I posted this on Aug. 5 but it is about stuff that has happened over the last year...
Junior is always using big words. Chicken-hair is not much of a talker. He doesn't talk unless he has to. But he has a funny habit of mixing up why and because. I think it is because in spanish, they are the same word and he is the one of the three that got the most spanish as a baby since our friend Angelica watched him.
~Chicken-hair! Did you just throw your ice cream away?
~Yeah... that's why I was finished.
~Chicken-hair! Did you take your shirt off?
~Yes -- that's why I spilled water on it!
He turns things around like this in other situations too sometimes. One morning, I was dropping him off at my mom's house and he had a bunch of stuff and he said, "Meemaw, will you hold my transformer?" and she said yes and took it and then he added "...and so is my cup" as he held it out to her LOL
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
From July 23
Responding to a friend's questions about how I feel about Kidney Boy growing up, etc...
I do get sad that he is starting to nurse less. Chicken-hair quit on me, cold turkey, at 18 months. I was thrilled that I made it as long as he wanted and that it was his choice and he didn't miss it or cry for it. But it is so hard to stop! I cried everyday for at least a week.
Last summer, I had a very hard time and decided that Kidney Boy would be our last. School was out. Junior and Chicken-hair were 7 and 3 and fighting and wreaking havoc everyday. I was a mess. We had a horrid heat wave that started a couple of weeks before Kidney Boy was born and lasted throughout the whole summer and our AC kept crapping out on us. I just thought I couldn't wait to be past the baby stage and to be able to function again.
Even once school started and I went back to working mornings, I felt like life got a little more manageable but was still sure I was set with my little trio. I felt like life was not so hard anymore but that I was really looking forward to moving out of the baby stage and into the big kid stage where we could plan trips without worrying about carseats, diaper bags, strollers, where the baby will sleep, etc. Gama felt the same way.
And then the magic time started LOL Right around 6-8 months. Kidney Boy started eating baby food. He hated it at first but eventually, he learned to like things like crackers and breadsticks. We were able to go to restaurants without taking turns eating. He let us put him in the stroller to walk through the mall instead of screaming to be carried the whole time. He started napping on a schedule every afternoon so that I could help Junior with his homework and make sure Chicken-hair didn't pee in his pants. (Junior almost never had accidents so I was in for a big surprise with Chicken-hair who still has accidents if we don't remind him to go potty every hour or two).
With each month that passes, I have felt more and more like I want another baby someday. We always said we would have 4. I know that we are perfect just like we are and that life will continue to be wonderful with our three boys. But I also know that once you get through that newborn stage, you are set. You have another best friend for everyone. You get to watch all the adorable things again like learning to walk, learning what lemons taste like, learning to yell at the big kids... those things are just so precious.
And anyway, as hard as the newborn stage is, I can't help but miss it sometimes. That floppy head. That little stretch they do when you lift them up in front of you and they push their head and butt back really hard LOL
I know what is going to happen already. I have given up saying we will never try again. I am not sure we'll succeed again because it has always been such a fight for us to get pregnant. But I am sure we'll try again. In fact, just the other day, Gama said we should start trying in January LOL That one threw me! Back in May, he was still saying he was excited to get out of the baby stage and still not thinking we should try again. So I can tell that neither one of us is ready to throw in the towel. And if we do succeed again, I will just hope desperately that I don't have a summer baby so that at least the older two are in school. And I am sure that at least once everyday I will say, "How on earth did I think I could handle this again?" But I know it will be great anyway.
Last night, I dreamt I had a baby boy, at home in our bed. It was actually part of a big disturbing dream. But that slippery little body... I liked that part of the dream LOL
I do get sad that he is starting to nurse less. Chicken-hair quit on me, cold turkey, at 18 months. I was thrilled that I made it as long as he wanted and that it was his choice and he didn't miss it or cry for it. But it is so hard to stop! I cried everyday for at least a week.
Last summer, I had a very hard time and decided that Kidney Boy would be our last. School was out. Junior and Chicken-hair were 7 and 3 and fighting and wreaking havoc everyday. I was a mess. We had a horrid heat wave that started a couple of weeks before Kidney Boy was born and lasted throughout the whole summer and our AC kept crapping out on us. I just thought I couldn't wait to be past the baby stage and to be able to function again.
Even once school started and I went back to working mornings, I felt like life got a little more manageable but was still sure I was set with my little trio. I felt like life was not so hard anymore but that I was really looking forward to moving out of the baby stage and into the big kid stage where we could plan trips without worrying about carseats, diaper bags, strollers, where the baby will sleep, etc. Gama felt the same way.
And then the magic time started LOL Right around 6-8 months. Kidney Boy started eating baby food. He hated it at first but eventually, he learned to like things like crackers and breadsticks. We were able to go to restaurants without taking turns eating. He let us put him in the stroller to walk through the mall instead of screaming to be carried the whole time. He started napping on a schedule every afternoon so that I could help Junior with his homework and make sure Chicken-hair didn't pee in his pants. (Junior almost never had accidents so I was in for a big surprise with Chicken-hair who still has accidents if we don't remind him to go potty every hour or two).
With each month that passes, I have felt more and more like I want another baby someday. We always said we would have 4. I know that we are perfect just like we are and that life will continue to be wonderful with our three boys. But I also know that once you get through that newborn stage, you are set. You have another best friend for everyone. You get to watch all the adorable things again like learning to walk, learning what lemons taste like, learning to yell at the big kids... those things are just so precious.
And anyway, as hard as the newborn stage is, I can't help but miss it sometimes. That floppy head. That little stretch they do when you lift them up in front of you and they push their head and butt back really hard LOL
I know what is going to happen already. I have given up saying we will never try again. I am not sure we'll succeed again because it has always been such a fight for us to get pregnant. But I am sure we'll try again. In fact, just the other day, Gama said we should start trying in January LOL That one threw me! Back in May, he was still saying he was excited to get out of the baby stage and still not thinking we should try again. So I can tell that neither one of us is ready to throw in the towel. And if we do succeed again, I will just hope desperately that I don't have a summer baby so that at least the older two are in school. And I am sure that at least once everyday I will say, "How on earth did I think I could handle this again?" But I know it will be great anyway.
Last night, I dreamt I had a baby boy, at home in our bed. It was actually part of a big disturbing dream. But that slippery little body... I liked that part of the dream LOL
About the OC Fair and Gregory and Kelly moving
We are taking the kids to the fair today. It is kids' day so Junior gets in free. Chicken-hair would be free anyway because 5 and under is free. I am excited. We skipped the fair last year because we had that horrible heat wave and Kidney Boy was a newborn.
Tonight, we have to go say goodbye to my brother Gregory and SIL Kelly. I have been dreading this! I know everything will be fine and there will be a lot of good parts about this move. It will be exciting to go visit them in Oregon. They won't be THAT far away and we will have plenty of communication between the phone and email. But tonight will be hard. We are such a tight group. Sunday we went to "Ourbucks" (the Starbucks we always go to) and hung out on the couches for our last time as a big group. It will be weird to go there without them all the time now. Lots of things will be really weird. And I had been thinking it would be 5 years but it turns out it will most likely be 7. WOW. Last weekend in church, Junior asked me how long they'd be gone and I told him 5 years and that he'd be 13, a teenager, when they come back. A few months ago, we told him that and he thought it was really cool that he'd be a teenager. But I guess it is becoming more real to him too because he didn't say anything for a minute and then he started blinking a lot and said, "But I don't want them to come back when I'm 13." I told him "I know" and he just lost it. I haven't told him that he'll actually be 15 before they come back. He doesn't need to know that now. As time passes, he'll get so used to them not living here. But Gregory has always been like a big brother to him. This is going to take a lot of getting used to, for Junior especially.
Anyway... enough whining. I'll be glad when the goodbyes are over and we can start planning our first trip to go see them!
Tonight, we have to go say goodbye to my brother Gregory and SIL Kelly. I have been dreading this! I know everything will be fine and there will be a lot of good parts about this move. It will be exciting to go visit them in Oregon. They won't be THAT far away and we will have plenty of communication between the phone and email. But tonight will be hard. We are such a tight group. Sunday we went to "Ourbucks" (the Starbucks we always go to) and hung out on the couches for our last time as a big group. It will be weird to go there without them all the time now. Lots of things will be really weird. And I had been thinking it would be 5 years but it turns out it will most likely be 7. WOW. Last weekend in church, Junior asked me how long they'd be gone and I told him 5 years and that he'd be 13, a teenager, when they come back. A few months ago, we told him that and he thought it was really cool that he'd be a teenager. But I guess it is becoming more real to him too because he didn't say anything for a minute and then he started blinking a lot and said, "But I don't want them to come back when I'm 13." I told him "I know" and he just lost it. I haven't told him that he'll actually be 15 before they come back. He doesn't need to know that now. As time passes, he'll get so used to them not living here. But Gregory has always been like a big brother to him. This is going to take a lot of getting used to, for Junior especially.
Anyway... enough whining. I'll be glad when the goodbyes are over and we can start planning our first trip to go see them!
About Kidney Boy taking his first steps
Back from June 8...
Kidney Boy has a new nickname... Mr. Two-steps!
He did it!!! Last night, he finally took two steps on his own. He did it several times but won't take more than two. It is so funny. He stands there wobbling and then takes two very rigid steps and says "oooohhhhh" and carefully sits down LOL
I am sure he is far from walking around. Both Junior and Chicken-hair took more than 2 steps on their first day and they still took a couple of weeks to really walk. But it was just so exciting that he finally took his first steps. I was so afraid he'd do it at daycare and I'd miss it LOL I kept telling them not to let him walk. I would say, "If he looks like he is getting close, just go knock him over." hehehe...
Happy Birthday, Kidney Boy!
My baby is turning ONE 5/26!
Christine,
Mommy to 3 beautiful boys
Kidney Boy has a new nickname... Mr. Two-steps!
He did it!!! Last night, he finally took two steps on his own. He did it several times but won't take more than two. It is so funny. He stands there wobbling and then takes two very rigid steps and says "oooohhhhh" and carefully sits down LOL
I am sure he is far from walking around. Both Junior and Chicken-hair took more than 2 steps on their first day and they still took a couple of weeks to really walk. But it was just so exciting that he finally took his first steps. I was so afraid he'd do it at daycare and I'd miss it LOL I kept telling them not to let him walk. I would say, "If he looks like he is getting close, just go knock him over." hehehe...
Happy Birthday, Kidney Boy!
My baby is turning ONE 5/26!
Christine,
Mommy to 3 beautiful boys
About Kidney Boy 8-16
I posted this about Kidney Boy...
Mostly, I have been reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? because that is Leo's favorite thing in the entire house. He especially loves the page with the big yellow duck and also the page with the purple cat. He quacks too. It is the cutest thing. I love how he sounds and looks when he quacks. He tries to imitate the way I do it, really nasally and kind of in my throat "wack-wack" but when he does it, he looks like he is having trouble swallowing something or coughing something up LOL If I ask him where the duck is, he goes right for the bookshelf to look for that book.
Mostly, I have been reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? because that is Leo's favorite thing in the entire house. He especially loves the page with the big yellow duck and also the page with the purple cat. He quacks too. It is the cutest thing. I love how he sounds and looks when he quacks. He tries to imitate the way I do it, really nasally and kind of in my throat "wack-wack" but when he does it, he looks like he is having trouble swallowing something or coughing something up LOL If I ask him where the duck is, he goes right for the bookshelf to look for that book.
A post about Chicken-hair
I posted this on Aug. 6 but this is about stuff Chicken-hair has said cute for the last several months:
Chicken-hair calls yogurt "the yogurt" and it comes out sounding like "de-yogurt" so he will say, "Mommy! Please can we buy the de-yogurt that I can drink?" or "Mommy, I didn't eat my de-yogurt yet!"He also says extra "its" sometimes, as in "I drank it all of it!" instead of "I drank all of it" He used to pronounce "all of it" as "ovalit" LOL "Mommy! Don't drink it ovalit! I want some too!"
Chicken-hair calls yogurt "the yogurt" and it comes out sounding like "de-yogurt" so he will say, "Mommy! Please can we buy the de-yogurt that I can drink?" or "Mommy, I didn't eat my de-yogurt yet!"He also says extra "its" sometimes, as in "I drank it all of it!" instead of "I drank all of it" He used to pronounce "all of it" as "ovalit" LOL "Mommy! Don't drink it ovalit! I want some too!"
From July 3
I posted this on July 3, after we took Junior and Chicken-hair to see Transformers:
We saw Transformers today. It is the best movie I have seen in a long time! I loved it! Of course, the boys loved it too. They got so excited every time they realized one of the vehicles was a Transformer and would whisper to each other who it was.There were some bad words. I reminded them before that I better not hear them say any of them later. Normally, I wouldn't take them to a PG-13 movie but this was a special circumstance. And there was a scene with a couple of lines that I wish they hadn't heard but I think it went over their heads and I was distracting them anyway. Awesome, awesome movie!
We saw Transformers today. It is the best movie I have seen in a long time! I loved it! Of course, the boys loved it too. They got so excited every time they realized one of the vehicles was a Transformer and would whisper to each other who it was.There were some bad words. I reminded them before that I better not hear them say any of them later. Normally, I wouldn't take them to a PG-13 movie but this was a special circumstance. And there was a scene with a couple of lines that I wish they hadn't heard but I think it went over their heads and I was distracting them anyway. Awesome, awesome movie!
A post from July 10
An easy way to add stuff to this blog will be to copy and paste emails and posts I have made about the kids. Here is one about Kidney Boy walking. I wrote this post on July 10. Kidney Boy took his first steps on June 7 and started walking on his own on July 8...
July 10: Sunday night, as we were getting ready for church, he walked 14 steps across their room! And ever since then, he has been getting up and taking 6-10 steps at a time. He is so pleased with himself. He claps wildly and has this ENORMOUS smile on his face. It is so cute to see.
Of course, at the same time, I am a little sad about it... he is turning into a full-fledged toddler. He nurses for about 2-3 minutes now. He is still interested in latching on but he doesn't have much patience for it anymore. He is becoming more and more like a little boy! It's great but a little hard at the same time LOL
July 10: Sunday night, as we were getting ready for church, he walked 14 steps across their room! And ever since then, he has been getting up and taking 6-10 steps at a time. He is so pleased with himself. He claps wildly and has this ENORMOUS smile on his face. It is so cute to see.
Of course, at the same time, I am a little sad about it... he is turning into a full-fledged toddler. He nurses for about 2-3 minutes now. He is still interested in latching on but he doesn't have much patience for it anymore. He is becoming more and more like a little boy! It's great but a little hard at the same time LOL
Always happens!
Every time I decide to start a blog, to keep track of things I want to remember, I don't know where to start so I just leave it there... uggghhh...
OK so now I am really going to make an honest effort to get things going here.
OK so now I am really going to make an honest effort to get things going here.
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