Ty: 3 Years, 1 Month & 2 Weeks Old
Last Friday, Heath got up and was going to sneak out of the
bedroom at my parent’s house to go to a few Black Friday deals, but he couldn't
get past Tyson! Ty heard him and started to freak out that Daddy was
leaving, so Heath ended up taking him. They went to Lowe's, Home Depot,
and then braved Walmart. Heath said it wasn't bad at all (we were in
North Conway, after all – not some big city), so that was good. We had
some breakfast at my parents and then we packed up and left. Wes & I went
right to the Edwards' house and Heath & Ty went to a couple more stores in
the Ossipee area. It was fun to show off Westin's walking skills to the
Edwards - they were so surprised. He is just so cute and he wants to walk
all the time now. We had a leftover Thanksgiving feast Friday night and
it was delicious. I didn't mention in the last blog that since we had
been at my parent’s house for almost a week, we had all been sleeping in 1 room
together and the boys had been great! Tyson's baloney at bedtime was
drastically better. I think the guilt trip of "you can't cry and
keep Westin awake" really worked! And it was the cutest thing, one
of the nights at my parent's...I had put Westin down in the pack 'n' play after
giving him a bottle (and Ty was already in bed) and Westin started to fuss a
little. I stayed at the top of the stairs and listened. Ty
reassured Westin by saying, "It's OK, Westy. It's OK." Westin
stopped crying and Ty went right to sleep too!
So that had been working so well that I put both boys together in Amanda's
room at the Edwards and Heath & I were in Heath's old room. It worked like
a charm again. They both went right to sleep without a peep on Friday
night. I was dumbfounded! I think
it is comforting to both of them that they are together and not alone and it
helps Ty to behave himself! I started
thinking that maybe I should move both of them into the same room now. I
don't know. I was thinking I would do it
in another year - when they were 2 & 4, but maybe sooner? I don't know
– it would be easier to fit bunk beds and they are a few years away from
that...I'm just not sure if I can fit 2 cribs comfortably in one of the rooms.
Well, we'll see what happens, I'm just rolling the idea around as a
possibility.
On Sabbath we went back to Conway church. We had a nice day, even though I had to stay almost the whole time in the mother's room with Wes, since he is way too loud right now in church. It's going to be tough when we get back to Laconia since they don't have a mother's room and you have to hang out in the basement. We stayed for pot luck, then went over to Heath's grandmother & aunt's house and visited there for awhile. We had a little miscommunication with Sonia and she had gone right home, thinking we were not going to Norma & Sandy’s. Both boys took cat naps on the way back to the Edwards and that is all the naps they got. Saturday night our streak of easy bedtimes were over. But amazingly, it was not Tyson giving us problems, but Westin. He never says boo at bedtime. Ever. I think because of his lack of naps on Sabbath, he was overtired. But he would not go to sleep and he would scream as soon as I would leave the room. It was too bad because we were trying to watch a movie with the Edwards, but I had to keep getting up every 5 seconds for over 30 minutes. But then he finally gave in and went to sleep. He slept all night, so I don't know what the deal was.
Sunday was a vacation day for me! A kid-free day that didn't involve me going to work! I met up with Shannon (and Griffin) in Vermont at a baby shower for Chelsea Knowlton Nelson! Her baby was born in October (on Ty's birthday) and they live in Michigan, but they were in Vermont for Thanksgiving, so her mom & sister (Kelly, my good friend) threw her the shower. Her baby, Ella is beautiful and we had a nice time. It was so good to catch up with Kelly & Chelsea! We had great food and great visiting. Driving home was a little tough because it was snowing and the roads in Vermont weren't that great. But after getting through the notch in Franconia, everything was fine. It was so nice to have quiet time in the car alone and I played Christmas music the whole time. Heath & the boys came home about an hour after I got home. They had made applesauce at the Edwards that afternoon and the boys had a blast. We now have 30 something jars of applesauce! The boys love it and we make Layered Applesauce on Sunday
mornings quite a bit.
On Sabbath we went back to Conway church. We had a nice day, even though I had to stay almost the whole time in the mother's room with Wes, since he is way too loud right now in church. It's going to be tough when we get back to Laconia since they don't have a mother's room and you have to hang out in the basement. We stayed for pot luck, then went over to Heath's grandmother & aunt's house and visited there for awhile. We had a little miscommunication with Sonia and she had gone right home, thinking we were not going to Norma & Sandy’s. Both boys took cat naps on the way back to the Edwards and that is all the naps they got. Saturday night our streak of easy bedtimes were over. But amazingly, it was not Tyson giving us problems, but Westin. He never says boo at bedtime. Ever. I think because of his lack of naps on Sabbath, he was overtired. But he would not go to sleep and he would scream as soon as I would leave the room. It was too bad because we were trying to watch a movie with the Edwards, but I had to keep getting up every 5 seconds for over 30 minutes. But then he finally gave in and went to sleep. He slept all night, so I don't know what the deal was.
Sunday was a vacation day for me! A kid-free day that didn't involve me going to work! I met up with Shannon (and Griffin) in Vermont at a baby shower for Chelsea Knowlton Nelson! Her baby was born in October (on Ty's birthday) and they live in Michigan, but they were in Vermont for Thanksgiving, so her mom & sister (Kelly, my good friend) threw her the shower. Her baby, Ella is beautiful and we had a nice time. It was so good to catch up with Kelly & Chelsea! We had great food and great visiting. Driving home was a little tough because it was snowing and the roads in Vermont weren't that great. But after getting through the notch in Franconia, everything was fine. It was so nice to have quiet time in the car alone and I played Christmas music the whole time. Heath & the boys came home about an hour after I got home. They had made applesauce at the Edwards that afternoon and the boys had a blast. We now have 30 something jars of applesauce! The boys love it and we make Layered Applesauce on Sunday
mornings quite a bit.
Me enjoying the view through Crawford Notch driving solo to Vermont
They had the shower in the basement of this gorgeous chapel
Miss Ella
The beautiful sign that Shannon made for Chelsea
The 4 of us (doing a kid swap)
I love this how she is resting her hand underneath her chin!
Love love love this picture!
Monday was an unpacking & laundry day. After being gone for 8 days, I
can't tell you the mess that was in my house. I didn't get everything in
order until Tuesday night, either. Westin's walking continued and I think
Tyson would forget. Because he would look over and see Westin walking and scream, "Mama! Look! Westy walking!" He
would say that over and over quite a bit! Hopefully this is not a result
of his concussion last weekend! Tyson
took a 3 hour nap on Monday, which might prove to be his last hurrah.
They do this themselves - I don't stage them this way
Sorry about the cruise discussion in the background - my husband is loud!
In the morning upon hearing that we had booked the cruise with Grammy & Grampy - he said, "Omni too?" So again, I did not stage this - he did this himself. But I was able to catch part of it on video. I guess he thinks that Adam doesn't like the water or something! Not really sure what that is about!
Weight = 18 lbs 8 oz (10th percentile)
Height = 29 7/8 inches (50th percentile - highest for either one so far)
Head = 18 inches (45th percentile)
It was so funny she asked me if I had any concerns about Wes
and I said, "No. Not at all, but I have 2 things about Tyson."
I brought up the steroid daily inhaler for Tyson and his stuttering. She assured me that the stuttering is completely
developmentally normal, but that if it lasts for a long time and gets worse,
then we would have to revisit it. He will go a few days and not have a
stutter and then he can have a couple days where the stuttering is terrible and
he cries because he is so frustrated. Oh, my heart aches for him when that
happens. I feel so helpless. She agreed that we could stop the
daily inhaler, but that if with his next cold he starts having a hint of a wheeze,
we need to bring him back and he would probably need to go on it. She is
not rushing to an Asthma diagnosis yet, so there still is hope! After the appointment, we went to the grocery
store for our weekly run and then booked it home. When Heath got home, we went to Supercuts to
fix the hack job of a haircut that I had given Ty (really bad) and Heath got
his haircut too. Then we met Poppy at
the Mexican restaurant. Adam didn’t come
because he was home sick and Noni & Nanny didn’t come because they had been
in Vermont with Shannon to see Grammy Lyn, who is on vacation there. We had a nice time, despite me having to take
Tyson out to the car for a spanking because of horrible behavior. He also ate next to nothing while Westin ate
the entire quesadilla they were supposed to be sharing! He is really giving us some problems right
now. But I guess that is what is
supposed to happen in the “terrible 3’s.”
Finishing our lunch outside the doctor's office
Grocery shopping - Ty kept throwing sippies on him
Wearing the hairdresser's pink necklace and loving it. But he still said, "Daddy said 'no pink'!"
That’s all folks!
Have a good week!
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I cut Luke's hair - once. Cory forbade me from ever doing it again!
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