The World according to Smolls

Poker night

1/28
Because it had been 24 hours since Hayden had thrown up last we decided to make the trip to August for the monthly Poker night!

As always Hayden and Delaney were very excited to see each other and had a blast all night. Their new game was to pretend they were jumping across "water". They had also dumped the dinosaurs out of the buckets and dancing with the buckets on their heads while watching their reflections in the front door.

Even Tucker had a good time hanging out with his cousins! We laid him on the floor to change his clothes/diaper and Nate came over to say hi.

Hayden's disease

1/27
Hayden's only been truly sick one time (besides ear infections) and that's when they thought he had the "swine flu" when he was just a little over a year old. He had never thrown up and never had diarrhea.

Until last night that is...

The boys and I were asleep in our bed (Jason was at work) when something woke me up. Took me awhile to realize it was Hayden! He'd been using his pillow pet as a pillow lately and now the pillow was covered in vomit as was the back of my shirt and the sheets on the bed. I have no idea how he managed to miss Jason's pillow but I know he was glad he had! Poor kid was sobbing, vomit all down the front of his jammies and down his chin. After getting him cleaned up, fresh jammies on and the bed stripped Hayden and I went back to sleep.

An hour later I get woke up by Hayden pushing on me and telling me he needed to throw up again. I got him up and rushed him to the bathroom telling him to "go in the toilet" the entire way. He got to the toilet but didn't lift up the lid and ended up throwing up all over the lid. At least it wasn't all over the bed again though!

Hayden slept the rest of the night and was actually in a good mood the next morning. So because he didn't act like anything was wrong, I got him dressed and took him to daycare. I should have known he wasn't 100% because he was clinging to my legs when I left daycare. He hadn't done that in months. I left anyway. Then I got a phone call while I was nearing the outskirts of town that Hayden had thrown his milk up all over the table. Oooops. That was the last time he threw up that day but he was pretty happy to get to spend the rest of it at home with Daddy!

18 weeks

Well, Tucker contracted his first ever child-hood disease: hand-foot-and-mouth disease. I guess last week another child in his room at daycare went home with a fever and the next week developed the blistery rash. Wednesday morning I got a call from daycare that Tucker had the rash on his hands. If he'd had a fever it was so low we never realized it. The rash started out mainly on his hands but by mid-afternoon he had some behind his knees and next to his boys parts and then later in the evening he had a few on his face. He was still as happy as could be though!

The blotchy blistery spots were all pretty much gone by Saturday and he was back to his regular, spitty, smiley self! Now, just hope Hayden doesn't get it as well!

17 weeks

Now that Tucker is 17 weeks, his sitting up has gotten even better! He still leans forward a little but he sits for longer and longer periods before falling over!

Another new trick Tucker has discovered, is that he can find his feet! He loves to grab on to them when he's sitting up and when he's laying down he kicks them up to his head as high as he can! Maybe he's trying to imitate me doing Jackknives on the Wii Fit! Probably not...

Tucker sitting up

Tucker is getting bigger and has learned a new trick!

After his bath one night, I had him sitting in my lap, wrapped up in his hooded towel, while I was running Hayden's bath water. For a good three minutes he sat there by himself, slightly leaning forward but not using me for support at all! He was drooling all over himself and the towel but he was definitely happy!

Won't be too long and he'll be sitting straight up all by himself! Makes me a little sad he's growing up so fast! :(

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Daddy's "Beer"d

Jason's never had great luck growing facial hair (which is just fine with me!) but occasionally he does let a little stubble accumulate on his cheeks and chin. One Sunday, after having let the stubble go for about 5 days without shaving, he finally cleaned it all up before he went to work. The next morning had been an especially trying morning with Hayden not wanting to get up or get dressed at all! A little influence from Daddy, though, got the ball rolling and after Hayden finally calmed down and got dressed, he laid down in our bed next to Jason and was watching cartoons. For whatever reason, Hayden had his hand touching Jason's cheek, lightly stroking it.

Jason says: "Hayden, did you like my beard?"

Hayden says: "Yeah-NO! I don't like beer! I like pizza and apple juice and candy!"

Hayden's first Christmas program

The preschool that Hayden goes to holds an annual Christmas program every year. This year the program was scheduled for December 20th; however, because of the weather the program got rescheduled. (the weather was supposed to have gotten really bad with lots of snow and ice but all we got was a thin layer of snow and some crappy cold wind!) Starting since just after Thanksgiving, Hayden had been singing Jingle Bells non-stop. In the car on the way home, in the bathtub, while trying to get ready for bed, it was Jingle Bells almost every waking moment!

The program was finally rescheduled for January 9th and I was very excited! I just knew Hayden was going to do great because he had been practicing for so long! Boy was I wrong!

When the boys and I got to place the program was being held at, Hayden went right back to the "green room" where all the other kids were preparing for the night. (I have to say I was a little surprised that he was so willing to go by himself since Tucker and I were going out to the main part of the building. The building was the clubhouse at a housing development on the south side of town.) Tucker and I sat down in the audience with my parents and Grandma who had come up to share in the event.

After a few short minutes the entire group of kids walked out to the "stage", each one holding a small bell in their hands. Hayden was all smiles and I was excited for him. Then Ms Meghan (his teacher) started the kids singing and Hayden immediately looked down at the bell, studying it and refusing to say a word. After Jingle Bells was over, the preschool adult helpers took the bells away from the children and a new song started. While most of the kids were at least making and effort to sing the songs (whether they remembered the words or not), Hayden just looked at his shirt, playing with the buttons and would not even say a word.