one sweet evening

There are nights that you don't want to remember.  Like the time I told Owen he had to eat "one bite of banana, before he could having anything else".  The toddler won.  He didn't eat the bite and went to bed hungry...I caved an hour later when he woke up and gave him is favorite food yogurt and some milk.  I couldn't think of him being hungry all night.

But, then there are nights like tonight.  I am having a semi-normal evening putting my sweet boy to bed (semi b/c Chris is off at a local pub playing his guitar).  The past few months Owen has been enjoying us rocking and singing before bedtime.  Now days, he says "rock mama, sing!".  He even requests certain songs our "rock-E-by" or "stars"-twinkle twinkle.

So. Back to tonight.  I get Owen into his pj's and we are rocking, well he put his little chin on my shoulder and his cheek was right there so in the middle of singing I snuck in a kiss.  Well, that must have tickled him on his cheek and he liked it..."more, more-again mama"  and pushing his cheek into my face! It turned really quick into a really fun game; its not every day I can get those kind of giggles out of my boy.  So, even though it was bed time and time to calm down...I took advantage and my boy and I had the sweetest moment.  Or so I thought until.

I ate my dinner and all through it I am listening to Owen call for "ma-ma!" and then the sweetiest little "ma-ny"s.  So I wolfed down my left overs and even though Owen stopped calling for me I had to go in there and check on him.  

I walk in.  "ma-ny?"  Yes, baby its mommy. Come here. I love you.  I then sat down in the rocking chair holding my 19 month old baby and he turned his face towards my neck.  I haven't had his little breath on my neck for a long time.  I sat there soaking in the feeling of those warm little puffs of air on my neck.  After a bit he moved his head and it was over. But, I continued to rock him. Not sure how long, but long enough to feel his body relax into me.  The trust he has in me.  The love he has for me seeped into my bones.  

Now, I can see him on the baby monitor with his little bottom up in the air fast asleep.

I wish I could have a snap shot or a little movie of tonight.  

But I do have some from during the days.

Aunt Sara at mommy's bday dinner

snack time with monkey

"click, I can do it myself now!"

snuggles with Ma-my in the morning

Jumping on the trampoline at a bday party 

one cool kid

i see a bug

the monster of all bugs

conversations from the crib

Today on the monitor I heard quite a story:

Mama-I poo poo!  (fact)

Mama-A me-me! (his lovey blanket)

Bear Bear go night night. No! Noooo! NO!

Guitar-one, two, one, two, ooooone! Guitar!  (for those that may not remember he has 5 guitar's hanging over his crib as wall art

Mama-up! up! Mama!  Snack! Milk!  Up-Mama!

In between was a bunch of baby babble!

How I love this boy!

This picture is from earlier today.  He was helping me clean the carport.

infertility and the closet

Why is infertility such a hidden quiet thing?  I guess that sexual activities between a husband and wife are private.  But since when have I ever been private!  Haha.

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Potty Training has begun sort of.

So, we were not planning on potty training at age 17 months, but little man has shown interest!  I have always been really vocal with him, telling him "mommy is pee-peeing on the potty"  etc.  So, about a month ago he started peeing in the tub while standing up.  He saw it and started laughing and he figured out how to start and stop the flow; little boy giggling was contagious!  I, of course, cheered him on!

I am impressed by him, but then IT happened.  Because he was getting so much attention when he peed that he started doing it on the changing table!  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  He hasn't peed on the changing table since a month old! 

So, we bought two froggy potties and thought we would see what would happen.  I told him this is Owen's potty.  This is your potty to pee pee on!  You tell mommy when you need to pee pee.

And low and behold the golden stream happened the first day we had the potty!

So, we have had the potty for 9 days now and he has peed at least once a day if not twice!  I will admit I am sort of a proud mama.

Now, I don't have delusions of underwear in our near future opposed to diapers.  But, we are one step closer!

Now, that we are almost to 19 months he has lost all interest.  Oh well.  Mommy's not ready for him to be potty trained!

Owen: 18 months

This update is a bit late because as you can imagine life with an 18 month old!  We had Owen's check up on Tuesday and as usual his pediatrician was giving him glowing reviews.  She said he is advanced in his speech!  He even showed off his counting skills for her!

But.

She did hear a heart murmur.  I then felt a wave of shock go through my body.  His dr. stressed that this is common and that most kids grow out of it but that she wanted us to move forward with an ECHO.    At this point Owen was done sitting in my lap or being in that room and it was hard to hear everything she said.  All I remember was she said it might take a while to go away so she wanted to do the ECHO so that next time we would know what is was.  Also, she made me promise to not loose sleep over this.

After talking to my inlaws, I did find out that this is common and so far a few of his cousins had it and they are all fine.

But.

The ECHO will cost us $1500.

UGH!

Conversations with Owen

When Owen's pediatrician told me that he was advanced in his speech, I might have puffed with pride.  Chris and I call Owen our smart boy all the time!  I have a strong feeling that we will be dealing with learning disorders later in life so to start out ahead is a good thing!  We just need to keep it up!

 

By the end of 18 months, your child may: (source)

• Point to an object or picture when it's named (Owen loves to point out items in books, or we play bring mommy the "object" and Owen finds it)
• Recognize names of familiar people, objects and body parts (Owen point to almost any body part, and even can name most of the familiar family members and friends)
• Follow simple directions accompanied by gestures (got this one!  This kid understands more than I know)
• Say as many as eight to 10 words (LOL!  We stopped counting at 16 months when he was saying 50+ words)

By the end of 24 months, your child may:

• Ask for common foods by name (Owen can ask for: strawberries, yogurt, cereal bars, milk, juice, water, chicken, ketch-up)
• Use simple phrases, such as "more milk" (He has done a few of these, but my mind is drawing a blank on specifics) 
• Begin to use pronouns, such as "mine" (not yet)
• Ask one- to two-word questions, such as "Go bye-bye?" (not yet)
• Follow simple commands without the help of gestures (oh yea!)
• Say more words every month (yup)
• Speak 50 words and understand more (yup)

Some of the more funny conversations I have with my son!

• This morning as Owen was sitting next to daddy.  He asked for some "coppy" (coffee-first time saying that word).  He drank several sips making hilarious faces!!  Then he looked at daddy and said: "more guitar"!  This boy keeps us laughing!
• Last night as I was sitting on the sofa in the living room, Chris was getting Owen out of the bath and I told him Owen had been helping me put lotion on his belly recently.  Then, I heard this from Chris:  "Son, it's way to early to be using lotion there--its getting a little weird son.  Rub it on you belly!"
• One night as we were saying night-night prayers.  Owen thanked Jesus for his milk and me-me and he now says ahhhhh-men! Then he said "tawka jubba jubba, a mamma" which Chris and I both believe was "thank you Jesus for momma!" 
• Counting:  Onne, tooo, onne, tooo, tooo, tree!

pretend play

riding the choo choo at the Park, his favorite thing!

one cool dude!