Green-eyed monster?

We spent spring break (week before last) in snowy Wisconsin Dells — where we got 8 inches of snow on our first day. (We still managed to have fun, even though only John remember to bring boots along.) On the way there, we stopped for a couple of hours at my parents house to take a little break, hang out with Aunt Deb, and allow Ethan to ride the rest of the way with Grandma and Grandpa.

My parents recently got new carpet, and both babies LOVE the way it feels. When I was there with Veronica last month, she spent most of her time running her fingers through the pile. Colin’s first experience with the carpet was this visit, and he too thought the carpet was great. Apparently, it provided the perfect surface for demonstrating his new-found rolling ability. 

And demonstrate he did. He rolled back and forth across the living room, exploring the wood coffee table, looking at the underside of the lunch table and generally basking in the glow of the attention he was getting for all of this.

Veronica, meanwhile, wasn’t so sure she liked all of this attention being paid to Colin, not her. In fact, I am quite certain she was looking rather jealous. We weren’t ignoring her — we were trying to encourage her to crawl while Colin was rolling around — but she is used to getting a lot more attention than that. 

My suspicion that she was jealous was furthered that night, when she woke up at 2 a.m. and spent the next hour and a half “practicing” her crawling by getting up on her hands and knees and rocking, rocking, rocking. (I was a witness to all of this, because she was sharing a bed with me during vacation.) It would have been far cuter if she had done this during waking hours, but I have to admit I was more amused than annoyed. 

We discovered on vacation that Colin likes the feel of wood — he would roll toward anything wood and stroke it to feel the grain; likes being under furniture — any tables that were high enough for him to roll under, he would; and that he has discovered that putting his toys under the couch is fun. (We also discovered that he won’t sleep in the pack-n-play, but the car seat is an acceptable alternative in his book.)

We never were able to get the babies into the pool, thanks to uneven napping schedules and the snow. So we don’t have any cute baby in the swimsuit pictures yet. Nor did we get out hiking, again thanks to the snow. That just means we’ll have to plan another trip.

Colin continues to be a roller, but is getting closer to sitting up on his own. He is also opening his hands flat more often, which is a good thing. He had to miss his physical therapy session this week because he has another cold (darn cold spring), but I feel like we’re continuing to make progress even if it is very slow.

Veronica is getting closer on the crawling. On Thursday, John laid her down for her nap on her back, and when he went to get her afterward, she was sitting up in the crib. She has not gotten herself into a sitting position before. (I think she might have been a little surprised.) I would not be surprised if she is crawling at some point in the next couple of weeks. But then again, it could take longer.

I’m hoping we all are able to kick these colds soon. The I-don’t-feel-good-so-my-sleep-is-scattered thing is not working so well for John and I. I think we’re at the point where we are ready to do the whatever-it-takes-to-get-them-to-sleep thing. (Maybe.) As soon as everyone is healthy.