My coworkers Michelle and Andrea made this awesome 3-D duck cake, and I received an adorable ceramic duck filled with bath supplies and a very generous Target gift card. I love my coworkers!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
He's 2!
Cohen turned 2 a couple weeks ago. Like last year, the celebration was low key. He had a DQ bday cake for dessert when we had Gail's and Carol's over for a cookout, and he enjoyed a special shopping spree at Target. He got a tricycle, which is still a tad too big for him, a Barney DVD ("purple Barney"), letters and numbers that stick to the side of the bathtub, an awesome FP Little People airplane from Pevestorfs, and an Elmo book from the Giffords. I'd say he faired pretty well.
For the past few months we've been experiencing a language explosion. He can say hundreds of words and seems to learn several new ones every day. He uses funny little expressions like "Aw, man," "Whoa!", and "Wow."
He knows his ABCs - the song - and can identify about half the letters by sight. W is his favorite letter. He'll spot it on signs, packaging, etc. and make a big deal out of it.
He knows most of the colors, but sometimes gets hung up on red and blue. Yellow is his favorite, followed closely by purple.
He can count to the teens. Around 16, it becomes an infinite loop.
He knows shapes really well. His favorite is oval. For some reason I always crack up when the word "rectangle" comes out of his mouth. He's still a little guy and "square" would suffice just fine.
At his 2 year appt., he weighed just over 30 pounds and was 36" tall. That's in the 90+ percentile for height... pretty consistent with how it's always been.
He does countless endearing, funny, or amazing things every day. Every day I go to bed amused and proud. Just to name a few...
He's in a phase where he hates what I wear to work. "No like Mommy's shirt" is the first thing out of his mouth practically every morning.
When we play with sidewalk chalk, the more owls the better. Right now our driveway is covered with fat owls, fuzzy owls, baby owls, you get the picture.
He enjoys reading his books to himself. He usually conveys the main points pretty well, even though every page is summarized in about 3 words. The exception is 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. He knows every word, complete with animation.
He also sings along with songs. Muppin Man is my favorite.
Rudy has become his best friend. He'll play with his toys and say "See that Rudy?" and "Watch this Rudy." In the morning, he loves helping feed the kitties and will follow Rudy to every room in the house to make sure she gets her 2 pieces of Pounce. When she eats it, he'll say excitedly, "She likes it!"
He calls Dominic "Dom" sometimes. Only when he needs to yell. I crack up when he belts out from the top of the stairs "DOM, COME UP HERE!"
He continues to be a huge Mama's boy. Only I can feed him, bathe him, put him to bed, etc. This could get very interesting in 3.5 months when his little brother arrives.
He's a clean freak. Whenever we go from one activity to another, he picks up after himself without being asked. "Put it way" and "Keen up" are common phrases in his vernacular. I totally thank daycare for this habit!
It's been a great summer. He's totally fun and easy and agreeable. We had many enjoyable evening bike rides or walks to various playgrounds. Such awesome family time. I'm sad the warm weather will inevitably leave us!
I'll post pictures soon. My new camera is rocking!
For the past few months we've been experiencing a language explosion. He can say hundreds of words and seems to learn several new ones every day. He uses funny little expressions like "Aw, man," "Whoa!", and "Wow."
He knows his ABCs - the song - and can identify about half the letters by sight. W is his favorite letter. He'll spot it on signs, packaging, etc. and make a big deal out of it.
He knows most of the colors, but sometimes gets hung up on red and blue. Yellow is his favorite, followed closely by purple.
He can count to the teens. Around 16, it becomes an infinite loop.
He knows shapes really well. His favorite is oval. For some reason I always crack up when the word "rectangle" comes out of his mouth. He's still a little guy and "square" would suffice just fine.
At his 2 year appt., he weighed just over 30 pounds and was 36" tall. That's in the 90+ percentile for height... pretty consistent with how it's always been.
He does countless endearing, funny, or amazing things every day. Every day I go to bed amused and proud. Just to name a few...
He's in a phase where he hates what I wear to work. "No like Mommy's shirt" is the first thing out of his mouth practically every morning.
When we play with sidewalk chalk, the more owls the better. Right now our driveway is covered with fat owls, fuzzy owls, baby owls, you get the picture.
He enjoys reading his books to himself. He usually conveys the main points pretty well, even though every page is summarized in about 3 words. The exception is 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. He knows every word, complete with animation.
He also sings along with songs. Muppin Man is my favorite.
Rudy has become his best friend. He'll play with his toys and say "See that Rudy?" and "Watch this Rudy." In the morning, he loves helping feed the kitties and will follow Rudy to every room in the house to make sure she gets her 2 pieces of Pounce. When she eats it, he'll say excitedly, "She likes it!"
He calls Dominic "Dom" sometimes. Only when he needs to yell. I crack up when he belts out from the top of the stairs "DOM, COME UP HERE!"
He continues to be a huge Mama's boy. Only I can feed him, bathe him, put him to bed, etc. This could get very interesting in 3.5 months when his little brother arrives.
He's a clean freak. Whenever we go from one activity to another, he picks up after himself without being asked. "Put it way" and "Keen up" are common phrases in his vernacular. I totally thank daycare for this habit!
It's been a great summer. He's totally fun and easy and agreeable. We had many enjoyable evening bike rides or walks to various playgrounds. Such awesome family time. I'm sad the warm weather will inevitably leave us!
I'll post pictures soon. My new camera is rocking!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Photos - summer 2009
Trip to Adventureland - Dominic and Kraeton boarding the Raging River. Not so raging for them... they came off as dry as they are here.
Dominic and Cohen on the Convoy - the only ride he was interested in. We rode it 4 times.
Kraeton's visit wasn't all fun and games. He did a great job mowing. 
Cohen helped pound the tent stakes in.
Safety first!
Proud to be American... Kraeton pushing Cohen on the swing with a little drama thrown in.
If there's any doubt what's going on in this video, let Cohen explain.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Gosh, it's been eons since I've updated this blog. Cohen is growing up and, keeping my promise to capture all those delightful little day-to-day things that I never want to forget... here goes.
He's 22.5 months and pretty much a goofball. He’s loving summer and would be outside all day if given the choice. His favorite things are pushing his red truck around the cul-de-sac, playing on the swings and slide, watching the older boys in the neighborhood run around and play (he does pretty well keeping up with them, and they’re so patient and accepting… bless their hearts), drawing with sidewalk chalk, playing in water, going for walks, running over foot bridges, climbing on playground equipment, investigating sidewalk cracks and ant hills, making huge deals out of bumps in the driveway or sidewalk, and watching animals… ducks, dogs, birds. In other words, pretty much anything that can be done outside.
He's talking up a storm, putting 2, 3 and even 4 words together. Sentences like"Daddy sit pease," Boos Coos DBD on," and "Moh cheese pease" are the norm these days. He'll repeat almost anything we ask him to, sometimes with a perfect outcome and other times, eh... His attempt at saying elephant is quite funny.
Noteworthy things he says and does…
Wawa (waffle) is the first thing out of his mouth every morning.
Mimi is movie
Imitating stuff… dancing, facial expressions, gestures. Monkey see, monkey do.
Kissing. I’m greeted every afternoon at daycare with a facefull of soft wet kisses. And he makes his stuffed animals kiss characters in books.
For a long time, everything was yellow (lello). Now, orange, red and blue have entered his repertoire.
He’s awesome at puzzles, and pretty darn good at throwing balls and magnetic darts.
He loves electronics. Can’t keep his hands off the DVD player.
He reads books in his crib before he falls asleep. I sometimes listen outside his door. It may sound something like “Down! Oh oh. Itta may do see ahbah UP! B, D, B, D, B, Double-you X! Lello… Oh, oh. Baby outside.”
He has strong opinions on pajamas, shoes and swim trunks. MUST wear footed PJs to bed, even on 95 degree days. Must wear shoes with socks (because, you know, sandals are evil). Must not wear swim diaper or swim trunks, even if all the other kids are wearing them. At daycare, no swimsuit means no playing in the water. Sadly, he doesn’t mind.
Every night before bath time we allow him to run around naked - or just a diaper - for awhile. The kid goes nuts! He especially loves it when Dominic plays chase with him. It’s adorable seeing his naked little bottom running up and down the hallway. His laugher is infectious!
His fake laugh, cough, yawn and snore. Too cute for words.
How he only eats the icing in Oreos. We’ve found the brown cookie parts in a few unexpected places.
When we squirt ketchup out of the bottle, he echos the “phhttt” sound of the squirty noise.
The silly ritual of rinsing the bubbles out of the bottom of the tub.
His love/shyness relationship with Ava, our lovely neighbor who’s 6 months older than him. When he sees her outside, his eyes light up and he repeats her name and grabs his shoes to go “side.” Once outside, he’s shy and awkward around her.
He can repeat almost the entire ABCs, and says several letters on his own. He has counted up to 9 on his own once.
How he says "ummm" and gets all serious when making a decision. Like choosing which book to read at bedtime.
He tried to cut his own hair with the "shiz-shus."
I'll post pictures soon...
He's 22.5 months and pretty much a goofball. He’s loving summer and would be outside all day if given the choice. His favorite things are pushing his red truck around the cul-de-sac, playing on the swings and slide, watching the older boys in the neighborhood run around and play (he does pretty well keeping up with them, and they’re so patient and accepting… bless their hearts), drawing with sidewalk chalk, playing in water, going for walks, running over foot bridges, climbing on playground equipment, investigating sidewalk cracks and ant hills, making huge deals out of bumps in the driveway or sidewalk, and watching animals… ducks, dogs, birds. In other words, pretty much anything that can be done outside.
He's talking up a storm, putting 2, 3 and even 4 words together. Sentences like"Daddy sit pease," Boos Coos DBD on," and "Moh cheese pease" are the norm these days. He'll repeat almost anything we ask him to, sometimes with a perfect outcome and other times, eh... His attempt at saying elephant is quite funny.
Noteworthy things he says and does…
Wawa (waffle) is the first thing out of his mouth every morning.
Mimi is movie
Imitating stuff… dancing, facial expressions, gestures. Monkey see, monkey do.
Kissing. I’m greeted every afternoon at daycare with a facefull of soft wet kisses. And he makes his stuffed animals kiss characters in books.
For a long time, everything was yellow (lello). Now, orange, red and blue have entered his repertoire.
He’s awesome at puzzles, and pretty darn good at throwing balls and magnetic darts.
He loves electronics. Can’t keep his hands off the DVD player.
He reads books in his crib before he falls asleep. I sometimes listen outside his door. It may sound something like “Down! Oh oh. Itta may do see ahbah UP! B, D, B, D, B, Double-you X! Lello… Oh, oh. Baby outside.”
He has strong opinions on pajamas, shoes and swim trunks. MUST wear footed PJs to bed, even on 95 degree days. Must wear shoes with socks (because, you know, sandals are evil). Must not wear swim diaper or swim trunks, even if all the other kids are wearing them. At daycare, no swimsuit means no playing in the water. Sadly, he doesn’t mind.
Every night before bath time we allow him to run around naked - or just a diaper - for awhile. The kid goes nuts! He especially loves it when Dominic plays chase with him. It’s adorable seeing his naked little bottom running up and down the hallway. His laugher is infectious!
His fake laugh, cough, yawn and snore. Too cute for words.
How he only eats the icing in Oreos. We’ve found the brown cookie parts in a few unexpected places.
When we squirt ketchup out of the bottle, he echos the “phhttt” sound of the squirty noise.
The silly ritual of rinsing the bubbles out of the bottom of the tub.
His love/shyness relationship with Ava, our lovely neighbor who’s 6 months older than him. When he sees her outside, his eyes light up and he repeats her name and grabs his shoes to go “side.” Once outside, he’s shy and awkward around her.
He can repeat almost the entire ABCs, and says several letters on his own. He has counted up to 9 on his own once.
How he says "ummm" and gets all serious when making a decision. Like choosing which book to read at bedtime.
He tried to cut his own hair with the "shiz-shus."
I'll post pictures soon...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Preggo
So... I'm pregnant! We've been trying for 9 months now. I've been mostly laid back about it and willing to accept any outcome, with a fair amount of frustration and confusion sprinkled in. This month the ovulation predictor kit was more telling than monhts past, so a part of me was wondering if this could be our time. But two weeks passed and no symptoms. With Cohen I knew immediately. Finally last week I'm like, hmm, shouldn't my monthly visitor have arrived by now? Every day I gave Dominic my "gutfelt" stats ... okay so I'm a few days late but I'm only giving us 10% odds (didn't want to set myself up for disappointment). The next day it was 12, then 18, then 21, then 27. Then yesterday my boobs starting hurting and it jumped to 51%. This morning I woke up at 5:00 to tinkle and took the test. It took about 15 seconds to come back as positive. I peaceful, happy feeling overcame me as I crawled back into bed grinning. Dominic's alarm went off after 6:00 and I snuggled up to him and said "Guess what? It's 100%!" His reaction was cool, so sincerely happy and loving and proud.
My first ob/gyn appt. is June 9. The wait is going to be torture!
God bless you little baby. I'm happy you've come to be.
May 28.
I'm almost 8 weeks pregnant now. It's killing me to keep the secret. This week the morning sickness started. It's been manageable because it usually comes when I'm brushing my teeth. I'm a little nervous what the next 6ish weeks will bring. My worst fear is getting sick at work... having to bolt out of meeting and end up throwing up before I make it to the bathroom.
My tummy is puffier than usual. Granted I had plenty of fluff before being preggo, but now I'm finding it impossible to suck it in, and even loose fitting clothes brush against my tummy area. This is about how big I was at 4 months with Cohen. This alarms me! I'll be as big as a house by fall. Oh and I gained 5 pounds already! Joy, joy.
Overall, I'm more laid back this time around. I think about baby all the time, but it doesn't consume my every waking moment like it did with Cohen. It's just more peaceful... less worrying and a feeling that it's truly in God's hands.
My doctors appointment got moved up to June 2 - that's only a few days away! I'm so excited to hear the heartbeat and hopefully see my little peanut.
July 15
My gut is expanding my the day and I'm wearing maternity clothes more often than not. I didn't expect to stay bump-free as long as I did with Cohen, but I could have lived with non-maternity clothes for a few weeks longer.
Morning sickness is still an issue. At nearly 15 weeks, it has to be almost over, right?
Lately I feel like it's a boy. The pregnancy is so similar to the first one, I just can't imagine anything else. A boy would be more than fine. How fun to have two sons! We'll find out soon enough.
I did the first trimester screening that checked for Down's and Trisomy likelihood, and the results came back fine. On the endless list of things to worry about, cross one off the list.
Everyone knows now. Telling people was fun. Hiding the secret is a drag.
My first ob/gyn appt. is June 9. The wait is going to be torture!
God bless you little baby. I'm happy you've come to be.
May 28.
I'm almost 8 weeks pregnant now. It's killing me to keep the secret. This week the morning sickness started. It's been manageable because it usually comes when I'm brushing my teeth. I'm a little nervous what the next 6ish weeks will bring. My worst fear is getting sick at work... having to bolt out of meeting and end up throwing up before I make it to the bathroom.
My tummy is puffier than usual. Granted I had plenty of fluff before being preggo, but now I'm finding it impossible to suck it in, and even loose fitting clothes brush against my tummy area. This is about how big I was at 4 months with Cohen. This alarms me! I'll be as big as a house by fall. Oh and I gained 5 pounds already! Joy, joy.
Overall, I'm more laid back this time around. I think about baby all the time, but it doesn't consume my every waking moment like it did with Cohen. It's just more peaceful... less worrying and a feeling that it's truly in God's hands.
My doctors appointment got moved up to June 2 - that's only a few days away! I'm so excited to hear the heartbeat and hopefully see my little peanut.
July 15
My gut is expanding my the day and I'm wearing maternity clothes more often than not. I didn't expect to stay bump-free as long as I did with Cohen, but I could have lived with non-maternity clothes for a few weeks longer.
Morning sickness is still an issue. At nearly 15 weeks, it has to be almost over, right?
Lately I feel like it's a boy. The pregnancy is so similar to the first one, I just can't imagine anything else. A boy would be more than fine. How fun to have two sons! We'll find out soon enough.
I did the first trimester screening that checked for Down's and Trisomy likelihood, and the results came back fine. On the endless list of things to worry about, cross one off the list.
Everyone knows now. Telling people was fun. Hiding the secret is a drag.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Springtime fun
With the few warm days we've had, we've come out of hibernation and enjoyed some time outdoors. Or "out die?" as Cohen says. Apparently he's been working on his exploring, climbing, throwing, sliding, running, batting and sneaking away skills, because he has them mastered.
Here he is planning his escape.
And..... he's off.
Kelly and Chris's cute little mohawked son Mitchell was baptized, and Chris's brother Drew and I were godparents.
Kraeton was here for part of spring break. The boys had some great bonding time!
Finally... when it's time to go, it's time to go. Unfortunately, this time we were too late, but I'm counting it as a success because he made the connection between "poop" and running to his potty chair. Baby steps!
Here he is planning his escape.And..... he's off.
Kelly and Chris's cute little mohawked son Mitchell was baptized, and Chris's brother Drew and I were godparents.Kraeton was here for part of spring break. The boys had some great bonding time!
Finally... when it's time to go, it's time to go. Unfortunately, this time we were too late, but I'm counting it as a success because he made the connection between "poop" and running to his potty chair. Baby steps!
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