23 Months & 2 Weeks
Last Friday was Heath's last day at Vutek. I can't imagine being somewhere for 8 years
and then leaving. It was a sad day for
him, but exciting too - since he will be turning the page with a new career in
a new industry! Ty & I went grocery
shopping and we got him cards and eclairs to celebrate the occasion. We got him 2 cards - one of congratulations
of getting through the last few weeks at his old job and another card of
encouragement of starting his new job! I
don't remember too much more of what happened except Tyson tearing the house apart while I was cooking supper, but then making it up to me by helping me unload the dishwasher!
Tyson carried his first bag of groceries in for me!
I finished Brady's quilt (only over a year late) and mailed it to Corey
Playing around
Making a mess
He hands me the dishes one by one!
On Sabbath morning we got up and finished packing up
and headed to the Kancamagus for the Conway church camping trip. My mom had done a great job organizing it and
we had a great time! Unfortunately, Ty
did not nap the entire way there - even though we left when he was due for his
nap. I knew that was his one chance and
he wouldn't nap the rest of the day. He
hasn't had many days like that and he did quite well regardless. We got to the campground for lunch and after
lunch we went on a walk. I said I would
go as long as it was a "walk" and not a "hike" - we went
pretty far and then I was having continual Braxton's Hicks so we (my mom,
sister, Fin, Heath, Ty & I) headed back.
I thought Ty might sleep in the backpack, but no such luck. He was just destined for no nap that day. Ty had a blast around camp. He just loves being outside SO much. He loved going up this steep incline and down
the other side (with Heath, of course).
He just had so much fun. We had
the usual campfire feast - potatoes, corn, and onions in the fire with chili
that my mom had made and it was great.
Of course, Ty wouldn't eat anything and I was forced to make a peanut
butter & jelly. How he could refuse
that great meal is beyond me. We got to
bed around 10 PM and Ty crashed within a couple of minutes - but he was going
strong right up until then and he wasn't even cranky. For some reason, I could not sleep the entire
night. I felt tired but I could not
sleep. I don't know if it was the
pregnancy or the fact that Heath & I were sharing our double air mattress with
Ty and both of the dogs. Then at around
midnight or so, it started raining. And
I mean raining. It was down-pouring HARD
for hours. That didn't help my sleeping
problem. I finally fell asleep around
5:30 AM and slept until about 8:00. Not
enough. Let me tell you.
Having fun picking up acorns
Ty & Fin hugging
Carrying around a pumpkin around camp
"I love camping!"
A group of us on the hike
Looking tired on the hike
On Sunday morning, God answered prayers and the rain
had stopped and it turned out to be a beautiful day! It was pretty cold that morning, but Jason
& Stephanie Blakeney had set up their teepee and they got a fire going
inside it and had mattresses to sit on... so that was pretty cozy! We had a great breakfast and then packed
up. I thought for sure that Ty would nap
on the way home and within 10 minutes... he was out! Unfortunately, it only turned into a 30
minute nap, because he woke up as soon as we stopped at the Dunkin' Donuts
drive-thru in Lincoln. What was sad was
that Heath was going to go in the store, but I said, "Just go through the
drive-thru and then Ty won't wake up."
So much for that. When we got
home, we unpacked like mad and then headed to Walmart to pick up baby brother's
nursery set that had finally arrived. I
am a total Amazon girl. We have Amazon
Prime and get free 2 day shipping and I am way too used to that. Well, we had found this nursery set for cheap
at Walmart and had ordered it, using their free site to store shipping. I should have paid the $10 or so to have it
delivered to my house. They said that it
was supposed to arrive in 7-10 days... but it actually took 16 days. Not impressed at all. Not that we need it immediately, but we are
trying to actually be prepared when this little guy comes, since we were
completely unprepared with Tyson. After
all his lack of naps and little sleep that weekend, we put Ty to bed early at 8
PM and he went immediately to sleep! The
poor guy needed it. Despite my 2+ hours
of sleep, I was able to stay awake to see my Pats lose in heartbreaking fashion
for the second week in a row. Seriously
heartbreaking.
Heath coming out of the teepee
Ty helping us unpack the car
On Monday morning we had visitors bright and early
at about 8:30 AM. Shannon had an
interview (at my hospital... keep your fingers crossed) and Noni & Fin came
to our house while Shannon had her interview.
My poor mother. She was a hurting
unit. The night before, Mom had put a
honey bottle in the microwave to loosen it up a bit and hadn't been paying
attention to how long it was in there.
She took it out and then squeezed it to get the honey out and the bottle
exploded all over her left hand and half-way up her left arm. She got burned pretty badly. She had gone to my dad's ER and was put on
pain medication and they dressed her up.
She hadn't had any blisters while she was in the ER, but she was
completely covered in huge blisters by Monday morning. It looked so painful - and it was really
swollen. Of course she would only take
Ibuprofen, when she probably needed to be popping Percocets left and
right! I can't even imagine. So we hung out in the morning. Finley Mae got very curious about Tyson’s “goods”
and reached out and grabbed his package while I was changing his diaper! I just about died laughing! Shannon got back late morning and then Mom,
Shan & Fin headed to Conway for operation “Get Shannon’s Stuff Out of the
House.” I wished them luck and then Ty
& I went to the pharmacies. It wasn’t
a very successful week, but I did score a free Thermawrap and 4 bags of Halls
for $0.50 each. Ty did great at the stores,
but then he was a bit bad when we got home.
I brought Ty inside and then proceeded to lug in the loot from the
car. When I came back in through the
door, Tyson was sitting on the kitchen stool, spraying himself in the face with
the water bottle. Why does he like to do
that? Well, he had already had a “time
out” in Heath’s chair for climbing up on the stool already that day (since he
climbed out of his Exersaucer earlier in the day that we have always done time
outs in). So what did he do when he saw
that he was caught? He jumped down from
the stool and climbed up into Heath’s chair – knowing that he would be getting
another time-out!!!! What a smarty pants. What is wrong is that he KNOWS it is wrong
and chooses to do it anyway. Hmmm…. Heath’s first day at Hypertherm went well,
but what is interesting is that he got home at about 6 PM, which is better than
he would do at Vutek (only 20 minutes away) and he has a 1 hour and 5 minute
commute! We’ll see how long that lasts!
After jumping into the chair (notice the wet shirt)
Looking at his reflection in the oven
On Tuesday I was officially done
potty-training. I forgot to talk about
our attempts that started on Sunday night and continued through Monday. I had only decided to give this a go since
Tyson is the most regular kid and poops about 5 minutes after eating breakfast,
lunch, and dinner. I thought that I
would get him used to sitting on the potty and doing his business. Well, of course, since I decided to try and
do it, his bowel habits changed completely.
The potty probably scared it out of him!
Instead of going in about 5 minutes, we would sit on the potty, reading
books until 20-30 minutes had passed!
Sometimes he would go in the 5 minutes after that, but occasionally he
wasn’t going for another 30 minutes!
Then on Monday night and Tuesday night, he didn’t go after supper at
all! So I figured since he can’t tell me
when he needs to go yet, we are done for now.
At least I have all the stuff ready to go when he actually IS ready! On Tuesday, I was eating my breakfast,
sitting at the table, browsing the web, when Tyson was getting busy in the
hutch drawers behind me. I let him at it
since he is allowed in certain drawers… and he was in the right ones. After I finished my cereal – I looked down at
the mess that he had created. He had
taken 8 of the felt protectors that we put on the bottom of the chairs (so they
don’t scratch the wood floor), took the backings off, and stuck them to the
floor! And they were REALLY stuck! Thank goodness I was able to get them off,
but it took some effort! What a
rascal. Oh, and the penis obsession
continues. But now, with every diaper
change, Ty insists on taking a wipe by himself and wiping his goods
himself. And he is very thorough
too! (=
Attempting the training
Ty's handiwork
He is now emptying the drawers now - look at him on his very tippy-toes!
He now likes to bring every toy into the kitchen while I am cooking - very helpful!
He still is drinking his soup!
And poking holes in the watermelon!
On Wednesday I worked and Ty & Noni hung out at
home. Mom still wasn’t feeling
completely great with her burn, so they laid low at home… which is very unlike
their days together normally! Ty got
into a bit of trouble with Heath on Wednesday night. He is allowed to mess with the tupperware but
the glassware is off limits. Well, Heath
was letting him go at it… and then realized he had glass pieces
everywhere! Thank goodness he didn’t
break any of them!
Ty proud of his mess
On Thursday AM, Ty told me that he was hungry and
ready for breakfast. No, he didn’t say
the words, but he grabbed his highchair and pulled it out of the corner, all
while whining. I told him, “Ty, you don’t
sit in that anymore. You are a big
boy. You sit in your booster seat now!” I forgot to mention that when his training
potty came, so did his booster seat that I had ordered (again, 2 day free
shipping from Amazon) and he loves it! Well,
wouldn’t you know, he pushed the highchair back and pulled the chair out that
had his seat in it… then he went back to the highchair and took the tray off it
and put it in front of his booster seat!
He is so smart! I have been using
his highchair tray on our table to help with the spills and he knew that the
tray needed to come too! Something else
that happened is that Ty has figured out how to say, “help.” I have been trying to get him to say it for
awhile, for me to help him out of jams, or when he gets his toys stuck etc… Well, now he is saying it – he’ll go “help,
help, help,” looking at me pleadingly and you just can’t resist that for
anything in the world! The problem is
that sometimes I can’t figure out what he wants me to help him with! So, I did a full cleaning of the house on
Thursday and then the craziest thing happened.
Well, I got myself pretty hot while vacuuming and after I was done, I
just took off all my clothes. That was
when Tyson pointed to me and said, plain as day, “boobies.” I just about died. I said, “Tyson, what did you say?” And he repeated it by saying, “beeboos.” That’s when I know he said it right the first
time and I wasn’t hearing things! Ty has
a way of switching the beginning and endings of words when I ask him to repeat them! Well, what am I supposed to do about
this? Do I really need to be modest
around my not-even-2-year-old now?
Really? I don’t know where he got
that word from, but I can tell you it was not from me! I’m sure it was from his father…. they really do soak up everything, even when
you don’t realize it! On Thursday night,
Adam, Heath, Ty & I went to the OG and had a nice meal. Ty sat in their booster seat there, but it
really doesn’t work out as well in a chair as it does in a booth, since they
don’t have any straps. Hope you have a
great week!
Ty's new eating set-up
Helping me vacuum
1 comment:
I can't remember...I think you mentioned it in a previous blog. Why is he out of his highchair? He doesn't want to sit in it? The only reason I got mine out was because there was another kid waiting in line for it :)
So eight sticky thing on the floor, huh? I guess you were pretty distracted if he got all of those on there before you noticed!
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