Kia, Nokia, Ikea

We had our first Ikea experience a few weeks ago. We sold our bedroom set before we moved because we never really liked it and the legs were wobbly and wouldn't have done well in a cross-country move. So I hit up Ikea and found some new bedroom furniture and a white twin size bed for with drawers for Cailey. I was quite impressed by the prices and quality. I do think that store could benefit from some sort of subway system though, I felt like I was walking forever to get checkout :) We ended up getting two night stands, a dresser, bed frame, bed, and mirror. It ended up being 12 of those thin surprisingly heavy boxes. We opted to try and build it ourselves. We built it on three different nights and it ended up being around 10 hours of labor but in the end we got pretty good at it. Fortunately they seem to have a pattern. This cartoon cracks me up and bring me back to those furniture building parties!

Here is what our bedroom looks like now.

Kid's room, Cailey's bed is on the right

Physical Therepy For the Little Man

I meant to post a couple days ago but the flu hit our family hard last week. Fortunately we are all feeling better now. :)

On the 22nd we will have been in Utah a month. I feel pretty well settled. We are all unpacked, I found a pediatrician for the kids, Cailey has found a few friends at church, and I have got a physical therepist for Jason. I am very excited that Jason will be meeting with a physical therepist now. I tried getting a therapist before we moved but the person I met with did not see an issue and thought that his delays in gross motor stemmed from the helmet and said I should get a physical therepist after he got his helmet off. 

Anyway we met with a therepist here in Utah. My experience was totally different. For one the therepist came to us that was so much easier! She also spent an hour with him to make sure she knew what all he needed to work on and before she left she gave us a bunch of exercises to do with him throughout the day.

I am so relieved that I am going to get the help I need to get him caught up. We have been doing exercises with him as much as possible. Poor kid is so tired by the end of the day, he is such a trooper! He is cutting 4 teeth on top of it all. Despite the therepy and teething he is still all smiles.

Some of the exercises we are working on are tummy time, the goal is to get in an hour each day I  to break it up into 12 5-minute sessions. I try to do tummy time on either a rolled up towel or on my chest or over my knee. To give him variety. He is getting much better. Tummy time has always been a struggle for him, but he is getting stronger.

Since he doesn't put much weight on his legs-or he didn't until last week, We have made a lot of progress with this one. I would clamp his feet in between my legs and push up on his bum to help him put weight on his legs. He has gotten much better at this. He will now stand and on to furniture for a minute or two.

We are also supposed to tickle him. His core is still weak, so a good exercise for that is tickling! The physical therepist says that when you are tickled your body tenses. So all the tickling should help strengthen his core.

Another excercise we were given to help strengthen his core is bouncing him on our knees, or giving him horsey rides. Interesting huh? I did not know that those two activities were beneficial I just thought they were fun. :)

We are also trying to teach to roll from his back to his belly, he is a pro at rolling from his belly his back he does anything to escape tummy time.  In order to do this we  something he wants out of  his reach then as he tries to reach for it your roll his hips then pull back on him to put on his elbows. If that doesn't make sense check out the video clip below.

Here is the youtube link for those who are unable to view the video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3_V4x6oUU

This has meant a lot of attention for Jason, Cailey the little sweetheart, easily could get jealous but has not. She is such a good big sister. I have done the horsey rides for her too and try my best to include her in everything. She loves to take care of him, whenever he cries she runs over to him to calm him by singing "Twinkle Little Star" so cute! She also loves playing patty cake with him. What a good big sister. 

Here is a video of them playing patty cake together.

Here is the youtube link for those who are unable to view the video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOXB6OK-_0w

Oxy clean rocks my socks!

Billy Mays this one is for you... The other day when we came home from a trip as I was unpacking the car I dropped Cailey's sleeping bag right in a puddle. I was horrified she loves that sleeping bag. In an attempt to get the sleeping bag clean I put it in the bathroom sink and tried scrubbing it out with soap and water. I got distracted by making dinner so the sleeping bag was left in the sink.
Later that day Ben helped her wash hands in that bathroom after going potty. In order to use the sink he moved the sleeping bag to the hamper. Since it is a new sleeping bag it dripped pink dye all over the clothes in the hamper!
I thought for sure the clothes were ruined; I sprayed the shirt that was on top of the hamper with oxi clean and threw it in the washer and hoped it would all work out.
I am pleased to announce that it came out clean, that is why oxi clean rocks my socks!

Rest in peace Billy Mays

Your baby can read

Everywhere I go people always express shock at how well Cailey speaks. She is a very smart little girl and is quite content to talk your ear off all day. I am sure that some of that is from her genes but I like to think that some of it is from a program we did with her when she was young, wait who am kidding she isn't even three yet she is still young! Anyway when she was 9 months old. :)
The program is called Your Baby Can Read. No, Cailey can not read, I don't do the program religiously enough to get her reading. There is a lot involved; you are not allowed to watch anything but the your baby can read videos, you watch the videos with your baby so you can help them clap and wave at the appropriate times, you watch the same video twice a day for a month and then review them twice a week after that(there are 5 videos), do flash cards, and read the books to them. The whole program takes around six months depending on your child. Like I said there is a lot involved in the whole process, I take a more relaxed approach to the whole process. I really enjoy doing the videos with my babies and reading the books and while they do not know how to read I definitely have seen an improvement in vocabulary.
I started to do the program with Jason last week and in that last week he has already learned how to respond to the word clap. I think that is fantastic, I am sure we will see more success as we keep going.
I also think that we have laid a good foundation for Cailey and soon Jason so that when the time comes reading will come easily.

 Here is a video of my little man clapping

Here is the youtube link for those unable to view the video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IlLJuTxV0K4

Here is a video of Cailey dancing along with the video at13 months, cute Hun?

Here is the youtube link for those that are unable to view the video on my blog

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxiGAgw5zk

Intro to our cute family

Hello all! Welcome to our blog.
We are the Accinelli's, my husband and I met in November 2007. We were married 9 months later in july 2008. We have been married 4 and half years. We have two super cute kids Cailin whom we call Cailey turns 3 next month and Jason who just turned 9 months old.
Ben has worked for Vivint since 2007 he recently was promoted to trainer at the corporate office, so we just moved from Columbia, Sc to Orem, Ut. We are pretty well settled in even got some new furniture built.