Greg, Clay and Tyler just hanging out
Our FIRST Thanksgiving Turkey!
Tyler sporting camo for Veteran's Day
Family photos
Pregnancy - Update
Today, December 2nd 2010, I had my first cervix exam to check progress. I'm 36 weeks and 5 days. Since my last appointment two 1/2 weeks ago, here are my stats.
Weight Gain: 2lbs (totally impressive for me)
Weight Gain to date: 34lbs
Blood Pressure: 100/60
Baby's Heart Rate: good
Effaced: 50%
Cervix: very soft
Dilated: 1 1/2 cm
Baby's Position: Head down
A few days ago Nate and I decided to finally give her a name. After 16 weeks of debating between Kinsley, Emma, Brielle, Avery, Hailey....we decided on Hailey. At least that has been the constant for the last 5 days :) The middle name will be Elaine, after my mom's first name and my middle name. Tyler and Hailey seem to 'flow' well together...
This little girl is active and I pray she is born healthy and is a good eater and sleeper! We are excited to see what she looks like. Will she have red hair and green eyes or blonde hair and blue eyes like Tyler? Soon we'll find out!
Last week I was up from 10am-2pm with severe lower back aches, stomach cramps and Braxton hicks that we only 2 minutes apart. I knew this wasn't labor but nothing would make it go away. I went to the Dr the next day and they did a 30 minute non stress test to monitor my contractions and the baby. She was doing just fine, moving a lot and I had several contractions during the test. The nurse checked my cervix and said it was high posterior, called my Dr and I was released. Since then I've had a few contractions here and there but nothing like that night.
At this point, I'm ready for the real thing and done being pregnant!
Tyler Update - Month 16
As an update, Tyler's 16th month has been great! He recently moved up to the next classroom in daycare and now sleeps on a cot and walks to the cafeteria. He is rambling gibberish more and more and really understands what we are saying. "Tyler, do you want a banana?" He shakes his head no. "Tyler do you want grapes" huh huha....he laughs and smiles. He doesn't nod his head yes or say yes - but the question game is an easy way to find out what he wants. Once you get it right, he just smiles and laughs. Another fun game he likes to play is in the bathtub is filling his tupperware bowl up with water and then putting it up to his mouth and pretending to drink it. Then he seals his lips shut and smiles. "Tyler, YUCK, spit that out, what is in your mouth?" he LAUGHS and thinks this is so funny. Until recently I actually thought he was putting a good amount of bathwater in his mouth. Last night I watched him even closer and saw that he was pretending to sip the water and making his mouth look full, even though there was nothing in it. Thank goodness!
Also, Tyler has become more attached to his stuffed animal duck in his crib. He cuddles it until he falls asleep and he plays with it when he wakes up and wants to hold him until he gets his sippy cup of water. He is still a good sleeper and will put himself to sleep at night and put himself back to sleep with a binkie if he wakes up in the middle of the night with a bad dream.
An update on his eating habits. Jackie and Ashley gave me some good recommendations. I told them that he loves turkey dogs but I don't want him to eat them all the time. So I went and bought things that look the same. Morning Star Turkey sausage, Tofurkey Dogs, etc. To my surprise he loved them! I still tell him they are hot dogs....
Thanksgiving 2010
Thanksgiving this year for us was very different. We didn't go out of town, instead we decided to have family over for a Holiday Lunch on Black Friday. So on Thanksgiving we went to Mimi's Cafe for a Turkey lunch then put Ty to bed. While he slept we decorated the tree. This is my favorite time of the year because Christmas trees are so magical for little kids. We immediately set boundaries when Tyler saw the tree - it's a no touching zone. However, every morning when he wakes up he runs over the tree and whines until he turn on the lights. Once the lights are on he stares at the tree, carefully looks at the bulbs and hanging decorations and then runs around the living room happy! I need to video this because it's so darn cute!
On Black Friday we had a great Holiday lunch. Greg, Anita and the boys came down from Canton, my Mom, Rob and Grandpa came down from Akron, James, Kim and the kids came up from Trenton and Bridget, Micah and the kids came over from Micah's family's house in Worthington. Overall we had about 19 people at our house! Everyone brought a dish while Nate and I were responsible for the mashed potatoes and turkey. Our first Turkey ever! What a debacle. Measure 1 TBS of flour and prep the turkey bag....shoot! I don't have a TBS measurer. Stick the meat thermometer in the turkey's inner thigh, not touching a bone...how hard could that be? Nate and I couldn't determine the exact spot of the inner thigh. Cut six slits in the oven bag. We could do that. Put turkey in the bag, we did that....but wait, the turkey is upside down. Nate proceeds to cut more slots on the other side of the bag. The instructions said 6, not 12...we need a new bag and have to start over. We followed the instructions and let the turkey cook for about 3.5 hours - the thermometer never worked, but the turkey turned out great! Success!
On the other hand, we peeled 3 bags of potatoes, would this be enough? Apparently. We had SOO many left over potatoes we have been eating them for a week and they are still not gone!
The boys enjoyed playing corn hole and football outside - even though it was only 30 degrees! The kids opened their Christmas gifts and everyone had a great time.
COSI
Today, December 2nd 2010, I had my first cervix exam to check progress. I'm 36 weeks and 5 days. Since my last appointment two 1/2 weeks ago, here are my stats.
Weight Gain: 2lbs (totally impressive for me)
Weight Gain to date: 34lbs
Blood Pressure: 100/60
Baby's Heart Rate: good
Effaced: 50%
Cervix: very soft
Dilated: 1 1/2 cm
Baby's Position: Head down
A few days ago Nate and I decided to finally give her a name. After 16 weeks of debating between Kinsley, Emma, Brielle, Avery, Hailey....we decided on Hailey. At least that has been the constant for the last 5 days :) The middle name will be Elaine, after my mom's first name and my middle name. Tyler and Hailey seem to 'flow' well together...
This little girl is active and I pray she is born healthy and is a good eater and sleeper! We are excited to see what she looks like. Will she have red hair and green eyes or blonde hair and blue eyes like Tyler? Soon we'll find out!
Last week I was up from 10am-2pm with severe lower back aches, stomach cramps and Braxton hicks that we only 2 minutes apart. I knew this wasn't labor but nothing would make it go away. I went to the Dr the next day and they did a 30 minute non stress test to monitor my contractions and the baby. She was doing just fine, moving a lot and I had several contractions during the test. The nurse checked my cervix and said it was high posterior, called my Dr and I was released. Since then I've had a few contractions here and there but nothing like that night.
At this point, I'm ready for the real thing and done being pregnant!
Tyler Update - Month 16
As an update, Tyler's 16th month has been great! He recently moved up to the next classroom in daycare and now sleeps on a cot and walks to the cafeteria. He is rambling gibberish more and more and really understands what we are saying. "Tyler, do you want a banana?" He shakes his head no. "Tyler do you want grapes" huh huha....he laughs and smiles. He doesn't nod his head yes or say yes - but the question game is an easy way to find out what he wants. Once you get it right, he just smiles and laughs. Another fun game he likes to play is in the bathtub is filling his tupperware bowl up with water and then putting it up to his mouth and pretending to drink it. Then he seals his lips shut and smiles. "Tyler, YUCK, spit that out, what is in your mouth?" he LAUGHS and thinks this is so funny. Until recently I actually thought he was putting a good amount of bathwater in his mouth. Last night I watched him even closer and saw that he was pretending to sip the water and making his mouth look full, even though there was nothing in it. Thank goodness!
Also, Tyler has become more attached to his stuffed animal duck in his crib. He cuddles it until he falls asleep and he plays with it when he wakes up and wants to hold him until he gets his sippy cup of water. He is still a good sleeper and will put himself to sleep at night and put himself back to sleep with a binkie if he wakes up in the middle of the night with a bad dream.
An update on his eating habits. Jackie and Ashley gave me some good recommendations. I told them that he loves turkey dogs but I don't want him to eat them all the time. So I went and bought things that look the same. Morning Star Turkey sausage, Tofurkey Dogs, etc. To my surprise he loved them! I still tell him they are hot dogs....
Thanksgiving 2010
Thanksgiving this year for us was very different. We didn't go out of town, instead we decided to have family over for a Holiday Lunch on Black Friday. So on Thanksgiving we went to Mimi's Cafe for a Turkey lunch then put Ty to bed. While he slept we decorated the tree. This is my favorite time of the year because Christmas trees are so magical for little kids. We immediately set boundaries when Tyler saw the tree - it's a no touching zone. However, every morning when he wakes up he runs over the tree and whines until he turn on the lights. Once the lights are on he stares at the tree, carefully looks at the bulbs and hanging decorations and then runs around the living room happy! I need to video this because it's so darn cute!
On Black Friday we had a great Holiday lunch. Greg, Anita and the boys came down from Canton, my Mom, Rob and Grandpa came down from Akron, James, Kim and the kids came up from Trenton and Bridget, Micah and the kids came over from Micah's family's house in Worthington. Overall we had about 19 people at our house! Everyone brought a dish while Nate and I were responsible for the mashed potatoes and turkey. Our first Turkey ever! What a debacle. Measure 1 TBS of flour and prep the turkey bag....shoot! I don't have a TBS measurer. Stick the meat thermometer in the turkey's inner thigh, not touching a bone...how hard could that be? Nate and I couldn't determine the exact spot of the inner thigh. Cut six slits in the oven bag. We could do that. Put turkey in the bag, we did that....but wait, the turkey is upside down. Nate proceeds to cut more slots on the other side of the bag. The instructions said 6, not 12...we need a new bag and have to start over. We followed the instructions and let the turkey cook for about 3.5 hours - the thermometer never worked, but the turkey turned out great! Success!
On the other hand, we peeled 3 bags of potatoes, would this be enough? Apparently. We had SOO many left over potatoes we have been eating them for a week and they are still not gone!
The boys enjoyed playing corn hole and football outside - even though it was only 30 degrees! The kids opened their Christmas gifts and everyone had a great time.
COSI
The weekend before Thanksgiving we thought it would be fun to take Tyler to the Little Kids Space at COSI. Nate had never been and I had not been since 4th grade. To have the #1 Science center in the US, only 20 minutes from our house is pretty cool. We stayed about 2 hours and Ty had a BLAST running around exploring everything. It was great for Nate and I because everything is kid safe, so we didn't have to worry about anything! We definitely want to get a family pass once Hailey is old enough to run around. For 1 year of unlimited admission and free parking, it's only $99. Just like the Columbus Zoo - what a great deal!
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