Sunday, September 26, 2010
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I turn 30 tomorrow.
How did this happen?
I am not consumed with thoughts of "getting old", having said that I can't believe 30 years have come and gone. Where does time go? So many milestones have come and gone. Here are some thoughts I have pondered.
- I have been a mommy for almost 2 years
- I have lived in PA over 3 years
- I have been a wife for 5 years and we have been together nearly 10!
- I have been a homeowner for almost 6 years
- I have been working in my career for 6 years after Graduate School
- I have been able to drink (legally) for 9 years
- I have been able to vote for 12 years
- I have been out of High School for over 12 years
- I have been driving for 14 years
That is where time goes...and I can't wait to see what the next 30 holds.
How did this happen?
I am not consumed with thoughts of "getting old", having said that I can't believe 30 years have come and gone. Where does time go? So many milestones have come and gone. Here are some thoughts I have pondered.
- I have been a mommy for almost 2 years
- I have lived in PA over 3 years
- I have been a wife for 5 years and we have been together nearly 10!
- I have been a homeowner for almost 6 years
- I have been working in my career for 6 years after Graduate School
- I have been able to drink (legally) for 9 years
- I have been able to vote for 12 years
- I have been out of High School for over 12 years
- I have been driving for 14 years
That is where time goes...and I can't wait to see what the next 30 holds.
Rece News
The little monkey is going to be two before we know it, here are some updates:
- He is so much steadier on his feet than even a couple of months ago and wants to run everywhere.
-His hair has lightened over the summer and has a tint of red to it
-We struggle with his pinching and hitting when he gets frustrated. We have taught him that it is not nice and to say "Sorry" and give a hug if he is not nice. But that seems to have backfired since he is so good at the "Sorry" and hug part, he seems to think he can just check that box and move on...
-He is remembering things, everything. And then he talks about it over and over and over again when he recalls something. The things he remembers are amazing to me.
-He is repeating phrases a lot more now - every day we tell each other "Bye-Bye & See you later" and we also will get the "Had a dood day!!" (ie. Have a good day)
-He will tell you who he played with at day care and what they did. It is most often, Piper, or Liam or Eli and their favorite pastime is "running"
-He went through a few week phase where he was a BEAR at bedtime, luckily that has passed and he is back to his normal bed loving self. We did add two stuffed animals to the routine during that time, and now he has to have both "Bunny and Bear" when he goes to sleep.
-He is perfecting the tantrum. I think his strategy is "practice makes perfect" - not cool.
-He has discovered his fingers fit in his nose, and there are "burgers" up there. Since Jeremy and I did not dedicate teaching time to this skill, I would like to think his booger picking buddy from day-care, whomever that might be. Again - not cool.
-He is on a Flovent Inhaler for the fall and winter to protect his airways from inflammation and hopefully keep every cold from needing a chest x-ray to determine bronchitis or pneumonia He had a cold earlier this month and it was a normal kid cold. I couldn't believe that is what it could be like!! No trips to the ER- WHAT!?! ;-)
-We are also in the process of weaning him from prevacid. We went to a 1/2 pill each day for a few weeks and now we just took him off completely. His reflux has been good, we are crossing our fingers it will stay that way.
-He has started to say "I love you" - I.heart.him.
- He is so much steadier on his feet than even a couple of months ago and wants to run everywhere.
-His hair has lightened over the summer and has a tint of red to it
-We struggle with his pinching and hitting when he gets frustrated. We have taught him that it is not nice and to say "Sorry" and give a hug if he is not nice. But that seems to have backfired since he is so good at the "Sorry" and hug part, he seems to think he can just check that box and move on...
-He is remembering things, everything. And then he talks about it over and over and over again when he recalls something. The things he remembers are amazing to me.
-He is repeating phrases a lot more now - every day we tell each other "Bye-Bye & See you later" and we also will get the "Had a dood day!!" (ie. Have a good day)
-He will tell you who he played with at day care and what they did. It is most often, Piper, or Liam or Eli and their favorite pastime is "running"
-He went through a few week phase where he was a BEAR at bedtime, luckily that has passed and he is back to his normal bed loving self. We did add two stuffed animals to the routine during that time, and now he has to have both "Bunny and Bear" when he goes to sleep.
-He is perfecting the tantrum. I think his strategy is "practice makes perfect" - not cool.
-He has discovered his fingers fit in his nose, and there are "burgers" up there. Since Jeremy and I did not dedicate teaching time to this skill, I would like to think his booger picking buddy from day-care, whomever that might be. Again - not cool.
-He is on a Flovent Inhaler for the fall and winter to protect his airways from inflammation and hopefully keep every cold from needing a chest x-ray to determine bronchitis or pneumonia He had a cold earlier this month and it was a normal kid cold. I couldn't believe that is what it could be like!! No trips to the ER- WHAT!?! ;-)
-We are also in the process of weaning him from prevacid. We went to a 1/2 pill each day for a few weeks and now we just took him off completely. His reflux has been good, we are crossing our fingers it will stay that way.
-He has started to say "I love you" - I.heart.him.
What we did this summer!
Ahhhhhh, the days of fall, I LOVE fall. Summer is okay and all, but quite frankly there are days when I loathe the heat. To me, the best part of summer is that Jeremy is off of school and our mornings are not as rushed, and because Jeremy is home most of the week, he has time to do enough things around the house that it frees up our weekends to spend as a family.
We had an absolutely wonderful summer. Here is a snapshot of our fun times:
- We spent lots of time at Spring Creek Park playing on all of the slides etc. and even spent some time in the very cold creek.
- We took advantage of our new deck and new grill spending lots of time using both.
- We took a long and FUN trip back home to Michigan where we:
-Went to a Michigan Wine Fest
-Rece spent a whole week + with both sets of Grandparents
-Jeremy & I went to Myrtle Beach
- We all spent some good time at Lake Isabella with Family
- We went to State College Arts Fest and the People's Choice Arts Show in Boalsburg
- We went to NYC: Central Park Zoo, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and spent the weekend with Carly in NJ.
-We watched daddy play baseball at State College Spikes Stadium
- We went to a Penn State Tailgate as a family
-We went home to Michigan for Labor Day weekend which included another week with the Grandparents for Rece and a stop in Cleveland at the Children's museum on the way home.
- Rece grew, and grew and grew. and did not have 1, not 1, cold all summer! It was great!!!
Here is to a fall as wonderful!
We had an absolutely wonderful summer. Here is a snapshot of our fun times:
- We spent lots of time at Spring Creek Park playing on all of the slides etc. and even spent some time in the very cold creek.
- We took advantage of our new deck and new grill spending lots of time using both.
- We took a long and FUN trip back home to Michigan where we:
-Went to a Michigan Wine Fest
-Rece spent a whole week + with both sets of Grandparents
-Jeremy & I went to Myrtle Beach
- We all spent some good time at Lake Isabella with Family
- We went to State College Arts Fest and the People's Choice Arts Show in Boalsburg
- We went to NYC: Central Park Zoo, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and spent the weekend with Carly in NJ.
-We watched daddy play baseball at State College Spikes Stadium
- We went to a Penn State Tailgate as a family
-We went home to Michigan for Labor Day weekend which included another week with the Grandparents for Rece and a stop in Cleveland at the Children's museum on the way home.
- Rece grew, and grew and grew. and did not have 1, not 1, cold all summer! It was great!!!
Here is to a fall as wonderful!
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