He has become a walking fool!!!!

So, Joshua decided last Thursday night that he would walk.  He just let go of me and took off.  Since then, he hasn’t slowed down.  He walks everywhere.  From his room to the living room.  Checks on his toys.  Walks into the kitchen do dig out some lids (he has his own cabinet he can play in).  Then into the study to check what is happening out the front window.  Then back around to the living room.  He has become a real busy body.  I turn around and he is gone….a whole different gone from when he started crawling.  Oh life is getting fun. 

Beyond that, not much else going on…oh yea…there is a video of him walking on our flickr.  

My nephew turned nine this weekend.  He has a mohawk for the summer so we gave Joshua a faux-hawk for the party.  Yea, I know, he is a cutie with his faux-hawk.

That is all I have for now.

I am so sorry.

Let me start by going back a few days.  Joshua’s roseola wasn’t getting any better.  In fact, it was getting worse.  I was beginning to think that he was having an allergic reaction to the new antibiotic the docs had put him on for his ears.  I called and talked to the nurse.  She seemed to agree and confirmed that what I was describing was not chicken pox.  Joshua went in to see his doctor again on Tuesday.  What we thought was roseola looks to be Fifth Disease.  Which is a lot like roseola but can last 5 weeks not just 5 days.  Great, he will be covered with red rash marks for a few more weeks and then it should clear up.  We are to try to keep him cooled off in the mean time….heeellllllooooo…..it has been freakin’ hot all week!  How am I suppose to keep him cooled off???  Lovely, just lovely.  His ears look much better.  He always must be pretty tasty because the bugs seem to love him.  He has a cream to put on the bites and rash since they itch, he is scratching.  Again, just lovely. 

Joshua is walking somewhat good.  Until he realizes that he is walking, then he sits down.  If he doesn’t think about it, he will walk around the house.  He has also learned that he can climb on the fireplace hearth.  Which is about 12 inches off the floor.  If he lays his tummy across it, he can hike a knee up on top and next thing he knows he is getting in trouble for being on the hearth.  All boy!  He is always figuring out how to use more and more of his toys.  His shake and go cars, he gets the shaking and the setting them down the right way, just not in that order.  We will get there.  Also, sad but true…Joshua yellow bowl has finally seen its last days.  The big yellow bowl I have had for years and years and bit the dust…or at least the recycle bin outside.  He had cracked it playing around and the other day, from in my arms he dropped his sippy cup down in it and busted a hole in the bowl.  My 88 cent bowl.  I will miss my bowl.  Please take a moment and remember my yellow bowl. 

So tonight, we were going to go out for dinner.  We invited Daniel & Christina & Adam to join us.  We get to Mexican Inn, eat, pay, had not very good service, head back out to the car and I realize that I do not have the keys.  I have yet again locked the keys in the car.  I blame Joshua.  Since he came along, I have become forgetful about my keys and have locked myself out, one, two, three now four times.  Four times….in a year.  And Jeff has done it himself now twice.  Again, I blame Joshua, he should keep a better eye on his aging parents.

So, Jeff & Daniel got this bright idea (seemed bright at the time) to take the antennae off the car and use it to try to unlock the door.  Problem is, the car has an alarm.  An alarm that does not allow the car to be unlocked except by the clicker or key, both of which are laying in plain sight in the car.  We have called in back-up of my brother, Jeromy & brother-in-law and sister, Brandon & Stephanie.  Before they arrive, the car has eaten the antennae….i.e. the antennae fell in the car and is now laying in the seat….in plain sight.  Daniel calls his roadside assistance that has come out to help me before to unlock the car.  They should be out in like 30 minutes.  In the meantime, B&S show up as does J.  J offers his CB antennae and a wire hanger he brought.  After realizing that the car is not going to unlock no matter how much we push the unlock button, they boys went after the keys.  First trying to push a button on the clicker, then trying to fish the keys out.  Several minutes and some duck tape later, they have devised a “fishing pole” to use.  Works like a charm, the keys came out and we were able to unlock the car.  It is hot outside, both Joshua & Adam are tired and hot.  It is past bedtimes as it was 9 when we got in the car, or a little there after.  Jeff was supposed to be at work at 10, he left home around 9:45.  His work knew he was coming, just running late.  Jeff is rarely ever late….unless he is going somewhere with me.  I am always late.  Long story short, we must get extra copies of our keys made.  I am so sorry to have made everyone get involed and spend the time outside in the heat and warm breeze.  We are getting way to good at locking our keys in the car, house and truck.  And it is all Joshua’s fault…LOL!!

What a week!

So, after being off Monday and Joshua having two ear infections.  Tuesday I went back to work and Joshua went back to school (daycare).  Tuesday afternoon when Joshua woke up from his nap, his sitter noticed that he had spots on his chest.  When Jeff went to pick him up, she showed them to him.  I was late getting home this night and the spots looked suspicious.  We went about our nightly business, gave Joshua a bath and put him to bed.  We would call the doctor in the morning.

In the morning, I got up to leave for work.  With every intention of actually getting to work on time.  I did get there right at 8:30.  I sit down at my desk and my phone rings, it’s Jeff.  I assume he is calling me to give me the update on Joshua’s spots.  Yes is he, but he has also locked himself out of the house.  We have no extra key outside.  He has no keys to the car, as they are in the house with his house keys.  Lovely….the one day I get to work on time I have to leave to come home to let him in.  I had been planning to take off for Joshua’s appointment I was sure he would have.  I got the go ahead from my work to head home, take care of things and then work from the house. 

We called the doctor’s office and they wanted to see Joshua right away.  Come to find out, he has Roseola or German Measles.  Reddish spots under the skin.  They don’t cause problems, they just make you look bad.  Lovely…my son looks like a polka dotted kid.  It seems to me that it is one thing after another with this kid.  Once he really starts walking, I think I will be in trouble.  He will be accident prone (like his mother was) and is so stubborn that he will have no fear.  It’s karma, karma, karma coming back at me from my childhood.  Heh, heh, heh….it’ll do the same to him. 

Today at school, the report was that Joshua was a terror all day.  He threw one fit after another.  I think he is frustrated.  He wants to do so much, but isn’t quite big enough to.  It’d help if he’d start walking.  He did pretty good tonight walking between his dad and I.  I was also checking out his gums tonight and think he might be trying to get more teeth.  I will have to check him out again this weekend for sure.

Let’s hope this weekend goes better!  And, I am getting my phone fixed tomorrow….I will actually know who is calling me then.

What a weekend

So, Joshua woke up with a runny nose on Friday.  His sitter said that he was fussy most of the day and had many dirty diapers.  Friday night, he was running a fever so I gave him Tylenol/Motrin twice before he went to bed.  He didn’t sleep good all night and I kept waking up with him listening…I am stressed about the possibility of another febrile seizure.  We got up Saturday morning and he continued to be fussy.  I would give either Tylenol or Motrin and his fever would no more break then the medicine would wear off and the fever would come right back.  After dinner Saturday night, it had been a verrrry fusssy day, my sister went with me to the urgent care at his doctor’s office.  Sure enough, the boy has two ear infections again.  She gave him a stronger antibiotic than usual.  And said that after about 48 hours on the antibiotic, his fever should stop.  Well, suprise suprise, she was right.  But my weekend had consisted of dealing with an incredibly fussy one year old who just wants to be held.  I got nothing done that I wanted to.  

Also on Friday night, I was letting Chanci out and she must have really needed to go because she trampled all over my foot.  Now I have two distinct scratches down my foot along with some light bruising.  Lovely, just lovely.  Then on Sunday, Jeff went out to go set up the sprinkler timer and took Chanci with him.  When the water started spraying she panicked and ran into the street.  Jeff went after her in such a hurry that he ran right into our concrete planter and banged up his leg just below the knee.  I swear our dog was trying to kill us this weekend…or at least cripple us.

I am glad to be going back to work tomorrow after the way too long three day weekend. 

Oh yea….I am working on my flickr thing to figure out the red x’s.

Happy Birthday to Joshua!!!

Monday was Joshua’s first birthday!!

We had his party on Sunday afternoon.  I made an awesome pirate cake.  And a smaller cake for Joshua to put his hands all in.  He seemed to like it, but his sugar didn’t kick in fast enough…he feel asleep eating the cake.  See, early in the day…about 11:15, he wanted his nap, but refused to take it.  I told him that he needed his nap because it was going to be a long day and he didn’t need to be sleeping during his party.  He didn’t seem to care and just wanted to stay awake.  He made it through the gift opening and the bithday song singing; he dug his hands in to his cake and ate some.  He started nodding off, catching himself remembering he was having cake, then he would drift off some more.  Eventually, sleep won out and he laid his head down and went to sleep.

Monday night we took pictures with Mandy, my sister-in-law.  Those will be coming shortly.  She got some really great shots of the boy!  Monday afternoon, he went to the doctor for shots…yes shots on his birthday, I am such a mean Mommy.  Our little man is an average one year old in the weight and height in the 53 & 54 percentiles.   The milk is going pretty well, he is not rejecting it.  And we haven’t had a bottle in three days now.  So far so good.

He is almost walking.  He takes 3-6 steps then falls forward with excitement.  I have found that I can’t get too excited or he gets too excited and falls.  It is going to happen soon, I can almost taste it!!  I can’t wait!!

Happy Birthday to me

Today was my birthday.  I got a free dinner.  WhooHoo!  Planning a busy weekend. 

Joshua had milk for the first time tonight.  He seemed to like it well enough.  And didn’t have a reaction to it.  So far, so good.  I am hoping to take him off the bottle this weekend, we will see how that goes. 

He took about 4 steps last night without falling, but at his fourth step, he was touching me.  Not fully walking, but we are getting so close.  I am so excited!! 

So, my cousin and his wife are pregnant.  It has been confirmed.  It got me to thinking about having another kid.  I am just not sure.  With one, I can promise him the world and deliver without any doubt, but with two I am not sure that I can.  I can only promise material things, which in the end aren’t worth that much anyway.  My husband said that I can give one child everything except one thing…a sibling.  But sometimes, siblings are overrated.  I have two…there are great people, but sometimes, I wish they would both go away.  On the other hand, I wouldn’t trade either of them for anything.  It is nice knowing that they are there in a time of crisis.  Like last month when Joshua had his seizure, they were there in a flash.  If I don’t give Joshua a sibling, who will be there like that for him?  Friends come and go and are never as dependable as family.  I can promise Joshua that I will give him the best life that I can.  And I suppose I will give more thought to this whole second child thing.  Money is a big factor.  Time is a big factor.  What if getting pregnant this time doesn’t come as easy as it did with Joshua?  I have always been told that I would have a hard time getting pregnant and would probably require some fertility help.  My body isn’t coming back off my birth control so well, that could be a sign.  A sign of what I am not sure.  I don’t really want my kiddos to be more than 2-3 years apart, so I guess I should get to deciding how things will work out.   I will keep you posted.

My first Mother’s Day

Happy 1st Mother’s Day to me!  Joshua made me flowers at school….well, he helped decorate a flower pot for me.  The lady that keeps him, DeDe, said that when she painted his palms, he just wanted to squish the paint in his palms.  So instead of hand prints, I got fist prints on my pot.  Very cool all the same.  We spent Mother’s Day at my sister Stephanie’s.  We went swimming and fixed dinner for our mom…ribs, potatoes, green beans and some very tasty bread that I made.
Joshua has started standing on his own.  Sometimes he is still a little unsure of his confidence but other times he stand on a pillow and has not problems.  But he is doing better.  It is hard to believe that he is about to be a year old.  The past year has just flown by.  I think I have become a better person over the past year.  I am far more patient that I have ever been in my life.  And I have learned that sometimes, making a list can be helpful.  I have discovered that sleeping in on the weekends has become a thing of the past.  And bedtime rituals for little ones are really important.  I am sure I have learned more things, but that is all that is jumping out at me right now.  Joshua had a febrile seizure since my last post.  I panic every time he seems slightly warm.  The statements and bills are starting to come in from the trip to the hospital. 
The dog and the cat are doing good.  They both like Joshua and Joshua likes both of them.  Chanci, the dog, lets Joshua climb all over her.  I think she just loves the attention.  Joshua often tries to check Chanci teeth, he is always lifting up lips up to check them out.  And her eyes…when he pokes at them, they close.  He gets tickled, but we are trying to break him of this.  Patches likes Joshua until he gets a little rough.  She knows she better not scratch at him like she does when playing with me.  She tends to run away when he gets rough resulting in him chasing her. 
Jeff is good. 
That is my update for now.

tired

So, I thought I would update. 

The storms that came through early Thursday morning were bad in my area.  I was awaken at around 3:15 – 3:30 to the sound of fast moving winds and rattling doors.  I went from laying in my bed asleep to standing next to my bed in the dark.  Moments…mere seconds later, my power went out.  I grabbed my cell phone and called my mother who I assumed would have a radio on, but she didn’t know anything.  It had just started raining at her house.  The wind slowed down and I had lit a candle before finding a flashlight.  I am pacing in my house from one end to the other checking on damage that can be seen as the rain, hail and wind continue to beat down my street.  My son surprising slept through it all….at least I think…with no power I had no monitor and didn’t want to wake him unless I had to.  In the dark with the lightening lighting up my street I could see I had a large branch down near my truck.  It finally settled into just rain and I drifted into a very light sleep.  Come daylight, I still had no power…my house was hot.  And the branch I could see down was not touching my truck by about 8 inches.  The branch was about 10-12 feet long though.  There were trees down all along my street.  Our crappy fence in the backyard had amazing held up.  But my neighbors fence with his neighbor didn’t.  HEB ISD cancelled schools which was nice.  People were pouring out of their homes to check the damage.  When I left to go to work, it was nice to see neighbors helping neighbors clean up the debris left behind.  My street was fortunate to have had a gentle hand lay all trees and fences next to and beside all houses and cars….damaging none.  Thursday evening after work, I came home to find that I still did not have power.  My neighbor said that Oncor would not give an ETA.  So, I headed to Irving to have dinner with my cousin Daniel and his family.  Then back home once again to find I still didn’t have power at 10pm and my sister and her family came over to help take all my food that was slowly getting bad to her house to store.  I don’t think I lost any food, which is good I had just stocked up on meats in the freezer.  Actually, I did lose ice cream…no big deal…who needs ice cream anyway!  My son, Joshua and I spent Thursday night at my sister’s.  Thanks to them for giving us a air conditioned place to stay!!!…and a warm shower Friday morning!!!  Friday morning I dropped Joshua off at school and came home to find that I now had power.  I let my dog and my cat out….I had left windows open to help keep them cool.  My house was cool all right and they were fine and happy to see me home.  Friday night we picked up our things from my sisters and spent a night at home in our own beds.  I know we only spent one night away from home, but the whole ordeal of it all made it seem like it had been many days. 

I am thankful that my problems were several lost branches out of the tree I don’t like and no power for about 36 hours.  Other people in the area were not so fortunate. 

Today, I went with Daniel, Christina & Adam to Hillsboro and Lake Whitney to go Outlet Mall shopping and to take pictures in the bluebonnets.  Taking pictures in the bluebonnets in a part of growing up in Texas.  Every spring your dad drives you around until he finds the perfect spot.  Then you are set out in nice clothes in the bluebonnets flowers…probably along some highway.  And your picture is taken….it is the start of every spring season in Texas a child.  Joshua’s reaction to the bluebonnets was much like his reaction to the pumpkin patch….he didn’t like it.  But it made for a cute picture.  They will be on my flickr in the next day or so. 

That wraps up my last few days.

Joshua is crawling, cruising and climbing but not walking.  He doesn’t even want to stand by himself if he can avoid it.  We will get there.  Plans are being made for his first birthday party get together/party.  My baby is about to be 1  / (:  Mixed emotions.

Here I Am

Well, Joshua is about to be 5 months old.  5 whole months…can you believe it???  Before I know it he will be 5 years old.

 Then 15, then 25.  He is growing so fast….check it out on our flickr site.

 So, in 5 months, he has gotten over colic….that took about 2 1/2 months.  It was rough.  I don’t wish a colicky baby on anybody.  He is getting into tummy time.  He has gone through 4 sizes of diapers and three sizes of clothes.   He has learned that we have a dog and a cat.  He loves Chanci and she loves him…pretty much. 

 He weighed 16 lbs 7 ozs last week at the doctor.  He has had some circumsion issues that he will start to get resolved next month.  He is eating baby foods, I think sweet potatoes and bananas are his favorite. 

He is rotten.  Everyone says he is rotten cause he is an only child.  We will give him a sibling in a year or more. 

We are planning a vacation next year to California with stops in Albuqurque and Las Vegas.  We will be going with my cousin, his wife and their son, Adam.  Adam is a week older than Joshua. 

My work is going.  Just going.  Not bad, but not great.  I am contemplating looking for something closer to home. 

Doesn’t seem like much else has been going on.  

Oh yea, we just saved a bunch of money but not by switching to Geico (they were acutally more expensive) but by switching our insurance away from All-State. 

And baby makes three

Well.  Here I am updating….I will give you a second to get up off the floor.

You okay?  Your hair is kinda ruffled still………..that’s better.

 So, Joshua Dylan made his arrival a week and a half early on May 19.  My blood pressure shot up resulting in Preeclampsia and I had to be induced.  Come to find out I am in like 5% of women that Pitocin does not work on.  So, I had a c-section.  I was so glad to be done and over with it all. 

 Now he is here and a whole other journey has begun.  He sleeps most of the time still.  But, we will work more on staying awake during the day next week when it is just he and I at home.

So, here he is, if you haven’t seen him before….

A nice picture taken my Josh’s, Uncle J. 

Josh stories….

He has already peed on both Daddy & Mommy.  And pooped while Mommy was trying to get the diaper changed.  And he snorts a lot when he is upset.  And he eats and sleeps and potties and farts.  That is pretty much his life for right now. 

 That’s all I have for now.  Hope you enjoyed the update.