Jack had his 2 month well-baby appointment today. He's 11 pounds, 8 ounces and he's 22.5 inches long. Which means he's gained 4 pounds and 2.5 inches since he was born, and he's growing like a weed! He's doing well, but to put it in perspective, Jack is in the 50th percentile for boys his age in weight, and the 25th for height. Which is totally average. Aiden on the other hand, was in the 90th percentile for both until he was 18 months old, and then dropped down to the 75th percentile. I think he's going to be a linebacker or something....
Anyway, he also got his first set of shots, which wasn't nearly as traumatizing to me this time as it was the first time around. I guess I'm becoming jaded! And Jack-Jack was quite the little trooper, he cried when they stuck him, but as soon as I picked him up he was fine. I can't believe all the stuff they give them, he got a total of 8 vaccinations today! They combine it into 3 shots and an oral vaccine, but still! I guess it's worth it though, if it keeps him from getting meningitis or something.
Since Daddy is home right now we are having family pictures taken tomorrow! As soon as I get a chance I will post them on here, so keep an eye out for that. I hope to get some cute ones of my boys together. I'll also be posting some pictures of the landscaping we've done around the house this week. Since we are getting the house ready to be put on the market next month (hopefully), we are sprucing it up as much as we can! I think it looks pretty good, if I do say so myself. As soon as it's finished I'll get some pics up. Anyway, I guess I'd better go make dinner. Ever since Chris got home I've actually had to cook. You know, there IS something to be said for deployment.... :-)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Little Boy Heaven
We bought the Lightning McQueen Power Wheel yesterday, and put it together last night. We brought it in after Aiden went to bed, so we could surprise him with it first thing in the morning. We set up the video camera so we could capture his first reactions, so here it is. This is first thing after he woke up. Sorry it's a little shaky in some places....
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Pictures
Here's a few pictures of Daddy and Jack. I tried to get Aiden in the pictures as well, but he was too busy watching Cars for the 400th time to be bothered....
Monday, June 9, 2008
Daddy's Home
Just a quick update to let you all know that Chris made it home safe and sound about 7pm Saturday night. He's having fun playing with Aiden and getting to know Jack, and Aiden is glad to have his Daddy home again. I probably won't be posting a whole lot during these 2 weeks, but I'll try to get some pictures up soon!
Friday, June 6, 2008
EEWWWW!!!
I hate the South, I'm just going to put that out there. Nothing against the people, I have lots of great friends from the South, but "ya'll" can HAVE it. I HATE BUGS! I cleaned my house really well today, vacuumed under the couch and the TV, stuff like that. So here I am in the evening, enjoying my nice, clean, spotless living room, when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a GIANT FRICKIN' ROACH. I just bug bombed not too long ago, why are they alive??? I'll tell you why. Because it's the South, and the bugs are mutant here and have nine lives, like cats. This time I was by myself without my mom the roach slayer, so I had to do it myself. I drowned it in half a can of Raid, which some may consider overkill, but I consider just enough kill. I tell you what, when my wayward husband finally gets out of Kuwait and back home (hopefully tomorrow), he's going to do some serious bug nuking. I can't wait to get out of here, we don't have bugs like this in California.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Anxiously Waiting
Just in case you're wondering, Chris has not made it home yet. He was supposed to be home yesterday, but due to those wonderful sandstorms they are so famous for in Iraq, the flights were grounded. So he should be home tomorrow sometime, if all goes well. I'll keep you posted.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Need For Speed
There are moments in your life that are pivotal to your future, they shape you, dictate how you think about things, and sometimes can forever alter the course of your life. Sometimes they are obvious, like when you get married, or have children, or start a new job. And other times they are small, insignificant moments that you don't notice at the time, but when you look back on them you say, that's when it started.... Like when you smiled at that hot guy in church and ended up marrying him, or when you tried a new hobby on a whim and discovered your true calling. Or in my case, when I bought the movie Cars for my 2 year old son. And here you thought I was getting all philosophical....
It started out simple really, I was in Target with Aiden after work one day, and I decided that if I had to watch Finding Nemo one more time I was going to end up being committed. So I thought, I'll buy him a new movie for being such a good boy today, and we can watch something else for a while. So I thought, hey, Cars is cute, I could handle Cars. If I had only known the monster I was creating at that moment. I should have seen it coming, since as soon as he had a look at the cover, the words, "I buy this!" came out of his adorable little mouth. Well, since this was my first ride on the parenting merry-go-round, I just thought it was cute. So I bought it.
Now, imagine taking my obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, quadrupling it and stuffing it into a 2 year old, and you'll have an inkling of what I'm dealing with here. We have the Cars bedding set, the Cars pillow, the Cars books, the Cars plates, cups and silverware, the Cars shoes, the Cars hat, the Cars t-shirts, the Cars Pull-ups, and a metal "hot wheels" type car of almost every character in the movie. This is in addition to the 5 or 6 Lightning McQueens we have, in case one should get lost or left behind on one of our various outings. Lightning goes to bed with Aiden, he takes baths with Aiden, he goes into every room of the house that Aiden goes into, he goes in the car, and into every store he sets foot in. If we don't have Lightning, its a major, catastrophic, apocalypse. And I am not kidding. And the movie is starting to skip in places, it's getting worn out. Do you have any idea how many times you have to watch a DVD before it wears out?
Such is my son's obsession with this that I am actually considering painting Cars murals on the walls of his new bedroom when we move to Barstow. Seriously. I can just see the words, "float like a Cadillac, sting like a Beamer" above the bed. And since the boys are going to be sharing, I hope Jack likes Cars, too. If you had told me three years ago that I would one day know the entire movie by heart, complete with facial expressions and innuendo (and yes, cars do have facial expressions), I would have laughed in your face. Yeah right, I'm not going to let my kids watch a movie that often! Yeah, that's stupid. You can't fight fate. And in that spirit, Chris and I have decided to splurge on the Lightning McQueen Power Wheel that I found at Kmart the other day. It's on layaway right now, and its a good thing that it was in the box and not on display, because Aiden would never have let me leave the store without it if he had known what it was. At least, not without a fight.
So, looking back on the seemingly innocuous decision at Target a few months ago - Cars, why not? - I realize it was a pivotal moment in my son's upbringing. In my desperation to get him unobsessed with Nemo, I opened the door to something else entirely. Be careful what you wish for parents, you just might end up depleting your bank account.
It started out simple really, I was in Target with Aiden after work one day, and I decided that if I had to watch Finding Nemo one more time I was going to end up being committed. So I thought, I'll buy him a new movie for being such a good boy today, and we can watch something else for a while. So I thought, hey, Cars is cute, I could handle Cars. If I had only known the monster I was creating at that moment. I should have seen it coming, since as soon as he had a look at the cover, the words, "I buy this!" came out of his adorable little mouth. Well, since this was my first ride on the parenting merry-go-round, I just thought it was cute. So I bought it.
Now, imagine taking my obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, quadrupling it and stuffing it into a 2 year old, and you'll have an inkling of what I'm dealing with here. We have the Cars bedding set, the Cars pillow, the Cars books, the Cars plates, cups and silverware, the Cars shoes, the Cars hat, the Cars t-shirts, the Cars Pull-ups, and a metal "hot wheels" type car of almost every character in the movie. This is in addition to the 5 or 6 Lightning McQueens we have, in case one should get lost or left behind on one of our various outings. Lightning goes to bed with Aiden, he takes baths with Aiden, he goes into every room of the house that Aiden goes into, he goes in the car, and into every store he sets foot in. If we don't have Lightning, its a major, catastrophic, apocalypse. And I am not kidding. And the movie is starting to skip in places, it's getting worn out. Do you have any idea how many times you have to watch a DVD before it wears out?
Such is my son's obsession with this that I am actually considering painting Cars murals on the walls of his new bedroom when we move to Barstow. Seriously. I can just see the words, "float like a Cadillac, sting like a Beamer" above the bed. And since the boys are going to be sharing, I hope Jack likes Cars, too. If you had told me three years ago that I would one day know the entire movie by heart, complete with facial expressions and innuendo (and yes, cars do have facial expressions), I would have laughed in your face. Yeah right, I'm not going to let my kids watch a movie that often! Yeah, that's stupid. You can't fight fate. And in that spirit, Chris and I have decided to splurge on the Lightning McQueen Power Wheel that I found at Kmart the other day. It's on layaway right now, and its a good thing that it was in the box and not on display, because Aiden would never have let me leave the store without it if he had known what it was. At least, not without a fight.
So, looking back on the seemingly innocuous decision at Target a few months ago - Cars, why not? - I realize it was a pivotal moment in my son's upbringing. In my desperation to get him unobsessed with Nemo, I opened the door to something else entirely. Be careful what you wish for parents, you just might end up depleting your bank account.
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