When I picked Alexis up from preschool today, we decided to call Daddy and tell him we were on our way. (not intending to write a rhyme)
We chatted for a minute and I said "Bye, Sweetie!" when I hung up.
Alexis says "you don't call him Sweetie you call him Grant. He calls you Sweetie."
Me: "Yes, sweetie, I call Daddy Sweetie sometimes too."
Alexis: "And I'm a Sweetie too!" Followed by giggles. :-)
December 28, 2010
December 27, 2010
Pictures December 2010
| Flower Mound Christmas Parade |
| Christmas #1 |
| Grapevine light show tree |
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| Santa! |
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| Alexis with her Guitar from Santa |
| Andrew watching the singing snowmen |
| Alexis, Brooklyn, Becca, Mason, Jocelin, Alek & Leisl |
| TV at Nana's...and what are we watching? Darth Vador, of course. |
December 26, 2010
Christmas Week!!!!!!!!!!
This was a week of very very little sleep.
Sunday the 19th, Andrew got to be Baby Jesus for the grade school kids walk through of "A night in Bethlehem". He was chosen because he's a calm quiet baby...this was before he could sit up on his own and was teething like a crazy drooling madman. I'm sure that Cailey (Mary) and Aaron (Joseph) were able to handle him just fine though...I heard that he was a bouncing and happy instead of quiet and sleep Jesus. Oh well, better that than screaming.
Monday...Ear Infection. It's not easy to convince a baby to be still so that you can put drops in his ears. Alexis got to spend the night at Mema's though, so at least she didn't wake up to his screaming.
Wednesday, Grant braved the task of travelling with two kids under the age of 4 on the trek up to Panhandle. The plan was to leave at bedtime Tuesday night so they would sleep in order to reduce the number of stops; this was not the way things ended up working, but the kids did well anyway. While he was at Mimi's with the kiddos, I had a wrapping party at our house. It was great to snack and wrap and chat all at once. This turned into a very late night and a walmart trip at midnight.
Thursday started with the checkout at Walmart (where I found what Alexis asked Santa for) and continued with some more wrapping, a little bit of sleep and then dropping off a dog that freaked out and work for a while and then my trek up to Mimi's.
Friday (Christmas Eve) we took Alexis with Grant's cousins and their kids to see Tangled. It was magical and fun and she kept saying that she was "Ra-pencil".
The rest of the weekend was filled with family, food, gifts, chaos, games, and more of everything all over again and the joyous laughs of kids that have never seen so much wrapping paper in their lives. If I had to take a guess the top gifts of the moment before we piled in the car to come home were a remote controlled car for Andrew where the remote is a rattle...he was enthralled before it was out of the box. For Alexis it was her stick horsey, but her favorite seemed to change by the minute depending on if she wanted to read, draw, play games or run around or just flat out open more presents for the sake of opening presents.
We piled in the car and game home with a bit more fussing than the ride there for everyone (my favorite crying fussy quote was "Andrew's not letting me hear my movie because he's crying so I have to cry too.") but now we can prepare for the new year.
Cheers!
(Pics to follow in another post)
Sunday the 19th, Andrew got to be Baby Jesus for the grade school kids walk through of "A night in Bethlehem". He was chosen because he's a calm quiet baby...this was before he could sit up on his own and was teething like a crazy drooling madman. I'm sure that Cailey (Mary) and Aaron (Joseph) were able to handle him just fine though...I heard that he was a bouncing and happy instead of quiet and sleep Jesus. Oh well, better that than screaming.
Monday...Ear Infection. It's not easy to convince a baby to be still so that you can put drops in his ears. Alexis got to spend the night at Mema's though, so at least she didn't wake up to his screaming.
Wednesday, Grant braved the task of travelling with two kids under the age of 4 on the trek up to Panhandle. The plan was to leave at bedtime Tuesday night so they would sleep in order to reduce the number of stops; this was not the way things ended up working, but the kids did well anyway. While he was at Mimi's with the kiddos, I had a wrapping party at our house. It was great to snack and wrap and chat all at once. This turned into a very late night and a walmart trip at midnight.
Thursday started with the checkout at Walmart (where I found what Alexis asked Santa for) and continued with some more wrapping, a little bit of sleep and then dropping off a dog that freaked out and work for a while and then my trek up to Mimi's.
Friday (Christmas Eve) we took Alexis with Grant's cousins and their kids to see Tangled. It was magical and fun and she kept saying that she was "Ra-pencil".
The rest of the weekend was filled with family, food, gifts, chaos, games, and more of everything all over again and the joyous laughs of kids that have never seen so much wrapping paper in their lives. If I had to take a guess the top gifts of the moment before we piled in the car to come home were a remote controlled car for Andrew where the remote is a rattle...he was enthralled before it was out of the box. For Alexis it was her stick horsey, but her favorite seemed to change by the minute depending on if she wanted to read, draw, play games or run around or just flat out open more presents for the sake of opening presents.
We piled in the car and game home with a bit more fussing than the ride there for everyone (my favorite crying fussy quote was "Andrew's not letting me hear my movie because he's crying so I have to cry too.") but now we can prepare for the new year.
Cheers!
(Pics to follow in another post)
December 19, 2010
Christmas Week #1 (aka the week before Christmas)
Tuesday night was Alexis' Preschool Program. After singing "Oh what farm it is to ride in one more soapen sled!" all weekend, we actually got to hear and see what they have been practicing.
Last year was the first year for her preschool to have a Christmas (or Holiday as they called it out of political correctness) program. It was also the week that she had moved up in her class so it was kind of confusing for her which class she was supposed to be singing with and which songs were hers. But she clapped her hands well and cheered happily for herself at the end nonetheless. It was the beginning of her excited performances. Last year the most decipherable song that she sang was Frosty the snowman though it still sounded more like "crusty the snowman was a jelly happy soul." This year we have heard the correct words to Frosty (though jolly still sounds like jelly) we have heard a very confusing version of Jingle Bells (see above) a good version of Feliz Navidad to go along with the random Spanish words that we hear from her and the requests to tell her what some words are in Spanish and on Monday we started hearing a Kwanzaa song. The end result went something like this:
A train wreck covered in garland, fake Santa beards and cute snowmen shirts. Alexis' songs were Happy Kwanzaa and Up on the housetop. We really couldn't understand the kids most of the time. There were several kids crying and doing whatever they wanted. Alexis came back to our seats after every song to tell us that she sang and we sent her back to the "stage" every time.
Wednesday was Andrew's book exchange party at Miss D's. We drew Adelaide's name. I hope she likes the Little People Zoo book with various flaps to open for new surprises. Adelaide has family from St. Louis so she had my heart the first day she had on a Cardinals shirt. Andrew got his gift bag and went strait for the tissue paper (I'm sure he knew he was opening a present and not solely looking for something more to chew on :-) ). He got his books from Grayson and a book and Dasher the reindeer stuffed animal from Ms. D. He loves his Dasher. He started drooling on Dasher as he clutched him right away.
Wednesday was also Awana Christmas party at church. We had dropped the ball a little on helping Alexis with her verse this week, so I was not sure how she would do when I saw how long the verse was on Wednesday morning, but we practiced in the car to and from school and in the morning while getting dressed and she did a good job, though half way through it she would insert one of her previous verses and then continue with it. So, to us, she often said "Prepare the way of the Lord, man they sins are forgiven, and he will make the paths strait." In the end she said it close enough to the correct way to get it initialed. The Jr. High kids that Grant and I work with got to watch one of Alexis' Veggietale movies while they munched on popcorn, pizza and candy canes. After we got home, I began wrapping for Christmas part 1.
Thursday was Christmas Bunko and my sister and brother in law flew in late that night. I always enjoy the once a month chance to hang out with just ladies. Enjoyed the "left and right" version of the Christmas Story game too!
Friday, Alexis stayed home with mommy just for some girl time. We got the house ready for our "Family Christmas Dinner." Then she went to preschool just during their party where we met Daddy and he stayed at the party while I went shopping with "Aunt Becca" and then we had our dinner.
Saturday, we went to see Santa at Bass Pro shop. Alexis enjoyed "driving" a pontoon boat and riding the carousel and carrying around a big fish while we waited for our turn to get in line. Then we had family gifts or in our case, the gifts that we didn't want to travel with next week, since Santa knows we can only travel with smaller gifts. Andrew enjoyed slobbering on and playing with his toys. Alexis enjoyed unwrapping whether they were her gifts or not. Then we tried a new BBQ place (we always go to a steak and/or BBQ dinner when Noah is in town). Bartley's in Grapevine was the choice this time. Then we went over to main street to see Santa's village and the light show. A long, but fun week. :)
Pictures to come in a separate post.
Last year was the first year for her preschool to have a Christmas (or Holiday as they called it out of political correctness) program. It was also the week that she had moved up in her class so it was kind of confusing for her which class she was supposed to be singing with and which songs were hers. But she clapped her hands well and cheered happily for herself at the end nonetheless. It was the beginning of her excited performances. Last year the most decipherable song that she sang was Frosty the snowman though it still sounded more like "crusty the snowman was a jelly happy soul." This year we have heard the correct words to Frosty (though jolly still sounds like jelly) we have heard a very confusing version of Jingle Bells (see above) a good version of Feliz Navidad to go along with the random Spanish words that we hear from her and the requests to tell her what some words are in Spanish and on Monday we started hearing a Kwanzaa song. The end result went something like this:
A train wreck covered in garland, fake Santa beards and cute snowmen shirts. Alexis' songs were Happy Kwanzaa and Up on the housetop. We really couldn't understand the kids most of the time. There were several kids crying and doing whatever they wanted. Alexis came back to our seats after every song to tell us that she sang and we sent her back to the "stage" every time.
Wednesday was Andrew's book exchange party at Miss D's. We drew Adelaide's name. I hope she likes the Little People Zoo book with various flaps to open for new surprises. Adelaide has family from St. Louis so she had my heart the first day she had on a Cardinals shirt. Andrew got his gift bag and went strait for the tissue paper (I'm sure he knew he was opening a present and not solely looking for something more to chew on :-) ). He got his books from Grayson and a book and Dasher the reindeer stuffed animal from Ms. D. He loves his Dasher. He started drooling on Dasher as he clutched him right away.
Wednesday was also Awana Christmas party at church. We had dropped the ball a little on helping Alexis with her verse this week, so I was not sure how she would do when I saw how long the verse was on Wednesday morning, but we practiced in the car to and from school and in the morning while getting dressed and she did a good job, though half way through it she would insert one of her previous verses and then continue with it. So, to us, she often said "Prepare the way of the Lord, man they sins are forgiven, and he will make the paths strait." In the end she said it close enough to the correct way to get it initialed. The Jr. High kids that Grant and I work with got to watch one of Alexis' Veggietale movies while they munched on popcorn, pizza and candy canes. After we got home, I began wrapping for Christmas part 1.
Thursday was Christmas Bunko and my sister and brother in law flew in late that night. I always enjoy the once a month chance to hang out with just ladies. Enjoyed the "left and right" version of the Christmas Story game too!
Friday, Alexis stayed home with mommy just for some girl time. We got the house ready for our "Family Christmas Dinner." Then she went to preschool just during their party where we met Daddy and he stayed at the party while I went shopping with "Aunt Becca" and then we had our dinner.
Saturday, we went to see Santa at Bass Pro shop. Alexis enjoyed "driving" a pontoon boat and riding the carousel and carrying around a big fish while we waited for our turn to get in line. Then we had family gifts or in our case, the gifts that we didn't want to travel with next week, since Santa knows we can only travel with smaller gifts. Andrew enjoyed slobbering on and playing with his toys. Alexis enjoyed unwrapping whether they were her gifts or not. Then we tried a new BBQ place (we always go to a steak and/or BBQ dinner when Noah is in town). Bartley's in Grapevine was the choice this time. Then we went over to main street to see Santa's village and the light show. A long, but fun week. :)
Pictures to come in a separate post.
December 11, 2010
The week following Alexis' 3 songs.
Since Alexis' performing debut, the kids have been busy with several other activities. The week was fairly normal Monday - Thursday...though there have been two new songs to sing around the house...more on that later.
Friday, Andrew's day care was closed so he had a day with mommy. Mommy had to get the house ready for the Sunday School party though, so Mema came over to help. Andrew has become quite attached to the idea of having someone's face to look at and play with at all times. While he can sit or lay for a little while and entertain himself with toys, he seems to either like to know that he's being watched or be carried around. This did not make tasks like cleaning and preparing food especially easy. Oh and did I mention he decided he did not want to miss a second of anything so napping was out of the question for the day. Daddy got home with Alexis and began on the outside lights while I got Alexis and Andrew ready for pajama night at church. Got the kiddos ready, got Alexis interested in something, grabbed Andrew and went to Wal-mart for the last few items I needed for the party only to find out that they stopped carrying one ingredient 6 weeks ago. I raced back home, plopped Alexis in my car and shouted out the window that the lights looked fine and that people would probably start showing up before I got back.
Drop off became a semi-fiasco as Alexis thought I was leaving her but taking Andrew. I had to drop Alexis off first b/c Andrew needed to be fed and I had left his bottle at home, so Andrew needed to eat early before I left which meant he would need to be woken up because after a day of nothing but catnaps, he had fallen asleep in the car. She cried and said that she didn't want her friends and the girls watching them to look at her. I took the door stopper away and closed the door and left her with one of the teens to keep her from following me. It was heartbreaking. As I left I asked Mr. Buddy to check on her and walk her down to Andrew to show her that he got left there too. She was fine and just needed a few minutes to adjust to a new crowd. Still it left me stressed, but oh wait, I'm late for the party at my house.
So I race home (forgetting to stop at Tom Thumb to get the ingredient that Wal-Mart no longer carries) and arrive home to find that most of what needed the final ingredient had already been eaten, so it must not have been a big deal, though it still was in my head. And said a quick hello as I ran to my room to put on clothes that were more appropriate for visiting with people than working around my house and got ready. I was only the 2nd to last person to arrive at our house, so I guess that means I was close enough to on time. Good food, good discussion, kind of a flop of a gift exchange as there was not much stealing and competition this year, but I'd say the winner of a gift was the question jar which we used to continue the party until the absolute last minute before we all needed to pick up the kids. We managed to thwart all but one attempt at people leaving their white elephant gifts at our house regardless of how hard some tried, Grant knew who to watch out for.
I picked up the kiddos (afterall, I was blocking people into our driveway) and brought them home so that Grant could put them to bed and I could head out to one more party. The terrible mom that I am left my phone in the car and didn't know that Alexis wet herself and woke up Andrew in the process of getting new jammies and left daddy with a screaming, inconsolable Andrew. In the short time I was gone, I had 15 missed calls. Since I had been driving around with my gas light on as I was in a hurry everytime I drove somewhere, I was planning to get gas on the way home. But decided delaying my arrival home would not be the best course of action. Got home and consoled screaming koala spud. Neither kid slept soundly which was surprising considering how exhausted we all were.
Saturday, I was determined that we would be at the Christmas Parade. Alexis did the things that were required of her to do "something fun" just fine...however, she was whiney and obstinant about everything else so we decided that "something fun #2" needed to be replaced by nap time. Andrew pulled his own shenanigans while Alexis was being 3 (not good, but not really bad). He woke up from being sound asleep thanks to the paramedic in the parade that made the siren go off right by us, so the car seat in the stroller was not enjoyable for him. Without a sling or carrier we created a make shift one using a blanket and zipping him up against me in Grant's jacket. This was great until he leaned over the zipper and spit up into his carseat b/c he put too much pressure on his belly after wiggling around to the marching band. We shifted him around so that I was holding him normally but still snuggled in the jacket but he decided the jacket needed some liquid white decorations as well...at this point, Grant went back to the car for wipes and other cleaning agents that I had neglected to grab from the bag and put in the bottom of the stroller. We cleaned every thing up, re-wrapped Andrew and let him sit unbuckled so that he could look in the gap between the canopy of the stroller and the backward facing car seat...however at this point the package of wipes was more entertaining than watching the parade and his sister gathering candy.
Next up, Santa Claus.
Friday, Andrew's day care was closed so he had a day with mommy. Mommy had to get the house ready for the Sunday School party though, so Mema came over to help. Andrew has become quite attached to the idea of having someone's face to look at and play with at all times. While he can sit or lay for a little while and entertain himself with toys, he seems to either like to know that he's being watched or be carried around. This did not make tasks like cleaning and preparing food especially easy. Oh and did I mention he decided he did not want to miss a second of anything so napping was out of the question for the day. Daddy got home with Alexis and began on the outside lights while I got Alexis and Andrew ready for pajama night at church. Got the kiddos ready, got Alexis interested in something, grabbed Andrew and went to Wal-mart for the last few items I needed for the party only to find out that they stopped carrying one ingredient 6 weeks ago. I raced back home, plopped Alexis in my car and shouted out the window that the lights looked fine and that people would probably start showing up before I got back.
Drop off became a semi-fiasco as Alexis thought I was leaving her but taking Andrew. I had to drop Alexis off first b/c Andrew needed to be fed and I had left his bottle at home, so Andrew needed to eat early before I left which meant he would need to be woken up because after a day of nothing but catnaps, he had fallen asleep in the car. She cried and said that she didn't want her friends and the girls watching them to look at her. I took the door stopper away and closed the door and left her with one of the teens to keep her from following me. It was heartbreaking. As I left I asked Mr. Buddy to check on her and walk her down to Andrew to show her that he got left there too. She was fine and just needed a few minutes to adjust to a new crowd. Still it left me stressed, but oh wait, I'm late for the party at my house.
So I race home (forgetting to stop at Tom Thumb to get the ingredient that Wal-Mart no longer carries) and arrive home to find that most of what needed the final ingredient had already been eaten, so it must not have been a big deal, though it still was in my head. And said a quick hello as I ran to my room to put on clothes that were more appropriate for visiting with people than working around my house and got ready. I was only the 2nd to last person to arrive at our house, so I guess that means I was close enough to on time. Good food, good discussion, kind of a flop of a gift exchange as there was not much stealing and competition this year, but I'd say the winner of a gift was the question jar which we used to continue the party until the absolute last minute before we all needed to pick up the kids. We managed to thwart all but one attempt at people leaving their white elephant gifts at our house regardless of how hard some tried, Grant knew who to watch out for.
I picked up the kiddos (afterall, I was blocking people into our driveway) and brought them home so that Grant could put them to bed and I could head out to one more party. The terrible mom that I am left my phone in the car and didn't know that Alexis wet herself and woke up Andrew in the process of getting new jammies and left daddy with a screaming, inconsolable Andrew. In the short time I was gone, I had 15 missed calls. Since I had been driving around with my gas light on as I was in a hurry everytime I drove somewhere, I was planning to get gas on the way home. But decided delaying my arrival home would not be the best course of action. Got home and consoled screaming koala spud. Neither kid slept soundly which was surprising considering how exhausted we all were.
Saturday, I was determined that we would be at the Christmas Parade. Alexis did the things that were required of her to do "something fun" just fine...however, she was whiney and obstinant about everything else so we decided that "something fun #2" needed to be replaced by nap time. Andrew pulled his own shenanigans while Alexis was being 3 (not good, but not really bad). He woke up from being sound asleep thanks to the paramedic in the parade that made the siren go off right by us, so the car seat in the stroller was not enjoyable for him. Without a sling or carrier we created a make shift one using a blanket and zipping him up against me in Grant's jacket. This was great until he leaned over the zipper and spit up into his carseat b/c he put too much pressure on his belly after wiggling around to the marching band. We shifted him around so that I was holding him normally but still snuggled in the jacket but he decided the jacket needed some liquid white decorations as well...at this point, Grant went back to the car for wipes and other cleaning agents that I had neglected to grab from the bag and put in the bottom of the stroller. We cleaned every thing up, re-wrapped Andrew and let him sit unbuckled so that he could look in the gap between the canopy of the stroller and the backward facing car seat...however at this point the package of wipes was more entertaining than watching the parade and his sister gathering candy.
Next up, Santa Claus.
December 9, 2010
My little Koala Bear
Andrew's nickname for a long time has been spud and he is spuderific; however, he is turning into a Koala Bear. Now that he can sit up, he seems to think he needs to try to latch onto everything with all fours.
Oh and did I mention, he's a cannabalistic koala? He'll latch onto your arm just to gnaw on it. He really doesn't have too discriminating of taste either; paper is just as likely to go into his mouth as a stuffed toy, food, teething ring or oh yeah his pacifier.
He can make noise now too, but if others (like his sister) are talking, he won't unless it's to cry.
Oh and did I mention, he's a cannabalistic koala? He'll latch onto your arm just to gnaw on it. He really doesn't have too discriminating of taste either; paper is just as likely to go into his mouth as a stuffed toy, food, teething ring or oh yeah his pacifier.
He can make noise now too, but if others (like his sister) are talking, he won't unless it's to cry.
December 6, 2010
Mommy & Daddy, sing with me!
Alexis sang with the preschool COMPASS choir at church this evening. We have wondered for a while how this would go. Walking in, she saw us and ran over to hug us and we told her she needed to go back to her class. She was hopping up and down excitedly telling her teacher that she just saw her mommy and daddy as they walked into the church.
When it was their turn, Alexis walked up the stairs without additional prompting but her placement on stage did not exactly look like she was with a group. She danced like her dress was a little bell swishing from side to side and sang with all her might. Shook her bells excitedly and told us to sing with her (rather shouted).
The overall result had my cheeks hurting from laughter and so proud of our joyful little girl who obviously does NOT have stage fright. I'll post the video in a separate post...it's not cooperating.
When it was their turn, Alexis walked up the stairs without additional prompting but her placement on stage did not exactly look like she was with a group. She danced like her dress was a little bell swishing from side to side and sang with all her might. Shook her bells excitedly and told us to sing with her (rather shouted).
The overall result had my cheeks hurting from laughter and so proud of our joyful little girl who obviously does NOT have stage fright. I'll post the video in a separate post...it's not cooperating.
December 4, 2010
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
The tree is up the earliest we have ever put it up. At least once a day when Alexis comes down the stairs, she says, "A Christmas Tree in our House!"
We still have to get the rest of the house in order again, but we are on our way to getting ready for December and all that it brings.
Alexis has started her Advent Sticker calendar and she has named the Elf on the Shelf Bob. And I must say that Bob is already owed thanks for the quick corrections of behavior as we remind her that if she doesn't do what we say, go to bed etc, then Bob can't tell Santa that she was good.
Andrew has not been the happiest camper in the evenings and wants to be held...a lot. One exception to this is when he is near teh Christmas tree, I think that if I sit him near enough to stare at the lights and ornaments that I may be able to put full loads of laundry into the washer without having to calm him down every few seconds. I'll be testing this theory soon.
We still have to get the rest of the house in order again, but we are on our way to getting ready for December and all that it brings.
Alexis has started her Advent Sticker calendar and she has named the Elf on the Shelf Bob. And I must say that Bob is already owed thanks for the quick corrections of behavior as we remind her that if she doesn't do what we say, go to bed etc, then Bob can't tell Santa that she was good.
Andrew has not been the happiest camper in the evenings and wants to be held...a lot. One exception to this is when he is near teh Christmas tree, I think that if I sit him near enough to stare at the lights and ornaments that I may be able to put full loads of laundry into the washer without having to calm him down every few seconds. I'll be testing this theory soon.
November 27, 2010
Baby Dedication, Thanksgiving & a long weekend
Sunday Nov 21st was Andrew's baby dedication and what a day it was. We put his clothes on and reached for a bib to cover them and he spit up before the bib was on. (Strike 1) While cleaning off the spit up, we realize that his sweater - the only one that was in his size - had a small hole in it (Strike 2). He didn't nap 1st hour in the nursery (strike 3). Alexis does not quite know how to use her quiet voice and be still at the same time (strike 4). Andrew slept through his time on stage and woke up as soon as he was laid down in the nursery for the end of 2nd hour. Alexis announced on stage that she had boogies in her nose and wiggled all about. But we got a sweet family picture and had a nice day anyway and dedicated our sweet boy to growing up in a Godly home. :)
Our non-traditional Thanksgiving:
Wednesday, Alexis spent the night at Mema's house so we decided to get a babysitter for Andrew and off to our first movie date since seeing Sherlock Holmes we went. Yes, it has truly been that long. We stopped at Barnes & Noble to go to the Cafe first b/c the sandwich shop by the movie theater closed early and got our makeshift dinner and then watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. Usually, I don't recommend reading a book prior to seeing the movie as the movies are usually so different or then you may be disappointed, but in this case it can help a viewer understand a lot more about the story because there is a whole lot to this one. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how they carry out Part II. The Potter series took me a little while to get into, but overall is a very well written, imaginitive series. Because we only had 1 munchkin at home, while we still had to get up a few times, we were able to sleep in a little longer than usual before beginning our non-traditional Thanksgiving food. Grant went to the meat market and got very good quality steaks and had them marinated there. They were exceptionally juicy and tender. Mema made sweet potatoes with Applesauce and marshmallows and I made Apple Crisp. After nap time, we can got started on the family Christmas gifts...nope not telling, you'll just have to wait but I will tell you this, the tags are nearly done.
I'm not a Black Friday crazy shopper...in fact, I don't know if I've ever done black Friday shopping but this year I decided to brave it. I still didn't wake up at any crazy time, in fact I slept longer than normal in the morning...due to a small in habitant of the household not sleeping much during the night I was not able to keep my eyes open any earlier. 1st errand was to get milk at Wal-mart and I was dreading it; however, it really wasn't so bad. So after dropping that off at home, I went to Brillaint Sky and drew 20% out of the hat for my discount on everything. Then I went to a few clothing stores to buy things that we currently need...like Jeans for Grant and did some additional browsing. The Shops (HV) were not busy or crowded and I got a better parking spot that I can on any "regular" day there. Andrew slept in his stroller the whole time; he must have been tired after a night of fussing. I also put a few things on hold after trying them on and let Grant know which stores had clothes on hold for me that he could choose if he wanted as gifts...so we'll have to see. Maybe it's cheating but at least this way he gets to pick and he already knows it fits. Then Grant went out for the few other items.
Saturday, I convinced Grant to help me get the tree and ornaments out of the attic. The hope is to have the boxes back in the attic by Sunday night and our house well on its way to being full of Christmas cheer. Happy Holidays, everyone! More to come in the month of December should include Alexis' choir and preschool performances, a birthday party, Andrew as baby Jesus, and a few other festivities.
Our non-traditional Thanksgiving:
Wednesday, Alexis spent the night at Mema's house so we decided to get a babysitter for Andrew and off to our first movie date since seeing Sherlock Holmes we went. Yes, it has truly been that long. We stopped at Barnes & Noble to go to the Cafe first b/c the sandwich shop by the movie theater closed early and got our makeshift dinner and then watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. Usually, I don't recommend reading a book prior to seeing the movie as the movies are usually so different or then you may be disappointed, but in this case it can help a viewer understand a lot more about the story because there is a whole lot to this one. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how they carry out Part II. The Potter series took me a little while to get into, but overall is a very well written, imaginitive series. Because we only had 1 munchkin at home, while we still had to get up a few times, we were able to sleep in a little longer than usual before beginning our non-traditional Thanksgiving food. Grant went to the meat market and got very good quality steaks and had them marinated there. They were exceptionally juicy and tender. Mema made sweet potatoes with Applesauce and marshmallows and I made Apple Crisp. After nap time, we can got started on the family Christmas gifts...nope not telling, you'll just have to wait but I will tell you this, the tags are nearly done.
I'm not a Black Friday crazy shopper...in fact, I don't know if I've ever done black Friday shopping but this year I decided to brave it. I still didn't wake up at any crazy time, in fact I slept longer than normal in the morning...due to a small in habitant of the household not sleeping much during the night I was not able to keep my eyes open any earlier. 1st errand was to get milk at Wal-mart and I was dreading it; however, it really wasn't so bad. So after dropping that off at home, I went to Brillaint Sky and drew 20% out of the hat for my discount on everything. Then I went to a few clothing stores to buy things that we currently need...like Jeans for Grant and did some additional browsing. The Shops (HV) were not busy or crowded and I got a better parking spot that I can on any "regular" day there. Andrew slept in his stroller the whole time; he must have been tired after a night of fussing. I also put a few things on hold after trying them on and let Grant know which stores had clothes on hold for me that he could choose if he wanted as gifts...so we'll have to see. Maybe it's cheating but at least this way he gets to pick and he already knows it fits. Then Grant went out for the few other items.
Saturday, I convinced Grant to help me get the tree and ornaments out of the attic. The hope is to have the boxes back in the attic by Sunday night and our house well on its way to being full of Christmas cheer. Happy Holidays, everyone! More to come in the month of December should include Alexis' choir and preschool performances, a birthday party, Andrew as baby Jesus, and a few other festivities.
November 24, 2010
A walk, a rooster and a cookie
We decided to take a walk on Saturday (even though mom wasn't feeling well) just to take a break from the house. When we left our house we heard some commotion at the neighbors' and decided to check it out...
We saw the neighbor kids chasing around a bird that doesn't belong in our neighborhood (though Mandy and I agree that it's been cockadoodle-dooing every morning for the last few months.) So back and forth from one house to another, our kids ran chasing the barnyard bird through flower beds and behind bushes. Finally, it flew into a bush and Grant was able to grab it. The kids gave it a few pets while our neighbor got a bin to put the bird in to call Animal Control. So we went back home so that hands could be washed and then we could go on our way.
We started our walk again and decided to take a new path that we were pretty sure would take us to the shops near our house. So we set off with a singing Alexis and a wide-eyed Andrew for more adventures. We ended up at the shops and decided that it would be nice to get a treat at the Nestle Tollhouse Cafe. Alexis got a sugar cookie with a big Turkey on it for what is probably the most sugary dinner she's ever had. Grant and I each got cookie cups with different fillings. We definitely cancelled out the walk there but it was nice nonetheless. The weather was beautiful, but we should have left about 10 minutes earlier than we did because it got a little chilly as the sun was going down. We walked home with a great view of the full moon but also lots of wind. We made it home with no one hungry (other than Andrew) so we declared the cookies were our dinner and settled in for Football.
We saw the neighbor kids chasing around a bird that doesn't belong in our neighborhood (though Mandy and I agree that it's been cockadoodle-dooing every morning for the last few months.) So back and forth from one house to another, our kids ran chasing the barnyard bird through flower beds and behind bushes. Finally, it flew into a bush and Grant was able to grab it. The kids gave it a few pets while our neighbor got a bin to put the bird in to call Animal Control. So we went back home so that hands could be washed and then we could go on our way.
We started our walk again and decided to take a new path that we were pretty sure would take us to the shops near our house. So we set off with a singing Alexis and a wide-eyed Andrew for more adventures. We ended up at the shops and decided that it would be nice to get a treat at the Nestle Tollhouse Cafe. Alexis got a sugar cookie with a big Turkey on it for what is probably the most sugary dinner she's ever had. Grant and I each got cookie cups with different fillings. We definitely cancelled out the walk there but it was nice nonetheless. The weather was beautiful, but we should have left about 10 minutes earlier than we did because it got a little chilly as the sun was going down. We walked home with a great view of the full moon but also lots of wind. We made it home with no one hungry (other than Andrew) so we declared the cookies were our dinner and settled in for Football.
November 10, 2010
1sts of the last 2 weeks
The 1st sick of the fall...Alexis sick with fever...you know it's bad when she turns down fruit snacks, cries b/c she can't hug brother good night and says "nobody should ever feel this way."
1st diagnosed kidney stone...yup that would be me. And as far as we can tell, I have zero risk factors. I should have results back soon as to whether it was a fluke, if I'm some sort of mutant or if there is some other reason.
1st time to roll over more than once and on purpose for Andrew. Yay! He's getting better at sitting up as well but still doesn't quite have the hang of it.
Not too much going on right now, just gearing up for the Holidays. New favorite holiday songs sung by sweet 3 year old:
The Turkey is a funny bird,
his head goes wobble wobble,
He only knows three funny words,
Gobble Gobble Gobble.
And
We're all for not living,
We're all for Thanksgiving,
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Fat Turkeys are we.
1st diagnosed kidney stone...yup that would be me. And as far as we can tell, I have zero risk factors. I should have results back soon as to whether it was a fluke, if I'm some sort of mutant or if there is some other reason.
1st time to roll over more than once and on purpose for Andrew. Yay! He's getting better at sitting up as well but still doesn't quite have the hang of it.
Not too much going on right now, just gearing up for the Holidays. New favorite holiday songs sung by sweet 3 year old:
The Turkey is a funny bird,
his head goes wobble wobble,
He only knows three funny words,
Gobble Gobble Gobble.
And
We're all for not living,
We're all for Thanksgiving,
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Fat Turkeys are we.
November 1, 2010
6 Months!
Andrew is 6 months old! Happy half-Birthday, Kimberley! For those of you that don't know, I went into Labor at a birthday party for Alexis' friend, Sarah, whose B-day is on April 30th, but her party was on May 1st which is her momma's Birthday!
At 6 months of age, Andrew has gained 10.7 lbs and grown 7 inches bringing him to a whopping 16.4 lbs and 25.5 inches. His percentages fluctuate up and down and have not been consistent, but he's mostly healthy. To date we have had 1 ear infection and lots of eczema/dermatitis but overall a very happy laid back little guy. I think that we are starting to get our two bottom front teeth and they are taking their sweet time poking through. He is drooly and irritable in the early evening, but generally calms down if he has a person to stare at or to stare at him. Alexis often has the job of getting into Andrew's field of vision.
She often gets a little too close and ends up with her hair being grabbed, but she doesn't seem to mind as long as she is quickly released.
He is currently learning to expand his pallet and has enjoyed the flavors of apples, pears, peaches, green beans, sweet potato, carrots, squash, and sweet corn as well as some cereal. Bananas are currently a no-no that we might try again later and he seeled his lips shut after 3 bites of peas ending squirting back out onto his chin.
Our next steps are to sit on our own and roll over. He can pull him self into a sitting position and immediately topple over either sideways or forward and end up with his legs behind him, but can't maintain the balance. He can also roll or scoot onto his side but can't make it the rest of the way just yet. While on his belly he makes the motions to move forward but with his limbs in the air while he's "high-centered" on his belly and then just gets frustrated. I know it's coming and when he masters these mile stones, I better watch out b/c he's going to try to keep up with his sister and she is non-stop!
At 6 months of age, Andrew has gained 10.7 lbs and grown 7 inches bringing him to a whopping 16.4 lbs and 25.5 inches. His percentages fluctuate up and down and have not been consistent, but he's mostly healthy. To date we have had 1 ear infection and lots of eczema/dermatitis but overall a very happy laid back little guy. I think that we are starting to get our two bottom front teeth and they are taking their sweet time poking through. He is drooly and irritable in the early evening, but generally calms down if he has a person to stare at or to stare at him. Alexis often has the job of getting into Andrew's field of vision.
She often gets a little too close and ends up with her hair being grabbed, but she doesn't seem to mind as long as she is quickly released.
He is currently learning to expand his pallet and has enjoyed the flavors of apples, pears, peaches, green beans, sweet potato, carrots, squash, and sweet corn as well as some cereal. Bananas are currently a no-no that we might try again later and he seeled his lips shut after 3 bites of peas ending squirting back out onto his chin.
Our next steps are to sit on our own and roll over. He can pull him self into a sitting position and immediately topple over either sideways or forward and end up with his legs behind him, but can't maintain the balance. He can also roll or scoot onto his side but can't make it the rest of the way just yet. While on his belly he makes the motions to move forward but with his limbs in the air while he's "high-centered" on his belly and then just gets frustrated. I know it's coming and when he masters these mile stones, I better watch out b/c he's going to try to keep up with his sister and she is non-stop!
October 31, 2010
Halloween and Fall Festival Fun
This fall has been a little bit more fun in the various things we get to do and dress up for. Before the 31st, we had already collected more than enough candy to last us for quite a while.
We went to the FM pumpkin patch per a previous post.
Then on the 22nd, we had the fall carnival at preschool benefitting the Ronald McDonald House which is where the pumpkin mentioned in the pumpkin patch post won "Best Imagination".
October 28th was Andrew's halloween party at D's.
October 29th was Alexis costume parade and halloween party at Preschool.
October 30th we went to Haunts and Hounds at the Shops in Highland Village and trick or Treated at the stores. (with Mema and Aunt Becca too!)
October 31st is the Lakeland Fall Festival and Trick or Treating in the neighborhood (while daddy was at the WORLD SERIES!)
"Beach Bum" for shops trick-or-treating
We went to the FM pumpkin patch per a previous post.
Then on the 22nd, we had the fall carnival at preschool benefitting the Ronald McDonald House which is where the pumpkin mentioned in the pumpkin patch post won "Best Imagination".
October 28th was Andrew's halloween party at D's.
October 29th was Alexis costume parade and halloween party at Preschool.
October 30th we went to Haunts and Hounds at the Shops in Highland Village and trick or Treated at the stores. (with Mema and Aunt Becca too!)
October 31st is the Lakeland Fall Festival and Trick or Treating in the neighborhood (while daddy was at the WORLD SERIES!)
"Beach Bum" for shops trick-or-treating
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October 22, 2010
Pumpkin Patch
Last year we went to the Pumpkin Patch a few days before it closed and it was super crowded, so this year we decided that early in October would be better especially because the weather was soooo beautiful. Plus, if we didn't do everything we wanted, it's free so we could always go back again.
Here are a few pics from the day.
Andrew at his first pumpkin patch.
Alexis enjoying the painted characters and slide.
And the two together.
And while we didn't make it back to the pumpkin patch to pick out the great pumpking, we still decorated a pumpkin from Tom Thumb for preschool. It won "Best Imagination."
Here are a few pics from the day.
Andrew at his first pumpkin patch.
Alexis enjoying the painted characters and slide.
And the two together.
And while we didn't make it back to the pumpkin patch to pick out the great pumpking, we still decorated a pumpkin from Tom Thumb for preschool. It won "Best Imagination."
October 16, 2010
Diapers, diapers and more diapers
A while ago, I decided I was going to make diaper cakes. I knew a lot of people having babies and this was going to be my gift. I have done several, some have turned out better than others. They have all been unique and some have had accessories and some have not. Well, I began to get a little bored with just doing a square or round "cake" and have decided that to make them a little more unique that I am going to do custom shapes. I'm still working out what all I'm going to be able to do, but this week I designed a semi-truck which for a first run, turned out really well and I have some new ideas that I'm really excited to try.
Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of all of my previous, but below are a few.
Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of all of my previous, but below are a few.
Diaper "Road" was added later
October 8, 2010
Spuderific
Okay, imagine the Hallelujah chorus, now replace Hallelujah with Spuderific and you have Alexis' new song to sing for Andrew.
We have heard and encouraged the song for a little while now, but today she started singing it on her own as we were driving home from church.
Spuderific, Spuderific, Spuderific, Spuderific, so spuderifi-ic,
Spuderific, Spuderific, Spuderific, Andrew is so spuderific. etc
Then she says while holding his hand. "Andrew, he's my spuderific and I love him." She can just be so sweet.
Grant called me into the living room a little while later and when I saw why, I have to admit my first thought was to get the camera, but I decided freeing Alexis from being stuck in an awkward position with her hair wound around Andrew's fingers first would be the best course of action, so I did not get a picture. She was being sweet and stuck her head under the toy bar of the bouncy seat while he was in it to give him a hug and he grabbed hold of her hair and he doesn't know to let go when you tell him to. We pried his hands open and got her free from his grasp and she says "Andrew, don't grab my hair and pull it, okay? I love you, it's not nice to pull hair."
In addition to singing "Spuderific", she likes to "read" to him. She's really telling him stories that she has memorized or singing a song while showing him a book, but it's cute nonetheless. One example is when she sings a song about 5 little ducks that went out to play (over the hills and far away) while looking at a book about a duck that a fox tries to convince to come to a dinner party where he wants to eat roast duck, but the dogs on the farm that the duck lives on convince her not to go. They both have the word duck so Alexis chooses to sing the 5 little ducks song while showing Andrew the pictures.
We're just hoping that she continues her sweet behavior toward her brother when he gets big enough to get into her toys...
We have heard and encouraged the song for a little while now, but today she started singing it on her own as we were driving home from church.
Spuderific, Spuderific, Spuderific, Spuderific, so spuderifi-ic,
Spuderific, Spuderific, Spuderific, Andrew is so spuderific. etc
Then she says while holding his hand. "Andrew, he's my spuderific and I love him." She can just be so sweet.
Grant called me into the living room a little while later and when I saw why, I have to admit my first thought was to get the camera, but I decided freeing Alexis from being stuck in an awkward position with her hair wound around Andrew's fingers first would be the best course of action, so I did not get a picture. She was being sweet and stuck her head under the toy bar of the bouncy seat while he was in it to give him a hug and he grabbed hold of her hair and he doesn't know to let go when you tell him to. We pried his hands open and got her free from his grasp and she says "Andrew, don't grab my hair and pull it, okay? I love you, it's not nice to pull hair."
In addition to singing "Spuderific", she likes to "read" to him. She's really telling him stories that she has memorized or singing a song while showing him a book, but it's cute nonetheless. One example is when she sings a song about 5 little ducks that went out to play (over the hills and far away) while looking at a book about a duck that a fox tries to convince to come to a dinner party where he wants to eat roast duck, but the dogs on the farm that the duck lives on convince her not to go. They both have the word duck so Alexis chooses to sing the 5 little ducks song while showing Andrew the pictures.
We're just hoping that she continues her sweet behavior toward her brother when he gets big enough to get into her toys...
October 3, 2010
LEt's go Rangers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
The last game of the regular season was this weekend. The Rangers have made it in to the Playoffs, but we still had vouchers that could only be used during the regular season, so off to the last game against the Angels we went.
Alexis enjoyed this game just as much as her first.
Andrew enjoyed it a little more, though he still slept during lots.
They didn't win, but a good time was had by all.
Alexis enjoyed this game just as much as her first.
Andrew enjoyed it a little more, though he still slept during lots.
October 1, 2010
The Fair
Have you ever wanted to people watch?
Have you ever wanted to try something fried that you really couldn't have ever thought of frying?
Have you ever wanted to see new cars, a petting zoo, carni games and a larger than life cowboy all at once?
The Texas State Fair is your answer!
Friday, Oct 1st, was the day for our trek that I hope becomes a tradition for us (so far we have only been twice in our 7 years married). We started off with one ride on the carousel.
Then we made our way over to the Little Hands on the Farm kids area. Alexis went through it with Daddy while Grandpa and I took care of Andrew. Then we went in search of Alexis' request for food...chicken nuggets. We decided that the closest we would find was "Chicken on a stick" which portion-wise turned out to be the best value for our coupons. At this booth, I also got the fried S'more. That, by far, is my favorite fried Fair food ever. Ever!
We went to the fountain and a butterfly decided to rest on Alexis' arm. Then we went on to the Backyard Circus where Alexis got to be a butterfly ballerina. After a little more walking around, we went to the mid-way for the end of our day. Over there, we got our face painted (doesn't she look sassy?). And then thoroughly enjoyed our first rollercoasters ever as well as a few other rides.
Ever since, whenever I mention that we have somewhere to go and haven't told her where it is, she says "are we going to the fair?" I have told her that we will go to the Fair again when she is four...she seems to understand that better than when I say we will go next year.
Have you ever wanted to try something fried that you really couldn't have ever thought of frying?
Have you ever wanted to see new cars, a petting zoo, carni games and a larger than life cowboy all at once?
The Texas State Fair is your answer!
Friday, Oct 1st, was the day for our trek that I hope becomes a tradition for us (so far we have only been twice in our 7 years married). We started off with one ride on the carousel.
Then we made our way over to the Little Hands on the Farm kids area. Alexis went through it with Daddy while Grandpa and I took care of Andrew. Then we went in search of Alexis' request for food...chicken nuggets. We decided that the closest we would find was "Chicken on a stick" which portion-wise turned out to be the best value for our coupons. At this booth, I also got the fried S'more. That, by far, is my favorite fried Fair food ever. Ever!
We went to the fountain and a butterfly decided to rest on Alexis' arm. Then we went on to the Backyard Circus where Alexis got to be a butterfly ballerina. After a little more walking around, we went to the mid-way for the end of our day. Over there, we got our face painted (doesn't she look sassy?). And then thoroughly enjoyed our first rollercoasters ever as well as a few other rides.
Ever since, whenever I mention that we have somewhere to go and haven't told her where it is, she says "are we going to the fair?" I have told her that we will go to the Fair again when she is four...she seems to understand that better than when I say we will go next year.
September 23, 2010
Picture catch up
A few posts have been put up without much editing or picture updates. Here are a few pictures. the first is of Alexis taking care of Andrew when he wasn't feeling well with his ear infection. She was such a sweet big sister telling him he would feel better soon and that medicine was yummy and not to be sad.
There were lots of monkeys at this party!
Sampling brownie batter
There were lots of monkeys at this party!
one awesome jedi in training
September 22, 2010
Numbers
27
Why on 9-10-10 was 27 a number of note you might ask?
Today is the day that Alexis counted 27 pushes and barking spiders prior to getting dressed this morning. I am just glad that she has decided not to be against the idea of sitting on the potty to do this. She has earned enough stickers this week alone to get one of her prizes. For those of you who know what we went through a few weeks ago, this is DRASTIC improvement.
5
The next day's barking spider count
22
22 fire ant bites on the 22nd of September. It's like they were trying to be comical while eating her on the playground.
2
The number of birthday parties attended in the month of September. Emery's on the 11th and Maci's on the 18th. Also, the number of Dora episodes Alexis is allowed to watch while I make dinner or do odds and ends around the house...like update this blog.
Why on 9-10-10 was 27 a number of note you might ask?
Today is the day that Alexis counted 27 pushes and barking spiders prior to getting dressed this morning. I am just glad that she has decided not to be against the idea of sitting on the potty to do this. She has earned enough stickers this week alone to get one of her prizes. For those of you who know what we went through a few weeks ago, this is DRASTIC improvement.
5
The next day's barking spider count
22
22 fire ant bites on the 22nd of September. It's like they were trying to be comical while eating her on the playground.
2
The number of birthday parties attended in the month of September. Emery's on the 11th and Maci's on the 18th. Also, the number of Dora episodes Alexis is allowed to watch while I make dinner or do odds and ends around the house...like update this blog.
September 18, 2010
Cubbie Bear
Last year Alexis participated in Puggles while Grant and I did the Bible study on Wednesday nights, this year she is a Cubbie Bear!
She is sooo excited to go to church on Wednesdays that she sometimes forgets that she has to go to preschool first.
The first week we had a pretty rough melt down though because when she goes to church, her first thoughts are of her friends that she sees at church, so she pretty well just flipped out when she wasn't in the same class as Zoey and Marcella. The are all together during snack and a couple of other times though so once she saw other kids she knew and got to be in the same room with everyone she was ok.
She has done very well memorizing her little verses and the motto. She has been less excited to memorize the pledge for some reason. Today in the car on the way, I asked her to say her verse and she said it. I asked her to say the motto and she said it and then knowing that she still needed help with the pledge, I started her off with "I pledge allegiance" thinking she would just repeat what I said (as she always does anyway) and instead heard from the backseat, "yeah, you do."
That night after Cubbies, Alexis told me that she said that Jesus was broken for us...then she said "Jesus was broken for Daddy and Alexis." I said, "well what about mommy and Andrew?" Her answer "Nope, just daddy and Alexis." Well, maybe mommy and Andrew will make the cut later. Going to bed that evening Daddy and Alexis were talking about the people God made as I listened on the monitor. He kept asking who God made and she named Daddy, Alexis, Cubbie Bear, Sarah, Marcella, Zoey and Isabella...still no mommy or Andrew.
Fast forward to Friday, Daddy gets a CD out of his car and puts it in at Mema's when we drop her off so she can sing for mommy. She sings and dances to "I can only imagine" like you wouldn't believe. We'll post a video when we can get one.
She is sooo excited to go to church on Wednesdays that she sometimes forgets that she has to go to preschool first.
The first week we had a pretty rough melt down though because when she goes to church, her first thoughts are of her friends that she sees at church, so she pretty well just flipped out when she wasn't in the same class as Zoey and Marcella. The are all together during snack and a couple of other times though so once she saw other kids she knew and got to be in the same room with everyone she was ok.
She has done very well memorizing her little verses and the motto. She has been less excited to memorize the pledge for some reason. Today in the car on the way, I asked her to say her verse and she said it. I asked her to say the motto and she said it and then knowing that she still needed help with the pledge, I started her off with "I pledge allegiance" thinking she would just repeat what I said (as she always does anyway) and instead heard from the backseat, "yeah, you do."
That night after Cubbies, Alexis told me that she said that Jesus was broken for us...then she said "Jesus was broken for Daddy and Alexis." I said, "well what about mommy and Andrew?" Her answer "Nope, just daddy and Alexis." Well, maybe mommy and Andrew will make the cut later. Going to bed that evening Daddy and Alexis were talking about the people God made as I listened on the monitor. He kept asking who God made and she named Daddy, Alexis, Cubbie Bear, Sarah, Marcella, Zoey and Isabella...still no mommy or Andrew.
Fast forward to Friday, Daddy gets a CD out of his car and puts it in at Mema's when we drop her off so she can sing for mommy. She sings and dances to "I can only imagine" like you wouldn't believe. We'll post a video when we can get one.
September 12, 2010
Stop Licking the Wall!...
and other phrases that become fairly normal to say once you become a parent.
We all know that there are certain things that we vow that as parents we won't do or say that our parents did that we find ourselves doing and saying and then there's this other category of things that we do and say...just the phrases that never would have crossed our minds to have those words in that order let alone those words in the same sentence.
Stop licking the wall is normally yelled during a timeout that is not being taken seriously by child committing the offense though sometimes it must be said because a child has gotten bored and found that his activity annoys parent into giving them attention.
Don't stick your french fries in your straw. If you get your fries stuck in your straw, you can't drink your juice. If you can't drink your juice, then you whine that you are thirsty. If you keep drinking your juice because you are thirsty you won't eat your other food and won't get to have your fries because your other food won't be finished. Preschool answer is to stick you fries in your straw and try to get both the juice and the fries at once.
We don't lick toes! But if the dog licks toes and preschooler is trying to be a puppy...Alexis likes to pretend to be a puppy or a duck or a seal.
Feed the barking Spiders! For those of you that don't know what barking spiders are in our house and what they eat, then it doesn't make sense and for those of you that do, well it's kind of gross, but you know the issue that we are dealing with.
We all know that there are certain things that we vow that as parents we won't do or say that our parents did that we find ourselves doing and saying and then there's this other category of things that we do and say...just the phrases that never would have crossed our minds to have those words in that order let alone those words in the same sentence.
Stop licking the wall is normally yelled during a timeout that is not being taken seriously by child committing the offense though sometimes it must be said because a child has gotten bored and found that his activity annoys parent into giving them attention.
Don't stick your french fries in your straw. If you get your fries stuck in your straw, you can't drink your juice. If you can't drink your juice, then you whine that you are thirsty. If you keep drinking your juice because you are thirsty you won't eat your other food and won't get to have your fries because your other food won't be finished. Preschool answer is to stick you fries in your straw and try to get both the juice and the fries at once.
We don't lick toes! But if the dog licks toes and preschooler is trying to be a puppy...Alexis likes to pretend to be a puppy or a duck or a seal.
Feed the barking Spiders! For those of you that don't know what barking spiders are in our house and what they eat, then it doesn't make sense and for those of you that do, well it's kind of gross, but you know the issue that we are dealing with.
Milestones
There are several milestones that we are still looking forward to, like a day without spit up and a day when both children are out of diapers.
Several milestones have past...1st smiles, trying food for the 1st time.
Alexis is now in the stage where anything can be transformed into a song. She started out just singing songs she knew...now we are hearing many different words to those tunes. They change everyday, sometimes every time she opens her mouth to sing. Yesterday while picking up candy from the birthday pinata, she was singing "we like candy, we all like candy, I'm getting candy, yeah yeah yeah".
Andrew is approaching more milestones that he hasn't quite reached yet like rolling over and sitting up. Ok, those descriptions make him sound like a dog, but those are his next two in the "what your baby does in this range of months". He reached a milestone this weekend that no mommy ever likes...the first ear infection/first time sick.
NO FUN.
My quiet, compliant baby was transformed into a screaming beast. I tried everything (little tummies, warm washcloth, rocking, swinging, singing, walking, pumping legs, changing diapers, feeding etc). Finally I opened the infant Ibuprofin because by this time, if nothing else, he has to have screamed himself into having a headache of his own. All of the Infant medicine says either if under 2 yrs or under 6 mo, consult a physician, but desperate times call for desperate measures and for a baby that sleeps through the night, screaming in ways and volumes that you have never heard before at 1:30 in the morning is one of those times. Besides he met the weight requirement. He calmed down enough to sleep for more than 5 min at a time as long as I was holding him.
So later in the morning, after a little bit of rest, he seems ok. Until his 2nd morning feeding. The fussing began and so did my marathon calling session with the pediatricians office on a Saturday. They are only open until noon on Saturdays and only 1 doctor is there. I was going to get us in because I knew something was not right and I didn't want to pay triple just because I had to go somewhere else to tell me the same thing. So I called and left a message on the nurses line because I almost always hear back within the hour and they either tell me to bring my kid in or tell me what specifically to do before I bring my kid in. Oh, but not this time. This time, our regular pediatrician is not in the office or on call. He always takes me seriously when I think something is not right. He knows that I don't call unless there is a reason. This other doctor clearly did not know this about me and clearly did not know this was not normal for my baby (even though I told the nurse this on the message and when she called me back finally). This doctor told the nurse to tell me "every baby has their colicky times. If there is no other symptom like a fever or a runny nose, I don't need to see him." What! excuse me! I told you he was screaming for hours (gave the hour range that he screamed), everything that I tried, and that he had NEVER screamed for no reason. So I asked the nurse if she had any suggestions or if there was anything else I could do because I really think he might have an ear infection. She told me she would ask the doctor again and call me back (she has spoken to me before and knew I wanted an answer). So the nurse calls me back and said that I could watch him for another hour and if other symptoms show up that they would try to work him in. This is at 10:30, so if I watched for an hour and called at 11:30 and if they checked the message immediately and get an appointment before noon, then I could make it there 10 minutes before they closed. Hmm, this doc was not taking me seriously. So 15 minutes later, I took his temp again. It was just over 99. That was good enough for me. I called, left my message, gave him a bath (because even though I could see in his eyes he didn't feel well, he liked the water enough to enjoy his bath). Getting splashed trumps getting screamed at any day. Took him out, called the appointment line and they told me they were going to transfer me to the nurses voicemail in order to get an appointment if it was for same day, and I told them, no that was not good enough because I had already left a message and spoken to the nurse twice that morning. So she put me on hold and got the nurse and then told me to go ahead and come with no appointment.
Andrew was great, he was calm most of the time in the waiting room. He let the nurse weigh him and do what she needed to do and then we waited for the doc. (It was a busy Saturday and we were not the only people waiting.) And when she came in, he screamed when she tried to check his ear. It took her by surprise because he was calm until she went for the ears and then he went nuts. This episode though was nothing like he had been overnight and she was so concerned that he seemed so uncomfortable. We left after the lights in the waiting area were already turned off with the prescription already called in for us and a dose of tylenol squirted in his mouth and told to have her paiged if he got any worse because she was concerned that he seemed to be so uncomfortable. She was just sooo surprised that he didn't have any other sysmptoms like a runny nose. Both the nurse that did his initial weight check and the nurse that I had spoken with on the phone popped back by the room when the doc stepped out and I was buckling him in his seat to asked me what was wrong (not if something was wrong). When I told them ear infection, they said "we (meaning moms) know our kids. We're glad you were persistent. You called that one." Gold star for mommy.
Andrew does not take medicine as willingly as Alexis. I don't think he understands these new flavors yet. But we had a much more pleasant night last night with only a little bit of a fuss and a few changes to the feeding schedule.
Several milestones have past...1st smiles, trying food for the 1st time.
Alexis is now in the stage where anything can be transformed into a song. She started out just singing songs she knew...now we are hearing many different words to those tunes. They change everyday, sometimes every time she opens her mouth to sing. Yesterday while picking up candy from the birthday pinata, she was singing "we like candy, we all like candy, I'm getting candy, yeah yeah yeah".
Andrew is approaching more milestones that he hasn't quite reached yet like rolling over and sitting up. Ok, those descriptions make him sound like a dog, but those are his next two in the "what your baby does in this range of months". He reached a milestone this weekend that no mommy ever likes...the first ear infection/first time sick.
NO FUN.
My quiet, compliant baby was transformed into a screaming beast. I tried everything (little tummies, warm washcloth, rocking, swinging, singing, walking, pumping legs, changing diapers, feeding etc). Finally I opened the infant Ibuprofin because by this time, if nothing else, he has to have screamed himself into having a headache of his own. All of the Infant medicine says either if under 2 yrs or under 6 mo, consult a physician, but desperate times call for desperate measures and for a baby that sleeps through the night, screaming in ways and volumes that you have never heard before at 1:30 in the morning is one of those times. Besides he met the weight requirement. He calmed down enough to sleep for more than 5 min at a time as long as I was holding him.
So later in the morning, after a little bit of rest, he seems ok. Until his 2nd morning feeding. The fussing began and so did my marathon calling session with the pediatricians office on a Saturday. They are only open until noon on Saturdays and only 1 doctor is there. I was going to get us in because I knew something was not right and I didn't want to pay triple just because I had to go somewhere else to tell me the same thing. So I called and left a message on the nurses line because I almost always hear back within the hour and they either tell me to bring my kid in or tell me what specifically to do before I bring my kid in. Oh, but not this time. This time, our regular pediatrician is not in the office or on call. He always takes me seriously when I think something is not right. He knows that I don't call unless there is a reason. This other doctor clearly did not know this about me and clearly did not know this was not normal for my baby (even though I told the nurse this on the message and when she called me back finally). This doctor told the nurse to tell me "every baby has their colicky times. If there is no other symptom like a fever or a runny nose, I don't need to see him." What! excuse me! I told you he was screaming for hours (gave the hour range that he screamed), everything that I tried, and that he had NEVER screamed for no reason. So I asked the nurse if she had any suggestions or if there was anything else I could do because I really think he might have an ear infection. She told me she would ask the doctor again and call me back (she has spoken to me before and knew I wanted an answer). So the nurse calls me back and said that I could watch him for another hour and if other symptoms show up that they would try to work him in. This is at 10:30, so if I watched for an hour and called at 11:30 and if they checked the message immediately and get an appointment before noon, then I could make it there 10 minutes before they closed. Hmm, this doc was not taking me seriously. So 15 minutes later, I took his temp again. It was just over 99. That was good enough for me. I called, left my message, gave him a bath (because even though I could see in his eyes he didn't feel well, he liked the water enough to enjoy his bath). Getting splashed trumps getting screamed at any day. Took him out, called the appointment line and they told me they were going to transfer me to the nurses voicemail in order to get an appointment if it was for same day, and I told them, no that was not good enough because I had already left a message and spoken to the nurse twice that morning. So she put me on hold and got the nurse and then told me to go ahead and come with no appointment.
Andrew was great, he was calm most of the time in the waiting room. He let the nurse weigh him and do what she needed to do and then we waited for the doc. (It was a busy Saturday and we were not the only people waiting.) And when she came in, he screamed when she tried to check his ear. It took her by surprise because he was calm until she went for the ears and then he went nuts. This episode though was nothing like he had been overnight and she was so concerned that he seemed so uncomfortable. We left after the lights in the waiting area were already turned off with the prescription already called in for us and a dose of tylenol squirted in his mouth and told to have her paiged if he got any worse because she was concerned that he seemed to be so uncomfortable. She was just sooo surprised that he didn't have any other sysmptoms like a runny nose. Both the nurse that did his initial weight check and the nurse that I had spoken with on the phone popped back by the room when the doc stepped out and I was buckling him in his seat to asked me what was wrong (not if something was wrong). When I told them ear infection, they said "we (meaning moms) know our kids. We're glad you were persistent. You called that one." Gold star for mommy.
Andrew does not take medicine as willingly as Alexis. I don't think he understands these new flavors yet. But we had a much more pleasant night last night with only a little bit of a fuss and a few changes to the feeding schedule.
September 6, 2010
Preschool Dictionary Part 2
Canimals: Camels of course
Fro: To throw (friend submission)
Good Jobber: Someone who does a good job.
Puhchoo: Said emphatically while waving a magic wand at you because someone is mad and frustrated and turning you into something
Randbaids: Silly Bandz...she heard band and thought bandaid and the silly band was red so red bandaid turned into randbaids in her tired state.
Slug bugged: Slapping hands after shouting "SLUG BUG!" upon seeing a Volkswagon Beetle. (Mom, hold your hand back here so I can slug bug you. I slug bugged you!)
Tessert (tuh-zert): Dessert
Preschool Dictionary part 1 was posted in July 2010.
September 5, 2010
CATCH UP - August-1st week Sept
The below 4 posts + the post from August 1st are actually to play catch up on events that happened, the posts were drafted but never posted..for whatever reason. Needed pictures to be loaded, needed to remember or just didn't seem quite right.
New things
Andrew (A2, Spud, Little Guy) is now 14.4 lbs & 23-1/2 inches long. He likes to make all sorts of coos and happy squeals and babble. It does not sound manly. For now that's ok because at least his clothes are definitely for boys. (Thanks, David for the Star Wars gear!)
Alexis (A1, Pumpkin, Sweet Girl) is a ball of energy. She sings (favorite song changes, but a few are the ABC's, 2 little blackbirds, and Tiny Turtle). She dances...the crown and wand she has been spotted with lately is the result of her summer dance lessons. I'm pretty sure that they did one of the songs in the little mermaid because even though she likes to watch Ariel, I'm pretty sure that she picked up most of her mimicing from dance class. She wants Andrew to grow up and play.
Alexis (A1, Pumpkin, Sweet Girl) is a ball of energy. She sings (favorite song changes, but a few are the ABC's, 2 little blackbirds, and Tiny Turtle). She dances...the crown and wand she has been spotted with lately is the result of her summer dance lessons. I'm pretty sure that they did one of the songs in the little mermaid because even though she likes to watch Ariel, I'm pretty sure that she picked up most of her mimicing from dance class. She wants Andrew to grow up and play.
weeds 8-25-2010
Our lawn has been taken over by them! Our whole lawn is now either dead or weeds, we got our lawn treated which did not help, they just grew back stronger and more resilient. We sprayed it ourselves and the grass died but the weeds kept growing and then we had the stretch of 100 degree days and the rest of the lawn turned brown.
In addition to the weeds in our lawn we have weeds growing in our house! Their names are Andrew and Alexis and they have both grown so much in the last few months.
Alexis got 4 gummi bears from daddy last night. Red, Yellow, Green & Orange. She said to the Red one "Stop". She said to the Green one "Go". She said to the Yellow one "Slow Down." She said to Daddy, "what does Orange say?" He replied "I don't know." Had I been quick enough at the moment I would have replied "Hazard ahead" or "Don't walk." She just said "Oh" and chomped it up. This morning when she woke up (rather grumpily I might add) we discovered that her tennis shoes no longer fit her. Since she is not allowed to wear open-toed shoes to pre-school. She wore her black Sunday Shoes. Eh, so far they have only been worn for her dance recital and maybe one or two other times, so at least she is getting another wear out of them before she outgrows these.
Andrew is nearly 3 times his birth weight - official weight from doc visit to be reported next week! I am daily putting more clothes in the does not fit box. He has a few items that he will never wear. He is now wearing size 2 diapers though it won't be long before he is in size 3's. He has slept through the night, 2 nights in a row, so hopefully I'm not jinxing it by putting it in writing. He is making more sounds.
Though he's still a fairly quiet and laid back guy
content to constantly scan the room for a familiar face at which to grin.
When he sees someone his whole face lights up
from his nearly invisible eyebrows to his chin!
He kicks and squirms until he lets some spiders barkand he will always know to scream when the car is put in park. :)
Love & Kisses & the circus 8-15-2010
So, a while ago we were told that Alexis was kissing in school. Yes at three years old, we are already being told about her kissing. Then, a while ago she gave me a regular sweet kiss on the cheek and then said, "now we kiss like this" and cocked her head to the side and opened her mouth. I told her that we don't kiss like that. Her response was, "but Ariel does." Thank you Disney for teaching my three year old how to make out.
Then, she said to me one day "I love you so much! I'm a lover." and started laughing. She couldn't tell us where she had heard the word lover...it all came together when she and daddy were looking at a book of words and she saw paint and then said painter...she was learning that a person was called the verb + er.
Then, she said to me one day "I love you so much! I'm a lover." and started laughing. She couldn't tell us where she had heard the word lover...it all came together when she and daddy were looking at a book of words and she saw paint and then said painter...she was learning that a person was called the verb + er.
A few days later we asked her and said "someone who paints is a..." and she answered "ELEPHANT!" because when we went to the circus she got to watch an elephant paint a picture. She also decided that even though she says that cats are evil that she wants a tiger.
Most of you know that we love to ask Alexis what she thinks of cats because we taught her to say they are evil. Most people think it's pretty hilarious to hear her say it too. She doesn't believe us when we tell her that Lions and Tigers are big cats. Coming back from the circus we were passing by all the items sold by the carnies and she was saying (rather sleepily) I want that and that and that and that and a tiger.
Andrew did not like the circus. The first big noise scared him and he screamed and cried and then I walked with him a little bit and he slept through the rest.
8-16-2010 Hang on, God...
Sleeping Beauty's calling me!
Alexis likes phones, to take pictures, to dial, to pretend to talk, to talk for real, you name it, she wants to do it - on a phone. Well she has a sleeping beauty play phone. I thought that she was calling Sleeping Beauty when we left the baseball game and then she told me "No, it's God." The next thing I heard was "Goodbye, Sleeping Beauty is calling now." At least we know that she talked to God first I guess.
This took place when my cousin was visiting. Here are a few pics with Joe:
Other funny conversations on or regarding the phone are as follows.
"Hello Sleeping Beauty...I'm fine. I just poopied in the potty, do you want to come see it? Not this time, ok, have a good night."
A1: Mommy, I need a phone.
Me: no you can have one when you're 14.
A1: I'm 14 now. I need your phone.
Alexis likes phones, to take pictures, to dial, to pretend to talk, to talk for real, you name it, she wants to do it - on a phone. Well she has a sleeping beauty play phone. I thought that she was calling Sleeping Beauty when we left the baseball game and then she told me "No, it's God." The next thing I heard was "Goodbye, Sleeping Beauty is calling now." At least we know that she talked to God first I guess.
This took place when my cousin was visiting. Here are a few pics with Joe:
Other funny conversations on or regarding the phone are as follows.
"Hello Sleeping Beauty...I'm fine. I just poopied in the potty, do you want to come see it? Not this time, ok, have a good night."
A1: Mommy, I need a phone.
Me: no you can have one when you're 14.
A1: I'm 14 now. I need your phone.
August 5, 2010
Face paint and other preschool adventures
On Sunday, Alexis announced to her teacher that she loved butterflies. Butterflies had absolutely nothing to do with what they were talking about or doing. It was just something for her to say. So on Wednesday when a person came to face paint and one of the choices was a butterfly, that would be the logical choice for a little girl that announces that she likes butterflies? What would make a girl that loves butterflies not choose a butterfly?
She wanted to be called "Tiger Spiderman Alexis" the whole evening until we washed it off in the shower.
Our little informant:
Alexis was quite tired from pushing her bedtime and also because she had taken some medicine that made her drowsy so the next morning we decided to let her sleep as long as she wanted and wake up on her terms rather than my schedule and daddy would take her to pre-school. It's days like this when she is well rested but not hyper that we get some of the best conversations, especially in the car. She doesn't intend for them to be funny, but we all know that the words that come out of a preschoolers mouth are not well-filtered. The conversation recounted from daddy went something like this:
D: Are you ready for school today?
A: Yeah. I play at school.
D: What do you do?
A: I play with lots of toys and friends and give friends bandaids and ice when they get owies. and I make Grant feel better when Courtney bites him.
D: Do you play with (and names several friends)?
A: Yes (to each one)
D: Do you play with Courtney?
A: No
D: well to be a nice girl, you should play with all your friends. Do other kids play with C?
A: I don't know why. She bites.
August 4, 2010
First Place
Alexis likes to be first...no matter what. She's sometimes confused by the idea of competition and the fact that she likes to be first is both good and bad.
When playing a game, like Candyland she clearly wants to win and if someone else gets ahead of her, she says "but I want to win too." We can usually avoid her getting upset about not being the actual winner by just being excited about the game being won and over and it helps if we are playing a second (third or fourth) time.
When playing Slug bug, she ALWAYS says "I saw it first" even if we had to point the VW bug out to her. When we try to explain that she did not see it first if we have to show her where it is or if she never saw it (which we test by asking her the color). She still thinks that she sees it first. We have started playing this game so much in the car that if she falls asleep in the car and we wake her up while we are still driving, the first words out of her mouth are often "where's the slug bug?"
When Alexis refuses to eat something at a meal and we know that it's not because she isn't hungry but rather just being stubborn then we'll tell her that we can chew our bite of broccoli (or chicken or even cake) faster than she can. We have known that we could never tell her that we would eat a whole portion faster because she will cram as much in her mouth as possible which is also why we won't ever challenge the size of bite, but if we need her to get one bite in her mouth just to get her to try something this is often the method.
If it's the bedtime routine that she won't start, then we try to beat the sun to sleep.
Unfortunately, I think Alexis is starting to catch on to our routine of using races to get her to do things whether it's to go upstairs, downstairs, to the table, put her clothes on etc because this week she started responding with "no mommy, it's not racing time" when she did not want to do something, so I think it's on to the next idea.
When playing a game, like Candyland she clearly wants to win and if someone else gets ahead of her, she says "but I want to win too." We can usually avoid her getting upset about not being the actual winner by just being excited about the game being won and over and it helps if we are playing a second (third or fourth) time.
When playing Slug bug, she ALWAYS says "I saw it first" even if we had to point the VW bug out to her. When we try to explain that she did not see it first if we have to show her where it is or if she never saw it (which we test by asking her the color). She still thinks that she sees it first. We have started playing this game so much in the car that if she falls asleep in the car and we wake her up while we are still driving, the first words out of her mouth are often "where's the slug bug?"
When Alexis refuses to eat something at a meal and we know that it's not because she isn't hungry but rather just being stubborn then we'll tell her that we can chew our bite of broccoli (or chicken or even cake) faster than she can. We have known that we could never tell her that we would eat a whole portion faster because she will cram as much in her mouth as possible which is also why we won't ever challenge the size of bite, but if we need her to get one bite in her mouth just to get her to try something this is often the method.
If it's the bedtime routine that she won't start, then we try to beat the sun to sleep.
Unfortunately, I think Alexis is starting to catch on to our routine of using races to get her to do things whether it's to go upstairs, downstairs, to the table, put her clothes on etc because this week she started responding with "no mommy, it's not racing time" when she did not want to do something, so I think it's on to the next idea.
July 31, 2010
Birthday Card etc. - 8/1/2010
So a few weeks ago we were hurriedly cleaning and must have mixed up one group of items and either threw them away or misplaced them...cleaning is always a little different with a small helper. Anyway, I learned the morning of my birthday that some of the items that were in that pile were the b-day cards from Grant and Alexis. So early the morning of my birthday, Grant took Alexis to pick up my birthday breakfast (chocolate croissants) and decided to get a replacement birthday card. He told Alexis that she could help him look, thinking that she would just look at the Dora cards or the ones with bright colors. Well she started pointing to one that was pink, so he handed it to her to look at without reading it. She opened it and it played music and she just thought that was so cool. He took it away and put it back. She didn't want the music to stop and said they had to get this card for me. So they came home and she handed me a card that was not so appropriate to come from a child and would be more appropriate if we were (ahem) newly weds. Before I opened it Grant warned me that he let her pick and as I read it I gave him a "what in the world?" look and then my question was answered. She grabs the card, opens it and says "isn't the music pretty mommy, we have to dance with it" and she starts dancing around the kitchen. The card has not made it to the mantle, but Alexis has been thoroughly entertaining with it.
We also went to get Sprinkles cupcakes for my birthday. They are truly fabulous, though I'm not sure that I could really justify the drive (40ish min each way) and the extra money for cupcakes, but it was afterall my birthday and they sell Dublin Dr. Pepper at Sprinkles. This is not the same as regular Dr. Pepper for those of you that have never had a Dr. Pepper from Dublin, TX (as I had not prior to this day). Dublin Dr. Pepper is made with pure cane sugar and comes in a small bottle. The subtle flavor difference really does make the Dr. Pepper even better.
It was also great to have a cupcake for breakfast the next day. Yum!
We also went to get Sprinkles cupcakes for my birthday. They are truly fabulous, though I'm not sure that I could really justify the drive (40ish min each way) and the extra money for cupcakes, but it was afterall my birthday and they sell Dublin Dr. Pepper at Sprinkles. This is not the same as regular Dr. Pepper for those of you that have never had a Dr. Pepper from Dublin, TX (as I had not prior to this day). Dublin Dr. Pepper is made with pure cane sugar and comes in a small bottle. The subtle flavor difference really does make the Dr. Pepper even better.
It was also great to have a cupcake for breakfast the next day. Yum!
July 29, 2010
Baby Brother
So my previous posts have all been about Alexis, but my profile says I have two children. Here is Andrew's introduction to the blog.
Alexis is great with Andrew; she believes that he was one great big birthday present for her because he came a month early...but the arrivals of my children are another story altogether!
While Alexis is busy learning new good and bad habits at preschool, dancing, and telling us very interesting stories that often seem like her very own version of a Dora episode, Andrew is growing at a rather fast pace (we're in our 4th size of diapers! - preemie, newborn, size 1 and size 1-2). He is now (usually) skipping one feeding at night (woohoo!!) unfortunately, I wish he would shift that schedule and skip the feeding that comes 3 hours after the one he is actually skipping, but I guess that is all in due time. He is also trying to figure out his voice. He can make some coos and some high pitched happy noises now which are much cuter, though definitely not manly, than the constant grunting and wimpering that he did at first. He still grunts during his fussy time and occasionally makes his puppy wimpering or bird sqwaking noises but he has definitely made strides to advance his "vocabulary". His current likes are staring at the ceiling fan in the Master (not a fan of other fans apparently), sitting in the Bumbo as a centerpiece during dinner, and getting hugs from his big sister. His current dislikes are not being able to see us while he is awake and can hear us, the time period between 4 and 6 a.m. and diaper changes.
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