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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

trevor :: 41st week

11/18/14



trevor: got his 6th tooth (upper), finally consistently sleeping better: we often get multiple nights in a row where he only wakes up once usually around 430am, loves to take apart his stacking cups: will work hard to get 2 of them apart, loves to stand: at the couch or pulling himself up using our fingers, raised up on knees and scooted backwards a bit, patch through the rest of the year and then hope it gets better, started using the long sleep sack I bought at a consignment sale to ensure he stays warm since blankets do not stay on him since he rolls so much, horse loud scream/cry when falling asleep and in the middle of the night, learned to mimic a click noise with his tongue

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It was super cold this week! Felt like January not November; brrr!

Friday, Trevor and I went up to the cities. I went and played 500 at my dad's with uncle munk, dad and tyler. it was ok, but my level of play is much lower than theirs. also, on Friday one of al's co-workers got stabbed multiple times; so scary! Al got called in early to help cover and the story is still a little weird and not complete, but his co-worker will be ok. he had to have plastic surgery but the doc was optimistic that you won't even be able to see scars. ugh, I hate it and can't stop thinking about it.

Saturday, mom, Trevor and I ran some errands but it was pretty chilly so we didn't do much. Saturday night after Trevor went to bed, mom and I had some wine and we played wizard with tyler. it was fun and we laughed quite a bit. Trevor was up from 1230-130am just really crying. we couldn't get him to calm down or stop crying for very long, hoping that doesn't continue. sunday we headed home to watch football with al before he had to work.

Monday we had to drive to Marshfield for Trevor's 2nd appointment with the eye doctor. it was a ways to drive for a short appointment. the doctor said his eye has gotten better so we'll hope that it continues on the upward path and he'll grow out of it. he said to patch him an hour a day for the rest of the year and then the first of the year to not patch unless we notice it getting worse.

trevor has started this weird cry/scream thing that seems to come from deep in his throat and is horse when he's falling asleep. it's hard to listen to and i'm afraid the neighbors will hear it especially when it's at 130 am. dr sarumi told us to let him cry it out in the middle of the night so he'll learn to sleep all night as he doesn't need the mid-night feeding anymore but it's so hard to listen to. hopefully it's just a phase and he'll outgrow it.

I also am hoping to find a chiropractor here in eau Claire for trevor because last time we met with dr angie (up in the cities) he had his longest, hardest (for angie, not trevor) adjustment. i'd hate to leave it go and have that be a reason he's not sleeping, not pooping great, not crawling or is uncomfortable. it just really sucks that insurance doesn't help with any of it.... but anything for my boy!

me: I got my period again last week after only having it in august (NOT pregnant) and it was a doosy, hoping it stays at just every couple months while I'm nursing but if it's not hopefully it goes back to normal and not this extreme one. i'm not used to this anymore :) no cramps though, so that's good.



 the closest to crawling he gets;
from sitting, he leans forward to reach something and puts his legs out to the side
 trying to get him to feed himself:
he loves his puffs and will find them amongst the other food, pick them up, use both hands & all fingers to get them in his mouth, but won't put the other, real food in his mouth. clever little stinker. :) he'll chew up and eat the pieces when I put them in his mouth. we'll keep trying.



 you can kind of see his other 2 teeth here
 he made himself a fort/tunnel. :)
 selfie with uncle tyler
 movember.
beard made by grama (he's not a fan of it so we had to hold it on)
 first bath in the sink at grama's because I forgot to bring the tub
 holiday crafting starting;
we made these for us & the grandparents.
 new bike

 fits into the sweater grama made him before he was born

cutest road trip buddy
 working on that Velcro to get his neck protector off
(which he does every time he's in the car now)

 sleepy, squishy lips :)

 practicing the crawling position
 although it's usually like this: straight legs/planking
 he pulls everything off his head (hats) but this he leaves on? :)
 loves to fall asleep with his blanket touching his face now,
also we've been using our handmade dinosaur camo sleep sack I got at a consignment sale, so much more relief for me that he's staying warm because blankets do not stay on this roley wiggle worm
 

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

trevor :: 40th week

11/11/14


trevor: tried halved beans and peas, turns pages of board books for me, says ma ma ma, too big/long for 6 month clothes & almost 9 month clothes, figures out how to get Velcro things undone & has persistence in doing so, he's hard to burp (cuz he's so wiggly) and usually burps on his own after eating, 9 month appointment, poops in moist, larger nuggets, scrunches his nose all the time, likes to grab and pull hair, got his 5th tooth (upper) & almost his 6th (other upper), first snowfall of the winter

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Thursday was Trevor's 9 moth appointment. he was 18 lbs 5 oz (25th percentile), 28.75 inches long (75th percentile), and his head was in the 95th percentile. :) we all got the flu shot at his appointment, but that was his only shot. I had tons of questions for dr sarumi like:
-if his little nugget poop is troublesome? she said it's likely the on set of constipation and to give him pears every day
-about his chapped, rosy cheeks. likely the weather and to put a humidifier in his room
-flakey toenails. normal.
-she noticed his turned in eyes again, we go back to the eye doctor on the 17th
-she noticed his next 2 top teeth are nearly in


Friday Trevor and I went up to the cities. we did some errands with mom and cleaned/organized the basement where all our crap is. I got our storage area much more organized and less stuff (donating and selling a bunch). we also tried out trevor's sled and got some more big boy toys to bring home for him to play with.

Saturday we met Jodi and luke at target in Eagan to exchange some things and shop. then at night we had johnny's dad's celebration of life. mom and tyler came too. it was a good time with good friends.

sunday we went back to eau Claire since Al was off and it was supposed to snow sunday night into Monday, 6-10 inches. yikes! upon our return to ec we got all our outside stuff put away and my tulips covered, in prep for the snow. then we went to the neighb's for the packer game. sunday night was a bad sleeping night, I think it was because of his teeth. the next top ones were below the gum line but still covered by gums sunday night and even worse Monday morning. I fed him at 750pm and he didn't fall asleep until 1050. al and I tried every trick in our book to no avail; he just wouldn't sleep but was so tired.

Monday morning he was pretty fussy but also had times where he was ok. I gave him a teething ring from the fridge and then froze some ice cubes and wet/froze the end of a wash cloth in prep for later. then shortly before nap time, he started bleeding from one of the teeth. by that evening, the tooth had popped through and he was much happier and slept better that night.

comparison of his 3 month, 6 month & 9 month footprints
 selfie with momma

 winter sled practice
 his first kiss
although forced, still cute
from elouise, the smiliest girl I know :)
 hanging out with my buddies at grama's house


 comparison of trevor & daddy in the same shirt :)
thanks for the picture grama diane!
I love being able to do comparisons & even tho al's older than trevor in this shirt, I can still see similarities.
the neighbor's dogs, Harley & chancey, hanging out with trevor in their jumperoo
 there seems to be a part of the toy missing... :)
 I love this picture, such a big smile
& you can see the happiness in his eyes
 you can kind of see that other tooth still covered in gums on the left side (his right)
 first snowfall of the year, we got about 4 inches.
I love when it sticks on the trees,
this is the view out our patio door.
 

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

trevor :: 39th week // 9 months

11/4/14
 



trevor: first swim, 2nd north shore visit, 1st halloween, started using convertible carseat instead of infant one, scrunches his nose lots when smiling, likes when we move our hands back and forth on his mouth as he's making noise like a little indian, ate little puffs by himself - figured out how to get them into his mouth, we were stacking blocks and I would tell him to put the last block on top and he would try & got it on the top a couple times, he rolled/threw a ball back and forth with me,

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Tuesday I finally bit the bullet and figured out how to install his convertible, big boy carseat in the explorer. it took a bit as I didn't realize you could/had to lock the seatbelt. he wasn't sleeping well or at all in the infant carseat and he was just about too long for it anyway according to the sticker. it's much nicer than our hand me down infant seat so I have to get used to the fancy trinkets on it but so far he seems to like it.

Wednesday and Thursday we ran errands and got things done before our busy weekend. Thursday Al took the dog down to Wausau because grandpa peter was watching him while we were out of town.

Friday, Halloween, we went up to the cities once Al was awake. trevor was a pumpkin all day, then was darth vadar and a giraffe at night. :) he didn't have a great schedule going and so took a very late nap in which he didn't wake up until after 5. so we got a late start on our trick or treating and didn't get to visit everyone we wanted to. but we did get over to see my dad & grandpa and my great aunt sara jane and uncle Gordon (patty, jim and cooper were there as well). they all loved him, of course, and he smiled away. I would have liked to be able to stay longer and to get over to my great uncle billy and aunt mary lou's but hopefully next year. when we got back to mom's we went to the couple of neighbor's we know well and got a ton of candy as there weren't many kids on mom's road this year.

Saturday mom, Al, Trevor and I went up to silver bay, the north shore, with a lot of mom's side for grama's 97th birthday. it was fun but busy and short. we all stayed at the americinn up there so it was fun to hang in the lobby with everyone. T took a good afternoon nap in the room and then we went to dinner in finland. dinner took longer than we expected so us with kids just went to bed. then the next morning, after daylight savings time which was a bit rough with the littles, we had continental breakfast and then went swimming, Trevor's first time! it was a bit cold for him so he wasn't as active as I expected but he did great! there was a big waterslide that us adults went down and it was so fun!

sunday we headed back to mom's with a stop at the outlet mall in north branch. we were all pretty exhausted and luckily Trevor slept really well in his new carseat. sunday night we played some cards and uncle tyler made us spaghetti for supper.

Monday we headed back to eau Claire then went to get the dog from grandpa peter. once we returned home, we were really ready to not be in the car anymore!

Tuesday was our 3rd anniversary and Trevor's 9 month birthday! :)

he likes to play music on his piano. and eat it. :)
 he stood up on his own for the first time,
it didn't last too long but he did it!
 silly dino shirt
 wearing daddy's shirt
 new carseat
helping carve his pumpkin (not really tho, he didn't like playing with the goop/seeds)
 his pumpkin has a matching grin to his

 the day before Halloween costuming - spiderman
 trick or treating around mom's neighborhood:
wolverine, giraffe, princess leia, monster
 puppy slippers
 another one of uncle tyler's outfits
 our little punkin
 grama's little giraffe
 at the north shore
 grama and her 7 kids for her 97th birthday

 he sits like this now when he's trying to reach something, it's easier for him to lean forward. possibly a pre-curser to crawling

 cousin ruby and trevor
 peeking around the book :)
 star wars family costumes
 first swim. and his shark robe
 kiddie pool
 big pool
 angi, ruby, trevor and momma swimming
 we ate lunch in the car looking at lake superior, trevor chomped on a carrot