My first thought about my boys being 19 months is the fact that in just under 5 months they'll be 2!  2, really!?!?!  Wow, it was a long road getting them here... 2 years in fact, and these past 2 years, since they've been a part of our lives, have flown by crazy fast!

The thing on my mind of late is once again the lack of vocabulary.  I've gotten some comfort from Mr. Gary Welch.  A great man and a speech therapist too.  He's given me some comfort and also some ideas to help Coen and Liam along with their speech.  Even though Gary and their Dr both say there's nothing to worry about quite yet, I just can't help but feel I've failed them in some way.  Just my mommy guilt acting up again I suppose.
Coen has picked up a few new words over the past few weeks which is comforting.  He's now up to 11 words.  (I've been writing them down since the Dr said to keep a tally so I know how many they're saying by their next check up.)  Liam is still at 2 words.

I've been battling with sleeping arrangements again.  Liam still sleeps in a bassinet in our room for naps, but is quickly outgrowing it.  He does fine for the most part during the night in his own room/crib, but for naps he tends to wake about 45 minutes into his naps and just doesn't sleep well in his own room.  My next experiment will be putting the bassinet in his room and see how he sleeps.  I'm trying to figure out if its the room or the bed... hopefully it's the bed since that's an easier fix.

They still love the outdoors!  During these recent warmer days, we've spent some time at parks, the zoo and in our backyard.  I'm excited for more consistent warmer weather.  I enjoy walking them up to the park and letting them play.  Great exercise for me pushing 50ish lb stroller up a hill and fun for them to get out of the house and run around.

The boys had their first dentist visit.  I know some people say, 'why so early?', but I like to think it's not too early.  My hopes are going early, they'll get used to it and not be scared about a dentist cleaning their teeth up and also we'll find any potential problems early.  Also, for us going early was a good thing.  I read that you don't need to floss until their teeth start touching, which usually won't happen until they have all their teeth... well not in our case I guess.  Their teeth don't touch yet, but Dr. Spencer said that there's not as much room as he'd normally see at this age so they needed to start flossing now.  Just 3-4 times a week for now.  I wasn't expecting that, but maybe this will prevent any issues from popping up.

Tooth count!  Coen is up to 14 teeth now.  Top canines are in and now he's working on the bottom two.  Liam I think is done for now.  He seems like his gums bother him sometimes when we're brushing his teeth, but I can't see or feel his molars yet.

Motherhood at 19 months.  Just more worrying and now beginning to think about birthday #2!


I realized after posting this I left out a few new things about their personalities that I thought I should have added in.  One for instance is Coen and acting shy.  I honestly do think he's shy or at least a bit reserved, however he's been giving this 'shy, I'm not going to smile' look and it is beyond adorable.  He'll put his head down and look up at you over his glasses while smirking and trying his hardest not to smile.  I find it completely irresistible.  
Liam has been going through a mommy phase.  It's nice to know he wants me around, but at the same time hard because I have another child to take care of and it's even more hard on the people he refuses.. daddy, aunts, grandmothers.  :(  I know his is just a phase so it will pass and soon I'll be the one he's refusing, so for now I'll enjoy the time he wants me to cuddle him.  Liam also, has been showing signs of potty training.  Coen did for a while, but those passed and now he'll pee just about everywhere anytime he's nakey.  Liam has been notifying me when he's gone or is going to the bathroom.  Twice now he has also gone into the bathroom to go... in his diaper, but still I think he's starting to make the connection.  So I may brave it and try with Liam to see how he does.  We tried with Coen a few weeks back and he didn't have any accident all morning, but began getting very fussy and irritated.  He then had an accident when I had my back turned for a second, I went ahead and diapered him up, and he almost immediately pooed.  Then he was happy and care free.  I think his fussyness came from wanting or needing to go, but not feeling comfortable without his diaper.  Which is odd since he pee's all the time on the floor.  In any case, we've set potty training aside for Coen at the moment and we may try with Liam soon.

I haven't posted any new pics recently so enjoy!

(This was our first trip to the zoo!  Went with friends, Rebecca, Shannon (the adorable redhead in the purple heart coat) and Adam (equally adorable, but not in the pic.)