I forgot about the very best part of pooping on Saturday.
We were sitting at the dinner table that evening, and keep saying, did you poop? how awesome are you? w00t Andrew!
When all of a sudden, he declares "I not a little boy. I'm a man!"
Holding back laughter, "you are a man?"
"Yes. I poop in the potty and get Gordon. I'm a man now!"
My little boy is a man, now. Time for him to get a job, do his own laundry, and mow the lawn?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Gordon says "poop poop!"
We haven't been pushing Andrew using the potty too much, since he's had a fairly eventful year so far. He knows what to do, but we haven't been consistent with making him go. If you set the alarm, he's pretty good at sitting down and peeing. We've had absolutely zero luck getting him to poop. He just does not want to interrupt his oh-so-important train playing for potty time.
Enter: The Bribe.
And what is the key to Andrew's heart? Well, Thomas and Friends, duh! We took him to Toys R Us, back in August, and let him pick out a train. He, of course, picked out the most expensive one, Gordon. Since we were having trouble getting him to even try pooping on the potty, we made it a sweet bribe, poop just ONE time, and you earn this train!
He's known for months that to get Gordon, he has to poopoo in the potty. Yet, he just does not want to.
Me? I do not want to change more poopy diapers. I don't think you need me to explain that one to you.
Lately, when I see him going off to "hide" and poop, I'll grab him and run him to the potty. Mostly, this just makes him clam up. I figure eventually, he won't be able to hold it anymore and we will have success.
Saturday? We had success! sort of. in a little way... He walked off to hide, I ran him upstairs, sat him down and he pooped. A rabbit pellet. Seriously, it was the smallest poop in the history of poop!
Still, we had to reward him, right? After two months, he finally earned Gordon! We also let him have ice cream, and made special calls to Meme and Gramma.
That night? He pooped the rest in the bathtub. First time in nearly 3 years of parenting I had to clean that out of the tub. It was gross!
Hopefully, he grasped that this was good and exciting and does it again! Sunday it didn't work, but we were not paying good attention to it. Today I was a HAWK, but nothing. You will see your day soon toilet, I promise!
Also, we reward him with one M&M each time he pees. He has just got to get the hang of this potty thing soon. Andrew gets one M&M, Mama gets 4. Why haven't I lost all of the baby weight???
Enter: The Bribe.
And what is the key to Andrew's heart? Well, Thomas and Friends, duh! We took him to Toys R Us, back in August, and let him pick out a train. He, of course, picked out the most expensive one, Gordon. Since we were having trouble getting him to even try pooping on the potty, we made it a sweet bribe, poop just ONE time, and you earn this train!
He's known for months that to get Gordon, he has to poopoo in the potty. Yet, he just does not want to.
Me? I do not want to change more poopy diapers. I don't think you need me to explain that one to you.
Lately, when I see him going off to "hide" and poop, I'll grab him and run him to the potty. Mostly, this just makes him clam up. I figure eventually, he won't be able to hold it anymore and we will have success.
Saturday? We had success! sort of. in a little way... He walked off to hide, I ran him upstairs, sat him down and he pooped. A rabbit pellet. Seriously, it was the smallest poop in the history of poop!
Still, we had to reward him, right? After two months, he finally earned Gordon! We also let him have ice cream, and made special calls to Meme and Gramma.
That night? He pooped the rest in the bathtub. First time in nearly 3 years of parenting I had to clean that out of the tub. It was gross!
Hopefully, he grasped that this was good and exciting and does it again! Sunday it didn't work, but we were not paying good attention to it. Today I was a HAWK, but nothing. You will see your day soon toilet, I promise!
Also, we reward him with one M&M each time he pees. He has just got to get the hang of this potty thing soon. Andrew gets one M&M, Mama gets 4. Why haven't I lost all of the baby weight???
Day of doctoring
Thursday, Ellie had her four-month well-baby check-up at our new pediatrician. Turns out I have another big baby on my hands! She measured 27.5", over 100th percentile, and 15 lbs 2 oz, 89th percentile. Her head was 16 point something inches, 80th percentile. I don't know why, but head size really doesn't concern me, it came out ok, that's all that matters!
Everything else went great, she is already doing all of the four month milestones, just shy of actually being four months.
The office is new, brightly colored, and very nice. Only problem? the well-child waiting room is right by check-in and all the kids who come in go right up to the play table, regardless of being well or sick. Both of my kids now have snotty noses and coughs. Thanks doctor visit!
After the pediatrician, we got right back on the highway and went to my endocrinologists office.
I never wrote about the thyroid, let me try to sum up.
It was discovered in fall of 2005 that I have a nodule on my thyroid. Fine-needle aspiration was done, benign, all hormone levels came back normal. Nothing to worry about. I went back for follow-up ultrasounds every 6 mos or so. The nodule was growing, but that is all that happened. When I had my prenatal blood work done with Ellie, I asked that they test my thyroid levels, since they hadn't been tested since 2005. Just for good measure. My results came back hyperthyroid, meaning I make too much thyroid hormones. I started a drug, and my pregnancy was labeled "high risk." Tons of blood work throughout pregnancy.
So, now we moved and I am at a new doctor, someone seeing my case for the first time and wanting to figure stuff out on his own. He did another ultrasound, and found that the volume of nodule has quadrupled in four years, so he wanted to do another biopsy to double-check it.
Ok, so that happened after the ped on Thursday. When I first had one done, they put some numbing stuff on my neck. I didn't feel it, just felt the pressure and saw him wiggle the needle. This time? NOTHING! It wasn't awful, not enough to make me tear up, but made me tense up! And my neck was sore or the rest of the day. My mom said she'd have to get me some Godiva for it :)
When we were at the mall on Friday, we walked right past a Godiva store, so of course I puppy-dog-eyed her and we went to get my chocolate. Good news for everyone, I joined the Rewards program! A free piece of chocolate every month! And a free gift when I spend $10. Everyone is getting chocolate for gift-giving occasions now! Gimme some candy!
Everything else went great, she is already doing all of the four month milestones, just shy of actually being four months.
The office is new, brightly colored, and very nice. Only problem? the well-child waiting room is right by check-in and all the kids who come in go right up to the play table, regardless of being well or sick. Both of my kids now have snotty noses and coughs. Thanks doctor visit!
After the pediatrician, we got right back on the highway and went to my endocrinologists office.
I never wrote about the thyroid, let me try to sum up.
It was discovered in fall of 2005 that I have a nodule on my thyroid. Fine-needle aspiration was done, benign, all hormone levels came back normal. Nothing to worry about. I went back for follow-up ultrasounds every 6 mos or so. The nodule was growing, but that is all that happened. When I had my prenatal blood work done with Ellie, I asked that they test my thyroid levels, since they hadn't been tested since 2005. Just for good measure. My results came back hyperthyroid, meaning I make too much thyroid hormones. I started a drug, and my pregnancy was labeled "high risk." Tons of blood work throughout pregnancy.
So, now we moved and I am at a new doctor, someone seeing my case for the first time and wanting to figure stuff out on his own. He did another ultrasound, and found that the volume of nodule has quadrupled in four years, so he wanted to do another biopsy to double-check it.
Ok, so that happened after the ped on Thursday. When I first had one done, they put some numbing stuff on my neck. I didn't feel it, just felt the pressure and saw him wiggle the needle. This time? NOTHING! It wasn't awful, not enough to make me tear up, but made me tense up! And my neck was sore or the rest of the day. My mom said she'd have to get me some Godiva for it :)
When we were at the mall on Friday, we walked right past a Godiva store, so of course I puppy-dog-eyed her and we went to get my chocolate. Good news for everyone, I joined the Rewards program! A free piece of chocolate every month! And a free gift when I spend $10. Everyone is getting chocolate for gift-giving occasions now! Gimme some candy!
Houseguest!
My mom had vacation last week, and was able to find a cheap, last minute ticket from LaGuardia to Raleigh. She arrived Wednesday morning, and left Saturday morning.
She made me go to Lowe's to finally get brackets for hanging up the curtains in this house! We managed to get the curtains hung in the living room, Andrew's room, and the 3rd curtain hung in Ellie's room. We also did some shopping at Kohl's (after the kids went to bed, woohoo for late hours!), and I think the kids are set for the fall. I worry about Ellie growing waaay too fast, though! My mom also scored a new cuisanart mini-prep. and some pillar candles, that I hear caused her to get her bag searched at the airport, lol.
Friday, we headed across town to check out World Market and Jo Ann fabric. World Market? awesome! It has Pier One sorts of things, international sorts of decor. I found a million things Iwant need! Andy and I went back on Saturday and got a rug and print for the wall.
At Jo Ann, we got things to hang on the front doors, and my first ever glue gun! Time to up the toddler crafty-time.
We met and old co-worker of my mom's for lunch. I swear, everyone who lives here, moved here from the northeast! Our music teacher is from NJ, another mom in music class is from Long Island, another from Ohio, our neighbors are from NJ. everyone!
After lunch, we rested at home for a bit, then headed to the indoor/outdoor mall in Durham.
All in all a good visit! The house is finally coming together, and the stuff we did get done has lit a fire under our butts, and Andy and I spent Sunday organizing stuff and hanging shelves and curtains.
Sunday night, my good friend, Nikesh, came over for dinner. He is in town for business, and happens to be staying right up the road about 8 miles from us!
Next up, Jamie, Andy's mom, comes in early November!
She made me go to Lowe's to finally get brackets for hanging up the curtains in this house! We managed to get the curtains hung in the living room, Andrew's room, and the 3rd curtain hung in Ellie's room. We also did some shopping at Kohl's (after the kids went to bed, woohoo for late hours!), and I think the kids are set for the fall. I worry about Ellie growing waaay too fast, though! My mom also scored a new cuisanart mini-prep. and some pillar candles, that I hear caused her to get her bag searched at the airport, lol.
Friday, we headed across town to check out World Market and Jo Ann fabric. World Market? awesome! It has Pier One sorts of things, international sorts of decor. I found a million things I
At Jo Ann, we got things to hang on the front doors, and my first ever glue gun! Time to up the toddler crafty-time.
We met and old co-worker of my mom's for lunch. I swear, everyone who lives here, moved here from the northeast! Our music teacher is from NJ, another mom in music class is from Long Island, another from Ohio, our neighbors are from NJ. everyone!
After lunch, we rested at home for a bit, then headed to the indoor/outdoor mall in Durham.
All in all a good visit! The house is finally coming together, and the stuff we did get done has lit a fire under our butts, and Andy and I spent Sunday organizing stuff and hanging shelves and curtains.
Sunday night, my good friend, Nikesh, came over for dinner. He is in town for business, and happens to be staying right up the road about 8 miles from us!
Next up, Jamie, Andy's mom, comes in early November!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Thomas the Tank Engine
If you haven't heard yet, Andrew is obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine. He wants to watch it all the time, knows all the words to the song at the end, remembers the engines faces after seeing them once (really, I am amazed he knows who everyone is!), and he is constantly referring to his path of walking as a track, and woo-woo!s all the time. Obsessed is an understatement!
The receptionists at my endocrinologist told me recently that Thomas the Tank Engine comes around once or twice a year, and you can take a ride on him. But they said it happens in the spring, bummer.
One morning, on PBS, I saw a commercial for it. I had seen commercials on the PBS out of Albany before, but could never figure out where the place was to go visit! This was much clearer :)
We looked at last Saturday, but the weather was going to be bad, so we got tickets for yesterday. I waited a little long, so was only able to get late afternoon tickets, but it was ok. We drove the two hours right at naptime, and limited the crank factor. Or so we hoped!
We didn't tell Andrew what we were doing, and as we were getting out of the car, Thomas drove his train right in front of the parking lot. Andrew was so excited! Then, we told him ooh boy we are going to ride on Thomas, how cool! He did not want to ride! He was adamant that he would not be riding Thomas. Well, that was money well spent!
We got our map and tickets, and walked around. There was a huge tent full of all sorts of Thomas themed things. And since we were at a transportation museum, all sorts of trains all over. He was able to get a Thomas tattoo, that I am not allowed to remove, color some Thomas pictures, see a table of electric trains, parked real trains (but those were too scary), and a slide and Thomas bounce-house that we steered clear of.
His favorite thing was the Lego Thomas. An entire Thomas built from Lego bricks! Next to it, there was a whole set-up of the Lego Duplo Thomas series. Which might be in Santa's thoughts this coming Christmas!
We got in line to ride Thomas and Andrew still did not want to go! He was grumpy until we started to move. The train went really slowly, and the trip lasted about 20 minutes. He was given a special certificate for riding and declared a Junior Engineer! They tried to give one to Elisabeth too, but I declined. Babygirl was sleeping the whole time!
so excited!
We kept asking Andrew if he wanted a picture with Thomas, since you had to get in line and wait forever. He said no, no, no. We went and checked out all of the activites, and by the end, he wanted that picture! We got to the line a few minutes before Thomas arrived back from a trip and were the seconds ones in line.
Then we headed to the gift shop. Andrew got a backpack, a placemat, a t-shirt, and a Numbers game! We wanted to get him the ride on electric Thomas, but the box wouldn't fit in the car. Also, it was really expensive :-p
Then entire album, including a video of Ellie giggling!
The receptionists at my endocrinologist told me recently that Thomas the Tank Engine comes around once or twice a year, and you can take a ride on him. But they said it happens in the spring, bummer.
One morning, on PBS, I saw a commercial for it. I had seen commercials on the PBS out of Albany before, but could never figure out where the place was to go visit! This was much clearer :)
We looked at last Saturday, but the weather was going to be bad, so we got tickets for yesterday. I waited a little long, so was only able to get late afternoon tickets, but it was ok. We drove the two hours right at naptime, and limited the crank factor. Or so we hoped!
We didn't tell Andrew what we were doing, and as we were getting out of the car, Thomas drove his train right in front of the parking lot. Andrew was so excited! Then, we told him ooh boy we are going to ride on Thomas, how cool! He did not want to ride! He was adamant that he would not be riding Thomas. Well, that was money well spent!
We got our map and tickets, and walked around. There was a huge tent full of all sorts of Thomas themed things. And since we were at a transportation museum, all sorts of trains all over. He was able to get a Thomas tattoo, that I am not allowed to remove, color some Thomas pictures, see a table of electric trains, parked real trains (but those were too scary), and a slide and Thomas bounce-house that we steered clear of.
His favorite thing was the Lego Thomas. An entire Thomas built from Lego bricks! Next to it, there was a whole set-up of the Lego Duplo Thomas series. Which might be in Santa's thoughts this coming Christmas!
We got in line to ride Thomas and Andrew still did not want to go! He was grumpy until we started to move. The train went really slowly, and the trip lasted about 20 minutes. He was given a special certificate for riding and declared a Junior Engineer! They tried to give one to Elisabeth too, but I declined. Babygirl was sleeping the whole time!
so excited!
We kept asking Andrew if he wanted a picture with Thomas, since you had to get in line and wait forever. He said no, no, no. We went and checked out all of the activites, and by the end, he wanted that picture! We got to the line a few minutes before Thomas arrived back from a trip and were the seconds ones in line.
Then we headed to the gift shop. Andrew got a backpack, a placemat, a t-shirt, and a Numbers game! We wanted to get him the ride on electric Thomas, but the box wouldn't fit in the car. Also, it was really expensive :-p
Then entire album, including a video of Ellie giggling!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Back. again.
This time, I SWEAR I will keep up with this thing. I promise. Cause the whole reason I started it, to keep in touch with our far away family... well, now they really are far away!
So, since we left off in January:
We found out it's a girl!
We both turned 30.
We visited the Raleigh area.
Andrew got a stomach virus, which led to me obsessively examining his body. Which led to the discovery of One Big Ball.
Andrew was diagnosed with a hydrocele and hernia.
We got an offer on the house.
The contracts papers didn't get signed for practically forever, cause the buyer lives in Bermuda.
Andrew had surgery.
We packed and moved in with my parents on Wednesday, June 17.
Our daughter, Elisabeth Jane, was born Saturday, June 20, 12 days early. SURPRISE!
Our scheduled closing of June 22 was moved to June 24. Thank goodness.
Andy went to Cary, NC and found us a house to lease.
Elisabeth was baptised.
Andy moved the bulk of our stuff to NC.
We moved everything else and ourselves on Labor Day weekend!
My parents came to visit, and my mother instructed me where to hang stuff. I have not hung said stuff.
We have fallen back into our routine, love our area and new house (except for the bland walls), and are enjoying North Carolina.
More to come! I will add some back-dated entries about Andrew's surgery, and Ellie's birth!
So, since we left off in January:
We found out it's a girl!
We both turned 30.
We visited the Raleigh area.
Andrew got a stomach virus, which led to me obsessively examining his body. Which led to the discovery of One Big Ball.
Andrew was diagnosed with a hydrocele and hernia.
We got an offer on the house.
The contracts papers didn't get signed for practically forever, cause the buyer lives in Bermuda.
Andrew had surgery.
We packed and moved in with my parents on Wednesday, June 17.
Our daughter, Elisabeth Jane, was born Saturday, June 20, 12 days early. SURPRISE!
Our scheduled closing of June 22 was moved to June 24. Thank goodness.
Andy went to Cary, NC and found us a house to lease.
Elisabeth was baptised.
Andy moved the bulk of our stuff to NC.
We moved everything else and ourselves on Labor Day weekend!
My parents came to visit, and my mother instructed me where to hang stuff. I have not hung said stuff.
We have fallen back into our routine, love our area and new house (except for the bland walls), and are enjoying North Carolina.
More to come! I will add some back-dated entries about Andrew's surgery, and Ellie's birth!
Friday, July 31, 2009
new house!
We got a house! Andy signed the lease yesterday, for 18 months.
It's 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1 car garage. It has a living room, dining room, EIKitchen, family room with wood-burning fireplace (s'mores!!), and a loft. There is a backyard, and it's tree lined, so private. I am so excited to finally move in! But I have to wait another 5 weeks. The lease starts on Aug 15, and Andy happens to be heading back for customer calls on the 16th, so he will be taking a truckload then. Then we will take a second truckload in September.
More pictures
It's 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1 car garage. It has a living room, dining room, EIKitchen, family room with wood-burning fireplace (s'mores!!), and a loft. There is a backyard, and it's tree lined, so private. I am so excited to finally move in! But I have to wait another 5 weeks. The lease starts on Aug 15, and Andy happens to be heading back for customer calls on the 16th, so he will be taking a truckload then. Then we will take a second truckload in September.
More pictures
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