Checkups for the Boys

Jude Dude turned 4 months just two weeks ago, and I just had T-Max's 2 year check up. Here are their stats:

Jude Dude: 4 months
Weight: 17 lbs 3.5 oz 90th percentile
Height 26 in 90th
Head: 16 1/2 in 50th

T-Max: 2 years
Weight: 24 lbs 11 oz 10th percentile
Height: 33 3/4 in 25th
Head: 19 in 25th

It's amazing to me the contrast between my two boys. I think the little one will soon catch up to the older one. They can wear the same size diaper!

Jude Dude started rolling over at 3 months, so this milestone has been disrupting his naps and sleep. He's also got itchy/painful gums, so that's been disturbing his sleep as well. But he's perfected the grabbing thing, so he always wants a toy in hand that he can suck and slobber all over. He really enjoys being on his playmat with the hanging toys. He's been able to sit tripod style for a while, and he's gotten really steady. We know all the secret tickle spots to make him giggle! We love his little giggle :) He's starting to be interested in what we're eating. He'll follow my spoon from my bowl to mouth. I will probably start him on solids in the new year after he turns 5 months.

It's been a lot of fun watching T-Max learn language. He's been putting together new phrases and sentences each day. His vocabulary seems to expand daily. He loves reading books and naming the different things and saying "Dat, Umma" = What's that Umma? when he doesn't know the word for something. The other day he pointed to our lawn bag that had been knocked over in the wind and said, "Who do dat, Umma?" He's gotten really into mimicking the different sports, often found carrying a bat around swinging it or shooting the basketball or pretending to dribble the soccer ball with his feet. He loves helping me by bring wipes or diapers for Jude Dude or pulling up a chair to the kitchen counter to help me make smoothies or bake. We're working on learning his colors. He's really good at remember each of our favorite colors, so if there is ever a toy or food in our respective favorite colors, he quickly gives it to us. It appears that he likes red and orange the best.

Girlie has been really wanting to speak more Korean. She's picked up different phrases and words from us, and she's been speaking it more regularly. At night instead of our usual bedtime lullaby, we are singing Christmas carols, and so I decided to teach her "Silent Night" in Korean. In just a couple of days she learned it, and sings it at random times during the day. I checked out some books to read to her in Korean as well. It's good for me to because I'm so rusty at reading Korean. Next song to teach her - "Jingle Bells" in Korean. But her favorite carol is "Angels We have Heard on High", so she wants to learn that in Korean too! Perhaps I can get her on video singing them!

Will try to get some more pics of the kiddos soon!