My baby has been doing things that he is not allowed to do at his age. I have mentioned that he has been crawling for a few weeks and can pull himself to his knees. Two nights ago while I was making dinner, he would crawl over to me and pull himself to his knees. I thought that it was a good thing that I could tie my sweatpants, as he about pulled my pants down. He seemed like he was trying to pull himself onto his feet. I thought that I was imagining it as it is not possible he can pull himself to his feet already.
Last night while I was changing out of my work clothes, Justin was in the bedroom with me. I wasn't really paying any attention to him. I look over at him and he has pulled himself to his knees on some boxes in my room. (The boxes contain books that I bought at the library book sale last fall. There are two boxes stacked on top of each other and the boxes used to hold a case of bottle beer. That means that the boxes are as tall as he is.) You can see he is struggling to do something, so I watch him for a bit. I see him pull himself to a standing position!!! Not my little baby! If he pulls himself to a standing position, that means that he will be attempting to walk soon.
Apparently he didn't get the memo that he is my baby, and he is supposed to take his time on reaching these milestones.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
You are not old enough!
As I have stated before, Justin has recently started crawling. He has learned how to get into everything, and that is not a stage that I enjoy. Bruce went downstairs yesterday and left the basement door open. I reminded Bruce that we can't do that for a while as Justin could fall down the stairs. He crawls over to our fireplace and plays with the fireplace screen. In the kitchen he crawls over to the cabinets and opens the doors. He hasn't yet pulled any pans off the shelf, but it is only a matter of time.
His newest trick, which I think he is to young to do, is to go from crawling to pulling himself up on his knees. He crawled over to the entertainment center and pulled himself to his knees to hit the glass door. Apparently that was neat. He crawls over the the exasaucer and pulls himself to his knees to play with the toys on it. I have watched him do it repeatedly over the weekend and watch in disbelief as my baby grows into a toddler right in front of my eyes.
His newest trick, which I think he is to young to do, is to go from crawling to pulling himself up on his knees. He crawled over to the entertainment center and pulled himself to his knees to hit the glass door. Apparently that was neat. He crawls over the the exasaucer and pulls himself to his knees to play with the toys on it. I have watched him do it repeatedly over the weekend and watch in disbelief as my baby grows into a toddler right in front of my eyes.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Santa pants
I have no idea where Nathan and Darren got this from, but they will pull their pants up as high as they will go and say that they are wearing "Santa pants." I asked them why they were calling it Santa pants, and they said that is how Santa wears his pants.
Last night after Darren gets out of the shower, he put his pajama bottoms on and he told us that he didn't want us to snap the bottoms to the top of his PJ's. We said that he had to as they were stretched out and how was he going to keep his pants up? He then proceeds to pull his pants up as far as they can go and sticks his belly out. "I am wearing Santa pants Mom." It was too comical. This stick thin boy trying to stick his belly out wearing PJ bottoms that have long since lost their elastic around the waist.
Last night after Darren gets out of the shower, he put his pajama bottoms on and he told us that he didn't want us to snap the bottoms to the top of his PJ's. We said that he had to as they were stretched out and how was he going to keep his pants up? He then proceeds to pull his pants up as far as they can go and sticks his belly out. "I am wearing Santa pants Mom." It was too comical. This stick thin boy trying to stick his belly out wearing PJ bottoms that have long since lost their elastic around the waist.
Weekend of firsts
Justin had a big weekend of firsts. He has learned to crawl and he got his first black eye.
He has been up on all fours for a month or better, and he has been launching himself from all fours, but he actually crawled and made progress Saturday. The older two boys played outside yesterday (Sunday) and so I brought Justin into the kitchen with me while I was making soup. He got on all floors from the middle of the kitchen, crawled over to the refrigerator where he proceeded to pull all the letter magnets off the fridge that he could reach. As soon as I seen him pulling them off, I immediately pushed them up and he got all mad but he managed to pull about half a dozen off. Then he tries to eat the letters. It was another bittersweet moment. I seem to be having a lot of those lately.
His first, and I guarantee not the last, black eye came about Saturday. We were in the "diaper changing room" at Elder-Beerman's. They took what looked like an office, and put in a huge counter top with a sink on one end and put up a border about six inches tall on the other end of the counter. He would look into the mirror and laugh or look at me in the mirror and laugh. He was doing the huge belly laugh which would get me laughing. I had changed his poopy diaper and went to the sink to wash my hands. I left him on the counter since he was having so much fun and he got up on all fours to watch me. I think he tried to crawl out of his box, and his hand slipped and he fell with his right eye hitting the side of the border. It instantly swelled up and gave him a little cut. It never really bled, but by Sunday morning it looked like he had purple eyeshadow on his eyelid. He is a tough critter because he barely cried.
He has been up on all fours for a month or better, and he has been launching himself from all fours, but he actually crawled and made progress Saturday. The older two boys played outside yesterday (Sunday) and so I brought Justin into the kitchen with me while I was making soup. He got on all floors from the middle of the kitchen, crawled over to the refrigerator where he proceeded to pull all the letter magnets off the fridge that he could reach. As soon as I seen him pulling them off, I immediately pushed them up and he got all mad but he managed to pull about half a dozen off. Then he tries to eat the letters. It was another bittersweet moment. I seem to be having a lot of those lately.
His first, and I guarantee not the last, black eye came about Saturday. We were in the "diaper changing room" at Elder-Beerman's. They took what looked like an office, and put in a huge counter top with a sink on one end and put up a border about six inches tall on the other end of the counter. He would look into the mirror and laugh or look at me in the mirror and laugh. He was doing the huge belly laugh which would get me laughing. I had changed his poopy diaper and went to the sink to wash my hands. I left him on the counter since he was having so much fun and he got up on all fours to watch me. I think he tried to crawl out of his box, and his hand slipped and he fell with his right eye hitting the side of the border. It instantly swelled up and gave him a little cut. It never really bled, but by Sunday morning it looked like he had purple eyeshadow on his eyelid. He is a tough critter because he barely cried.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Hot Chick
Bruce seems to be always "encouraging" the kids to look at the pretty girls on TV. Last night while watching Survivor, Bruce was asking if so-and-so was pretty and Nathan would either agree or disagree. They came to Amanda, and Nathan exclaims "She's a HOT CHICK!!!"
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Snow, snow and more snow
It has snowed non-stop for the past week, or at least it seems like it has, and my two older boys have played outside every night for the past several nights. They have gotten rides on the neighbors 4-wheeler (not the one that was giving them rides a few weeks ago), played games with the neighbor kids and done all the typical snow things. Darren, who is always cold because he has no meat on his bones, will be shaking from the cold but will not admit that he is cold. He will not come in the house unless he is forced to. They are having a blast out there!
Justin's latest antics
I was starting to worry that Justin would never take to baby food, but lately he has been eating it with gusto. When I started feeding it to the other boys at three months of age, they loved it and I never had any problems feeding it to them. Justin has finally started to act like he enjoys eating baby food and table food. He had two jars of baby food last night and acted like he could eat more. When the boys are having a snack, we sit Justin in his high chair and he has snacks of puff popcorn, Townhouse crackers, Kix cereal and any other food that is soft. Unfortunately his hand-eye coordination isn't very well and he ends up with more food in his high chair than he does in his mouth.
He also has taken to getting up on all fours and "launching" himself to get across the room. He is so funny to watch because he gets up on all fours, starts rocking and then brings his knees up to his hands. He also can really get around by rolling. I have also seen him extend his hand to the side of his body while laying on his belly, and pull/turn himself almost 90 degrees so that he can get the toy that he wants. The other day he was at the end of the love seat and I went into the kitchen to peek out the window to check on the older two boys who were playing outside. After checking on them, I peeked back into the living room and couldn't see him from the kitchen. I had to walk into the dinning room and discovered that he had maneuvered himself in front of the entertainment center. While in the kitchen making beef stew for supper (I got out of work a few hours early on Tuesday because of all the snow and wind. Bruce was still at work) I kept peeking into the living room and he was all over the living room floor. From Bruce's chair to the spot where we keep the jumper to under the end table by my chair. At least he was keeping himself entertained.
He is also an old pro at sitting up, but you can tell that he prefers to be laying down. He will sit there if you sit and talk to him, but as soon as you move away he tips himself over so that he can play with his toys just outside his reach.
He is always so happy, and he had finally started sleeping thru the night again. Yeah! He was up twice during the night at Mom's when we got snowed in the other day.
He also has taken to getting up on all fours and "launching" himself to get across the room. He is so funny to watch because he gets up on all fours, starts rocking and then brings his knees up to his hands. He also can really get around by rolling. I have also seen him extend his hand to the side of his body while laying on his belly, and pull/turn himself almost 90 degrees so that he can get the toy that he wants. The other day he was at the end of the love seat and I went into the kitchen to peek out the window to check on the older two boys who were playing outside. After checking on them, I peeked back into the living room and couldn't see him from the kitchen. I had to walk into the dinning room and discovered that he had maneuvered himself in front of the entertainment center. While in the kitchen making beef stew for supper (I got out of work a few hours early on Tuesday because of all the snow and wind. Bruce was still at work) I kept peeking into the living room and he was all over the living room floor. From Bruce's chair to the spot where we keep the jumper to under the end table by my chair. At least he was keeping himself entertained.
He is also an old pro at sitting up, but you can tell that he prefers to be laying down. He will sit there if you sit and talk to him, but as soon as you move away he tips himself over so that he can play with his toys just outside his reach.
He is always so happy, and he had finally started sleeping thru the night again. Yeah! He was up twice during the night at Mom's when we got snowed in the other day.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Hide and no seek
Yesterday afternoon Darren was playing on the front hall closet. He would go into the closet, shut the door and then come out 30 seconds to a minute later. I told him to stop playing on the closet. He told me he was hiding. I asked who he was hiding from and he told me Grandma Joan. He is going to have to wait awhile for Grandma Joan to find him since he hasn't seen her in at least two weeks. Apparently she must be a really good hider!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Snowed in!!
Earlier this week my Dad decided that if we were all available, that we would butcher a steer for hamburger only. Since Bruce only works a few hours on Friday and Patty & Tony didn't have to work, it was decided that we would start butchering after lunch on Friday.
I was supposed to work all day, but with the snowstorm that blew in, I only had to work until 3:00 before they sent me home. By the time I picked the boys up, went home and changed clothes, it was probably about 4:30-4:45 until I got out to the farm. There was also probably about a foot of snow on the ground and lots of wind blowing which created drifts several feet high. My sister Carla showed up after she got off of work, so she showed up about 6:30. At that point we knew that we either had to spend the night or steal Bill's truck to get home.
We decided that we were going to spend the night, so we had a few beers. We spent the night, and are still stuck at Mom & Dad's. Bruce went with my brother this morning and got a part for their snow blower, and Bruce said that the roads are horrible and that there is no way we are getting home anytime soon. I guess that means for the duration, we are all stuck here with Carla and her kids. It has been a full house!
UPDATE: It was after 3 o'clock before Dad deemed it safe for us kids to leave the house with our kids. Dad had seen several snowplows go down our road and St Rt 705, so apparently he finally felt that we were relatively safe to drive home. Carla was risking the Darke County Level 3 Emergency to get home. She said that a fine/ticket would be worth it just so she could get home and take a shower.
I was supposed to work all day, but with the snowstorm that blew in, I only had to work until 3:00 before they sent me home. By the time I picked the boys up, went home and changed clothes, it was probably about 4:30-4:45 until I got out to the farm. There was also probably about a foot of snow on the ground and lots of wind blowing which created drifts several feet high. My sister Carla showed up after she got off of work, so she showed up about 6:30. At that point we knew that we either had to spend the night or steal Bill's truck to get home.
We decided that we were going to spend the night, so we had a few beers. We spent the night, and are still stuck at Mom & Dad's. Bruce went with my brother this morning and got a part for their snow blower, and Bruce said that the roads are horrible and that there is no way we are getting home anytime soon. I guess that means for the duration, we are all stuck here with Carla and her kids. It has been a full house!
UPDATE: It was after 3 o'clock before Dad deemed it safe for us kids to leave the house with our kids. Dad had seen several snowplows go down our road and St Rt 705, so apparently he finally felt that we were relatively safe to drive home. Carla was risking the Darke County Level 3 Emergency to get home. She said that a fine/ticket would be worth it just so she could get home and take a shower.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Incredible Hulk??
I think that Nathan is an Incredible Hulk in training. He gets upset, but he usually doesn't lose his temper to quick. All last week at daycare, he was being a pill and not listening. On Thursday, he turned into the Incredible Hulk at daycare. All the kids were watching a movie of another kids, and his Mom came to pick him up. They stop the movie so they can take it home, and Nathan went berserk. He must have started kicking things and just going crazy. The other kids Mom had to hold/restrain him from hurting himself or other kids. This is a movie that he has at home!
Bruce gets there to pick up the boys and is told what happened. Because Nathan was bad at daycare all week, and apparently our talking to didn't work Bruce got mean. He told Nathan that they were going out to the farm, and Nathan had to tell Grandpa Ken what he did that day. He bawled all the way out to the farm. He is so afraid of disappointing Grandpa Ken, that the anticipation of what Grandpa was going to do, had him extremely upset. Nathan went into the office with Grandpa Ken and closed the door. We don't know what was said, but he came out and apologized to Bruce and to me when I got home. He apologized to all the teachers and he was to apologize to the Mom when she came in to pick up the kids.
This past weekend whenever he started to act up, I would ask him if I needed to call Grandpa Ken and tell him how bad he was behaving. He would immediately starting toeing the line again.
Bruce gets there to pick up the boys and is told what happened. Because Nathan was bad at daycare all week, and apparently our talking to didn't work Bruce got mean. He told Nathan that they were going out to the farm, and Nathan had to tell Grandpa Ken what he did that day. He bawled all the way out to the farm. He is so afraid of disappointing Grandpa Ken, that the anticipation of what Grandpa was going to do, had him extremely upset. Nathan went into the office with Grandpa Ken and closed the door. We don't know what was said, but he came out and apologized to Bruce and to me when I got home. He apologized to all the teachers and he was to apologize to the Mom when she came in to pick up the kids.
This past weekend whenever he started to act up, I would ask him if I needed to call Grandpa Ken and tell him how bad he was behaving. He would immediately starting toeing the line again.
Dug his own grave...
Darren about dug his own grave over the weekend. While Bruce and Darren were in the shower Sunday night, I laid on my bed with Justin to hang loose in case Bruce needed me to help get Darren out of the shower. Darren typically takes a shower with Bruce and after he is washed up I get Darren out so that Bruce can finish his shower by himself.
Last evening, the routine varied. I was laying on the bed and Bruce and Darren come out of the bathroom. Darren comes up and spanks my butt and says, "You have a big butt Mom." I of course pick him up and shake him a little bit and try to act all menacing. I told him just because his butt is smaller than Justin's, he shouldn't pick on Mom's. He then redeemed himself and said that he had a big butt.
If he thinks he has a big butt, obviously his perception is off, but I will take the compliment just the same!
Last evening, the routine varied. I was laying on the bed and Bruce and Darren come out of the bathroom. Darren comes up and spanks my butt and says, "You have a big butt Mom." I of course pick him up and shake him a little bit and try to act all menacing. I told him just because his butt is smaller than Justin's, he shouldn't pick on Mom's. He then redeemed himself and said that he had a big butt.
If he thinks he has a big butt, obviously his perception is off, but I will take the compliment just the same!
Eskimo kisses
When all my boys were babies, we give them Eskimo kisses a lot. If you are not aware, an Eskimo kiss is where your nose touches their nose and you kind of rub them together. This past weekend when Justin didn't have a snot dripping, I would give him Eskimo kisses. You could tell by how puffy his eyes were that he didn't feel well, so he wanted held all weekend. Sunday evening, he was on my lap and was in a decent mood. I stood him up facing me and he leans in until his nose touched my nose. I could feel him looking at me and trying to say, "Rub your nose Mom, I can't do everything for you."
I was so happy that he was showing affection. He has done it before but I always thought that it was a random thing. He continuously kept bringing his nose to mine; even when he was dripping snot. Remembering that helps get me thru the times like last night when he was up twice.
I was so happy that he was showing affection. He has done it before but I always thought that it was a random thing. He continuously kept bringing his nose to mine; even when he was dripping snot. Remembering that helps get me thru the times like last night when he was up twice.
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