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Sunday, February 7, 2016

2016 :: 5/52 :: Trevor 2 years old




CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S TWO!!!

Trevor: we've been trying to get him to poop on the potty, he'll say no when we ask if he wants to sit on the potty when he's pushing but will follow us into the bathroom and sit (especially when he gets the phone to play on), he says "rove ou" for love you, when you ask him how old he is he'll say "duu" and attempt to hold up 2 fingers, he can jump and get both feet off the ground, but his favorite is to jump on the couch and throw his feet up so he lands on his butt, he likes to "watch" movies but really just pulls the dvd case down & then watches 2-5 minutes of it and wants another one, he can say almost every letter in the alphabet, he's good at saying no, he now says "e-yah" for yes and sounds like a Swedish girl when he says it :), we switched to putting his sleepsack on backwards because he was unzipping it and taking it off while in the crib,

2 year stats: 26 lbs 7 oz (30th %), 36.25 inches tall (90th %), head is 80th %, BMI is 5% which is low so we need to continue with whole milk and trying to get lots of good calories in him. (for more on his 2 year appt see 2016 :: 6/52 post)

Trevor's been not eating very good for a couple weeks now, just doesn't eat much, won't try new things. He's also been chewing on his blankies and fingers so might have those 2 year molars moving? he's had a stuffy nose for almost 2 weeks now.

we didn't do a whole lot the beginning of this week due to snow, cold and gearing up for the birthday weekend!

Thursday morning, our birthday, I woke up at 2 am not feeling right. couple minutes later I realize I have the stomach flu and was on the toilet or puking all morning long. luckily I didn't puke any more after 530am, but still spent the whole day laying down and not eating anything or drinking much. I finally felt better about 4 pm but was weak from not eating/not having anything in me. not much of a way to spend a birthday, but I guess it's sticking with tradition of getting a flu on trevor's birthday and not getting to kiss him.

Friday morning I was feeling much better, just needed to rehydrate and fuel up, so we pretended that was our birthday. Trevor got balloons, we went and had his 2 year pictures taken, we got erb's and gerb's for lunch, and NaNa came down after nap. we went out to eat that night and had dairy queen birthday cake! we had his pictures taken at target this year because we couldn't afford gina. I don't love them like I always love Gina's pictures, but they'll do for a yearly picture. we're hoping to afford gina again next year or maybe this summer for family pictures!

Saturday was birthday party day! first, T and I went to swimming lessons. then we came home, T took a bath, and we all headed to the lily pad lab to set up for his party. the party was from 10-noon and it was a good time. the attendees were: Jodi, matt, cam, chloe, Jodi, Luke, Kassie, jake and kade (5 kids including Trevor). it was a fun space for the kids to play in, lots of toys, snacks, then present opening and cupcakes! afterwards, we all napped :) and then that night Al and I went out with Jodi, matt, jenny, kyle, Kassie, jake, joe, Emily and other predator people for Jodi and my birthdays. we did dinner at mogie's, then eventually went to the pio and then to rays. it was a good time and kinda weird to be out at bars we hadn't been to since Al was in college still. :) Al got hooked on a really cheap shot call somballa that tasted like a really sweet black jelly bean and he drank too many of them. :)

Sunday, Al had to work 11a-11p; he had gut rot and a bit of a hangover so that sucked for him. Mom stuck around until nap time, so we played and put new toys away and cleaned. it was 40+ degrees outside, so we opened all the windows and aired the house out for a couple minutes. so while Trevor napped, I cleaned out the garage and got rid of some ice on our sidewalk! then after nap, T and I went over to the neighb's house for the super bowl.

playing with his birthday balloons





waiting to get his pictures taken









opening his presents from nana and unc




 birthday spread
 attendees (missing Kade)
 looking at the fish with Luke
he loves his new folding table & chairs from nana!! 
 new go go smart cars!
 he stands like this often :)
 playing at his new table
(nana slept in the living room this weekend :])

 practicing his front float, trying not to get any of his face in the water.
he will not put his arms out, will only hold my thumbs tightly
 opening presents


 cupcake cake with 'chines
 eating his cupcake with his digger :)





Monday, February 1, 2016

2016 :: 4/52


Al had class Mon-Thurs this week so he worked 8-4 which was weird for us and kinda cool to see what it would be like if he worked a regular job. :)

the weather was decent this week, warmer but snowed just about every day and was windy. we got outside a couple times but got cold quick. we went to the neighb's house each morning to play, do a craft and eat lunch.

Wednesday morning, Trevor was brushing his teeth in the bathroom on his step stool while I was getting dressed. he then came in, said "momma," grabbed my finger and pulled me into the bathroom. he pointed to the sink and I saw his red toothbrush in the sink (we've never had a sink plugger, drain thing in that sink since we moved in, the rental company wouldn't give us one). I told him not to put it in there, pulled it out and then looked for his green toothbrush. I didn't see it on the counter so I looked down the drain and there it was, really far down there.

Wednesday morning we ran errands before going to the neighbs: we dropped a package off at the ups store, got gas for $1.12/gallon with the helps of our grocery store points, went to drop our papers off with the tax guy, and then ran to the dollar store for new toothbrushes.

Thursday we played construction 'chines with "rocks" (aka dried beans), then went to the neighb's for some play time, then came home for some crafting.

Saturday morning Trevor and I had our 2nd swimming lessons; he froze the whole time this week! he was so cold, his chin was quivering bad the entire class. he still wouldn't blow bubbles but we worked on floating on tummy and back. he'd lay on his tummy and back but only for a bit before trying to sit up.

then we drove right up to mom's after swimming because I was having lunch and a distillery tour with my friends while mom played with T. we had lunch at whitey's in Stillwater then went to the 45th parallel distillery in new Richmond wi. it was manda, johnny, meg and me. lunch was delicious but SO filling as I had done a clean eating challenge all week long. we all rode together to the distillery and the tour started as soon as we got there. It smelled like alcohol in there and it was making me sick at the beginning. but the tour was informative and entertaining. then we got to sample 8 of the spirits they make there: vodka, 3 types of whiskey, a horseradish vodka, aquavit. and after those we tried their lemon and orange cello which were fantastic!

once we got back to Stillwater after the tour we went to smalley's and had their conch & corn fritters and chips and salsa, all which was fantastic! while there, mom text and said she thought T wasn't feeling well. so on the way home, I stopped and got Tylenol and a thermometer for at mom's house. sure enough, T had a 102.9 fever! he kept the fever the rest of the weekend and still 99.4 on Monday. needless to say, we didn't sleep well either sat or sun night. I had to run and get him some motrin at mom's too because it seemed like the Tylenol wasn't helping the fever. he didn't really have any other symptoms other than a clear runny nose and he was up playing most of the time. wondering if it's those 2 year molars moving? yikes, he's 2 this next week!

it was in the 40s this weekend so we played outside a bit to get some fresh air and maybe help bring the fever down.

playing dinos with the pack I got at his baby shower


 dada thought he was going poop so we put him on the toilet.
he didn't want to stay there so we gave him Al's phone :)
just like dada
he didn't poop or pee tho.
 

 snuggling with momma while watching tv


construction work with his 'chines


 
 he's 3 feet tall!

still hasn't pooped on the potty but we keep trying.
it's harder than I originally thought to catch him when he starts pushing 
 feverish boy sitting in grama's chair
this was his attire all weekend while trying to keep the fever down

 jumping in puddles
 rocks

 he's been sticking his tongue out like this while doing things lately




distillery tour

 whiskey barrels