Alex & Baby #2
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Fri, Nov 28, 2008 10:09 PM
Happy Belated Thanksgiving Everyone! We hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Well, it's WAYYY past my bedtime, but I was trying to find some other info online tonight and decided to update this since I couldn't find what I was looking for! :) Alex is sound asleep and I am still up. Usually bedtime is about the same for us, and I am ready for bed, so this will be short.
Things have been pretty crazy around here. I am BUSY subbing and Peter has been working on the road. He's down in the Cities and will be there until probably Christmas, if not after. He is only working weekdays though, so he's home for the weekends (and Thanksgiving of course). This was actually his first week back on the road, and of course, Mommy gets a horrible case of the flu. Luckily it lasted only Tuesday for the most part. Wed. I was feeling a little better but still not real great. At least I could keep a little food down though! Luckily Grandpa Jerry was able to come and help watch Alex those couple days. No way Mommy could have done it on her own! We are very lucky to have such wonderful family living close by.
Thanksgiving was spent at my Grandparents in Crookston and then to Hoffman's. This morning me, my Dad, my Mom, and my sister Stacy got up and headed to Grand Forks for shopping. Crazy I know, but it's worth the deals you get...I think anyway! And besides, it's fun! Peter stayed at my parents with Alex and then went and played with Ashton for awhile.
We came back this afternoon so that we could get ready for this weekend. A busy weekend as usual. I was going to do a toy show tomorrow but now I can't due to overlapping times. (I thought it was different hours than it is...) so can't do it. We are having some of Peter's family over tomorrow for a belated Thanksgiving/going away party for his cousin David, who is getting reactivated Dec. 1st for his 3rd time. He's been in Iraq twice, and more than likely that's where he's headed again. Please keep him and all soldiers in your prayers, especially during this holiday season!
Well, promise to keep trying to get more pics up soon and update more often. Can't believe Christmas is only a few weeks away! WOW! It's gonna' come fast!Comments:Add a comment:
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Wed, Nov 12, 2008 10:47 AM
Hey everyone! I am so proud of myself. It only took about 5 hours, but I got a bunch of pics loaded on here! :) The new albums are:
June, September, October, November, Belly pics Baby #2, Misc. pics, 1st Birthday, and 1st Haircut.
I still need to get the rest of the 1st birthday pics up, and some from Uncle Matt and Auntie Jenna's wedding of course, but I am doing good! At least this is a start for you guys to get caught up a bit! Sorry it's taken me so long!!!!Comments:Add a comment:
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Mon, Nov 10, 2008 9:47 AM
Big news at the Mattson's!!!
Before bath time at night, we always let Alex sit on his potty chair just to get him used to it. Well, last Wednesday night, we did that and Peter turned on the water faucet. Alex said "more" so he turned it on again. This went on a few times and pretty soon the music started playing from the potty chair! He actually went! He was so excited, as were we obviously! We clapped and cheered and yes, Mommy even took pics! Now he sits there all the time and says "more" but he hasn't gone again since. He can say "potty" but he doesn't understand to say it when he has to go. He just says it when he's in the bathroom. But hey, it's a start right!?!?!? And he isn't afraid of it and was excited about it too, so that is great! It would be wonderful to have one in diapers when the baby comes, not both of them. But he is pretty little to count on that yet. But at least he's interested! We are not pushing him, but letting him do it at his own pace. We'll see how it goes!Comments:Kylene: We taught otto the sign for 'poop' and he lets us know when he has to poop. That has been helpful...he doesn't always make it, and is still in diapers, but we are getting closer everyday! Keep it up!!Add a comment:
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Mon, Nov 3, 2008 10:40 AM
Well, it seems the holiday frenzy is in full swing! It's hard to believe that it is already November!
Halloween was a lot of fun with Alex this year. He was a skunk, yep, our little stinker! He got lots of compliments on it and I must admit, he was adorable! I am going to try and get the pics up here soon. Alex started the day with a Halloween party at daycare for a few hours while Mommy and Daddy went to the Dr. for an appointment. Everything with the baby is going great. Throughout the pregnancy I've been measuring right where I am supposed to be, but this time I measured 25 weeks, even though I am only 21. So I basically jumped up 8 weeks of measurements in 4! She said not to worry about it now, since I am still in the 2nd trimester and sometimes that happens, but if I continue to measure that big, we'll do another scan to see how big the 'lil one is getting! I said "I don't want a 12 pound baby!" and our Dr. said "Me neither! Those aren't fun at my end either!" But I am glad that the baby is growing and had a very strong heartbeat. He/She was also busy moving around during the visit, so that is always fun.
As for trick or treating, we started at about 4 pm on Halloween Day and went to our neighbors first. He would put the candy they gave him in his bag, holding out his little hand and in his most innocent voice asking "More?" which of course usually got him quite a few more pieces! After saying more once or twice, then he'd ask "Mom?" and some people even gave him some more for me! It was so funny. He would keep taking it as long as they'd hand it out! After going to 3 of our neighbors houses, we already had half a bag of candy. His method was working!
After the neighbors we headed to town and met our friends, the Chandler's, and walked up and down their street with them for awhile. Alex really got into it and would head to the door and shout "hi" as someone came to the door and then keep asking for more candy and some for his mom! What a ham! By the time we left there, the bag was getting pretty full but we headed around town driving to our friends' houses to make sure they got to see the 'lil skunk. We didn't make it to everyone's houses, but I promise to get the pics up so you can see him. We left the last house at 9:45 and Alex fell asleep almost instantly on our way home, as did Mommy!
As for us, well, as we were getting ready for the Dr. I asked Peter what he was going to be and he replied, "I think I am going to be Sarah Palin and you can be my pregnant daughter that promotes abstinence." (Yes, we are for Obama) Oh Gosh! I didn't think that he was serious until we stopped by the stores for Daddy to get his outfit after the Dr. appointment. He wound up wearing a leopard dress, black wig, glasses and clip on hoop earrings. He couldn't find shoes that fit, so he wore his work boots. What a fashion statement! When we got home we made me a t-shirt that said abstinence across my stomach. Honestly, he didn't look totally like Sarah Palin, but it got a lot of laughs. He liked to remind everyone that he was even a realistic Alaskan by not shaving his legs. One of my prouder moments! Luckily, Alex was to young to care! But he did stare as Peter got ready and even pointed at him and said "Mom" as he walked out of the house. I laughed and laughed. However, Peter is a little backwards and only wore the costume for the first few houses for the people that we knew. He didn't feel comfortable wearing it in front of strangers and changed before we went up and down the block. I explained that most people would rather wear it in front of people that they don't know, that won't recognize him, that he'd never see again or that wouldn't give him crap but he didn't want too and wore it for the people that know him instead. What a goof! Oh well. It was a little chilly that night to be wearing a dress anyway, but it was a beautiful night for Halloween!
The rest of the weekend was just as crazy. On Saturday friends came over and grilled and the kids played. Then Sunday, Grandpa Jerry and Grandma Cindy came and visited and we took pics outside in the giant leaf pile Daddy made with our pumpkins. It was about 60 all weekend, which is wonderful for November! Alex was also quite excited because they are FINALLY hauling beets by our house, so he sits and watches the trucks and tractors all the time. it was still quite muddy though and most of them had to get pulled out of the field. More excitement for Alex to watch!
This week is busy with work and the election. I am working the polls tomorrow, should be interesting. I am just excited for the election to be over so that the stupid commercials STOP! It is sad that I am excited for regular commercials to come back on the air! This weekend we are celebrating Halloween with my family in Grand Forks plus we are going to Marit's Tinkerbell Birthday party. We are excited about that since she is usually in Texas but this year she is here for her birthday 'cuz of the hurricane. That should be fun. It is Alex's 1st birthday party that he got invited too! (Well, that we're not related to of course or that wasn't conducted at daycare). And then we are celebrating birthdays on Sunday. Everything always at the same time! But with the holidays coming, that's how it's going to be for awhile! Busy busy busy! But it keeps us entertained and we love visiting with everyone!
I am especially looking forward to the holidays this year. When I was pregnant with Alex, I was so sick, I didn't get to eat the food! But this time I am pregnant over the holidays I am feeling great and have that excuse for splurging on those extra goodies! :) I also think that Alex is going to be much more enthused by the holidays since he'll get into gift openings, etc. much more this year than last year.
Other quick highlights, Alex has 3 of the molars in and the 4th is almost through. Unfortunately, he was drooling so bad his lips got chapped and got infected, which turned into impetigo so we were on meds for awhile. We caught it instantly and brought him right to the Dr. so it wasn't so bad, just meds for 10 days. He didn't even get the sores, just little pimples, so that was good. (I brought him in because I didn't know why he suddenly broke out...luckily!) Other than that, he is constantly saying more things and copying everything we do. He is so smart and definitely a ham. Attention getter he is!
Well, hope that the rest of you are enjoying the beginning of your holiday season too! Hope to see you during the season!Comments:Add a comment:
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Sat, Oct 18, 2008 1:15 PM
Oh, 1 more thing. The Dr.'s have changed our due date to March 12, 2009. So those of you playing the baby guessing game, might wanna' change your guesses! :)
Comments:Kylene: Belly pics, are you nuts? I run when the camera is brought out!!! Did I tell you that my sister is pregnant and due March 23??Tanya: The first due date was off of my "dates" but the ultrasounds are showing the baby at a different due date, so they go by that instead apparently. They said my dates might be off since things were getting back to normal from Alex still. Who knows. Babies come when they wanna' huh? That would be fun to have them on the same day. We'll have to do some belly pics! :)Kylene: By the way, your sonogram photos are SOOOOOOOO cool! We don't have the 3D at our facility...they are absolutely awesome!Kylene: Just curious, why did they change the due date? I picked March 11, as it's our wedding anniversary. :) You and I might be having babies the same day, as I'm due the 19th but will have a section probably at 39 weeks!Add a comment:
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Sat, Oct 18, 2008 1:03 PM
Hey everyone! Guess what?!?! I FINALLY got some pics up! Well, just the ultrasound pics of baby #2 from yesterday. I still need to get Alex's up on here. Sorry that it takes me so long!
Just a brief update. We've been super busy arond here. Peter went out west to work in the power plants for about 9 days, so it was Mommy and Alex at home. We missed him, but we easily survived and enjoyed even more bonding time. It was kinda' nice having 1 less "kid" to clean up after! Although doing the cooking wasn't much fun...Daddy got home Thurs. night in time for the ultrasound. We brought Alex with, but after about 5 minutes he had seen enough of baby and was ready to leave, so Daddy didn't get to see awhole lot of it. Baby wasn't the most cooperative and was moving around, so we didn't get a body profile shot, but that's OK. We got some of those on our first ultra sound pics. I should get them on here too. We are keeping it a surprise again, so not sure what the sex is. She made sure she cut those parts off the pics for us!
I have been doing a lot of subbing and enjoying getting into the other districts. Alex is busy busy busy and always on the go. He is constantly coming up with new words and makes us laugh every day. He is getting to be so big already, it makes me sad. He is one smart kid though and knows exactly what you're talking to him about. It's fun interacting with him. 2 of his top molars FINALLY came through and 2 on the bottom are almost there. He's a drooling machine again and actually has broken out on the side of his mouth from the constant drool. Poor 'lil guy. We've been putting stuff on it and that seems to help. He is constantly chewing on everything though. Hope they poke through soon!
He has also mastered his climbing techniques. he now pulls the dining room chairs away from the table, climbs up on the chair and onto the table. All in about 10 seconds. Nothing is safe anymore!
Our friends from Texas have been staying with her parents and we were lucky to go visit them a couple weeks ago. Hope to see them again soon! Alex had fun playing with them, and it turned out to be a very exciting afternoon! The 2 oldest kids decided to go outside and play (Alex stayed in the house with Mommy)in the rain. Well, the little girl decided to tap on Grandma and Grandpa's patio door with a garden shovel. I heard the tapping, went running and shouted "No! No!" and luckily she stopped. She also took a step backward, just as the window shattered into literally millions of pieces. Luckily, the window still stayed in tact and no one was hurt. That was the big thing. But needless to say, she had to pay Gma and Gpa's deductible and get them a new patio door! (The names have been withheld to protect them!) ha ha ha What a day! I was just glad it wasn't Alex and that no one was hurt. It actually looked very pretty when it was all broken~but dangerous at the same time. They are going to be here until at least Thanksgiving, so we are looking forward to more playdates together. Hopefully, minus the broken window! :)
Anyway, that's a brief update here. Hope you're all doing well!Comments:Add a comment:
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Wed, Sep 24, 2008 8:53 AM
Oh, one more thing. Please keep our dear friends, the Seegers, who live in Galveston/League City Texas in your prayers as well! Hurricane Ike was not nice to their beautiful house and things aren't real great right now. They are all safe and sound and evacuated before the storm, but they still have a lot ahead as they clean up. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and all the families devastated by this horrible storm!
Comments:Beka: You are so sweet Tanya. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!!!Add a comment:
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Wed, Sep 24, 2008 8:26 AM
Hey everyone! Know that it's been awhile...sorry! :) Things have been pretty crazy around here.
I've been pretty busy subbing the past couple weeks. So far it's just been at DGF and Moorhead, but I'm still busy and turning down jobs actually because I've already agreed to another job for that day. So that's good.
Alex has been having a rough time lately. His molars are FINALLY coming through and it hasn't been pleasant. (At his 12 month check-up the Dr. said he could feel the lumps, so either it's taken forever for them to make it all the way through, or they went back down and now are up again). Anyway, he has been pretty busy, not sleeping real great and just not himself. It's hard because there isn't anything we can do to help him out either, besides a little Tylenol or Ibuprofin every now and then. We've gotten out the teething toys again too, and try to remember to keep some in the fridge at all times. He chews on everything, poor little guy. We can actually see the ones on top now, so they should be through any day, but we still have those darn bottom ones left. Wish they'd all come at once!
He still loves to be outside as much as possible and is pretty happy when we're out there. However, we've gotten a lot of rain, so everything is all wet and on the nice days, the mosquitos are out so bad again that we can' stay out long anyway, even with bug spray on! But I am not ready for winter yet, so not going to complain to much! :)
His favorite things to do outside right now involve the horses and the garden. He heads straight to the fence and calls the horses (Yes, he actually calls them and they come over to the fence to him) and he pets each of them on the nose, waves, and says good bye and heads to the garden to look for tomatoes. That kid loves tomatoes! It's a good healthy snack, but it's funny because he even knows where to look in the garden for them! Smart little cookie he is! After eating his fill out tomatoes we head back to the horses or to the toys until we get "carried" back inside by the mosquitos.
Earlier this month we had a sad week as a friend of my family's from our church was killed in Crookston. She was hit by a semi and killed instantly. It was a total shock for everyone, especially her husband and 4 children. She was crossing the street to go to to work. Not sure of the rest of the details or anything, but a tragedy none the less. Apparently the semi driver didn't even see her or know he hit someone but thought something was wrong with his truck and pulled over a few blocks later in a parking lot. That's when police contacted him and let him know what happened. That poor man also. Please keep both families in your prayers. So Alex and I spent a couple days in Crookston with family for the funeral and stuff.
Last weekend we went with some friends from daycare (actually our daycare lady and her son and husband) to the Fall Festival at Rheault Farm here in Fargo. They have it set up with games, horse drawn wagon rides, clowns, a pumpkin patch, cookie decorating, etc. for the kids. Alex did some of the games and loved the wagon ride behind the horses. They also had a ride where the kids sat in a barrel looking thing and they pulled them behind the lawn mower as a train. He loved that ride. They even have a steering wheel for the kids to "drive." It was funny watching them turn the wheel as the lawnmower turned and some actually thought they were doing the driving! They also had a petting zoo, which could have been one of the highlights of the day, but turned into the worst part. They had 2 small pens. 1 had 2 reindeer and 1 had a lhama and a small donkey in it. They also had some small bunnies in a basket. Well, Alex headed to the donkey/lhama pen and just put his hands on the railing and was standing there when the donkey came over and "nibbled" his fingers with his lips, like the horses do. Not a big deal, it's their lips. Then all of a sudden the donkey opened his mouth and bit down on Alex's finger! I couldn't believe it! I instantly grabbed the donkey's mouth with both hands and pulled up while taking my fingers and pushing on it's teeth trying to get it to open up. All the while Alex is screaming. I wanted to beat the stupid thing but didn't want it to bite harder and I didn't want to pull his finger out obviously. Anyway, it opened it's mouth and I grabbed Alex. Peter looked at the finger and saw a bad mark, but it hadn't broke the skin and it wasn't broken, so that was good. He didn't even cry very long considering what had happened. Other parents instantly pulled their children away and left the area. I went to find some of the workers. There were 2 that were in charge of that area sitting on a blanket a ways away not paying attention at all. They had to have heard Alex screaming. Anyway, I went over and told them what happened and the lady said "that's a donkey's nature." I said "No it's not. And if it's that donkey's nature you should be watching him or warning the kids to stay away from it. It shouldn't be in a petting zoo!" Just then, as we were both watching, the donkey leaned over and bit another little girls finger and wouldn't let go! The lady wasn't even concerned about that! I was not impressed and my comment card wasn't to friendly. She showed no concern or anything. She didn't even ask how Alex was. Some people!
Anyway, well, suppose I should get going. I'm subbing today in Mhd, but on my "prep" period! This subbing thing is pretty nice actually! Pick my schedule, no meetings, no after hour things, I get to see different schools and best of all if I am out of that environment I was in at my previous job! :)Comments:Beka: Loved reading all your news! How precious Alex is. I hope we can see you when we are here in MN! Let me know if you are coming up towards Crookston again and I will let you know if we head down towards your way. Are you going to the Homecoming Parade for UMC???
Have a fabulous day and hug your sweet little Alex from us!!!Add a comment:
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 1:27 PM
Hey!
Just a real quick update to make sure we stay "Active!"
August has come and gone. Crazy! Things sure are busy with a running toddler! We've been spending quite a bit of time in Crookston with family as I haven't been feeling real great lately. We sure are lucky to have family so close! Alex even went for his first combine ride! He loved it, well, until he got tired and fell asleep!
The Dr. appointment went well for #2, but they changed the date on me. The first appointment they said Feb. 27th, and then when we went in for the 10 week ultra sound they changed it to March 12th. I know my dates aren't 2 weeks off, so I am thinking end of Feb. or early March. We'll see. I am keeping the first date for right now!
Other than that, just busy with every day stuff. I got a couple job offers around Fargo, but decided to just sub in the different districts in the area this year instead. That way if I am sick, Alex is sick, we have Dr. appointments, crappy weather, etc. I don't have to worry about heading to town. Should be interesting. There is a shortage of subs, so I should keep busy.
We also went to Ox Cart Days in Crookston and celebrated my 10 year reunion. It was fun seeing everyone again!
Well, as I said, it's gonna' be short 'cuz Alex doesn't want me on here right now. But will try and get those pics up soon!Comments:Diane Rheault: Hi Tanya- What exciting news. Glad to hear you're not as sick. Maybe we'll see you now and then if you sub at CB. Alex is such a cuttie.Add a comment:
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