Somehow Noah started potty training. I say that because I didn't have it planned out. One day, we just started putting his big boy pants on and he started going potty in the potty and we never stopped. I am shocked at how easy it has gone, but then again, sometimes with this boy, he just surprises me. I would say we are about a 1/3 of the way done. He still wears a diaper to sleep and is having poopy problems. Some days he wants his diaper and some days he doesn't for sleeping. He is doing better about waking up dry. We are also not poopy trained. That is a hard one for many kids and it is really killing him. Yes Noah, when you are older and reading this, we are talking about your poops. (Which also happen to be your favorite thing to say- poopy) Anyway, he usually goes 2-4 times a day and in the last week, it has only been twice. Once in his diaper and once in the potty (I got a picture too and I show it to him often! Ha!). I know it is hurting him. Last night, he was up for about an hour or so just crying and complaining that his tummy hurt. Finally, he told Mike he had to go pee pee. Once he did, he was fine. So I guess we are getting closer to night training. Now he still won't go in the "big Potty" and that will be another challenge, but I will take it one at a time.
So proud of him so far! Let's keep our fingers crossed that all the fruit and water and fruit juice will just force him to go!!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Pumpkin Patch
Yesterday, we went to a Pumpkin Patch. We didn't go last year because the only one we knew about is so far away. This year we found a small one that was fairly close by and I am so glad we did. It was perfect. Ava had a blast. She wanted to go from one thing to another.
First she went on this big bouncy "pillow"
and Noah and Mike watched on the sidelines.
They had a small area with some animals that we walked around to see. They had a big slide, swings, a spider web to play in and a train.
There was a corn maize too, but we only went in far enough to see some corn and head back out!
Ava and I on the train ride
Mike and Noah on the train. Not sure how Mike fit in, but he did. Noah was not so sure about the whole thing.
My favorite picture!!
Fun Times. We left with 2 pumpkins to carve next weekend and a day of memories!
First she went on this big bouncy "pillow"
and Noah and Mike watched on the sidelines.
They had a small area with some animals that we walked around to see. They had a big slide, swings, a spider web to play in and a train.
There was a corn maize too, but we only went in far enough to see some corn and head back out!
Ava and I on the train ride
Mike and Noah on the train. Not sure how Mike fit in, but he did. Noah was not so sure about the whole thing.
My favorite picture!!
Fun Times. We left with 2 pumpkins to carve next weekend and a day of memories!
Weekend in Prescott 10/5-10/6
So I guess this is a bit late, but better late than never. We went up to Prescott the first weekend in October to celebrate my Grandma's birthday. We went up Saturday morning this time because we didn't want to deal with Noah's sleeping problems more than one night.Ha! That kid!!!
Anyway, we headed up and it was COLD. Much colder than we are used to here, but it was a nice change from the Phoenix heat. The kids played, we relaxed and then it was nap time. Noah melted down. Surprise, surprise and Ava started searching for Bobo. Ummm, mommy where is Bobo? Umm, Ava, didn't you bring him in the car this morning like I asked you to? Ummm, I don't know. Yeah, that happened. The biggest mommy fail of all time, we left Bobo at home. Fortunately, there was a teddy bear that she was playing with that day and we told her stories of how Bobo was at home partying and watching the house for us.
Everyone came over to the house that afternoon and we enjoyed a nice dinner and cake.
We left Prescott and when we got home, Bobo was on the family room floor, passed out. Must have had some party!!
Anyway, we headed up and it was COLD. Much colder than we are used to here, but it was a nice change from the Phoenix heat. The kids played, we relaxed and then it was nap time. Noah melted down. Surprise, surprise and Ava started searching for Bobo. Ummm, mommy where is Bobo? Umm, Ava, didn't you bring him in the car this morning like I asked you to? Ummm, I don't know. Yeah, that happened. The biggest mommy fail of all time, we left Bobo at home. Fortunately, there was a teddy bear that she was playing with that day and we told her stories of how Bobo was at home partying and watching the house for us.
Everyone came over to the house that afternoon and we enjoyed a nice dinner and cake.
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| Baby Sam. Jac and Nick made the trek to Prescott |
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| Grandma and Grandpa |
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| Enjoying some breakfast and Ava doing her signature pose. Turning away when I ask her to smile. |
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| Noah's signature pose. |
Monday, October 7, 2013
A Long Over Due Blog Post of What's Up!!
Ok, Since it has been loooong overdue for a post, I am going to put it all in one, so buckle up and here we go!!
Let's start with Ava.
She is still loving school. In fact, she told me last week when I told her that she was off this week for Fall break that she wanted to go to school. She said "she loves school". Mission accomplished. I have been making Tuesday's and Thursday's as boring as I can, so she would want to go to school, because in the beginning that was not the case.
She has made some good friends that she actually plays with this year. Last year, she would play by herself and now she has a couple of friends that she plays with and that say Hi to her when we come into the playground yard. It is pretty refreshing and nice to see.
She had her first evaluation for this year and she got "G" on everything. (G=Good Job, W=Working on skill). I was impressed. Usually it is the social things she has to work on, but not this year. The teacher always has good things to say about her.
She had her first presentation of the year. Each kid does an "all about me" poster and is in charge of one letter of the alphabet. Ava was the "G" girl and we presented last week.
Her poster!!
In case you can't see it, it says:
I am 4 years old
My favorite animal is a Bunny
My favorite color is Pink
My favorite food is a BLT sandwich
The first oval is a picture of her.
To the right it is a picture of her family (she drew us as well)
The beach is her favorite place. (We put some stickers and a pic of her at the beach)
To the right of that it says I want to be a Veterinarian when I grow up
My favorite thing to do is Play at the park
To the right of that says If I have one wish it would be for baby peeps in my backyard.
Ava has learned to swing on the swings all on her own. Last year, every morning at the school playground she would have me push her and we would practice. I think a week of so before school started this year, she was able to do it on her own. She loves to swing really high!
Ava loves to draw. If we leave the crayons and some paper on the table, she will frequently go up there and draw, write letters or color a picture. The other day she came home from school with a picture she had drawn and I asked her about something on there and she told me it was a picture of Mike. I asked what the red was above his eyes and she said "his eyebrows". Made me laugh.
She is getting really good at drawing people, but she also likes to draw trees and anything around her. I love it. She is really creative.
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Noah... ahh where to begin. He is our strong willed boy who loves to snuggle.
We are definitely in the terrible twos. He is very stubborn and doesn't like to be told no. But then again, what kid does. He will put his head down and walk off to his room if he doesn't get what he wants.
He is still waking up here and there at night time, but it is not every night, like it was in the beginning. But, he is fighting his naps. There have been a couple of times that he didn't go down only to fall asleep later in the day. He has been waking up early lately. That part has been no fun. I am talking 4:45-5:00am. He DOES NOT like waiting for the monkey and will scream at the top of his lungs. I have resorted to turning his light on and telling him he can play until the monkey opens his eyes. It doesn't always work, but I just don't want him waking up Ava.
He is still such a picky eater. He needs to eat because I don't think he has gained a pound yet this year. He would rather snack. I have to make a meal and tell him that is it until the next meal or he won't eat. Usually by the end of the day he likes to snack to make up for what he didn't eat during the day. I am trying to get him a more balanced diet. He would live off of fruit and applesauce if I let him.
We have hit that time of the year that I hate, sandbox weather. Noah LOVES the sandbox. He would live in there if we let him. With the sandbox comes sand EVERYWHERE. It is in the bathtub, the sheets, the floor, everywhere.
I did a half day of potty training Noah last week. We had gone to Target and got him his big boy underwear and all the treats to get started (we were supposed to start today, but he is sick and that is never a good time to do it). So we put a pair of his underwear on and I showed him how it all worked on one of his stuffed animals and then gave him a juice box. 45 mins later he went potty in the potty. All morning he kept going in to go potty, no accidents. I thought, wow, that was easy, but around nap time, he kept asking for his diaper. I did put him in one for nap time and after his nap, I asked if he wanted his big boy underwear and he said No. I didn't want to push it. A couple of days later, I did it again, but didn't really focus on it and it was accident after accident. Oh well, I know he is ready, but he is really going to have to be all or nothing with the diapers. Only problem is that he is not ready for sleep time yet. He just may take a while to get through this. I might try again at the end of the week if he is feeling better or just wait until he is better and then go for it. This is my least favorite part of kids, the dreaded potty training.
Let's start with Ava.
She is still loving school. In fact, she told me last week when I told her that she was off this week for Fall break that she wanted to go to school. She said "she loves school". Mission accomplished. I have been making Tuesday's and Thursday's as boring as I can, so she would want to go to school, because in the beginning that was not the case.
She has made some good friends that she actually plays with this year. Last year, she would play by herself and now she has a couple of friends that she plays with and that say Hi to her when we come into the playground yard. It is pretty refreshing and nice to see.
She had her first evaluation for this year and she got "G" on everything. (G=Good Job, W=Working on skill). I was impressed. Usually it is the social things she has to work on, but not this year. The teacher always has good things to say about her.
She had her first presentation of the year. Each kid does an "all about me" poster and is in charge of one letter of the alphabet. Ava was the "G" girl and we presented last week.
Her poster!!
In case you can't see it, it says:
I am 4 years old
My favorite animal is a Bunny
My favorite color is Pink
My favorite food is a BLT sandwich
The first oval is a picture of her.
To the right it is a picture of her family (she drew us as well)
The beach is her favorite place. (We put some stickers and a pic of her at the beach)
To the right of that it says I want to be a Veterinarian when I grow up
My favorite thing to do is Play at the park
To the right of that says If I have one wish it would be for baby peeps in my backyard.
Ava has learned to swing on the swings all on her own. Last year, every morning at the school playground she would have me push her and we would practice. I think a week of so before school started this year, she was able to do it on her own. She loves to swing really high!
Ava loves to draw. If we leave the crayons and some paper on the table, she will frequently go up there and draw, write letters or color a picture. The other day she came home from school with a picture she had drawn and I asked her about something on there and she told me it was a picture of Mike. I asked what the red was above his eyes and she said "his eyebrows". Made me laugh.
She is getting really good at drawing people, but she also likes to draw trees and anything around her. I love it. She is really creative.
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Noah... ahh where to begin. He is our strong willed boy who loves to snuggle.
We are definitely in the terrible twos. He is very stubborn and doesn't like to be told no. But then again, what kid does. He will put his head down and walk off to his room if he doesn't get what he wants.
He is still waking up here and there at night time, but it is not every night, like it was in the beginning. But, he is fighting his naps. There have been a couple of times that he didn't go down only to fall asleep later in the day. He has been waking up early lately. That part has been no fun. I am talking 4:45-5:00am. He DOES NOT like waiting for the monkey and will scream at the top of his lungs. I have resorted to turning his light on and telling him he can play until the monkey opens his eyes. It doesn't always work, but I just don't want him waking up Ava.
He is still such a picky eater. He needs to eat because I don't think he has gained a pound yet this year. He would rather snack. I have to make a meal and tell him that is it until the next meal or he won't eat. Usually by the end of the day he likes to snack to make up for what he didn't eat during the day. I am trying to get him a more balanced diet. He would live off of fruit and applesauce if I let him.
We have hit that time of the year that I hate, sandbox weather. Noah LOVES the sandbox. He would live in there if we let him. With the sandbox comes sand EVERYWHERE. It is in the bathtub, the sheets, the floor, everywhere.
I did a half day of potty training Noah last week. We had gone to Target and got him his big boy underwear and all the treats to get started (we were supposed to start today, but he is sick and that is never a good time to do it). So we put a pair of his underwear on and I showed him how it all worked on one of his stuffed animals and then gave him a juice box. 45 mins later he went potty in the potty. All morning he kept going in to go potty, no accidents. I thought, wow, that was easy, but around nap time, he kept asking for his diaper. I did put him in one for nap time and after his nap, I asked if he wanted his big boy underwear and he said No. I didn't want to push it. A couple of days later, I did it again, but didn't really focus on it and it was accident after accident. Oh well, I know he is ready, but he is really going to have to be all or nothing with the diapers. Only problem is that he is not ready for sleep time yet. He just may take a while to get through this. I might try again at the end of the week if he is feeling better or just wait until he is better and then go for it. This is my least favorite part of kids, the dreaded potty training.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Fall Garden
Mike started planting our fall garden. I am pretty excited. He planted a bunch of lettuce, kale and beans. Let's hope this one will be good.
Here are the kids helping Mike plant.
Here are the kids helping Mike plant.
Our Weekend In Prescott
Last weekend we headed up to Prescott to visit with my friend Stephanie. She is in the process of moving out of Brooklyn. While her husband ties up loose ends there, she is staying in Prescott with her daughter, Iona. We went up Friday evening after naps. The kids did great on the trip. They did keep asking if they were there yet. That started about 20 mins into the 2 hour trip!!
We got there and of course, pulled out all of Grammy's toys for the kids to play with.
That evening we roasted marshmallows over the fire.
Neither of them wanted to eat the marshmallows, they just wanted to roast them. They didn't even want to try the S'mores.
That night I thought that it would be a good idea to put both kids in the back bedroom on mattresses. This was our first trip without Noah in his crib. Ava usually slept on a mattress on the floor in our room and Noah usually slept in the back bedroom in the crib. I figured that they would giggle and talk before falling asleep, but that Noah would be comforted knowing that his sister was in the same room with him. Ummm, wrong. I am not sure what happened, but Noah pretty much woke up every 30 minutes asking where mommy and daddy were. He would ask Ava. I could hear it in the monitor and would go in after a bit of talking and tell him to go back to sleep. Finally around 1 am, we moved Mike in there and Ava came to sleep with me. At this point, he kept waking Ava up and I didn't want 2 cranky kids the next day. Mike said he talked until about 2 am and then fell asleep until about 6 am. He was in the process of getting over a cold, but the next day from the lack of sleep, he starting getting a fever. All he wanted to do was go home, so after a short visit with my friend Stephanie, we decided to pack up the car and head home. We were supposed to go to my Aunt Judy's for dinner that night, but had to cancel. Noah was our first priority and getting him sleep in his bed to break his fever is what was best. We got about 25 minutes out and saw a sign that the freeways was CLOSED down towards Phoenix, so I went online to find out what was going on and sure enough, the freeway closed at noon with no ETA of opening. Sooo, we headed back to Prescott. Noah got about an hour nap in and we ended up going over to Aunt Judy's house. Noah was pretty tired that evening and fell asleep on me for the last hour we were there. We ended up with putting him in the room with Mike and Ava slept with me again. We were all tired. Mike said that he slept good. But as soon as he woke up, all he wanted to do was go home. Poor guy. He likes his bed and his own routine and is own home. We are planning on another trip in October. I am hoping it will be much better than this one!
We got there and of course, pulled out all of Grammy's toys for the kids to play with.
That evening we roasted marshmallows over the fire.
Neither of them wanted to eat the marshmallows, they just wanted to roast them. They didn't even want to try the S'mores.
That night I thought that it would be a good idea to put both kids in the back bedroom on mattresses. This was our first trip without Noah in his crib. Ava usually slept on a mattress on the floor in our room and Noah usually slept in the back bedroom in the crib. I figured that they would giggle and talk before falling asleep, but that Noah would be comforted knowing that his sister was in the same room with him. Ummm, wrong. I am not sure what happened, but Noah pretty much woke up every 30 minutes asking where mommy and daddy were. He would ask Ava. I could hear it in the monitor and would go in after a bit of talking and tell him to go back to sleep. Finally around 1 am, we moved Mike in there and Ava came to sleep with me. At this point, he kept waking Ava up and I didn't want 2 cranky kids the next day. Mike said he talked until about 2 am and then fell asleep until about 6 am. He was in the process of getting over a cold, but the next day from the lack of sleep, he starting getting a fever. All he wanted to do was go home, so after a short visit with my friend Stephanie, we decided to pack up the car and head home. We were supposed to go to my Aunt Judy's for dinner that night, but had to cancel. Noah was our first priority and getting him sleep in his bed to break his fever is what was best. We got about 25 minutes out and saw a sign that the freeways was CLOSED down towards Phoenix, so I went online to find out what was going on and sure enough, the freeway closed at noon with no ETA of opening. Sooo, we headed back to Prescott. Noah got about an hour nap in and we ended up going over to Aunt Judy's house. Noah was pretty tired that evening and fell asleep on me for the last hour we were there. We ended up with putting him in the room with Mike and Ava slept with me again. We were all tired. Mike said that he slept good. But as soon as he woke up, all he wanted to do was go home. Poor guy. He likes his bed and his own routine and is own home. We are planning on another trip in October. I am hoping it will be much better than this one!
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Congrats Mike!
This deserves a post on it's own. Mike's fiscal year ended in July and he ended up number 1 out of 58 is his company with almost $2 million GMD. I am soooo super proud of him and all his hard work. There were many stressful days for him, vacation days spent dealing with issues, hot (like over 112 degree) days spent outside working with his guys doing installs and sleepless nights of calling in propane deliveries and dealing with problem equipment. But, Mike is such a hard worker and wants everything to be just perfect.
His company had a big get together for all the sales guys this past week at their corporate office area in Kansas City. He received an award for being #1!
This is a picture of him and John Loeb (who was #2 and lives here in Chandler) with their awards!!
Congrats Mike, we are so proud of you and we managed to survive while you were away!!
His company had a big get together for all the sales guys this past week at their corporate office area in Kansas City. He received an award for being #1!
This is a picture of him and John Loeb (who was #2 and lives here in Chandler) with their awards!!
Congrats Mike, we are so proud of you and we managed to survive while you were away!!
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