Avery's 1st birthday is in just 2.5 months, and to say that I can't believe it is an understatement. I have absolutely no idea where the last 10 months have gone! I can't believe my baby is not going to be a baby anymore! :( It hit me hard the other night that her first birthday is just 2 short months away, and I feel like i've missed out on enjoying her. All my energy over the last 10 months have gone towards making Jadon feel extra loved and adjusting to the changes that come with being a sibling (and potty training!) In the process, I have had very little time alone with my daughter to focus on just her, and now I am sad for that. I wish there was more time in the day that allowed for me to spend time with each kid individually, spend time for myself, with my husband, getting the house cleaned/picked up and exersizing. There's just not enough time in the day to do all of those things.
There's just something about the kids' 1st birthdays that make me feel incredibly emotional and sad that they are growing up so fast.... probably because its the transition age out of babyhood.
So, I need to start planning her first birthday, and I dont know if I want to do a big party with extended family, or just a smallish party with just immediate family... I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts!
I was just complaining about how I dont have enough time in life, yet I have decided that I need a job. I've been surfing the web for jobs that you do at home, on your own hours, and really all that I can find is selling things like Mary Kay, Avon, Tupperware, etc. I tried selling Home Interiors for a few months, that didnt go well, of course that was a bad year all together. I am not good at selling things, I hate having parties because I feel like people feel obligated to buy, and I dont want to sell things that way. Besides, my mom is the one who kept me in business anyways, and i'm afraid she'll go bankrupt because of her generousity! ;) I'd much rather just give the stuff away to be honest! So, i'm kindof at a loss for what I can do to make a little extra money, where I can be at home still, and do it all on my own time.
I'm pretty much talentless, so I cant offer any specialty services. If anyone has any ideas, id love to hear them!!
Friday is Derek's birthday, he took the day off of work, so we are going to take the kids swimming... i'm really excited! Then for dinner i'm making his favorite: baked spaghetti!
Derek and I have been looking online at houses for sale, and that is one of the reasons I want to have a job, so that I can make a little extra money to help pay for bills so that we can save up to buy a bigger house. We really want something with more property than what we have so that the kids can run around and have a swingset! We are very grateful for this house we are in now, and its been the perfect starter house for us, but we are outgrowing it rapidly. We've been in this house now for 6.5 years! Its hard to believe! I remember being SOOO excited to move in... and we had had a trip to Hawaii planned several months before we purchased our house.... we moved into our house in early April, and our trip to Hawaii was in early May.... I remember thinking how I didnt want to go to Hawaii because I was so excited to be in our house and I didnt want to leave it!
Its such a buyers market right now... unfortunately our house value has dropped dramatically over the last year.... and its incredibly depressing.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Can I crawl into a hole now?
***This post contains some material that may be unsuitable for weak stomachs- reader discretion is advised.***
Seems like the last few days have been pretty nonstop, and i'm plum wore out!
Friday, Derek got paid by his employer to go golf all day in Portland. He left around 9am, and didnt get back until almost 11pm! Knowing that the next 3 days we'd be stuck at the house potty training, I wanted to get the kids (and myself) out of the house for a bit, so I stepped out of my comfort zone and took the kids to the Willamette Celebration all by my lonesome. I was proud of myself, considering I do probably 95% of our outside the house activities with Derek (by choice for both of us.)
Potty training is going pretty much as we expected. He's doing fine with the peeing part, but the pooping part is not going well at all. Not. Well. At. All. Period. For some reason, the child is scared to death to poop in the potty, and because of this, he witholds his poop, and then he ends up in pain and misery, with a sore bottom and belly, which makes him even more afraid to poop at all. Its not going well. At his 3 year appt back in March, the pediatrician said we can give him some Miralax every day, so I started doing that a couple days ago, but apparently he's got a bottom of steal and can hold it in really well.
Anyways, between the drama of potty training and Avery's teeth coming in, and Jadon's stitches, things have been pretty nuts and stressful around here, and my face is breaking out so bad that I am beginning to look like a lawn with a gopher in it, and this afternoon I ended up with a migraine. I'm ready for a nice relaxing day at the spa, which at this point I can only dream about.
Seems like the last few days have been pretty nonstop, and i'm plum wore out!
Friday, Derek got paid by his employer to go golf all day in Portland. He left around 9am, and didnt get back until almost 11pm! Knowing that the next 3 days we'd be stuck at the house potty training, I wanted to get the kids (and myself) out of the house for a bit, so I stepped out of my comfort zone and took the kids to the Willamette Celebration all by my lonesome. I was proud of myself, considering I do probably 95% of our outside the house activities with Derek (by choice for both of us.)
Potty training is going pretty much as we expected. He's doing fine with the peeing part, but the pooping part is not going well at all. Not. Well. At. All. Period. For some reason, the child is scared to death to poop in the potty, and because of this, he witholds his poop, and then he ends up in pain and misery, with a sore bottom and belly, which makes him even more afraid to poop at all. Its not going well. At his 3 year appt back in March, the pediatrician said we can give him some Miralax every day, so I started doing that a couple days ago, but apparently he's got a bottom of steal and can hold it in really well.
Anyways, between the drama of potty training and Avery's teeth coming in, and Jadon's stitches, things have been pretty nuts and stressful around here, and my face is breaking out so bad that I am beginning to look like a lawn with a gopher in it, and this afternoon I ended up with a migraine. I'm ready for a nice relaxing day at the spa, which at this point I can only dream about.
Friday, July 23, 2010
TGIF!
I always love fridays!
So the week was interesting. Jadon had the stitches in his arm removed on tuesday, but the doctor wanted to wait another 3 days for the stitches on his hand because it was still not closed up. Derek and I were prepared for him to have to be sedated again, but it was actually not too horrible. The nurse we had this time was a real peach (sarcastic), and she was not very sympathetic towards Jadon, who was screaming over and over "i'm scared! i'm scared!" while tears ran down his little cheeks. But, they managed to get taken out w/o any sedation. And we were in and out in probably 30 minutes from the time we stepped into the hospital, to the time we stepped out.
Other than that, Jadon is going through another horrible testing faze, followed by some MAJOR tantrums. I really hope its just his age, and that as he gets out of the 3's he'll get over this.
Avery is doing well, she's mastered the stairs. I followed her all the way up the stairs the other day, and then Derek did also another day. She climbs them like she's been doing it her whole life.... very minimal effort. EVERTHING goes into her mouth, and I do mean EVERYTHING. Its pretty gross. The other day I caught her with the bottom of my shoe in her mouth. So sick!
She's finally getting 2 teeth on the top. They are just there, right under the skin, just about to poke through. Last night I said that i'd be surprised if she woke up in the morning and they hadnt popped through. Unfortunately they didnt.
She is also really good at throwing tantrums whenever we take something away from her. How does a 9 month old baby know how to throw a tantrum??? Just blows my mind! And whats more, she's been doing this for several months now!
So, saturday morning we have soccer, then we head to the ER again to get the other stitches out, then we go home and will begin the potty training. I've been preparing for it today. I know it sounds silly, but I'm making a magic potty stick from the Potty Fairy that i'm going to place on the front porch all wrapped up with a letter from the Potty Fairy. The magic potty stick will help him to not be afraid to poop on the potty. I'll ring the doorbell and he'll find it there, all decorated neat. Whether or not it will help, I dont know, he's pretty smart, but i'm seriously desperate at this point, and the book suggested that, so i'm going to try it. It wont hurt to try.
Wish us luck! Please keep us in your prayers! :)
So the week was interesting. Jadon had the stitches in his arm removed on tuesday, but the doctor wanted to wait another 3 days for the stitches on his hand because it was still not closed up. Derek and I were prepared for him to have to be sedated again, but it was actually not too horrible. The nurse we had this time was a real peach (sarcastic), and she was not very sympathetic towards Jadon, who was screaming over and over "i'm scared! i'm scared!" while tears ran down his little cheeks. But, they managed to get taken out w/o any sedation. And we were in and out in probably 30 minutes from the time we stepped into the hospital, to the time we stepped out.
Other than that, Jadon is going through another horrible testing faze, followed by some MAJOR tantrums. I really hope its just his age, and that as he gets out of the 3's he'll get over this.
Avery is doing well, she's mastered the stairs. I followed her all the way up the stairs the other day, and then Derek did also another day. She climbs them like she's been doing it her whole life.... very minimal effort. EVERTHING goes into her mouth, and I do mean EVERYTHING. Its pretty gross. The other day I caught her with the bottom of my shoe in her mouth. So sick!
She's finally getting 2 teeth on the top. They are just there, right under the skin, just about to poke through. Last night I said that i'd be surprised if she woke up in the morning and they hadnt popped through. Unfortunately they didnt.
She is also really good at throwing tantrums whenever we take something away from her. How does a 9 month old baby know how to throw a tantrum??? Just blows my mind! And whats more, she's been doing this for several months now!
So, saturday morning we have soccer, then we head to the ER again to get the other stitches out, then we go home and will begin the potty training. I've been preparing for it today. I know it sounds silly, but I'm making a magic potty stick from the Potty Fairy that i'm going to place on the front porch all wrapped up with a letter from the Potty Fairy. The magic potty stick will help him to not be afraid to poop on the potty. I'll ring the doorbell and he'll find it there, all decorated neat. Whether or not it will help, I dont know, he's pretty smart, but i'm seriously desperate at this point, and the book suggested that, so i'm going to try it. It wont hurt to try.
Wish us luck! Please keep us in your prayers! :)
Monday, July 19, 2010
Summer fun
I finally got a slideshow together of the fun we've been having so far this summer (which has been only about 2 weeks here in the northwest), including soccer, enchanted forest, pool fun, and jadon's stitches (of course, those werent fun.) Sorry if you dont like the smilebox slideshows.... blogger just gives me too many problems when trying to upload pictures and videos, so i've given up on it. Plus, smilebox makes it really quick and easy to upload and arrange/edit photos.... and as we all know, free time is very limited around here with these 2 busy bodies that I call my children, so the quicker I can get them uploaded, the better! ;)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
In case anyone's interested....
Just in case anyone is interested in what potty training method we are going to use next weekend, here is the link to the website:
http://www.3daypottytraining.com/
It will kindof being like going cold turkey, because we will be throwing away ALL his diapers, including all diapers in the diaper bag, and pullups, AND he will not being wearing diapers to bed at night either. They will no longer be his (or our) crutch.
Our hope is that he will realize that he has no where to poop but in the potty since all his diapers will be in the garbage. I don't know about the whole night training part though.... I don't expect that to work since he wakes up with an extremely full diaper every morning. We've already started cutting liquids after 7pm.... so far, it hasnt made much difference, if any. Let's face it, the kid pee's A LOT.
http://www.3daypottytraining.com/
It will kindof being like going cold turkey, because we will be throwing away ALL his diapers, including all diapers in the diaper bag, and pullups, AND he will not being wearing diapers to bed at night either. They will no longer be his (or our) crutch.
Our hope is that he will realize that he has no where to poop but in the potty since all his diapers will be in the garbage. I don't know about the whole night training part though.... I don't expect that to work since he wakes up with an extremely full diaper every morning. We've already started cutting liquids after 7pm.... so far, it hasnt made much difference, if any. Let's face it, the kid pee's A LOT.
Friday, July 16, 2010
I'm making a request
I am asking everyone to NOT come over to our house on Saturday July 24th, Sunday July 25th, and Monday July 26th, and avoid making any events on those days as well. We will be doing an intense 3 day potty training program with Jadon, and in order to have the best chances for success, we need to be able to devote 110% to it, and not have any outside distractions.
We will not be leaving our house for anything on those days.
I am feeling very hopeful with this, as lately he's been randomly telling us that he has to go pee about once a day.
Even at Enchanted Forest, I went to the womens bathroom to change Avery's poopy diaper, and Jadon told Derek that he needed to go pee (w/o any prompting), and so he even went pee in a public bathroom by choice! Of course, its the pooping part that we are worried about.
Also, this is probably our last chance to get him trained in time for preschool, so I really want this to be successful.
We may, however, be calling people who are close to Jadon on those days if he is successful at any point in the training. If we do, I ask that you give him loads of praise, and absolutely no negativity. The point of our calling will be to build him up and make him feel really good about his success.
Thanks everyone!
We will not be leaving our house for anything on those days.
I am feeling very hopeful with this, as lately he's been randomly telling us that he has to go pee about once a day.
Even at Enchanted Forest, I went to the womens bathroom to change Avery's poopy diaper, and Jadon told Derek that he needed to go pee (w/o any prompting), and so he even went pee in a public bathroom by choice! Of course, its the pooping part that we are worried about.
Also, this is probably our last chance to get him trained in time for preschool, so I really want this to be successful.
We may, however, be calling people who are close to Jadon on those days if he is successful at any point in the training. If we do, I ask that you give him loads of praise, and absolutely no negativity. The point of our calling will be to build him up and make him feel really good about his success.
Thanks everyone!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Eventful summer
Well, summer finally decided to show up in the Pacific Northwest! It didnt seem like it would ever happen, but it did finally!
We've had a busy month so far! I try to plan lots of outdoor activities for us during the summer, since we are cooped up inside for 9 months out of the year.
So i'll do a recap of the last several days.
Saturday, Jadon started Lil' Kickers, which is a soccer class. I wanted him to do T-ball instead, but I didnt see that offered this year, so since I wanted him to do something, I put him in soccer. Its not really soccer though, at least at this point. Really they just played fun little games, like with a giant parachute, pretended to be hunting for sharks, and pretended a giant white ball was an egg. Lots of little games like that... organized play. He's in the 2.5-3.5 year old class, and theres only 2 other boys, so its a small little class, but still he had alot of fun!
Sunday, Derek took Jadon to church, and I stayed home with Avery while she napped, then later in the day we went to a going away party for Derek's brother, who is going back to Afghanistan for awhile.
Monday, Derek took the day off and we went to Enchanted Forest. It was a perfect day to go, because the day was overcast, and we even wore light sweaters. Good thing since I had to push Avery around in the big, bulky stroller up those big hills! Whew! My legs were burnin'! Also, there were not too many people there, so it wasnt packed! We had great fun! Jadon loved the kiddy train, the kiddy bumper boats, and the log ride. He had to go on the logride with a parent, so Derek and I took turns going with him. He had alot of fun with Daddy the first time, but I think I scared him to death when I went with him. Me not being much of a rides kind of person, the log ride is great fun for me since its pretty mild, other than the drops (which are actually pretty puny). Anyways, I couldnt help but scream at each drop. I was holding on to Jadon, and he was just shaking and biting his nails like crazy... I could feel his little heart just beating like crazy!! He said the part he didnt like was getting splashed. Anyways, Derek got a video of Jadon and I coming down the last and biggest hill into the big splash at the end, and I was screaming my head off. I may post that video just for Derek's benefit. He watched it several times. I prefer to just delete it, but I wont since it has Jadon in it.
So Monday evening we went for a walk, and one of our neighbors (not in the development) has a garden train in his beautiful yard, and when we walked by, he was out and waved us to come over. Jadon was in heaven! It was really neat! A VERY expensive little hobby! On the rest of our walk, Jadon went running down the road racing daddy, and fell and scraped his knee up. Of course, he would not let us touch it or clean it. And when I say this, I mean, he kicks and screams and will not let up.
Tuesday was like any other weekday. The kids and I went out to lunch with a couple of my friends, that was pretty interesting. When you're trying to keep two small children in line, as well as eat your own lunch and try to have a conversation with friends.... it didnt work well.
So after we got home, Jadon played outside for about 2 hours in the backyard. Some time in the late afternoon, I noticed that his water cup was upside down on the carpet between our two couches. I grabbed a towel to soak it up, and in the process I moved a mirror that I had been temporarily storing back there. Long story short, i've been doing some redecorating and improving of the house, and placed the mirror there because the kids are not allowed to go back there, and it was only temporarily. So, to soak up the water, I moved the mirror so it was leaning up against the back of our couch (facing the kitchen.) My next step was to move it to the garage to get it out of the house, but in all honesty, I forgot about it even being there.
So, I made dinner, Derek came home, and we all ate dinner together as usual. Right after we finished, we washed the kids up, put them in the living room, and I just turned on the water in the kitchen to start cleaning up dinner, and Jadon went running around the couch, somehow tripped over his feet, and went diving into the mirror. He managed to slice between two fingers and on the inner bend of his elbow, and blood was pouring out. Derek grabbed Jadon and held him as he was getting hysterical from the sight of his blood and seeing the big slice in his arm. I grabbed towels, and Derek held the towels on the wounds with pressure and we calmed Jadon down. After a few minutes we looked at the slice on his arm, and knew we had to go to the ER because it was a deep cut... you could see the fatty tissue in his arm. It took A LOT of convincing just to get Jadon to get his shoes on and get in the car. He was not happy to be going to the hospital. He was hysterical any time any ER people came near him. We ended up being at the ER for 4 hours. Jadon ended up getting stitches. They had to partially put him out for the procedure since he was so hysterical. They used a weird medicine called Ketamine, which they use alot for pediatric patients, and is used in veterinary medicine also (apparently its also a recreational drug too called Special K.) It induces a state referred to as "dissociative anesthesia"... so he was actually awake for the procedure. Unfortunately, I was not able to stay in the room for the procedure, because Avery started getting fussy, and they needed to have as little stimulation to him as possible for the drug to work well. It was horrible though, and it took every ounce of my being to not leave the room sobbing. The good news is, he will not remember the procedure.
So, on 7/13/10, on exactly Jadons 3 year and 4 month "birthday", he ended up getting 3 stitches between his fingers, and it looks like 4 in his arm.
Today, it hasnt bugged him at all, he hasnt complained of it hurting or anything. It was quite a fight trying to get the bandaids off and clean the wounds this evening and apply new bandaids though. We are supposed to clean it daily, and we go back in a week to have his stitches removed. Its going to be a VERY long week.
Can I just say that it really does hurt the parent more when the child is hurt? Its really the worst feeling, seeing your child suffering, the child not really understanding whats going on or whats going to happen... plus I feel guilty because I left the mirror out in the first place.
So, here's some pictures I snapped on my phone of my sweet little guy at the ER. I guess I should mention that these were all taken before the procedure.
The nurse offered to snap one of all of us together....we really couldnt have asked for a better nurse, she was so nice and accomodating for Jadon.
We all went home very very tired and cranky... except Jadon. He was in a good mood.... comforting Avery on the drive home because she was wailing. Such a good big brother! When we got home, the house was a complete and utter disaster. Dinner had not been cleaned up at all, so dirty dishes and pots and pans were all over with food dried into them. Kids toys were all over the place. My adrenaline rush was taking a fast dive south, I was starving, had a migraine, and by 10:30 that night when we got home, I was ready to crawl in bed for the rest of the week. Avery was a pain in the rear at the ER. She's not nearly as relaxed and easy going like Jadon was when he was a baby. She is a very high maintenance, demanding little girl. So she was quite tired, and cranky, plus she's cutting a 3rd tooth and has been extra cranky and not sleeping well to begin with.
Another thing, Jadon hears me call Derek "dear" all the time, so he has started calling Derek "dear" also. (really adorable, but drives Derek nuts) Derek said when Jadon was in his medicated state, he started saying "dear? dear??" He also told Derek that he looked funny. ;)
We've had a busy month so far! I try to plan lots of outdoor activities for us during the summer, since we are cooped up inside for 9 months out of the year.
So i'll do a recap of the last several days.
Saturday, Jadon started Lil' Kickers, which is a soccer class. I wanted him to do T-ball instead, but I didnt see that offered this year, so since I wanted him to do something, I put him in soccer. Its not really soccer though, at least at this point. Really they just played fun little games, like with a giant parachute, pretended to be hunting for sharks, and pretended a giant white ball was an egg. Lots of little games like that... organized play. He's in the 2.5-3.5 year old class, and theres only 2 other boys, so its a small little class, but still he had alot of fun!
Sunday, Derek took Jadon to church, and I stayed home with Avery while she napped, then later in the day we went to a going away party for Derek's brother, who is going back to Afghanistan for awhile.
Monday, Derek took the day off and we went to Enchanted Forest. It was a perfect day to go, because the day was overcast, and we even wore light sweaters. Good thing since I had to push Avery around in the big, bulky stroller up those big hills! Whew! My legs were burnin'! Also, there were not too many people there, so it wasnt packed! We had great fun! Jadon loved the kiddy train, the kiddy bumper boats, and the log ride. He had to go on the logride with a parent, so Derek and I took turns going with him. He had alot of fun with Daddy the first time, but I think I scared him to death when I went with him. Me not being much of a rides kind of person, the log ride is great fun for me since its pretty mild, other than the drops (which are actually pretty puny). Anyways, I couldnt help but scream at each drop. I was holding on to Jadon, and he was just shaking and biting his nails like crazy... I could feel his little heart just beating like crazy!! He said the part he didnt like was getting splashed. Anyways, Derek got a video of Jadon and I coming down the last and biggest hill into the big splash at the end, and I was screaming my head off. I may post that video just for Derek's benefit. He watched it several times. I prefer to just delete it, but I wont since it has Jadon in it.
So Monday evening we went for a walk, and one of our neighbors (not in the development) has a garden train in his beautiful yard, and when we walked by, he was out and waved us to come over. Jadon was in heaven! It was really neat! A VERY expensive little hobby! On the rest of our walk, Jadon went running down the road racing daddy, and fell and scraped his knee up. Of course, he would not let us touch it or clean it. And when I say this, I mean, he kicks and screams and will not let up.
Tuesday was like any other weekday. The kids and I went out to lunch with a couple of my friends, that was pretty interesting. When you're trying to keep two small children in line, as well as eat your own lunch and try to have a conversation with friends.... it didnt work well.
So after we got home, Jadon played outside for about 2 hours in the backyard. Some time in the late afternoon, I noticed that his water cup was upside down on the carpet between our two couches. I grabbed a towel to soak it up, and in the process I moved a mirror that I had been temporarily storing back there. Long story short, i've been doing some redecorating and improving of the house, and placed the mirror there because the kids are not allowed to go back there, and it was only temporarily. So, to soak up the water, I moved the mirror so it was leaning up against the back of our couch (facing the kitchen.) My next step was to move it to the garage to get it out of the house, but in all honesty, I forgot about it even being there.
So, I made dinner, Derek came home, and we all ate dinner together as usual. Right after we finished, we washed the kids up, put them in the living room, and I just turned on the water in the kitchen to start cleaning up dinner, and Jadon went running around the couch, somehow tripped over his feet, and went diving into the mirror. He managed to slice between two fingers and on the inner bend of his elbow, and blood was pouring out. Derek grabbed Jadon and held him as he was getting hysterical from the sight of his blood and seeing the big slice in his arm. I grabbed towels, and Derek held the towels on the wounds with pressure and we calmed Jadon down. After a few minutes we looked at the slice on his arm, and knew we had to go to the ER because it was a deep cut... you could see the fatty tissue in his arm. It took A LOT of convincing just to get Jadon to get his shoes on and get in the car. He was not happy to be going to the hospital. He was hysterical any time any ER people came near him. We ended up being at the ER for 4 hours. Jadon ended up getting stitches. They had to partially put him out for the procedure since he was so hysterical. They used a weird medicine called Ketamine, which they use alot for pediatric patients, and is used in veterinary medicine also (apparently its also a recreational drug too called Special K.) It induces a state referred to as "dissociative anesthesia"... so he was actually awake for the procedure. Unfortunately, I was not able to stay in the room for the procedure, because Avery started getting fussy, and they needed to have as little stimulation to him as possible for the drug to work well. It was horrible though, and it took every ounce of my being to not leave the room sobbing. The good news is, he will not remember the procedure.
So, on 7/13/10, on exactly Jadons 3 year and 4 month "birthday", he ended up getting 3 stitches between his fingers, and it looks like 4 in his arm.
Today, it hasnt bugged him at all, he hasnt complained of it hurting or anything. It was quite a fight trying to get the bandaids off and clean the wounds this evening and apply new bandaids though. We are supposed to clean it daily, and we go back in a week to have his stitches removed. Its going to be a VERY long week.
Can I just say that it really does hurt the parent more when the child is hurt? Its really the worst feeling, seeing your child suffering, the child not really understanding whats going on or whats going to happen... plus I feel guilty because I left the mirror out in the first place.
So, here's some pictures I snapped on my phone of my sweet little guy at the ER. I guess I should mention that these were all taken before the procedure.
The nurse offered to snap one of all of us together....we really couldnt have asked for a better nurse, she was so nice and accomodating for Jadon.
We all went home very very tired and cranky... except Jadon. He was in a good mood.... comforting Avery on the drive home because she was wailing. Such a good big brother! When we got home, the house was a complete and utter disaster. Dinner had not been cleaned up at all, so dirty dishes and pots and pans were all over with food dried into them. Kids toys were all over the place. My adrenaline rush was taking a fast dive south, I was starving, had a migraine, and by 10:30 that night when we got home, I was ready to crawl in bed for the rest of the week. Avery was a pain in the rear at the ER. She's not nearly as relaxed and easy going like Jadon was when he was a baby. She is a very high maintenance, demanding little girl. So she was quite tired, and cranky, plus she's cutting a 3rd tooth and has been extra cranky and not sleeping well to begin with.
Another thing, Jadon hears me call Derek "dear" all the time, so he has started calling Derek "dear" also. (really adorable, but drives Derek nuts) Derek said when Jadon was in his medicated state, he started saying "dear? dear??" He also told Derek that he looked funny. ;)
Monday, July 5, 2010
Avery's first word
Avery has been saying her first word for a week or so, but we just didnt realize it. She's been saying "ck" (like a cross between the 'ck' sound in the word 'check', and the word 'key')... anyways, we discovered tonight that she's saying "kitty." She starts saying "ck, ck, ck" whenever the kitty's are visible, and she crawls over to them. She likes the kitties! Its really cute! It blows my mind that she is old enough to start saying some words!
She will be 9 months old in just a few days.... it doesnt seem possible! She's doing well.... not only is she a great crawler now, but she also pulls herself to standing. Yesterday she stood for a few seconds on her own, so i'm betting that she might be walking by her first birthday. She follows Jadon around like a little lost puppy... she adores her big brother!
She keeps me on my toes! In the last month, she has managed to fall off a bed, fall off a couch, and fall out the front door!
She loves exploring the world around her, and is curious about EVERYTHING and wants to try everything herself. EVERYTHING goes into her mouth!
This evening, we were in the backyard, Derek was blowing up Jadons pool from last year, and Avery was crawling around in the grass, while I did a little yard work. I had a pile of dirt in one of Jadon's little toy wagon things, and she was going crazy playing in that dirt!
She is eating a wide variety of foods now, including most fruits, most veggies, and most meats. She eats 3 different baby cereals (rice, oatmeal and barley), and we've been working on some actual "solid" foods. She's had some small pieces of cheese, watermelon and strawberry. She gags on almost all the chunks. She also eats yogurt every morning for breakfast. I am still nursing her, and plan to until she's at least 1. Jadon was 15 months when I stopped with him, and i'll go as long as she and I are comfortable with. So, she nurses about 3 or 4 times a day, and then usually at night a few times as well.
Her sleeping has improved a tad. She now takes 2 good naps a day, or one okay nap and one really good one... either way, she gets 2 naps. Nights are still not the greatest, but have improved a little. The last 2 days and nights havent been great for sleeping, she's picked up a touch of the cold Jadon had last week, and gets woken up coughing. Plus, i'm just waiting for a new developmental milestone to disrupt her sleep.... they always do. I'm not too worried about the sleep thing anymore. I know that eventually it'll work itself out. Plus, our pediatrician made me feel better by telling us that both of her kids were horrible sleepers as babies, so I know its not something that we have done to cause our children to not be good at sleeping as babies.
She still only has the 2 bottom teeth in.
I spent all of last week painting our downstairs. Derek informed me that he wanted to have the new guy at work and his wife and their 3 year old son over for dinner in the next couple of weeks, and I told him I wanted to get the house painted first since i had patches of sample paints all over the walls. I want the house to be presentable! So, I dove right in, and I love the finished product. It freshens the room up!
She will be 9 months old in just a few days.... it doesnt seem possible! She's doing well.... not only is she a great crawler now, but she also pulls herself to standing. Yesterday she stood for a few seconds on her own, so i'm betting that she might be walking by her first birthday. She follows Jadon around like a little lost puppy... she adores her big brother!
She keeps me on my toes! In the last month, she has managed to fall off a bed, fall off a couch, and fall out the front door!
She loves exploring the world around her, and is curious about EVERYTHING and wants to try everything herself. EVERYTHING goes into her mouth!
This evening, we were in the backyard, Derek was blowing up Jadons pool from last year, and Avery was crawling around in the grass, while I did a little yard work. I had a pile of dirt in one of Jadon's little toy wagon things, and she was going crazy playing in that dirt!
She is eating a wide variety of foods now, including most fruits, most veggies, and most meats. She eats 3 different baby cereals (rice, oatmeal and barley), and we've been working on some actual "solid" foods. She's had some small pieces of cheese, watermelon and strawberry. She gags on almost all the chunks. She also eats yogurt every morning for breakfast. I am still nursing her, and plan to until she's at least 1. Jadon was 15 months when I stopped with him, and i'll go as long as she and I are comfortable with. So, she nurses about 3 or 4 times a day, and then usually at night a few times as well.
Her sleeping has improved a tad. She now takes 2 good naps a day, or one okay nap and one really good one... either way, she gets 2 naps. Nights are still not the greatest, but have improved a little. The last 2 days and nights havent been great for sleeping, she's picked up a touch of the cold Jadon had last week, and gets woken up coughing. Plus, i'm just waiting for a new developmental milestone to disrupt her sleep.... they always do. I'm not too worried about the sleep thing anymore. I know that eventually it'll work itself out. Plus, our pediatrician made me feel better by telling us that both of her kids were horrible sleepers as babies, so I know its not something that we have done to cause our children to not be good at sleeping as babies.
She still only has the 2 bottom teeth in.
I spent all of last week painting our downstairs. Derek informed me that he wanted to have the new guy at work and his wife and their 3 year old son over for dinner in the next couple of weeks, and I told him I wanted to get the house painted first since i had patches of sample paints all over the walls. I want the house to be presentable! So, I dove right in, and I love the finished product. It freshens the room up!
Our 4th of July
Here's a little video of our 4th of July. We had Derek's family over for bbq and fireworks. The kids did really good... Last year Jadon was quite afraid of the fireworks, but this year he was pretty excited about them, he just had his ears covered all the time. :) Avery did much better than I anticipated.
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