He's been such a good baby that this new found fussiness is making me sad! Hopefully it's just a stage that will be ending soon!
Some pics of 14 weeks:
My fruit tree
He took a nap like this!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Mr. Diva
The past couple of days Tucker has been very, very fussy. Not sure if he's going through a growth spurt or what. He's eating fine and he sleeps all night but there just are some moments when all he does is cry! He only wants to be held and will wake up (no matter how long he's been asleep) as soon as you lay him down on his back. We tried giving him the binky again and this time he did keep it in his mouth but you can tell he's not liking it! He makes this funny little grunting sounds and his face gets all squished up like he's trying to figure out how to get the bink out! Eventually it does fall out and he starts crying again until someone picks his up or gets right in his face and talks to him.
He's been such a good baby that this new found fussiness is making me sad! Hopefully it's just a stage that will be ending soon!
Some pics of 14 weeks:
My fruit tree
He took a nap like this!
He's been such a good baby that this new found fussiness is making me sad! Hopefully it's just a stage that will be ending soon!
Some pics of 14 weeks:
My fruit treeHe took a nap like this!
Santa Who?
I'm afraid I may have scared Hayden for life. And if not I hope that he doesn't remember this Christmas!
I had finally gotten the time to go purchase the Millenium Falcon toy from "Santa" over my lunch. Because of the holidays and all the craziness at work, we hadn't been playing downstairs as much as we used to. So when I brought the toy (and other items for Christmas) home, I just sat the bag down on the floor next to the table in the basement (the table that used to be in our kitchen but since we purchased a new dining room table we moved the old one to it's present location with the intentions of being more crafty in the future) and promptly forgot what was in the bag.
With Christmas rapidly approaching I was trying to finish up Jason's gift while multitasking and venting/gossiping with Megan on the phone. I'm painting away, trying to cover up the pencil lines I had drawn on the foam board I was using for Jason's gift (pictures to come later) and not paying attention to Hayden when the next thing I know I hear this loud gasp and "my spaceship!" The first words out of my mouth were "Oh crap". While still on the phone, I try and quickly lie to the poor kid, telling him there was no spaceship in the bag and that all of the items in the bag were for other people. Hayden starts crying because he wanted to play with it. The cries turned into sobs when I placed the entire bag on one of the higher shelves in the unfinished portion of the basement. Of course, Hayden's loud enough he could have scared someone clear across town and I have to explain the whole thing to Megan who is cracking up.
Hayden eventually calmed down but the kid has a memory like a steel trap. Later that evening, after his bath and getting his pajamas on, I was trying to get him to settle down in our bed so he could go to sleep. I'm in the middle of changing Tucker into his pajamas when the back door opens and Jason comes in, home from work for a few minutes to make coffee and say good night to the boys. Hayden hears the door, screams "DADDY!" and goes streaking down the hallway to the living room. From the bedroom I could hear him telling Jason that he "got a spaceship" and he really wanted to play with it. So now Jason and I are both lying, telling him that there was no spaceship in the house and that if he wanted one for Christmas he needed to be good and not naughty. This seemed to appease him and so while Jason was still home, I went back downstairs and moved the bag from the unfinished portion of the basement to the closet underneath the stairs and shut the door. It's a good thing he can't use round door knobs yet!
A few days later I went back downstairs to change out some laundry and Hayden came too. He likes to help put clothes from the washer to the dryer and is a pretty good helper! Of course, the first thing he does when we get to the basement is run right to the spot I had first placed the toy after he had found it. When he saw that it wasn't there anymore, Hayden turned around slowly, this horribly confused look on his face. "Where my spaceship at?" he asked, his hands open and palm up at his sides. I felt kind of bad that time, he was so darn cute and innocent! But I kept the lie going and told him that we didn't have any spaceships at the house and that if he was a good boy Santa would bring him a present on Christmas day and he might get a spaceship then. He was still pretty disappointed but told me "ok" and we went back to doing the laundry.
I hope that Christmas gets here soon so I can quit lying to the poor kid!
I had finally gotten the time to go purchase the Millenium Falcon toy from "Santa" over my lunch. Because of the holidays and all the craziness at work, we hadn't been playing downstairs as much as we used to. So when I brought the toy (and other items for Christmas) home, I just sat the bag down on the floor next to the table in the basement (the table that used to be in our kitchen but since we purchased a new dining room table we moved the old one to it's present location with the intentions of being more crafty in the future) and promptly forgot what was in the bag.
With Christmas rapidly approaching I was trying to finish up Jason's gift while multitasking and venting/gossiping with Megan on the phone. I'm painting away, trying to cover up the pencil lines I had drawn on the foam board I was using for Jason's gift (pictures to come later) and not paying attention to Hayden when the next thing I know I hear this loud gasp and "my spaceship!" The first words out of my mouth were "Oh crap". While still on the phone, I try and quickly lie to the poor kid, telling him there was no spaceship in the bag and that all of the items in the bag were for other people. Hayden starts crying because he wanted to play with it. The cries turned into sobs when I placed the entire bag on one of the higher shelves in the unfinished portion of the basement. Of course, Hayden's loud enough he could have scared someone clear across town and I have to explain the whole thing to Megan who is cracking up.
Hayden eventually calmed down but the kid has a memory like a steel trap. Later that evening, after his bath and getting his pajamas on, I was trying to get him to settle down in our bed so he could go to sleep. I'm in the middle of changing Tucker into his pajamas when the back door opens and Jason comes in, home from work for a few minutes to make coffee and say good night to the boys. Hayden hears the door, screams "DADDY!" and goes streaking down the hallway to the living room. From the bedroom I could hear him telling Jason that he "got a spaceship" and he really wanted to play with it. So now Jason and I are both lying, telling him that there was no spaceship in the house and that if he wanted one for Christmas he needed to be good and not naughty. This seemed to appease him and so while Jason was still home, I went back downstairs and moved the bag from the unfinished portion of the basement to the closet underneath the stairs and shut the door. It's a good thing he can't use round door knobs yet!
A few days later I went back downstairs to change out some laundry and Hayden came too. He likes to help put clothes from the washer to the dryer and is a pretty good helper! Of course, the first thing he does when we get to the basement is run right to the spot I had first placed the toy after he had found it. When he saw that it wasn't there anymore, Hayden turned around slowly, this horribly confused look on his face. "Where my spaceship at?" he asked, his hands open and palm up at his sides. I felt kind of bad that time, he was so darn cute and innocent! But I kept the lie going and told him that we didn't have any spaceships at the house and that if he was a good boy Santa would bring him a present on Christmas day and he might get a spaceship then. He was still pretty disappointed but told me "ok" and we went back to doing the laundry.
I hope that Christmas gets here soon so I can quit lying to the poor kid!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
13 weeks
Tucker is now 13 weeks old and growing like a weed! (And I'm really far behind on my blog - it's been a busy few weeks!)
With Christmas coming up, the kids in Hayden's preschool class have been practicing Christmas songs for their upcoming Christmas program. I know they have to be singing more than just "Jingle Bells" but that's the one that has stuck with Hayden! At the most random moments he will start shouting "Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! Jingle all the way!" The next few lines are a little hard to understand and sounds like a bunch of mumbling but then comes a very emphatic "Hey!" and he starts over from the beginning. It was cute the first 3 or 4 times. I have a feeling it's going to be a long Christmas...
So about a month or so ago Jason had taken Hayden to Target to get a small toy for going poop in the potty (at Lowe's of all places) and Hayden had got his first glimpse of the Millenium Falcon toy. He was soon infatuated. We had decided that the Falcon would be a good toy for Hayden to get from Santa and so Jason and I only spoke of it if Hayden brought it up first. With the new video game "Star Wars - The Old Republic" coming out, Haydens been talking about Star Wars again and how he wants a "big spaceship" for Christmas. Tonight when the commercial came on he told me he wanted two spaceships:
A little Star Wars
And a big Star Wars
And he is very serious about this!
With Christmas coming up, the kids in Hayden's preschool class have been practicing Christmas songs for their upcoming Christmas program. I know they have to be singing more than just "Jingle Bells" but that's the one that has stuck with Hayden! At the most random moments he will start shouting "Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! Jingle all the way!" The next few lines are a little hard to understand and sounds like a bunch of mumbling but then comes a very emphatic "Hey!" and he starts over from the beginning. It was cute the first 3 or 4 times. I have a feeling it's going to be a long Christmas...
So about a month or so ago Jason had taken Hayden to Target to get a small toy for going poop in the potty (at Lowe's of all places) and Hayden had got his first glimpse of the Millenium Falcon toy. He was soon infatuated. We had decided that the Falcon would be a good toy for Hayden to get from Santa and so Jason and I only spoke of it if Hayden brought it up first. With the new video game "Star Wars - The Old Republic" coming out, Haydens been talking about Star Wars again and how he wants a "big spaceship" for Christmas. Tonight when the commercial came on he told me he wanted two spaceships:
A little Star Wars
And a big Star Wars
And he is very serious about this!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
cereal take 2
After a couple days intermission, we tried cereal for the second time!
There was still a little left in the bowl from the other night but it was pretty runny so I added another tablespoon of cereal to the mix. Well I tried to add only 1 tablespoon. It came out of the box so fast I ended up with two spoons worth instead of one. I went ahead and mixed it up to the right consistency and started feeding it to Tucker.
I really didn't think he'd eat the whole bowel. But the next thing I knew it was all gone! Tucker sat in his bouncy seat, his face covered in rice cereal, trying to get his hands in his mouth but only managing to get the bib up there. He acted happy and perfectly content! So I let him sit there for a few minutes, babbling away, while I cleaned up a few dishes. A looked over at him a few minutes later and the boy had spit up all down the front of his bib and was smearing it across his face.
Good thing he was getting a bath after that!
There was still a little left in the bowl from the other night but it was pretty runny so I added another tablespoon of cereal to the mix. Well I tried to add only 1 tablespoon. It came out of the box so fast I ended up with two spoons worth instead of one. I went ahead and mixed it up to the right consistency and started feeding it to Tucker.
I really didn't think he'd eat the whole bowel. But the next thing I knew it was all gone! Tucker sat in his bouncy seat, his face covered in rice cereal, trying to get his hands in his mouth but only managing to get the bib up there. He acted happy and perfectly content! So I let him sit there for a few minutes, babbling away, while I cleaned up a few dishes. A looked over at him a few minutes later and the boy had spit up all down the front of his bib and was smearing it across his face.
Good thing he was getting a bath after that!
2 month appt
Tucker finally had his two month appointment when he was about three months old (full schedules and working around our work schedules). Jason's schedule makes it convenient for him to bring Tucker and/or Hayden to Hutch on his days off and for me to not have to lose out on too much work for appointments!
I was anxiously awaiting getting called back to find out how much the little guy weighed. Finally it was our turn and boy had he grown! 12 pounds 14 ounces (50%) and 24 inches long (50%)! Everything was fine until Dr. Miller laid him on his back and undid his diaper. Tucker was just chilling and the next thing we knew he spits up all over his face and down his neck to his back. Then the next second he coughs and spits in Dr. Miller's face! It would have been funny if it wasn't so embarrassing at the time! But Tucker went on smiling and cooing like nothing had happened!
The only thing left was shots. Fortunately for my sake I had to get back to work so I didn't get to be traumatized by the look on Tucker's face by his first experience of shots. Hayden's first experience was enough for me! His eyes got extremely large and round, his mouth turned about as upside down as it could possibly could and he wailed at the top of his lungs! Apparently Tucker didn't fare any better because when Jason brought him by to say hi to Kristen and Sydney, he cried and fussed when Jason sat him on the counter.
So other than getting stabbed 4 times, it was a good check up for Mr. Tucker!
I was anxiously awaiting getting called back to find out how much the little guy weighed. Finally it was our turn and boy had he grown! 12 pounds 14 ounces (50%) and 24 inches long (50%)! Everything was fine until Dr. Miller laid him on his back and undid his diaper. Tucker was just chilling and the next thing we knew he spits up all over his face and down his neck to his back. Then the next second he coughs and spits in Dr. Miller's face! It would have been funny if it wasn't so embarrassing at the time! But Tucker went on smiling and cooing like nothing had happened!
The only thing left was shots. Fortunately for my sake I had to get back to work so I didn't get to be traumatized by the look on Tucker's face by his first experience of shots. Hayden's first experience was enough for me! His eyes got extremely large and round, his mouth turned about as upside down as it could possibly could and he wailed at the top of his lungs! Apparently Tucker didn't fare any better because when Jason brought him by to say hi to Kristen and Sydney, he cried and fussed when Jason sat him on the counter.
So other than getting stabbed 4 times, it was a good check up for Mr. Tucker!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Cereal!
Gave Tucker cereal tonight. It technically wasn't the first time. I tried giving it to him on Saturday but he was so hungry that I couldn't keep the spoon filled fast enough! I finally had to put the rest of what I'd mixed up into the bottle and he finished it that way.
Tonight I mixed up the cereal so it was just a little thicker than it had been on Saturday. Holding his hands down so they wouldn't accidentally knock the spoon out of his mouth, I kept putting small bites into Tucker's mouth. At first he acted like it was too much for him to eat this new food but then he started getting the hang of it and even started smiling and cooing between bites!
He did pretty good at first, letting me put the runny stuff into his mouth but about halfway through he gave up. As soon as the spoon went in, it all came running back out the side. He's starting to get the hang of it at least!
Tonight I mixed up the cereal so it was just a little thicker than it had been on Saturday. Holding his hands down so they wouldn't accidentally knock the spoon out of his mouth, I kept putting small bites into Tucker's mouth. At first he acted like it was too much for him to eat this new food but then he started getting the hang of it and even started smiling and cooing between bites!
He did pretty good at first, letting me put the runny stuff into his mouth but about halfway through he gave up. As soon as the spoon went in, it all came running back out the side. He's starting to get the hang of it at least!
Santa Claus is coming to Town!
With Christmas just around the corner, there are lights everywhere and lots of places are having Santa stop by for kids to get their pictures taken with him. Hayden has never once willing sat on Santa's lap by himself. Two years ago we took him to Hospira where he flipped out and had to sit on my lap. Last year we went to The Well (a coffee shop and christian book store in McPherson) and he screamed just looking at Santa. I'm not sure why I had such high hopes for this year.
Sunday was Hospira's annual Christmas party for employee children and grandchildren. Before we even left to go to the Christmas party, we tried to tell Hayden about Santa and how if you were good he would come to your house and leave you presents. We tried to convince him to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. He acted like he was excited! He kept talking about how he was going to tell Santa he wanted a robot!
We get to Hospira and he instantly clams up. Got in line to sit on Santa's lap and it was all Jason could do to tear Hayden off of his leg! So all four of us got to sit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Tucker was wide awake and didn't care a bit; Hayden wouldn't look up for nothing! I'm pretty sure when we get the picture back, Jason's hand is going to be in the picture holding Hayden's head the right direction!
After Santa, we headed for the cookie decorating station. Kids got to frost a cookie and put all the sprinkles on it they wanted. Hayden wouldn't even do that. He just leeched onto Jason's leg and tried to hide between them. He wouldn't even look up to talk to me! The kids' got a shy side a mile wide! Don't know where he gets that.... :)
Later in the evening we finally got around to putting the Christmas tree up. Hayden got antsy and demanding when we told him what we were going to do but we had to feed Tucker and make popcorn before we got started! He was so excited to help that he couldn't stand still! Kept going back and forth, almost stepping on lights and yelling at the dogs whenever they came in the room. Then he kept telling us he was a "good helper" (even though all he did was be more in the way than anything else!) and had to hang up ornaments all by himself! I'd give him an ornament and he'd either put them all on the same branch or he hit the balls together and lose the hooks. Eventually the strings were hung and all of the ornaments were placed on the tree. Hayden stepped back and says, "It bee-u-t-ful" "Ta Da!" Too cute!
Sunday was Hospira's annual Christmas party for employee children and grandchildren. Before we even left to go to the Christmas party, we tried to tell Hayden about Santa and how if you were good he would come to your house and leave you presents. We tried to convince him to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. He acted like he was excited! He kept talking about how he was going to tell Santa he wanted a robot!
We get to Hospira and he instantly clams up. Got in line to sit on Santa's lap and it was all Jason could do to tear Hayden off of his leg! So all four of us got to sit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Tucker was wide awake and didn't care a bit; Hayden wouldn't look up for nothing! I'm pretty sure when we get the picture back, Jason's hand is going to be in the picture holding Hayden's head the right direction!
After Santa, we headed for the cookie decorating station. Kids got to frost a cookie and put all the sprinkles on it they wanted. Hayden wouldn't even do that. He just leeched onto Jason's leg and tried to hide between them. He wouldn't even look up to talk to me! The kids' got a shy side a mile wide! Don't know where he gets that.... :)
Later in the evening we finally got around to putting the Christmas tree up. Hayden got antsy and demanding when we told him what we were going to do but we had to feed Tucker and make popcorn before we got started! He was so excited to help that he couldn't stand still! Kept going back and forth, almost stepping on lights and yelling at the dogs whenever they came in the room. Then he kept telling us he was a "good helper" (even though all he did was be more in the way than anything else!) and had to hang up ornaments all by himself! I'd give him an ornament and he'd either put them all on the same branch or he hit the balls together and lose the hooks. Eventually the strings were hung and all of the ornaments were placed on the tree. Hayden stepped back and says, "It bee-u-t-ful" "Ta Da!" Too cute!
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