First day of swimming 2011

So today it finally got hot enough to bring the pools out. Thank goodness I borrowed the blow up machine from my neighbor because I would of lost a lot of brain cells if I did it on my own. I was thinking that Wesley would love it so much and splash. That is what he does in the tub with Nate. But for some reason he didn't want to get splashed at all and was more interested in staying out of the pools. He got so muddy and dirty from crawling around in the grass. This is something that Nate would never do because he doesn't like to be dirty.
Nate of course spent the whole time in the pool and didn't want to get out. I am hoping I can still get him into swim lessons sometime this summer.

Peacemaker and Hugger

May 19th was Nate's last day of school for his 2 year old class. They had an award ceremony at the school. The kids did a couple of songs and then the teachers gave each child an award. Nate was known as the Peacemaker and hugger in the class. I did get a pick of him and Isabella together one last time. Her mom told me that last week she saw Nate holding another girls hand in the class. I think I better watch out for him in the future. I see Mr Romance on our hands.

What a great school year we had. Loved his teachers Mrs. Jean Marie and Mrs. Rene. We can't wait to see what next year brings!

Wesley 15 month stats and 15 things

I can't not believe that things are going faster this year than last year. Every time I turn I feel he is has grown another inch! Wesley brings so much joy to this family. He is so loving and makes you crack up all the time. He is changing weekly on his skills and speech. He is up to 3 steps and each week he will do something new.

Wesley had a great checkup. He got all green checks and also he has checked off some for the 18 month bracket (great for not having autism). Here are his stats

Weight: 24 pounds 1 ounce (50%)(gained almost 3 lbs since Feb & went up in %)
Height: 31.5 inches (50 - 75%) (grew over an inch and went up in %)
Head: 48 cm (75%)(grew little over an inch)

Here is where Nate was at 15 months:

Weight 24.8 lbs
Height 32.5 inches
Head 50.8 cm

15 new things with Wesley

1. He is up to 3 steps. He pushes everything he can (even the garbage can).
2. He stand on his own more for a few seconds.
3. When I change his diaper and ask for his toes to put his pants on, he lifts his toes/legs and puts his toes in the hole.
4. He would still rather do anything in the world than to get his diaper changed. He is just to busy to do it.
5. New words is Mama, Dada and Thank you.
6. He now knows how to push his brother out of the way. Watch out Nate!
7. He screams on the top of his lungs if something gets stuck and he can't move it.
8. He loves oatmeal raisin cookies
9. When he gets pumped up he has different laughs when he gets excited
10. When he can't do something on his own he will hand it to me and grunt. Basically to tell me to help him.
11. He loves to be outside. If I open the door to let Gabbie out he cries if he doesn't go either.
12. If he doesn't get his way and totally melts he lays on the floor with his head down and pitches a fit
13. He can get on and off his bike and moves fast with his feet
14. His favorite toy is the red little tike car
15. He saw his first hot air balloon and went crazy. He thought he was able to touch it. lots of pointing and grunting.

Nate's 3 year old stats

Nate has been such a great little man this past year. He has had it tough with his ears and things have been challenging there but it is going to make him a better boy. I love that when he needs me he will say "great big hug". Or that his best buddy is Toodles. Toodles has become our other child where he has to be with us at all times and Mommy and Daddy have to make sure we don't leave him behind anywhere. He loves school and talks about his girlfriend Isabella. He still loves his milk and drinks his meals. He is still a picky eater but his Mommy makes sure there is a vegetable on his plate at dinner. His favorite food is Velveeta Mac and Cheese or a Buddy Fruit. His favorite TV shows are Mickey, Yo Gabba Gabba and Dora. At night time after Daddy reads him a book and puts him to bed, Mommy comes in to spend some one on one time with him. We sing songs. He always asks for EIEIO (old McDonald) and ABC's. When I sing ABC's at get to the end he will say "one more time". I love this little man and I can't wait to see what the next year brings us.

Nate had a great check up with Dr Penny. We discussed his allergy issues with his coughing and running nose. We were doing everything correctly. Then we talked about his tubes and speech. Dr Penny did say that he should have more than 3 word sentences and we should be able to tell everything he says. Well unfortunately we don't have more than 3 word sentences and if we do we are not able to understand. Dr Penny said this is very common with the amount of ear infections and the failure of the hearing test due to fluid on the ears. He wants him to be evaluated for speech therapy testing. We have our evaluation set up for May 20th. On a good note he is growing great and is excellent. At 3 years old he is a size 4T top and 2T bottom.

Last Year Stats:
Height: 34 3/4 inches
Weight: 26 pounds


His stats:
Height: 37 3/4 inches (50-75%)
Weight: 31 pounds (50%)
Blood pressure : 78/40

Nate's 3 year old Snoopy Party

OK so when I asked Nate what kind of party he wanted I gave him options...Toy Story and Snoopy. He picks Snoopy. I am excited. This is a character that me and my Memaw use to love. She would have a Snoopy plate and bowl for me to eat out of when I came over to spend the night. Then Nate came and she would call me to let me know Snoopy would be coming on TV. So when he was little he would watch about a good 10 minutes of it. Which was odd because he would never give that much attention to anything. Then this Christmas I taped Snoopy shows and Auntie Kristin gave him Snoopy DVD's. Well he loves it.
Then I started shopping for Snoopy stuff. Can't find the character anywhere. All the plates and cups are not sold anymore but only buy a package that doesn't give you a lot of stuff. Not worth the money. So I searched and had help with my bump mom's to find things for the treat bag and the party. I found balloons that I had to order and get blown up at a store. Then I did dog bowls for table food decorations. The treat bags I did on my own and had help finding the goodies for that from a few friends. I found someone who would make a cookie cake. So this party wasn't easy but I did have so much fun with it.
Here are all his party guests: Benjamin, Noah, Adam, Trevor, Emily, Bella and Spencer. We all had a great time at Fowler Park and I will definitely have a party there again (knowing I have to make reservations for the picnic tables next time:)).
The best part of the party is after we sang Happy Birthday and he took the Snoopy off the cake and ate the head off. Then he put it back on the cake. Awesome!

Nate's 3 year old school party

I decided not to do the traditional cupcake for Nate's school party this year. Instead why not do the Publix sugar cookies with icing. Did Nate even eat it? Nope. I swear this kid is not my child because he barely has a sweet tooth in his body. All he liked doing was smear the icing all over the place. But I had a great time watching all the kids and singing him Happy Birthday.

Easter brunch with Hanna's

After Easter bunny and Easter church we headed to Aunt Suzanne's and Uncle Mac's house for Easter brunch. It was a great time to see the cousin's from out of town. Rileyann and Wes really liked each other. I can't wait until they can interact more with each other. It was fun celebrating Rileyann's 1st birthday that day and seeing everyone there.

Easter morning

I couldn't tell you how excited I was for the Easter Bunny to get here. Nate would talk about the Easter Bunny hiding eggs. He also wanted a "purple egg". Which meant the chocolate eggs in the purple foil. The Easter Bunny brought Nate a Snoopy theme and gave Wesley some new outside toys. The Easter Bunny did hide eggs but it wasn't as fun finding those as it was at Ma's house. There was one thing that happened that I will never forget. Nate eating his first chocolate Easter bunny. I took off the wrapper and handed it to him. Didn't think much of it because he is not my sweet eater. He then proceeded to eat the bunny out of the box. The poor little bunny's face was all gone. But it was a riot to watch him eat it!

Coloring Eggs with the boys

So I decided to be brave the day of Nate's ear surgery to bring out the eggs that afternoon and try to color them. I was so nervous that the color dye was going to fall on the floor. But I survived and had a great time with Nate. We broke/cracked a few eggs in the process. Later when Daddy got home he helped Nate put stickers on the eggs. Nate was really proud of his art work and kept asking to see the eggs all day. He also said Easter Bunny hide eggs.

Easter at Ma's

The boys came out to Ma's house before one of Kristin's showers that day to do an Easter egg hunt. We started this last year and it is a great tradition. This year we had to have it inside because it was too wet and Wes is not a walker yet. The best part was watching Nate. Ma filled up the eggs with different things like chex mix, animal crackers or m&m's. So Nate would find them and open the eggs up and dump the goodies into the basket and leave the egg to the side. It was the funniest thing to watch. Wesley wasn't into putting eggs in the basket yet but had a great time showing everyone what he found.

Easter Bunny pic

The Easter Bunny pics this year was not planned. We had to go to the mall to buy some gifts for Kristin's showers. So we were passing by and Wesley started pointing and moaning when he saw him. There was nobody in line so I got him to sit next to The Easter Bunny and he loved it. He kept touching him and just looking at him. So then I tried Nate and he wanted nothing to do with it. So I told him if I sat with him would he take the picture. As you can see he was thrilled. They are not even dressed cute and Nate needed a major haircut. Oh well the picture makes me smile and Wesley sees it and he wants to hold it.

Nate ear tube surgery

April 21st we go to Meridian Mark to get Nate his tubes. Mommy was nervous only about how do I tell this child with a 10:30 surgery appt that he can't have his milk? But my prayers worked and it wasn't a big issue at all. The Dr was early so we got back there 30 minutes earlier. Nate loved all the attention that morning. He had no clue what was going to happen. I kept telling him he was going to get his ear's fixed. So I get to take him back to the surgery room and he still had no clue. He thought it was a clue room. I laid him on the operating table and they immediately put the gas mask on. He fought a little but they said it was normal with the meds. I told him before he was completely out that I loved him and he said "I love you mama". Tear. The Dr came back about 10 minutes later and said it went perfectly. He didn't have anymore fluid on his ears which was great. Then we got ready for Nate to come back. We thought he would react the same way as his brother when he woke up. But to our surprise he woke up very gentle and wanted his mama to hold him. He was a little drunk from all the meds. Then he turned pale white and that is when the throwing up started. I have never seen lips get that white before. So at least I had warnings. We finally got down to the car and he got sick before we shut the door. We almost made it all the way home (1/2 mile) and he got sick again. I couldn't pull over and I felt so bad for him. When we got home he just laid on the couch. He didn't want anything to drink or eat. Then I took him up to bed and he slept about 3 hours. He woke up and begged for milk. He drank 3 cups and ate a HUGE dinner. He was back to his normal self. Now we just have to wait for his hearing test end of May. My little buddy was such a trooper. So proud of him!