Our Christmas this year went very well. Aside from getting snowed out from traveling to Illinois for the second year in a row! But we will be going to celebrate Christmas with my family this weekend (over the new years holiday) instead. I suppose I can't be too bummed about extending the Christmas festivities another week, can I?! I'm really looking forward to drowning my sorrows in a bowl of clam dip as soon as I get to my moms though! Well... when I get there I won't have sorrows to drown anymore but whatever... I'm going to eat all the clam dip so help me God!
We all got spoiled on Christmas this year! Grant got lots of fun toys. He got lots of books, a Lightning McQueen car that talks & lights up, an excavator that he calls "estimator" because he can't say excavator. He got lots of goodies. Penny got a little play kitchen, some new clothes, books, and a few little toys she can also chew on (gotta love teething!). Joe got me a guitar this year and I got him some new lounge clothes. We're going to Vegas in a few weeks for our first vacation (just the two of us) since we went to Mexico in 2007. I can't wait! I am going to sleep, and sleep, and sleep, and shop, maybe eat, and then sleep some more! I got a gift card to the spa at the hotel we're staying at (the Aria hotel & casino) so I can't wait to get a massage, facial, & mani-pedi! Talk about the best Christmas gift EVER! I'll do that between naps of course.
Grant has been a wonderful little guy lately. He's working on potty training! I'm thankful for 'cars' themed pull-ups! The other day he was standing by the Christmas tree looking focused on something... then he looks at me and says "I went potty on Guido". haha... (guido is a character from 'cars' that is on his pull-ups). But we read lots of potty books and he gets skittles for going on the big boy potty! He's not ready to wear underwear yet but we're working towards that! Right now he is loving building blocks and watching "Credibles" (the incredibles movie).
Penny has had a cold for about 4 weeks now, poor girl! I took her to the Dr's a few days ago and they said she has a sinus infection. They put her on antibiotics - which I've heard horror stories about w/ the MSPI - so I've been dreading this. So far it's going okay. She's spitting up quite a bit more than normal (which was already a ton). But she's not unhappy. She sounds like Darth Vader when she breathes so I hope this antibiotic clears that up soon! It sounds uncomfortable. Otherwise she's a happy little lady! She's SOOOO close to crawling! She really gets her knees under her body and scoots where she wants to go but she's not up on all fours yet. It seems like she's crawling so early! But she can pretty much get where she wants to without any trouble. She also loves to be hugged these days! She's lifting her arms up to you when you come to her to tell you to pick her up. She will wrap her arms around your neck and hug you... I just LOVE that! She likes to grab fistfulls of my hair in the process so that's not always great but I'll take a hug from my girl whenever I can get it! :)
Both kids are doing great so I really can't complain. I'm getting worried about my classes next semester! I looked at one sylabus so far and it was like 10 pages long. I nearly shit a brick. I have to comment on ceratin threads on the website for participation points! Jeepers! Does this teacher not get that we're all taking this class on line so we don't have to participate?? haha. Guess not. It's "Psychology of Adolecents" so I'm pretty sure it'll be interesting enough. I hope I get A's again! It feels good to prove to myself something I've been suspecting for some time.... I'm really fackin' smart!
So aside from gearing up for round 2 of Christmas, Vegas Vacation, and Spring semester things are pretty chill and relaxed around here. I hope Penny's sinus infection goes away soon and that Grant doesn't get sick. He just finished a round of his own antibiotics from a double ear infection. (he said he had a tractor in one ear and a train in the other. They're gone now though, according to him the antibiotics worked).
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010
Thanksgiving was great this year! It was nice to be in Nebraska actually. I was glad that we only had to drive 30 minutes to Joe's parents house. I hate traveling all the way to IL on Thanksgiving b/c the roads are so freakin' busy. We had a nice relaxing time with the fam. Grant played with his Lightning McQueen car that Gma & Gpa bought him. It's one of those that has a ginormous battery and he pushes a peddle to drive it around... he LOVES it. He also found an old Monster Truck toy that was Joe's when he was a kid. Grant loved watching that thing drive over stuff. It would even drive over GRANT when he was laying down on the floor. He laughed his butt off. He calls it "monster truck mater". I guess it's Mater from the "Cars" movie. He has a short DVD of "Maters Tall Tales" and one of the tall tales is called "Monster Truck Mater".
Penny had a great Thanksgiving but had a really bad black friday! She had a bad tummy ache and diarea all day long. I think it had to have been from the well water at Gma & Gpa's house. I made a few bottles for her on Thanksgiving w/ their water and that's the ONLY thing I can think of that was different for her. Joe thinks this is totally possible that something in the water upset her MSPI. Probably not any actual milk or soy but she's bothered by LOTS of things. It could be too much rust for all I know. Anyway, it made for a bad Friday and I felt bad for Penny. She was unconsolable and upset a lot of the day and I just hate when she gets like that because you can't help her really. :( But she was feeling better by Friday night.
Saturday I went to Des Moines for my annual Christmas shopping trip w/ my mom & sister. We always meet out there. It's like 1/2 way for both of us so it works out really well. I got a lot of shopping done! I hope to finish it up this week. Penny and Grant went to Gma & Gpa Schulz's house and had a great time. Penny was much happier that day I heard.
We still have to go pick out a tree. We plan to do that this weekend. I'm not sad that we're getting it a week later than normal b/c I think this year it's going to be interesting to see if Grant messes with the tree or not. I'm pretty sure he will. He messes w/ everything else, why not the tree? I imagine he'll have a blast taking all the decorations off of it... should be a fun month! lol!!! :) He's an awesome kiddo and I absolutely adore him but he's also... two.
Penny had a great Thanksgiving but had a really bad black friday! She had a bad tummy ache and diarea all day long. I think it had to have been from the well water at Gma & Gpa's house. I made a few bottles for her on Thanksgiving w/ their water and that's the ONLY thing I can think of that was different for her. Joe thinks this is totally possible that something in the water upset her MSPI. Probably not any actual milk or soy but she's bothered by LOTS of things. It could be too much rust for all I know. Anyway, it made for a bad Friday and I felt bad for Penny. She was unconsolable and upset a lot of the day and I just hate when she gets like that because you can't help her really. :( But she was feeling better by Friday night.
Saturday I went to Des Moines for my annual Christmas shopping trip w/ my mom & sister. We always meet out there. It's like 1/2 way for both of us so it works out really well. I got a lot of shopping done! I hope to finish it up this week. Penny and Grant went to Gma & Gpa Schulz's house and had a great time. Penny was much happier that day I heard.
We still have to go pick out a tree. We plan to do that this weekend. I'm not sad that we're getting it a week later than normal b/c I think this year it's going to be interesting to see if Grant messes with the tree or not. I'm pretty sure he will. He messes w/ everything else, why not the tree? I imagine he'll have a blast taking all the decorations off of it... should be a fun month! lol!!! :) He's an awesome kiddo and I absolutely adore him but he's also... two.
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