Archive for April, 2008
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In the beginning of the week we were very proactive about Sophia going on the potty. Great success—3 times she went tinkle! The rest of the week not so good. We haven’t even offered. It’s hard to remember to take time to do it and do it so often. Any parents with potty trained kids have stories to offer?
Sophia began “sneaking”. She curls her shoulders over, bends her knees, and shuffles her feet forward inch by inch. She developed this trying to get into the room where I put Phoebe down when I am rocking the baby and trying to get her to sleep. I always kick her out to give Phoebe and I peace and quiet. Maybe she figured if she were more quiet about it she would be allowed in. Not a chance!
Our digital camera has been slowly dying over the last few months and was getting worse. So BJ decided to buy me an early birthday gift and got us a great new camera. We have enjoyed playing around with it and taking lots of new pictures—as I am sure most of you can see from all the other posts BJ has done this week.
Phoebe is teething so we have been enduring tons of drooling, crying, and crazy mucus poopy diapers which has led to horrible diaper rash. She has no teeth to show yet for all this drama. They better come in soon!
The big event of the week was Sophia’s birthday party! She turned 2 years old and we can hardly believe she has been in our lives that long already! We did a chocolate fountain this year with pretzels, marshmallows, pineapple, and strawberries. I did cupcakes as well and it was all so delicious! I did a Disney Princess theme with a dozen balloons and a big princess balloon for Sophia. Everything looked great and Sophia was very excited about the changes in her environment. Last year she made out like a bandit and this years loot was good too:
- Dora the Explorer big wheels tricycle
- enclosed trampoline
- plastic horseshoe and croquet set for the backyard
- a beautiful new quilt made by Granny and her friend Millie
- 2 princess sleeper gowns
- princess bathing suit with matching sunglasses
- a princess beach towel with crown hoody
- fun velcro activity folders for church made by Granny
- princess placemat (so far it is helping to contain the mess at the dinner table)
- play doe and color wonder markers with pad
- a Dyson toy vacuum
The day of the party the rest of the family got to see what I have known since Phoebe was active—she is Sophia’s shadow and has to follow her everywhere and be into what her sister is doing. They thought it was quite funny but on a daily basis and with the fighting and screaming that ensues from the little shadow it loses its humor.
I am the baby of the family and at least have the perspective of being the one who sees her older sister and want to do what she is doing. I told my older sister, Tiffany, who is only 18 months older than me (and we fought horribly as young kids) that when she has 2 kids she will understand the sibling relationship even better.
Happy Birthday Sophia!!!
BJ | April 26, 2008 9:17 pmSophia turned 2 today. Mommy will be posting more about the party starting tomorrow, but for now I wanted to point out the pictures from the party. Here’s Sophia enjoying one of her gifts. Click here to go to the Gallery.
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Playing in the Park
BJ | April 25, 2008 2:15 pmSophia and Phoebe played in the park. There are 25 new pictures, here are the highlights.
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BJ | 12:14 amPretty eyes
BJ | April 23, 2008 6:26 pm |
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New camera, (Happy Birthday Heather)
BJ | 11:03 am |
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Heather’s Birthday isn’t for a month but our old point and shoot camera is on the fritz. It wouldn’t turn on so I tried hitting it… since that works so well for other electronics, and sure enough it turned back on long enough for me to pull the last few pictures from it.
It’s an old camera with a bad flash sync that overexposes everything when the flash is on. So I wanted to get something that would take better low light shots. This meant a higher end point and shoot, or girding up and dropping some money on a DSLR. Heather and I talked and we decided to go with the DSLR. Heather’s Nikon d40 was dropped off yesterday by UPS and Adobe lightroom was downloaded yesterday evening. She knows I’ll probably be using it more than her, so to call it hers is possibly disingenous, but Heather looks at our old photos and albums more than I do. Advantage Heather.
Because of this new camera I’m starting a new category for photos within the blog. I’ll start it off by posting the last photo taken by our old camera. In this photo we see Sophia doing her best Axl Rose impression. Cap, Sunglasses, kilt, and a self confident strut.
James May vs Gordon Ramsay
BJ | April 21, 2008 9:59 pm |
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I take Phoebe to the doctor for a swollen, red eyelid. It is a stye, nothing to worry about. However, after almost 2 hours at the pediatricians office I thought Sophia might enjoy some playtime. I have not been to a McDonalds in a very long time, but they have a new one near our house that has a great play area I thought she could burn some energy in. I could not have been more wrong. She ate wonderfully for lunch but I had to go up and rescue her twice in the play tubes. The first I climbed up and down (with Sophia) the narrow stairs with other children clambering around me to do the same. The second, I went up the same horrible stairs but went down the insanely long spiral slide (with Sophia freaking out). It was a total disaster and I remembered why I never go to McDonalds.
We had a surprise morning visit from a friend of Sophia’s she hasn’t had over in awhile. I had a good time visiting with her mama while she spent half the time wanting to lay on the couch with her blankets and cup. The other half of the time was spent trying to treat this other girl the way she would Phoebe by randomly hugging her at times and trying to pick her up–or taking toys away from her.
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An amazing new discovery for Phoebe this week: the feeling of grass on her feet. She absolutely hated it and freaked out anytime I would let it touch her. This summer in the backyard might be interesting……
This is too funny not to tell. I have told BJ I think he is a milk snob because he only likes Braums milk and thinks all others are disgusting. He grew up in Oklahoma where Braums is based so I think for most of his life that is the only milk he has known anyway. He woke up one morning to tell me he had a nightmare. I thought maybe it was about me cheating on him, someone in the family dying, or the kids being kidnapped. Oh no! His nightmare was that he walked in to Braums to buy our dairy groceries and they no longer sold milk. His reaction was basically equal to that of the newly minted Darth Vader from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith when he reaches his arms to the sky and yells NOOOOO!
Phoebe turns 9 months old! She sure doesn’t look like it and most people don’t believe me when I tell them how old she is.
New foods for Phoebe this week: Ramen noodles (a big hit!), Gerber ‘lil crunchies (toddler version of cheese puffs), red vines (see picture, she looks like a vampire after a fresh meal) and freeze dried apple bits. So far she has not tried something she hasn’t liked.
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I went and bought flowers for the pots we have near our front door. I had Sophia help me plant them which consisted mostly of her taking dirt out of the bag and throwing it on the concrete. I think she just enjoyed the time outside more than anything.
The girls and I had a play group this week which consisted of a tour of the local fire station and then lunch at the park. She was amazed at the truck and cried whenever she wasn’t sitting in it. She was not afraid of the fireman in his full gear and I was very proud of her for that. Although, she always has been a brave little girl and very adventurous.
I develop another cold this week. With the way things have been going for the last year and half I am right on time to be sick again. It has been about 2 months since my last cold. I had the CT review appointment with my ENT. He basically repeated what the radiologist told me but now we have a plan of care. While there he sprayed some horrible medicine deep into my sinuses to open them from being congested from the afore mentioned cold. It burned everything in my head and I had been feeling pretty good that morning until that moment. He took a swab of my “pus” (I guess that is what they call snot) to test what bacteria it is and therefore what specific antibiotic I need to ultimately clear my sinuses. For now he put me an antibiotic for 20 days to help with the current cold. The other part of the plan is to have me on daily allergy medicine, oral and nasal spray, try it for a month and see what that does. Our ultimate goal is to avoid surgery, particularly on my septum.
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The spray he gave me made my eyes water and caused me to spit quite a bit from the bad taste. Not to mention my throat was burning so it hurt to swallow and talk. When I got home I know I didn’t look too good with a runny nose, bloodshot watery eyes, and almost speechless. BJ, seeing me in this state when I come home, immeadiately asks me what he said. I am not quick to respond in desperate need of a tissue and water. I attempt to begin to answer in between coughs while BJ is pushing even more about what is going on. When I finally get the words out he obviously begins to calm down. He promptly tells me “You need to communicate with me and tell me what’s going on. I thought he told you you had face cancer or something and were coming home upset and had been crying.” I reassure him through giggles that I indeed do not have “face cancer”. Poor guy.
