Yay, we made it to 10. He broke through the barrier of 1,2,3 and went right on up to 10 yesterday. So, of course, we are making him count things all day long :) He kind of has a wonky way of counting things on a page, but we are getting there.
He is a little singer too, he'll just burst into a song at random times. His favorites are:
Old Macdonald - You ought to hear his mangled version, I love it!
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Rock-a-bye Baby
ABC's
Jingle Bells - We have a book so I think that is why this one stuck with him.
I'm a Little Teapot
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Wheels on the Bus - But he really only likes the parts where people and parts of the bus DO things, you know, babies cry wah wah wah, wipers go swish swish swish
and our Hello song we sing at toddler group
This kid seriously makes me laugh out loud at least once a day and usually it's things he says. We were driving along the other day and he was saying "house" every time we passed one so it was over and over and finally he just sighed and said "holy cow!" I busted up laughing so he had to add on, "I said it myself, Holy Cow!" Of course, holy cow then became the phrase of the day.
When he doesn't want something but you are trying to convince him to take it, usually food related, he gets all sad/whiny/forlorn and says "I can't want it!"
There are a ton of others but of course I can't remember right now, I need to just write them down when he says them because they are too easy to forget.
He currently LOVES LOVES LOVES to play with his Lego Duplo blocks. Oh my word! Nana and Papa bought him a box and he hasn't stopped since. He plays with them morning, noon, and night. We build robots, parking garages, and "zappers" (currently the zapper turns mommy and daddy into bunny rabbits - daddy wants to play cowboys and indians and cops and robbers (yikes!) so mommy is trying to hold him off with the bunny zapper for now!)
He is officially 29 months old now which means next month he'll be 2 1/2.....holy cow! :) He loves to be read to every day and we average about 5 books before nap and bedtime. He unfortunately has a good relationship with the morning cartoons as he wakes up at the crack of dawn still. So Go, Diego, Go and Dora the Explorer are a couple of the favorites. I could mention more but I'd be embarrased! His favorite movie is Madagascar or as he says it Mada-ASS-car. He has learned how to ride his tricycle, his cool Radio Flyer trike, another present from Nana and Papa (they rock!) so I bought him a helmet (you KNOW he will need it!) and we are ready to venture out on the road or should I say, the nearby basketball court so he can ride to his heart's content.
But I know you all only stop by to see the pictures, so let me see what I can round up!
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
April Pics 4
Did I mention daddy bought him a guitar?
That is a very REAL guitar, plug it into the
amp he is standing in front of and you'll HEAR it!
Can I insert another *sigh* here? LOL :)
That is a very REAL guitar, plug it into the
amp he is standing in front of and you'll HEAR it!
Can I insert another *sigh* here? LOL :)
April Pictures 3
Squeaky Clean!
Very proud of planting his flowers.
Yep, he has his head in a plastic Mr. Potato Head box....*sigh*
Very proud of planting his flowers.
Yep, he has his head in a plastic Mr. Potato Head box....*sigh*
Thursday, February 09, 2006
He's goofy, but he's all mine!
It's a little blurry, but I couldn't resist, what a goof! I'm not the bad mommy that brought him home McD's, you can blame that one on daddy!Pic taken 12.2.05
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
The cry of "I'm stuck!!!" rings through the house.....
So we bought Josh this cute little set including a desk & chair, toy bin organizer, and toybox. Of course he would figure out a way to get himself STUCK! At first I thought I could just slip his legs out from the chair, but there was a bar in the way and even with Michael's help, we couldn't seem to wiggle him out and he was getting rather panicky.....so out came the tools.
Hmmmmm....Mom and Dad are here, but I'm still stuck....this isn't so much fun anymore!
Almost there!
Free at last.....look at the look on Dad's face!
Yes, you're right, I won't be doing THAT again!
I'm so embarassed!
Hmmmmm....Mom and Dad are here, but I'm still stuck....this isn't so much fun anymore!
Almost there!
Free at last.....look at the look on Dad's face!
Yes, you're right, I won't be doing THAT again!
I'm so embarassed!
Friday, January 27, 2006
Ugh, long overdue update.....
What can I say, too much time has passed.
October, if I recall it correctly was okay.
November, Josh got sick at the beginning, his Grandma E passed away, we went back to Virginia, came home, Michael got horribly sick, I got sick, Josh stayed sick.
December, Josh continued to be sick the whole month, Michael and I were both sick the whole month.
January, Josh is on the road to recovery minus a 1 week lapse with croup and cold, I feel much better, Michael is still sick but finally getting better. Oh yeah, and it rained and rained and rained!
So that's why I havent been posting!
I missed posting all about my big 2 year old boy! I can't believe he is 2 already! He has been enjoying Toddler Group again after a 3 week break in December (I thought I was going to go crazy because we weren't getting together with any of his friends to play). He is starting to participate a little bit in circle time, he tries each art project each week, kind of does a flyby but hits each one. He is getting the "schedule" of the class and gets all excited when it is lunch time and he gets to go pick his seat, knows exactly what to do when it's clean up time or bubble time. Oh and he is very particular about getting his artwork (or as he refers to them, his "art project")hung on the refrigerator just to his liking :)
I volunteered to clean the Toddler Group facility once a week in exchange for free tuition, :) I'm so cheap! But it has turned out to be a really fun thing, because once a week Josh and I go to the location, I clean for about an hour and a half and he has the whole place to himself and he doesn't have to SHARE! I clean a section and he pulls out toys after I'm done which drives me a bit crazy but all in all we have a fun time each week.
The next step is to get some new pictures posted, I'll work on that soon!
October, if I recall it correctly was okay.
November, Josh got sick at the beginning, his Grandma E passed away, we went back to Virginia, came home, Michael got horribly sick, I got sick, Josh stayed sick.
December, Josh continued to be sick the whole month, Michael and I were both sick the whole month.
January, Josh is on the road to recovery minus a 1 week lapse with croup and cold, I feel much better, Michael is still sick but finally getting better. Oh yeah, and it rained and rained and rained!
So that's why I havent been posting!
I missed posting all about my big 2 year old boy! I can't believe he is 2 already! He has been enjoying Toddler Group again after a 3 week break in December (I thought I was going to go crazy because we weren't getting together with any of his friends to play). He is starting to participate a little bit in circle time, he tries each art project each week, kind of does a flyby but hits each one. He is getting the "schedule" of the class and gets all excited when it is lunch time and he gets to go pick his seat, knows exactly what to do when it's clean up time or bubble time. Oh and he is very particular about getting his artwork (or as he refers to them, his "art project")hung on the refrigerator just to his liking :)
I volunteered to clean the Toddler Group facility once a week in exchange for free tuition, :) I'm so cheap! But it has turned out to be a really fun thing, because once a week Josh and I go to the location, I clean for about an hour and a half and he has the whole place to himself and he doesn't have to SHARE! I clean a section and he pulls out toys after I'm done which drives me a bit crazy but all in all we have a fun time each week.
The next step is to get some new pictures posted, I'll work on that soon!
Monday, October 10, 2005
What's That Noise???
My crazy boy! He has been driving us and his babysitter a little crazy the past week asking "What's that noise?" about a hundred times a day! I don't know where he picked it up, but he listens for everything. You never realize how many motors are running things until he starts asking the question. Of course, then he asks the question over and over even though you give him the same answer until you turn it on him and ask HIM what the noise is.
We started Toddler Group with a local co-op organization and it has been a blast so far. Fun to meet lots of other kids, we have about 16 in our group. We meet once a week for about 2 hours, the kids can play in all kinds of different play areas, there are at least 4 art projects every week so they have art to take home. They get a chance to play with paint, ink, glue, glitter, etc. I feel like a real mom now that I have "kid art" hanging all over my refrigerator :)
Josh got his first big ugly nasty scary goose egg today. Ugh! He was under my feet while I was trying to clean the bathroom, I think it must have been the 4th time I told him he had to stay out and to go play in his bedroom when all the drama happened. Because he communicates so well his tantrums are never about not being understood or frustrated, they are only about being told he can't do something. So he went running off to his room, tripped and took a header into his bedroom door frame. I knew from his crying it was going to be bad, once I got up the nerve to look at for injuries, my stomach immediately got queasy when I saw it. I managed to get him to sit with ice on it for a bit, after about 15 minutes I grabbed my Dr. Sears Baby Book to reread the head injury section. I LOVE THAT BOOK! As you read it, it goes through every thought and concern you have in your head. I felt better after reading, so we just sat around with ice and pressure on the bump for as long as he would allow it. I managed to get it to go down quite a bit but it was still pretty nasty by the time Michael saw it when he got home from work and it had occurred 8 hours prior to that! Poor guy, I felt so bad I didn't take any pictures today, but I'll have to get some tomorrow. I much prefer the the plain old bruising head bonks, not those goose egg thingys!
Let me go see if I can round up some new pictures to keep you all from hounding me! :) Okay, see below....
We started Toddler Group with a local co-op organization and it has been a blast so far. Fun to meet lots of other kids, we have about 16 in our group. We meet once a week for about 2 hours, the kids can play in all kinds of different play areas, there are at least 4 art projects every week so they have art to take home. They get a chance to play with paint, ink, glue, glitter, etc. I feel like a real mom now that I have "kid art" hanging all over my refrigerator :)
Josh got his first big ugly nasty scary goose egg today. Ugh! He was under my feet while I was trying to clean the bathroom, I think it must have been the 4th time I told him he had to stay out and to go play in his bedroom when all the drama happened. Because he communicates so well his tantrums are never about not being understood or frustrated, they are only about being told he can't do something. So he went running off to his room, tripped and took a header into his bedroom door frame. I knew from his crying it was going to be bad, once I got up the nerve to look at for injuries, my stomach immediately got queasy when I saw it. I managed to get him to sit with ice on it for a bit, after about 15 minutes I grabbed my Dr. Sears Baby Book to reread the head injury section. I LOVE THAT BOOK! As you read it, it goes through every thought and concern you have in your head. I felt better after reading, so we just sat around with ice and pressure on the bump for as long as he would allow it. I managed to get it to go down quite a bit but it was still pretty nasty by the time Michael saw it when he got home from work and it had occurred 8 hours prior to that! Poor guy, I felt so bad I didn't take any pictures today, but I'll have to get some tomorrow. I much prefer the the plain old bruising head bonks, not those goose egg thingys!
Let me go see if I can round up some new pictures to keep you all from hounding me! :) Okay, see below....
Friday, September 02, 2005
I'll let you create your own story!
So what could have necessitated me having to wash and rinse each of these little Matchbox cars individually? Give me your best guess!
Monday, August 29, 2005
Pictures!
Okay, here are 2 quick pictures, I have to go to bed soon!
This one was on 7.20.05, Josh was playing in Jaeden's pool, it was nice and warm because Erika filled up the pool by hooking the hose into the laundry tub faucet, Josh was in shock when he came home and tried to hop in his little pool....WHOOWEE was it cold! Look at how big my little guy is!
Here is another set of pre and post haircut pictures...from 7.22.05. Sorry, I only took pictures of the post haircut when he was eating, because he wouldn't sit still. He loves tomatoes, so I bribed him!
This one was on 7.20.05, Josh was playing in Jaeden's pool, it was nice and warm because Erika filled up the pool by hooking the hose into the laundry tub faucet, Josh was in shock when he came home and tried to hop in his little pool....WHOOWEE was it cold! Look at how big my little guy is!
Here is another set of pre and post haircut pictures...from 7.22.05. Sorry, I only took pictures of the post haircut when he was eating, because he wouldn't sit still. He loves tomatoes, so I bribed him!
Friday, August 26, 2005
Why doesn't mommy post more often???
I think I have the answer! I always think I need to include pictures (because there are so MANY of them) but that is always a big process. But I realized that if I just skipped that part and journaled more often, maybe it would satisfy the masses and you would forgive me for not adding pictures every single time!
We are just hanging out today, waiting for it to cool off a bit before going outside. 20 or 30 minutes out in the sun and Josh starts getting red cheeks and slathering him up with sunscreen is never fun so we wait until part of the yard gets shady and venture out.
Besides, he had outdoor time this morning at his internet playgroup. No, we don't force all the kiddies to sit at the computer and type to each other :). It's a group of local moms that met on a message board and we've managed to all stay in touch with each other and try to meet every so often so all the munchkins can get together to play. One of the moms got us started on a weekly playgroup and so far Josh and I have made it to 3 of them and had a great time. I call it his girl playgroup because the other mom's with boys are currently working, although we have all had a chance to get together at some point.
Today was great, we went to Rebecca's house over in Kirkland and played in the backyard. Josh was very daring and hit the slide all by himself. When Sam (Sammie, Samantha) turn around and went feet first on her tummy, Josh was right behind her giving the same move a try and was so pleased with himself when he pulled it off. They also had a fun tent/fort/tunnel set that Josh loved crawling through. Rebecca's mom (Margaret) has great luck at Costco finding fun kid things. I am completely envious of an art easel that she picked up from there last year. I have made it my mission to get to Costco every week or so just to see if they decided to bring it back again this year for the holiday season. I WANT THAT EASEL!!! :)
The other great thing was that Margaret had planted a bunch of fruit trees/bushes/plants in her backyard. They have a cute compact backyard, but it offers so much. Big difference from my huge brown wasteland! LOL! They have a dwarf apple tree (Honey Crisp variety), with apples ready to eat, so we all enjoyed a lovely apple. Oh my, I haven't tasted an apple so good and fresh in a very long time. From there the kids ventured on to the blueberry bush and attacked it with quite an appetite! I couldn't keep Josh away from the blueberries, he kept sneaking over to grab a few more when I was distracted talking. He also snagged 2 more apples from the tree that he wasn't supposed too! Finally, Margaret had some grape vines growing up through a pergola(right term I think) over their back deck, well who knew that there were actually GRAPES growing on the grape vines LOL, so we all shared a bunch of sweet little grapes. Josh was in fruit heaven! They also had pear and cherry trees and a bunch of strawberry plants. Oh I am having dreams about my own yard next year! I have so many new ideas, I need to start planning now. Whoops, that's stuff for my own journal, not Josh's :)
So I have a few more notes on "stuff I need to put in Josh's journal" but I think this is a good start for now. When I add that in, I'll backdate it so it appears before this entry. Happy reading!
We are just hanging out today, waiting for it to cool off a bit before going outside. 20 or 30 minutes out in the sun and Josh starts getting red cheeks and slathering him up with sunscreen is never fun so we wait until part of the yard gets shady and venture out.
Besides, he had outdoor time this morning at his internet playgroup. No, we don't force all the kiddies to sit at the computer and type to each other :). It's a group of local moms that met on a message board and we've managed to all stay in touch with each other and try to meet every so often so all the munchkins can get together to play. One of the moms got us started on a weekly playgroup and so far Josh and I have made it to 3 of them and had a great time. I call it his girl playgroup because the other mom's with boys are currently working, although we have all had a chance to get together at some point.
Today was great, we went to Rebecca's house over in Kirkland and played in the backyard. Josh was very daring and hit the slide all by himself. When Sam (Sammie, Samantha) turn around and went feet first on her tummy, Josh was right behind her giving the same move a try and was so pleased with himself when he pulled it off. They also had a fun tent/fort/tunnel set that Josh loved crawling through. Rebecca's mom (Margaret) has great luck at Costco finding fun kid things. I am completely envious of an art easel that she picked up from there last year. I have made it my mission to get to Costco every week or so just to see if they decided to bring it back again this year for the holiday season. I WANT THAT EASEL!!! :)
The other great thing was that Margaret had planted a bunch of fruit trees/bushes/plants in her backyard. They have a cute compact backyard, but it offers so much. Big difference from my huge brown wasteland! LOL! They have a dwarf apple tree (Honey Crisp variety), with apples ready to eat, so we all enjoyed a lovely apple. Oh my, I haven't tasted an apple so good and fresh in a very long time. From there the kids ventured on to the blueberry bush and attacked it with quite an appetite! I couldn't keep Josh away from the blueberries, he kept sneaking over to grab a few more when I was distracted talking. He also snagged 2 more apples from the tree that he wasn't supposed too! Finally, Margaret had some grape vines growing up through a pergola(right term I think) over their back deck, well who knew that there were actually GRAPES growing on the grape vines LOL, so we all shared a bunch of sweet little grapes. Josh was in fruit heaven! They also had pear and cherry trees and a bunch of strawberry plants. Oh I am having dreams about my own yard next year! I have so many new ideas, I need to start planning now. Whoops, that's stuff for my own journal, not Josh's :)
So I have a few more notes on "stuff I need to put in Josh's journal" but I think this is a good start for now. When I add that in, I'll backdate it so it appears before this entry. Happy reading!
Friday, August 05, 2005
Oh Goody, package from Auntie Mick!
Something for me!
Get me some scissors and open this thing!
A box of GREEN stuff! (Boots, Animal Plates, Soap)
Inspecting the goods.
Calling Auntie Mick to say Thank You!
Giving the boots a test ride with Daddy's help.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
stuff i need to post about
Okay, here is the miscellaneous stuff I have been meaning to post :)
These were the 3 notes I had pending as a draft post: daycare, changing laugh, tool box. Guess I had better expand on them :)
I noticed one day that Josh's laugh was changing, he is getting that big boy laugh as I call it. He laughs a lot harder these days and is working on doing funny things to prompt a laugh from other people, so that in turn he will laugh.
He loves his little wooden toolbox, he knows the names of everything inside. Give him a hammer and he'll pound those little pegs for an hour. We had to work for a couple of weeks reminding him that not everything could be hammered. His favorite targets were the windows and the coffee table. He loves having tools like Daddy.
Well, we tried a bit of daycare for him. Just an hour so I could go workout with a friend, she dropped her little girl off too. Neither one of them did well. The first 3 times we went, they came to get one of us half way through class because one of them was crying (usually both :( ), so whichever of us went in, we were able to take care of both of them. Then we tried having one of us stay the entire hour with them while the other went to the class. Still no such luck. I know, some people would say, they'll get used to it, it's only an hour. Unfortunately, it really affected Josh, he became super clingy at home and his nighttime sleeping went from great to absolutely horrible. He was afraid to be by himself in his bed (very unlike him) and he went from sleeping through the night to waking up several times, once staying up for hours. Ugh, I decided it wasn't worth the nighttime battles to keep putting him in the 1 hour daycare. So my friend and I decided (her girl wasn't doing well either) to each go twice a week, drop the kid off at the other's house to watch for 2 hours and the go together on Saturday. Yay, all is well in kidland again. Josh is back to sleeping solidly through the night, still wakes up before dawn though, ugh, and he isn't freaking out when I go into another room (at home!) afraid that I am going to leave him.
We have a plan though! We are going to get the two of them used to the daycare by volunteering 1 day a week to assist with the daycare (yay, it means all my exercise classes are FREE!). I'll be able to bring Josh on the days I assist, watch his little friend too and keep her happy while mommy exercises, and then assist with the rest of the kids. I'm hoping that Josh gets used to it after the first month, that means I can take more classes!
Anything and everything can become a microphone! Once in awhile, Michael hooks up the microphone in the garage and let's Josh go at it. Michael has a very large amp, so I can hear Josh "singing" all the way in the house. Since having a taste of that, anything slightly resembling a microphone is instantly turned into one and Josh lalalalala's his way into a song :)
Well, he said his first 4 word sentence! He was standing at the top of the stairs getting ready to huck something down them LOL, and I said "hey, don't do that" and he looked at me, nodding his head in the affirmative and said "throw it down stairs". I had to laugh a bit because he was so clear about what he was planning on doing and the words came out crystal clear. I managed to talk him out of his plan though. Since then he is stringing together 3 words consistently and 4 words, once in awhile.
Knife, Knife, Knife, Knife!!!!
Oh my, he LOVES to cut stuff. He is always yelling for a knife! Anytime he wanted something opened (boxes, bags, etc.) he'd yell for a knife or scissors. Cracked me up every time, he knew he needed something to get into the box/bag. I have some plastic knives for him now and no meal is safe from his ravaging. I usually try convince him he doesn't need a knife to eat EVERY meal. The problem is, he spends more time cutting things up than eating them. He destroyed his green beans the other day, they never had a chance! I have turned his attention to the joys of cutting up Play Doh. We do that almost every day now. I have to hide the Play Doh cans otherwise a glimpse of them will start of a Play Doh chant that can last oh so long! You ought to have seen his eyes when he had a chance to see knives and swords and the Medevial Faire we went too. (more about that in a later posting!). He was just itching to get his hands on them, they were so shiny.
Okay, can't think of much more tonight, oh besides that fact that I have YET to get a red tomato because Josh keeps picking my tomatoes when they are green. He managed to show his stubborn streak by refusing to say sorry to me for picking the last batch (we have been through this multiple times!), I won't even tell you how long I worked with him trying to coax that sorry out of him. Apparently he really wasn't so he wasn't going to say it! LOL!
These were the 3 notes I had pending as a draft post: daycare, changing laugh, tool box. Guess I had better expand on them :)
I noticed one day that Josh's laugh was changing, he is getting that big boy laugh as I call it. He laughs a lot harder these days and is working on doing funny things to prompt a laugh from other people, so that in turn he will laugh.
He loves his little wooden toolbox, he knows the names of everything inside. Give him a hammer and he'll pound those little pegs for an hour. We had to work for a couple of weeks reminding him that not everything could be hammered. His favorite targets were the windows and the coffee table. He loves having tools like Daddy.
Well, we tried a bit of daycare for him. Just an hour so I could go workout with a friend, she dropped her little girl off too. Neither one of them did well. The first 3 times we went, they came to get one of us half way through class because one of them was crying (usually both :( ), so whichever of us went in, we were able to take care of both of them. Then we tried having one of us stay the entire hour with them while the other went to the class. Still no such luck. I know, some people would say, they'll get used to it, it's only an hour. Unfortunately, it really affected Josh, he became super clingy at home and his nighttime sleeping went from great to absolutely horrible. He was afraid to be by himself in his bed (very unlike him) and he went from sleeping through the night to waking up several times, once staying up for hours. Ugh, I decided it wasn't worth the nighttime battles to keep putting him in the 1 hour daycare. So my friend and I decided (her girl wasn't doing well either) to each go twice a week, drop the kid off at the other's house to watch for 2 hours and the go together on Saturday. Yay, all is well in kidland again. Josh is back to sleeping solidly through the night, still wakes up before dawn though, ugh, and he isn't freaking out when I go into another room (at home!) afraid that I am going to leave him.
We have a plan though! We are going to get the two of them used to the daycare by volunteering 1 day a week to assist with the daycare (yay, it means all my exercise classes are FREE!). I'll be able to bring Josh on the days I assist, watch his little friend too and keep her happy while mommy exercises, and then assist with the rest of the kids. I'm hoping that Josh gets used to it after the first month, that means I can take more classes!
Anything and everything can become a microphone! Once in awhile, Michael hooks up the microphone in the garage and let's Josh go at it. Michael has a very large amp, so I can hear Josh "singing" all the way in the house. Since having a taste of that, anything slightly resembling a microphone is instantly turned into one and Josh lalalalala's his way into a song :)
Well, he said his first 4 word sentence! He was standing at the top of the stairs getting ready to huck something down them LOL, and I said "hey, don't do that" and he looked at me, nodding his head in the affirmative and said "throw it down stairs". I had to laugh a bit because he was so clear about what he was planning on doing and the words came out crystal clear. I managed to talk him out of his plan though. Since then he is stringing together 3 words consistently and 4 words, once in awhile.
Knife, Knife, Knife, Knife!!!!
Oh my, he LOVES to cut stuff. He is always yelling for a knife! Anytime he wanted something opened (boxes, bags, etc.) he'd yell for a knife or scissors. Cracked me up every time, he knew he needed something to get into the box/bag. I have some plastic knives for him now and no meal is safe from his ravaging. I usually try convince him he doesn't need a knife to eat EVERY meal. The problem is, he spends more time cutting things up than eating them. He destroyed his green beans the other day, they never had a chance! I have turned his attention to the joys of cutting up Play Doh. We do that almost every day now. I have to hide the Play Doh cans otherwise a glimpse of them will start of a Play Doh chant that can last oh so long! You ought to have seen his eyes when he had a chance to see knives and swords and the Medevial Faire we went too. (more about that in a later posting!). He was just itching to get his hands on them, they were so shiny.
Okay, can't think of much more tonight, oh besides that fact that I have YET to get a red tomato because Josh keeps picking my tomatoes when they are green. He managed to show his stubborn streak by refusing to say sorry to me for picking the last batch (we have been through this multiple times!), I won't even tell you how long I worked with him trying to coax that sorry out of him. Apparently he really wasn't so he wasn't going to say it! LOL!
Friday, July 15, 2005
Ho hum....
Nothing much to report! I added a few new pics in the 6/17 posting of the trip to the zoo. The posting wasn't cooperating so I wasted way too much time on it, the rest will have to wait until later.
Josh and I have been home the last 4 days because he wasn't feeling well. He woke up blazing hot on Tuesday and continued to have a fever through Wednesday. Super cranky and clingy, oh joy! No fever yesterday but he came up with a lovely rash today that covers his torso front and back and bits of his neck and face. What is it? I have no clue! Don't think the doctor would be to worried about it and now that his fever is gone, I'm just going to let it run its course.
If he looks a little better in the morning we'll make our weekly trip to the Farmer's Market and wander around for a bit. Then we need to go to Lowe's to buy a cover for our *NEW* barbecue! Yay! I told Michael we didn't need to worry about anniversary presents (Happy Anniversary to us on July 4th, 6 years WOOHOO!), I just wanted a barbecue :)
We christened the barbecue by having Nanna Jackie and Poppa Nolan over for dinner of yummy steaks. I'm sure Josh will learn to appreciate the barbecue in the future, for now it's just a "HOT, DON'T TOUCH, STAND BACK" item!
It has been a quiet month so far. I joked with Dad today that I may start journaling Josh's daily injuries. My word, that kid gets hurt every day despite my best efforts. Yesterday he was jumping around on the futon despite me stopping him multiple times and managed to smash his check into the wood armest leaving a lovely bruise. Before that I went to pick him up and he zigged when I zagged and I poked him in the eye. I didn't notice anything until later when I saw a huge red spot on the white part of his eye :( We still can't take down the gates on the stairs because he just doesn't pay attention and after falling down them twice in one weekend I put them back up and won't take them down for quite awhile.
Speaking of my little guy, I should go check on him and make sure he is snoozing away in dreamland....will post again soon.
Josh and I have been home the last 4 days because he wasn't feeling well. He woke up blazing hot on Tuesday and continued to have a fever through Wednesday. Super cranky and clingy, oh joy! No fever yesterday but he came up with a lovely rash today that covers his torso front and back and bits of his neck and face. What is it? I have no clue! Don't think the doctor would be to worried about it and now that his fever is gone, I'm just going to let it run its course.
If he looks a little better in the morning we'll make our weekly trip to the Farmer's Market and wander around for a bit. Then we need to go to Lowe's to buy a cover for our *NEW* barbecue! Yay! I told Michael we didn't need to worry about anniversary presents (Happy Anniversary to us on July 4th, 6 years WOOHOO!), I just wanted a barbecue :)
We christened the barbecue by having Nanna Jackie and Poppa Nolan over for dinner of yummy steaks. I'm sure Josh will learn to appreciate the barbecue in the future, for now it's just a "HOT, DON'T TOUCH, STAND BACK" item!
It has been a quiet month so far. I joked with Dad today that I may start journaling Josh's daily injuries. My word, that kid gets hurt every day despite my best efforts. Yesterday he was jumping around on the futon despite me stopping him multiple times and managed to smash his check into the wood armest leaving a lovely bruise. Before that I went to pick him up and he zigged when I zagged and I poked him in the eye. I didn't notice anything until later when I saw a huge red spot on the white part of his eye :( We still can't take down the gates on the stairs because he just doesn't pay attention and after falling down them twice in one weekend I put them back up and won't take them down for quite awhile.
Speaking of my little guy, I should go check on him and make sure he is snoozing away in dreamland....will post again soon.
Friday, July 01, 2005
18 Month Checkup...
Yep, he is healthy and happy! Weighs 24 pounds and is 33.5 inches tall. He has a good sized head too.... :) He is in the upper range on the height and head size percentile and in the bottom quarter of the weight range, but he is so active that he burns off so many calories.
The doctor had no problem with his weight, said he looked incredibly healthy and not to worry about it that it would catch up when it needed too.
The "report card" they give you has certain milestones they should have reached, one of them being "has 3+ words", hahahahaha! He has that one beat. I don't think the doctor believed me although he said a few words while she was examining him. As she was getting ready to leave, with absolutely no prompting from me, he walked over to her at the door, looked up and said "doctor, doctor?" Like "hey, where are you going??" Heehee...that's my boy!
When the nurse came in to give him his shots, he was sitting on my lap looking at the tray of needles she brought in and he said "medicine?" and totally freaked the nurse out! Yep, baby that is medicine!
The doctor had no problem with his weight, said he looked incredibly healthy and not to worry about it that it would catch up when it needed too.
The "report card" they give you has certain milestones they should have reached, one of them being "has 3+ words", hahahahaha! He has that one beat. I don't think the doctor believed me although he said a few words while she was examining him. As she was getting ready to leave, with absolutely no prompting from me, he walked over to her at the door, looked up and said "doctor, doctor?" Like "hey, where are you going??" Heehee...that's my boy!
When the nurse came in to give him his shots, he was sitting on my lap looking at the tray of needles she brought in and he said "medicine?" and totally freaked the nurse out! Yep, baby that is medicine!
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