28 February 2005
praise: dave and landon made it home safely yesterday afternoon.
prayer: landon has a cold.
playfulness: this weekend, dave and landon went on a "great adventure" down to ohio. auburn and i stayed home. i was able to get many things around the house done. the pictures are hung in our bedroom (after sitting on the floor for 2 months), the taxes are done and filed, picture is hung in living room, landon's calendar is hung in his room, furniture was moved and vaccumed under, kitchen table cleared of paperwork, stairs are mostly cleared off, and upstairs room and storage are closer to being neat. it was quite a nice little break, but...
now i'm paying for it. landon woke up 3 times saturday night with nightmares about a blue frog on his back. so... that made him tired sunday morning. he then got sick in the van on the way home yesterday afternoon, and took a very little nap. because of getting sick, he didn't have a coat to wear for most of the ride home. as a result of that, he has a cold. this in turn, caused him to have a difficult time breathing last night, and i was up with him from 1 to 2:30 this morning. today hasn't been so bad, thankfully.
auburn, on the other hand, is doing just fine. she has perfected the art of her scoot (or army crawl). i think it very funny that she is doing the same thing that landon did. right now she has managed to pull herself up on top of a box with a guitar on it. she is quite entertained with bangin on it. now, as i write, she is trying to open the doors of our entertainment center. she is also jabbering up a storm these days.
now for the funnies from the "great adventure". on the way down, dave and landon were discussing what we get from cows. after covering all of the basics, landon asked dave "and what else?" to which dave replied, "what else?" landon's response, "butter, and what else?" dave-"what else?" landon- "toast." dave-"toast doesn't come from cows." landon-"maaaybee." dave-"i don't think so!" landon-"it might!" i'd like to see what cow flour would look like!!!
the blue frog story: landon was playing with dave's blue soap container during his bath saturday night. they were pretending it was a frog and dave put it on his back. for some reason that stuck in landon's mind, and he kept waking dave up during the night and telling dave that the blue frog was on his back. he even had to change where he was sleeping because he didn't want to sleep in the "frog bed".
nic @ 12:05 | comments(3) | Permanent link
25 February 2005
praise: we are still healthy!!!
prayer: my dad is still home sick. dave is traveling to ohio tonight (and possibly taking landon with him!)
playfulness: auburn finally got one of her two top teeth in yesterday!
this morning, i cut up some banana for auburn (which she loves). she thoroughly enjoyed it. then, while playing with her washcloth, she managed to completely dampen her hair and at the same time, spread banana in it. now, we have the crusty wet look for a while.
also this morning, she scooted from her room to my room. she's no longer a stationary child.
nic @ 08:21 | comments(2) | Permanent link
23 February 2005
praise: we are all healthy!!!! we also were all at church tonight (for the first time in a month).
prayer: mom smith's car broke down on sunday. she will most likely need to get a new vehicle. my dad's eyes were bothering him again today. his next appointment is next week.
playfulness: auburn pulled herself up this afternoon on a small stand and was able to get her feet under her. at that point, she started fussing because she was bending over and wasn't sure what to do next. it was pretty funny watching her try to figure out the next step.
tonight, landon and i were discussing his poor choice of behavior at church. after he told me what he did, he very solemnly said "that wasn't a very good idea." i almost lost it, but thankfully for the sake of instruction-i was able to keep my composure.
about two weeks ago, landon renamed all of us based on monsters, inc. he is mike, i am sulley, dave is randall, and auburn is boo. saturday night, my mom called while she was watching monsters, inc. for the first time (i guess). she wanted landon to know that she didn't like who she was (landon had named her roz!) dad is george. along this line, mom was walking with landon in church and an older gentleman stopped and asked landon what his name was. he looked up and very seriously said, "i'm mike!" it cracks me up! (he's done this on more than one occasion-in the grocery store, when meeting new people, etc.)
well, it's 11:15 and both kids are finally in bed. it's been one of those nights. i need to get to bed (since my eyes are closing as i sit here).
nic @ 21:59 | comments(166) | Permanent link
19 February 2005
praise: landon and dave are still healthy.
prayer: auburn and nicole are still sick.
playfulness: tonight, dave held out his hands to try to motivate auburn to crawl/scoot toward him. landon saw them and ran up to about 4 inches away and then said "catch" and hopped into dave's hands. then he said "i hopped!" very funny to watch.
today, auburn picked up her juice cup and drank from it all on her own.
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16 February 2005
praise: none of us have come down with the stomach flu, yet.
prayer: pray that those of us with head colds, will feel better soon.
playfulness: last thursday, landon was putting his letter blocks on the block wagon. instead of going a to z, he put them in z to a (without any hesitation). i don't know that i could do it as quickly as he did it.
this morning, landon had a banana that he wasn't eating much of. so...i started feeding it to auburn. he didn't like that too much, so i gave her half and put the rest on the table and told him to eat it or i was going to give it his sister. he climbed down from his chair, picked it up, and threw it in the trash.
today, at naptime, landon said "good night, mommy, i'm going to bed". i asked him if he wanted to go by himself or if he wanted me to take him. he said he wanted to go by himself and waved and walked into his room. repetitively he said, "good night, mommy" and waved. i finally asked him, "do you want me to tuck you in, or do you want to get in bed by yourself?" his reply, "tuck me in." when it comes down to it, he's not ready to be independent.
at lunch today, auburn had a bowl of macaroni and cheese (the bowl was one of those bowls with an attachable suction ring so the child can't pull it off of the tray and dump the contents). by the end of lunch, mac and cheese was all over her tray, the bowl was being waved around and the suction ring had been removed from the tray and bowl. landon loved it!
auburn has started to get up on her hands and knees. she's not real sure what to do from that point, but making progress.
dave gave me CHOCOLATES for valentine's day. he starting to have a real appreciation for the role of chocolate in the life of females. =) he also gave me a video that i have wanted for a while.
last night, dave and i had the opportunity to go out for a sit down dinner at a local steakhouse. we haven't done that in a while. relatives provided the funds for us to go-what a blessing! it was very nice to have some time with just my husband.
nic @ 15:42 | comments(2) | Permanent link
14 February 2005
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
praise: we made it safely down and back from columbus, ohio.
prayer: mom s. was sick with the flu on sat. please pray that none of us come down with it.
playfulness: auburn's fourth tooth (also on the bottom) broke through on saturday. the two on top that have had the appearance of breaking through at any moment-still have that appearance.
she is trying to figure out how to crawl, and coming very close! it's funny to watch her stare at landon. she so badly wants to try to keep up with him. it won't be long-then i'll never get anything accomplished!!!!
nic @ 14:41 | comments(2) | Permanent link
9 February 2005
praise: auburn seems to be getting better.
prayer: continue to pray for mom smith. monday will be the first "holiday" without dad; and being valentine's day probably won't make it any easier. auburn has had a cold for a week now, please pray that the rest of us don't come down with it.
playfulness: i guess i'll start with auburn. we learned a neat little trick last monday when i took auburn to the doctor for an "ear infection". doctor told me her ears look great and that it was probably her teeth that were causing her to pull on her ears. said the nerve to the teeth runs through the ears. she then proceeded to rub auburn's gums and sure enough, auburn started to tug on her ears. (her 3 teeth still have not come in).
auburn has developed a fascinating scoot. she puts one shoulder and her head to the ground, then digs her toes into the ground and pushes (with her bootie up in the air). today, she tried to pull herself on something for the first time. she got her hands up on top of a little chair and her torso off the ground, then started fussing because she couldn't get her feet under her.
right now, she is zonked on the living room floor. i heard her fussing while i was putting landon down for a nap, when i got out there to get her, she was just about out. i'll go put her in the crib after i finish blogging.
now, onto landon. this might be a little gross, but it was still funny. last night landon had a little accident in the bathtub. we got him out and got it out to put it in the toilet. as it was being flushed (which he gets very excited about doing) he exclaimed "it was a birdie!!" i didn't think it looked like a birdie, but....
twice in the past few weeks, grandma has taken landon down front in our auditorium at church to see grandpa practice his trumpet. landon has been talking about seeing grandpa play his trumpet all day today. i told him that maybe grandpa would let him play his trumpet when we go over to his house. his eyes got real wide, then a smile slowly crept acrossed his face. he then began to jump in circles and say "i'm gonna play his trumpet!" "grandma and jordan and jenna are gonna watch me!"
if you've read previous blogs, you know that landon loves "mary poppins". today, he was singing "just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." on the way up the stairs, he decided to make a minor adjustment-"just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go up, the medicine go up, the medicine go up!"
yesterday, landon and auburn had the opportunity (which they probably won't remember) to meet my "college mom", mrs. cook. her youngest daughter just moved to troy, and she was up visiting this week. she called me yesterday morning and asked if we could get together. it was very nice seeing her. it's been a few years since we had seen her.
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