Jonas has discovered a new game to play with daddy-- "Spot Thief" or, as he pronounces it, "Bah Dees!"The general idea is that Jonas sits where Brandon was sitting and yells "BAH DEES!" at which point, Brandon turns around and says "**Gasp** did you steal my spot, you spot thief??" and Jonas screams and giggles and waits for Brandon to come over and tickle him out of the spot. Boy, does that kid love to be tickled. =)
Last week, Jonas had what I will call another "first". He put his shoes on by himself. Sure, they were his rain boots, but still, one minute I'm eating breakfast and wondering if I can really endure another round of the early-90's-church-produced-excitement that is the "My Little Heart" music video, and the next, jonas is bringing me 2 (mismatched) shoes from the closet for me to wear and is pointing to go "oo-sssss!" (outside)... he's already got his boots on, no clothes or anything fancy like that, but hey! he did get the shoes! I immediately asked if I could take his picture whit his boots and he obliged.
In more recent news, it got super duper cold for a few days, like in the 40's and 50's. Laaame! It was, of course, during this time that Jonas decided that he DID want to pee like a big boy, but his opinion of big boy and ours were very different, so that he really wanted to pee like "Ru" (Rudy). Thinking he would surely change his mind the second his naked little butt hit the balmy air, I said, "ok" to this plan, and let him and Rudy out in our enclosed back patio to pee. I was, as usual, wrong. That kid was out there 10 minutes in a thin t-shirt only, following rudy around and "ssssss"-ing. he did not actually pee, he just pretended to... even lifted his leg once! He splashed in the water fountain, which was, in fact, clod enough for him to say "Co! Co! Bbbbbbb!". He also pointed out rudy's poop and asked me to clean it up, so I did. Anyway... after about 10 minutes Brandon thought he had been outside plenty long enough, so we brought him back in and he was very upset.
The past couple days Jonas has been a lot more to handle, as he is cutting his 2 year molars on the bottom. He has really been fussy and upset, and is now in the "MINE!" stage, so that is just awewsome on top of awesome. The worst has been when he wakes up. I don't know why, but he is so upset that he cries for about 45 min. before he is happy again. Well, he did take a momentary break to comment that "Ru? Bah Dees!" (Rudy!? Spot Thief!!), as rudy was sitting in brandon's spot. This afternoon we actually took him to the doctor to make sure he didn't have an ear infection. He was amazingly good while there, and didn't freak out as he had done in the past. sweet! He didn't have an ear infection, so that's good, at least.
Yesterday, Joe and I went to the childrens museum, then over to the Reich's where the plan was for jonas to sleep while I cleaned their house. This did not work out. Jonas didn't sleep, and had a fit because he wanted "Sus!" (Jesus). yes, evan has a Jesus stuffed animal whose awesomeness I cannot stress enough. Luckkkyyyy! Anyway, Joe didn't sleep, and then wayne came back (which I wasn't expecting, but was good anyway) and then wayne's mom came to visit, and the exterminator, and well... it was just a 2 hour cleaning job in the quiet that was reall a 4 hour cleaning job with hustle and bustle abounding... which was cool, i guess... it all got done. I just don't know what I'm gonna do next time if joe doesn't sleep! Hmm....
In other news, Brandon or I need a job pretty badly. Hmm... I wonder how many grammar rules I broke in that last sentance... Yeah, there aren't a lot of jobs, and we just found out our insurance premium is going up another sweet $120/month in january, so that's gonna be fun to pay. yaaay
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
first ear infection
oops! I've been forgetting to update again... not that I have a following or anything, but I like to look at these myself years later since I have such a bad memory.
The past few weeks have been pretty ok. Jonas has been getting better and better at talking and communicating, so that is (mostly) good.
Last week, brandon and I got our flu shots... brandon's made him sick for nearly a week, so I got WAAAAY more quality time with Jonas than normal. Sadly, I think that was overall not a good thing, because I just can't do morning to evening no break clinging and whining. Ah, yes, I forgot to mention that jonas has officially entered the "nobody but mommy" stage where he actually throws a tantrum if I try to leave the room... or sit him down, or any number of unpredictable other things. oh, i forgot another important ingredient. let's just start over.
about 2.5 weeks ago, I started getting some pretty sweet ice pick headaches. I have discovered since being pregnant that I have a newly-manifested slew of PMS symptoms, ice pick headaches being one of them. That week or so previous, I discovered a whole new level of awful in the pms region that i didn't even know existed. Here is the glorious list:
Let's move on.
So while at the doctor last thursday, I got a flu shot, and brandon did too (it's better to spring this stuff on him, or he just gets nervous... I guess its that way for lots of us). Next day, brandon is sick. I am still not feeling any better, but now must watch Jojo and keep him from brandon. Thankfully, jojo is a very sweet little boy, but did I mention i was having severe mood swings and got easily frustrated?? this is not a good combination when toddler-watchin. In conclusion, i decided it was best to leave the house, so I took a anti-crazy pill, and whether by placebo effect or not, it seemed to help that day. Jojo and I went over to the Carters with Aunt Nicole (mooow!) and we (with the help of Nick) worked on updating their living room. If you have never been to the carters house, then you don't know just how badly this room needed a makeover. Luckily, I have pictures!
Best of all, the responsibility of watching Jonas was shared, and frustration was diffused by getting something done AND having jonas quazai distracted! This method actually worked on day 2 as well!
Fast forward...
***TMI ALERT*** of course, within a day of starting my period (mondayish), all of this went away. so, i guess that's good... on the down side, I am terrified I am going to have to deal with this coolness on an arbitrary basis for the rest of my 'childbearing' years... nooooOOOoo! ***END***
Lisa came and got Joe on monday, because even though the antichrist PMS was coming to a close, brandon was still sick, and I was still extremely lethargic, my back had gotten hurt somewhere (probably moving furniture??), and all that PMS was replaced with cramps that rivaled birthing pangs of 2 years previous. Brandon and I spent one glorious day laying in bed and resting.... and of course since it was me, I still did some work (what can I say? I don't like to do nothing for long!). I have to say, this was probably the most brandon and I have ever needed a break from the boy. He wasn't ever being bad, we were just so sickly it was very hard to watch him.
Tuesday, feeling much, much, much better, I had an excellent interview for a job that I will hopefully get. Afterwards, we went over to get Jonas from the Kennedys and brought them dinner to boot. We came home with a whiny baby, who was hopefully not sick.
No luck, sure enough, Jonas had his first (real) ear infection. It was a lot of fun at the doctor for sure. He difinitely remembers that place! Luckily, he likes the amoxacillin, so he was ok with taking that. Sadly, he missed going to the fair that evening, which we had been planning on doing for months =(. Brandon watched joe that night since he had hardly seen him in a week, and I still went, though. I haven't seen needtobreathe play since before I was pregnant (RIGHT before, but still). Wooooah, it was crazy how many people were there! coraaazy! As an added bonus: Nicole brought Ivan to the event, which we deemed a "family event" so now Ivan is "officially" ahead of Spencer in the boyfriend ring. hahaha! spenny had better start showing up at stuff!
anyway....last night nicole allie (emily bivins for a while) and I went to a SW football game and watched them get beaten like a rented mule. otherwise, not a lot happened since wednesday, jonas seemed back to normal, then BAM! we got him up this morning and he had a fever and was coughing like crazy. called the doctor, and they said that is unrelated to the ear infection and give him lots of liquids. yaaaay. so poor baby is sick again.. or more. whichever.
The past few weeks have been pretty ok. Jonas has been getting better and better at talking and communicating, so that is (mostly) good.
Last week, brandon and I got our flu shots... brandon's made him sick for nearly a week, so I got WAAAAY more quality time with Jonas than normal. Sadly, I think that was overall not a good thing, because I just can't do morning to evening no break clinging and whining. Ah, yes, I forgot to mention that jonas has officially entered the "nobody but mommy" stage where he actually throws a tantrum if I try to leave the room... or sit him down, or any number of unpredictable other things. oh, i forgot another important ingredient. let's just start over.
about 2.5 weeks ago, I started getting some pretty sweet ice pick headaches. I have discovered since being pregnant that I have a newly-manifested slew of PMS symptoms, ice pick headaches being one of them. That week or so previous, I discovered a whole new level of awful in the pms region that i didn't even know existed. Here is the glorious list:
- bipolaresque mood swings
- extremely tempermental
- crying spells for no apparent reason
- body aches
- headaches ranging from mild, to migraine... occasionaly an ice pick headache would get thrown in there
- severe lethargy
- shortness of breath
- lightheadedness
- heart palpatations
- shaking
- panic attacks
Let's move on.
So while at the doctor last thursday, I got a flu shot, and brandon did too (it's better to spring this stuff on him, or he just gets nervous... I guess its that way for lots of us). Next day, brandon is sick. I am still not feeling any better, but now must watch Jojo and keep him from brandon. Thankfully, jojo is a very sweet little boy, but did I mention i was having severe mood swings and got easily frustrated?? this is not a good combination when toddler-watchin. In conclusion, i decided it was best to leave the house, so I took a anti-crazy pill, and whether by placebo effect or not, it seemed to help that day. Jojo and I went over to the Carters with Aunt Nicole (mooow!) and we (with the help of Nick) worked on updating their living room. If you have never been to the carters house, then you don't know just how badly this room needed a makeover. Luckily, I have pictures!
Best of all, the responsibility of watching Jonas was shared, and frustration was diffused by getting something done AND having jonas quazai distracted! This method actually worked on day 2 as well!
Fast forward...
***TMI ALERT*** of course, within a day of starting my period (mondayish), all of this went away. so, i guess that's good... on the down side, I am terrified I am going to have to deal with this coolness on an arbitrary basis for the rest of my 'childbearing' years... nooooOOOoo! ***END***
Lisa came and got Joe on monday, because even though the antichrist PMS was coming to a close, brandon was still sick, and I was still extremely lethargic, my back had gotten hurt somewhere (probably moving furniture??), and all that PMS was replaced with cramps that rivaled birthing pangs of 2 years previous. Brandon and I spent one glorious day laying in bed and resting.... and of course since it was me, I still did some work (what can I say? I don't like to do nothing for long!). I have to say, this was probably the most brandon and I have ever needed a break from the boy. He wasn't ever being bad, we were just so sickly it was very hard to watch him.
Tuesday, feeling much, much, much better, I had an excellent interview for a job that I will hopefully get. Afterwards, we went over to get Jonas from the Kennedys and brought them dinner to boot. We came home with a whiny baby, who was hopefully not sick.
No luck, sure enough, Jonas had his first (real) ear infection. It was a lot of fun at the doctor for sure. He difinitely remembers that place! Luckily, he likes the amoxacillin, so he was ok with taking that. Sadly, he missed going to the fair that evening, which we had been planning on doing for months =(. Brandon watched joe that night since he had hardly seen him in a week, and I still went, though. I haven't seen needtobreathe play since before I was pregnant (RIGHT before, but still). Wooooah, it was crazy how many people were there! coraaazy! As an added bonus: Nicole brought Ivan to the event, which we deemed a "family event" so now Ivan is "officially" ahead of Spencer in the boyfriend ring. hahaha! spenny had better start showing up at stuff!
anyway....last night nicole allie (emily bivins for a while) and I went to a SW football game and watched them get beaten like a rented mule. otherwise, not a lot happened since wednesday, jonas seemed back to normal, then BAM! we got him up this morning and he had a fever and was coughing like crazy. called the doctor, and they said that is unrelated to the ear infection and give him lots of liquids. yaaaay. so poor baby is sick again.. or more. whichever.
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