Yesterday when I went to pick up Alex at "school," his teacher told me that all of the children had been calling him Chicken Man and he was answering to it. She asked if there was a meaning behind it and if we called him that at home. Nope! I finally got Alex to explain that he was "chomping" and chasing the other kids and one little boy started calling him Chicken Man. I just asked and no one called him Chicken Man today. :-)
Today as we were leaving his classroom, a little girl grabbed Alex and gave him a big hug. He says her name is Calla, but then he says he doesn't know. I asked him if she is his girlfriend and he says, NO!
We have a new routine at night. After Alex gets his bath, he likes for me to hold him in my arms until he is about to fall asleep. He tells me every night, "sleep in mommy's arms." It is so sweet.
As I type this, Alex is riding around the den in his little car, telling me that he is going to the beach. He is ready for me to go with him. He decided that he had to go to the bathroom before he leaves for the beach and as he went into the bathroom, he said, "I love you more!"
Have I said lately that I love being his Mama?
Love to all,
R & T & A
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Hot, Hot, Hot!
This week, we would like to remember Tim's Aunt Betty who passed away. Her service was Thursday. She is truly one of the sweetest ladies I ever met and my mother-in-law's only living sibling. It has been a tough week for her. We love you Granny!
It has been really hot here this past week. I just checked the thermometer and it is 90 at 7:18pm. One day when I got in the car at work to pick up Alex, the thermometer read 111! Of course, it had been in the sun all day, but whew!!!
Alex's school has been trying to beat the heat - this week they had a pool party (wading pool) one morning and ice cream sundaes that afternoon. Normally, they go outside each morning and afternoon, but lately they have only been able to go out in the mornings.
This weekend, our town hosted the Festival of Discovery - a BBQ cookoff with teams from all over. Last year, it was featured on the Food Network. We have never been and had planned to take Alex to ride the kiddie rides, but it was just too hot to be on the asphalt today. Since he was a good boy, Daddy put up the kiddie pool and Alex got to play in it for a while.
Hopefully, next weekend, we will go to Simpsonville to Discovery Island waterpark. It is in Greenville county and part of their parks & rec department. Wish we had something like that here instead of driving 45 minutes to get there!
Last Monday, Alex's "school" was closed for July 4th. Tim and I had to work, so Granny and Grandpa kept Alex that morning and Granny Carolyn and Papa kept him that afternoon. He was sick all last weekend and had another fever when I picked him up. When Tim took him to Granny & Papa's, he didn't have one. Finally, that night, his fever began to break, but we kept him on meds through Wednesday night because he was running a low-grade fever and we didn't want him to miss his pool party. He was complaining of headache, sore throat and ear ache - basically the same thing that we have been passing around the family since our beach trip over a month ago. I think finally, we are all over it. Hate for my baby to be sick!!
Alex ate some of the first cantaloupe from his and Daddy's garden. I tried to get a picture, but he had just finished his last bite when I got the camera. He has already had cucumbers from the garden. He should have watermelon soon also. We have already had tomatoes, squash and peppers, but he doesn't eat those.
Hope everyone has a great week!!
Love,
R & T & A
It has been really hot here this past week. I just checked the thermometer and it is 90 at 7:18pm. One day when I got in the car at work to pick up Alex, the thermometer read 111! Of course, it had been in the sun all day, but whew!!!
Alex's school has been trying to beat the heat - this week they had a pool party (wading pool) one morning and ice cream sundaes that afternoon. Normally, they go outside each morning and afternoon, but lately they have only been able to go out in the mornings.
This weekend, our town hosted the Festival of Discovery - a BBQ cookoff with teams from all over. Last year, it was featured on the Food Network. We have never been and had planned to take Alex to ride the kiddie rides, but it was just too hot to be on the asphalt today. Since he was a good boy, Daddy put up the kiddie pool and Alex got to play in it for a while.
Hopefully, next weekend, we will go to Simpsonville to Discovery Island waterpark. It is in Greenville county and part of their parks & rec department. Wish we had something like that here instead of driving 45 minutes to get there!
Last Monday, Alex's "school" was closed for July 4th. Tim and I had to work, so Granny and Grandpa kept Alex that morning and Granny Carolyn and Papa kept him that afternoon. He was sick all last weekend and had another fever when I picked him up. When Tim took him to Granny & Papa's, he didn't have one. Finally, that night, his fever began to break, but we kept him on meds through Wednesday night because he was running a low-grade fever and we didn't want him to miss his pool party. He was complaining of headache, sore throat and ear ache - basically the same thing that we have been passing around the family since our beach trip over a month ago. I think finally, we are all over it. Hate for my baby to be sick!!
Alex ate some of the first cantaloupe from his and Daddy's garden. I tried to get a picture, but he had just finished his last bite when I got the camera. He has already had cucumbers from the garden. He should have watermelon soon also. We have already had tomatoes, squash and peppers, but he doesn't eat those.
Hope everyone has a great week!!
Love,
R & T & A
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Independence!
Silly Boy - pants on the head
Check out those tan lines
Sacked out on Mama
Ready for first dental cleaning
Dental cleaning
And... because I don't think I ever posted this one...first day of "school"Celebrating our son's first Independence Day!
Thursday night and Friday morning, Alex complained to Tim that it hurt when he urinated. So, off to the doctor we go. They did a urinalysis in the office and then sent us to the hospital with another sample. As we pulled up, Alex wanted to know where the airplanes were! I never looked at it that way, but the hospital is big like an airport and there were lots of people hustling around. Well, Alex missed lunch at school, so we went to McDonald's for lunch. He got back to nursery, it was nap time. They had the windows covered and soft music playing. By that time, I was wishing I had a nap time also.
The good news is that they did not find anything with the urinalysis and are growing a culture. The doctor said to just push fluids and said that he may even have a kidney stone because there was a trace of blood in his urine. She said to watch for any signs of pain in the abdomen. So far, he has had no symptoms of this, BUT - yesterday, Tim brought him in from playing outside and his temp was around 103! We gave him a chance to cool down, have a shower and it was still around 102. He didn't complain of anything hurting and he was running around like his usual self. I called Nurse Nanci, my sister and she said that if he is acting OK, then don't worry too much about the fever. We went on to the birthday dinner and gave him some generic Tylenol. By this time, he was flushed in the face and his ears were red. When Nanci got there, she told me that I could also give him Motrin, so we did that as well. He cooled down after that and was fine.
The good news is that they did not find anything with the urinalysis and are growing a culture. The doctor said to just push fluids and said that he may even have a kidney stone because there was a trace of blood in his urine. She said to watch for any signs of pain in the abdomen. So far, he has had no symptoms of this, BUT - yesterday, Tim brought him in from playing outside and his temp was around 103! We gave him a chance to cool down, have a shower and it was still around 102. He didn't complain of anything hurting and he was running around like his usual self. I called Nurse Nanci, my sister and she said that if he is acting OK, then don't worry too much about the fever. We went on to the birthday dinner and gave him some generic Tylenol. By this time, he was flushed in the face and his ears were red. When Nanci got there, she told me that I could also give him Motrin, so we did that as well. He cooled down after that and was fine.
We watched fireworks around Granny & Grandpa's house and then came home late - way after Alex's bedtime. Uncle Barry also gave Alex his first lesson in lightening bugs. Alex was not very excited about the "mooka," but was interested that his behind lit up. The poor lightening bug met a tragic injury when he fell out of Uncle Barry's hand and was stomped upon by Alex.
Tim has bad respiratory junk going on and we figure this is Alex's problem as well, so we all slept in this morning. When Alex woke up, he had a fever again, but only 101 this time, so we dosed him again and he has been OK today.
Tomorrow, the nursery is closed and Tim and I have to work. The original plan was for Granny & Grandpa to keep him in the morning and for Granny Carolyn to keep him at Aunt Kim's (for backup) in the afternoon. Then, Granny Carolyn and Aunt Kim planned an entire day with Alex, going to the park, McDonalds, pool, etc., so they were going to keep him all day. Papa called today and said that cousin Kayla is sick, so we are back to the original plan. Thank you family!!!!
Alex had his first dentist appointment last Wednesday. He had four cavities - which we knew about. He was very good, but lost his balloon on the way to the car. He did get a Buzz Lightyear toothbrush.
I will leave you with a funny:
Me: "Alex, are you ready to eat lunch?"
Alex: "No baby, no!"
Loving our son!
Love,
R & T & A
Things are going well and Alex has been so good the past four days! No timeouts at all!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
First Two Weeks Back at Work
Well, I survived my first two weeks back at work - it was nice to get almost a normal paycheck this week! And, Alex has done well in "school." He is at The Learning Vine which is right around the corner from the hospital where I work. He is actually in a K3 class where they have lessons and in the fall, he will have homework.
He has been pretty good in"school." I know that he has gotten time-out twice. Once for hitting another little boy with a block. I knew this because he said, "Miss Amanda say, NO! NO! NO!" When I asked him what he did, he told me that he did this (with a hitting motion with his hand.) I asked if he hit someone and he said, "yep!" So, of course, we had the talk about hitting.
Then, in the car he told me that he got timeout for running inside.
The Learning Vine has a behavior system that is a stop light. If they are on green they had a good day (0-2 corrections), yellow is 3-5 corrections and red is 6 or more corrections. So far, every day, Alex has been on green every day.
They had Bible School last week and the asked the children to wear cowboy hats, boots, etc. Alex doesn't have cowboy boots yet, but we got him a hat and a red bandanna and he wore it until he got into the building and he took it off. I don't think any of the kids wore them all day.
Friday when I went to pick him up, all of the children were int he music center listening to Jason Aldean's "Big Green Tractor", sung by children. Alex said everybody was dancing.
We are very please with his school and he seems to be very happy there.
Alex has his first dentist visit next Wednesday at 7:30am! I am sure he will do good because he has at all his doctor visits. He goes for his follow-up with the specialist in Greenville on August 20th and we hope he will then be released.
Work has been busy for me. I walked back in on the 14th and a new schedule was due out on the 18th. I got it out this past Tuesday. Although we have set schedules, I have to attempt to fill the needs from vacation, leaves, etc. before it is posted. I usually have two weeks to do this, but I survived!
Alex and I had dinner Friday night with friends, Rhonda, Randy and Jackie. Alex just loves them all, but especially clings to Jackie. I had to explain all the way home that Jackie and Rhonda were not coming home with us. I told him that Jackie was going to his mama's house and he thought that meant Alex's mama's house! He did finally understand though.
I have had a bad sinus infection all weekend and just taken it easy. Right now, Alex is in the kitchen with Tim and I love listening to the conversation. Alex is bad about grabbing things off the counter and running with them when you are trying to work. He just did that and was threatened with a trip to his room. He immediately said, "I be good boy!" Before that, he was playing with his keyboard and telling Tim about "musica." I also heard him say, "no sir, Daddy, no sir!" Wonder where he heard that from?
We continue to love and enjoy our little one.
Love to all,
R & T & A
He has been pretty good in"school." I know that he has gotten time-out twice. Once for hitting another little boy with a block. I knew this because he said, "Miss Amanda say, NO! NO! NO!" When I asked him what he did, he told me that he did this (with a hitting motion with his hand.) I asked if he hit someone and he said, "yep!" So, of course, we had the talk about hitting.
Then, in the car he told me that he got timeout for running inside.
The Learning Vine has a behavior system that is a stop light. If they are on green they had a good day (0-2 corrections), yellow is 3-5 corrections and red is 6 or more corrections. So far, every day, Alex has been on green every day.
They had Bible School last week and the asked the children to wear cowboy hats, boots, etc. Alex doesn't have cowboy boots yet, but we got him a hat and a red bandanna and he wore it until he got into the building and he took it off. I don't think any of the kids wore them all day.
Friday when I went to pick him up, all of the children were int he music center listening to Jason Aldean's "Big Green Tractor", sung by children. Alex said everybody was dancing.
We are very please with his school and he seems to be very happy there.
Alex has his first dentist visit next Wednesday at 7:30am! I am sure he will do good because he has at all his doctor visits. He goes for his follow-up with the specialist in Greenville on August 20th and we hope he will then be released.
Work has been busy for me. I walked back in on the 14th and a new schedule was due out on the 18th. I got it out this past Tuesday. Although we have set schedules, I have to attempt to fill the needs from vacation, leaves, etc. before it is posted. I usually have two weeks to do this, but I survived!
Alex and I had dinner Friday night with friends, Rhonda, Randy and Jackie. Alex just loves them all, but especially clings to Jackie. I had to explain all the way home that Jackie and Rhonda were not coming home with us. I told him that Jackie was going to his mama's house and he thought that meant Alex's mama's house! He did finally understand though.
I have had a bad sinus infection all weekend and just taken it easy. Right now, Alex is in the kitchen with Tim and I love listening to the conversation. Alex is bad about grabbing things off the counter and running with them when you are trying to work. He just did that and was threatened with a trip to his room. He immediately said, "I be good boy!" Before that, he was playing with his keyboard and telling Tim about "musica." I also heard him say, "no sir, Daddy, no sir!" Wonder where he heard that from?
We continue to love and enjoy our little one.
Love to all,
R & T & A
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Beach Photos 1
Carousel at Broadway at the Beach
Watching the baby ducks at Broadway
"Flying" the airplane at Broadway
Outside Ripley's Aquarium - he wouldn't be still for anything!
Riding the "race cars" with his daddyThis was the first time someone asked if Tim was his grandfather - and it was after he shaved off his goatee to look younger! We had a good laugh out of it.
Has it really been two weeks?
I can't believe it has been two weeks since I posted on the blog. We have been so busy!
Alex starts "school" tomorrow and I go back to work. Week before last, we ran errands and tried to get everything done before our beach trip - haircuts, vaccinations, records to the nursery, etc.
Last Saturday, we headed for our annual family beach trip - minus a few family members :-(.
Cousin Reid graduated on 6-4-10 - exactly 26 years to the date that his dad, mom and I graduated. We knew he wouldn't go with us - thinking he would go with his buddies. He made the American Legion Post 20 Baseball team and had to stay in town to play and practice. Cousin Jordan made the all-star baseball team and had the district tournament this week, so he and Aunt Nanci had to stay behind also, as well as Cousin Joshua. I am proud to announce that Jordan's team won the district and will be playing again next week for the region, I believe.
Alex was a trooper on the four hour ride to Myrtle Beach. He didn't even take a nap, but rode well. He does not have to be kept occupied. He is happy to play a little and mostly look out the window at the scenery and for horses.
Alex really didn't care for the ocean. The night that we got there, he told me, "Alex no like the ocean." Tim took him out twice, but he never would put his feet down. He did like seeing the fish swimming around and built a sandcastle once, but preferred to spend time in the "big pool" at our timeshare or in the lazy river/zero entry pool at our neighboring hotel where we have privileges.
We went to the aquarium and he really liked the stingrays and the scuba man who gave him a high five through the tank glass. He was amazed by the sharks swimming overhead, but we could not get him to pet the horseshoe crabs or the stingrays.
We went to Broadway at the Beach one evening to meet some friends and he loved feeding the carp and seeing the baby ducks in the lagoon. He rode rides for the first time ever and we were shocked that he went right on and even rode most by himself. He did cry and pitch a little fit when we tried to put him back in the stroller to walk on around the walkways.
Thank you for the prayers for my friend, Michelle who adopted three beautiful kiddos from Alex's orphanage. Their 10-day wait was waived and they were able to go to Ukraine and return in three weeks. Their new son will be going to St. Judes on Monday for a consultation for treatment for Leukemia. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.
I will post some photos later. Blogger is not cooperating right now.
It is back to work tomorrow. I will try to keep posting weekly.
Love,
R & T & A
Alex starts "school" tomorrow and I go back to work. Week before last, we ran errands and tried to get everything done before our beach trip - haircuts, vaccinations, records to the nursery, etc.
Last Saturday, we headed for our annual family beach trip - minus a few family members :-(.
Cousin Reid graduated on 6-4-10 - exactly 26 years to the date that his dad, mom and I graduated. We knew he wouldn't go with us - thinking he would go with his buddies. He made the American Legion Post 20 Baseball team and had to stay in town to play and practice. Cousin Jordan made the all-star baseball team and had the district tournament this week, so he and Aunt Nanci had to stay behind also, as well as Cousin Joshua. I am proud to announce that Jordan's team won the district and will be playing again next week for the region, I believe.
Alex was a trooper on the four hour ride to Myrtle Beach. He didn't even take a nap, but rode well. He does not have to be kept occupied. He is happy to play a little and mostly look out the window at the scenery and for horses.
Alex really didn't care for the ocean. The night that we got there, he told me, "Alex no like the ocean." Tim took him out twice, but he never would put his feet down. He did like seeing the fish swimming around and built a sandcastle once, but preferred to spend time in the "big pool" at our timeshare or in the lazy river/zero entry pool at our neighboring hotel where we have privileges.
We went to the aquarium and he really liked the stingrays and the scuba man who gave him a high five through the tank glass. He was amazed by the sharks swimming overhead, but we could not get him to pet the horseshoe crabs or the stingrays.
We went to Broadway at the Beach one evening to meet some friends and he loved feeding the carp and seeing the baby ducks in the lagoon. He rode rides for the first time ever and we were shocked that he went right on and even rode most by himself. He did cry and pitch a little fit when we tried to put him back in the stroller to walk on around the walkways.
Thank you for the prayers for my friend, Michelle who adopted three beautiful kiddos from Alex's orphanage. Their 10-day wait was waived and they were able to go to Ukraine and return in three weeks. Their new son will be going to St. Judes on Monday for a consultation for treatment for Leukemia. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.
I will post some photos later. Blogger is not cooperating right now.
It is back to work tomorrow. I will try to keep posting weekly.
Love,
R & T & A
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