Crawling!

I'm so excited to show you a video of Isaiah crawling. He has been for over a week now. I took a video on my camera even though it had been broken and surprise! It worked again!

Silly

Reflection and Progress

Today is day six of being away from Caleb. He's at Grandma's in Minnesota until Saturday. It's been lovely but I'm very ready to see him again.

Some reflections on my time without him:

*It's so quiet!!! After a awhile I put on the TV, some music or the radio to fill the void that Caleb usually filled.

*I've had time to think. It's weird. I'm not sure I like it.

*I've been able to do things with Isaiah that I wouldn't normally be able to do with both him and Caleb. We've taken advantage of the warm weather and have taken one or two long, quiet walks every single day and we don't need to stop at the park like we normally do. It sort of reminds me of the quiet rhythm Caleb and I had when he was Isaiah's age.

*Isaiah doesn't have anyone to entertain him which is both good and bad.

--Good--he doesn't have anyone to watch so he gets bored and moves to the next toy--meaning--he can CRAWL! Today was the first time he did it!

--Bad--he's teething pretty badly right now and doesn't have anyone to watch (except for boring mommy) to take his mind off the teething pain.

We've resorted to frozen waffles. This is what I call the second-child remedy for teething.

*The times I miss Caleb the absolute most are when I look at the pictures grandma sent me of him playing over there and when I talk to him on the phone. I almost start crying every time. Other than that, I can keep myself busy and not think about missing him too much.

*As weird as this sounds Kyle and I started to do a lot of Caleb impersonations. I started telling Isaiah "HI!" in a really nasally tone like Caleb does and Kyle started asking me what things are the way Caleb asks. "That is?"

*This was a good time to recharge and refresh, and do something that I love doing, which is sewing. My sewing machine is in Caleb's room, so it's off limits at night and naptime, but this week I've had free rein over my sewing machine and I've been taking FULL advantage.

Since I love looking at what other people make, I thought I'd show off some of the stuff I made this week.

Here's a blah pillow we inherited with our couches.

And voila! A brand new, felt covered pillow.
This is a gift I made for someone. The plant is sage and it's pink. (Hmmmm. I think you or your parents know who you are. )

Here's a baby toy. Babies ages 3 months to 10 months love these things because they can wrap their little fingers around it's neck and swing it all around without hurting themselves

I bought this black sweater about a month ago and I love it. I realized the long sides weren't very functional when it came to taking care of a baby and a toddler. They always got in the way.

I took almost 8 inches off both sides and got a new looking sweater which was much more functional.

I made three nursing covers for different mommies I know. One I already gave away so it's not pictured.

The nursing covers I make are longer than the ones you buy in the store. A friend made a long one for me and I loved it because it hid my stomach and my sides when I was nursing. So, I started making them too. These nursing covers also have an extra absorbent corner to wipe up spit-up.

I made some more bibs. I was running low of my ready-to-grab stash so I made some more.

My absolute favorite project of this week was the apron I made for myself. I love the apron that I have but it's plain white and ugly. So I went by the pattern of the apron I have and created this!
I decided last minute to add a sweet little flower. Who says you can't look cute when your cooking?

As I was taking pictures, I noticed one of my very bad habits. I can't seem to shut cupboards and drawers for the life of me. It totally bugs me but I can't seem to stop.

Ack. I should work on that.

Here's a couple of laughs for you. I think I've had the poop post up front long enough. :)

My sister tuned me into www.failblog.org and I thought this picture was hilarious.

Also, I was reading a particular blog I liked and came across this story. It's SO FUNNY! You've gotta read it.

Cheers.

P.S. Will be posting soon about life without Caleb this week.

Two Firsts in One Day

We had a big day today. It was a day of first for both boys!!

Caleb and Kyle went to WalMart yesterday to pick out a poop toy. Pooping on the potty is a pretty big deal when potty training and we wanted to give him a big incentive to do it.

Long story short, he pooped TWICE on the potty today. Each time, he got to play with his poop toys for an hour.

And Isaiah started pulling up today! Crawling? Who needs it? I think he might start "cruising" soon.
Check out his stance.
I guess it took the splits (practically!) to keep his balance.

Happy Reformation Day

We celebrated Halloween by going to the YMCA Halloween Celebration. We took some snapshots before we left.

Isaiah went as a tiger.He was ravenous.

And Caleb went as a math nerd.

They had a sweet little backdrop to take pictures by and I couldn't help myself.


On another note: I took Isaiah to the doctor because of a horrible rash all over his body. It turned out to be a reaction from the Amoxicillin he was taking from an ear infection last week. Luckily, it just looked horrible and didn't feel horrible.

45 minutes

Archives

I was going through our photo albums the other day and came across these pictures of Kyle when he was a baby.

Awww, what a sweet little guy he was. Such a chubby little man.

But gosh! What kind of parents did Kyle have? Letting their son suck on the faucet? Tsk, tsk.

Okay, so maybe these aren't of Kyle but of Isaiah. Did I trick ya though? Huh?

(I call this one "Taxi!")

And I happen to be the parent that lets my child suck on grimey faucets.

(I call this one "Bacteria".)

...And doesn't even give him a bath when he's in the sink. I threw him in there so that he would stop complaining every time I put him down to do dishes. But he loved it. He couldn't get enough.

Hungry?

You should start your day with a nice strawberry this morning.

Maybe you could add some toast and jelly in order to hold you til lunch.

On second thought, eggs are much more filling. So, a toast and egg sandwich will do.

And why stop there? Grab yourself a couple of pancakes and slather on some butter and syrup!

OR, stop at your local bakery and grab a donut. Mmmmm!

These food items have been my late night projects! They don't require a sewing machine so I can make them while talking, watching tv, or listening to podcasts. Plus, I listen better while doing things with my hands. It's a win-win!

The best part is watching Caleb play "cooker man" or "chef". He loves making me eggs that are "yellow and white" . He's also recently discovered flipping pancakes like a champion and throws them waaaay up in the air with the flipper.

I'm hoping to make some veggies too. Maybe then he'll like them more...

Brothers

I haven't blogged very much lately. I guess I'm caught up in other things during my "computer time" like reading some funny blogs that my sister wrote about and some craft blogs.

I went through my pictures recently and realized I had taken a couple "brothers" photos. Isaiah is finally getting to the age where Caleb can sort of play with him. Mostly not. Caleb yells, "I-SAY-ah!" if Isaiah is eating his train or his train track or his tractor or something that isn't Isaiah's toy. So, basically, all the time.

Swinging...

In Daddy's arms...

Matchy, matchy...

And on Kyle's fall break this past Monday we went to Platte River State Park and had a blast hiking, picnicking and trekking through the leaves. Here are some pictures.

On the big lookout tower.

Caleb didn't want to go on the big lookout tower at first. We got halfway up before we decided to change his mind for him.

He ended up loving it and didn't want to go down.

It was a beautiful little day-long-getaway, especially with the leaves changing color. The boys were so happy to be outside after a bunch of cold days in a row.

Eventually they tuckered out and we went home.