Dear Baby #2,
Hi! :)
I want to first apologize for this being the first post to you. People always said "you'll do things SO different from the first: won't take as many pictures or keep up with info the same." And unfortunately, as much as I baulked at their comments and remarks, they were right. But trust that it does not mean we love you any less! Trust us, we love you a lot! And in my defense, this pregnancy with you has been so different from the one I had with your sister. I'll get to all that in a bit. First I want to catch up on where we've been up until this point!
I found out I was pregnant with you two days before were to leave for Walt Disney World - how magical!! Like with your sister, I had not been having any symptoms, but knew it was about time to test. Since Lucy and I were on fall break from school, your daddy went to work while we continues to sleep. When I woke up, I talked myself into taking a test (he was already gone for work), and checked Facebook while I waited the 3-5 minutes. After I was sure it had been enough time, I went in to check, and OMG there were two very obvious lines! I could NOT believe my dream of having a second child had come true!! I knew this week at Disney would be magical, but not THIS magical! :) From there, I really didn't know what to do. Your daddy was at work, and I was about to bust keeping it in. I didn't want to tell him on the phone, so instead I just recorded a message by myself for y'all. ;) I tried to convince him to come home for lunch so I could tell him, but he couldn't, so Lucy and I met him for lunch instead. I dressed Lucy in a "promoted to big sister" shirt and met him in the chick-fil-a parking lot. As soon as he saw her shirt, he said "are you serious?" And I proudly got to nod my head "yes!" :) we were so excited!!!
Keeping it a secret was just as hard as it was with your sister. We didn't wait long though! While at Disney, we had Lucy wear the same "promoted to big sister" shirt to wear in front of my side if he family to see if they noticed. Big Daddy saw first (after some prompting) and was elated! Kiki noticed next, then Sara, and last was your Memaw, and they were all equally as ecstatic! :) the family standing in line behind us got a big kick out of watching them all find out.
Being pregnant kept me from being able to ride some of the rides, but that was fine -- you were worth it! :)
When we got home from Disney, we had Lucy wear the shirt one more time to CiCi and Papa's house, when they thought we were just coming to eat dinner and tell them about our trip. Lucy wore a jacket, and when CiCi toon it off she saw it, but wasn't sure she read it right. So, she asked Lucy to turn around so she could see her shirt better and was tickled! Papa caught on after a bit and was just as happy! :) after dinner, we rode to Kacie and Wesley's to tell them. As with Lucy, they were excited another cousin was being added to the family! :). At this point, I was just about 5 1/2 weeks pregnant with you.
We had our first appointment on Nov. 12, 2013. The 4 week wait times between appointments don't seem as long since I have your sister to keep me busy, but the wait for that first appointment seemed to take forever! I just couldn't wait to see you on the ultrasound!
When that day finally came, we were able to not only see you, but were able to see your heart beating AND hear it! What a treat!! Your heartbeat was in the 150s. Which was fantastic they were even able to hear it that early and that it was so strong! You measured 6w4days, and we determined your due date was July 4! How fun!! :)
We eventually told other family and friends as it was brought up in conversation, and eventually announced on Facebook.
Lucy is only 2, and though very smart, she didn't totally grasp the whole baby in my belly thing, or little sister/brother concept. As the pregnancy has progressed though, she's becoming more aware and interested. She, on her own, will ask to play with you by tickling my belly or patting it. She also helps you "take a nap" by covering you with her blankie and giving you her lovie. She already loves you as much as we do, and I look forward to the special bond and relationship that the two of you will have. It'll be so different than anyone else's relationship with you or her, one only the two of you will have and know -- :)
I haven't taken the weekly belly pictures with you like I did with her yet, because as I mentioned earlier, this pregnancy with you is very different than mine with her. With Lucy, I would feel great all day until around 7pm and then be nauseous as all get out! A medicine, zofran, helped calm the nausea with her and I'd feel better. But with you... I've felt nauseous all.day.long!!! And zofran wouldn't touch it. So I just haven't felt my greatest. Besides, I've been very bloated, so not much to see baby-wise. I'll start taking weekly pictures now that I'm in my second trimester and feeling much more like myself! :)
We love you so much, and can't wait to find out if you're a boy or a girl on January 18! :)
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Monday, July 22, 2013
With a hahaha and a heeheehee and a couple of la-di-da's!
Oh my goodness! Lucy keeps me laughing all day long! Before I forget them here are her latest funnies from today:
When she woke up this morning she said "baaaaa" and I said "oh, you're a sheep!" And she said "uh-huh!" And then she said "meow" and I said "oh, now you're a cat!" And she said "nope!" I looked confused and said "well, what other animal says meow?" And she said "a kitty!"
When Meow was playing with her on the back deck by pawing at her feet she turned around and said "Stop it, Meow! You're buggin' me!" (It's not uncommon for you to boss Meow around simply because you can. She can just be sitting in the bench and you'll turn to her, point your finger at her, and say "hush, meow!"
The other night I was trying to get you to settle down for bed and instead you asked for gummies. When I said no, you promptly turned to me, held up your finger and said "I'll be right back!" Ran down the hall and said "Daddy, gummies please!" This was the first time you really played us against each other.
When she woke up this morning she said "baaaaa" and I said "oh, you're a sheep!" And she said "uh-huh!" And then she said "meow" and I said "oh, now you're a cat!" And she said "nope!" I looked confused and said "well, what other animal says meow?" And she said "a kitty!"
When Meow was playing with her on the back deck by pawing at her feet she turned around and said "Stop it, Meow! You're buggin' me!" (It's not uncommon for you to boss Meow around simply because you can. She can just be sitting in the bench and you'll turn to her, point your finger at her, and say "hush, meow!"
The other night I was trying to get you to settle down for bed and instead you asked for gummies. When I said no, you promptly turned to me, held up your finger and said "I'll be right back!" Ran down the hall and said "Daddy, gummies please!" This was the first time you really played us against each other.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Happy 2nd Birthday, Lucy!
Happy 2nd Birthday, Lucy!
I cannot believe you're TWO already!!
I look back at pictures of the day you were born and feel like it was forever ago, while at the same time feeling like it was just yesterday. As cliché as it sounds, it is so true when I say I don't remember life before you, and don't know what I did without you in it! You're my shadow!! You follow me everywhere and help me with everything. Not only are you my shadow, but also my mini-me. :) People tell us all.the.time. how much we look alike! I always tell them, "thank you, but she's much prettier than I am" because it's true! You are stunning with your blonde ringlets and bright blue eyes. I just think you're the prettiest little girl I have ever seen!
Let's see, Miss Lucy... At TWO YEARS OLD::
You are about 25 lbs and about 34 inches tall.
You are still in diapers -- size 5. Although, we have attempted potty training, and you are successful at it, we have just been too busy this summer to buckle down and make it happen. I'm pretty certain it won't take you long when you go back to daycare and get back on a schedule (in just a week and a half! gasp!) that you'll be potty trained in no time!
You are able to eat anything you want. You don't have any food allergies (that we have come across yet). You can eat like a horse one day and like a mouse the next. Some days, you'll gobble up whatever we put on your plate, and other days you're a little more picky. Now that you're able to open drawers, we've made the bottom drawer of the refrigerator "your drawer." We keep yogurts and applesauce squeeze packets in there. You can't open the refrigerator, but you'll pull one of us to the refrigerator saying "yogurt, please" or "applesauce, please" and get us to open the door. You like to open the drawer yourself though, pick out what you want, and close it all back all by yourself.
You are so great at using your manners "please," "thank you," "bless you," and "excuse me." You're working on getting better at "ma'am" and "sir," although you do use those when we remind you. You're also getting the hang of saying "you're welcome" after we say "thank you." It's really the sweetest to see you turning into a well-mannered little girl! :)
You call me "Mommy" and only "Mommy." You call your Daddy, on the other hand, "Daddy," "My Daddy," or "Chris." It's really funny when you use his first name and although you know mine, you won't use it for me. We both melt when you call him "My Daddy."
You still love to read, but have also started loving to build with blocks. You have FANTASTIC hand-eye coordination and can string beads onto a shoelace. You're starting to want to play pretend, telling me you want to "cook supper" with some pots and pans my friend Kendall Castillo gave you for Christmas. So, your Daddy and I got you a play kitchen for your birthday -- it's pretty awesome.
You're OBSESSED with the show Blue's Clues (you call it "Clue's Clues"), watching it every morning during breakfast and several times during the day. We even have a DVD of it in the car, that you watch any time we're riding anywhere. You know all of the characters: Blue (you call him "Clue", Steve, Mailbox, & Shovel and Pail) and will sometimes answer Steve's questions -- you're so smart! The cutest is when you do the dances and sing the songs that are on the show. We're throwing you a Blue's Clues themed birthday party -- it's super cute!
You also like to watch "Minnie Mouse" (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and love all of the characters on there as well (Donald Duck, Daisy, Pluto, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Pete). You will do the "hotdog dance" that plays at the end of every show and dance just like the animated characters -- it's too funny. You'll swing your arms side to side like a helicopter and then flap your hands like wings. A lot cuter in person than when it's described on a blog -- sorry.
And you still even sometimes ask to watch Elmo. :)
You are SUPER smart! At two years old, you know all of your colors, can count to twelve (you can actually count past twelve, but we can't make out the numbers you're saying.. I think you actually get to fifteen), know all of your shapes (circle, square, triangle, diamond, pentagon, star, heart) and can recognize all of the letters of the alphabet (upper and lower). You can even point out a few states on a map (Georgia, Florida, Texas, California, Pennsylvania).
You're an excellent talker -- You just take off talking all the time. You still sometimes talk faster than your mouth can move and it sounds Vietnamese. You're getting pretty cute with your sayings though. Like the other day, your Daddy & I told you to go get your Lovie and Blankie for bed and you crossed your arms and kinda looked up and said "Well...." like "I would, but I'm not ready for bed just yet.." Or the other morning, I asked if you were ready to get up (you love to just lay in bed when you wake up and just do your own thing, whether it's just laying there sucking your thumb, or playing with your stuffed animals you have in there with you) and you told me "No. Leave. Close the door. Bye!" You just were not ready to get up, I guess! I also asked you just yesterday if you wanted to get up, and you laid back on your pillow and said "No. I relax." I just laughed because what does a TWO year old know about relaxing??!? Too funny!!
One of the more recent things you've said that astounded me was when you bit me (you started doing that a couple weeks ago, just randomly and VERY hard! Maybe it's because I tell you "I'll eat you up, I love you so!" and that's your way of telling me how much you love me -- no?? ha!). I had been trying to just sternly get on to you, but when you bit my cheek, I popped you. You very quickly turned to me, pointed your finger at me, and said "No hurt me, Mommy!" I explained to you that I popped you because you had bitten me. It was such a heartbreaking moment for me, but I was so proud of you for sticking up for yourself at the same time -- ha!
You are a FABULOUS sleeper -- people tell us all the time how lucky we are at how well you sleep. And we know! We have friends and family members with children who don't sleep! You will generally sleep 12 hours from whatever time you go to bed. We try to make your bedtime at 8:30, but since it's summer time it has gotten pushed back later sometimes. I'm sure when the school year starts, it'll go back earlier. You still take a nap every day and it's usually a good 2.5-3.0 hour nap! You have lots of friends that sleep with you in your crib: "Minnie Mouse" (you actually have two of them), "Lion King Baby" (that Emma McCrae from across the street gave you), "Dolphin" (that we got from the Georgia Aquarium when we went for Sallie's birthday), and "Baby" (a little baby doll). You, of course, still sleep with Lovie (this summer, you've slept with both the one you have at home and the one you would take to daycare) and Blankie (the same one you've had since you were a baby). Sometimes, during the day, you'll just go in there and grab whichever one you can reach (lovie or blankie), pull them through the crib slats, and carry them around with you.
While you have recently started showing interest in playing with baby dolls, we will ask you if you want a baby brother or a baby sister and you reply "nope" to both.... oh well! You don't like it when I hold other babies, but are getting better at it. Maybe you won't hate us if we give you a brother or a sister one day.
You love to play chase or peek-a-boo with your Daddy & I usually getting so tickled you get the hiccups or laughing so hard you spit up! Your most favorite thing in the world right now is "dance." We put the t.v. on a country music channel and we will have dance parties in the living room. You think of all kinds of crazy dance moves!
You're also really into copy-catting right now. You will copy anything your Daddy & I do (or say!) and want us to copy you, too. You'll say "do this!" and then do something funny with your hands like squish your cheeks together or pull your mouth apart with your fingers. You also like us to "close eyes" and pretend to be asleep.
You have recently loved it when your Daddy & I hug and kiss and want to be included, too. You'll jump up between us and squeeze all three of our faces together by wrapping your arms around our necks and pulling us in tight. It's precious.
You have lots of little friends, and it makes my heart so happy -- your best friend is probably still Noah Franklin. The two of you have such fun together and light up when you see each other. According to his mom, he talks about you all of the time even when you're not around, and you do the same for him. I love his family and hope y'all will always be friends (his mom and I may or may not be planning y'all's wedding ;) shhhhh!) You are also friends with Amelia Tanner, Caylin Stancil, Anna Caroline McMillan, and Carson French. We have played with them several times this summer.
Your cousins, are of course, still higher than any other on your friends list. You play with Sallie like you don't play with any other child. The two of you have a special relationship that I hope you'll always have. It's like y'all have always understood each other even before y'all could talk -- y'all laugh and play differently than you do with anyone else. It's VERY sweet! You both look out for each other, never drink from each other Sippy's and talk to each other often through FaceTime or Skype. You also love watching Nathan & Mason, and seem to be in awe at everything they do. They're like the big brothers you'll never have :) You are also big fans of Macie & Mollie, always asking to play with them. You must think they live at CiCi & Papa's house, because everytime we tell you we're going over there to see them you say "and Mollie and Macie." Ha! At this time in your life, you play better with Mollie than you do Macie, but still love her just the same. Things may be different next year, or even next week -- you can never tell with girls! :)
Lucy, your Daddy & I love you SO much and are just in awe at how perfect you are. You never cease to amaze us with your beauty, intelligence, or kindness to others. You are perfect in every sense of the word and I cannot wait to see what this next year brings you! You are my sunshine! :)
-- Your Mommy
I cannot believe you're TWO already!!
I look back at pictures of the day you were born and feel like it was forever ago, while at the same time feeling like it was just yesterday. As cliché as it sounds, it is so true when I say I don't remember life before you, and don't know what I did without you in it! You're my shadow!! You follow me everywhere and help me with everything. Not only are you my shadow, but also my mini-me. :) People tell us all.the.time. how much we look alike! I always tell them, "thank you, but she's much prettier than I am" because it's true! You are stunning with your blonde ringlets and bright blue eyes. I just think you're the prettiest little girl I have ever seen!
Let's see, Miss Lucy... At TWO YEARS OLD::
You are about 25 lbs and about 34 inches tall.
You are still in diapers -- size 5. Although, we have attempted potty training, and you are successful at it, we have just been too busy this summer to buckle down and make it happen. I'm pretty certain it won't take you long when you go back to daycare and get back on a schedule (in just a week and a half! gasp!) that you'll be potty trained in no time!
You are able to eat anything you want. You don't have any food allergies (that we have come across yet). You can eat like a horse one day and like a mouse the next. Some days, you'll gobble up whatever we put on your plate, and other days you're a little more picky. Now that you're able to open drawers, we've made the bottom drawer of the refrigerator "your drawer." We keep yogurts and applesauce squeeze packets in there. You can't open the refrigerator, but you'll pull one of us to the refrigerator saying "yogurt, please" or "applesauce, please" and get us to open the door. You like to open the drawer yourself though, pick out what you want, and close it all back all by yourself.
You are so great at using your manners "please," "thank you," "bless you," and "excuse me." You're working on getting better at "ma'am" and "sir," although you do use those when we remind you. You're also getting the hang of saying "you're welcome" after we say "thank you." It's really the sweetest to see you turning into a well-mannered little girl! :)
You call me "Mommy" and only "Mommy." You call your Daddy, on the other hand, "Daddy," "My Daddy," or "Chris." It's really funny when you use his first name and although you know mine, you won't use it for me. We both melt when you call him "My Daddy."
You still love to read, but have also started loving to build with blocks. You have FANTASTIC hand-eye coordination and can string beads onto a shoelace. You're starting to want to play pretend, telling me you want to "cook supper" with some pots and pans my friend Kendall Castillo gave you for Christmas. So, your Daddy and I got you a play kitchen for your birthday -- it's pretty awesome.
You're OBSESSED with the show Blue's Clues (you call it "Clue's Clues"), watching it every morning during breakfast and several times during the day. We even have a DVD of it in the car, that you watch any time we're riding anywhere. You know all of the characters: Blue (you call him "Clue", Steve, Mailbox, & Shovel and Pail) and will sometimes answer Steve's questions -- you're so smart! The cutest is when you do the dances and sing the songs that are on the show. We're throwing you a Blue's Clues themed birthday party -- it's super cute!
You also like to watch "Minnie Mouse" (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and love all of the characters on there as well (Donald Duck, Daisy, Pluto, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Pete). You will do the "hotdog dance" that plays at the end of every show and dance just like the animated characters -- it's too funny. You'll swing your arms side to side like a helicopter and then flap your hands like wings. A lot cuter in person than when it's described on a blog -- sorry.
And you still even sometimes ask to watch Elmo. :)
You are SUPER smart! At two years old, you know all of your colors, can count to twelve (you can actually count past twelve, but we can't make out the numbers you're saying.. I think you actually get to fifteen), know all of your shapes (circle, square, triangle, diamond, pentagon, star, heart) and can recognize all of the letters of the alphabet (upper and lower). You can even point out a few states on a map (Georgia, Florida, Texas, California, Pennsylvania).
You're an excellent talker -- You just take off talking all the time. You still sometimes talk faster than your mouth can move and it sounds Vietnamese. You're getting pretty cute with your sayings though. Like the other day, your Daddy & I told you to go get your Lovie and Blankie for bed and you crossed your arms and kinda looked up and said "Well...." like "I would, but I'm not ready for bed just yet.." Or the other morning, I asked if you were ready to get up (you love to just lay in bed when you wake up and just do your own thing, whether it's just laying there sucking your thumb, or playing with your stuffed animals you have in there with you) and you told me "No. Leave. Close the door. Bye!" You just were not ready to get up, I guess! I also asked you just yesterday if you wanted to get up, and you laid back on your pillow and said "No. I relax." I just laughed because what does a TWO year old know about relaxing??!? Too funny!!
One of the more recent things you've said that astounded me was when you bit me (you started doing that a couple weeks ago, just randomly and VERY hard! Maybe it's because I tell you "I'll eat you up, I love you so!" and that's your way of telling me how much you love me -- no?? ha!). I had been trying to just sternly get on to you, but when you bit my cheek, I popped you. You very quickly turned to me, pointed your finger at me, and said "No hurt me, Mommy!" I explained to you that I popped you because you had bitten me. It was such a heartbreaking moment for me, but I was so proud of you for sticking up for yourself at the same time -- ha!
You are a FABULOUS sleeper -- people tell us all the time how lucky we are at how well you sleep. And we know! We have friends and family members with children who don't sleep! You will generally sleep 12 hours from whatever time you go to bed. We try to make your bedtime at 8:30, but since it's summer time it has gotten pushed back later sometimes. I'm sure when the school year starts, it'll go back earlier. You still take a nap every day and it's usually a good 2.5-3.0 hour nap! You have lots of friends that sleep with you in your crib: "Minnie Mouse" (you actually have two of them), "Lion King Baby" (that Emma McCrae from across the street gave you), "Dolphin" (that we got from the Georgia Aquarium when we went for Sallie's birthday), and "Baby" (a little baby doll). You, of course, still sleep with Lovie (this summer, you've slept with both the one you have at home and the one you would take to daycare) and Blankie (the same one you've had since you were a baby). Sometimes, during the day, you'll just go in there and grab whichever one you can reach (lovie or blankie), pull them through the crib slats, and carry them around with you.
While you have recently started showing interest in playing with baby dolls, we will ask you if you want a baby brother or a baby sister and you reply "nope" to both.... oh well! You don't like it when I hold other babies, but are getting better at it. Maybe you won't hate us if we give you a brother or a sister one day.
You love to play chase or peek-a-boo with your Daddy & I usually getting so tickled you get the hiccups or laughing so hard you spit up! Your most favorite thing in the world right now is "dance." We put the t.v. on a country music channel and we will have dance parties in the living room. You think of all kinds of crazy dance moves!
You're also really into copy-catting right now. You will copy anything your Daddy & I do (or say!) and want us to copy you, too. You'll say "do this!" and then do something funny with your hands like squish your cheeks together or pull your mouth apart with your fingers. You also like us to "close eyes" and pretend to be asleep.
You have recently loved it when your Daddy & I hug and kiss and want to be included, too. You'll jump up between us and squeeze all three of our faces together by wrapping your arms around our necks and pulling us in tight. It's precious.
You have lots of little friends, and it makes my heart so happy -- your best friend is probably still Noah Franklin. The two of you have such fun together and light up when you see each other. According to his mom, he talks about you all of the time even when you're not around, and you do the same for him. I love his family and hope y'all will always be friends (his mom and I may or may not be planning y'all's wedding ;) shhhhh!) You are also friends with Amelia Tanner, Caylin Stancil, Anna Caroline McMillan, and Carson French. We have played with them several times this summer.
Your cousins, are of course, still higher than any other on your friends list. You play with Sallie like you don't play with any other child. The two of you have a special relationship that I hope you'll always have. It's like y'all have always understood each other even before y'all could talk -- y'all laugh and play differently than you do with anyone else. It's VERY sweet! You both look out for each other, never drink from each other Sippy's and talk to each other often through FaceTime or Skype. You also love watching Nathan & Mason, and seem to be in awe at everything they do. They're like the big brothers you'll never have :) You are also big fans of Macie & Mollie, always asking to play with them. You must think they live at CiCi & Papa's house, because everytime we tell you we're going over there to see them you say "and Mollie and Macie." Ha! At this time in your life, you play better with Mollie than you do Macie, but still love her just the same. Things may be different next year, or even next week -- you can never tell with girls! :)
Lucy, your Daddy & I love you SO much and are just in awe at how perfect you are. You never cease to amaze us with your beauty, intelligence, or kindness to others. You are perfect in every sense of the word and I cannot wait to see what this next year brings you! You are my sunshine! :)
-- Your Mommy
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday
So this isn't the way I expected my Thursday to go....
Thursdays are supposed to be our "Brick" nights where we order out Ultimate Stuffed Sticks from The Brick and watch a marathon of movies/tv shows until we wake up in the middle of the night in our recliners.
This isn't at all the way Thursday was supposed to go...
This Thursday was waaaaaaaay different than any other Thursday.
Chris started having pain around his belly button Monday evening. He didn't feel nauseous, so we treated it like gas pain, giving him lots of fiber and milk of magnesia (yuck!). Tuesday he was a little better, but the pain had moved to his lower right abdomen. Still treating it tenderly and walking gingerly, he wasn't totally washed out acting, but decided to call the doctor. They couldn't see him until the next day at 3. Wednesday was a MUCH better day, and wouldn't have gone to the doctor at all he said, but he already had the appointment, and just for the sale of argument, he went. His doctor wasn't overly concerned that it may be his appendix, as he wasn't showing ANY other signs of appendicitis, but ran bloodwork to be sure. Chris skipped his workout Wednesday (gasp!) and came on home. He was fine the rest of the evening.
But Thursday morning at 3am, he got out of bed to get some apple juice, and couldn't get back in bed without assistance because the pain had gotten so bad! :(
As soon as the doctor opened, h called requesting a ct scan. They told him to come on in.
So we went around 10. Thank goodness my mom was in town visiting to help watch Lucy while we were tending to Chris.
While at th hospital, his pain didn't get any better! After three nasty medicine shots chased by grape crystal light, he had the scan done and it showed he did indeed have appendicitis.
We waited for the best doctor and around 5, they started his appendectomy.
I cried.
I wasn't scared for him, because he's the strongest man I know. He's my superman. But I hated to see him hurt at all and knew this surgery was going to require recovery, where he won't be able to do a lot of his normal for the next several weeks (ie: pick up/roughhouse with Lucy, go to the gym, etc.). He's my rock, the one I always lean on, and he was broken..
He came out of the surgery like a champ though! He is doing just fine and sleeping like a hibernating bear! :)
Lucy is doing great with Memaw and I can't thank her enough. I haven't worried the first time about Lucy. And apparent she hasn't worried the first time about us either :)
I'm fighting every urge to climb in bed beside him and snuggle my big ol' teddy bear, but need to at least submit to the urges of sleep.
Goodnight Thursday!
Thursdays are supposed to be our "Brick" nights where we order out Ultimate Stuffed Sticks from The Brick and watch a marathon of movies/tv shows until we wake up in the middle of the night in our recliners.
This isn't at all the way Thursday was supposed to go...
This Thursday was waaaaaaaay different than any other Thursday.
Chris started having pain around his belly button Monday evening. He didn't feel nauseous, so we treated it like gas pain, giving him lots of fiber and milk of magnesia (yuck!). Tuesday he was a little better, but the pain had moved to his lower right abdomen. Still treating it tenderly and walking gingerly, he wasn't totally washed out acting, but decided to call the doctor. They couldn't see him until the next day at 3. Wednesday was a MUCH better day, and wouldn't have gone to the doctor at all he said, but he already had the appointment, and just for the sale of argument, he went. His doctor wasn't overly concerned that it may be his appendix, as he wasn't showing ANY other signs of appendicitis, but ran bloodwork to be sure. Chris skipped his workout Wednesday (gasp!) and came on home. He was fine the rest of the evening.
But Thursday morning at 3am, he got out of bed to get some apple juice, and couldn't get back in bed without assistance because the pain had gotten so bad! :(
As soon as the doctor opened, h called requesting a ct scan. They told him to come on in.
So we went around 10. Thank goodness my mom was in town visiting to help watch Lucy while we were tending to Chris.
While at th hospital, his pain didn't get any better! After three nasty medicine shots chased by grape crystal light, he had the scan done and it showed he did indeed have appendicitis.
We waited for the best doctor and around 5, they started his appendectomy.
I cried.
I wasn't scared for him, because he's the strongest man I know. He's my superman. But I hated to see him hurt at all and knew this surgery was going to require recovery, where he won't be able to do a lot of his normal for the next several weeks (ie: pick up/roughhouse with Lucy, go to the gym, etc.). He's my rock, the one I always lean on, and he was broken..
He came out of the surgery like a champ though! He is doing just fine and sleeping like a hibernating bear! :)
Lucy is doing great with Memaw and I can't thank her enough. I haven't worried the first time about Lucy. And apparent she hasn't worried the first time about us either :)
I'm fighting every urge to climb in bed beside him and snuggle my big ol' teddy bear, but need to at least submit to the urges of sleep.
Goodnight Thursday!
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Toodle-Loo Diaper-Roo! :)
Two days ago, I decided to reintroduce Lucy to potty-training. We attempted this about three months ago with a HUGE day dedicated to nothing but "letting the tee-tee out!" We ate all kinds of junky food (that she would want to snack on to therefore make her want to drink more, to therefore make her want to pee more... see where this was going?), we bought a super-de-duper-nifty-rifty Minnie Mouse cup (with a straw I might add!) to drink her juice (and not just any juice -- oh, baby, she had Capri Sun!!) from, and a Baby Alive (that really pees!).... to no avail.
She ate the snacks -- oh she loved them!
She drank the juice -- oh boy, did she love the juice!
She couldn't figure out how to drink from the straw -- (*eye roll*)
And the doll kept her interest for........ about 2 seconds.
But she would NOT use the bathroom. We had her in these SUPER cute panties, and she wouldn't have accidents in her panties, but she wouldn't go in the potty either. No matter how much juice she drank -- she held it! Ai-yi-yi!
So we dropped it. The school year was coming to a close, graduation was sneaking up on me, I had school work.... yadda, yadda yadda....
But just recently... she's started telling me "no diaper, mommy!" but she wouldn't sit on the potty for longer than two seconds still.
So I Googled. And Pinterested. And scoured the internet (glad I live in today's world) and found the idea that instead of just rewarding them for going -- try rewarding them for even SITTING on the potty. HOW FREAKING GENIUS!!!
So two days ago we did just that. We sat on that potty every 20 minutes. But she held it ...... for TWO AND A HALF HOURS!!! She had an accident during one of the 20 minute intervals, we took a nap, and let the rest of the afternoon just be a diaper kind of afternoon because I had errands to run, and frankly, I'm just not quite ready to tackle panties in public -- ;)
The next day, I was ready -- I lowered our time intervals to every 10 minutes and started from the moment she woke up. But this time, she held it for THREE HOURS!! Geeze-Louise! We had an accident, ate lunch, took a nap (with panties on!), woke up tee-tee free (yay!), went straight to the potty and LET THE TEE-TEE OUT!! Woo-Hoo!!!! We had the BIGGEST dance party!! The rest of the afternoon was spent in panties too, but we were more lax on the intervals because by this time, I had learned that she was only going to go every 2 1/2 -- 3 hours. However, right before dinner, I knew it was coming, so we were doing the intervals at every 5-10 minutes and I missed it again. Honestly.
I think we had a good start! I do know that I need to buy more training panties, because we can quickly use up the whole 3-pack in one day. We've laid off of the training for the last couple of days because of this and will catch back up next week! Looking forward to our diaper-free days! :)
She ate the snacks -- oh she loved them!
She drank the juice -- oh boy, did she love the juice!
She couldn't figure out how to drink from the straw -- (*eye roll*)
And the doll kept her interest for........ about 2 seconds.
But she would NOT use the bathroom. We had her in these SUPER cute panties, and she wouldn't have accidents in her panties, but she wouldn't go in the potty either. No matter how much juice she drank -- she held it! Ai-yi-yi!
So we dropped it. The school year was coming to a close, graduation was sneaking up on me, I had school work.... yadda, yadda yadda....
But just recently... she's started telling me "no diaper, mommy!" but she wouldn't sit on the potty for longer than two seconds still.
So I Googled. And Pinterested. And scoured the internet (glad I live in today's world) and found the idea that instead of just rewarding them for going -- try rewarding them for even SITTING on the potty. HOW FREAKING GENIUS!!!
So two days ago we did just that. We sat on that potty every 20 minutes. But she held it ...... for TWO AND A HALF HOURS!!! She had an accident during one of the 20 minute intervals, we took a nap, and let the rest of the afternoon just be a diaper kind of afternoon because I had errands to run, and frankly, I'm just not quite ready to tackle panties in public -- ;)
The next day, I was ready -- I lowered our time intervals to every 10 minutes and started from the moment she woke up. But this time, she held it for THREE HOURS!! Geeze-Louise! We had an accident, ate lunch, took a nap (with panties on!), woke up tee-tee free (yay!), went straight to the potty and LET THE TEE-TEE OUT!! Woo-Hoo!!!! We had the BIGGEST dance party!! The rest of the afternoon was spent in panties too, but we were more lax on the intervals because by this time, I had learned that she was only going to go every 2 1/2 -- 3 hours. However, right before dinner, I knew it was coming, so we were doing the intervals at every 5-10 minutes and I missed it again. Honestly.
I think we had a good start! I do know that I need to buy more training panties, because we can quickly use up the whole 3-pack in one day. We've laid off of the training for the last couple of days because of this and will catch back up next week! Looking forward to our diaper-free days! :)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Mom Fail
I post a lot of pictures on facebook and instagram and even write posts on this blog that make our little life seem so perfect. And it is, in more ways than we deserve and most days are just as peachy as the pictures and posts appear to be. But some days are bummed days -- days you wish you could just start over, and not because you enjoyed them, but because you feel like you needed to give it another go.
Today was not a great day. Today was not even a good day. I hollered way too often and lost my patience more times than I should have. I got frustrated and angry way too easily. So why am I blogging about it? Why am I choosing to remember days like this? Because one day, Lucy will hopefully have children of her own, and every day won't be peachy for them, and I want her to know that it's not just her. That other mom's -- even her own -- went through the same thing.
Lucy's almost two -- like, in 51 days almost two -- and she's just recently become VERY independent. She wants to walk rather than be carried, wants to put on and take off her own shoes, and even wants to climb in her own chair at dinner. The only time she allows you to help her is when she realizes she has exhausted all of her own options and says "helps." I LOVE that she has become so independent and self-willed and I really, really, really want to encourage it because in my profession, I see way too many children who can't do for themselves, because their mamas have done for them for so long. I also want to instill in her that she is capable to do for herself and shouldn't wait around for someone to do for her. But at the same time, I get so frustrated because as she's learning and experimenting and creating, she's making messes that I can't clean up after fast enough, and hurting herself before I can catch her falls. And I feel helpless. I feel like I should be able to clean her messes, encourage her individuality and independence, catch her falls, kiss her boo-boos, help her develop her creativity, show her cause and effect, teach her, read to her, and on and on and on without missing a beat. And most days -- that's the way it happens. But not today.
Today was a bad day. But bad days need to happen because they help put me back on track, give me a perspective of what I need to work on, both with her and myself as a mother, and remind me that my life isn't picture perfect -- but rather that it's the imperfections that make it perfect for me.
I love my daughter with half my heart and my husband with the other. They're all I need -- especially on a bad day.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Memorial Day 2013
Today is Memorial Day AND the 1st day of summer vacation!! :)
I am SO excited to spend this summer with Lucy. Last summer, we were so busy looking for houses, getting ours ready to sell, selling the house, buying our new house, packing our stuff, moving into Cindy & Smiley's, and then into the new house, planning Lucy's 1st birthday party, hosting Lucy's 1st birthday party, and fitting in summer trips that we didn't have much time to just PLAY!! Besides, Lucy had her helmet, and well... it was just too hot.
This summer though... It's just me and my girl!! Even though I do have to spend some of my break time going up to the school to move me into my new classroom, most of my days will be spent soaking up the summer sun outside our new house!
Lucy is so cute these days -- every day she is talking more. I feel like I've said that same thing the last several posts, but it's true. She's not just repeating us, but talking TO us and it's fantastic! In fact, just earlier today, I stepped on a nail that was sticking slightly out of the back deck. I said "Ow!" and kind of hopped a little bit. She ran straight to me and said "Mama, you foot hurt?" It was the sweetest. Just a couple of nights ago, we came in from a late night of being outside, and I couldn't remember where I had set my phone down before I started rocking her. I called out to Chris "Can you find my phone? I think it's in Lucy's room -- or maybe our room." About four songs in to being rocked, you sat up and said "Where phone, Mommy?" and I said "I don't know." You then asked "Daddy find it?" So I had to ask Chris if he found it, to which he said he did, before you would lay back down -- it was really the sweetest that you tuned into our conversation and cared enough to ask about it for me. Chris is also building my some bookshelves for my room, we were out in the garage late the other night working on them, and she kept picking up tools, screws, nails, etc. bringing them to us and saying "I helps! Okay!"
Lucy's absolute favorite t.b. (tv) show right now is Blues Clues -- in fact, that's what her birthday party theme is going to be. It's been off the air for quite some time and so it's been a fun challenge to find items to help decorate the party with.
Lucy asks to sing the "Apple Song" every night after we say her prayers.. She LOVES that song!
Oh, I like red -- it's the color of an apple.
Orange -- it's the color of an orange.
Yellow -- it's the color of our beautiful sun, sun, sun!
Green -- it's the color of the trees & lots of things that grow
We've got blue for the skies
and Purple is a color that's fun, fun, fun!
And when you put those colors side by side, now what do you think we've done?
We've made a rainbow! And it's a really beautiful one!
Then we sing our nightly routine of songs -- Stay Awake, La La Lu, I love you Lucy Pearl, I love you Little Girl, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes.
During one of the "I love you little girl" song, it names different parts of the body I love on you -- "I love your hair, I love your toes, and I love the way you wrinkle your nose." As I sing them, you point to them on yourself. Then it says "I love your personality" to which you think I'm saying "teeth" and chomp your teeth together, and then "I love that you were born a she." A lot of times, you like to sing with me and the other night at that part, you sang it with me and said "I love that you were born a SHEEP!" It was so funny I couldn't keep singing for laughing so hard!
Then the next night, we were singing "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and you were singing with me and we got to the part that says "Have faith in your dreams and someday" -- well, apparently you thought we sang "Sunday" because you kept going with "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday..." it was again, so funny I had to stop singing and just laugh!
When I laugh at the funny things you do, you'll laugh with me and say "I funny!"
You love playing chase around the house and when we come around a corner you're not expecting us, you'll jump back and laugh and then say "You scared me!"
You adore your new kitty, "Meow" and she adores you, too. You are so rough with her -- not because you mean to be, but because you don't know. She just lets you. You pick her up, upside down, and walk around with her. Toss her into your car -- to which she immediately jumps out of and you turn around so frustrated and say "MERE CAT!!!" She lets you dump water on her from your new water table, and follows you wherever you go. :)
You are only 22 months old, but you can count to ten (and do it often!), sing your ABCs, recognize every letter of the alphabet, know all of your shapes, all sorts of sounds that animals make, know all of your colors, and have very nice manners -- we couldn't be more proud of you, Cee-Lee! :)
I am SO excited to spend this summer with Lucy. Last summer, we were so busy looking for houses, getting ours ready to sell, selling the house, buying our new house, packing our stuff, moving into Cindy & Smiley's, and then into the new house, planning Lucy's 1st birthday party, hosting Lucy's 1st birthday party, and fitting in summer trips that we didn't have much time to just PLAY!! Besides, Lucy had her helmet, and well... it was just too hot.
This summer though... It's just me and my girl!! Even though I do have to spend some of my break time going up to the school to move me into my new classroom, most of my days will be spent soaking up the summer sun outside our new house!
Lucy is so cute these days -- every day she is talking more. I feel like I've said that same thing the last several posts, but it's true. She's not just repeating us, but talking TO us and it's fantastic! In fact, just earlier today, I stepped on a nail that was sticking slightly out of the back deck. I said "Ow!" and kind of hopped a little bit. She ran straight to me and said "Mama, you foot hurt?" It was the sweetest. Just a couple of nights ago, we came in from a late night of being outside, and I couldn't remember where I had set my phone down before I started rocking her. I called out to Chris "Can you find my phone? I think it's in Lucy's room -- or maybe our room." About four songs in to being rocked, you sat up and said "Where phone, Mommy?" and I said "I don't know." You then asked "Daddy find it?" So I had to ask Chris if he found it, to which he said he did, before you would lay back down -- it was really the sweetest that you tuned into our conversation and cared enough to ask about it for me. Chris is also building my some bookshelves for my room, we were out in the garage late the other night working on them, and she kept picking up tools, screws, nails, etc. bringing them to us and saying "I helps! Okay!"
Lucy's absolute favorite t.b. (tv) show right now is Blues Clues -- in fact, that's what her birthday party theme is going to be. It's been off the air for quite some time and so it's been a fun challenge to find items to help decorate the party with.
Lucy asks to sing the "Apple Song" every night after we say her prayers.. She LOVES that song!
Oh, I like red -- it's the color of an apple.
Orange -- it's the color of an orange.
Yellow -- it's the color of our beautiful sun, sun, sun!
Green -- it's the color of the trees & lots of things that grow
We've got blue for the skies
and Purple is a color that's fun, fun, fun!
And when you put those colors side by side, now what do you think we've done?
We've made a rainbow! And it's a really beautiful one!
Then we sing our nightly routine of songs -- Stay Awake, La La Lu, I love you Lucy Pearl, I love you Little Girl, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes.
During one of the "I love you little girl" song, it names different parts of the body I love on you -- "I love your hair, I love your toes, and I love the way you wrinkle your nose." As I sing them, you point to them on yourself. Then it says "I love your personality" to which you think I'm saying "teeth" and chomp your teeth together, and then "I love that you were born a she." A lot of times, you like to sing with me and the other night at that part, you sang it with me and said "I love that you were born a SHEEP!" It was so funny I couldn't keep singing for laughing so hard!
Then the next night, we were singing "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and you were singing with me and we got to the part that says "Have faith in your dreams and someday" -- well, apparently you thought we sang "Sunday" because you kept going with "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday..." it was again, so funny I had to stop singing and just laugh!
When I laugh at the funny things you do, you'll laugh with me and say "I funny!"
You love playing chase around the house and when we come around a corner you're not expecting us, you'll jump back and laugh and then say "You scared me!"
You adore your new kitty, "Meow" and she adores you, too. You are so rough with her -- not because you mean to be, but because you don't know. She just lets you. You pick her up, upside down, and walk around with her. Toss her into your car -- to which she immediately jumps out of and you turn around so frustrated and say "MERE CAT!!!" She lets you dump water on her from your new water table, and follows you wherever you go. :)
You are only 22 months old, but you can count to ten (and do it often!), sing your ABCs, recognize every letter of the alphabet, know all of your shapes, all sorts of sounds that animals make, know all of your colors, and have very nice manners -- we couldn't be more proud of you, Cee-Lee! :)
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