So, I have definitely been slacking lately in the post department. There has been a TON going on with things being due for school and the like so I haven't been able to find time to write much. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though. I have a final on Tuesday and then I have a short break before summer classes begin, so that should be nice. I am in need of a vacation! It doesn't really look like we are going to get to take one this year with Maddi making her appearance halfway through the summer so we are going to take one of our "mini-vacations." Looks like this year is going to be a stay in a cabin on a ginormous lake and a trip to the aquarium. It may only be 3 nights but I can tell you that we will all feel refreshed when it is over with!
We have also been working on Maddi's room like crazy. I am happy to say that it is done to the point that we are ready to set up furniture. It will be the end of the month before I can finish buying all of the decorative touches but I know what I want so that I can pick it up when the money comes in. That is exciting for me! That is about all on the me front.
Update on Wyatt: I can't believe he is almost 15 months old. It is INSANE how much he learns every day. Last time I counted we were up to around 35 words and maybe 15-20 other things that he can point to if you ask him where it is but he doesn't say the word. Though some of those, like "elephant" and "lion," he has begun to say since then. He amazes me. Usually we tell him a word maybe 2 times and he will start saying it himself. He picks up on things so quickly. He still loves books more than anything. He has also recently gotten a bubble mower that became a quick favorite in the toy department. He loves to ride the "tractor," read 4 wheeler, and if you put him on it you had better be prepared to take him for a ride. He will cry afterward so hard because he wants to get back on that you have to find something else (usually a trip to see the "horsie") to keep him from having a breakdown.
Jeremy has recently finished his second year as an apprentice for the IBEW! YAY, Hubby! He is currently in a very close running with another classmate for top student in the class but we won't find out if he got it until later this month. I am so proud of him! These classes are mainly math and he hadn't taken a math class since HS and since he had put in 12 years in the military so it is incredible how well he is doing. He is now officially a 3rd year (of 5) but that has kind of been shifted around a bit since they have went to year round schooling. He will actually graduate in a little under 5 years now that they go one full day, every other week instead of 2 evenings a week from September to June. This schedule will be really nice for my schooling so that we don't have to worry about evening sitters since Daddy will be home.
And me: I am starting to feel huge! I was 8 months (32 weeks) this past thursday. It is going by so quickly but I know it is bound to slow down now! She is moving like crazy and I have gained around 14 pounds, which isn't great but I suppose not awful either. I can tell you anything I gain this time HAS to be better than the around 60 I gained with W!
I am finally getting closer to graduating! WHOO HOO! I am taking summer classes the first half of summer which ends 5 days before M's due date. After these are finished I will have 5 classes left (2 in Fall, and 3 in winter) and then student teaching. I will be OU Alumni at this time next year! FINALLY!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
14 months old!
My baby boy turned 14 months old yesterday! I just can't believe how quickly he is getting older! He is still my happy go lucky little boy and his personality is growing each day.
He is still in size 4 diapers, 18-24 month clothing, size 6-7 shoes, and seems to be growing like a weed but we (hopefully) won't have to see the doctor again until he is 18 months old. He still takes 2-2hour naps a day and sometimes another short one in the evening. He really likes his beauty sleep.
He is learning so many new things every day that it is incredibly hard to keep up. He can now tell us where his ear, nose, and toes are and in a book he has that has 100 pictures and the words that correspond with them; he can name around 20-25 of them. I am also amazed because he can see a cartoon image of something, say a cow, or a picture of a cow, or an actual cow and he can tell us what it is. Even though they usually can be very different looking. He can do that with various things such as dogs, cats, cows, horses. He is such a smarty pants. He still loves to read and brings us books probably 10-15 times a day to read to him.
He is even more independent than ever and will play on his own most of the time and will just come and "check" on us throughout the day.
One of his new favorite activities is to ride the 4 wheeler, or Tractor as Wyatt likes to call it. He will stare out the window saying "tractor" over and over and making engine noises. Also, we brought my horse, Check, home so now he spends a lot of time at the back window saying "Horsie" over and over as well. He loves to go to the barn with us to see the horsie up close.
I am sure there is much more, but that is all for now because I can hear him waking up from his nap. We have to make a trip to town for some diapers..
He is still in size 4 diapers, 18-24 month clothing, size 6-7 shoes, and seems to be growing like a weed but we (hopefully) won't have to see the doctor again until he is 18 months old. He still takes 2-2hour naps a day and sometimes another short one in the evening. He really likes his beauty sleep.
He is learning so many new things every day that it is incredibly hard to keep up. He can now tell us where his ear, nose, and toes are and in a book he has that has 100 pictures and the words that correspond with them; he can name around 20-25 of them. I am also amazed because he can see a cartoon image of something, say a cow, or a picture of a cow, or an actual cow and he can tell us what it is. Even though they usually can be very different looking. He can do that with various things such as dogs, cats, cows, horses. He is such a smarty pants. He still loves to read and brings us books probably 10-15 times a day to read to him.
He is even more independent than ever and will play on his own most of the time and will just come and "check" on us throughout the day.
One of his new favorite activities is to ride the 4 wheeler, or Tractor as Wyatt likes to call it. He will stare out the window saying "tractor" over and over and making engine noises. Also, we brought my horse, Check, home so now he spends a lot of time at the back window saying "Horsie" over and over as well. He loves to go to the barn with us to see the horsie up close.
I am sure there is much more, but that is all for now because I can hear him waking up from his nap. We have to make a trip to town for some diapers..
Sunday, May 10, 2009
May 9th, 2004.. The Story of Us
I meant to post this yesterday and got so busy with Brandi visiting and spending the evening with my boys that it slipped my mind. This is probably incredibly boring to the rest of you but I really wanted to get it down on "paper" for me to remember.
Yesterday marked the 5 year anniversary of the day I met my hubby. Last week sometime I was just sitting there and it hit me, I have actually known this man for almost 5 years. It seems kind of insane because it still seems like just yesterday that we started dating.
I met Jeremy when I moved back into my ex-step father's house after he and my mom divorced. Tom had practically raised me so it seemed like a perfect solution to my problem of where I would live while waiting on a move that was supposed to be happening after the first of the year in 2005. I was dating someone else at the time and had been for a few months but it turned out that he wasn't as great of a person as I thought him to be and I was going to spend almost the next year miserable while this great guy was there for me the whole time and I wasn't giving him the time of day.
It turned out that Jeremy was the step brother of someone that I had graduated with and the step son of someone my stepfather had known for years. Though, since he is 8.5 years older than I am we never crossed paths until I made this move back into Tom's house. One night, I was sitting there miserable because of not-so-nice boyfriend and Tom and I hear a big vehicle pull into the drive. Turns out it was Jeremy with a Suburban load of people. They all pile into the house and it gets really loud really quick. I noticed Jeremy right away and was kind of sneaking glances at him through the madness that had taken over the house. He was one of the few people in the group that I hadn't seen before. At the time, however, I was so upset and overwhelmed that when a friend called at around 10:30pm and asked me to meet her at the store to keep her company while she shopped I took the opportunity to get out of the house. When I got back, everyone was gone.
After that, I began to see Jeremy a lot around Tom's house. He would come over for horse-shoe tournaments and cookouts and all the while I was caught up in the web that this not-so-nice boyfriend was spinning. Jeremy tried to convince me multiple times that he wasn't that nice but since I had multiple people telling me that Jeremy liked me I didn't listen because it would make since that he would want me to split from NSNBF.
Fast forward to November 2004 when I find out NSNBF has another girl on the side. Who is it I go looking for a couple of days later to talk to? You guessed it; Jeremy. I found him at the itty bitty Coalton Bar and he bought me a Mountain Dew and we sat and talked for a couple hours. I find out that he is dating someone at the time and was kind of disappointed about the whole thing. 5 days later I return to NSNBF and in December get engaged then in February get single. February finds another opportunity to go looking for Jeremy again. He is still with his Not-so-nice girlfriend and is nowhere to be found so I have to move on.
A month later I move an hour south for school, go on a couple of dates, but nothing that looks serious. 4 Months later Imove an hour north of where I met Jeremy to switch back to OU and sign a lease to live there with a roommate I met in Portsmouth. That was in July and in the beginning of October my Sister-in-law calls me and is telling me about a new horse she got and wants me to come down and ride so I make plans to come down in a week to ride.
A week passes and I make the trip "home" and Sister-in-law is telling me about how Jeremy told her to tell me Hi if she talked to me. I tried to innocently ask if he was still with his NSNGF and she tells me that he is single and now living in his house he had been working on way back when I first met him. Trails connect to this house so this is where we plan to ride. We get there with no answer to the door so we ride around the house and Jeremy peeks his head out the back door to jokingly tell us that we are trespassing. I find out later that my brother gave him the heads-up that we were coming and he was showering when we got there because he knew I was on the way.
We sit down and talk for about an hour and he mentions a Halloween party he is having the next weekend. My roommate and I were planning on going to the block party but I end up talking her into cutting that short and going to Jeremy's with me.
We make the trip down and I get to spend some time with him. The following friday November 4th, 2005 we went to the OU vs Toledo game and dinner as our official first date. And the rest, as they say, is history. We have been together ever since and got married exactly one month before our 2 year dating anniversary on October 4, 2007.
Yesterday marked the 5 year anniversary of the day I met my hubby. Last week sometime I was just sitting there and it hit me, I have actually known this man for almost 5 years. It seems kind of insane because it still seems like just yesterday that we started dating.
I met Jeremy when I moved back into my ex-step father's house after he and my mom divorced. Tom had practically raised me so it seemed like a perfect solution to my problem of where I would live while waiting on a move that was supposed to be happening after the first of the year in 2005. I was dating someone else at the time and had been for a few months but it turned out that he wasn't as great of a person as I thought him to be and I was going to spend almost the next year miserable while this great guy was there for me the whole time and I wasn't giving him the time of day.
It turned out that Jeremy was the step brother of someone that I had graduated with and the step son of someone my stepfather had known for years. Though, since he is 8.5 years older than I am we never crossed paths until I made this move back into Tom's house. One night, I was sitting there miserable because of not-so-nice boyfriend and Tom and I hear a big vehicle pull into the drive. Turns out it was Jeremy with a Suburban load of people. They all pile into the house and it gets really loud really quick. I noticed Jeremy right away and was kind of sneaking glances at him through the madness that had taken over the house. He was one of the few people in the group that I hadn't seen before. At the time, however, I was so upset and overwhelmed that when a friend called at around 10:30pm and asked me to meet her at the store to keep her company while she shopped I took the opportunity to get out of the house. When I got back, everyone was gone.
After that, I began to see Jeremy a lot around Tom's house. He would come over for horse-shoe tournaments and cookouts and all the while I was caught up in the web that this not-so-nice boyfriend was spinning. Jeremy tried to convince me multiple times that he wasn't that nice but since I had multiple people telling me that Jeremy liked me I didn't listen because it would make since that he would want me to split from NSNBF.
Fast forward to November 2004 when I find out NSNBF has another girl on the side. Who is it I go looking for a couple of days later to talk to? You guessed it; Jeremy. I found him at the itty bitty Coalton Bar and he bought me a Mountain Dew and we sat and talked for a couple hours. I find out that he is dating someone at the time and was kind of disappointed about the whole thing. 5 days later I return to NSNBF and in December get engaged then in February get single. February finds another opportunity to go looking for Jeremy again. He is still with his Not-so-nice girlfriend and is nowhere to be found so I have to move on.
A month later I move an hour south for school, go on a couple of dates, but nothing that looks serious. 4 Months later Imove an hour north of where I met Jeremy to switch back to OU and sign a lease to live there with a roommate I met in Portsmouth. That was in July and in the beginning of October my Sister-in-law calls me and is telling me about a new horse she got and wants me to come down and ride so I make plans to come down in a week to ride.
A week passes and I make the trip "home" and Sister-in-law is telling me about how Jeremy told her to tell me Hi if she talked to me. I tried to innocently ask if he was still with his NSNGF and she tells me that he is single and now living in his house he had been working on way back when I first met him. Trails connect to this house so this is where we plan to ride. We get there with no answer to the door so we ride around the house and Jeremy peeks his head out the back door to jokingly tell us that we are trespassing. I find out later that my brother gave him the heads-up that we were coming and he was showering when we got there because he knew I was on the way.
We sit down and talk for about an hour and he mentions a Halloween party he is having the next weekend. My roommate and I were planning on going to the block party but I end up talking her into cutting that short and going to Jeremy's with me.
We make the trip down and I get to spend some time with him. The following friday November 4th, 2005 we went to the OU vs Toledo game and dinner as our official first date. And the rest, as they say, is history. We have been together ever since and got married exactly one month before our 2 year dating anniversary on October 4, 2007.
Mother's Day!
Today is my second Mother's day and I couldn't feel more blessed. Last year Wyatt was such a little guy, not quite 2 months old, and I couldn't believe that he was finally here. He was, and still is, the sweetest little baby and he just makes me light up and be thankful for being his mommy every single day.
This is Wyatt and I on our very first Mother's Day:
And Wyatt at bedtime on our first Mother's Day. I can't believe he was once this small!
And this year I am not only blessed with such a good little boy but with a little girl on the way.
I couldn't be happier.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you Moms out there!!
This is Wyatt and I on our very first Mother's Day:
And Wyatt at bedtime on our first Mother's Day. I can't believe he was once this small!
And this year I am not only blessed with such a good little boy but with a little girl on the way. I couldn't be happier.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you Moms out there!!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Only one night?
Really? I was expecting at least a week. Apparently, that is how long it took him to get over his binkie. I am so proud! At around 6 months we decided the binkie was only for naps and bedtimes. Then around a week or so later we decided that it was only going to be for bedtime. It has been at that since then and it has worked for us but I then decided that it was time to get rid of it for good. With baby Maddi Grace coming in July I wanted to make sure that he wasn't trying to take her's during the day when he hasn't had one during the day in a very long time. Also, I didn't want him to have another huge change at the same time, or shortly after, she comes home.
We put him down Sunday night with no binkie with lots of tears and whining so we tried the "cutting" technique, where we cut the tip off the binkie so it doesn't feel the same in his mouth. He was pretty upset about it and kept taking it in and out of his mouth, again, with more tears. After about 20 minutes of attempting to rub his back so he would sleep that was unsuccessful because he isn't used to being bothered once he is put into bed, I just shut the door and left. Around 5 minutes later we didn't hear another peep out of him until the next morning.
Monday night we took him into his room, put the cut binkie into his hand, he tried to put it into his mouth and realized it was the "broken" one and took it out again, not another peep until morning. The success of that night made me wonder if maybe he had just adapted to sucking on the binkie with the tip cut off so we made another change for Tuesday night. We cut more off.
Tuesday night he went to bed and after trying it one time went to sleep with not one peep.
I am so proud of my little boy! He is such a good little guy! I knew he could do it because he goes down fine for naps without it but I didn't know if HE knew he could do it. Apparently he did. I can't believe how amazingily lucky we are.
We put him down Sunday night with no binkie with lots of tears and whining so we tried the "cutting" technique, where we cut the tip off the binkie so it doesn't feel the same in his mouth. He was pretty upset about it and kept taking it in and out of his mouth, again, with more tears. After about 20 minutes of attempting to rub his back so he would sleep that was unsuccessful because he isn't used to being bothered once he is put into bed, I just shut the door and left. Around 5 minutes later we didn't hear another peep out of him until the next morning.
Monday night we took him into his room, put the cut binkie into his hand, he tried to put it into his mouth and realized it was the "broken" one and took it out again, not another peep until morning. The success of that night made me wonder if maybe he had just adapted to sucking on the binkie with the tip cut off so we made another change for Tuesday night. We cut more off.
Tuesday night he went to bed and after trying it one time went to sleep with not one peep.
I am so proud of my little boy! He is such a good little guy! I knew he could do it because he goes down fine for naps without it but I didn't know if HE knew he could do it. Apparently he did. I can't believe how amazingily lucky we are.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Mom, I want OUT of this crib!!
Ok, 2nd post today =)... W got up from his nap today at around 10am. Well Maddi decided that exact moment to jump on my bladder so I hurried to the bathroom before I went to get him out of his crib. As I walk out of the bathroom I hear a huge thump and him start screaming bloody murder through the monitor. This happened a week or so ago and I went in and he had bumped his head pretty badly on the crib.
I go running to the other end of the house and look in his crib. He wasn't there! He was on his knees on the floor beside the crib with tears rolling down his face. It made me sad to see the little guy like that. I scooped him up and sat down and began to take inventory to make sure he wasn't hurt. I think he mainly just scared himself as nothing seemed to be hurt. We were on the next to the last setting on the crib mattress so Daddy decided to lower it down the rest of the way before the next nap.
If it comes down to being a problem we are going to turn his crib around. His crib has a non drop side and a higher rail in the back. I am not ready for him to be in a toddler bed yet and I don't really think that he is either.
I go running to the other end of the house and look in his crib. He wasn't there! He was on his knees on the floor beside the crib with tears rolling down his face. It made me sad to see the little guy like that. I scooped him up and sat down and began to take inventory to make sure he wasn't hurt. I think he mainly just scared himself as nothing seemed to be hurt. We were on the next to the last setting on the crib mattress so Daddy decided to lower it down the rest of the way before the next nap.
If it comes down to being a problem we are going to turn his crib around. His crib has a non drop side and a higher rail in the back. I am not ready for him to be in a toddler bed yet and I don't really think that he is either.
Doctor Appointment for Maddi
We had a doctor appointment for baby Maddi Friday the 24th. It was a combined appointment for my glucose test and a prenatal checkup. Jeremy got off work early that day and decided to meet me at the doctor's office. He has been to the ultrasounds with me but hadn't been able to make it to an appointment yet so this was his first time meeting my new doctor. Since he was going to meet me, I decided that I was not going to get a babysitter for W. I don't know what I was thinking! I completely forgot that the glucose was a 1 hour wait and that his lunch and a couple of books probably wouldn't keep him entertained for that long. Oh well, it's over with now.
I made a stop at Kohl's on the way to the doctor and got W some really cute little black Nike sandals. They were on sale so I really wanted to get them for him. I ended up having to get the little booger an 8!! The 6 wouldn't fit and they didn't have a 7 and he was walking around well in an 8 so at least I know that he will have some time in them. The kid's foot grows SO fast! By the time we got out to the car I realized that I only had 10 minutes to get across town in traffic to my appointment. Apparently I did not time this trip well. I rushed across town and while J was getting W out of the car I rushed into the hospital, up the stairs, and made it to the office right on time somehow.
They had me leave my urine sample (man, does that get old) and then gave me my choice of drink. I HATE orange pop and that is what the orange glucola tastes like. When I had to do 2 of these with W that was all my old office offered so I decided to mix it up and get the lemon-lime. I am so glad I did. It basically tasted like water with lemon and seeing as it was 1:20pm and I hadn't eaten yet, it was much easier on my stomach than orange would have been.
They then weighed me (only up 6.5 lbs) and took me back to the room. They did my blood pressure and if I remember correctly it was 117/80 which is a bit high for me but I am sure it had something to do with the rush across town and the run up the stairs. Dr.B was really quick to come in and do my check. Forgot to ask her the heart rate. I really, really like her as my doctor but sometimes I hate that I have to pull information out of her. She then measured my uterus and I asked her if I was measuring all right. This is the first time that I have remembered to ask and she tells me that I am still measuring big. Well, that's the first I have heard that. I asked her how big and she said about 4 above... Is that cm I wonder? Anyways, she says that if I continue to measure big they may do another ultrasound to determine size and possibly a new due date? She asked me how big W was. I told her and didn't think much of it until she was gone but even though he was big, my uterus never measured larger than it was supposed to with him. I am just crossing my fingers that I even out. I was so hopeful that she was going to be smaller than him by quite a bit. I thought the small weight gain and such would indicate that. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
After all of this we were starving so we headed over to lunch and then came home and relaxed for a bit. I love days that I get to spend with my boys. It is going to be so odd that I won't be able to say that anymore before too long.
I made a stop at Kohl's on the way to the doctor and got W some really cute little black Nike sandals. They were on sale so I really wanted to get them for him. I ended up having to get the little booger an 8!! The 6 wouldn't fit and they didn't have a 7 and he was walking around well in an 8 so at least I know that he will have some time in them. The kid's foot grows SO fast! By the time we got out to the car I realized that I only had 10 minutes to get across town in traffic to my appointment. Apparently I did not time this trip well. I rushed across town and while J was getting W out of the car I rushed into the hospital, up the stairs, and made it to the office right on time somehow.
They had me leave my urine sample (man, does that get old) and then gave me my choice of drink. I HATE orange pop and that is what the orange glucola tastes like. When I had to do 2 of these with W that was all my old office offered so I decided to mix it up and get the lemon-lime. I am so glad I did. It basically tasted like water with lemon and seeing as it was 1:20pm and I hadn't eaten yet, it was much easier on my stomach than orange would have been.
They then weighed me (only up 6.5 lbs) and took me back to the room. They did my blood pressure and if I remember correctly it was 117/80 which is a bit high for me but I am sure it had something to do with the rush across town and the run up the stairs. Dr.B was really quick to come in and do my check. Forgot to ask her the heart rate. I really, really like her as my doctor but sometimes I hate that I have to pull information out of her. She then measured my uterus and I asked her if I was measuring all right. This is the first time that I have remembered to ask and she tells me that I am still measuring big. Well, that's the first I have heard that. I asked her how big and she said about 4 above... Is that cm I wonder? Anyways, she says that if I continue to measure big they may do another ultrasound to determine size and possibly a new due date? She asked me how big W was. I told her and didn't think much of it until she was gone but even though he was big, my uterus never measured larger than it was supposed to with him. I am just crossing my fingers that I even out. I was so hopeful that she was going to be smaller than him by quite a bit. I thought the small weight gain and such would indicate that. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
After all of this we were starving so we headed over to lunch and then came home and relaxed for a bit. I love days that I get to spend with my boys. It is going to be so odd that I won't be able to say that anymore before too long.
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