Showing posts with label siblings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label siblings. Show all posts
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Follow the Leader
This week, Jadon and Macy went to the playground...
played on the rides at the mall...
(These faces cannot be trusted!)
and Macy threw up the egg she had for breakfast...
so Jadon decided to play cars in it...Yum! (I know. Gag.)
Seriously?!?
Not to be outdone, Macy decided to put some in her hair.
"Ahhh. she needs a baff." And she totally peed on the bathroom floor beforehand.
Thankfully, there was no stomach bug. No tummy aches. Macy had apparently been gnawing on her hand, since she's teething and just accidentally gagged herself. Jamie and I were right there in the kitchen, but she had her back to us. She didn't make a peep. We knew something was up, when Jadon let out his "oh, man, this is hilarious," pure devious behavior laugh. Running his trucks through EGG PUKE!!! Goodness!
So no gastrointestinal issues, but later that afternoon, Jadon did start having a runny nose, followed by a fever. He acted pretty normal, but his poor little eyes made him look so under the weather. He also fell asleep on his own in the living room, which NEVER happens! I gave him two doses of Motrin in 48 hours, and he's almost back to normal, minus a stuffy nose. Macy, on the other hand, is keeping Kleenex in business! Poor, poor girl :( She's still sweet and smiley and has an appetite, thankfully. I'm guessing she will be just fine in another 24 hours or so.
I love taking care of my babies, even though I sometimes get dry, crusty snot on my black shirts. I'd rather be in my PJs with them, rocking them, reading to them, cleaning up their constant messes than shopping for new clothes or getting my hair done. I just love being a mommy. I can't imagine a day existed without them. Sounds cliche and mushy, but it's so true. They light our world. Just look at them! Jamie said to me, when looking at these pics, "They're the cutest brother and sister ever!" :)
Friday, February 12, 2010
When you have a big brother...
Can you believe there are only a few girl toys in our house still? Poor Macy. We still haven't bought her a doll stroller or a doll house or any toys that are pink. Last week Jadon had her on the tractors at the mall. (And just a side note: Can you BELIEVE that Daddy and Grandpa let my sweet Princess on her first ride without me there??? Man! Hello?!? I only carried her INSIDE of me for 10 months and let her eat from my body for 12 months! Men. I will let this one go, but only because Jamie had the camera to catch her smiley face for me.)
.JPG)
.JPG)
And poor, poor Macy...she's Jadon's rag doll sometimes. Of course, we don't allow him to hurt her, but sometimes we don't see it coming, and he...uh...he gets little carried away...he plays a little rough with her :/
I let him try it again (you'll hear my annoying singing, as I attempt to turn the "fosey" into "posey"), and as you can see, Macy only encourages this behavior.
Who needs baby dolls, when you have a big brother? She's a rough and tumble kinda gal ;)
.JPG)
.JPG)
And poor, poor Macy...she's Jadon's rag doll sometimes. Of course, we don't allow him to hurt her, but sometimes we don't see it coming, and he...uh...he gets little carried away...he plays a little rough with her :/
I let him try it again (you'll hear my annoying singing, as I attempt to turn the "fosey" into "posey"), and as you can see, Macy only encourages this behavior.
Who needs baby dolls, when you have a big brother? She's a rough and tumble kinda gal ;)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Just In Case
I'm having some trouble catching up on this blog, so I wanted to remind everyone that I will sometimes post pics of Jadon and Macy on my photography site. In an effort to keep me from doubling my work, you can click here to see the latest winter pics of them. And P.S. our sweet baby Bleu is turning ONE tomorrow!!! :)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
31
Two days after Christmas, our big boy turned another month older. He is now just five months shy of turning THREE years old! He is a boy thru and thru! He loves all things cars and trucks, airplanes and "heheh-tahtehters," dirt and rambuntiousness. He likes to stand on the couch and bounce down in a WWE-like move. He can now reach the light switches in the house, which has lead to many time-outs.
He loves, loves, LOVES his baby sister, Macy Bleu...or was that "Bleuzer Doozer, Twinkle Toes, Pachoochuk, Bleubelle"...you get the point ;) He doesn't like to be without her, and refuses to take a bath, unless she is in the tub with him.
He also likes playing with Macy, though in typical older sibling fashion, it is on his terms. He wants her to be right beside him, but he wants to choose the toys she can have. We must threaten to and/or take away certain toys several times a day because he whines and cries, when she approaches things he sees as off limits. It is a challenge having kids this close in age, especially when Macy finds his motorized cars on the tracks so enticing. Lightning McQueen going around and around is all Jadon wants to do for hours everyday, but Macy doesn't get the concept of just watching. She prefers to sit on the track and put Lightning in her mouth ;)
Here is a clip of Jadon assisting me in removing Macy from the track. He's a great...ummm...help?? I also find it funny that he tells me he'll get her because "she's bein bad." Promise to goodness, we really don't ever refer to behavior as bad. I just don't like that label, so I'm not sure why he referred to her that way, so I found it funny.
Nice, huh? haha Poor, poor Macy. It's funny what has become normal or tolerated by us sometimes scares the grandparents who aren't around it from day to day. There really isn't an hour that goes by that Jadon doesn't pick Macy up, remove her from an area, hug her a bit too tight, etc. I was surprised, when I saw Gramma and Grandpa's reaction to Jadon picking Macy up the other night. I think Macy was too. She looked like, "What? I'm tough. I put up with more than this everyday." I sooo wish I had a clip of her getting mad at him and yelling with a serious look on her face. Hilarious!
Anyway...back to the big boy. He has an AWESOME routine down from which we rarely stray. He wakes up around 7:30am, breakfast (usually oats 'n toast, cereal w/banana, or egg n' toast), playing, some PBS kids, more playing, 12pm lunch (quesadilla w/sour cream and tomatoes, pb & apple butter sandwich, Kashi pizza, Annie's mac n' cheese, grilled cheese, or broccoli and something), then he almost always does #2 before his nap at 12:30, which lasts three hours. When he wakes, he usually watches a video and plays and has a snack or a very early dinner. Sometimes a snack and dinner are reveresed, but he always has both after naptime at some point. After a 7pm snack or late dinner, he gets a bath with Macy, then plays in his room, brushes his teeth, reads books, then prayers and lights out around 9-9:30pm.
We are working on an earlier bedtime...maybe 8:30pm, but it just seems there is so much to do with each of them that the clock gets the best of us. It does help that Jamie has been putting Macy to sleep for the last month, which usually happens between 8-8:30pm. I am responsible for Jadon's entire nightly routine, which seems to drag on for 30-45 minutes sometimes. He had decided a few weeks ago that he would like to spend 15-20 min. on the potty, before bedtime. Brother! The challenging thing was that he WAS actually going #2 again every. single. night! I think we've moved passed that...fingers crossed!
Jadon has exhibited more and more pretend play, creative play and many more independent thoughts this past month. He told me to "look at all these octagons," when he was eating cucumbers one day. He was pretending to "make eggs and toast" with blocks from Macy's Sillytown a few days ago, and even told me he had to "put 'em in the oven and cook 'em" in the little garage-like compartment. Yesterday, out of nowhere, he told Jamie, "Daddy, heesa wantsa go to da mall." ahahaha He has yet to give a response to the question, "Why?" I assume he wanted to ride rides or something. Silly boy.
He can still count to 20, knows all of his upper- and lower-case letters, can recite at least 10 of his books, can tell us all about baby Jesus (born to Joseph and Mary, is God's Son, born in Bethlehem in a manger, etc.), LOVES reading his Bible and learning about Jesus (also via his many Christmas DVDs). He'll tell us he wants to "watch baby Jesus," several times/week.
He loves outside, helping Daddy make coffee, emptying the dishwasher, putting groceries away from the store (though he doesn't yet get that cold things don't go in the pantry and boxes of pasta don't go in the fridge) haha :P He likes playing with their kitchen set that Mackenzie brought to them from WV (thank you, thank you, thank you) :)
We have moved his toddler bed back into our bedroom, and both Jamie and I love having him nestled snug within eyesight of us...co-dependent? Maybe, but he's growing up sooo fast :( I may even be guilty of picking him up from his bed and moving him into bed with me that last few nights, so sue me.
He is just the right amount of independent for me, I suppose. He will leave the house with any family member at the drop of a hat, yet calls for "mama," when he is scared or hurt. He could hang with his "Lisa and Grandpa" all day without missing Jamie or me at all, though he will ask, "Where's Sister," a million and one times :D
He is always in trouble for taking his Geotrax apart and for peeling stickers of of his cars. He fed a piece of cat food to Macy a few weeks ago, and knew very well what he was doing. He has an ornery rotten look about him, and giggles to no end, when he's done something he shouldn't. He runs and cries, when we suggest he have to "go to bed," instead of timeout. He runs and sits on his butt, when we threaten a spanking. Jamie and I have to leave rooms or cover our faces to keep from laughing at his antics. He is our wild man, such a challenge, such a sweetheart, so funny, such a comedian, a goofball, such a 31-month-old boy!
He loves, loves, LOVES his baby sister, Macy Bleu...or was that "Bleuzer Doozer, Twinkle Toes, Pachoochuk, Bleubelle"...you get the point ;) He doesn't like to be without her, and refuses to take a bath, unless she is in the tub with him.
He also likes playing with Macy, though in typical older sibling fashion, it is on his terms. He wants her to be right beside him, but he wants to choose the toys she can have. We must threaten to and/or take away certain toys several times a day because he whines and cries, when she approaches things he sees as off limits. It is a challenge having kids this close in age, especially when Macy finds his motorized cars on the tracks so enticing. Lightning McQueen going around and around is all Jadon wants to do for hours everyday, but Macy doesn't get the concept of just watching. She prefers to sit on the track and put Lightning in her mouth ;)
Here is a clip of Jadon assisting me in removing Macy from the track. He's a great...ummm...help?? I also find it funny that he tells me he'll get her because "she's bein bad." Promise to goodness, we really don't ever refer to behavior as bad. I just don't like that label, so I'm not sure why he referred to her that way, so I found it funny.
Nice, huh? haha Poor, poor Macy. It's funny what has become normal or tolerated by us sometimes scares the grandparents who aren't around it from day to day. There really isn't an hour that goes by that Jadon doesn't pick Macy up, remove her from an area, hug her a bit too tight, etc. I was surprised, when I saw Gramma and Grandpa's reaction to Jadon picking Macy up the other night. I think Macy was too. She looked like, "What? I'm tough. I put up with more than this everyday." I sooo wish I had a clip of her getting mad at him and yelling with a serious look on her face. Hilarious!
Anyway...back to the big boy. He has an AWESOME routine down from which we rarely stray. He wakes up around 7:30am, breakfast (usually oats 'n toast, cereal w/banana, or egg n' toast), playing, some PBS kids, more playing, 12pm lunch (quesadilla w/sour cream and tomatoes, pb & apple butter sandwich, Kashi pizza, Annie's mac n' cheese, grilled cheese, or broccoli and something), then he almost always does #2 before his nap at 12:30, which lasts three hours. When he wakes, he usually watches a video and plays and has a snack or a very early dinner. Sometimes a snack and dinner are reveresed, but he always has both after naptime at some point. After a 7pm snack or late dinner, he gets a bath with Macy, then plays in his room, brushes his teeth, reads books, then prayers and lights out around 9-9:30pm.
We are working on an earlier bedtime...maybe 8:30pm, but it just seems there is so much to do with each of them that the clock gets the best of us. It does help that Jamie has been putting Macy to sleep for the last month, which usually happens between 8-8:30pm. I am responsible for Jadon's entire nightly routine, which seems to drag on for 30-45 minutes sometimes. He had decided a few weeks ago that he would like to spend 15-20 min. on the potty, before bedtime. Brother! The challenging thing was that he WAS actually going #2 again every. single. night! I think we've moved passed that...fingers crossed!
Jadon has exhibited more and more pretend play, creative play and many more independent thoughts this past month. He told me to "look at all these octagons," when he was eating cucumbers one day. He was pretending to "make eggs and toast" with blocks from Macy's Sillytown a few days ago, and even told me he had to "put 'em in the oven and cook 'em" in the little garage-like compartment. Yesterday, out of nowhere, he told Jamie, "Daddy, heesa wantsa go to da mall." ahahaha He has yet to give a response to the question, "Why?" I assume he wanted to ride rides or something. Silly boy.
He can still count to 20, knows all of his upper- and lower-case letters, can recite at least 10 of his books, can tell us all about baby Jesus (born to Joseph and Mary, is God's Son, born in Bethlehem in a manger, etc.), LOVES reading his Bible and learning about Jesus (also via his many Christmas DVDs). He'll tell us he wants to "watch baby Jesus," several times/week.
He loves outside, helping Daddy make coffee, emptying the dishwasher, putting groceries away from the store (though he doesn't yet get that cold things don't go in the pantry and boxes of pasta don't go in the fridge) haha :P He likes playing with their kitchen set that Mackenzie brought to them from WV (thank you, thank you, thank you) :)
We have moved his toddler bed back into our bedroom, and both Jamie and I love having him nestled snug within eyesight of us...co-dependent? Maybe, but he's growing up sooo fast :( I may even be guilty of picking him up from his bed and moving him into bed with me that last few nights, so sue me.
He is just the right amount of independent for me, I suppose. He will leave the house with any family member at the drop of a hat, yet calls for "mama," when he is scared or hurt. He could hang with his "Lisa and Grandpa" all day without missing Jamie or me at all, though he will ask, "Where's Sister," a million and one times :D
He is always in trouble for taking his Geotrax apart and for peeling stickers of of his cars. He fed a piece of cat food to Macy a few weeks ago, and knew very well what he was doing. He has an ornery rotten look about him, and giggles to no end, when he's done something he shouldn't. He runs and cries, when we suggest he have to "go to bed," instead of timeout. He runs and sits on his butt, when we threaten a spanking. Jamie and I have to leave rooms or cover our faces to keep from laughing at his antics. He is our wild man, such a challenge, such a sweetheart, so funny, such a comedian, a goofball, such a 31-month-old boy!
Almost a Toddler
Our sweet Baby Bleu turned 11 months old yesterday. As each day passes, she seems taller, looks a little less like a baby, interacts with us and the world a little more :( Her head is getting bigger, her face a little less chubby, her neck a little more visible :( She has started to identify things (i.e. kitty cat, all family members, trees, cup, eating, etc.) and babbling more and more syllables (i.e. "dododo" = dog). Our baby is becoming a toddler :(
In all seriousness, while it is VERY sad to lose this time of babyhood that only lasted for the blink of an eye, it is so much fun to see the little girl Macy is becoming. Just yesterday, we had a glimpse of the glamour to come, her first ponytail :)
When I look at this picture, it makes me even more excited to have a daughter. I mean, honestly, I LOVE having a son, but I don't have very much fun rolling cars around the living room...that's just a daddy thing. Daddy and Grandpa like playing with cars and trucks and teaching Jadon how different tools work. I just don't really care about that stuff...at all! I do love my son and am so thankful he has men in his life who will teach him "guy things," but I am REALLY excited to buy some more tutus, add hair accessories, and play with baby dolls :)
Obviously there are things I will do with Macy that will include Jadon, like teaching them how to cook and clean, how to be loving and kind, how to serve others, etc. I honestly can't imagine there will be many things these two will want to do separately for many years. They are each other's favorite person. Their bond is very clear. Here are a few clips of them enjoying one of their inside jokes...no idea, but they sure like to laugh together!
In all seriousness, while it is VERY sad to lose this time of babyhood that only lasted for the blink of an eye, it is so much fun to see the little girl Macy is becoming. Just yesterday, we had a glimpse of the glamour to come, her first ponytail :)
When I look at this picture, it makes me even more excited to have a daughter. I mean, honestly, I LOVE having a son, but I don't have very much fun rolling cars around the living room...that's just a daddy thing. Daddy and Grandpa like playing with cars and trucks and teaching Jadon how different tools work. I just don't really care about that stuff...at all! I do love my son and am so thankful he has men in his life who will teach him "guy things," but I am REALLY excited to buy some more tutus, add hair accessories, and play with baby dolls :)
Obviously there are things I will do with Macy that will include Jadon, like teaching them how to cook and clean, how to be loving and kind, how to serve others, etc. I honestly can't imagine there will be many things these two will want to do separately for many years. They are each other's favorite person. Their bond is very clear. Here are a few clips of them enjoying one of their inside jokes...no idea, but they sure like to laugh together!
When Macy is not playing with Jadon, you will likely find her next to her mama. She has always been and still remains a mama's girl. Jadon was always content to play with his toys with us or by himself, watch videos, or just run around like a wild animal. I think Macy would prefer to sit right on my lap a majority of her life, if I would allow her.
She has started to play with toys a bit more, mostly with Jadon's race tracks, much to his demise. She does like to watch any video with music. She is a dancing queen! She really doesn't sit still, as long as there is music playing. Yesterday, when she was watching a video, she kept standing up, twisting around, waving her hands in the air and then clapping. She did this for at least five minutes. If you aren't aware, 11 month olds don't do many things for five minutes straight ;) Cuuuute!
Other favorite things: waking up and seeing Daddy and Jadon (makes her smile BIG!), her Gramma and Grandpa (she squeals with delight, everytime she sees them!), taking baths with Jadon, playing with her kitchen set (she means business, when she's doing this! Hilarious!), clapping, dancing, bouncing, smiling (her favorite :D ), going on short drives, being read books, pulling all of the books off the shelves, getting into the bathroom drawers and eating mama's straightening iron, EATING (anything and all things big people), and vacuuming (this little girl will find a piece of fuzz in a heartbeat! She must eat dirt, fuzz, or pieces of lawn debris everyday of her life! And she may have eaten a dead bug by the sliding door. Oops!). She keeps us on our toes :)
She likes to kick her feet, when she's content. She does this when she's eating or excited or listening to music. This has earned her the title "Twinkle Toes" from Daddy, and now Jadon has followed suit...so cute ;) She has the squishiest, softest chub on her hip area...like butta! We cannot get enough of it!
She is "walking," if you consider her ability to take 10 steps in a row "walking." She can go from sitting to standing to walking also. She is still pooping in the potty about five days/week, though she really doesn't exhibit cues that she is going #1. We ARE NOT potty training her! We are saving $$ on diapers though :) and Macy has no issue with sitting on the potty.
She is squirmy, especially if you are trying to change her diaper or put on her clothes. She wants to get into everything she sees, as long as mama is within eye shot. She no longer has to be nursed to sleep, instead she likes being rocked by Daddy. Just this week, she has stopped sleeping next to me at night, which is the first step towards the inevitable process of being weaned VERY soon.
She is a toddler-in-the-making in every sense of the word, and while we are thrilled to watch her grow and learn so much, it is all happening so fast. We're already missing our little pork chop :/ Where has the time gone???
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Christmas Eve '09
On Christmas Eve, we went to church at CUMC. Jamie and I split the time in the lobby carrying Macy around. She wasn't terribly fussy, but she's at the stage of babbling and not wanting to sit still for more than three minutes at a time. Jadon, on the other hand, was very well-behaved and sat on Auntie Em's lap the entire service. I missed seeing him sing "Silent Night" with his candle, and also missed getting a family pic of us all dressed up, BUT I did take plenty of pics of our sweet babies opening a few presents after dinner and a bath at Gramma and Grandpa's.
It was a Cars Christmas, including jammies
A truck with a boat in tow, just like Grandpa's
Best opening Christmas presents face EVER! haha
Seriously sooo excited :D
Notice Jadon worrying she's getting something he's not
Then he forgot about his truck and boat for the next few hours haha :P
Thank you for the new toy, Uncle Allen & Auntie Lily!
Her face says it all
Next up...
Cars race track from Uncle Allen & Auntie Lily :)
Counting my blessings ;)
Waiting on Santa
I've waited for this Christmas my entire life!
What sweet memories we have made. Thank you, God :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
