Wes: 11 Months Old
Ty: 3 YEARS OLD!!!!!!
Last week I didn’t have 1 video to post.
This week I have too many. Sorry,
it was Tyson’s birthday this week.
Hopefully the videos are actually cute and I don’t just think they are
cute because I am Tyson’s mother.
Last Friday, we had a busy day! We got
up early to go to Conway for Mia & Bode's double birthday party! When we started our trek, we stopped at the
fire department to get a fire permit for Tyson's birthday party the next
day. I was retarded and I had left my
phone in the car, because the fireman put Tyson up in the fire engine. You would think that Ty would have gone
crazy, but it was Westin that was loudly "talking" to the fireman and
Tyson was completely clammed up. He is
shy around people he doesn't know...just like his mom! After the fire department, we went to the
Fairway and picked up my mom. We then drove
to Conway and met Shannon & kids at Burger King for lunch. My mother & sister are obsessed with
Burger King. I don't know what to do
with them. The kids had a nice
rambunctious time, but at least it is Burger King...so I didn't mind them
making a bit of noise. We went to a
couple of shops after that and then went to the party. It was a train-themed party, since Bode is
obsessed with Thomas the Train. The kids
had such a great time playing together.
Something that was so funny happened when Tyson was saying goodbye to
everyone. He climbed onto Mia's lap, who
was sitting on a chair. He cupped her face
in his hands and then tried his hardest to kiss her on the lips! It was funniest thing. She kept moving her face to avoid the
lip-on-lip contact and he would keep moving to try to get at those lips! It was so cute! He finally settled on a cheek peek, much to
his disappointment!
The kings
Birthday cake made by Dev
Bode was sitting looking at his cake and singing happy birthday to himself!
Shannon & I dressed in the exact same outfit
Mia showing us her barre in her room
Mia's trampoline - the 3 cousins had a blast on it
Playing on Bode's slide
Our present to Mia - a year's supply of cinnamon fire Jolly Ranchers!
On Sabbath, we headed to Laconia for Sabbath School and church. The Frosts met us there at church. During church, I had Ty & Finley playing
by me when I looked out the window and saw a cat, crouched down, hunting
something. I showed Ty & Fin and
right at that moment the cat pounced and got it's prey! It looked like a mole or something. Pretty neat moment. You never get to see something like that! I did think that the kids could be freaked
out about it, but they weren't! After
church we went home, had lunch, attempted to nap some kids (I think Westin was the
lone napper), and then got going on Tyson’s Donald Duck birthday cake. We asked Ty what type of cake he wanted (we
knew what he was going to say) and Donald Duck it was! Right after sundown, we had our “guests”
arrive! We just had family come – we had
debated having his Sabbath School friends come, but we decided that 16 of us
was enough! We started by having a
bonfire outside, had everyone bring their camping chairs, and we cooked
sandwiches in the fire and ate outside.
We were really lucky that it was a mild night and we were able to do
this! After supper, we headed back inside
and had presents and cake. Ty had been
waiting for this night for so long and he just had a blast! He has great family members and got wonderful
presents. His present from us was a
kitchen set. It is at least a
manly-colored one. This exact same
kitchen set is at the Conway church and he goes nuts for it every time we are
there. We have to drag him off of
it. For as much as he loves to help us
cook in the kitchen, we felt we had to get one for him. It is very expensive, so it is actually both
for Westin & Tyson’s birthdays. I
can not believe my boy is 3 years old! Well,
officially he is not 3 until Tuesday, but that is just a technicality. My little baby is really a big boy now!
Wes loves baby Griffin
2 days in a row we dressed alike
Donald Duck cake made by Heath
Ty decorated his own cake
Campfire eating
I love Bode's face in this
He was so excited about the food set
Scooter
Bike
On Monday I had one of the biggest messes in a long time to clean up. Since I had to work the day after Ty’s party,
I was not able to clean up the day before.
I had all the party mess and presents to deal with. I spent the entire day and night, up until 3
AM, picking up and cleaning. What a mess. My family had big news on Monday. My grandparents are coming up from Florida to
live with my parents. My grandfather is
not doing well and he wants to be up here near all of us. My grandmother did not want to leave Florida,
but my grandfather is getting to be too much for her to handle, so they are
coming up!
Wes didn't get the memo about me CLEANING up the messes!
On Tuesday our highlights were Laundry Day and Tyson
refused to take a nap. I wonder if he
decided that since it was his official 3rd birthday that he was now over naps. What is the deal? I figured something so cute out with
Westin. He has started to say, “uh-oh!” It is the cutest thing. He says it, like he is singing it! He is saying it at appropriate times too! If he drops something, he says it. He will imitate us too, so I can get him
going with “uh-oh’s” if I start them off!
I love it! I spent all my free
time Tuesday night doing a complete toy overhaul. I went through every single toy we had and if
Ty hasn’t touched it in months, it was gone.
I don’t know if I will totally get rid of them, but I probably
will. I had to make room for all the new
toys and especially the kitchen set, which takes up considerable space. Can you believe that I got rid of 2 large
garbage bags of toys, plus a couple of big items that wouldn’t fit. The sad thing is that if you look at my family
room – you can’t tell at all. That is
disappointing to say the least. It was
still a good feeling, though, to get rid of things!
On Wednesday I had to work 11am-11pm. I wasn’t happy about the shift, since I had
to leave the boys much earlier, and it stunk for my mom to have to be there all
day, too. But it was the only hours I
could get that week. Before I left for
work I figured out something horrible. I
couldn’t understand how Heath had never gotten sick with our cold that we had
last week, but he started getting it on Tuesday. Well, I figured out that it had to be a
different strand of cold, because Tyson (and then myself and Wes later in the
day) got it AGAIN! There is no way that
we would get the same exact cold again.
This has been ridiculous. We were
literally healthy for 4 days and then got sick again. It was so sad. Ty kept coughing so hard and then would say
to Noni, “Ty didn’t sleep well last night.” He didn’t nap again for Noni. 2 days in a row. That started to make me nervous. Speaking of nervousness, I was so bummed that
I was working during Game 1 of the World Series. The only good thing was that the hospital
doesn’t have Fox (crazy, I know) so I didn’t hear too much talk about the
game. I watched the great win when I got
home from work. By the way, the hospital
got Fox now, since enough patients complained.
Having fun with the play-doh set from the Frosts despite his sickness
On Thursday we got up pretty early and booked it to Ty’s
3 year appointment. Everything went
great. His stats…
Weight: 29 lbs =
20th percentile
Height: 37 in = 30th
percentile
He is staying right on course with what he has been all
along. Our doctor gave me some
interesting information about binkies. I
told her, “You just have to tell me that I have to get rid of it and I will do
it.” She told me that yes, it can start
to affect his baby teeth. But the theory
that it would affect his secondary teeth has been disproved. So she said that it is not the end of the
world and not to stress too much about it.
That does make me feel better. I
will make him give it up, but I wanted to wait until his naps are finished,
unless he decides on his own. Let’s just
hope he does! We’ll see. Ty was old
enough to get the nasal spray flu vaccine, so that was cool. We snuck in the first part of Westin’s flu
shot – he is not old enough for the spray yet.
Wes was such a champ and whined initially after the shot but did not
cry! After the appointment, Ty pitched a
fit and insisted on getting the bright pink Disney princess sticker when we
left the office. Oh my. It was just the 4 of us for dinner on Thursday
night and we went to the OG. After the
OG, Heath was walking around outside with the boys while I was in the bathroom,
when Westin started pointing for the first time! It was so stinking cute. What was not cute was the horrific screaming
that ensued that night when I tried to put Wes to sleep. He normally goes down immediately without any
drama, but he was down-right terrified to be by himself. True separation anxiety? I finally got him to sleep but it was a
challenge. I hope this does not
continue.
The boys making a mess at the OG
Have a good week!
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