Why?

Yes, we've entered that stage with Matthew and Kayla.  The stage of the never-ending question of, "why?".  Funny thing is, I didn't even notice until it was pointed out to me.

2 Minutes This Morning

Matthew, while watching cartoons, hears Nathan in the baby monitor:  "Nathan waking up!"
Kayla:  "I going to see him."
Matthew:  "Me too."
They run upstairs.  I hear them go into his room and turn the light on.  Kayla moves the stool from the rocker to the edge of the crib to stand on.  Matthew tries to climb on as well, but he can't.  I then hear him running to the bathroom to look for the stool.
Matthew:  "It not there, Da."
Kayla:  "Here, you go on here.  I go and get it downstairs."  She climbs off the stool and starts coming down the stairs.  "Mom!  Mayew needs stool."  She finds it and brings it upstairs.  "Get off stool.  I will go reach monkey there for Nathan.  Maybe not, maybe not (it's too far for her to reach).  This one?"

Matthew's Eye Doctor Appointment

Matthew had his eye doctor appointment yesterday with Dr. Cline, a pediatric opthalmologist (to discuss Matthew's left eye, which turns inwards).  He's an older man, and so very nice!  Matthew enjoyed having one-on-one time with me, not having to fight for attention while playing toys in the waiting room etc.  He was very excited and while we were driving there we were discussing what types of toys might be in the waiting room.  He was hoping for some Elmo books, but alas, there were none.  Luckily there were some Berenstain Bear books though!

During the actual appointment, Matthew sat on my lap in the 'big chair'.  Dr. Cline had some moving/light up toys on the far wall, and he played those one by one so Matthew would watch them as Dr. Cline watched his eyes.  He then asked me if it was okay to dilate Matthew's eyes, and then come back in 15 minutes.  I agreed, of course, and so Matthew received 15 more minutes of play time in the waiting room.  When we returned, Dr. Cline let Matthew watch a movie on the far wall while he looked inside his eyes.

The result of this visit?  Dr. Cline said his eyes are healthy (no disease or cancer) and he doesn't feel Matthew is any more far-sighted than any other child, which was Dr. Samra's guess as to why Matthew's eye turns inwards.  Dr. Cline did notice that it tends to move inwards when he tries to focus on something nearby.  He was hoping his eye would be overly far-sighted because that would be a simple fix by prescribing glasses for Matthew.  The other possibility is that he'll potentially need eye surgery.  We have an appointment booked for March 4th, with a different eye doctor (in the same office) to test the strength of the muscles in Matthew's eyes.

As much as I hate paying MSP premiums each month, I'm definitely grateful since we've used the medical system so much since 2010 (in vitro, head x-ray and doctor's appointments for Matthew, frozen embryo transfer, Nathan's rash, now this...)!  

   

Kayla's Expressions

While discussing what our favourite colour is, Kayla randomly said that, "My friends are Dora and Princess."

When Remy and Carly were visiting, the four kids made a huge mess with my Mom's peg boards.  My Dad said if they helped him clean it up he would let them have a chocolate egg from the candy bowl.  All of the kids quickly helped him.  After they finished eating their chocolate, I asked them all where my chocolate was (because I really wanted one and was expecting for someone to rush to bring me one).  Kayla looks at me with a super-straight face and said, "But you didn't help clean up."  I was speechless.  

On our way home from my parents' house yesterday Kayla told me to drive carefully.  "You don't want to crash," she said.  

"Don't drive too fast."

"Okay, Kayla."

"You should slow down more," she advised.

Such a backseat driver.  No idea where she got that from...

Nathan Rolled Over (Yesterday)

Nathan has been trying to roll over from his back to his front all week.  We even practice with him :)
Yesterday, while my Mom and I were prepping for a family dinner and Melissa was playing with Matthew and Kayla, he rolled!  Well, he must have rolled because he was originally on his back, and then when we looked the next time he was on his tummy!

My Family

We had my aunt take some quick family pictures taken at the greenhouses right after church on Sunday.  They turned out great, considering there are 7 kids under the age of 3!

 

Left to Right:  Remy,  Nathan, Carly, Liam, Matthew, Jackson, Kayla

Bed Time at Grandma's

Jon and I have joined a 'Bible and Theology' class for young-ish couples/singles at church.  Every other Monday night we meet from 7-9pm.  During this time, Matthew, Kayla, and Nathan are babysat by my parents.  Tonight was only the second meeting, and because we were meeting further away I told my parents that they could put Matthew and Kayla to bed, and we would just transfer them to the car.  When we got back to my parents after class, my Mom said that she had put them both to sleep in her room (all the other rooms are being occupied by my brother and his family visiting from Ontario), and so even though they had gone to bed at 8pm, they didn't fall asleep until about 9pm.  Jon went upstairs to get them while I started packing up Nathan.  When I had finished I went upstairs to help Jon, but he was already done, and Matthew and Kayla were cheerfully walking down the stairs.  I was puzzled as to why they weren't acting sleepy, and Jon laughed when he said that when he walked into the room they weren't sleeping, but watching the tv in my parents' room.  HAHA.  When we asked Kayla about it, she denied her involvement: "Me was sleeping while Mahyew was watching tv."  Too funny.  Matthew has definitely taken an interest in learning which buttons to press on the remote to operate the tv, so I wouldn't doubt that it was all his idea.