I wonder if Mary will be a reading teacher like her mommy and grandmother?
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Black Tie Affair!
We were invited to a wedding last weekend that was black tie! Kevin bought a tuxedo a few years ago because of all the things we had to go to that required them. I, however, had nothing that would work! Everything I own that is dressy is more for winter or is maternity! Fortunately I found a dress, two actually. Unfortunately, no one in my family could agree on which one they liked. Fortunately, I took them back and found another. Unfortunately, the zipper on the new one decided to break as I was trying it on for Kevin Saturday morning before the wedding. Fortunately my almost 90 year old great aunt who is visiting and grandmother are talented seamstresses and bought a new zipper to replace what my grandmother referred to as an "inferior zipper!" I didn't even get to try on the dress till it was time to go to the wedding, but I think it turned out okay! The wedding was probably the fanciest and most interesting wedding I will ever see. The bridal procession was to bongo drums, the bridesmaids wore turquoise, Duke Ellington's Heaven was sung during the ceremony, the reception venue included daybeds for couches, and there were more hydrangeas than I have ever seen in one place!
Yadda yadda yadda!!!
Mary surprises me everyday with how much she is talking! One night this week Kevin sat down at the table to eat his dinner. Mary looked at him and asked "Is it good, Daddy?" (she is asked this every night).
Last night as she was waiting for me to bring her her dinner, she started quoting one of her new favorite books, No David! She said, "Sit down David! No Yelling, No Hitting, and No Running in the Hall!"
Then today I went to daycare to pick her up and told her we were going to the doctor. This is our conversation:
Me: Mary, we are going to the doctor.
Mary: Dr. Wolbert!
Me: No, Dr. Patel.
Mary: No. Dr. Wolbert. Dr. Wolbert.
Me: No we are going to see Dr. Patel. Dr. Wolbert is for your allergies.
Mary: NO! Dr. Wolbert. He look in my ears!
Then all the way to the doctor's office she shouted happily, Dr. Wolbert! Dr. Wolbert! Apparently she is getting over her fear of doctors. Thank you Dr. Wolbert! Thankfully, she acted more than happy to see Dr. Patel, who informed us we have an ear infection (which we already knew). Unfortunately, we may be on our way to a second set of tubes and a possible removal of adenoids...
She also knows many songs, to which she constantly mixes up the words, changes the words, or transitions between. She may get her ability to memorize song lyrics from her mommy (I know every single word to Copacabanna!). Her repertoire includes:
Last night as she was waiting for me to bring her her dinner, she started quoting one of her new favorite books, No David! She said, "Sit down David! No Yelling, No Hitting, and No Running in the Hall!"
Then today I went to daycare to pick her up and told her we were going to the doctor. This is our conversation:
Me: Mary, we are going to the doctor.
Mary: Dr. Wolbert!
Me: No, Dr. Patel.
Mary: No. Dr. Wolbert. Dr. Wolbert.
Me: No we are going to see Dr. Patel. Dr. Wolbert is for your allergies.
Mary: NO! Dr. Wolbert. He look in my ears!
Then all the way to the doctor's office she shouted happily, Dr. Wolbert! Dr. Wolbert! Apparently she is getting over her fear of doctors. Thank you Dr. Wolbert! Thankfully, she acted more than happy to see Dr. Patel, who informed us we have an ear infection (which we already knew). Unfortunately, we may be on our way to a second set of tubes and a possible removal of adenoids...
She also knows many songs, to which she constantly mixes up the words, changes the words, or transitions between. She may get her ability to memorize song lyrics from her mommy (I know every single word to Copacabanna!). Her repertoire includes:
- Twinkle Twinkle
- The Alphabet Song
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Frère Jacques (Are You Sleeping, but we sub Ashlin Jane for Brother John)
- Old McDonald
- OweeOwee (don't know really how to spell it, it is an Irish song Kevin sings to her)
- Jingle Bells (must be working on Carols at daycare)
- The Clean-Up song (my personal favorite)
- A Bushel and A Peck and a Hug around the Neck
Here is a recent pic from Septemberfest, and her new friend the Goat.
We are Growing!!!
I cannot believe how time flies! Ashlin had her 4month check up 2 weeks ago and Mary was 23 months old on the 29th of September. Ashlin now weighs 16 pound and 5 ounces (95th percentile and she is getting really heavy in that car seat/carrier). She is also in the 70th percentile on head circumference and 50th percentile on height. Ashlin can (but won't) roll over. She also started solid foods. So far we have had rice cereal, oatmeal, peas, green beans, and spinach.
And yes, she wants to feed herself!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Angels
I was thinking about the song "Angels Among Us" the other day, and I started thinking about how true it is that there are angels among us!
The last several months have been very difficult for many reasons. The least of which is trying to get from here to there or anywhere with two kids under the age of two! This past week, my Uncle Paul (we referred to him as Tall Paul because I have two Uncle Pauls) passed away. Eight years ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. At the time of his diagnosis, they realized he had had the cancer for quite some time. He went through years of treatments including chemotherapy, but unfortunately his cancer had already metastasized when they discovered it.
Last fall Kevin had a routine physical and discovered he had an elevated PSA (prostate specific antigen). After several months of unsuccessfully trying to lower his PSA, his urologist pushed for a biopsy. It turned out to be malignant. Kevin is lucky. We found his prostate cancer early. At this point we do not know if it has spread anywhere (praying it hasn't) but realize there is a good probability it has spread on a microscopic level. An early bone scan did not show any sign of spreading. We are currently waiting for him to have another PSA check following the radical prostatectomy he had in August. This will give us the answer we have been waiting for.
Which leads me back to the topic of Angels. Through all of this we have been surrounded by angels. Here are a few examples of the angels in our lives:
My parents canceled their 40th anniversary trip to babysit the kids while we went to Austin for 10 days so Kevin could have surgery, recovery, and post-op appointments.
My extended family provided them with meals almost every night.
Since we have returned people have provided us with meals (Kevin was told not to lift anything over 10 lbs for 4 weeks, which makes having 2 kids in diapers difficult).
My great aunt and uncle gave us a place to stay for 10 days, and never complained about us kicking them out of their master bedroom.
Last week after my uncle passed away a whole chorus of angels (literally the church choir) provided a huge meal for our family between his burial and memorial service.
A good family friend brought meals of enchiladas and meatloaf over for our family. Did I mention we have a huge family, 20+ people???
A friend from school gave us the number of someone at MD Anderson, should Kevin need further treatment. She also has a good friend that has been through this before and she is working on getting us connected with them as well.
And that isn't even the tip of the iceberg!
Needless to say we have been blessed! If we had found out about Kevin's cancer any earlier, there is a good chance we wouldn't have our two adorable daughters. If we had found out any later ...
Thank you to all of those people who have provided Kevin and I, and our family with support and encouragement (and meals). We are looking forward to moving past this chapter in our lives, although we are not sure when this chapter will be over. I will continue to update.
The last several months have been very difficult for many reasons. The least of which is trying to get from here to there or anywhere with two kids under the age of two! This past week, my Uncle Paul (we referred to him as Tall Paul because I have two Uncle Pauls) passed away. Eight years ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. At the time of his diagnosis, they realized he had had the cancer for quite some time. He went through years of treatments including chemotherapy, but unfortunately his cancer had already metastasized when they discovered it.
Last fall Kevin had a routine physical and discovered he had an elevated PSA (prostate specific antigen). After several months of unsuccessfully trying to lower his PSA, his urologist pushed for a biopsy. It turned out to be malignant. Kevin is lucky. We found his prostate cancer early. At this point we do not know if it has spread anywhere (praying it hasn't) but realize there is a good probability it has spread on a microscopic level. An early bone scan did not show any sign of spreading. We are currently waiting for him to have another PSA check following the radical prostatectomy he had in August. This will give us the answer we have been waiting for.
Which leads me back to the topic of Angels. Through all of this we have been surrounded by angels. Here are a few examples of the angels in our lives:
My parents canceled their 40th anniversary trip to babysit the kids while we went to Austin for 10 days so Kevin could have surgery, recovery, and post-op appointments.
My extended family provided them with meals almost every night.
Since we have returned people have provided us with meals (Kevin was told not to lift anything over 10 lbs for 4 weeks, which makes having 2 kids in diapers difficult).
My great aunt and uncle gave us a place to stay for 10 days, and never complained about us kicking them out of their master bedroom.
Last week after my uncle passed away a whole chorus of angels (literally the church choir) provided a huge meal for our family between his burial and memorial service.
A good family friend brought meals of enchiladas and meatloaf over for our family. Did I mention we have a huge family, 20+ people???
A friend from school gave us the number of someone at MD Anderson, should Kevin need further treatment. She also has a good friend that has been through this before and she is working on getting us connected with them as well.
And that isn't even the tip of the iceberg!
Needless to say we have been blessed! If we had found out about Kevin's cancer any earlier, there is a good chance we wouldn't have our two adorable daughters. If we had found out any later ...
Thank you to all of those people who have provided Kevin and I, and our family with support and encouragement (and meals). We are looking forward to moving past this chapter in our lives, although we are not sure when this chapter will be over. I will continue to update.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
POTTY TRAINING!!! Day 3 - Final Day
So here is a list of things I have learned:
1. Poop is much easier in the potty
2. So is tinkle...
3. Mary can go in the potty if she wants, but she really doesn't want me to interrupt her play time.
4. I don't think Mary is quite ready, but we did get lots of quality practice!
All in all, I have decided that it was time well spent this weekend, however, I don't feel comfortable sending her to daycare in anything other than a diaper or pull up. I think Mary is much more aware of her bodily functions, but doesn't have control of them yet. Our plan now is to keep her in pull ups and put her on the potty often. I will have to discuss this with her daycare. They are potty training several kids in her class right now, so maybe there will some good tips they will want to share. I also think she doesn't quite know how to read the signals that she is about to go. I did enjoy and entire weekend of no poopy diapers, that is until tonight when we ate at my parents for dinner. I guess Janie and Babo's house is just too exciting to slow down and poop in the pot!
1. Poop is much easier in the potty
2. So is tinkle...
3. Mary can go in the potty if she wants, but she really doesn't want me to interrupt her play time.
4. I don't think Mary is quite ready, but we did get lots of quality practice!
All in all, I have decided that it was time well spent this weekend, however, I don't feel comfortable sending her to daycare in anything other than a diaper or pull up. I think Mary is much more aware of her bodily functions, but doesn't have control of them yet. Our plan now is to keep her in pull ups and put her on the potty often. I will have to discuss this with her daycare. They are potty training several kids in her class right now, so maybe there will some good tips they will want to share. I also think she doesn't quite know how to read the signals that she is about to go. I did enjoy and entire weekend of no poopy diapers, that is until tonight when we ate at my parents for dinner. I guess Janie and Babo's house is just too exciting to slow down and poop in the pot!
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