Brats R Us

Orange Juice Moon

2008-07-16T10:53:00.002-04:00

The things kids name things is so cute sometimes. Tommy loves to find the moon in the sky when it is still daylight. He like to say that that he painted the moon in the sky. The other day it was getting to dusk and we were driving in the car, he had already found the moon, he started trying to see out all the windows he could. He finally asks where is the orange juice moon? It took me second to realize he was talking about the sun! How cute, the Orange Juice Moon!

Don't judge him...

2008-05-24T10:01:00.001-04:00

He is just exloring all his options.

Whiny

2008-05-22T16:57:00.003-04:00

Well we are into full swing with the terrible twos and boy can Tommy be a whiner (is that how you spell that, I am sure Jessica will let me know if it spelled wrong). So we set down a had a little talk yesterday about his whining and I told him I did not like whiny little boys. So he stopped for most of the day. Then he started whining about wanting to watch Bob the Builder. So I told him again I didn't want whining to so I kid you not right in the middle of a whine "watch Bob the Builder" he lowered his voice and said really low "watch Bob the Builder". It was soo funny. I wish I could have gotten it on tape.

just some randomness

2008-05-22T16:49:00.004-04:00

I know it has been a long time since I have update the blog. But everything is going fine and the kids are growing like weeds. Here are some random pics I thought you might enjoy.

Awww male bonding.

My little Tom Sawyer

Our little future record producer
His second most favorite outfit. His favorite is minus the diaper!

It's stuck.

2008-04-23T11:11:00.001-04:00

Well allergy season is in full swing here in the south. The other morning Tommy woke and up and told me that his nose was "stuck" and made a couple of sniffs to show me how it was "stuck". So cute.

Trapped!

2008-02-22T11:18:00.002-05:00

As I am writing this blog I am currently locked in my basement. Tommy must have turned the lock and then shut the door! Don;t worry Tommy is locked in here with me. Thankfully it is a finished basement with a bathroom. I tried picking the lock but apparently I am not "thief minded". Of course now that we can't get out Tommy really wants to go upstairs! Thankfully I had the phone with me so Mike is hopefully on his way home to free us. Never a dull moment with kids.

I've been telling you all....

2008-02-22T09:56:00.002-05:00

for years that I didn't have an accent and this proves it!

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The Inland North
The South
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Philadelphia
The West
Boston
North Central
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Well trained

2008-02-21T08:44:00.001-05:00

I was on the phone with Brooklynn yesterday and Tommy motioned that he wanted to talk. So I handed him the phone and I could Brooklynn on the other end "Hi Tommy" his response was "how doin pincess (princess)". She has him so well trained.

Smarter than we think

2008-02-18T19:25:00.002-05:00

Since Tommy has stopped eating baby food it has been a constant struggle to get him to eat anything. For a while he was loving hotdogs and wanted them all the time, but then out of the blue he won't eat them anymore. Tonight I asked him if he wanted a hotdog and he said "yes" so I made him hotdog and gave him some pretzels. He ate about half of the pretzels and none of the hotdog then said he wanted to get down. Being the responsible parents we are, we told him he needed to finish the pretzels or take one bite of the hotdog. He picked up the hotdog, me and Micheal held our breath to see what he would do, and it started towards his mouth. He puts it in his mouth and bites down (inside I am cheering, we have won, our will was obeyed!) and pulls the hotdog out still intact with bite marks nearly severing the tip and then he puts it down and smiles. Mike and I burst out laughing, well we never did say he had to bite it off and eat it.

We did manage to get him to eat the remainder of the pretzels at least.

Tooooo cute

2008-02-15T10:18:00.002-05:00

Tommy had his Valentine's Party at school yesterday and was pretty hyped up in Sugar by the time I picked him up. Them we proceeded to traverse the county delivery more Valentines and eating more sugar as it was provided. We then had to go grocery shopping. He is usually pretty good the store, for a while. this time he was in such a good mood just gabbering away and talking to everyone and moving all over the place (the grocery store has carts that look like race cars and they can move around little bit) was so excited when I picked up Shrek Cheezit crackers. When we finally got home I gave him some Shrek cheezits and put on Bob the Builder on TV and went into the kitchen to put away the groceries. I am not sure what the reason was but he was just so excited about it all that he comes running into the kitchen saying "I need fives, I need fives" I had no idea what he was talking about so he grabs my hand and holds in up and gives me a "high five". he was so excited about everthing he needed to give someone a "high five"!! It was just so cute.

Frosty the Snowman

2008-02-01T10:47:00.000-05:00

Here is Brooklynn's and Tommy's snowman. They had alot of fun and were very sad when he melted away.

Let it snow!!

2008-01-23T10:09:00.001-05:00

Well Nana and Papa came down to visit and they brought snow with them. This was the first real snow for Tommy and Brooklynn. It only snowed about an inch but they thought it was great!!

Tommy wanted to keep his snowball till Michael got home so we put it in the freezer.

Brrr

2007-12-05T11:09:00.000-05:00

Tommy got to see his first snow curtesy of Nana and Papa's video

He's a genius!!

2007-11-28T16:14:00.000-05:00

We were all the mall the other day and Tommy and Mike were looking at the map of the mall. You know they have a list of the all the stores and a number and letter to show were they are located in the mall. Well Tommy pointed at the letter "D" and said "D!" Can you believe it?!?!

Then the other morning we were sitting watching Super Why on PBS and they asked "what sound does the letter D make" and without prompting Tommy said "Duh, duh" He is just a chip off the old block I guess. he he he

Metamorphasis

2007-11-18T09:15:00.000-05:00

I am sure you have all heard the comparison of a young girl blossoming into womanhood as a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. I just had no idea that they were being literal.

I think this species is called the princess butterfly.

Halloween

2007-11-14T15:36:00.000-05:00

Oh charlie Brown, your a clown...... Isn't he cute?

She been telling us she was a princess so I guess she was right.

I know I know these are late. But hey better late than never right?

Bad Mommy

2007-09-23T18:20:00.000-04:00

I was not a very good mommy this weekend. Tommy and I went out the garage to tag some stuff for a yard sale. Michael had just gotten finished mowing the lawn and I wasn;t paying attenttion and Tommy put his hand on the lawnmower and burnt himself. He was very brave and didn't cry for very long, but for some reason while we were outside I was not able to see how bad it was. It wasn't until we came inside 30 minutes later that I could see it was starting to blister. Bless his heart.

He still does not complain about it hurting but he will not let me put a bandaid on it. He likes putting on the burn cream but NO bandaid!

Just some cute pictures

2007-09-14T11:10:00.000-04:00

Another First

2007-08-29T10:09:00.000-04:00

Well yesterday was Tommy's first day of preschool. He had his Curious George lunch box in hand and was ready to go.

Daddy dropped him off in the morning.

And he had lots of fun...that is until someone in the building accidently pulled the fire alarm! All the little girls in the class we initially surprised but got over it quick. Tommy and Kai did not get over it that quick and even after they stopped crying they kept giving the alarm nervous glaces the rest of the day.

This was Brooklynn's second year. So she was a seasoned veteren and gave Tommy some good advice.

Even though she was an old pro she was still excited to see her new class.

I know, I know...

2007-08-24T22:25:00.000-04:00

It has been forever since I posted anything. Bad Danielle. Well since we last talked, Tommy has been to Michigan and went pee pee in the potty. He is also talking alot more now. Well I should say we can understand alot more of what he is saying. He now follows simple commands like "Bring me your shoes" or " Do you want crackers or Cheetos. It is so cute, he loves baked Cheetos which he calls "toes".

Here are some Potty pictures, he is just going to kill me :-) I am pretty sure he only gets up there because then he can touch the tiolet paper

He also loves to flush the tiolet, which I guess is a good thing for later on.

Ocean

2007-07-30T19:46:00.000-04:00

We went to the beach this summer and Brooklynn loved the ocean. She never wanted to go in the water, mostly because it was bone chilling cold. Ever since we have been home she has been asking about the ocean, and the beach, she wants to go back so bad. Maybe next year.

Awww....

2007-07-10T12:58:00.000-04:00

The Workforce keeps getting younger

2007-06-25T21:46:00.000-04:00

First Hair cut

2007-06-23T22:28:00.000-04:00

Tommy got his first haircut today. The top was getting so long he was starting to do a Donald Trump comb-over.

We were pretty sure it was not going to go smoothly, but Jennifer was a trooper. (Best hairstylist in chattanooga, if you are looking)

Here he thought she was going to cut his ear off. Don't worry they are both still intact.

Then he thought she was cutting it WAY too short.

Even after it was all done he still refused to give us a smile. But doesn't he look just adorable?

I hope I will not come off too bad in his later therapy sessions. It had to be done sweety, sorry.

He did it!

2007-06-18T22:56:00.000-04:00

I asked Tommy today where his nose was and he pointed at his nose!! He is a genius. Of course then he promptly tried to pick his nose but one thing at a time.

New House

2007-06-15T08:50:00.001-04:00

Well tommy has a new house! We plan to move in at end of month we have a number of projects to do before we do though. Every time Tommy sees the house he says "wowee" and get excited. I am not sure if understands that this is where we will be living or if he just thinks its a fun place to come play.

I know....

2007-06-13T09:58:00.001-04:00

I know it has been forever since I have posted anything. Just to update you on Tommy. He has learned to walk backwards, sometimes on purpose sometimes not. He can also turn around in circles, but he prefers to go in cirlces in our office chairs. He also has a number of words in his arsenal now. ironically he pronounces a number of the words with a Boston accent, where did that come from. his favorite word is No. But he is slowly learning to use Yes.
A couple of weeks ago Tommy saw the ocean for the first time. He was quite impressed I think. At first he wasn't too sure about all the sand but once he saw he could throw it he was all over it. I wish I had gotten a picture but one day he decided to try all the sand buckets on his head.
On this one I like to put the caption "I can't believe how big this bathtub is!"

The old/young man and the sea.

New Word

2007-05-08T12:17:00.000-04:00

Well compliments of Grandma Gardner, Tommy now can say Stinky! Aww isn;t that cute.

To see the world as a child

2007-04-24T13:25:00.000-04:00

Only a child would have this much fun with a dishwasher.

Boy they will delivery anything these days.

Happyness

2007-03-27T11:37:00.000-04:00

Tommy just heard the good news about Papa's biopsy. YEAH!!! Papa, now come visit me.

Daring Fashion Statement

2007-03-24T22:57:00.000-04:00

proof positive

2007-03-23T10:45:00.000-04:00

We have all seen them. young boys, and sometimes even older one, with a ultra baggy pants that defy gravity. I have often wondered what would happen if they were not able to continually keep pulling them up. well here is the what will happen.

update

2007-03-23T10:25:00.000-04:00

I know it has been a while since I posted but it has been kinds busy around here. Two weeks ago Tommy came down with an awful case of diaper rash :-( We had to sit on the couch with no diaper for a bout 4 hours to give him some relief. I got peed on twice but thats being a mother for you. We were finally able to get a diaper back on him but pants made to too uncomfortable so we just put a long t-shit on him.

Then he ended up coming down with an awful cold and couldn;t sleep through the night because he couldn't breath. Poor guy! Finally took him to the doctor and got him medicine, that cleared him up and made him sleepy :-) Now he is back to sleeping through the night and most nights doesn't even wants us to completely rock him to sleep. yah!!

We have also been house hunting so that has kept up busy. but enough excuses I will try to be more diligent

He's done it!

2007-03-08T15:01:00.000-05:00

He slept through the night!!!! I think that maybe he was just too tired when we put him down (I know that doesn't seem to make sense) but the past two days I have made sure he has taken two naps during the day and he has slept through the night each night.

Why oh Why!

2007-03-05T15:26:00.000-05:00

Not too much new going on here. Except that Tommy is not sleeping through the night currently and we are not sure why. We think it might be his molars trying to come in but we are not sure. All we do know is that we had gotten used to sleeping till at least 5am before he woke up and now that is over. :-(

That was yummy

2007-02-23T22:49:00.000-05:00

Language

2007-02-22T16:20:00.000-05:00

Well Tommy is slowly starting to conquer the English language. He now says Mommy, daddy, wow, ok and yah. Well at least I know that is what he is saying. He will also sometime roar like a lion, a quiet lion.

where's Brooklynn

2007-02-21T10:52:00.000-05:00

Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-02-21T10:49:00.000-05:00

I know I dont put up much stuff on here, but I am going to try and do better. I have this funny story that I just had to share.

Brooklynn and I were driving in my car one night and she of course was in the back car seat and she says " MMM good", I said what's good baby, then she proceeds to say " BOOGERS". I laughed and said gross Brooklynn. It was very funny.

Puppy Dog

2007-02-15T14:35:00.000-05:00

Both Tommy and his Cousin Matthew got Stuffed Dogs from their Uncle Pradeep and Aunt Sue this year.

First Steps!

2007-02-08T21:34:00.000-05:00

Tommy took his first REAL steps today. Unfortunately neither Mike nor the camcorder got to see it. Just me. We were able to get him to take a few more steps for the camera though.

He is just growing up so fast!

First Corndog

2007-02-08T16:40:00.000-05:00

The kid continues to baffle me. at lunch he refused to eat his sweet potatoes and carrots unless the carrots were mashed too, but he goes over to Brooklynn's and proceeds to eat half a corndog! Crazy child.

Food Struggles

2007-02-08T10:30:00.000-05:00

We are trying to get Tommy to eat regular food now and he is putting up quite a fight. If we are in a restaurant and he is distracted he will eat just about anything we put in his mouth, but if we try the same things at home he immediately spits them out or won't open his mouth at all!! The other night he even gagged himself so he threw up the little bit we had been able to get down his throat. He just loves lemons, he will suck the life out of lemon wedge. It is quite entertaining.

We have also been trying some of the Gerber Graduate foods but no luck there for the most part. He is now completely on Soy milk no cows milk at all so that poses more problems. We got him to eat some Gerber Stage 3 spaghetti with meat sauce yesterday before I realized that there was milk in it. Boy did he have some gas last night phewwww..

Everyone keeps telling me I have to be patient, he will start eating eventually. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Brooklynn update

2007-02-07T12:04:00.000-05:00

Brooklynn is growing up so fast. and getting very smart. She can count to 10 in English and to 6 in spanish. She sure does take after her Aunt Danielle.

At Tommy's birthday party she just helped herself to the food. She sure did love the chocolate sauce on the apples.

Feeding Time

2007-02-05T11:13:00.001-05:00

These were some of out first attempts at getting him to eat by himself. It was not a complete success.

Ladies Man

2007-02-05T11:10:00.000-05:00

Oh! Aunt Kathy you are so funny!

2007-02-02T11:26:00.000-05:00

Tommy is one

2007-01-29T22:59:00.000-05:00

This past Saturday we had Tommy's 1st birthday party. There were 7 babies, 2 years of age or younger, in our little townhouse.

The theme was Sesame Street, Elmo primarily. We watched The Red Furry Monster Parade again and again and again. ( whatever keeps them happy right)

The birthday cake was Confetti cupcakes with Yellow frosting. I thought that would be easier to clean than chocolate frosting. Michael was a little disappointed that it was not chocolate, but I did not hear any complaints from Tommy.

One year ago....

2007-01-29T22:55:00.000-05:00

......last Thursday Tommy was born. One year ago today Tommy came home from the hospital and our lives changed forever. For the better of course.

updates

2007-01-19T20:16:00.000-05:00

I know it has been forever since I have posted. but holidays were very busy for us all. Just to catch you up and I will post more pictures later.

Over the holidays Tommy cut his fang teeth, both at the same time. He was not a happy camper. Thankfully everyone up in Indy got to see a couple of happy days before the teeth decided to make an appearance.

Then just the other day I noticed another tooth poking up on the right side of his two bottom teeth. They are just coming in like gangbusters.

Tommy just keeps getting smarter everyday, too smart I think sometimes. Like today he wanted to touch the faucet in the bath tub but could not quite reach it, so before I know it he has turned over this little plastic tub we have in the bathroom pushed it over to the tub and was getting ready to climb on top!! I am sure pretty soon I will be grabbing him off the top of the bookshelf :-)

Tommy just loves his Brooklynn and follows her everywhere she goes, much to her annoyance sometimes. Anything she has he wants to get his hands on. I am now spending all day tuesday at the office so Tommy gets to be with his Brooklynn all day. However, we they are both together neither wants to take a nap so by the end of the day they are both kinda grumpy.

Well that is all I got for now.

SANTA!!

2006-12-14T11:23:00.000-05:00

WE took Brooklynn and Tommy to see Santa. Santa told Brooklynn she couldn't have a pony.

Update

2006-12-11T16:49:00.000-05:00

WEll Tommy can now climb the stairs, and attempts it whenever he sees an opening. Unfortanately because of the way our stairs are, we have not found a wide enough gate the cover the opening so we are having to use our laundry baskets, full of clothes (they are clean at least).

He can also reach the tops of our night stands now and this morning proceeded to pull everything off mine. He laughed every time he pulled something new the the ground. He was just having a grand ole time.

Cousin Brooklynn loves to come up to him and go "Boo". Both and he and she thinks it is halarious. Last Sautrday he started doing it too, but doesn't wait for anyone else to laugh he just does it himself.

Uh oh! better go he is trying to stuff something down the floor vent.

All Gone

2006-12-08T10:16:00.000-05:00

Well Nana and Papa have left the building. They left here on Wednesday morning and poor Tommy kept looking for them all day. Tommy really loved having his Nana and Papa here for a few days. He sends his kisses. Smooch!!!

Grand Illumination

2006-12-01T09:34:00.000-05:00

Every year here in Chattanooga they light up the downtown with Christmas lights on the day after Thanksgiving. This was Tommy first Grand Illumination. We were blessed with mild weather so the little boy didn't get too cold.

Here is Tommy all bundled up.

Daddy and Tommy are both enjoying the fireworks.

In the end Tommy just couldn't handle any more excitement.

Bath Time

2006-11-30T21:48:00.000-05:00

Tommy loves his bath time and now that he has these new glowing duckies he loves it even more. His aunt Jenny and anut Sue got them for him.

Tommy's new hairdo. He is so stylin!!

Brooklynn's new talent

2006-11-26T21:25:00.000-05:00

We are so proud!!!

He's Quick

2006-11-16T21:53:00.000-05:00

Tommy is getting quicker. Brooklynn had a cookie that Tommy really wanted. In the end he did end up getting part if it.

Halloween

2006-11-07T22:00:00.000-05:00

Tommy was a Mummy for Halloween this year. Michael made his costume from scratch. Isn't he adorable? He won Second prize in a costume contest. Some 9 year old medusa robbed him of first place. Second place prize was better than the first anyways. Awww....the happy family. Thankfully Tommy was not scared of the costumes at our party. In fact he and Brooklynn thought most of them quite funny. Hopefully I will get some good pics of Brooklynn for the page too.

To Grandmothers house we go....

2006-11-06T22:37:00.000-05:00

3 weekends ago Tommy headed up to Indianapolis, in the cold north, for Grandma Stradley's Birthday. As you can see from the picture the trip started out good. However, by the 8th hour Tommy was starting to plan a mutiny, I could just tell from his face.

Here is the birthday girl. Did I mention that she had no idea that we were coming?

Cousin Ryan has been waiting so long for Tommy to be old enough to play with him. However, he was quite dismayed to learn that playing to little Tommy involves putting anything and everything in his mouth and slobbering all over it.

Tommy was very happy to see his Aunt Sara. He is asking her when Matthew is going to get here so he won't have to be the youngest anymore. (FYI- Sara and Chris left for South Korea on Saturday to bring Matthew back)

Apparently Tommy had too much formula at the party. Yes, those are his pants on his head.

He is on the move

2006-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:00

Well tommy has officially become a crawler. It is not the normal all four on the floor crawl. One knee is on the floor and the other leg has his foot on the floor and he moves one knee then the foot, it is kinda hard to explain and even funnier to see but he gets to where he is going and fast too. if it is just short distance he needs to traverse he sorta bounces on his bottom. He has gotten quite adept at pulling himself up on things and walking around holding onto stuff. I am sure that by Christmas he will be walking all by himself.

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde

2006-10-16T13:21:00.000-04:00

What Goes In, Must Come Out...

2006-10-03T22:58:00.000-04:00

Michael here, to provide in excruciating detail the last couple of days for poor little Tommy's life .

Since Tommy was born, we've had to deal with spit up on a pretty regular basis, but it never was more than a fairly regular inconvenience. But yesterday was a whole new chapter in gastronomical phenomenon that we hope in vain to never experience again.

Around lunch time, Tommy was eating his usual food--a vegetable, followed by some sort of fruit--in this case, it was sweet potatoes and corn, followed by peaches. The sweet pototes and corn went down without a hitch, as did the peaches--for a while, anyway.

I usually come home for lunch around 12:00 pm, and Tommy was well into his peaches when I went into the kitchen to make my own tasty lunch. As I slap the final piece of bread on my ham and cheese, Danielle calls for me to bring a paper towel--Tommy is spitting up. No sooner do I reach for the towels, when I hear Danielle cry out, "Oh! Oh! Oh! Hurry up!" Apparently, the spit up was only the preamble to a larger volcanic event that can only be described as oozing orange-y slime, proceeding in a steady stream from Tommy's mouth, down to his chest, legs and splashing to the floor below. As Danielle carries poor Tommy up to the bathroom to remove the former contents of his stomach, I attempt to wipe up the aftermath. Have you ever tried to wipe up egg whites? This seemed to best approximate the consistency of the mess, and no matter how many paper towels I used, it seems I only succeeded in smearing it around. Eventually I got the mess cleaned up, but my main concern was little Tommy.

This was our first experience with a bona fide case of vomit from our little boy, so naturally, we were concerned. He seemed rather sluggish the rest of the day, and didn't have much of an appetite. No fever was present, so our fears were allayed a little.

However, the following morning showed that not all was as well as we'd hope it would be, as it seems that his bottom end was bound and determined to outdo his top. I'm not certain what the fluid capacity is of a normal diaper, but his morning diaper was so full of diarrhea, that if we had waited one moment more I'm sure that it would have burst at the seams in a mudslide of barely digested vegetable matter. So explosive was this event that it filled every crevice of the diaper, very nearly spilling out over the top and sides, requiring no less than seven baby wipes to clean up. This is a very different experience from what is usually found in his diaper lately, which seems to have the consistency of warm Playdough, with the smell of pure concentrated evil.

So there you have it--our first experience with a sick baby working both ends, but thankfully not at the same time!

Michael

Happy Day

2006-10-03T22:44:00.000-04:00

bed Time

2006-10-03T22:40:00.000-04:00

First Tooth!!!

2006-09-26T12:26:00.000-04:00

Just some pics

2006-09-22T10:08:00.000-04:00

Another day

2006-09-13T21:40:00.000-04:00

Well the tooth hasn't completely emerged yet but I can still feel it. Since it has started it's emergence Tommy has been quite cranky. However he has slept through the night the last two nights. So I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Almost there

2006-09-11T10:17:00.000-04:00

Well in the next couple of days I should have some Teeth pictures for you. I felt something breaking through on Tommy's bottom gums this morning!!

Introductions

2006-09-11T10:14:00.000-04:00

I would like you to meet my Chromosome donors....This one on the left is called Dad and this one on the right is called Mom.

Locomotion

2006-09-07T08:49:00.000-04:00

Tommy so wants to be on the go. He does not have much patience anymore for his bouncy seat or excersaucer. However, he just can't seem to get the crawling thing down. He normally just ends up face planting. I have a feeling he might just skip crawling altogether and go straight to walking. He much prefers to pull himself up to a standing position and walk holding onto things. He hasn't quite learned though that when you stop you still have to hold on or you will fall. Thankfully that diaper provides lot of padding.

Michigan

2006-09-06T15:33:00.000-04:00

As most of you know Brooklynn and I went to Michigan this August for 2 weeks. We had lots of fun with Nana and Pappa. One night after we had dinner we all decided to go to Dairy Queen for a little treat. Brooklynn had her first Ice Cream cone, and as you can see she liked it very much. By the time she was done her neck and her chest were practically stuck together. The picture of her in the bath is after we got home, I think she had her limit of ice cream.

Brooke

Can you see mysnot?

2006-09-06T09:46:00.000-04:00

Poor little Tommy has a summer cold. Along with his grandma Gardner, Aunt Brooke and cousin Brooklynn. We are not sure who was patient zero.

Hello there!!!!

2006-08-31T16:57:00.000-04:00

Put your right foot in....

2006-08-29T22:30:00.000-04:00

Dear God...

2006-08-29T22:23:00.000-04:00

Are you sure these are MY parents?

Sleep

2006-08-29T22:18:00.000-04:00

Well if I have talked to you lately I am sure you have heard me lament about Tommy's sleep habits or should I the lack of. For the past couple of weeks he has been waking up about every two hours and screaming for about 20-30 minutes while we try to comfort him. Well last night, after polling all the grandparents, we gave a full does of Tylenol and let him cry out his first waking (at 11:00pm) and lo and behold he did not wake up again till 4:00am. YEAH!! Hopefully tonight will be even better. The concensus was that it might be his teeth was waking him up and he did not know how to go back to sleep by himself. So keep your fingers crossed.

Surprise!!!!

2006-08-18T22:25:00.000-04:00

Everything must go in my mouth!

2006-08-18T22:23:00.000-04:00

New Cousin

2006-08-18T15:20:00.000-04:00

Meet Matthew Jin-Won.
This is picture of Tommy's newest cousin. His Uncle Chris and Aunt Sara are planning to go get him from Korea in the next few months. He was born on June 3rd, just a little under 7lbs. I think he might give Tommy a run for his money on the cuteness factor.

Congrats! Chris and Sara.

special visit

2006-08-18T11:15:00.000-04:00

Tommy had a special visit with his Nana and Papa this week. They Brought Brooke and Brooklynn back from Michigan and stay with us for a couple of days. Tommy thought his Papa was very funny and he finally taught his Nana how to feed him his bottle.

Eye Appt.

2006-08-15T14:47:00.000-04:00

Well Tommy had his first Eye Doctor appointment today. Thankfully he is not taking after his parents yet, he has perfecr vision (well for a 6 month old anyway). The doctor said he could unblock his tear ducts now or we could wait till he is 12 months old. I opted to have it done now but now I am starting to rethink my decision. They have to put him to sleep for the procedure and the more I think about them putting Tommy to sleep the more apprehensive I get. The chance of something happening is very slim but still :-( The Procedure isn;t until Sept 22nd so I have some time to think about it at least.

He takes after his mom

2006-08-08T09:42:00.000-04:00

I think I have an accountant on my hands. He loves to play with my calculator and yesterday he kept make a "1" with his hand like he was counting. He just couldn't quite get that second finger up for "2" but we are working on it. I will have to see if I can get a picture of it.

Brooklynn's trip to Michigan

2006-08-06T15:19:00.000-04:00

Brooklynn and I are in Michigan this August for two weeks to visit with her Nana and Papa, those are the cute names she calls her Grandma and Grandpa Boda. We are on our second week now and having lots of fun.This past Thursday she went to a water park with all her cousins, including her new cousin baby Erica. They were so cute together and Erica would get so excited with Brooklynn running around in the water. We had a big Family dinner at Dad and Ellen's house so all the new cousins could meet. This picture shows that night, her and Erica had so much fun with the Bubbles. Brooklynn new favorite thing are bubbles, she walks around the house saying bubbles, bubbles. We are both having such a great time,and I'm so glad that she is getting to spend alot of time with her Nana and Papa.

Firsts

2006-08-06T10:09:00.000-04:00

Well this week Tommy had a couple of "firsts". He sat in a restuarant high chair for the first time. He just thought it was the coolest. Now he can reach lots of stuff on the table and also reach out and grab the wait staff and whoever else happens by. He also rode in the front of the shopping cart. I had to make sure not to get too close the shelves though since the sticky fingers want to grab everything. He is still sorta small for the grocery cart to I had to make sure I did not make any sudden stops or turns.

He also slept through the night again last night!! He started whining at around 2am buthe just wanted his pacifyer and then fell right back to sleep till around 7am. He is such a good boy. Now if I can just get him potty trained :-)

It was a fluke...

2006-08-03T17:07:00.000-04:00

needless to say he did not sleep through the night last night. Far from it actually. I think that maybe the carrots we started him on are not agreeing with his digestive system. So I have not given him any today, only cereal and we will see if he does better tonight.

Another Milestone

2006-08-02T11:32:00.000-04:00

Tommy slept through the night!! After his 6 month Dr. Appt. on Monday we had decided we were going to transition Tommy to sleep through the night and skip his night feeding. Of course Monday night did not go well cause he had gotten shots at his visit and tends to be cranky for a couple of days afterwards. So Last night I had planned to only give him 5 oz of his normal 6 oz bottle during his night feeding, but lo and behold he never woke up for it. He went down at 9:30pm and did not wake up again till 6:45am!!!! So we will see tonight if that was just a fluke.

In other news....at his appt. on Monday he weighed in 16lbs and was 27 inches long!! His height is in the 75th percentile and weight in the 50th. So itlooks like he is going to tall and slim. We also got a referral to an eye doctor for him to finally get his blocked tear duct taken care of.

My boys

2006-07-26T09:23:00.000-04:00

TEETHING!!!

2006-07-24T16:59:00.000-04:00

Oh the joys of teething! Tommy has not been a real happy camper the last couple of days. Unfortunately, as of yet, he does not like the teething toys. I bought a new one that I can put in the fridge to get cold and he will chew on it if I hold it but he won't do it himself. I wish the teeth would just break through already. He hasn't slept for more than 30 minutes at a time all day.

Just an Update

2006-07-22T22:38:00.000-04:00

You would think these two were brother and sister rather than just cousins. Yesterday Brooklynn was over at our house and it was ok for her to touch Tommy but if Tommy wanted to touch her it was "no no no Tommy". I swear if she knew the phrase she would have been saying "Mommy he's touching me!!!"

Today Tommy made a new sound, it was new kind of laugh/squeal and when we heard it, it was so funny that Mike and I laughed. Which of course made him keep doing it. He also starting making raspberries with his mouth. It is cute, however, this combined with the magnitude of his slobber makes for quite a mess.

Best Friends Forever

2006-07-21T17:38:00.000-04:00

Then there was squash....

2006-07-21T09:42:00.000-04:00

Well we tried Squash last night for dinner. It starts out ok.....

But then the faces started. However, he continued to open his mouth.

And as you can see it ended with a smile.

If you notice his bib....he lied! It was a very restless night with lots of waking up. :-) Oh well par for the course I guess.

Bath Time

2006-07-20T16:55:00.000-04:00

Tommy just loves bath time. However he refuses to lay in the baby sling anymore. He thinks he is too old for it now.

The strangest things...

2006-07-19T09:15:00.000-04:00

Seem to amuse our little Tommy. Not too long ago his Aunt Brooke saying "Moo" to him would illicit the biggest smiles and laughter. And last night it was the dancing of his socks on my fingers was just funniest thing he had ever seen. Oh to be that easily amused as adults.

Most of the time he still thinks "Moo" is funny so if you see him try it out.

How you doin....

2006-07-18T17:36:00.000-04:00

2006-07-18T09:34:00.000-04:00

We have started Tommy on baby food this week. We started with Green Beans. As you can see from the pic I don't think he cared for them too much. After the second feeding he refused to open his mouth so I have had to hide them behind his oatmeal cereal on the spoon.

What a character!! Oh I think I hear him waking up gotta go

Toodles - Danielle

Introduction

2006-07-17T22:09:00.000-04:00

Ok Brooke and I thought we would try our hand at this whole blogging thing since everyone seems to be doing it. On this blog we will be posting pictures and updates of what our children are up to so everyone can stay up-to-date. They grow up so fast and before you know it they are off to college.

Just to catch everyone up to present. Brooklynn is now 21 months old and Tommy is almost 6 months old. At their last doctor's appointments Tommy came out only 4 inches shorter than Brooklynn!! But hey I can attest to good things coming in small packages.

Brooklynn is a walking and talking drama queen, but in a good way. She loves to talk on the phone, she doesn't even need anyone on the other end to have a good conversation. She just loves her cousin Tommy and always wants to take care of him.

Tommy is now pretty much sitting up by himself and is normally perfectly content to chew on his burp rag, hand, bib, my fingers, your fingers...pretty much as long as he has something to naw on he is happy.