march 2010

Noah's behavior was getting really bad for a while and needed a few spankings from daddy to remind him how to behave. Very sassy and fresh, rude and disrespectful.
I have been really probing his heart to figure out what is going on and handling things differently, which is seeming to work. he is back to being sweet and lovey and telling me he "loves me all the time and wants to keep me forever!"

noah has pneumonia. found out yesterday. Joe went away for 4 days for school so I stayed at sil's house with noah on sat-sun. I wish I did not because I know noah will have gotten his cousins sick. I knew this cough was different which started on Friday. the albuterol was not working and he started out with a cough and fever. and when he gets a cold, he always starts out with a runny/sneezy nose and then maybe a cough. never a fever. in fact, in the past few years, the only time he had a fever was when he had the flu this winter. he was up all night ( me too) fri and sat night. coughing so hard that he kept vomiting. i finally took him out to the cold night air to help him. which also was odd b/c usually the cold air triggers his bronchospams and this time it helped. no croup. when at the park yesterday he was playing and laughing on the swings (before he fell) and coughed so hard and prolonged i knew it was time to go to the pedi. i knew it was pneumonia, and the dr agreed. he is on augmentin now. i am happy we caught it early. besides the cough and fever, he has no difficulty breathing which is great and a slight runny nose. glad joe is back home!

Yesterday he fell off the big boy swings. we took him to the park and joe went to put him in the baby swing and i said no, he needs to go on the big boy swings and learn to pump. so he was doing good and then joe was pushing him and all of a sudden he fell off backwards flat on his back and hit his head. he was not happy to say the least and will not go back on those he said. we try not to baby him-- obvioulsy hug and kiss him and hold him, but encourage him to get back up, brush yourself off and do it again. he has some fears.. like at jumpy houses, he will not go in without joe. he went to a bday party last week and was so clingy joe said, even some parents from church told me how he would not give joe a break.
not sure why he is so cautious. i rather have that than a dare-devil for sure. i told joe once he gets to preschool he will toughen up.

feb 2010

We have not had much of a snowy winter yet.. a few storms but nothing too big.
today we are waitng for the "big one"... but it has yet to appear.

We went to a super bowl party at noah's playgroup friend Emma's house. we enjoyed going last year as well. Lots of playing and eating.

I had my maternity pictures taken last weekend and noah did a pretty good job participating. he is getting ready for baby brother.. Toodles, as he has named him.

He is still going to mops on mondays, nana's on tuesdays, mbs on alternate wed, cbs on thursdays and we are home on fridays.
He really is into legos, tinker toys, lincoln logs, dinosaurs, pirates, spiderman, cars, trucks, trains, and building. not so much into coloring or crafts, but can enjoy them for a short time. he likes puzzles and games too.

January 2010

wow.. where did January go? I was thinking about noah and all of the things he can do now...some things he has been doing for a long time.

He gets up by himself and goes pees during the night and in the morning. attempts to wipe himself when poos but either uses a whole box of wet wipes or a whole roll of toilet paper. or nothing and neglects to tell me he went poop.
mostly gets himself dressed and undressed.
puts on his shoes and jacket and hat and takes them off. (can't zip yet or button)
can get himself a drink of water and snack and even at times helps himself to something in fridge with aid of step stool.
picks up toys well.. with being told a 1000 times to do so.
can color in the lines.
write his name
knows his first and last name,
knows his street address and city and town he lives in.
knows to dial 911 for emergencies and does well when we practice face senarios.
can help take out paris, feed him and does a good job playing with him and brushing.
can climb in and out of the car seat and likes to help buckle the straps.
knows how to count to 50.
can identify all numbers up to 10 and all letters.
knows all abc's.
knows all colors in english and spanish
knows all shapes
can identify his name when written
can draw a circle and a line
can draw a stick figure with details such as ears, hair, fingers and toes.
and,... no more naps! Just kind of happened on it's own.
the list goes on and on.. but fun to think of these things!

4th bday party

We had family over on Jan 9th to celebrate Noah's birthday. becky, emma, leo, nana B, scott, lori, chris and cheye, nana and grandpa, and my sister bonnie and her husband Brian all came over. we had a very nice time! Lots of pizza and cake. they helped noah open all of his bday games so he could play. what a mess! but it was a lot of fun, very relaxing and great to have family together. it was the first time my mom and bonnie had seen each other in 30 years! lots of tears!!

4th Birthday

We went to Boston for Noah's 4th birthday. It fell on a saturday and Friday was new years day. Since joe and I both had the holiday off, we went to boston for the weekend.
I worked thur night into fri and came home to sleep a bit. We left around noon and arrived at our hotel at 3pm. It was a really nice big fancy one that we all enjoyed.
We walked to dinner.. in the freezing cold.. not knowing that we could have acutally taken the car out of the hotel parking garage without receiving another bill.
and then we went to Boston children's museum. It is only a $1 per person on friday nights. we all had a really good time!
when we got home, the hotel staff brought up noah a icecream sundae with a candle and a bday card! It was very thoughtful of them.
the next morning we went swimming and then checked out. we drove to the boston aquarium which was not too far away. Noah had fun, especially watching the penguins and sharks.
then we went to Legal seafoods next door, where noah slept on our jackets in the booth. I guess he was tired!

He was getting kind of cranky.. too cranky for his own good. we had invited joe's parents over that night to have cake with us, but by the time we got to big Y to get the cake, noah had a complete fit and melt down. so we left..
it got even worse. so joe punished him, I cancelled the cake and party. joe's parents did not come over or bring paris back, which REALLY upset noah.
Noah saw that I was crying and really freaked out. I think it dawned on him just how upset and dissapointed I was.
After that he settled down and began to act right. I allowed him to open some presents. His nana and grandpa came over the next day for cake and brought paris back.. they were watching him for us while we were away.

It was a good bday, but a sad one too. The fact that he received his first spanking-- on his 4th bday-- says a lot. Let's pray his behavior changes.

christmas 2009

christmas was great this year. Noah was starting to understand the reason we celebrate.. about baby Jesus. He also started talking about santa, and was able to fall in love with the fairytale story end of it, without getting too caught up in it. Joe even called the house and pretended to be santa. Noah was very excited, but poor child was so afraid to get out of his bed at night for fear that santa might see him, he wet the bed. and then was afraid to come down in the morning b/c santa might still be there.
he sang happy bday to jesus and played with the nativity scenes we have and in the morning, we all reinacted the birth of jesus withe nativity scene while reading Luke in the Bible.




AFter opening gifts, we went to becky's house which is always fun to watch the cousins play together. then we went home so I could work that night.






That sunday we had my side over. It was nice, relaxing and fun. Very casual and fun to watch chris and noah playing together.

Christmas eve

Last year I dragged noah all over running around like an idiot getting last minute cmas stuff done. I made a promise to myself that it won't be that way this year.
so today we are going to make spiced apple cake, wrap gifts, celebrate, sing songs, make holiday cards and go to church at 6pm with friends.
We are going to becky's tomorrow and I am working tomorrow night. then we will have my side over on sunday.
Next year, we will have 2 boys to celebrate christmas with!!!