i love aunt m's old phone - it entertains me for hours!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
smith rock
it's sideways. sorry. no pictures of harness climbing yet. other people took them, because j was belaying.
smith rock
chillin' at the depot after a hard day of climbing, before camping fun.
so the night actually didn't go too smoothly. z threw up & then went back to sleep. he woke up at dawn crying (he was cold), so daddy read to him & warmed him up, and he slept longer. he had a really messy diaper later, and didn't feel good late morning, so the boys headed back at noon time. he definitely has a croupy cough, so i'm expecting tonight to be a rough night. all in all, though, it was fairly successful. we hope to camp at least one night the weekend of july 4th.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
dreaded potty training
we've tentatively begun potty training again, although not seriously. we tried it for about a day & a half, but it hasn't really done much good. i don't think he understands the feeling of needing to go quite yet. at first m&m's worked as an incentive to sit on the potty (because before, he absolutely refused), but then he didn't care about them. in the past couple of days he's earned a few m&m's - he has to produce pee or poop in the potty in order to earn them. a friend recommended watching this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-KrrIbAEs
and it rekindled his interest in sitting on the potty, but now he wants to watch it all the time while sitting on the potty. we're getting a little tired of the song, but if it works, it works. j & z are going camping this weekend just for tonight, so no potty training there. they'll be stopping at timberline lodge to do some sledding on their way to smith rock. if it goes well, we'll try camping at paulina lake on july 4th weekend.
fun with neighbors
z was playing with neighbor k & they came up with this floral creation in the sandbox. :)
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
sid
z had been watching "sid the science kid," a kids' show on opb, and found our baster & started pretending it was a mic. very cute!
dessert
the weather, although cloudy, was still nice sunday evening, so we cooked scallops & linguine and had a beautiful dinner outside. this was our dessert - pears & goat cheese. as the pears now come from argentina & new zealand, we will have no more pears until they are in season again. it started thunderstorming soon after we came inside, and lasted quite a long time - a rarity in the pacific nw!
fun with neighbors
i was absolutely exhausted on sunday, and the weather was beautiful, so we skipped church & stayed at home. we got pastries from starbucks & enjoyed a late breakfast (after a busy morning of chores) outside on the deck. j kindly did a lot of vacuuming for me, since i was so so so sore, and i watched z play outside with neighbor k, while chatting with k's mum. they ended up going inside with j & playing well together, so i enjoyed a good 3 hours just relaxing in the driveway & chatting.
first outdoor climb
canadian paul's thumbs up!
this was at broughton's bluff, near lewis & clark state park. the approach to the climbing area is pretty steep, and i was sore for a few days afterwards (haven't really been exercising). there is a lot of poison oak in the area, so i was really scared about catching it. z & i left j after his one climb & had a delicious picnic lunch at the park. it was such a beautiful day - breezy & balmy. it was a day of firsts, because after z's nap, we took the light rail train downtown with grandma & grandpa for a belated birthday dinner for j. z loved the train ride. loonnngg day for z & for mommy & daddy!
fun with neighbors
we were out playing with the neighbor kids, & little g got a bloody lip, so it was popsicles for everyone! z doesn't normally like cold things like popsicles & ice cream, but thanks to peer pressure, he joined in on the fun. j tried getting a picture of z & g toasting their popsicles, which was really cute, but none of them quite turned out.
big girl s had fun walking z around, and z LOVED it. they picked flowers for me! so so so cute. z is just at a delicious age.
memorial day
we spent memorial day weekend away from z - he spent the weekend with grandma & grandpa (damma & dampa, how he says it). we were in dana point, ca, for j's cousin's wedding. it was great to see family, and to have a restful weekend. we both got really sunburned, and it was painful for over a week, but it felt SO good to finally bask in some sun that it was all worth it.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
climbing
since it was early sunday, and not many people were in the gym, z got an after climbing treat!
he needs to know, however, that this is not really what the ropes are for.
climbing
very first time climbing with a harness, at 2.5 yrs! go z!!!
daddy had SO much fun.
after climbing in the harness, z bounded upstairs to the upper level where there is a little tiny wall set just for z, and he just raced up the two routes there over & over again. it really gave him a lot of self confidence! so cute.
climbing
daddy's birthday!
busy day!
yesterday was a busy day. we went to the zoo with grandma & grandpa, and then z came home to a letter full of animal stickers from abuelo and abuela - how appropriate! he stuck them all over his shirt. we vacuumed a lot of the house (painful for me), did all the laundry, ran to the store, and then mommy made banana cake cupcakes while z was sleeping. z & i met auntie j for dinner at the deschutes brewery. it was packed due to a timbers game (with of all teams, columbus, ohio). we had a long wait before being seated, but z was a trooper. he still has lots of cheesy pasta left.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
ugh.
ugh. pork chop for breakfast (with illegal apple sauce). i'm so sick of this diet. i woke up early - didn't sleep well during the night. my hips are starting to hurt on whichever side i'm sleeping. it hurt the night before, so last night i tried sleeping with the big u-shaped pregnancy pillow, but i found it too high and too hot in the bed. j left early this morning to spend the day at smith rock climbing with friends. z woke up crying early, so everyone is up now. i was planning on going hiking with z on the audubon society paths, but z said he didn't want to hike. i'm worried about having to carry him + supplies, so i think we might go to the zoo instead. time to get packing...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
poffee
the "k" sound is still hard for z to say at the beginning of a word. he gets it correct about 2% of the time. i thought i'd document it because it's pretty cute...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
affectionate
affectionate z
he's doing very well with his speech. his private speech therapist thinks he's doing so well, we don't need to have anymore sessions! he's finally combining groups of 4-5 word sentences, and coming up with things on his own, such as "look - bug outside going up. now going down." he says words we didn't know he knew. he's more active in his music together class, and more verbal about the songs at home and in the car. he finally has a favorite song on the cd (biddy bum). he wants to listen to it so much that it's driving me crazy! he still doesn't want to sing, but he can match pitches a little, and was singing the tonic pitch in class today. i imagine all that will come with time. he's much more active on playgrounds, being braver about going down slides, and climbing more securely. swinging is still his favorite thing to do, and he's still in the toddler swings. it's getting harder and harder for me to get him out of them - i often have to take a shoe or two off! i always ask if he wants to try the big boy swings, but he's not interested yet. same with potty training - knows he has to poop, but has no interest in sitting on the potty. he's able to answer more questions. for example, i asked him if he saw any neighbors outside this afternoon while i was teaching, and he was able to name g, s, & k, which he hasn't been able to do in the past (he'd just look at me blankly).
he's becoming much more interested in babies, with a baby sister on the way. at library story time today, he kept turning around to look at a 1 month old baby. when we picked him up from the nursery after church, the sitter said he sat for a long time next to a baby & held her hand gently. i'm reassured by this behavior, because it wasn't that long ago that he would always hit babies & try to poke their eyes out & push them down (if they were standing).
he asked to hug his baby sister (my belly) tonight - so cute!!! for now, he's excited about seeing mommy's belly grow and the prospect of having an infant around the house. he often puffs his belly out & says "baby sister in there," pointing to his belly. we need to get a picture of all three of us puffing our bellies out! i've finally surpassed jeff's belly puffing abilities.
i'm going crazy on this stupid no carb diet. of course a few carbs get consumed here & there, but still... i'm only 16.5 weeks, meaning i may have at least 23 weeks left of this (possibly). and the last time it didn't do any good. sigh. 3 weeks until the first glucose tolerance test. how can i last? i'm so sick of protein, especially chicken. garlic makes me nauseated, so lots of things are out. my breakfasts are usually 1 egg, some type of cheese, olives, fresh grape tomatoes (which are actually technically illegal, because last pregnancy they would make the blood sugar shoot up), carrots (also pushing it), and red pepper. basically a chef salad. roasted veggies for lunch, along with some sort of protein i can stomach (today it was another hard boiled egg), with more roasted veggies for dinner & more protein. so.sick.of.it.
i cheated this weekend, because z was staying with abuelo/a for one evening, so j & i went out with our neighbors. that's probably made it more difficult for me to return to the diet. somehow my students keep talking about cake & ice cream & other forbidden things in lessons. ugh. it's not bad like having cancer or something, but pregnancy itself is not easy. i feel extra sluggish (i imagine) due to the lack of carbs. diets & i don't go well together. i'm all about moderation, and that's just not an option.
mischievous
mischievous z
he's starting to do this low pitched growling type laughter. we're not quite sure where he got it, but it's really cute (except for the fact it means his evil side is emerging).
giggly
giggly z.
and do you see the cup of milk in the picture??? he's finally started drinking milk again, now from a cup! abeulo/a offered it to him last thursday, and ever since then, he's wanted to drink some every single time we've offered it to him. he used to not drink it at all, if it wasn't in a bottle! i've been worried about his calcium intake, so hopefully he'll continue drinking it.
dizzy
this is one of z's favorite things at the moment, something to do with daddy.
he also loves counting off 12345, when we're both holding his hands, so that he can swing from our arms when we're walking somewhere. he's doing well with his numbers, and recognizes pretty much the whole alphabet. he also knows his right foot/hand from his left!!!!!
mothers day
mother's day was nice. the day before, we met up with the grandparents at hall street grill for brunch. later that day we had friends over for dinner, so it was a bit of a rush to get the house presentable & food cooked.
the next day i slept in until about 8:30, and when i came upstairs, z gave me a sweet card! he had signed his name (with help from daddy). there were these beautiful flowers waiting for me (which vinny had evidently already knocked over once, which is why bouquets usually live on top of our refrigerator unless we're around), and had a coffee & cookie from starbucks. we went to church later that morning & were the family to light the chalice candle at the beginning of the service. the rest of the day was relaxed. i went to see a movie, which turned out to be awful, but it was ok, because i didn't have to pay because i was a mom!
Saturday, May 07, 2011
bank
we had lunch with a friend this morning downtown, and z loves pushing the buttons on the parking meter. this morning he got lucky and found some coins, so i made him a bank. my mom wanted to buy him one, but i thought that was ridiculous. this bank is perfectly good. i even "decorated" it! this poor little girl in my belly has no chance of fancy fairy girly parties if this is what passes for decorating in this house....
planting.
seeds get pushed into the soil,
and then covered with more soil! we hope they grow into something!
toothpaste
i got out of the shower one morning and found toothpaste EVERYWHERE!
i knew this was a danger, so i have always kept my toothpaste up high, as the baby proofing didn't work on the drawers in our bathroom, and mr. z has full access to them. now i believe somebody else keeps his toothpaste up high, after receiving this picture & an angry email at work one morning. there's still toothpaste all over the side of the drawer. when z sees it, he tells daddy "i did that." "bad boy." he definitely got a time out for this one! it happened soon after we had had the carpets cleaned - i was soooo mad!
time out
can't remember what he did to deserve this, but he wasn't naked except for diaper because of us... he was just mid clothes-change & was being bad & didn't want any clothes on. not my fault!
easter 2011
here he is, all dressed for easter church. after getting up, he found a basket from the easter bunny with two new movies - ratatouille, and toy story - and a few chocolates. he hunted for some easter eggs that the easter bunny hid for him, which also had chocolate in them. then we went to church, saw grandma, and she gave him another little easter basket with a chocolate bunny and a chocolate egg (with a tiny chocolate chick inside). still hasn't finished those yet...
then after his nap, we went to canby & had easter dinner with grandma, grandpa, abuelo, & abuela. thanks for the delicious food!
talking
"sun goes down, moon get up"
i have no idea where he got this, but he loves to say it, especially when jumping up & down on the sofa or in the crib. also, "light on, light off, light on, light off."
some other favorite things to say these days - "that funny!"
finally says "mommy" instead of "moni."
"grandma" is "damma" - pretty funny!
"i do it."
if you say "hello zane," he says "hello zane."
recognizes #'s 1-10, many letters.
can almost say screwdriver instead of "cozayzay."
still says "hunna" instead of "hungry."
it's 8:31 on a saturday morning, and both boys are still sleeping!
Friday, May 06, 2011
ugh.
this is how my day began yesterday.
the raisin? up someone's nose. tweezers? the tool that saved the day. and yes, mother, i know you'll be laughing very hard when you see this. thank goodness this morning has been much less eventful. off to school!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
friday lunch
this friday is dragging on & on, and i need a nap!
z was playing with things from a kitchen drawer, and liked the pump action of this cake decorating tool, so i decided to show him how it really worked. i filled it with hummus, and he's having fun decorating carrots & apples for lunch. we've tried different tips & everything.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
hair cut
we decided z needed a haircut, with family photos on sunday, so we took advantage of the nice weather yesterday afternoon. z didn't like it, but he survived.
hairy bum!
finished product - such a cute little man! the lollipop definitely helped encourage him to cooperate.
grammy visits
grammy is here visiting for a week. she came to our house thursday morning, along with z's abuelo & abuela. this is a clip of him giving her flowers....
rumiano
on wednesday, z & i ate a lunch entirely of steamed cauliflower & roasted asparagus with olive oil & truffle salt. it tasted so good, we couldn't stop eating it! i was trying to get him to say cauliflower in this little clip, but he wasn't patient enough. i think he thought we weren't going to give him any cheese. he loves rumiano cheese - it's a blend of parmesan, asiago & romano cheese. it's shredded, so it gets everywhere when he eats it, but for whatever reason, he loves it. and it's cute to hear him beg for it.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
z's dedication
this past sunday, we participated in our church's child dedication ceremony. both sets of grandparents were able to attend!
byebye!
Friday, March 25, 2011
big boy bed
here's a picture of the finished product. z slept just fine last night in the new bed. we'll see how the afternoon nap goes.
we forgot to say yesterday - HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY COUSIN J!!! sorry we won't be at the big party tomorrow - hope you have lots of fun.
big boy bed
z is growing up. we got him a bunk bed from dania on sunday after church (he did well in the nursery!), and it was finally delivered yesterday. putting it together was the big project of the day.
this has been a busy spring break week. i had a few students on monday & tuesday. tuesday we had the air ducts cleaned. wednesday we had the carpets cleaned. z said his first swear word on wednesday. we received a call from the carpet guy saying he would be here soon, except 20 min earlier than he was supposed to get here. we hadn't finished getting the house ready, so we had to scramble. z chose that time to draw on the walls with a dry erase marker, and j said "goddammit" under his breath, but clearly audible to z. z repeated the word several times. fortunately we haven't heard it again since, and the marker came off easily with a mr. clean magic eraser. it's nice to have a clean house.
microwave
we're a 1 microwave house now. j took the built in one out, and replaced it with our stainless steel microwave. now we have more room on the counter.
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