So much has been going on that I have been neglecting my blog! I am really hoping to use this as a way to keep track of what is going on with the kids but this internet connection here in the boonies makes uploading pictures a nightmare!
Well, my baby girl, most likely my last baby, is now one year old. ONE! Actually 13 months! So here is the run down of Miss Madelinn at 13 months old:
She started walking 2 days after her birthday and took off like she had been doing it forever. She has been so proud of herself! Now, recently, she learned to turn in circles untils she can barely stand up and she giggles the whole time. She also has this extremely high pitched giggle that she does when she gets excited and I am really hoping to catch it on video sometime soon before she stops doing it. She loves it when Wyatt chases her around and around the kitchen island or when she is getting into something she knows she shouldn't be and hears us coming to get her. Situations like those are where we get this ADORABLE laugh and I LOVE it!
She is sleeping around 12 hours at night still, takes 2 one to two hour naps a day (sometimes more depending on the day), is wearing 12 or 18 month clothing and size 5 shoes. Her favorite toys are Wyatt's matchbox cars, his green John Deere tractor, his powerwheels 4wheeler, and books. Notice that she is attached to all of his toys instead of her own which I suppose is a good thing because he always wants to play with all of her things.
She loves her big brother so much and constantly wants to play with him. He is going through a very rough "mine" stage right now and I wonder if it would have been easier had she been born with a larger age-spacing or if it would be worse? Either way she lights up when she sees him and one of her favorite things to do is to go into his room with me to get him up in the mornings or from naps whenever she is not sleeping herself.
She is such a good baby and is content to go off and play on her own if he is napping or Mommy and Daddy are busy. She is excellent when it comes to something laying out that may not be meant for her to play with (like Mommy's laptop) and rarely bothers things that she shouldn't. She doesn't need many toys to keep her happy. She could spend most of the day on my lap reading and be just as happy as days I take them to the park or outside to play or swim.
I think that is about it for now. I need to add some recent pictures. Next post: Wyatt. The last 2 times I have been on have been significant for baby girl so it is his turn!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Almost ONE year old!!
I find it abosolutely UNBELIEVABLE that my baby girl will be ONE this Saturday. It just seems soooo unreal that it has been a year already! She is getting to be such a big girl.
She has quite the little personality and is still a Mommy's girl! We are still cloth diapering and loving it.. she hasn't been to the doctor yet for her one year appointment but I want to say that she is probably around 22 or 23 pounds and as far as length I don't even have an educated guess! I will update when we actually make it in next week. She still sleeps around 12 hours at night and takes 2 one or 1.5 hour naps a day. She is in size 12 month clothes and size 3 (almost 4) shoes. She isn't yet walking yet but has taken 3-4 steps at a time for the last couple of weeks. We are just waiting on her to take off!
She is saying a few words: Mom, Dad, Dog, That, Bite, Nan, Pap, Bub, Wyatt. I think there are a couple more but I can't remember right now. She is becoming very good at repeating, or at least trying to repeat, any word we say to her.
She loves to play with her brother and follows him around the house. Some of her favorite toys right now are some of his ride-on toys like his little tractor and power wheels 4-wheeler. She has recently learned to push the button to make it go until she runs into something that stops her. Turning isn't quite a priority right now apparently!
She is going through a bit of separation anxiety right now but it is at odd times. She doesn't really mind to go spend the night with Nana (where she spent her first 2 night weekend last weekend!) or usually doesn't care if I leave her with GG or Papa or really anyone. But, Lord, just let me leave the room and close a door for a second or two! I try to take Wyatt to the potty without her trying to climb in the bathtub or if I have to run into our bedroom to grab something and don't want her to try to eat the dog food and I have a full-on, crying, screaming, red-faced, balled-up-fist, baby waiting on the other side of the door when I come back! It is insanity!
She has quite the little personality and is still a Mommy's girl! We are still cloth diapering and loving it.. she hasn't been to the doctor yet for her one year appointment but I want to say that she is probably around 22 or 23 pounds and as far as length I don't even have an educated guess! I will update when we actually make it in next week. She still sleeps around 12 hours at night and takes 2 one or 1.5 hour naps a day. She is in size 12 month clothes and size 3 (almost 4) shoes. She isn't yet walking yet but has taken 3-4 steps at a time for the last couple of weeks. We are just waiting on her to take off!
She is saying a few words: Mom, Dad, Dog, That, Bite, Nan, Pap, Bub, Wyatt. I think there are a couple more but I can't remember right now. She is becoming very good at repeating, or at least trying to repeat, any word we say to her.
She loves to play with her brother and follows him around the house. Some of her favorite toys right now are some of his ride-on toys like his little tractor and power wheels 4-wheeler. She has recently learned to push the button to make it go until she runs into something that stops her. Turning isn't quite a priority right now apparently!
She is going through a bit of separation anxiety right now but it is at odd times. She doesn't really mind to go spend the night with Nana (where she spent her first 2 night weekend last weekend!) or usually doesn't care if I leave her with GG or Papa or really anyone. But, Lord, just let me leave the room and close a door for a second or two! I try to take Wyatt to the potty without her trying to climb in the bathtub or if I have to run into our bedroom to grab something and don't want her to try to eat the dog food and I have a full-on, crying, screaming, red-faced, balled-up-fist, baby waiting on the other side of the door when I come back! It is insanity!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Update on the Kiddos
So first, Maddi is 10 months old! How crazy is that?! She is about 19 pounds, around 28 inches long and still in cloth diapers. She is wearing around 6-9 month or 12 month shirts and 12 month pants. She sleeps about 10-12 hours a night and 2-3 naps a day that are around 1 hr each. She is standing independently but has yet to take a step. You can tell she wants to because she wants to follow her brother around but has yet to try it out. She says "Hi, yay, mama, dada, wyatt, bub, dog, and nana" so far. She loves to follow mommy around the house and when she isn't following me, she is following her brother! He is picking on her a bit right now but he is vying for mommy and daddy's attention and loves her to pieces.
Wyatt is potty training right now (can I get an "Amen!!"). He is doing so well, too! We have gone 2 full days either nekkid or in big boy underwear with no accidents. The only problem is that he wants to go "pee pee in the grass!" I don't know where this came from but as of right now, since we live in the middle of nowhere, I am allowing it. I figure that he is telling me when he has to go, he is getting that awareness, and when he is a little older (near the end of summer since he will be 2.5 in Sept) we will begin to translate all of that to his potty. He has used his potty multiple times and has even told us that he needed to use the potty but this facination has taken hold and we are just going to roll with it right now. I figure no diapers is good news!
As for me, I graduate in 2 days! yay!! I am sending out stacks and stacks of resumes but I really have my fingers crossed for a job where I did my internship. Keep those fingers and toes crossed for me!
Wyatt is potty training right now (can I get an "Amen!!"). He is doing so well, too! We have gone 2 full days either nekkid or in big boy underwear with no accidents. The only problem is that he wants to go "pee pee in the grass!" I don't know where this came from but as of right now, since we live in the middle of nowhere, I am allowing it. I figure that he is telling me when he has to go, he is getting that awareness, and when he is a little older (near the end of summer since he will be 2.5 in Sept) we will begin to translate all of that to his potty. He has used his potty multiple times and has even told us that he needed to use the potty but this facination has taken hold and we are just going to roll with it right now. I figure no diapers is good news!
As for me, I graduate in 2 days! yay!! I am sending out stacks and stacks of resumes but I really have my fingers crossed for a job where I did my internship. Keep those fingers and toes crossed for me!
Monday, May 17, 2010
The kiddos are growing!
I haven't posted in soo long! The kids are keeping me so busy on top of student teaching. I finish that up on May 28th though and then starts the job hunt. Or at least that is when I start working on it harder!
Maddi is going to be 10 months old on the 24th. It doesn't seem like I will be planning her 1st birthday here in just a month or so! She is crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, and cruising. She is pulling up on a couple of the little walker toys we have so I think she may start to use those soon. She will kinda push it forward a little, take a step or two, and then stand there for a minute or two before she does it again. I am not really sure if she will walk before her birthday but if I had to guess I would say maybe 11 months? She just doesn't seem very interested. She has added the words "that" and "stop" to her vocabulary. She loves to scream at Wyatt and he will scream back. That is their new (and not necessarily Mommy's favorite) form of communication. They are just so much fun and they are interacting more and more every day.
I am not sure if I posted or not, but we discovered that W is allergic to penicillian products a week or so after his birthday. He got this terrible, terrible rash and it was sooooo scary! I thought he had another ear infection today but it turns out that he has terrible ear wax build up so we have to put drops in every night and let them soak. That is going to be soooo difficult because I have no idea how we are going to get him to lay still. He also apparently has a viral infection and has been vomiting for the last few days. Ugh.. poor sick baby! He is such a smarty pants and is doing so many neat things. He knows all of his colors, numbers, letters, and shapes and can count to 10 and say his ABCs up to N on his own. He also recognizes his name when it is written. I may have mentioned this before but this is like my new baby book since his doesn't allow much information after 1 year except for birthday information. I think that is about all. I hear baby girl in her room muttering around like she has woken up. I had better go get her!
Maddi is going to be 10 months old on the 24th. It doesn't seem like I will be planning her 1st birthday here in just a month or so! She is crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, and cruising. She is pulling up on a couple of the little walker toys we have so I think she may start to use those soon. She will kinda push it forward a little, take a step or two, and then stand there for a minute or two before she does it again. I am not really sure if she will walk before her birthday but if I had to guess I would say maybe 11 months? She just doesn't seem very interested. She has added the words "that" and "stop" to her vocabulary. She loves to scream at Wyatt and he will scream back. That is their new (and not necessarily Mommy's favorite) form of communication. They are just so much fun and they are interacting more and more every day.
I am not sure if I posted or not, but we discovered that W is allergic to penicillian products a week or so after his birthday. He got this terrible, terrible rash and it was sooooo scary! I thought he had another ear infection today but it turns out that he has terrible ear wax build up so we have to put drops in every night and let them soak. That is going to be soooo difficult because I have no idea how we are going to get him to lay still. He also apparently has a viral infection and has been vomiting for the last few days. Ugh.. poor sick baby! He is such a smarty pants and is doing so many neat things. He knows all of his colors, numbers, letters, and shapes and can count to 10 and say his ABCs up to N on his own. He also recognizes his name when it is written. I may have mentioned this before but this is like my new baby book since his doesn't allow much information after 1 year except for birthday information. I think that is about all. I hear baby girl in her room muttering around like she has woken up. I had better go get her!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
My babies are so big!
I get to looking at my two little boogers some days and I just can't believe how big they are getting! They are starting to play together very well; especially now that Miss M is crawling. W sometimes doesen't enjoy when she tries to take his toys, though. She seems much more interested in trucks, cars, and anything with wheels than she does her dolls and girly toys. This isn't what W expected, I think, because he is constantly bringing her some of her toys and she just doesn't have any interest. Poor guy just doesn't know what to do with her.
She is up to a few words: MumMum, Dada, and BubBub and she has been saying Hey! to get our attention. I can't wait to see W's face when she starts walking! I am sure that is going to be priceless! I really need to go somewhere with high speed so I can go back and add pictures to some of these posts!
She is up to a few words: MumMum, Dada, and BubBub and she has been saying Hey! to get our attention. I can't wait to see W's face when she starts walking! I am sure that is going to be priceless! I really need to go somewhere with high speed so I can go back and add pictures to some of these posts!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
SOOO busy lately!!
I feel so bad that I haven't been blogging lately! This is my record as I tend to forget to fill in the baby book and I have to reference my blog to try to keep up.
I didn't do a post for Maddi's 8 month. She is in a size 3 shoe, size 6-9 months clothing (and 12 months pants because those cloth diapers make her bottom half so fluffy!). Another great piece of information is that Maddi started crawling last Thursday (4-1-10)! It was so exciting because I could tell she was SO close and all of a sudden she just took off! She is still moving slowly and is a very cautious crawler. She is going further and further every day though.
Student teaching is going amazing, though. I have to say that I picked the right profession for me and I loooove this age group! 5th graders are so much fun!
So, just a short note on a few important pieces of information. I have to get going; lesson plans to write!
I didn't do a post for Maddi's 8 month. She is in a size 3 shoe, size 6-9 months clothing (and 12 months pants because those cloth diapers make her bottom half so fluffy!). Another great piece of information is that Maddi started crawling last Thursday (4-1-10)! It was so exciting because I could tell she was SO close and all of a sudden she just took off! She is still moving slowly and is a very cautious crawler. She is going further and further every day though.
Student teaching is going amazing, though. I have to say that I picked the right profession for me and I loooove this age group! 5th graders are so much fun!
So, just a short note on a few important pieces of information. I have to get going; lesson plans to write!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Lots Going on Around Here
We have been so absolutely busy around here lately!
First, W. The day before his birthday I had to take him to the doctor and he was diagnosed for a sinus infection. Enter Amoxicillian, which he as taken 2-3 other times with no problem. Well at about day 8, so the following saturday, I go to put him to bed and he has red bumps all over the place. Up his sides, around the top rim of his diaper, his armpits, his legs and arms. It was kind of scary but I thought, " looks like we are getting Chicken Pox out of the way early." So I call my mom and she agrees that she thinks it may be chicken pox. I then call the nurses line and they decided that they think it may be an amoxicillian rash and since he had been taking it but they generally aren't raised and these bumps were. She suggested we take him in to the urgent care the next day. It didn't open until noon so it wasn't a huge rush.
Fast forward to the next morning when Jeremy comes running into the bedroom and tells me to get dressed because we had to take him to the emergency room. His eyes were swollen shut, he was covered in what looked like welts and had started to throw up some bile. No fever or anything but we freaked to say the least. I throw some things together to keep him occupied and we head to the hospital. Jeremy stayed home to get someone to watch Miss M but it ended up that we were in and out pretty quickly. The doctors were pretty sure it was either an allergic reaction (to amoxicillian or something else) or some kind of virual thing that caused the rash but apparently treatment is the same for either one. We were given prescriptions for Azthromyicin (antibiotic), Prednizone (steroid), and children's Zyrtec. That was last Sunday and it took until yesterday before we had stopped debating taking him to Children's because the rash still hadn't gone away. I will post pictures, it was terrible.
Miss M: She hasn't had quite as much going on. She turned 8 months this past wednesday which deserves its own post but I am just so busy that I don't know if it will get one. I will try to put everything here. She is still in 6-9 month clothing, size 3 shoes, and sleeps all night with the occasion where we have to go in and give her her binkie in the middle of the night. She likes to stand at furniture if we put her there but she is not very interested in crawling. She is now getting up on hands and knees well and likes to rock but she has yet to go anywhere. She crosses her feet when she is on hands and knees so I have no idea what is going on with that. She is more of an observer than W was. She likes to watch things and figure them out. She is not quick to smile but when she does she will dazzle you. She has 4 teeth, all on bottom, and it doesn't look like we will have any on top any time soon. She also went to the doctor the Monday following W's birthday party and was diagnosed with an ear infection with one starting on the other side. She was also put on Amoxicillian with no problems.
Me: Well, soooo much.... I started student teaching this past Monday (good timing, huh? The morning after W's ER visit). It is going GREAT! I am in a 5th grade science classroom which is my ideal assignment. Anytime I had to write a lesson plan with no parameters it is always for 5th grade science. I also found out that she is retiring this year and no one has bid on the job from within. Sooooo, if I do a good job it is fairly likely I will be a shoo in for the job!!! They are keeping me hopping, and as always you have the students that require more of your energy than others, but I am having a blast!
The Hubby: Poor Hubbs doesn't have much going on. He is just working and keeping busy. He did just buy hardwood floors to put down in our living rooms so I am super pumped about that!!
First, W. The day before his birthday I had to take him to the doctor and he was diagnosed for a sinus infection. Enter Amoxicillian, which he as taken 2-3 other times with no problem. Well at about day 8, so the following saturday, I go to put him to bed and he has red bumps all over the place. Up his sides, around the top rim of his diaper, his armpits, his legs and arms. It was kind of scary but I thought, " looks like we are getting Chicken Pox out of the way early." So I call my mom and she agrees that she thinks it may be chicken pox. I then call the nurses line and they decided that they think it may be an amoxicillian rash and since he had been taking it but they generally aren't raised and these bumps were. She suggested we take him in to the urgent care the next day. It didn't open until noon so it wasn't a huge rush.
Fast forward to the next morning when Jeremy comes running into the bedroom and tells me to get dressed because we had to take him to the emergency room. His eyes were swollen shut, he was covered in what looked like welts and had started to throw up some bile. No fever or anything but we freaked to say the least. I throw some things together to keep him occupied and we head to the hospital. Jeremy stayed home to get someone to watch Miss M but it ended up that we were in and out pretty quickly. The doctors were pretty sure it was either an allergic reaction (to amoxicillian or something else) or some kind of virual thing that caused the rash but apparently treatment is the same for either one. We were given prescriptions for Azthromyicin (antibiotic), Prednizone (steroid), and children's Zyrtec. That was last Sunday and it took until yesterday before we had stopped debating taking him to Children's because the rash still hadn't gone away. I will post pictures, it was terrible.
Miss M: She hasn't had quite as much going on. She turned 8 months this past wednesday which deserves its own post but I am just so busy that I don't know if it will get one. I will try to put everything here. She is still in 6-9 month clothing, size 3 shoes, and sleeps all night with the occasion where we have to go in and give her her binkie in the middle of the night. She likes to stand at furniture if we put her there but she is not very interested in crawling. She is now getting up on hands and knees well and likes to rock but she has yet to go anywhere. She crosses her feet when she is on hands and knees so I have no idea what is going on with that. She is more of an observer than W was. She likes to watch things and figure them out. She is not quick to smile but when she does she will dazzle you. She has 4 teeth, all on bottom, and it doesn't look like we will have any on top any time soon. She also went to the doctor the Monday following W's birthday party and was diagnosed with an ear infection with one starting on the other side. She was also put on Amoxicillian with no problems.
Me: Well, soooo much.... I started student teaching this past Monday (good timing, huh? The morning after W's ER visit). It is going GREAT! I am in a 5th grade science classroom which is my ideal assignment. Anytime I had to write a lesson plan with no parameters it is always for 5th grade science. I also found out that she is retiring this year and no one has bid on the job from within. Sooooo, if I do a good job it is fairly likely I will be a shoo in for the job!!! They are keeping me hopping, and as always you have the students that require more of your energy than others, but I am having a blast!
The Hubby: Poor Hubbs doesn't have much going on. He is just working and keeping busy. He did just buy hardwood floors to put down in our living rooms so I am super pumped about that!!
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