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Friday, October 8, 2010
Fun Park
Olivia loved going to Adventureland this year. Last summer she was still a little young and she was sick if I remember correctly. This year we went with Gee Gaw Bonnie and brought along our niece Elise to help out with Olivia and to ride some of the smaller rides that Chuck and I couldn't ride. The funny thing is that her favorite ride was the balloon ride, which is so not a kiddie ride. Elliot came along, but pretty much yanked off his socks and sucked on his toes. Geez. I put together a slide show with some of our pictures.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Pumpkin Patch
Over the weekend we ventured to Center Grove Orchard for a little bit of fall fun for the family, though I was somewhat hesitant to take Elliot since he had been down and out with his ear infection. However, I think he was ready to be out of the house and doing something.
Center Grove Orchard is an apple orchard, pumpkin patch, fall fun center just north of Des Moines. I thought we would be there for an hour tops, get our pumpkin and be on our way home. Boy was I wrong. Now I remember when I was in college and going to Center Grove with the preschool class that I had a lab class with and there was the orchard, pumpkin patch and a barn, maybe two. Holy cow it's amazing what 15 years can do I tell ya. This place is a booming business these days ($7.95 admission, yes admission, for those 3 years and up). Along with the orchard and pumpkin patch there are hay rides, a petting farm, corn pool, face painting, pedal tractors, the three little pigs houses, apple launchers, mini-train rides, a bounce pillow (awesome) a super slide, educational shows/classes for the kids, a restaurant/snack shop and a "potty barn" . Oh, and there is a gift shop (of course there is). These people are rolling in the money because the place was PACKED when we arrived at 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning and was even more packed when we departed with our $7 worth of pumpkins over 2 hours later.
I must say that this was one of the more clever ideas that I have had (thank you to my friend Amanda), as Olivia had a blast. The first thing she went to was the corn pool, which is literally this barn full of corn and slides for the kids to slide into the corn and play in. Now, for those of you who really know me, you know that I hesitated before letting Olivia do this because, well just because. Blame it on the OCD's. The first thing Chuck said when we walked into that stinky over sized dirty corn barn was "your'e going to let her do this." I can't remember if I just ignored him or played it off like "yeah, why wouldn't I." Anyway, my daughter is truly my daughter, because after climbing up the ladder to the slide and sliding into that stinky dirty corn, she got up with a disgusted look on her face, looked around and said "I'm done". Being the great mom that I am and not trying to allow my OCD's to flow onto her, I tried to talk her into playing in that stinky dirty corn pile some more, but she wanted nothing to do with it. Good girl. The funny thing is tonight she tried to tell me that she liked sliding in the corn. Ha.
We hit pretty much everything when we were at the orchard. Olivia loved seeing the animals, though she would not touch them (another of my OCD's that has more than likely attached itself to Olivia). The bounce pillow was awesome, but it drove me nuts that we had to take our shoes off and then walk through sand, but well worth the pain of me going nuts. Once Olivia saw the super slide she kept telling us that she wanted to go on it. Alone. Once she got to the super slide, she changed her mind and went down it with one of us. At the end of our time at the orchard Olivia helped me pick out a pumpkin and was able to pick her own mini pumpkin, which is on the front porch and she talks to every night.
I made a slide show to share some of our pictures. There are only 2 pictures of Elliot. He was just a wee bit too little to do anything, but repeatedly yank his socks off all morning.
Center Grove Orchard is an apple orchard, pumpkin patch, fall fun center just north of Des Moines. I thought we would be there for an hour tops, get our pumpkin and be on our way home. Boy was I wrong. Now I remember when I was in college and going to Center Grove with the preschool class that I had a lab class with and there was the orchard, pumpkin patch and a barn, maybe two. Holy cow it's amazing what 15 years can do I tell ya. This place is a booming business these days ($7.95 admission, yes admission, for those 3 years and up). Along with the orchard and pumpkin patch there are hay rides, a petting farm, corn pool, face painting, pedal tractors, the three little pigs houses, apple launchers, mini-train rides, a bounce pillow (awesome) a super slide, educational shows/classes for the kids, a restaurant/snack shop and a "potty barn" . Oh, and there is a gift shop (of course there is). These people are rolling in the money because the place was PACKED when we arrived at 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning and was even more packed when we departed with our $7 worth of pumpkins over 2 hours later.
I must say that this was one of the more clever ideas that I have had (thank you to my friend Amanda), as Olivia had a blast. The first thing she went to was the corn pool, which is literally this barn full of corn and slides for the kids to slide into the corn and play in. Now, for those of you who really know me, you know that I hesitated before letting Olivia do this because, well just because. Blame it on the OCD's. The first thing Chuck said when we walked into that stinky over sized dirty corn barn was "your'e going to let her do this." I can't remember if I just ignored him or played it off like "yeah, why wouldn't I." Anyway, my daughter is truly my daughter, because after climbing up the ladder to the slide and sliding into that stinky dirty corn, she got up with a disgusted look on her face, looked around and said "I'm done". Being the great mom that I am and not trying to allow my OCD's to flow onto her, I tried to talk her into playing in that stinky dirty corn pile some more, but she wanted nothing to do with it. Good girl. The funny thing is tonight she tried to tell me that she liked sliding in the corn. Ha.
We hit pretty much everything when we were at the orchard. Olivia loved seeing the animals, though she would not touch them (another of my OCD's that has more than likely attached itself to Olivia). The bounce pillow was awesome, but it drove me nuts that we had to take our shoes off and then walk through sand, but well worth the pain of me going nuts. Once Olivia saw the super slide she kept telling us that she wanted to go on it. Alone. Once she got to the super slide, she changed her mind and went down it with one of us. At the end of our time at the orchard Olivia helped me pick out a pumpkin and was able to pick her own mini pumpkin, which is on the front porch and she talks to every night.
I made a slide show to share some of our pictures. There are only 2 pictures of Elliot. He was just a wee bit too little to do anything, but repeatedly yank his socks off all morning.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
A Little Bonding
This summer Olivia went through a rough time of having ear infection. She had it 3 times in a 6 week period in August and then nothing. Th ironic thing is that she had these ear infections during the 6 weeks she had swim lessons. Now doctors will tell you that swimming had nothing to do with her ear infections, but I find it kind of odd that once the swimming lessons ended, so did the ear infections. How is that odd?
So I was thinking that Olivia was heading into another ear infection this past week, but I was wrong, it was Elliot. He was sent home from the sitter Wednesday with what I thought was a temp and a cold. However, when I brushed my hand by his ear Friday morning and he winced and cried, I realized what I thought was probably a wee bit wrong. While I felt bad that Elliot was sick and not feeling well, I was also glad for my time alone with him. Very seldom do I get to spend time with just Elliot. I spend a lot of one on one time with Olivia going places and doing fun things with her because she is older and can do more things. Elliot just isn't at that age yet. I loved that he just hung out on my lap, that we played catch with his binky and yellow ball, and that we were just together by ourselves. It was two of the best "sick days" I have ever had.
So I was thinking that Olivia was heading into another ear infection this past week, but I was wrong, it was Elliot. He was sent home from the sitter Wednesday with what I thought was a temp and a cold. However, when I brushed my hand by his ear Friday morning and he winced and cried, I realized what I thought was probably a wee bit wrong. While I felt bad that Elliot was sick and not feeling well, I was also glad for my time alone with him. Very seldom do I get to spend time with just Elliot. I spend a lot of one on one time with Olivia going places and doing fun things with her because she is older and can do more things. Elliot just isn't at that age yet. I loved that he just hung out on my lap, that we played catch with his binky and yellow ball, and that we were just together by ourselves. It was two of the best "sick days" I have ever had.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
It's Been A While
I know it has been an eternity since I have blogged and I am sure it will be another eternity until I blog again. Life is a bit hectic with an almot 3 year old and an almost 1 year old, working full time, taking care of a new house and just taking care of day to day necessities.
So, what's new? Elliot is 10 1/2 months old and has been walking (yes, walking) for about 3 weeks now. He is all over the place. He is now to the point where he prefers to walk as opposed to crawl, though he still crawls from time to time. He only has 4 teeth, but eats lots of table food (he ate his first grilled cheese sandwich about 2 weeks ago). He babbles a lot, but his only words so far have been "mama" "dada" "pop pop" and "all done" which he only said for like 2 days about 500 hundred times and now refuses to say. He loves to play with Olivia and is starting to become a little more aggressive and stand up for himself. When we went for his 9 month check-up Elliot was in th 50%ile for weight and 12%ile for height. Still short and fat. Oh well. He can always grow.
Olivia is still Olivia. She is VERY sassy (wonder where she gets that from) and went through a phase where she liked to use the words stupid and shut up, but she has gotten better. She also tends to talk back quite a bit (also wonder where that comes from) but only to me. With all of that said, I must say that she is one the most polite almost 3 year olds that I have ever met. She says please and thank you unprompted to everyone and for everything. When someone sneezes she says "bless you" and she is overall just a very caring person. Now that Elliot is getting older Olivia has taken much more of an interest in him and plays with him much more. The funny thing is she sort of plays with him like he's the dog. She will throw a toy and tell him "go get it boy". Geez.
So, what's new? Elliot is 10 1/2 months old and has been walking (yes, walking) for about 3 weeks now. He is all over the place. He is now to the point where he prefers to walk as opposed to crawl, though he still crawls from time to time. He only has 4 teeth, but eats lots of table food (he ate his first grilled cheese sandwich about 2 weeks ago). He babbles a lot, but his only words so far have been "mama" "dada" "pop pop" and "all done" which he only said for like 2 days about 500 hundred times and now refuses to say. He loves to play with Olivia and is starting to become a little more aggressive and stand up for himself. When we went for his 9 month check-up Elliot was in th 50%ile for weight and 12%ile for height. Still short and fat. Oh well. He can always grow.
Olivia is still Olivia. She is VERY sassy (wonder where she gets that from) and went through a phase where she liked to use the words stupid and shut up, but she has gotten better. She also tends to talk back quite a bit (also wonder where that comes from) but only to me. With all of that said, I must say that she is one the most polite almost 3 year olds that I have ever met. She says please and thank you unprompted to everyone and for everything. When someone sneezes she says "bless you" and she is overall just a very caring person. Now that Elliot is getting older Olivia has taken much more of an interest in him and plays with him much more. The funny thing is she sort of plays with him like he's the dog. She will throw a toy and tell him "go get it boy". Geez.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Almost 7 months but......
I know Elliot is almost 7 months old now, but when he went for his 6 month check up 3 weeks ago he weighed 18 lbs 8 oz, so I am sure he is at least 19 pounds now. He was in the 25%ile for height and 75% for weight. I can't remember what his head circumference was, but it was small and under the 50%ile mark. Now Olivia, who is 22 months older than Elliot weighs a whopping 27 pounds. Are you serious? Only 8 pounds more?
Summer break started out pretty cruddy, with Kim, our day care provider, calling me Friday afternoon and telling me that Olivia had a temp of 103.7. To make a long story short; after 2 trips to the clinic on Friday and Sunday, and trying to figure out if Olivia had the barn yard disease again (hand, foot and mouth) a virus or strep, I finally came to the conclusion last night that she is once again a barn animal, as more spots appeared in her mouth, as well as on her feet and bottom. It was tricky to figure out this time though because her symptoms were not the same and came in a way different order than they did the first time. She has been incredibly moody and I am extremeley tired of sharing my bed with her. To top all of this off, she also has night terrors, which were out of control last night. Poor baby.
Poor Elliot has been orphaned by me since Saturday and I miss him something fierce. Fingers crossed that he does not come down with this and morph into some cross breed animal as well.
Summer break started out pretty cruddy, with Kim, our day care provider, calling me Friday afternoon and telling me that Olivia had a temp of 103.7. To make a long story short; after 2 trips to the clinic on Friday and Sunday, and trying to figure out if Olivia had the barn yard disease again (hand, foot and mouth) a virus or strep, I finally came to the conclusion last night that she is once again a barn animal, as more spots appeared in her mouth, as well as on her feet and bottom. It was tricky to figure out this time though because her symptoms were not the same and came in a way different order than they did the first time. She has been incredibly moody and I am extremeley tired of sharing my bed with her. To top all of this off, she also has night terrors, which were out of control last night. Poor baby.
Poor Elliot has been orphaned by me since Saturday and I miss him something fierce. Fingers crossed that he does not come down with this and morph into some cross breed animal as well.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Oh Boy
It has been an extremely long time since I have had time to blog and an awful lot has happened, so instead of one HUGE blog I will attempt a few little blogs over the next couple of days.
Oh where to begin. Elliot is growing like a weed. I'm not even sure what he was doing the last time I blogged, but as of now he rolls over, sits on his own, crawls, has two teeth, eats a crap ton of baby food and just recently has discovered he can make noises and says baa baa baa baa pretty consistently. He has also said mamama a few times.
Olivia is a handful and is rather moody these days. Her favorite things to say are "I'll be righ back" as she holds her hand up as a stop sign and "almost". If you ask her any question which requires an answer with a time frame or tell her something that has a time frame in the statement (i.e. "it's time for bed") her answer is "almost". She continues to potty in the potty AND in her diaper, as she is not fully potty trained yet, but we are still working on it. She loves having her own room (oh yeah, we moved) and really is a big help with Elliot, though I think there may be a bit of jealous at times.
Oh where to begin. Elliot is growing like a weed. I'm not even sure what he was doing the last time I blogged, but as of now he rolls over, sits on his own, crawls, has two teeth, eats a crap ton of baby food and just recently has discovered he can make noises and says baa baa baa baa pretty consistently. He has also said mamama a few times.
Olivia is a handful and is rather moody these days. Her favorite things to say are "I'll be righ back" as she holds her hand up as a stop sign and "almost". If you ask her any question which requires an answer with a time frame or tell her something that has a time frame in the statement (i.e. "it's time for bed") her answer is "almost". She continues to potty in the potty AND in her diaper, as she is not fully potty trained yet, but we are still working on it. She loves having her own room (oh yeah, we moved) and really is a big help with Elliot, though I think there may be a bit of jealous at times.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Better Late Than Never
So it is much more difficult to blog when you have two kids as opposed to one and when you are trying to keep your house in tip top shape in order to sell it. Thus, I am almost 2 weeks late in sharing Elliot's 4 month check-up information. As of March 17th, Elliot weighed 15 lbs 9 oz and that is pretty much all I remember other than the fact that he is in the 60%ile for weight and the 25%ile for both head circumference and height. I guess one could say his stats are getting better....
While Elliot had started sleeping through the night, I believe he is going through a darn growth spurt because a 3 or 4 a.m. feeding has become required again. Not cool. Not cool at all.
Friday night (the 26th) Elliot rolled over for the first time and then wouldn't stop. By Sunday (the 28th) he was able to roll not only from his back to his tummy, but back over to his back from his tummy. It may have helped that he had his big sister rooting him on. Olivia was sitting on the couch watching him, yelling "Alright Elliot".
Olivia has recently become enthralled in this Mickey Mouse Beach Club Sing-A-Long circa 1995 DVD (thanks Gee Gah and Pop Pop Mackin). We watch it at least once a day if not more. Chuck absolutely hates it and would rather listen to Olivia scream and throw a fit when he tells her no when she wants to watch it than listen to the singing on the DVD. I have become so accustomed to it, that sadly the songs are constantly running through my head. I think the main reason why I let her watch it is because of the reaction she has when she sees Tinker Bell at the beginning. Every single time she yells "Mom, Dinker Bellllll". I love it. It's the best thing ever!
Olivia handles Elliot very well and really does love him. She tries to comfort him on the rare occassions that he becomes upset and she loves to sing to him. Speaking of singing, she still has a song in her head pretty much all of the time and can even tell you when she hears Lady Gaga on the radio (not sure if that is a good thing or not).
I know there is much more to share, but being a mom of two who is trying to sell her house makes one tired. More to come........eventually.
While Elliot had started sleeping through the night, I believe he is going through a darn growth spurt because a 3 or 4 a.m. feeding has become required again. Not cool. Not cool at all.
Friday night (the 26th) Elliot rolled over for the first time and then wouldn't stop. By Sunday (the 28th) he was able to roll not only from his back to his tummy, but back over to his back from his tummy. It may have helped that he had his big sister rooting him on. Olivia was sitting on the couch watching him, yelling "Alright Elliot".
Olivia has recently become enthralled in this Mickey Mouse Beach Club Sing-A-Long circa 1995 DVD (thanks Gee Gah and Pop Pop Mackin). We watch it at least once a day if not more. Chuck absolutely hates it and would rather listen to Olivia scream and throw a fit when he tells her no when she wants to watch it than listen to the singing on the DVD. I have become so accustomed to it, that sadly the songs are constantly running through my head. I think the main reason why I let her watch it is because of the reaction she has when she sees Tinker Bell at the beginning. Every single time she yells "Mom, Dinker Bellllll". I love it. It's the best thing ever!
Olivia handles Elliot very well and really does love him. She tries to comfort him on the rare occassions that he becomes upset and she loves to sing to him. Speaking of singing, she still has a song in her head pretty much all of the time and can even tell you when she hears Lady Gaga on the radio (not sure if that is a good thing or not).
I know there is much more to share, but being a mom of two who is trying to sell her house makes one tired. More to come........eventually.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Church Going Girl
We were approaching our church Tuesday morning on the way to my school and I hear Olivia say from the back seat "Father Son Amen". As we pass the church she starts whimpering and saying "Father Son Amen momma, Father Son Amen momma". Apparently, she wanted to go to chucrch. Oh, and now when she gives the sign of peace she says "peace out". I have taught her well.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
This Bites
So, Elliot is finally starting to sleep through the night. In my universe that means stints of 7 hours or longer, though some of those stints still get me up at 3:30 a.m. He has managed to do this for the past 4 nights now. Ahh, sleep is again in sight.
Unfortunately, for the last 3 of the 4 nights that Elliot has been sleeping soundly, Olivia has ruined it by waking up more times than I can count, screaming and then refusing to go back to bed. With that said, we have gotten to the bottom of her screaming "no nigh nigh, no nigh nigh" and learned that she has a pretty nasty ear infection. I guess I would probably scream "no nigh nigh" too if I were in her shoes. It is amazing what 2 doses of Amoxicillin and a little ibuprofen can do.
Olivia tells us on a daily basis "it's my birthday". Apparently, she thinks this is a year round celebration. When Chuck told her his birthday was next week she looked at him and said "it's MY birthday". She also proceeds to tell us about the pizza and cake that she had on her birthday.
The other day Olivia was going through an old diaper bag and low and behold what did she find? One of her old binkys. She brought it to me in the kitchen and said "Elliot's bebe" as it looks just like his. I played along and said "oh yeah Elliot's binky". A couple of minutes later, I look over and in walks Olivia just sucking and sucking on away. I have NEVER seen her suck on her binky that much. All of a sudden she stops dead in her tracks, stops sucking and in an accusing voice says "MY BEBE"(Translation: how dare you keep this from me and then tell me it's Elliot's). Crap. So, of course I act like I had no clue and told her that we must have forgotten to throw it away with the others. I asked her if we could throw it away and she walked straight over to the garbage, opened the lid and tossed it in. Later, when Chuck asked her what she did with her binky (threw it away) she replied matter of factly "I schucked it" and walked away.
Elliot still just eats, sleeps, poops and grunts.
Unfortunately, for the last 3 of the 4 nights that Elliot has been sleeping soundly, Olivia has ruined it by waking up more times than I can count, screaming and then refusing to go back to bed. With that said, we have gotten to the bottom of her screaming "no nigh nigh, no nigh nigh" and learned that she has a pretty nasty ear infection. I guess I would probably scream "no nigh nigh" too if I were in her shoes. It is amazing what 2 doses of Amoxicillin and a little ibuprofen can do.
Olivia tells us on a daily basis "it's my birthday". Apparently, she thinks this is a year round celebration. When Chuck told her his birthday was next week she looked at him and said "it's MY birthday". She also proceeds to tell us about the pizza and cake that she had on her birthday.
The other day Olivia was going through an old diaper bag and low and behold what did she find? One of her old binkys. She brought it to me in the kitchen and said "Elliot's bebe" as it looks just like his. I played along and said "oh yeah Elliot's binky". A couple of minutes later, I look over and in walks Olivia just sucking and sucking on away. I have NEVER seen her suck on her binky that much. All of a sudden she stops dead in her tracks, stops sucking and in an accusing voice says "MY BEBE"(Translation: how dare you keep this from me and then tell me it's Elliot's). Crap. So, of course I act like I had no clue and told her that we must have forgotten to throw it away with the others. I asked her if we could throw it away and she walked straight over to the garbage, opened the lid and tossed it in. Later, when Chuck asked her what she did with her binky (threw it away) she replied matter of factly "I schucked it" and walked away.
Elliot still just eats, sleeps, poops and grunts.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Shorty and Fatty
Olivia had her 2 year check-up last week and all is well. She is in the 50%ile for weight and the 25%ile for height. Apparently, it no longer matters how big your head is when you turn two, as I was given no %ile information on this. Anyway, she drinks too much milk, which I was told to cut back on. Who knew 32 oz. of milk a day was too much? She did have to get her finger poked to draw blood, which she absolutely hated, but other than that no shots. She will return in a year for her 3 year check-up.
Elliot was sick pretty much all of last week with the poops and puking. He was on a pedialyte diet for almost 6 days. He is much better now and back to sucking down 6 oz. of milk at every feeding. Elliot now sleeps in his crib in his room (he shares with Olivia). I must say that it is WONDERFUL that he is in his room now, as he was constantly waking me up with his grunts and loud stretches. He is down to one adjustment a week and is still responding well. His colic and gassy tummy is much better. The child is quite the chunk, as we can't fasten bibs around his neck anymore because his little neck is too fat and it literally cuts into his neck and leaves a nasty mark.
Olivia tried to come down with a head cold over the weekend, but fought it off and we only had one day of low grade temp, runny nose, cough and crabbiness. Well, the crabbiness is pretty much all of the time now, but what can you expect from a 2 year old. She can now count to 10 on her own, but only does it when she feels like it. She also sings the ABC's and you can completely make out what she is saying up to letter H. Then it just becomes gibberish. Olivia is very bossy and pretty much wears the pants in the family. Go figure.
Elliot was sick pretty much all of last week with the poops and puking. He was on a pedialyte diet for almost 6 days. He is much better now and back to sucking down 6 oz. of milk at every feeding. Elliot now sleeps in his crib in his room (he shares with Olivia). I must say that it is WONDERFUL that he is in his room now, as he was constantly waking me up with his grunts and loud stretches. He is down to one adjustment a week and is still responding well. His colic and gassy tummy is much better. The child is quite the chunk, as we can't fasten bibs around his neck anymore because his little neck is too fat and it literally cuts into his neck and leaves a nasty mark.
Olivia tried to come down with a head cold over the weekend, but fought it off and we only had one day of low grade temp, runny nose, cough and crabbiness. Well, the crabbiness is pretty much all of the time now, but what can you expect from a 2 year old. She can now count to 10 on her own, but only does it when she feels like it. She also sings the ABC's and you can completely make out what she is saying up to letter H. Then it just becomes gibberish. Olivia is very bossy and pretty much wears the pants in the family. Go figure.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Two Years. Two Months.
Olivia is officially 2 years old! She has been walking around the house for the past four days dancing and singing "it's my birthday, it's my birthday". She does this only because Chuck has been singing the 50 Cent song In the Club (with some minor adjustments to make it kid appropriate) to her. On Saturday, Olivia had her first Chuck E Cheese experience and then talked about it for days after. Now, I am very intrigued with the fact that there were several people who appeared to be rather white trashish at Chuck E Cheese's. This then led me to wonder how they could afford such a pricey joint. Lord knows they were dropping tons of money on tokens, which would allow them to win more tickets, which in turn they would spend on crappy toys they could have bought at the dollar store for oh let's see........ a dollar. I took Olivia's actual birthday off and we had her 2 year pictures taken, went to the play place in the mall and then to lunch. We then celebrated with cake and ice cream that night with family.
Elliot had his 2 month check-up and he is doing well. He is very healthy and apparently hefty. Elliot is in the 23%ile for head circumference, 74%ile for weight and 12%ile for height. He's a squatty toad (nurse Brandi was right). Dr. Wadle looked at me and said "he's a little short". Ya think? Hopefully, he will stretch out and not require husky jeans by the time he is 1.
Elliot has had 3 adjustments and appears to be doing better. He is still grunty and gassy at times, but overall seems far more relaxed and calm. He can also turn his head to the left now, which he was unable to do prior to the adjustments. We go back for his 4th adjustment tomorrow.
Olivia counted to 10 by herself the other day and sings the ABC song (just the beginning of it). She continues to amaze me.
Stay tuned for 2 year pics!
Elliot had his 2 month check-up and he is doing well. He is very healthy and apparently hefty. Elliot is in the 23%ile for head circumference, 74%ile for weight and 12%ile for height. He's a squatty toad (nurse Brandi was right). Dr. Wadle looked at me and said "he's a little short". Ya think? Hopefully, he will stretch out and not require husky jeans by the time he is 1.
Elliot has had 3 adjustments and appears to be doing better. He is still grunty and gassy at times, but overall seems far more relaxed and calm. He can also turn his head to the left now, which he was unable to do prior to the adjustments. We go back for his 4th adjustment tomorrow.
Olivia counted to 10 by herself the other day and sings the ABC song (just the beginning of it). She continues to amaze me.
Stay tuned for 2 year pics!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
We're Back . . . . .
Holy crud, it's been forever! A ton has taken place since the last blog post, which most of you already know about. Elliot has arrived, so of course the blog will now also include interesting facts and tidbits about him, as well as Olivia.
Where to begin....Well, Elliot is 8 weeks today and I am about ready to pull my hair out. He was quiet and content for the 2 1/2 days we were in the hospital and then it just went downhill. Yip, he's colic. However, he is not a "typical" or "normal" colic kid (now why would either of my kids follow the norm, in this case I am glad he didn't). As opposed to crying constantly, Elliot grunts, makes noises, squirms and is constantly in motion. He sounds like a mountain goat and it drives me nuts. With that said, I would rather have a mountain goat of a son, than a crying lunatic of a son. Things have progressively gotten worse and the crying has started, but still tolerable. We have spent a crap ton of money on herbal remedies that appear to work and then let us down. Elliot has his first chiropractic adjustment today. Fingers crossed that this will help.
Not only is Elliot a mountain goat, he is a chunky mountain goat. He has a nice full round belly and weighs 12 lbs. 2 oz. Technically, weight wise he can wear 9 month cloths, but length wise he could still get away with newborn sizes. He is squaty and plump. Marvelous. Nurse Brandi at the pediatric clinic says he looks like a little toad with his round gut and short little legs and arms (lucky for her she is a friend of mine from high school).
Olivia has taken to Elliot very well. The first thing she said when she saw him was "he's tute". Whenever Elliot is upset, especially when we are in the car, she tells him "It's otay buddy, we're going bye bye. It's otay". Just recently she has started calling him "little man".
You would never know that Olivia has a mom who is loud and talks a lot (yeah right). The kid has one volume and there is no other way to describe it other than saying ungodly loud. She also talks up a storm and is putting sentences together and saying new words every day. Last night she was muttering something in disgust and I distinctly heard her end her rant by saying "ridiculous". When I asked her to repeat it, she said it again. Hmm, wonder where she has heard that word before?
Olivia has proven that she is officially a "big girl" by throwing her binkys away, all 5 of them. We had a couple rough nights and days of napping, but the binkys are gone and she hasn't asked for it since the 2nd night of not having it.
Many of you would be proud to hear that Olivia finally allows me to read to her. We read every day and some days for over an hour. One of her favorite books to look at is a book of animals. When I point to them she can name butterfly, froggy, cow, rabbit, pig, horse, chicks, mouse, duck, lion, bear, fish, dog, cat, tiger, snake and my top 3 favorite elephant, penguin and CROCODILE (it's great listening to her say that). She can also make the sounds for these animals, except for the ones I don't even know. I mean what sound does a butterfly make?
As of lately, Olivia has found it fun to wear my underwear or bra (yes they are clean) around her neck and trapse around the house. Weird. She also spends her time dancing to her Phineas and Ferb soundtrack and making up her own songs to sing at the kitchen table during dinner. She is quite the entertainer.
Time certainky does fly, as Olivia will be 2 in a week. Stay tuned, I am sure things will get interesting...
Where to begin....Well, Elliot is 8 weeks today and I am about ready to pull my hair out. He was quiet and content for the 2 1/2 days we were in the hospital and then it just went downhill. Yip, he's colic. However, he is not a "typical" or "normal" colic kid (now why would either of my kids follow the norm, in this case I am glad he didn't). As opposed to crying constantly, Elliot grunts, makes noises, squirms and is constantly in motion. He sounds like a mountain goat and it drives me nuts. With that said, I would rather have a mountain goat of a son, than a crying lunatic of a son. Things have progressively gotten worse and the crying has started, but still tolerable. We have spent a crap ton of money on herbal remedies that appear to work and then let us down. Elliot has his first chiropractic adjustment today. Fingers crossed that this will help.
Not only is Elliot a mountain goat, he is a chunky mountain goat. He has a nice full round belly and weighs 12 lbs. 2 oz. Technically, weight wise he can wear 9 month cloths, but length wise he could still get away with newborn sizes. He is squaty and plump. Marvelous. Nurse Brandi at the pediatric clinic says he looks like a little toad with his round gut and short little legs and arms (lucky for her she is a friend of mine from high school).
Olivia has taken to Elliot very well. The first thing she said when she saw him was "he's tute". Whenever Elliot is upset, especially when we are in the car, she tells him "It's otay buddy, we're going bye bye. It's otay". Just recently she has started calling him "little man".
You would never know that Olivia has a mom who is loud and talks a lot (yeah right). The kid has one volume and there is no other way to describe it other than saying ungodly loud. She also talks up a storm and is putting sentences together and saying new words every day. Last night she was muttering something in disgust and I distinctly heard her end her rant by saying "ridiculous". When I asked her to repeat it, she said it again. Hmm, wonder where she has heard that word before?
Olivia has proven that she is officially a "big girl" by throwing her binkys away, all 5 of them. We had a couple rough nights and days of napping, but the binkys are gone and she hasn't asked for it since the 2nd night of not having it.
Many of you would be proud to hear that Olivia finally allows me to read to her. We read every day and some days for over an hour. One of her favorite books to look at is a book of animals. When I point to them she can name butterfly, froggy, cow, rabbit, pig, horse, chicks, mouse, duck, lion, bear, fish, dog, cat, tiger, snake and my top 3 favorite elephant, penguin and CROCODILE (it's great listening to her say that). She can also make the sounds for these animals, except for the ones I don't even know. I mean what sound does a butterfly make?
As of lately, Olivia has found it fun to wear my underwear or bra (yes they are clean) around her neck and trapse around the house. Weird. She also spends her time dancing to her Phineas and Ferb soundtrack and making up her own songs to sing at the kitchen table during dinner. She is quite the entertainer.
Time certainky does fly, as Olivia will be 2 in a week. Stay tuned, I am sure things will get interesting...
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