So the last road trip we took Ethan was doing this thing where he would never have to use the bathroom when we stopped at a gas station, but ten minutes later he would have to go (like, so bad mom!)...
We stopped at another gas station, Ethan said he didn't have to go.
15 minutes down the road everyone in the car is asleep except Ethan and I.
Ethan: Mom, I really, really have to go.
Me: Oh no you don't
Ethan: Mom! I'm gonna pee my pants.
Me: That's right you are.
Ethan: Mom!!!!!! Stop the car, I'm serious.
Me: So am I, I asked you at the gas station, and you promised that you wouldn't have to go soon, now you have to wait.
Ethan: I can't. MOM! I gotta go NOW.
Me: Put on a pull-up.
Ethan: No way......
5 minutes later
Ethan: (while relieving himself in a pull-up) Mom, just so you know, I'm 100%, NEVER doing this again.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Wes is One
My baby turned one today.
My Best Friend Mollie wrote this about her son turning one, it is exactly how I feel. I could never explain it as eloquently as she does....
"It’s so odd how much changes in a year. If you were to look at monthly snapshots of how he’s grown, it would seem like each new thing happens in a flash. Wally smiling. Wally rolling over. Wally pushing up. Wally crawling. But the real life experience of milestones is so much more gradual. It happens like breathing. You breathe in one breath, then you breathe out. Then you are on to the next, without even thinking about the fact that the first breath is passed. Some of the air from the original breath is part of the next, some is new. And by the time a minute has passed, the air is completely different from the original. But it all happened gradually and without notice.
Your baby’s cheeks are turning up a little when he makes eye contact with you. Days later, he’s smiling every hour at least once. A week later he is smiling as long as he’s not sleeping or hungry. And you can’t remember when he went from a sleeping, crying lump to a little person who loves the sight of you.
Your baby turns his head a little when laying on his back. Days later, he squirms until he’s on his side. A week later he’s twisting his whole body, determined to flip. And then, when he is sleeping on his stomach every time within minutes of you putting him down on his back, you don’t remember a day when he couldn’t.
And so on with sitting, standing, crawling, and walking. One Halloween you hold him in the crook of your arm to keep him warm and hold his head up, and the next you are setting him on his feet, fighting him to keep his socks on and laughing at him as he stumbles around the room looking for the next thing to throw.
Wesley joined our family a year ago, and it has been the best year of my life. He brings so much joy and happiness to our family, it is indescribable. Here are a few pictures from the last 12 months:
Wes has turned into quite a little ham. He loves to get a good laugh out of anyone who will look his way, and he ALWAYS has a smile for everyone.
Things about Wes:
He snorts when he laughs
His daddy is his favorite person on the planet, by a wide margin
He is so easygoing and calm
He started throwing tantrums- but he gets over them as quickly as they start (they are hilarious!)
He likes toys that make noises
He says, "uh-oh, oh-no", mama, dada, nana, ah-dun (all done), and ooohhh
He has chewed off all the finish on the edges of his crib
He likes to bite
His mama stopped nursing him at 10 months old
He LOVES Kozy Shack rice pudding
and oreos
He chucks his bottle as far as he can when the milk is gone
He crawls on carpet, when the carpet ends (tile starts) he does the bear crawl
He loves his glowworm and music seahorse, they help him sleep at night
He didn't sleep through the night until 9 months old!
He'll slap you in the face if he doesn't want you that close to him
He will crawl around doing his own thing for over an hour, totally content
He likes to eat paper
He licks something electrical and shuts his fingers in drawers almost everyday
If you yell something to someone upstairs in the house, he'll yell something too
He doesn't mind water being poured over his head
He is great on road trips, almost zero crying every time
He can take knobs off of drawers
I love him more than words can say... He is one cool cat.
Happy Birthday Wes, I love you!
My Best Friend Mollie wrote this about her son turning one, it is exactly how I feel. I could never explain it as eloquently as she does....
"It’s so odd how much changes in a year. If you were to look at monthly snapshots of how he’s grown, it would seem like each new thing happens in a flash. Wally smiling. Wally rolling over. Wally pushing up. Wally crawling. But the real life experience of milestones is so much more gradual. It happens like breathing. You breathe in one breath, then you breathe out. Then you are on to the next, without even thinking about the fact that the first breath is passed. Some of the air from the original breath is part of the next, some is new. And by the time a minute has passed, the air is completely different from the original. But it all happened gradually and without notice.
Your baby’s cheeks are turning up a little when he makes eye contact with you. Days later, he’s smiling every hour at least once. A week later he is smiling as long as he’s not sleeping or hungry. And you can’t remember when he went from a sleeping, crying lump to a little person who loves the sight of you.
Your baby turns his head a little when laying on his back. Days later, he squirms until he’s on his side. A week later he’s twisting his whole body, determined to flip. And then, when he is sleeping on his stomach every time within minutes of you putting him down on his back, you don’t remember a day when he couldn’t.
And so on with sitting, standing, crawling, and walking. One Halloween you hold him in the crook of your arm to keep him warm and hold his head up, and the next you are setting him on his feet, fighting him to keep his socks on and laughing at him as he stumbles around the room looking for the next thing to throw.
No wonder babies are so popular. That first year, they spend so much time learning how to be human that they don’t have time to hold grudges, be mean, or think about what’s wrong with the world. They live in a constant state of awe and wonder at what is great about what is around them. They look at a half-empty bottle of pop and see the bubbles, hear the crinkle it makes when you squeeze it, and feel the shift of weight when you tip it. (Yesterday, Wally Ben was fully entertained for 20 minutes in the car by a nearly empty plastic coke bottle. He’d shake it, then look at me, like, did you hear that? Do you see these bubbles? Can you believe it?)
What a great time—your baby’s first year. Every stage is better than the last. Every day is a new chance to get to know who your little guy or gal is going to be. And then 365 days have gone by, and your lump is walking, and you are trying to remember if you lived before you knew him, and you know the answer is yes, but you’re just not quite sure how."Wesley joined our family a year ago, and it has been the best year of my life. He brings so much joy and happiness to our family, it is indescribable. Here are a few pictures from the last 12 months:
Things about Wes:
He snorts when he laughs
His daddy is his favorite person on the planet, by a wide margin
He is so easygoing and calm
He started throwing tantrums- but he gets over them as quickly as they start (they are hilarious!)
He likes toys that make noises
He says, "uh-oh, oh-no", mama, dada, nana, ah-dun (all done), and ooohhh
He has chewed off all the finish on the edges of his crib
He likes to bite
His mama stopped nursing him at 10 months old
He LOVES Kozy Shack rice pudding
and oreos
He chucks his bottle as far as he can when the milk is gone
He crawls on carpet, when the carpet ends (tile starts) he does the bear crawl
He loves his glowworm and music seahorse, they help him sleep at night
He didn't sleep through the night until 9 months old!
He'll slap you in the face if he doesn't want you that close to him
He will crawl around doing his own thing for over an hour, totally content
He likes to eat paper
He licks something electrical and shuts his fingers in drawers almost everyday
If you yell something to someone upstairs in the house, he'll yell something too
He doesn't mind water being poured over his head
He is great on road trips, almost zero crying every time
He can take knobs off of drawers
I love him more than words can say... He is one cool cat.
Happy Birthday Wes, I love you!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Ethan's Frog Quilt
I cut it, appliqued- simple! Then I decided to quilt it in cocentric circles to mimic water. In no time I had half the quilt done, it looked great! Until you turned it over. Pucker city.
Long story short, it took me months to finish picking it out.
This time I quilted it in straight lines. Today I finished binding it. Done. phew.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
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