Ellie has finally learned to roll from her back to her belly. She has been rolling from belly to back for a while. She is a belly sleeper, and has always liked to flip herself back over, then throw a fit because she absolutely cannot sleep on her back, oh no!
Well, she's finally learned the other way. Which I would think would solve the sleeping problems, but no. She just gets mad and screams until I flip her. Then she'll shove that thumb in her mouth and pass right out.
She has quickly learned that rolling over in both directions, along with spinning on her belly, can do some good things for her! I'll put her down, and a minute later, she's 10 feet away from where I put her!
Andrew was never a roly poly one. This should be fun :) She is already trying to roll over to look at the cats or Andrew or some piece of fuzz if I change her on the floor. I am afraid that she will end up being like Rowan was, with Tara closing the diaper up as Rowan sped away!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
New traditions?
If you didn't already know, Andy and I LOVE Christmas! The only reason we don't start decorating as soon as Thanksgiving dinner is cleaned up is because we are too stuffed to move that much! So, we start on Friday morning. This is helped by the fact that we have a fake tree. Judge as you will. We will not be home for Christmas. Rental Property. CHEAP!
Anyway, we woke up Friday morning and pulled out all the Christmas stuff from the storage closet and set the tree up. By this time, it was lunch and nap time. While the kids were sleeping, we discovered our new tradition. Leaf raking!
The leaves had fallen so much later than we are used to, that it hadn't been time to rake until November. It was a gorgeous 65 degree day out. It was very weird to be doing after Thanksgiving and in the middle of our house decorating!
Andrew wke up and joined us for some fun!
We did pretend we were in the cold, white, north for our tree trimming that evening! We lit a fire, made hot chocolate, watched Polar Express, and trimmed the tree. We are so Normal Rockwell. 21st century, NC Norman Rockwell, but hey, you know what I mean.
It is so festive in here now! I am going to be sad when we have to undecorate!
Here are all of our pictures from the month of November
Anyway, we woke up Friday morning and pulled out all the Christmas stuff from the storage closet and set the tree up. By this time, it was lunch and nap time. While the kids were sleeping, we discovered our new tradition. Leaf raking!
The leaves had fallen so much later than we are used to, that it hadn't been time to rake until November. It was a gorgeous 65 degree day out. It was very weird to be doing after Thanksgiving and in the middle of our house decorating!
Andrew wke up and joined us for some fun!
We did pretend we were in the cold, white, north for our tree trimming that evening! We lit a fire, made hot chocolate, watched Polar Express, and trimmed the tree. We are so Normal Rockwell. 21st century, NC Norman Rockwell, but hey, you know what I mean.
It is so festive in here now! I am going to be sad when we have to undecorate!
Here are all of our pictures from the month of November
Thanksgiving
We had a pretty nice first Thanksgiving in NC!
My brother, Eric, was supposed to come visit us with his wife and two daughters, but the girls got lice from school and by Tuesday, Jo Ann still hadn't been able to get rid of it. Ick. Needless to say, they stayed home!
We'd already gotten a 20 b turkey (this is what you get when you send your husband on a Sunday evening!) and all the groceries for 7 people, so we felt committed to cooking up a storm! There was a lot of googling and internet research going on!
While I have cooked a turkey before, this was my first time with no adult supervision. After a morning of freaking out that it was still frozen (slightly, but mostly just hard as a breastbone inside, duh) and freaking out over giblets and pulling out necks (ew ew ew ew, this is what moms are for, I decided), we got it in the oven around noon. Andy and I worked together to get green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, biscuits, and sausage/apple stuffing made. We got fancy and opened jarred cranberry sauce and black olives, too. And we both got to watch our Thanksgiving tv - me = Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, him = dog show. just kidding. Andy is a real man and watched football!
Does anyone else want to call it the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade, like me? sheesh.
We had perfect timing, and everything was done, ready to go, and still warm at 6 o'clock.
We did a great job! In our humble opinions, of course :) Everything was delicious. Our turkey was moist, our potatoes perfectly creamy, and the jellied cranberry sauce perfection. And so, we stuffed our faces without judgement of other people :) And hardly had any dishes to wash. Not so bad, right?
Ellie was very tired during dinner. First, she thought about falling asleep on my hip in the pouch sling. Then I put her in her bed to see if she'd sleep, but she decided to cry instead. Andy rescued her, and ended up plopping her on the floor by his feet, where she happily rolled all over the place. silly girl!
My brother, Eric, was supposed to come visit us with his wife and two daughters, but the girls got lice from school and by Tuesday, Jo Ann still hadn't been able to get rid of it. Ick. Needless to say, they stayed home!
We'd already gotten a 20 b turkey (this is what you get when you send your husband on a Sunday evening!) and all the groceries for 7 people, so we felt committed to cooking up a storm! There was a lot of googling and internet research going on!
While I have cooked a turkey before, this was my first time with no adult supervision. After a morning of freaking out that it was still frozen (slightly, but mostly just hard as a breastbone inside, duh) and freaking out over giblets and pulling out necks (ew ew ew ew, this is what moms are for, I decided), we got it in the oven around noon. Andy and I worked together to get green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, biscuits, and sausage/apple stuffing made. We got fancy and opened jarred cranberry sauce and black olives, too. And we both got to watch our Thanksgiving tv - me = Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, him = dog show. just kidding. Andy is a real man and watched football!
Does anyone else want to call it the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade, like me? sheesh.
We had perfect timing, and everything was done, ready to go, and still warm at 6 o'clock.
We did a great job! In our humble opinions, of course :) Everything was delicious. Our turkey was moist, our potatoes perfectly creamy, and the jellied cranberry sauce perfection. And so, we stuffed our faces without judgement of other people :) And hardly had any dishes to wash. Not so bad, right?
Ellie was very tired during dinner. First, she thought about falling asleep on my hip in the pouch sling. Then I put her in her bed to see if she'd sleep, but she decided to cry instead. Andy rescued her, and ended up plopping her on the floor by his feet, where she happily rolled all over the place. silly girl!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Meme comes to town
We had a lovely weekend with Jamie, Andy's mom!
She arrived Friday afternoon, which got Andy home from work early :) Andrew was very excited to show her his new house and play with her!
Saturday morning, we got up and going. We introduced Jamie to the deliciousness that is Biscuitville and headed up to the mall in Durham, the Streets at Southpoint. When you come to visit, we will take you there, it's cute! We walked around, got the kids Christmas outfits, and a few random things. At lunch, we were devious, and introduced Jamie to the awesomeness that is Five Guys, without Jeff, hehehe.
We had bribed Andrew into behaving, by promising him Henry the train if he behaved at the mall. Which he did. We headed around the corner to Target, but they didn't have him! After his nap that afternoon, we checked out the Target closer to our house, but no luck. What up Target, why no carry the popular engines? He did get Hiro, who is the train in the new Thomas movie Hero of the Rails. It's his favorite movie, so says Andrew!
We rencently got a fold-up potty seat to use when we are out and about. I made Andrew go at the mall before we left, which was good, since he passed out in the car on the way home. After our second Target trip, we headed out to eat at TGIFridays. While we were sitting eating dinner, he ASKED if he could go potty and use the Elmo seat. AWESOME. and Ellie cried and refused to fall asleep forever. Girlfriend needs to learn to just pass out when she is tired!
Sunday, Andy showed off by making his mama pancakes. After Jamie and Andy went to church, he drove her around the other side of town, just to show her what we've got. Which is everything, except Hobby Lobby :-p I had to take both kids to church with me for 3 hours, and ended up leaving Ellie in the nursery for service, first time! There is a cry room at the back of the sanctuary, where I usually spend my time feeding her, and which has a speaker, so you can still hear the service. But its been broken all but the first week we went there. It was nice to actually be able to sit through an entire church service with no interruptions for once!
At home, everyone but me took a nap. How does this happen?? We spent the rest of the day enjoying some gorgeous weather and playing outside!
Andy took Jamie back to the airport after breakfast on Monday. It was wonderful to get to see her and visit! We really miss our family, and being able to get together all the time.
She arrived Friday afternoon, which got Andy home from work early :) Andrew was very excited to show her his new house and play with her!
Saturday morning, we got up and going. We introduced Jamie to the deliciousness that is Biscuitville and headed up to the mall in Durham, the Streets at Southpoint. When you come to visit, we will take you there, it's cute! We walked around, got the kids Christmas outfits, and a few random things. At lunch, we were devious, and introduced Jamie to the awesomeness that is Five Guys, without Jeff, hehehe.
We had bribed Andrew into behaving, by promising him Henry the train if he behaved at the mall. Which he did. We headed around the corner to Target, but they didn't have him! After his nap that afternoon, we checked out the Target closer to our house, but no luck. What up Target, why no carry the popular engines? He did get Hiro, who is the train in the new Thomas movie Hero of the Rails. It's his favorite movie, so says Andrew!
We rencently got a fold-up potty seat to use when we are out and about. I made Andrew go at the mall before we left, which was good, since he passed out in the car on the way home. After our second Target trip, we headed out to eat at TGIFridays. While we were sitting eating dinner, he ASKED if he could go potty and use the Elmo seat. AWESOME. and Ellie cried and refused to fall asleep forever. Girlfriend needs to learn to just pass out when she is tired!
Sunday, Andy showed off by making his mama pancakes. After Jamie and Andy went to church, he drove her around the other side of town, just to show her what we've got. Which is everything, except Hobby Lobby :-p I had to take both kids to church with me for 3 hours, and ended up leaving Ellie in the nursery for service, first time! There is a cry room at the back of the sanctuary, where I usually spend my time feeding her, and which has a speaker, so you can still hear the service. But its been broken all but the first week we went there. It was nice to actually be able to sit through an entire church service with no interruptions for once!
At home, everyone but me took a nap. How does this happen?? We spent the rest of the day enjoying some gorgeous weather and playing outside!
Andy took Jamie back to the airport after breakfast on Monday. It was wonderful to get to see her and visit! We really miss our family, and being able to get together all the time.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween
Because I am cheap, I had every intention of making Andrew re-wear his monkey costume from last year. Turns out, nearly 3 year olds have minds of their own! I started to explain to him the concept of trick or treating and omg how awesome will it be to dress up like a monkey!? No. Oh, what do you want to dress up like? Thomas! Of course, Andrew, of course. So, we tracked down a Thomas costume across town at the other Target. Got Ellie a 6-9 month peapod costume, that turned out to be too small. Darn giant baby!
The Wednesday before Halloween, my neighbor, Cami, had the day off, so she came over and we carved our pumpkins together. I need to have a plan before I take a knife after a giant squash, so I drew my face on with Magic marker. Which of course made Andrew think we were "painting" on pumpkins. I think all the pumpkins ended up with a little paint on them! Even with my careful planning, my pumpkin still looked weird. I don't know why I try this year after year!
On Saturday, we went to Cooper's daycare for a fall festival with him and Cami. Andrew was able to paint a pumpkin, jump in a bounce house, crawl through a tube, get a tattoo, not ride a pony, and get a train book.
We came home and tooted around waiting for the big moment. Finally, we all dressed up. Andrew was Thomas the Tank Engine, Ellie a bursting pea pod, I was a mouse, and Andy dressed as Uncle Matt. We hung out on the porch for a while, waiting to see other kids out trick or treating before we hit the road. We went to the cul-de-sac across from ours, and went to about 5 houses. Andrew was his shy self, but managed to squeak out "trick-or-treat" and "thank you." Ellie flipped out by the second house and had to come out of the stroller, where she had been placed for optimum baby visibility. Girlfriend was boiling hot...it was 80* out :-p
I went back home to wait for kids that never showed up, while Andy and Andrew went down to another road. Andrew wasn't into it anymore so they came home. We all hung out at the end of the cul-de-sac with our neighbors, chatting and eating our candy. We had a whopping 6 kids come to see us! Very disappointing. We decided it was because our single street lamp was out. Right?
Andrew passed out in Andy's arms around 8. It was quite a busy, napless day for the boy!
The Wednesday before Halloween, my neighbor, Cami, had the day off, so she came over and we carved our pumpkins together. I need to have a plan before I take a knife after a giant squash, so I drew my face on with Magic marker. Which of course made Andrew think we were "painting" on pumpkins. I think all the pumpkins ended up with a little paint on them! Even with my careful planning, my pumpkin still looked weird. I don't know why I try this year after year!
On Saturday, we went to Cooper's daycare for a fall festival with him and Cami. Andrew was able to paint a pumpkin, jump in a bounce house, crawl through a tube, get a tattoo, not ride a pony, and get a train book.
We came home and tooted around waiting for the big moment. Finally, we all dressed up. Andrew was Thomas the Tank Engine, Ellie a bursting pea pod, I was a mouse, and Andy dressed as Uncle Matt. We hung out on the porch for a while, waiting to see other kids out trick or treating before we hit the road. We went to the cul-de-sac across from ours, and went to about 5 houses. Andrew was his shy self, but managed to squeak out "trick-or-treat" and "thank you." Ellie flipped out by the second house and had to come out of the stroller, where she had been placed for optimum baby visibility. Girlfriend was boiling hot...it was 80* out :-p
I went back home to wait for kids that never showed up, while Andy and Andrew went down to another road. Andrew wasn't into it anymore so they came home. We all hung out at the end of the cul-de-sac with our neighbors, chatting and eating our candy. We had a whopping 6 kids come to see us! Very disappointing. We decided it was because our single street lamp was out. Right?
Andrew passed out in Andy's arms around 8. It was quite a busy, napless day for the boy!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
State Fair
We tried to go to the Dutchess County Fair for my dad's birthday back in August, but of course, we got rained out. Did we expect anything else from this summer?
Lucky for us, the NC State Fair happens in October! We went last weekend with our friends Sara and Mike, and their sons Landon and Oliver.
Our first stop was the PBS tent to see a special appearance by Curious George and Super Why. Andrew is afraid of anything and everything these days, so he was not into this. I went to stand next to george while holding him, and he leaned as far into me as he could! Makes me feel bad for the people in those costumes, to have kids petrified of them!
I got some stickers and coloring sheets, and we headed over to the Marble Children's Museum tent. There was a station where the kids sorted play food into big bins labeled with the different food groups. Andrew loved this. He had to be coached on where to put the food, but he was so enthusiastic about it!
Then we wandered over to the children's barn and the petting zoo before having lunch. Here we are at the state fair, a smorgasbord of fried foods... and we got pizza. Twenty dollars worth of pizza at that!
Next up was the kiddie rides. Landon and Mike went on the carousel, but Andrew refused to ride. We went to the Jalopies, the old-style cars that you sit in and go in a circle. Andrew was thrilled with "driving" past me and waving. SO cute.
He saw a dragon rollercoaster, which he called a train, and said he wanted to ride it. It was for kids only, no daddies sitting with him. it went in a circle, and up and down by about 4 feet. Andy put him in the car, next to Landon, and walked away. Andrew went berserk! Off he came.
We kept walking around trying to find something else he would want to ride that Andy could also ride. More cars, bumper cars, bumper boats, and nothing was appealing. What does he settle on? A rollercoaster! A real one, that went up, up, up, then down down down, real fast. We stood waiting on a long line, all the time pointing out how high and fast it went. He said he wanted to. Okaaay, they got on. Andrew had NO PROBLEM riding this thing! Landon was no so fond... he cried and screamed the whole time, and as soon as they all got off, he asked to go again, lol.
We still had more tickets, so they all took one last ride on the Jalopies before calling it a day. One overpriced funnel cake to go, and we were on our way home.
post-fair crash
Lucky for us, the NC State Fair happens in October! We went last weekend with our friends Sara and Mike, and their sons Landon and Oliver.
Our first stop was the PBS tent to see a special appearance by Curious George and Super Why. Andrew is afraid of anything and everything these days, so he was not into this. I went to stand next to george while holding him, and he leaned as far into me as he could! Makes me feel bad for the people in those costumes, to have kids petrified of them!
I got some stickers and coloring sheets, and we headed over to the Marble Children's Museum tent. There was a station where the kids sorted play food into big bins labeled with the different food groups. Andrew loved this. He had to be coached on where to put the food, but he was so enthusiastic about it!
Then we wandered over to the children's barn and the petting zoo before having lunch. Here we are at the state fair, a smorgasbord of fried foods... and we got pizza. Twenty dollars worth of pizza at that!
Next up was the kiddie rides. Landon and Mike went on the carousel, but Andrew refused to ride. We went to the Jalopies, the old-style cars that you sit in and go in a circle. Andrew was thrilled with "driving" past me and waving. SO cute.
He saw a dragon rollercoaster, which he called a train, and said he wanted to ride it. It was for kids only, no daddies sitting with him. it went in a circle, and up and down by about 4 feet. Andy put him in the car, next to Landon, and walked away. Andrew went berserk! Off he came.
We kept walking around trying to find something else he would want to ride that Andy could also ride. More cars, bumper cars, bumper boats, and nothing was appealing. What does he settle on? A rollercoaster! A real one, that went up, up, up, then down down down, real fast. We stood waiting on a long line, all the time pointing out how high and fast it went. He said he wanted to. Okaaay, they got on. Andrew had NO PROBLEM riding this thing! Landon was no so fond... he cried and screamed the whole time, and as soon as they all got off, he asked to go again, lol.
We still had more tickets, so they all took one last ride on the Jalopies before calling it a day. One overpriced funnel cake to go, and we were on our way home.
post-fair crash
Monday, October 26, 2009
Emergency
Well, Andrew had his first visit to the emergency room tonight!
Andy had just gotten home and he and Andy were in the kitchen, just being goofy. Andrew "fell" to the floor, when he got Stuck. We must have really dirty floors, as the poor child has been getting Stuck to the floor a lot lately, and needs helping getting UnStuck. Andy helped him up, by grabbing his hand and pulling. I'm sure most of you can see where this is going!
Andrew got up from the floor and walked off. Then the tears started. Boo hoo, Daddy hurt me (nice kid, let's drop that sentence fast!). Andy picked him up, and he complained that his arm hurt, and was pointing to his elbow. I gently tried to squish everything, and nothing seemed to hurt, but he refused to bend his arm, and couldn't pick up the remote with that hand, couldn't make a fist. He wouldn't let Andy put him down, and wouldn't let Andy SIT down! We decided to take him to the er.
Luckily, I happen to pass a hospital with an ER on our way to music class, so I knew where to direct them! I stayed home with the baby.
Andy said Andrew cried when he took him out of the carseat, and wouldn't let Andy sit down the entire time. At one point he tried, and Andrew moaned a bit. After that, he was acting back to normal. So, either the elbow popped back in here at home and he was still just hurting and in shock from it, or it might have happened then.
In any case, they waited around in the ER for some time, during which Andrew started acting completely fine and used his arm again. Even wiped his nose on his sleeve, the dear boy. Andy was just about to ask if they could leave when they got called back, so he saw a doctor anyway. For less than a minute!
Andrew has earned a new train (Emily) for his pain and good behavior, and touching nothing at the hospital.
Now? we wait for the swine flu to attack us all...
Andy had just gotten home and he and Andy were in the kitchen, just being goofy. Andrew "fell" to the floor, when he got Stuck. We must have really dirty floors, as the poor child has been getting Stuck to the floor a lot lately, and needs helping getting UnStuck. Andy helped him up, by grabbing his hand and pulling. I'm sure most of you can see where this is going!
Andrew got up from the floor and walked off. Then the tears started. Boo hoo, Daddy hurt me (nice kid, let's drop that sentence fast!). Andy picked him up, and he complained that his arm hurt, and was pointing to his elbow. I gently tried to squish everything, and nothing seemed to hurt, but he refused to bend his arm, and couldn't pick up the remote with that hand, couldn't make a fist. He wouldn't let Andy put him down, and wouldn't let Andy SIT down! We decided to take him to the er.
Luckily, I happen to pass a hospital with an ER on our way to music class, so I knew where to direct them! I stayed home with the baby.
Andy said Andrew cried when he took him out of the carseat, and wouldn't let Andy sit down the entire time. At one point he tried, and Andrew moaned a bit. After that, he was acting back to normal. So, either the elbow popped back in here at home and he was still just hurting and in shock from it, or it might have happened then.
In any case, they waited around in the ER for some time, during which Andrew started acting completely fine and used his arm again. Even wiped his nose on his sleeve, the dear boy. Andy was just about to ask if they could leave when they got called back, so he saw a doctor anyway. For less than a minute!
Andrew has earned a new train (Emily) for his pain and good behavior, and touching nothing at the hospital.
Now? we wait for the swine flu to attack us all...
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