After reading my friend's blog Life with 3 Monkeys and her adoption anniversary it made me recall what we were doing on March 23rd 4 years ago. We dropped off Alexis and Landon with my sister and headed out to court for the 2nd time. We had went in January and the kids birth parents surprised us by showing up. At that time they surprised us by saying that they knew they couldn' t care for the kids and were willing to sign consents to adopt. For some reason no one got them to sign then and we went in to see the judge. They told the judge they wanted to sign and the judge told them they need to see a public defender and discuss it and come back in March. It was now that day in March and we wondered if they would show, if they would sign, what would happen. We got to the court house and found seats. Talked to the caseworker who said she hadn't heard from the parents nor seen them yet. We sat and waited for them to call us in to court. About a hour later the parents walked in. We couldn't believe it. The caseworker came and took them somewhere to meet their attorney and came back and said they still wanted to sign and were going to that day. We were stunned. A few minutes later they all came back and they had signed for us to adopted Alexis and Landon. 3 months to the day we went to a different court room and the officially and forever joined our family.
Tuesday of this week I loaded the car with a stroller, snacks, diaper bag, the 3 littlest kids and we headed back to court. Rumor had it that their mother was going to show up at court today and sign consents for Wubba to be adopted. We got to court at 1:20 and met the caseworker in the parking lot. We got in to the waiting area and we began waiting. Our caseworker tried calling her after we waited about 20 minutes for her to show but got no answer. So we went back to waiting and trying to keep the kids entertained in a rather warm and pretty packed waiting room. Later she called back and said she was working and wouldn't be able to make it. She then told the caseworker that she can't support herself with her income and knows she can't care for the Wubba Man and that she is willing to sign. Now the tricky part getting her, the paperwork and an attorney all at the same place so she can sign. While it would have been nice to have her sign close to the same day she signed with the first two we will be thrilled when ever it happens. Although Jason refuses to commit to a name for the Wubba man until he knows he is ours forever. It would be nice to get to start calling him his forever name.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monkeying Around at Monkey Joes
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We got to try out a new inflatable play land called Monkey Joes on Friday. This place is awesome. It is just for the under 12 crowd and the staff at our closest location was amazing. One of the attendents met our kids at the door and said "Come on lets play" and they took off running for the back, even Brenna tried to keep up. We caught up with them in the back on a giant dual slide and the attendent was racing my kids down the slides. They were thrilled. Brenna made friends with a wonderful girl worked there named Trevae who assisted Brenna through every single inflatable at least 3 times. Trevae was awesome and Brenna was thrilled, whenever Brenna would take a break she would look around and say "Where my friend?" Then she would go off looking for Trevae again.
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With 4 kids running in different directions it got kind of hard to keep up with all of them at the same time. I would go looking for one of them and often find them racing one of the attendents through one obstacle or down the slides with the biggest smiles on their faces. The management came through often asking how things were and if we needed anything. At one point I went looking for Landon who I hadn't seen and bumped in to a manager, he asked how things were I said great just looking for one of the kids. He said he could get some staff to help me I said I am sure he is happily playing. He then said "let me know if we can help" It was so wonderful to not be worried about the kids, to know that they aren't getting trampled by big kids, that the staff really do care about their jobs and the kids.
They even have an area designated for the 3 and under crowd and they did a good job making sure the older kids weren't in there unless they were assisting a sibling. Wubba loved the baby land. We would squeal with delight as soon as we put him in to play
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Liam is so good at helping the little kids at place like this. He loved getting in to play with Wubba. I am often surprised by this side of him because a lot of time he hardly pays them any attention at all but every once in awhile he will surprise us and be so great with them. He loved showing Wubba around and helping him experience all the sea creatures.
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Alexis was going almost the whole time we were there. We often found her sitting looking tired but when we asked her if she was tired she would say no and take off again. They all loved this giant circular trampoline like inflatable. Brenna would just run in circles. The other would bounce like crazy, towards the end they would lean on the sides and Jason would bump the side and send them crashing back and they would laugh and laugh and climb up to do it again.
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Landon loved the obstacle course inflatable.
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And I can't leave out my wonderful honey. The man that makes the money so we can go to crazy places like Monkey Joes. My love and DaDee to the herd
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It was an awesome evening. They spent 4 hours jumping and running and thankfully even slept in the next morning. We loved it so much we bought the pass so we can go back again soon. Thanks Monkey Joes for a wonderful time, we will be back soon.
[/caption]We got to try out a new inflatable play land called Monkey Joes on Friday. This place is awesome. It is just for the under 12 crowd and the staff at our closest location was amazing. One of the attendents met our kids at the door and said "Come on lets play" and they took off running for the back, even Brenna tried to keep up. We caught up with them in the back on a giant dual slide and the attendent was racing my kids down the slides. They were thrilled. Brenna made friends with a wonderful girl worked there named Trevae who assisted Brenna through every single inflatable at least 3 times. Trevae was awesome and Brenna was thrilled, whenever Brenna would take a break she would look around and say "Where my friend?" Then she would go off looking for Trevae again.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="422" caption="Brenna and her friend take on another inflatable"]
[/caption]With 4 kids running in different directions it got kind of hard to keep up with all of them at the same time. I would go looking for one of them and often find them racing one of the attendents through one obstacle or down the slides with the biggest smiles on their faces. The management came through often asking how things were and if we needed anything. At one point I went looking for Landon who I hadn't seen and bumped in to a manager, he asked how things were I said great just looking for one of the kids. He said he could get some staff to help me I said I am sure he is happily playing. He then said "let me know if we can help" It was so wonderful to not be worried about the kids, to know that they aren't getting trampled by big kids, that the staff really do care about their jobs and the kids.
They even have an area designated for the 3 and under crowd and they did a good job making sure the older kids weren't in there unless they were assisting a sibling. Wubba loved the baby land. We would squeal with delight as soon as we put him in to play
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="444" caption="Wubba happy as a clam in the under the sea inflatable"]
[/caption]Liam is so good at helping the little kids at place like this. He loved getting in to play with Wubba. I am often surprised by this side of him because a lot of time he hardly pays them any attention at all but every once in awhile he will surprise us and be so great with them. He loved showing Wubba around and helping him experience all the sea creatures.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="441" caption="Riding the snail or is it a turtle?"]
[/caption]Alexis was going almost the whole time we were there. We often found her sitting looking tired but when we asked her if she was tired she would say no and take off again. They all loved this giant circular trampoline like inflatable. Brenna would just run in circles. The other would bounce like crazy, towards the end they would lean on the sides and Jason would bump the side and send them crashing back and they would laugh and laugh and climb up to do it again.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="441" caption="Lexi spinning in the big trampoline."]
[/caption]Landon loved the obstacle course inflatable.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="453" caption="Landon climbs the end of the obstacle course"]
[/caption]And I can't leave out my wonderful honey. The man that makes the money so we can go to crazy places like Monkey Joes. My love and DaDee to the herd
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="462" caption="DaDee is tired after 4 hours at Monkey Joes"]
[/caption]It was an awesome evening. They spent 4 hours jumping and running and thankfully even slept in the next morning. We loved it so much we bought the pass so we can go back again soon. Thanks Monkey Joes for a wonderful time, we will be back soon.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
My Better Half and I
Copy and paste this into a new note and change the answers... You don't have to be married! If I tagged you, it means I want to see yours! Tag all the people you feel like tagging.
How long have you been together? Been married for 18 years in August this year
How long did you know each other before you started dating? Just over 2 years. I met him just before he turned 18 and I was only 14
Who asked who out? I don't think we officially asked each other out. We both knew we liked each other and when the situation was right we just went from friends to a couple
Whose siblings do you see the most? Probably mine well at least my sister. His sister lives 3 hours away and my other siblings live even further away
Do you have any children together? One bio son we managed to conceive after 9 years, 3 adopted, and one foster
What about pets?1 dog and a couple of fish
Did you go to the same school? yep
Who is the most sensitive? Me
Where do you eat out most as a couple? Just the two of us Ha Ha that's a joke.
Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? To Hawaii where we lived for almost 5 years
Who has the craziest exes? We both have a couple but for different reasons
Who has the worst temper? Oh that is definitely me. Although if you get him mad enough he can let his show but it is very rare.
Who does the cooking? That would be him. I despise cooking and we would have soup or sandwiches if left to me
Who is more social? Yeah that would be too and I am not very social What does that make him???
Who is the neat freak? We got some freaks here but unfortunately none of them are worried about clutter or dirt.
Who is the most stubborn? Depends on the day but if I had to pick I would say him but I have been known to be stubborn on my own
Who hogs the bed? The dog, oh um that would probably be me too.
Who wakes up earlier? I do but that's cause my internal clock is broken and won't reset past 6:30Scott
Where was your first date? Well what I would call our first date he didn't know was a date. I thought we were double dating with a friend he thought he was keeping his friend's girlfriend's friend company. So on that date we went to visit his girlfriend at work (Yeah that's when I learned he was informed it was a date) and then to his house to watch a movie and he made me drink sugar free kool aid or crystal light. I guess our first official date we went to see "Cousins" with my mom. He just informed me that we ate twizzlers on this date.
Who has the bigger family? Definitely Me
Do you get flowers often? Occasionally though I gave him hard time about sending them through the florist so he now will bring them home to me
How long did it take to get serious? I am sure not as long as it should have. But we were married just over a year after we started dating. (Side Note: When I asked Jason this question he started singing the Wonderpets Theme. This Serious, We've got help them....... wonderpets, wonderpets ....)
Who eats more? He says he does but have you seen my butt
Who sings better? I sing more often but he is the one with the talent. You should see if you can get him to do his swedish chef impersonation he refuses to do it for me because I laugh but it is so cute and funny.
Who does the laundry?usually me but he will do it once in a while.
Who’s better with the computer? Well god I hope it's him since he does it for a living. Unless your talking social networking I have to teach him he is so not the social butterfly
Who drives when you are together? Usually him, thankfully. Use to be because he would get motion sick but since his laser vision surgery it isn't as bad but I still make him drive. I am a bully that way.
Who picks where you go to dinner? Hmm that varies on the day. I will suggest and if he doesn't like my suggestion he pretend he didn't hear my suggestion.
Who is the first one to admit when they’re wrong? Not him
Who wears the pants in the relationship? We both have some they are usually in the dirty laundry. He said he prefers no pants.
Who has more tattoos? We both have one. His is bigger mine has more pieces. However I already want another one and he hasn't said anything about another one
Who eats more sweets? That would be me.
Really this ends with who eats the most garbage. Gee... wish I could think of a better question to end with Oh Well.. Tell me about your HoKnee (Or if you aren't weird like me Honey)
How long have you been together? Been married for 18 years in August this year
How long did you know each other before you started dating? Just over 2 years. I met him just before he turned 18 and I was only 14
Who asked who out? I don't think we officially asked each other out. We both knew we liked each other and when the situation was right we just went from friends to a couple
Whose siblings do you see the most? Probably mine well at least my sister. His sister lives 3 hours away and my other siblings live even further away
Do you have any children together? One bio son we managed to conceive after 9 years, 3 adopted, and one foster
What about pets?1 dog and a couple of fish
Did you go to the same school? yep
Who is the most sensitive? Me
Where do you eat out most as a couple? Just the two of us Ha Ha that's a joke.
Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? To Hawaii where we lived for almost 5 years
Who has the craziest exes? We both have a couple but for different reasons
Who has the worst temper? Oh that is definitely me. Although if you get him mad enough he can let his show but it is very rare.
Who does the cooking? That would be him. I despise cooking and we would have soup or sandwiches if left to me
Who is more social? Yeah that would be too and I am not very social What does that make him???
Who is the neat freak? We got some freaks here but unfortunately none of them are worried about clutter or dirt.
Who is the most stubborn? Depends on the day but if I had to pick I would say him but I have been known to be stubborn on my own
Who hogs the bed? The dog, oh um that would probably be me too.
Who wakes up earlier? I do but that's cause my internal clock is broken and won't reset past 6:30Scott
Where was your first date? Well what I would call our first date he didn't know was a date. I thought we were double dating with a friend he thought he was keeping his friend's girlfriend's friend company. So on that date we went to visit his girlfriend at work (Yeah that's when I learned he was informed it was a date) and then to his house to watch a movie and he made me drink sugar free kool aid or crystal light. I guess our first official date we went to see "Cousins" with my mom. He just informed me that we ate twizzlers on this date.
Who has the bigger family? Definitely Me
Do you get flowers often? Occasionally though I gave him hard time about sending them through the florist so he now will bring them home to me
How long did it take to get serious? I am sure not as long as it should have. But we were married just over a year after we started dating. (Side Note: When I asked Jason this question he started singing the Wonderpets Theme. This Serious, We've got help them....... wonderpets, wonderpets ....)
Who eats more? He says he does but have you seen my butt
Who sings better? I sing more often but he is the one with the talent. You should see if you can get him to do his swedish chef impersonation he refuses to do it for me because I laugh but it is so cute and funny.
Who does the laundry?usually me but he will do it once in a while.
Who’s better with the computer? Well god I hope it's him since he does it for a living. Unless your talking social networking I have to teach him he is so not the social butterfly
Who drives when you are together? Usually him, thankfully. Use to be because he would get motion sick but since his laser vision surgery it isn't as bad but I still make him drive. I am a bully that way.
Who picks where you go to dinner? Hmm that varies on the day. I will suggest and if he doesn't like my suggestion he pretend he didn't hear my suggestion.
Who is the first one to admit when they’re wrong? Not him
Who wears the pants in the relationship? We both have some they are usually in the dirty laundry. He said he prefers no pants.
Who has more tattoos? We both have one. His is bigger mine has more pieces. However I already want another one and he hasn't said anything about another one
Who eats more sweets? That would be me.
Really this ends with who eats the most garbage. Gee... wish I could think of a better question to end with Oh Well.. Tell me about your HoKnee (Or if you aren't weird like me Honey)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
One Proud Mama
Liam came home on Friday with the results of his Terra Nova testing (sort of like Istep but for 2nd graders). We were surprised at the results and very proud of him. He scored in the 96th percentile on the national percentile scale for math. In language he scored in the 93rd percentile. In the reading area he scored in the 67th percentile, this area covered the written portion and for some reason he still struggles with writing. While he still struggles with writing he is doing better. He use to refuse to write at all and now he at least most of the time attempts to put something down and some times really surprises us with what he gets accomplished. If he is excited about the subject he will usually get right to writing so we love the free writing time.
This past week he also had to do a report on a Famous American. We read thru the list of suggested people and he didn't really like any of the choices except Dr. Seuss and we figured that a few people would choose him since it was his birthday week. DaDee suggested Millard Fuller, and once we explained who he was and what he did he was very excited. Oh, in case you didn't know
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6VAuvQRG0]
and if you couldn't hear or understand him, Millard Fuller is the founder of Habit for Humanity. He recently passed away. He builds houses for people who can't afford them. I was surprised that he got so excited about him and really in to working on the project . At the end of the week the kids got to dress as their American and they opened the classroom for parents to come visit the museum and talk to all the Americans.
We are never short of amazed by him, he surprises us with how quickly he gets stuff from spelling words to math concepts, he is very inquisitive and asks lots of questions and is always coming up with crazy ideas of ways things could be done better. He is great helper and good big brother most of the time. ;0)
This past week he also had to do a report on a Famous American. We read thru the list of suggested people and he didn't really like any of the choices except Dr. Seuss and we figured that a few people would choose him since it was his birthday week. DaDee suggested Millard Fuller, and once we explained who he was and what he did he was very excited. Oh, in case you didn't know
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6VAuvQRG0]
and if you couldn't hear or understand him, Millard Fuller is the founder of Habit for Humanity. He recently passed away. He builds houses for people who can't afford them. I was surprised that he got so excited about him and really in to working on the project . At the end of the week the kids got to dress as their American and they opened the classroom for parents to come visit the museum and talk to all the Americans.
We are never short of amazed by him, he surprises us with how quickly he gets stuff from spelling words to math concepts, he is very inquisitive and asks lots of questions and is always coming up with crazy ideas of ways things could be done better. He is great helper and good big brother most of the time. ;0)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Missing Socks??
I am sure most people know how dryers eat socks because you can never find the other sock when you take the load out of the dryer. In case this has happened to you I wanted to let you know that your dryer doesn't really eat your socks, it just sucks them in to a vortex and sends them to us. We have serious sock problem in our humble abode. On Saturday me, Lexi and Liam sat down and sorted an entire laundry basket of unmatched socks. The results of this sock sort are as follows.
These socks were blessed to be matched with their twin and go on to be worn again by some happy feet.
"The ones with their twins"
You may think hmm there are 7 people residing in the abode here those twin socks don't seem like very many for that such huge number of piggies needing covering. But alas those are just the poor orphans that found their long lost twins in the great sock sort of February 2009.
Below are the orphan socks, the orphans that keep multiplying and creating more orphans. The orphans that will soon be joined by all the other orphans that we have been finding hiding in the playroom, on the stairs, under the couch, in the laundry, near the dryer, stuffed in shoes, behind the bathroom door, in the toy boxes and more secret locations discovered by not me and I don't know ( You know them they take your socks and leave them strange places when you aren't looking) . Or perhaps some of these are from the great dryer vortex and belong to some of you. If you see one you recognize feel free to let me know and I will be happy to send it on it's way to you.
"Where oh where has my little friend gone oh where oh where could it be"
Just to try and put in to perspective just how bad or sock problem is here. I will now introduce you to the happy home of girls socks. This is wear socks deemed girlie live with other girlie socks until they are deemed worthy of being honored by little piggies.
"Welcome to Girlie Sockville"
That's right an entire drawer of socks deemed girlie. If you look close you will spy socks with lace, a pink socks, and purple socks, kitty socks, minnie mouse socks, christmas, easter, halloween, Tuesday, leap year, baby, big kids, way to big, short socks, long socks, old socks and even new with tag socks. They all live together in girlie sockville. If you want to visit it is right below Boy Sock Bunker, and down the hall from Tights and Leggings Land. I will now move upstairs from Girlie Sockville and introduce you Boy Sock Bunker.
"Boy Sock Bunker"
Boy Sock Bunker isn't nearly as colorful or exciting as Girlie Sockville. There isn't a lot of exciting options in the bunker. Mostly just red, white and blue. There are the occasional Halloween sock and if you look closely you will find a pair of green printed Christmas socks that Landon had to have for his collection. Boy Sock bunker is not nearly as populated as Girlie sockville, however that is because Boy Sock Bunker is mostly stocked for the middle boy. The big boy refuses to allow his socks to reside in the bunker, they live in his room, away from all the doings of the bunker as they are much to grown up to be part of the bunker. They live here in I am to big for them land.
"I am too big for them"
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Things are different in I am too big for them land. You're not limited to frolicking only with other socks. Here socks come and live happily with bathing suits, and undies. It is a much more diverse place as far as residents. However the sock population is pretty mundane. You mostly have the white socks with green Hanes written on the toe. There are a few exceptions like the tan dress socks in the bottom corner but mostly it's boring white socks residing in this land. If you are in need of some adorable cuteness, there is only one place you can go for that in socks. That has to be itty bitty baby socks nursery.
"Aww it's Itty Bitty Baby Sock Nursery"
Aren't they so cute. Adorable teeny tiny baby socks. They live here in the nursery until they are big enough to join the bunker. They hope some day to be big enough to go to I am too big for them but right now they are safely tucked away in the nursery resting and growing bigger every day.
There are two more lands to visit on the tour of the sock residences of our humble home. They are not nearly as exciting but I don't want them to feel left out of they might pack their things and hit the road and then I would be the one with cold piggies. I leave you with the land of the big socks.
"Honey's Work Sock Haven"
"White Sock Wonderland"
Thanks for stopping by and be sure and let me know if you see any friends missing from your house. With so many residents it is hard to identify a stranger that snuck in to the mix.
These socks were blessed to be matched with their twin and go on to be worn again by some happy feet.
"The ones with their twins"
You may think hmm there are 7 people residing in the abode here those twin socks don't seem like very many for that such huge number of piggies needing covering. But alas those are just the poor orphans that found their long lost twins in the great sock sort of February 2009.
Below are the orphan socks, the orphans that keep multiplying and creating more orphans. The orphans that will soon be joined by all the other orphans that we have been finding hiding in the playroom, on the stairs, under the couch, in the laundry, near the dryer, stuffed in shoes, behind the bathroom door, in the toy boxes and more secret locations discovered by not me and I don't know ( You know them they take your socks and leave them strange places when you aren't looking) . Or perhaps some of these are from the great dryer vortex and belong to some of you. If you see one you recognize feel free to let me know and I will be happy to send it on it's way to you.
"Where oh where has my little friend gone oh where oh where could it be"
Just to try and put in to perspective just how bad or sock problem is here. I will now introduce you to the happy home of girls socks. This is wear socks deemed girlie live with other girlie socks until they are deemed worthy of being honored by little piggies.
"Welcome to Girlie Sockville"
That's right an entire drawer of socks deemed girlie. If you look close you will spy socks with lace, a pink socks, and purple socks, kitty socks, minnie mouse socks, christmas, easter, halloween, Tuesday, leap year, baby, big kids, way to big, short socks, long socks, old socks and even new with tag socks. They all live together in girlie sockville. If you want to visit it is right below Boy Sock Bunker, and down the hall from Tights and Leggings Land. I will now move upstairs from Girlie Sockville and introduce you Boy Sock Bunker.
"Boy Sock Bunker"
Boy Sock Bunker isn't nearly as colorful or exciting as Girlie Sockville. There isn't a lot of exciting options in the bunker. Mostly just red, white and blue. There are the occasional Halloween sock and if you look closely you will find a pair of green printed Christmas socks that Landon had to have for his collection. Boy Sock bunker is not nearly as populated as Girlie sockville, however that is because Boy Sock Bunker is mostly stocked for the middle boy. The big boy refuses to allow his socks to reside in the bunker, they live in his room, away from all the doings of the bunker as they are much to grown up to be part of the bunker. They live here in I am to big for them land.
"I am too big for them"
[Things are different in I am too big for them land. You're not limited to frolicking only with other socks. Here socks come and live happily with bathing suits, and undies. It is a much more diverse place as far as residents. However the sock population is pretty mundane. You mostly have the white socks with green Hanes written on the toe. There are a few exceptions like the tan dress socks in the bottom corner but mostly it's boring white socks residing in this land. If you are in need of some adorable cuteness, there is only one place you can go for that in socks. That has to be itty bitty baby socks nursery.
"Aww it's Itty Bitty Baby Sock Nursery"
Aren't they so cute. Adorable teeny tiny baby socks. They live here in the nursery until they are big enough to join the bunker. They hope some day to be big enough to go to I am too big for them but right now they are safely tucked away in the nursery resting and growing bigger every day.
There are two more lands to visit on the tour of the sock residences of our humble home. They are not nearly as exciting but I don't want them to feel left out of they might pack their things and hit the road and then I would be the one with cold piggies. I leave you with the land of the big socks.
"Honey's Work Sock Haven"
"White Sock Wonderland"
Thanks for stopping by and be sure and let me know if you see any friends missing from your house. With so many residents it is hard to identify a stranger that snuck in to the mix.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Man has Wubba been busy this week.
Man I knew babies are busy but the Wubba has brought a new meaning to the word busy this week. We started on Sunday by graduating from the carrier carseat to the rear facing big carseat. Now he gets a better view of the crazy kids in the back, seat and is much more entertained on car rides.
With the privilege of the big boy seat comes the added fun of learning to sit in the seat of the shopping cart at the store. On Wednesday we headed out to do some shopping just The Wub and me so he got to experience the fun that is riding in the seat part of the shopping cart for the first time. He looked a little shocked at first. Wasn't sure exactly what to do with himself in the car, he kept turning around and then stuck in the buckle. Shortly in to our shopping foray he fell in to his usual way of shopping and crashed out. He had a hard time finding a comfy spot but finally settled on the head on the wadded up coat as pillow position and was out like a light. He missed out on all of his admirers oohing and gushing over his cuteness sleeping in the cart. After that store we picked up Landon and Brenna and headed out to Costco where he got to try out the sharing the front of big car with your sister. Thankfully she was excited to show him the ropes of riding in cart, however she was not interested in him sharing the delicacies none as Costco samples. After a struggle with some dry roasted edame samples we were happily able to finish our Costco adventure.
This week he also reached the big milestone of acheiving his very first chomper. I have tried unsuccessfully to capture the little white pearl in his mouth on film (well at least digital), he is just not a fan of showing off his pearly white. If growing his first tooth was not enough for him he also learned how to climb up the bottom two steps of the stairs much to my unhappiness at having to add yet another gate to the fortress we call the living room.
With the new carseat came a new challenge where to put the Wubba when we got out to dinner. He discovered he liked sitting in the high chair at the restaurant as he as able to reach the salt shaker, his sister's plate, my plate, cups, napkins and the best snag he managed was an empty rib bone which he found to be a quite exciting find and kept busy gnawing at that for a while.
Along with mastering the ascent of the stair case he also mastered the push toy and now happily walks behind the toy until he crashes in to something. He has not mastered the fine art of turning his toy but he does love cruising that toy down the hall. He does not stand solo but if we get him up on his feet and can get our hands out of his death grip he will giggle and slowly lower himself to the ground. I think he is playing with us and he is much more capable than he lets on.
For Valentine's day we got the older kids a big heart shaped lollipop and I could not bear the thought of not having something similar for him so I found a little heart shaped lolli for him and on Valentine's he experienced the joy of his first lolli. He looked stunned at first but quickly figured it out and had a blast with it until I got to paranoid that he would choke and pulled a switch a roo on him and gave him some Gerber Yogurt Melts to distract him from the missing lolli.
To round out his week of new experiences he got to experience the humilation of having to wear his sister's hand me downs. I loved this little happy face outfit we got Brenna but we got it at the end of her being able to wear the size so she didn't wear it long. Wubba was in need of something to wear and it was handy so I couldn't resist sticking him in the happy outfit. I hope he's not scarred for life from the pink.
I leave you with some pictures of his memorable week of first. (Still no tooth shot though I will keep trying)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Wubba checking out Wubba in the mirror"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Going Up"]
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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="214" caption="I can do this no problem"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="214" caption="and he is off "]
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[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="still going"][/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="214" caption="until he crashed in to a toy"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="Having a good laugh"]
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="What is this thing you have put in my mouth"]
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="533" caption="Pink humilation"]
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With the privilege of the big boy seat comes the added fun of learning to sit in the seat of the shopping cart at the store. On Wednesday we headed out to do some shopping just The Wub and me so he got to experience the fun that is riding in the seat part of the shopping cart for the first time. He looked a little shocked at first. Wasn't sure exactly what to do with himself in the car, he kept turning around and then stuck in the buckle. Shortly in to our shopping foray he fell in to his usual way of shopping and crashed out. He had a hard time finding a comfy spot but finally settled on the head on the wadded up coat as pillow position and was out like a light. He missed out on all of his admirers oohing and gushing over his cuteness sleeping in the cart. After that store we picked up Landon and Brenna and headed out to Costco where he got to try out the sharing the front of big car with your sister. Thankfully she was excited to show him the ropes of riding in cart, however she was not interested in him sharing the delicacies none as Costco samples. After a struggle with some dry roasted edame samples we were happily able to finish our Costco adventure.
This week he also reached the big milestone of acheiving his very first chomper. I have tried unsuccessfully to capture the little white pearl in his mouth on film (well at least digital), he is just not a fan of showing off his pearly white. If growing his first tooth was not enough for him he also learned how to climb up the bottom two steps of the stairs much to my unhappiness at having to add yet another gate to the fortress we call the living room.
With the new carseat came a new challenge where to put the Wubba when we got out to dinner. He discovered he liked sitting in the high chair at the restaurant as he as able to reach the salt shaker, his sister's plate, my plate, cups, napkins and the best snag he managed was an empty rib bone which he found to be a quite exciting find and kept busy gnawing at that for a while.
Along with mastering the ascent of the stair case he also mastered the push toy and now happily walks behind the toy until he crashes in to something. He has not mastered the fine art of turning his toy but he does love cruising that toy down the hall. He does not stand solo but if we get him up on his feet and can get our hands out of his death grip he will giggle and slowly lower himself to the ground. I think he is playing with us and he is much more capable than he lets on.
For Valentine's day we got the older kids a big heart shaped lollipop and I could not bear the thought of not having something similar for him so I found a little heart shaped lolli for him and on Valentine's he experienced the joy of his first lolli. He looked stunned at first but quickly figured it out and had a blast with it until I got to paranoid that he would choke and pulled a switch a roo on him and gave him some Gerber Yogurt Melts to distract him from the missing lolli.
To round out his week of new experiences he got to experience the humilation of having to wear his sister's hand me downs. I loved this little happy face outfit we got Brenna but we got it at the end of her being able to wear the size so she didn't wear it long. Wubba was in need of something to wear and it was handy so I couldn't resist sticking him in the happy outfit. I hope he's not scarred for life from the pink.
I leave you with some pictures of his memorable week of first. (Still no tooth shot though I will keep trying)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Wubba checking out Wubba in the mirror"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Going Up"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignright" width="214" caption="I can do this no problem"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="214" caption="and he is off "]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="still going"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignright" width="214" caption="until he crashed in to a toy"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="Having a good laugh"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="What is this thing you have put in my mouth"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="533" caption="Pink humilation"]
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
For an early Christmas gift the Wubba gaves us some chaos
A few days before Christmas at the ripe old age of 6 months 2 weeks the Wubba discovered crawling. I was not prepared for my 6 month old to be crawling. I was not ready to be living in the land of baby gates, I thought I had a few more months. However Wubba had different ideas and he took off. Then as an add on to the first gift with in a week he also learned to pull up on things. So now we have mobile house wrecker and I am scurrying to figure out what he's going to be in next. So far he has discovered the joys of the dog food and water, emptying the two cabinets under the TV and heaven forbid something sit on the top of the TV stand because he will not tolerate that at all and on the floor it must go. He makes sure I am not bored all day.
Then in my mommy wisdom I thought he might enjoy the fun of finger foods like Gerber puffs and cheerios so I introduced him to those special rites of passage in to toddlerhood. Didn't consider that him learning to self feed Cheerios and puffs would also enable the baby vaccuum feature that causes Mom's to look puzzled and say "What do you have in your mouth" then do the great finger swipe to discover the soggy hidden treasure with in, a piece of tape, a chunk of dog food, Brenna's hair band, the corner of a piece of paper, the god forbidden barbie shoes and legos, or the occasional Box Tops of Edcuation that I have been counting for the kids school. Makes me wonder what he managed to get down before we noticed.
Now it is February and he is consistently everywhere. He watches the other kids and us go through the gate and as soon as it is open he makes a bee line for the border in hopes he will make it through while the gate is open. He has learned to pull up the speaker near the gate with a swinging walk through and swing it open then crawl through. If we don't lock the gate to the kitchen he will shake it loose then push it open and head for the dog food. He has also learned to crawl over to you and pull up and smile all cute and gummy so you will pick him up. He will stand at the gate to the kitchen and scream and cry and say Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma in his pitiful little self making me feel guilty for doing dishes or making lunch.
The older kids love to play with him through the gate and he thinks it is great fun too. They sit on one side of the gate and talk to him or hand him stuff. They have a great time. He also loves to stand at this gate and shake it like a mad man.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Wubba the gate monster"]
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Our little Wubba is growing up and entering the terrorizing toddler years. I feel kind like I got cheated out of some baby time but we are having a blast watching him grow and learn.
Then in my mommy wisdom I thought he might enjoy the fun of finger foods like Gerber puffs and cheerios so I introduced him to those special rites of passage in to toddlerhood. Didn't consider that him learning to self feed Cheerios and puffs would also enable the baby vaccuum feature that causes Mom's to look puzzled and say "What do you have in your mouth" then do the great finger swipe to discover the soggy hidden treasure with in, a piece of tape, a chunk of dog food, Brenna's hair band, the corner of a piece of paper, the god forbidden barbie shoes and legos, or the occasional Box Tops of Edcuation that I have been counting for the kids school. Makes me wonder what he managed to get down before we noticed.
Now it is February and he is consistently everywhere. He watches the other kids and us go through the gate and as soon as it is open he makes a bee line for the border in hopes he will make it through while the gate is open. He has learned to pull up the speaker near the gate with a swinging walk through and swing it open then crawl through. If we don't lock the gate to the kitchen he will shake it loose then push it open and head for the dog food. He has also learned to crawl over to you and pull up and smile all cute and gummy so you will pick him up. He will stand at the gate to the kitchen and scream and cry and say Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma in his pitiful little self making me feel guilty for doing dishes or making lunch.
The older kids love to play with him through the gate and he thinks it is great fun too. They sit on one side of the gate and talk to him or hand him stuff. They have a great time. He also loves to stand at this gate and shake it like a mad man.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Wubba the gate monster"]
[/caption]Our little Wubba is growing up and entering the terrorizing toddler years. I feel kind like I got cheated out of some baby time but we are having a blast watching him grow and learn.
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