tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26187618049145011962024-02-06T19:23:43.401-08:00Adventures with BabyDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-45271702408274076192016-01-09T10:03:00.000-08:002016-01-09T10:03:04.295-08:00X's 4th Birthday: Space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Unfortunately we did not get very many pictures from X's 4th birthday. As always, something came up and we ended up at the neighbors house until 11 PM the night before while the fire department found our gas leak. Super fun. So I was exhausted. But it was a great party anyway. Even without photos. For the treat bags we made space slime, it was super fun and looked great. I also made X a two layer carrot cake with our solar system and a cool rocket shirt. Our counters are forever blue. Yes, the 4 is backwards. I forgot to mirror. It was late. It was a long long night. </div>
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Those are all the photos I have though :( </div>
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-86005919059192020002014-03-18T16:52:00.001-07:002014-03-18T16:59:24.311-07:00Road Trip Prep<p dir="ltr">We're going on a road trip for Spring Break. X has never liked the car, not even as a newborn. I have sat by the side of the road holding a screaming baby more often than I can count. I don't look forward to getting in the car with him ever. To the point that he had been on over 20 flights. He's two guys. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Our last "road trip" was last summer. We were on our way home from Kansas (consequently we flew back to Kansas two days later). X screamed non stop from the Colorado state line to our house. That's over four hours, at 2am. It was awful. Which is why we flew back in two days despite the price of the last minute tickets into Kansas City. </p>
<p dir="ltr">So we're trying again, because we're going to Delta, where some lovely friends own a bar that we've been promising to visit since x was born. There's no airport. But we're doing it. I've spent hours preparing mentally and planning activities. My plan is to divide everything into three equal piles, then divide each pile into two, then wrap each item, pack in bags, and hope to God it keeps him busy for 2.5 hours. I realize this sounds dramatic, but I have a horrendous car baby. He's a fantastic plane baby though. <br>
I'm making a few "toys" that he can play with in his car seat. Hopefully they'll be novel enough to but me 20-30 minutes each. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I made a felt button activity with color matching. Essentially he buttons and unbuttons them. <br>
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2 1/2 cups white wheat or whole wheat pastry flour<br />
1/2 cup wheat germ (optional)<br />
1/2 cup light brown sugar*<br />
2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder<br />
1 teaspoon baking soda<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon<br />
1 teaspoon ground ginger<br />
4 eggs<br />
1 1/2 cups buttermilk (I just make my own with lemon juice)<br />
1 cup yogurt or a cup of milk or a combo<br />
1 15 ounce can pumpkin puree <br />
1 teaspoon vanilla <br />
6 tablespoons melted butter<br />
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1. Mix dry ingredients<br />
2. Mix wet ingredients<br />
3. Mix them together.<br />
4. Add more milk if it is too dry<br />
5. Cook in a waffle iron<br />
Freeze leftovers!<br />
*I find the white wheat flour is both dryer and more bitter than all-purpose flour. If you use all-purpose flour, I would decrease the sugar to 1/3 cup and decrease the milk or yogurt. 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X and I had a great routine, consistent activities, variation and lots of fun. Now I have a toddler and I'm not used to it. It's like weekend all the time. So I'm trying to get back into this stay home thing without it being daily trips to target and doing dishes constantly. </p>
<p dir="ltr">So we made some finger paints and painted outside. Huge success. </p>
<p dir="ltr">1/2 cup cornstarch<br>
2 cups water<br>
2 tablespoons sugar<br>
1/2 teaspoon salt<br>
Food coloring</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cook until thick, let cool, stir in colors in small cups. </p>
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Actually, after a quick blog survey, it seems that I also never actaully updated from last year either. SO...I will be doing that too. Maybe I will just link to new posts, or put a list here, or something, but jesus I have some cute photos of X learning to walk and talk and now that I am over a year removed from it, the time with my dad was really great for X and me in some ways, and those pictures aren't even here. And so many holidays and trips and X is only 2. I can't get behind now! Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-5414440615891214532013-06-01T16:08:00.001-07:002013-06-01T16:08:49.947-07:00First day of summer break<p dir=ltr>Today is my first real day of summer break. With moving,  closing out the school year, meetings, parties,  etc I just haven't had a lot of time with x. So today we found a new park and had a great time. I can't believe I have a two year old! </p>
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<p dir=ltr>He also randomly, unpropted counted to 12 today in the car. No idea why or that he could do that. He had done it all day now. </p>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-40630827047541066402013-03-28T08:23:00.000-07:002013-06-30T08:26:05.270-07:00Last Night in PR<br />
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He loves trains, but not that day. </p>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-22228884272567097792013-02-01T04:57:00.001-08:002013-02-01T04:57:28.915-08:004 am conversations<p dir=ltr>X has taken th having a story conversation daily, between 3 and 4. Instead of annoying, I think they are hilarious. There is no warning. He's asleep, then he's awake having acoherent conversation in one second, then back to sleep. It's one of those things I want to remember. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Yesterday:<br>
Oma coming?<br>
Yes, Oma is coming today<br>
See window...try?<br>
No honey, she won't be here for a few hours<br>
Gotcha</p>
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Tractor song?<br>
No baby<br>
Try it<br>
No baby, try sleeping<br>
Ohhh KAY. </p>
Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-84143215057892046382013-01-29T05:58:00.001-08:002013-01-30T05:51:28.579-08:00Pretty sure he's two<p dir=ltr>I do not believe in letting kids cry. I didn't think they need to, or learn from it, or are codependent without it. I believe in hugging and holding and making them feel safe and loved no matter what. We do not to cry it out, or solitary punishment, or mommy us busy so you can cry. If course he cries. Of course I do things that he doesn't like, but I don't just leave him, I talk him through it, we name feelings, I explain why. And then sometimes he just cries, because he's two, and the dog won't play with him, or mommy won't give him ice cream, or he didn't want to wear pants. And this is what those times look like. </p>
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62 days and counting until Puerto Rico. Which involves two 4 hour plane rides and a 2 hour layover and leaving the house before 5AM on a Friday, followed by a 45 minute drive in almost a foreign country. Like one minus passports and vaccinations. Which I will gladly do because it will result in laying on the beach drinking pina coladas in a bikini while X builds sandcastles and chases iguanas. Psyched.<br />
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So I leave you with this. 62 days folks.<br />
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Montserrat Beach and jungle, the view from our balcony, and the living room/dining room that opens entirely to the ocean. <br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-78150964806651718652013-01-01T12:40:00.001-08:002013-01-01T12:40:10.472-08:00New YearsWe didn't send Christmas cards this year. We barely even got photos taken. It has just been one of those times, where stress and other things get in the way. I am looking forward to a New Year, with new commitments to spend <u>quality </u>time with my family, to be happy with who I am and where I spend my time, and to commit to friendships I want to preserve. That means less technology so I can enjoy my amazing husband and son; finding a new job that I love and that I find rewarding and also feasible with a child so that I can put energy into work without feeling miserably unsuccessful at both; spending more time with myself: getting healthy and doing activities I love--like writing, baking, cooking, taking an interest in how I look, working out at least 3 times a week, and spending 30 minutes each day alone to rejuvenate, because I can't be a good mom, teacher or wife if I am never alone, I am an introvert; and it means taking some trips--going to Greeley, having a beer after work, going out to lunch on Fridays, postponing Puerto Rico and replacing it with Destin, Florida to see my best friend get married on the beach, taking time to see my family and my dad and a very close friend in Arizona, night weaning X so that Mike and I can go out with friends once in a great while, since all of them have committed to seeing us before 8 for the last 2 years. We have amazing friends who are insanely understanding and accommodating when it comes to X, and don't ever hold it against us or make us feel guilty for not seeing them, but Mike and I need an chance to see them, maybe not until summer when X is 2, because developmentally that is better for him, and easier on me, but seriously, soon, and not always in a place that is baby friendly, like our living room. Here is to 2013!<br />
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But, with all of that, I had an amazing year, and aside from my job, wouldn't have changed a thing.I mean look at these two, how could I not be absolutely in love and thankful for them?<br />
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Christmas this year was a little hard for me. I just had a hard time getting into it, and I didn't go on break until 4 days before Christmas, which made it hard to shop, decorate or do crafts. It made me really miss last year when I wasn't working. And work was stressful at best. As a matter of point, I don't blog about work. I find it to be unprofessional at best, and even detrimental to success. So we will leave it at stressful. This whole year has been stressful, and I have no idea what to expect when I return to work.<br />
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However, Christmas with X is amazing. He is finally at an age when he can really enjoy the holiday. He doesn't really get it, but he does understand that people get him new toys. On Christmas Eve, we went to the mall to get a few little presents that I hadn't gotten, and we had a great time. Usually the mall is stressful on Christmas Eve, usually it is stressful with X, but somehow, on Christmas Eve with X it was great. He even saw Santa. <br />
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Mike had to work Christmas Eve, and Christmas, and the day before. Essentially, he worked all of Christmas (he also worked all of Thanksgiving and New Years). So on Christmas morning when he got home we did presents and breakfast. Mike and I try really hard to mitigate the effects of technology, consumerism and privilege. We only buy X 4 gifts total--and starting next year the same for us: something you want, something you need, something you wear and something you read. We got X a basketball hoop, two books, an outfit and a pair of boots (that I just picked up today, thankfully he is 1 and doesn't know that his parents are insane slackers). That is it. Yes, I plan to do this for forever. We are standard middle class Americans. Our child wants for nothing. He has tons of toys, plenty of food, more clothes than he needs. He will never know what it is like to do without. Even if something horrible happened to Mike's job, my parents and his parents would be able to provide all necessities until we were back on our feet. Would it be hard and embarrassing? Yes, of course, but our child will really never experience need. And I am thankful for that, but I want him to be thankful for that too. And this Christmas taught me that he still got a ridiculous amount of toys.<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120746038330435505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618761804914501196.post-54873038265032037102012-11-23T10:17:00.001-08:002012-11-25T19:31:44.792-08:00words<p>Today X is a year and a half. Holy cow. I have such a big kid. I've done a fairly sucky job of documenting his life. Thankfully I have digital medical records to tell me how tall he was and how much he weighed every few months, and a gazillion photos so I can at least deduce when he got teeth, or crawled or climbed out whatever. This does little to document cognitive development though. And I'm biased, but he's so smart, and photos don't prove that. So, I want to make a list of words that he says, so at last he'll know that when he was 18 months he could say xyz.  He understands pretty much everything and follows directions as long as he wants to :-) I'll have to add to this list over the next few days because he says too many things to list off the top of my head. I'm only counting words that he says consistently and that have real meaning, so when he says try he's not mimicking, he wants me to try to do something that I told him wouldn't work. He will repeat almost anything if you say "can you say" but he didn't do it on his own and he doesn't always know what it means. <br>
Up<br>
I see<br>
Try<br>
Maybe<br>
More<br>
Food<br>
Milk<br>
Apple<br>
Cracker<br>
Peaches<br>
Water (his own word, sounds like a luxurious of gulping and good)<br>
Mama and mom<br>
Daddy<br>
Umpa<br>
Oma<br>
Ella<br>
Otto<br>
Please<br>
Welcome<br>
Coffee<br>
Beer<br>
Hot<br>
Wet<br>
No<br>
Uh oh<br>
Wow<br>
Ooh<br>
One, two, three, four<br>
Red<br>
Blue<br>
Shirt<br>
Socks<br>
Shoes<br>
Diaper<br>
Pee<br>
Caca<br>
Bath<br>
Hair<br>
Eyes<br>
Mole<br>
Other side<br>
Plane<br>
Car<br>
Truck<br>
Tractor<br>
On<br>
Go<br>
Come<br>
Leash<br>
Stairs<br>
Home<br>
Book<br>
Caa (find a crow makes)<br>
Neigh<br>
Moo<br>
Baa<br>
Vroom<br>
Vacuum<br>
Broom<br>
Ball<br>
Rawr<br>
Hat<br>
Bike<br>
Bowl<br>
Up
Outside
Draw
Raspberry
Blueberry
Book
Play</p>
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Well, we actually came home on Thanksgiving, but you get the gist. This was a big adventure. It was my first trip alone with x. We had a great time, and like always I left with an internal battle over good schools and options for work and x having family the way I did, and the way I see my cousins having it.  </p>
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