Third week of February 2017

Maxwell posing before school.  It was school class picture day so he dressed up a little bit.  It was a Wednesday

The night before he seemed sweaty at night and was complaining about headaches but in the morning he seemed to have energy so I sent him to school.

A couple hours later, I get a call from the school nurse saying that he has a fever of 101.  So I went to pick him up and take him to see his doctor.   (Luckily pictures had already happened so he didn't miss them.)

He weighed 42.4 lbs

I let him eat his snack because he was hungry (they have lunch at school at 10:30 am).  His snack was apple slices and seaweed (He loves it!).

At the doctor's, he had a fever of 101.6 and was diagnosed with an ear infection. 

He quickly went downhill.   On way home said he wanted to lay down, and then by the time we got home, he couldn't even change his clothes into something more comfortable.  So I helped him then brought his medicine.   

Sad sick face

He quickly fell asleep and took a 3 1/2 hour nap!!!

Not feeling good at all

That tooth was soooooo ready to come out.  We finally had enough of the drama around getting the tooth out and Peter pinned him down and just pulled it out.  

He survived! (And the next morning got $1 for his tooth.)  Two bottom teeth - gone!

Brushing her teeth while wearing my shoes

Look at that rash!

Poor max was just not having a good go of it.  I keep him home from school the next day since the rule states that they have to be fever free for 24 hours without medicine before they can go back.

At work, the Network of Women put on a bunco night with our Executive Leadership Team.  It was a huge success!

On Friday, I wasn't sure whether to keep him home or send him.  I decided to keep him home which was a good thing because he said he was tired and he proceeded to lay down all day except for lunch and dinner. 

I prepped all my stuff to drop off at the consignment sale that I like to sell/shop at.

I did the smaller site this time and it was still totally packed with items.

On Saturday, we had our friend Andrea's son Carter's third birthday party.  Maxwell seemed up to going.  He didn't jump long in the bouncy house which was a sign that he wasn't yet 100%.

Enjoying cake

Emmalyn was my grocery shopping helper.  She pushed the little cart, loaded things on the belt, and helped me pay.

Enjoying a snack outside while Maxwell was in Kindermusik.

Knocked out after a birthday party plus playing in the sun.  I gave her a wipe to clean her face but she was clearly too tired to get that done.

Sunday was the 5th day of Maxwell being sick and he still was acting tired!  Luckily there was no school on Monday so he had one more day to get better.

Maxwell wrote a story/drew pictures about making Smores next door.  He drew the process and included Mr. Chris too.  (I'll correct the spelling--) "A couple days ago, I asked to go toast marshmallows with Ms. Mary Ann.  With my cousins..."

Fun Sunday breakfast - thanks Dad!

I love this note Maxwell wrote to me and Peter

Emmalyn going potty on the big potty!

Trying to teach her how much toilet paper to use

Every time she goes potty in the potty, she gets a sticker.  (Trying to staying away from candy as the reward.)  Yay for potty training!

Emmalyn has been in panties on Saturday and Sunday at home. No accidents other than one early on Saturday when she was trying to get there and didn't go fast enough. Then Monday did great with Britt. No accidents at home - even pooping. I put pull-up on her outside the house though because I don't want to deal with extra changes of clothes and accidents outside the house and she poops in it of course.  She is not yet staying dry during nap. 

When tucking Max in he this week, he was talking about being awesome so I asked him what he was awesome at and he said "addition". Then he asked a question about negative numbers so I tried to explain them a little to him and he goes "you are really good at teaching me. You should be a teacher" Then later when cuddling, he said "you are good at being a mom". Melted my heart. 

Signed Emmalyn up to start at Castle Montessori in the fall today. Excited for her to go - she's ready for it! Her new thing at bedtime is once you lay her down, she gets one blanket, puppy, and turtle and bunches them together and lays on top of them. Then you put her peppa pig blanket on her and go to leave and she goes," mom. I have just one thing to tell you." Every time. Sometimes she tries to sneak more things in but always has something else to say. Often she will tell me how excited she is that in the morning she will get to have cereal and milk and play on her iPad.

Mid-July Photodump

July 10 - 19, 2013

So, Max woke up super sick on the 10th (I KNEW he was getting sick!!!) and unfortunately I needed to go out of town for work to Denver.  It was awful to be away from him when he didn't feel good!!

This was sick Max one morning I was gone.  He was watching the iPad while his dad worked out.  He was so unhappy, he was playing with his nipples to self soothe.  We have noticed that Max has a fascination with skin bumps.  Peter has a little pink bump on his arm (I'm not sure what it really is, it's not a mole) that Max calls a "bubble".  He likes to rub it when we are cuddling as a family at night.  He has tried to find a "bubble" on my arm but the closest I've got is a mole.  I think that fascination is also why he likes to play with his nipples.  We've noticed that when he gets tired or unhappy he will self soothe as well.

I grabbed a couple pictures during our Kindermusik class since we are going to be going to a different location.  Our favorite teacher, Miss Kristen, is going to be moving across the country.   :( We loved her so much that we drove across town just to go to her class.  Now that she is leaving we are going to go to the location closer to us.

The room

Max playing with various instruments

Instruments away...

Playing with the parachute

We had a fun treat and got to spend a few hours and lunch with some of the Carlsons.  It was a great visit!

Peter and I did some more furniture shopping for our family room.  This is the rug we decided on.  It's a very cool rug - the picture doesn't do it justice.

Max enjoyed the popcorn.

The next day was a girl's shopping day as Tida and I hit SO many stores trying to finish up accessories for the room.

I love the vases we found

Also love the painting.  Thanks Tida for helping me out!

Cousins playing with blocks

I finally got Brittany to go to the neighborhood ladies' bunco night.  She had a good time.  :)

We get pretty crazy at bunco.  This particular night, the ladies' took their complaining about a particular neighbor's sunflower weeds and turned it into action.  After the game was over, a group went and did some weeding by the light of an i-phone.  It was pretty funny.

Playing at the mall

Big update on Max:

• He's good at taking turns but not sharing
• He yells "trouble" when he jumps on the couch or the bed.  He learned this because one day when he was jumping I was saying "timber" and then it got changed into "trouble" and stuck.
• You hear things like "my ball" a lot lately
• He knows so many words - like he said "counter" (counter top) this morning, I had no idea he knew that word!
• He calls sunglasses "eyeglasses"
• Maxwell always takes his shoes off when we are in the car.
• His "N" finally sounds different than "M"
• He is all about soccer and soccer games
• Lately he wakes up at 7 am
• I love, love, love his cheek kisses.  I don't quite know how to describe them, but they are fast and repeated...almost like fishy kisses without sucking in the sides of your cheek.  I tease him and say "don't give me cheek kisses....no...please don't..." and of course he does :)
• He is enjoying reading the library books we got
• As noted above, he has noticed his nipples
• He has started picking his nose...I blame those annoying boogers he had when he was sick! In the car, after picking his nose he held his hand up and said "booger".  I quickly gave him a tissue.
• He hasn't had much appetite lately
• He is getting better at colors
• He is still hitting
• We went out one night this week and I held him while we watched the lightening and listened to the thunder.  It was super sweet.  He sat there with his cheek pressed against mine.  I love tender moments like that and am so grateful that my boy is so sweet.
• He is so good at going to sleep and now will just hang out sometimes after waking up rather than getting up and asking for us or crying

Bunco!

The ladies of our neighborhood play Bunco together once a month.  It travels around the neighborhood with different ladies hosting that month.  It's been a good way to get to know some people and it's a fun/easy game to play too.

My neighbor Mary Ann hosted April's Bunco at her house and I co-hosted.  We shopped together the night before for some prizes and food.  We decided to do a spring theme.  She went ALL out.  The woman knows how to throw a party!  (She is an amazing host and always so generous.  They are frequently inviting us over.)

I love having her as a neighbor for many reasons but mostly she is a great friend.

The food spread (the hot stuff isn't even out yet!)

The drinks

Welcome table (We still use name tags.  It seems like 10 new families move in each month!)

Mary Ann's cute decorating

Lots of tables set up.  We had 25 people RSVP and around 18 showed up.

Some of the prizes - we went for actual prizes rather than money.

Love the pink flamingo "most losses" prize?

She even had nuts to snack on at each table

Whew - all ready for the party to begin.  Cheers!

It was a really fun night.