Ultrasonic Boy and the Rash-Faced Girl

Max had his hearing test on Monday (Dad took him -- I didn't think I could show my face in the audiology department quite yet ;). As we suspected, but wanted to confirm, the boy has very good hearing. This would explain why he always wakes up if you go into his room at night, no matter how quietly you try to tip toe. Max was much better behaved at his appointment than he was at Molly's, so I don't think we've been blacklisted quite yet!

The terrible teeth are still working their way through -- Max is alternately a total riot or a total crab butt. His latest game is to carry toys from the family room through the kitchen and hurl them over the baby gate, laughing all the way. He's also starting to do a lot of pretend play. This evening he carried around a pot and wooden spoon and pretended to stir some imaginary concoction, then take a taste off of the spoon (or, even better, feed you a taste). He likes to pretend to talk on his play cell phone as well -- the conversation pretty much consists of "Hi! Bye bye!" I think it is funny that he talks on the play phone but refuses to say a word to either grandma on the real phone when they want to say hi. Of course, on the less cute side of the coin, there are also thetantrums when he is told he can't have another cookie or it's time to change a diaper or unreasonable things of that nature.

Molly is still growing like crazy. She's always had a bit of baby acne, but she's recently developed a nasty-looking rash on her cheeks. It seems to get more red and inflamed when she rubs it on things or sleeps on it. I figured it was either more baby acne or some eczema, but since you AREN'T supposed to put moisturizer on baby acne and you ARE supposed to put it on eczema, I took her in to the doctor to get checked out. The doctor thought it was eczema, but she said the early stages of both types of rashes look similar. So, we're moisturizing, which might be helping, although it never seems to help the mystery rash that Max has on his arm (also presumed to be eczema). If anyone out there has any good eczema treatments, I'm all ears! Of course, while we were at the doctor's office, Molly finally got an official weigh in -- 14 lbs, 4 oz! I love that she's such a chunk.

I'm finally getting back into my old workout routine. This is the first full week of it and boy am I sore! I didn't realize how out of shape I was until I started exercising again. Speaking of workouts, the weight bench calls ...