Well, these past couple of weeks have been very busy for us again. Ben got his labs done last week for the Endocrinologist visit in December. ("Mom, I went to doctor, an he POKE me!! I cry.") Claire managed to get roseola, which was not diagnosed until it had completely run its course. It is contageous, so we were concerned we may have to postpone Ben's surgery. Luckily, he didn't show any signs of getting it, so the surgery went ahead as planned yesterday. It went really well-- our ENT's comment was, "After removing the world's largest tonsils, Ben is doing well." Once we got him calmed down and everything, he has been just his usual self. Instead of letting the nurse wheel him out to the parking lot in a wagon, Ben pulled the wagon himself. After that I knew he would be just fine. Keeping him relaxed, and keeping him from doing too much physical activity will be the real tricky thing!
Ben is getting too smart!! A few days ago I was trying to tell Josh a story, and Ben kept interrupting (and poking me. . .), so I asked him to please let me and daddy have a conversation for just a minute. He replied, "MOOOOOOOM, have con--ver--sation wif ME, pwease!!!!!" A couple of weeks ago, he asked Josh if we could get a tractor at our house. Then, Josh said, "What do we need a tractor for, Ben?" Ben thought for a minute, and then he said, "If we get twactor at our house, it would put break on our house. Don't get me twactor, Daddy. We don't need twactor." He's incredible! I love that I'm starting to be able to reason with him. The other thing that I love that he does lately, is when I lie down with him for a couple of minutes at night, just before he goes to sleep, he rubs my back like I do to him when I'm trying to get him to relax. It's the sweetest little thing! Except when he does that to your face. :o)
We finally figured out how to speak Claire, as well. For the last month or so, she would say "Awu", and I didn't figure out what she was saying until last week. I was rocking her to sleep, and I said, "Love you, Claire." She responded with, "Awu." Then it all clicked!! That has got to be the sweetest first EVER!!!! I was just amazed. What a little sweetheart. Claire is getting braver, when it comes to standing up. She's walking along furniture a lot, and she's starting to try to stand up in the middle of the floor.
Another update to come forth soon. . .
Nov 20, 2008
Nov 6, 2008
Long-winded. . .
Hello, Everyone!!
We survived our trip to California, and when we got back is when things really started to get busy for us. So, I apologize in advance, but this blog is going to turn into a novel in a quick hurry!!
Our vacation was AWESOME!!! The house we rented was perfect-- enough space to fit everyone and not feel crammed in, with a pool and spa to boot! I loved it, and hope that we can go back again someday. It was a very busy week! We started with the Wild Animal Park in San Diego, which was awesome. They had so many animals that I had never seen or heard of, and many that I had. They had lions, which were beautiful to watch and had a lot of energy. Gorillas, very stinky. Ben loved feeding the ducks, although while we were getting the duck food he didn't like it so much-- there was a goose standing right next to the machine, and it kept hissing at him! I can imagine it was scary, because it was eye-level. After we moved, though, he was okay. There was also a duck in the Flamingo territory, that was acting just like the Flamingos! It cracked me up to see this duck standing on one leg, imitating very closely the movements of the birds around him, despite the fact that he wasn't so graceful as they.
We also spent a day at SeaWorld, which was awesome!! Ben got a real kick out of the whales and dolphins splashing. There were Flamingos there, too, and they actually herded them down the street we were on. It was funny-- one of them got right in Ben's face (again, eye to eye), and made him a little nervous. He loved seeing Shamu (although until after the show he called him Shampoo), and the penguins. There was a Sea Lion and Otter show with a Halloween theme, that I particularly liked. Ben slept through that one, but he said he really liked it.
We spent two days at Disneyland, which were pretty fun, despite the fact that Claire pooped out of her diaper five times in the two days we spent there. Blast Von's Market for not having Luvs. Grrrr. . . Thank heavens for extra changes of clothes!! Anyway, Ben had lots of fun the second day particularly, because we went to California Adventure, and found the Bug's Life area. I was so glad to find a place for the little ones to have fun, because BOY was it dull for them most of the time. Ben did get to go on the Matterhorn, and his assessment of the ride was, "It go weally FAST!! PPPSSSHEEEEEW!! And it went wound and wound, and a scawy monster go RRRROOOAAARRRR, and got on wollercoaster, and HE GET ME!!! ON WOLLERCOASTER!!!"
Last the best of all, we got to spend two afternoons at the Beach. Claire loved eating the sand, while Ben loved digging holes with his cousins, and playing in the water. Josh and I loved the waves-- we didn't catch any huge ones, but we did get to do some body surfing on the waves we did get, with the surf boards they had at the house. I had forgotten how salty the seawater is.
Since we've been home, it's been crazy like I said. Claire had Croup when we got home, and luckily recovered from it before needing to see the doctor. It wasn't too serious. Then, this week she tried to stand up underneath my piano bench, and then she fell over and hit her nose so hard I thought it was broken!! To look at her bruises, you would think so too. I took her to the doctor that day, and they checked everything out, and it really isn't broken, but the poor girl looks like she was in a boxing match or something.
Ben has had big tonsils for a long time, but while we were in California I really could not believe how bad he was snoring. So, when we got back to Utah, we took him to see the doctor. Apparently he had strep, too (go figure-- the kid acts the same when he's sick as when he's well), and the doctor referred us to an ENT. We saw the ENT last week, and they said that his tonsils definitely need to come out. So, here's how the next two months are panning out for us: Next week, Ben will get some Lab work done so that he can have a follow-up appointment with an Endocrinologist (a growth doctor) in December. The week after next he will get his tonsils out. The week after that is Thanksgiving. The week after that, he has a follow-up appointment with the ENT. Two weeks after that are Ben and Claire's birthdays (yes, both), and that same week Ben has an appointment with the Endocrinologist about his Labs. The week after that, both Ben and Claire have their well-child checkups with their Pediatrician, and that just happens to be the week of Christmas as well. We definitely are in crazy mode!!!
Other than all of that, we are basically back to the same old routine-- get up, get fed, get ready, go to work/daycare, get home, get fed, go to bed. Ben and Claire have started their own morning routine, while I'm putting on my makeup and doing my hair. Claire either crawls around the floor and eats whatever she can find while I'm not looking (eeewww), or clings to my legs and stands up trying to balance herself on her feet while I do my thing. Ben is a different matter. He stands on the toilet, and for the first five minutes or so he brushes his teeth by himself. Then, he puts lotion on his hands and then on his face, then he rubs it on the bathroom counter. He always asks to put makeup on, and I always explain that it's only for girls and he's a boy. Then he says, "I'm Daddy!" or "I'm Claire!" and I'll respond with, "No, I'm Claire," and we go back and forth with that a little bit. Then he takes the squirt bottle and sprays a few spots along the front of his hair (because he hasn't figured out how to hold the bottle away from his head and still make it spray). Then he squirts me a couple of times. Then I take the squirt bottle away. He tries to steal my brush to brush his hair. He always loses that battle too. Then he tries to get hold of anything he can on the counter, and at this point he usually gets kicked out of the bathroom, and the door gets locked until I'm finished (two to three minutes later).
I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Love you all, and if I don't get to post again until after the holiday this month (I really will try, but I make no guarantees), then have a Happy Thanksgiving!! There really is a lot to be grateful for right now, even in this time of Economic and Political turmoil, and I want you all to know that I'm grateful for YOU, your friendship and for just being there!!!! AND for reading my blog, which gets longer and longer each time I post. Sorry again.
We survived our trip to California, and when we got back is when things really started to get busy for us. So, I apologize in advance, but this blog is going to turn into a novel in a quick hurry!!
Our vacation was AWESOME!!! The house we rented was perfect-- enough space to fit everyone and not feel crammed in, with a pool and spa to boot! I loved it, and hope that we can go back again someday. It was a very busy week! We started with the Wild Animal Park in San Diego, which was awesome. They had so many animals that I had never seen or heard of, and many that I had. They had lions, which were beautiful to watch and had a lot of energy. Gorillas, very stinky. Ben loved feeding the ducks, although while we were getting the duck food he didn't like it so much-- there was a goose standing right next to the machine, and it kept hissing at him! I can imagine it was scary, because it was eye-level. After we moved, though, he was okay. There was also a duck in the Flamingo territory, that was acting just like the Flamingos! It cracked me up to see this duck standing on one leg, imitating very closely the movements of the birds around him, despite the fact that he wasn't so graceful as they.
We also spent a day at SeaWorld, which was awesome!! Ben got a real kick out of the whales and dolphins splashing. There were Flamingos there, too, and they actually herded them down the street we were on. It was funny-- one of them got right in Ben's face (again, eye to eye), and made him a little nervous. He loved seeing Shamu (although until after the show he called him Shampoo), and the penguins. There was a Sea Lion and Otter show with a Halloween theme, that I particularly liked. Ben slept through that one, but he said he really liked it.
We spent two days at Disneyland, which were pretty fun, despite the fact that Claire pooped out of her diaper five times in the two days we spent there. Blast Von's Market for not having Luvs. Grrrr. . . Thank heavens for extra changes of clothes!! Anyway, Ben had lots of fun the second day particularly, because we went to California Adventure, and found the Bug's Life area. I was so glad to find a place for the little ones to have fun, because BOY was it dull for them most of the time. Ben did get to go on the Matterhorn, and his assessment of the ride was, "It go weally FAST!! PPPSSSHEEEEEW!! And it went wound and wound, and a scawy monster go RRRROOOAAARRRR, and got on wollercoaster, and HE GET ME!!! ON WOLLERCOASTER!!!"
Last the best of all, we got to spend two afternoons at the Beach. Claire loved eating the sand, while Ben loved digging holes with his cousins, and playing in the water. Josh and I loved the waves-- we didn't catch any huge ones, but we did get to do some body surfing on the waves we did get, with the surf boards they had at the house. I had forgotten how salty the seawater is.
Since we've been home, it's been crazy like I said. Claire had Croup when we got home, and luckily recovered from it before needing to see the doctor. It wasn't too serious. Then, this week she tried to stand up underneath my piano bench, and then she fell over and hit her nose so hard I thought it was broken!! To look at her bruises, you would think so too. I took her to the doctor that day, and they checked everything out, and it really isn't broken, but the poor girl looks like she was in a boxing match or something.
Ben has had big tonsils for a long time, but while we were in California I really could not believe how bad he was snoring. So, when we got back to Utah, we took him to see the doctor. Apparently he had strep, too (go figure-- the kid acts the same when he's sick as when he's well), and the doctor referred us to an ENT. We saw the ENT last week, and they said that his tonsils definitely need to come out. So, here's how the next two months are panning out for us: Next week, Ben will get some Lab work done so that he can have a follow-up appointment with an Endocrinologist (a growth doctor) in December. The week after next he will get his tonsils out. The week after that is Thanksgiving. The week after that, he has a follow-up appointment with the ENT. Two weeks after that are Ben and Claire's birthdays (yes, both), and that same week Ben has an appointment with the Endocrinologist about his Labs. The week after that, both Ben and Claire have their well-child checkups with their Pediatrician, and that just happens to be the week of Christmas as well. We definitely are in crazy mode!!!
Other than all of that, we are basically back to the same old routine-- get up, get fed, get ready, go to work/daycare, get home, get fed, go to bed. Ben and Claire have started their own morning routine, while I'm putting on my makeup and doing my hair. Claire either crawls around the floor and eats whatever she can find while I'm not looking (eeewww), or clings to my legs and stands up trying to balance herself on her feet while I do my thing. Ben is a different matter. He stands on the toilet, and for the first five minutes or so he brushes his teeth by himself. Then, he puts lotion on his hands and then on his face, then he rubs it on the bathroom counter. He always asks to put makeup on, and I always explain that it's only for girls and he's a boy. Then he says, "I'm Daddy!" or "I'm Claire!" and I'll respond with, "No, I'm Claire," and we go back and forth with that a little bit. Then he takes the squirt bottle and sprays a few spots along the front of his hair (because he hasn't figured out how to hold the bottle away from his head and still make it spray). Then he squirts me a couple of times. Then I take the squirt bottle away. He tries to steal my brush to brush his hair. He always loses that battle too. Then he tries to get hold of anything he can on the counter, and at this point he usually gets kicked out of the bathroom, and the door gets locked until I'm finished (two to three minutes later).
I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Love you all, and if I don't get to post again until after the holiday this month (I really will try, but I make no guarantees), then have a Happy Thanksgiving!! There really is a lot to be grateful for right now, even in this time of Economic and Political turmoil, and I want you all to know that I'm grateful for YOU, your friendship and for just being there!!!! AND for reading my blog, which gets longer and longer each time I post. Sorry again.
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