiden's into his own room, he seems to be getting better quality sleep and is generally a happier boy. When he's really happy, he starts rambling 'galacgalacgalacgalac' while shaking his head side to side (what a coincidence - KK is sitting in my lap at the moment, and while i was writing that exact sentence he started doing that!). KK also started doing this funny new behaviour where he climbs onto the couch and walk off the plank just like a pirate would - he loves to take a tumble; very strange but hilarious. He's especially daring when we put a few pillows out on the floor for him.
Ariya is saying new words every day too. Her speech isn't as clear and her voice isn't as loud as the boys, so sometimes you'd think she's just doing baby talk when she's actually talking. Over time we've realized that her speech is more advanced than we thought and those unclear words are getting clearer by the day, e.g. "all done." We noticed recently that Ariya has got quite the nack for problem solving and organization. For example, a typical behaviour for Ariya will be to find a ripped out piece of a book page (usually a picture of some sort) from somewhere on the floor, and then she'll go and find the right book from the shelf, pull it down, open it to the right page and put the missing piece back - amazing!
JJ's starting to form small sentences and is our miniature parrot: "car fall down", "Ariya crying - she sad", "I cry - KK woke up". He's at such an adorable stage. For some reason, he's having a harder to time going to bed these days. He's got so much energy that he no longer likes his 8PM bed time ritual any longer. Geeta and I generally have to rock him to bed (just like the old days), and he usually follows by about 30 mins of screaming after we put him in his crib - "no nini' (aka sleep in hindi).
