Genes/Jeans

It is really amazing to me how different 2 children can be that are from the same 2 parents.  When Hayden was a baby he was soooo laid back, didn't move until he was about 10 months old, didn't get too excited about much, spit up all the time, was a fabulous sleeper. He slept through the night at 6 weeks and pretty much every night from there on out, he took fabulous naps.  Clara on the other hand rolls and rolls, needs to focus when she eats, does not sleep well at all.   We are up at least 3 times a night with her and feed her around 3 or 4 and she only takes little cat naps throughout the day.  She never spits up but has major blow outs in her diaper on a regular basis, which Hayden never did.  Not sure which stains I prefer getting out!  The one thing they are completely alike is that they are happy, happy babies.  This morning at 3am I went to get Clara and she looked at me and smiled and was so excited her arms and legs were just a moving.  Hayden was the same way.

For the past couple months Hayden has been OBSESSED!!! with wearing jeans!  And he would rather wear "cowboy jeans" (they have a brown tag on the back - not sure where he heard that!)  Everyday it's a fight when we get dressed that he wants to wear jeans.  "Mom, can I wear jeans?"  "Mom, I wanna wear jeans today!"  On days that  we are just hanging out at home and don't have anywhere to go I have to work very, very hard in order to get him to wear sweaties.  And then about 500 times that day he will try and negotiate his way out of the sweaties and into jeans.  "Mom, I'm not sweaty, so I don't need to wear sweaties!"  "Mom, can I wear jeans, now!"  "Can I wear jeans tomorrow?"  It's neverending. 

Jason and I are what you would call kinda lazy when we are at home and don't have anything going on.  We both enjoy a comfy pair of sweaties (which we both put on as soon as we enter the house if we don't have anything to do) and we enjoy a good nap on a Sunday afternoon and both of us can pretty much sleep anywhere, anytime.  So it is very puzzling to me that 2 children that have our DNA do not have these "fine" qualities.  Maybe someday when they are lazy teenagers! :) 

We have a little boy that has the stomach flu in our house.  Not fun!  I'm hoping it's finished and that Clara doesn't get it. 

We hope you had a fun New Year!  We had a lot of fun at a party in Forman.  My parents graciously let us stay with them and watch the kids.  We are looking forward to what 2012 has in store.