I have a new website for selling my bags. Bob did a lot of work to create it and it's more appropriate for selling things than the blog format. The url is http://lauriescustomcreations.webs.com. I've added several new bags.
Alex is still sick. He had a fever yesterday, but thankfully that has not returned. However, he hasn't been as hungry today. But he did eat well a few minutes ago, and is wetting diapers, so he'll be okay. Please keep him in your prayers that he gets better soon and not worse.
Glenn practiced for his Christmas program at church today. The little kids don't have much of a part in it, but he said he wants to be in the program, which is next week. I'll take pictures, of course.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Videos
I worked on editing videos from the last month. You can see how Alex's hair progressively gets thinner as the month goes on. Enjoy!
Alex in his Jumpy-Jump
Alex & Glenn playing together
Alex not rolling over (Glenn can be seen streaking, but only his legs. He had just taken a bath)
Glenn's Thanksgiving Feast at school
Alex in his Jumpy-Jump
Alex & Glenn playing together
Alex not rolling over (Glenn can be seen streaking, but only his legs. He had just taken a bath)
Glenn's Thanksgiving Feast at school
Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a very nice Thanksiving. Bob's parents came for the week and left this morning. His Aunt Jane and Uncle Ronnie also came last weekend for a couple of days. Below is a picture of Glenn at his Thanksgiving Feast last week at school (he's a turkey). There's also a picture of Alex wearing his "Baby's 1st Thanksgiving" bib. Alex wears bibs a lot now that he's drooling so much. He's also been sick the past few days. He coughs a lot and has a runny nose. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a fever. Right now he's still happy. Also, Alex is losing his beautiful hair. He still has whispy hair all over his head, but going down the middle on the top he still has his long hair and it would be a mohawk if you put some gel in it. However the mohawk is getting more and more narrow. I bet by Christmas it will be all gone. But I think his hair will look better with that gone because it's so patchy looking. It's like a combover. :)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
I didn't have internet for 3 days. Our DSL modem died. But now I'm back up and running. Alex has begun rolling over. He rolls from his stomach to his back always going to the right. He's done it 5 times in the past few days. Glenn asked to go potty this morning and did poopies on the potty. Woo hoo! We made a big deal of it and when I dropped him off at school, I told his teacher's aide, and all the aides made a big deal of it. So, we'll see if it sinks in. He was pretty proud of himself.
Alex had a couple nights last week where he only woke up once during the night. But then he went right back to getting up every 2 hours. So, we decided to start letting him cry it out. We just got through our 3rd night. It's not easy, but I know he's ready because he's shown us he can sleep most of the night and he can fall asleep on his own. We had a couple times last night where he was up for a while, but he fell back to sleep within 45 minutes- the longest 45 minutes ever when all you want to do is sleep. I feel so bad for him when he's crying but it's teaching him a good skill, besides the fact that I just can't keep getting up every couple hours every night. The last time he woke up this morning, I fed him because it was 5:00. He's been sleeping ever since and it's almost 9:00. That little stinker. He never sleeps this late. He must be tired from all that crying is all I can figure.
We are having a record cold spell. It was 27 degrees when I woke up this morning. The average low for this time of year is 50. And the average low never gets below the 30s any time of year, so this is really cold. I hope our lemons on our lemon tree survive. I've been waiting for that fresh squeezed lemonaid all summer. Our lemons are a little late because all the buds fell off this spring and it had to start over again with new buds. Our banana tree isn't liking this cold, either. And it's too cold for me to walk the boys to school. I'd do it if it were just myself, but the boys are just sitting in the stroller, so it's too cold for them. I had planned on walking to pick up Glenn when it's too cold in the morning to walk, but I'm exhausted by pick up time. Maybe once Alex is sleeping better, then I'll have enough energy to walk in the afternoon.
One good thing about not having internet the past few days is that I got a lot more work done around the house. So, I better turn off the computer and get to it.
Alex had a couple nights last week where he only woke up once during the night. But then he went right back to getting up every 2 hours. So, we decided to start letting him cry it out. We just got through our 3rd night. It's not easy, but I know he's ready because he's shown us he can sleep most of the night and he can fall asleep on his own. We had a couple times last night where he was up for a while, but he fell back to sleep within 45 minutes- the longest 45 minutes ever when all you want to do is sleep. I feel so bad for him when he's crying but it's teaching him a good skill, besides the fact that I just can't keep getting up every couple hours every night. The last time he woke up this morning, I fed him because it was 5:00. He's been sleeping ever since and it's almost 9:00. That little stinker. He never sleeps this late. He must be tired from all that crying is all I can figure.
We are having a record cold spell. It was 27 degrees when I woke up this morning. The average low for this time of year is 50. And the average low never gets below the 30s any time of year, so this is really cold. I hope our lemons on our lemon tree survive. I've been waiting for that fresh squeezed lemonaid all summer. Our lemons are a little late because all the buds fell off this spring and it had to start over again with new buds. Our banana tree isn't liking this cold, either. And it's too cold for me to walk the boys to school. I'd do it if it were just myself, but the boys are just sitting in the stroller, so it's too cold for them. I had planned on walking to pick up Glenn when it's too cold in the morning to walk, but I'm exhausted by pick up time. Maybe once Alex is sleeping better, then I'll have enough energy to walk in the afternoon.
One good thing about not having internet the past few days is that I got a lot more work done around the house. So, I better turn off the computer and get to it.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I have put photos on my website of the totes and purses I am selling:
http://lauriescustomcreations.blogspot.com
Bob came up with the name Laurie's Custom Creations for my little business. I'll be adding pictures of bags as I make them.
Glenn has been showing me how he knows the sounds of some letters. We have a Leap Frog fridge magnet set of letters that has a base that plays a little song for each letter you put in it. To go along with that, our friends gave Glenn a video that goes through all the letters that is also made by the same company (thanks Sintia), so it's the same song. He sings the song and gets many of the sounds correct. I was very excited.
Alex had his 4 month check-up today. He weighs 14.5 lbs, and is 25 inches long. The doctor gave me some suggestions on how to get rid of his cradle cap. And we also discussed how Alex still gets up every couple hours at night. I'm just exhausted and have to take a nap every day. Apparently about 90% of babies can sleep through the night by 4 months. Hmm... where are they finding these babies? Not that I want one, I love mine, but most people I've talked to didn't have their babies sleeping through the night until much later. Anyway, she thinks we can let him cry a little to help him fall asleep on his own. We did the Ferber method (cry-it-out) with Glenn at 7 months and it worked in 3 days. But the book says to wait until 5 months old. So, I let him cry a little, and sometimes he does fall asleep, but not for very long. The idea is to get him to be able to fall asleep by himself when he wakes up in the middle of the night, which we all do. I hope it happens soon, because the nights are very long.
http://lauriescustomcreations.blogspot.com
Bob came up with the name Laurie's Custom Creations for my little business. I'll be adding pictures of bags as I make them.
Glenn has been showing me how he knows the sounds of some letters. We have a Leap Frog fridge magnet set of letters that has a base that plays a little song for each letter you put in it. To go along with that, our friends gave Glenn a video that goes through all the letters that is also made by the same company (thanks Sintia), so it's the same song. He sings the song and gets many of the sounds correct. I was very excited.
Alex had his 4 month check-up today. He weighs 14.5 lbs, and is 25 inches long. The doctor gave me some suggestions on how to get rid of his cradle cap. And we also discussed how Alex still gets up every couple hours at night. I'm just exhausted and have to take a nap every day. Apparently about 90% of babies can sleep through the night by 4 months. Hmm... where are they finding these babies? Not that I want one, I love mine, but most people I've talked to didn't have their babies sleeping through the night until much later. Anyway, she thinks we can let him cry a little to help him fall asleep on his own. We did the Ferber method (cry-it-out) with Glenn at 7 months and it worked in 3 days. But the book says to wait until 5 months old. So, I let him cry a little, and sometimes he does fall asleep, but not for very long. The idea is to get him to be able to fall asleep by himself when he wakes up in the middle of the night, which we all do. I hope it happens soon, because the nights are very long.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Glenn had his annual eye exam today. He gets his optic nerves checked every year to make sure no tumors are growing on them, something that can happen with NF1, but usually happens in the first year of life (from what I've read). He has healthy optic nerves and doesn't need glasses. He was giving the wrong shapes when looking w/ his right eye from a distance, but I think he was just being silly. I'm sure he'll need glasses eventually since both his parents wear them. The doctor was amazed at how well he followed direction and didn't mind getting his eyes dilated.
Alex has learned to click his tounge today. He's sitting in his swing right now just clicking away. He really has to concentrate to do it. It's very cute.
Some of you know that I have taken up a new hobby that will hopefully make me some money. I'm sewing tote bags and purses. I've been busy sewing the past few weeks and hope to have another blog up and running soon to post pictures of my bags. I'm going to sell them. So, if you know of someone on your gift list who might like a tote or purse, please keep me in mind. I'll have several samples pictured which can be bought, but I'll also work with you if you would like a certain color or pattern. I will post the new website when I get the pictures of the bags on there.
Alex has learned to click his tounge today. He's sitting in his swing right now just clicking away. He really has to concentrate to do it. It's very cute.
Some of you know that I have taken up a new hobby that will hopefully make me some money. I'm sewing tote bags and purses. I've been busy sewing the past few weeks and hope to have another blog up and running soon to post pictures of my bags. I'm going to sell them. So, if you know of someone on your gift list who might like a tote or purse, please keep me in mind. I'll have several samples pictured which can be bought, but I'll also work with you if you would like a certain color or pattern. I will post the new website when I get the pictures of the bags on there.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Here's a slide show of some pictures at Disney.
We also have access for 30 days to the pictures they took when we met the characters. Unfortunately, I can't download them (have to buy them of course). Here's the link if you'd like to see them.
http://www.disneyphotopass.com
Then log in using my login info: email: lmdechello@hotmail.com, password: lmdechello
My favorite picture is of Glenn just before the picture of him with Pooh. He was waving hi to Pooh. He has the biggest smile. Now I understand why parents wait in line for this. ;)
We also have access for 30 days to the pictures they took when we met the characters. Unfortunately, I can't download them (have to buy them of course). Here's the link if you'd like to see them.
http://www.disneyphotopass.com
Then log in using my login info: email: lmdechello@hotmail.com, password: lmdechello
My favorite picture is of Glenn just before the picture of him with Pooh. He was waving hi to Pooh. He has the biggest smile. Now I understand why parents wait in line for this. ;)
Monday, November 3, 2008
Disney
We have been away at Disney the past week. I didn't publish any of the posts until now because I don't like posting that we're not home. That just invites trouble. Anyway, I wrote throughout the week about our adventures. So, even though the date of this post says Nov 3, that's just when I started it. I actually posted it on Sunday, November 9.
Monday- We actually got to our resort on Sunday. It's a Hilton resort and we booked it through RCI, using one of our time share weeks. The villas (as they call them) are beautiful and surround a large pond. It has an Italian feel. To help Glenn not be confused when we say we're going back to our room, we call it our vacation home. All the drive here, he kept saying he wanted to go back home. When we got here, he was completely excited and kept saying, "no home, vacation home."
This morning, Glenn woke up at 4:30 and kept saying "castle." I'm not sure where he got the idea about seeing the castle. Someone must have told him at school is all I can think of. Anyway, Glenn couldn't fall back asleep, but did stay in bed and watched TV with Bob. Therefor, Bob didn't fall back asleep, either. When Glenn got up, Alex also got up. He and I didn't get back to sleep until 6, but slept until 8:30. So, there was no going to the park right when it opened. But we did get to Magic Kingdom at probably about 10:30. They have baby care centers at the parks, which are wonderful. Huge clean rooms for changing, another with high chairs if you need to feed a baby, a kitchen to prepare their food, and a quiet room for nursing with a bunch of rocking chairs. So, Alex and I spent some time in there while Glenn and Bob went on rides. Alex's first ride was "It's a Small World" and of course he fell asleep. :) Glenn got to meet Mickey and Minnie. I never thought I'd be a parent standing in a long line to meet a character. But he was so thrilled. I now understand why parents do it. He was just so in awe and nervous when it was his turn. Minnie put her hand out and he went with her. Then he really didn't want to go to Mickey, but when he put his hand out, Glenn took it. It was so sweet. I thought Glenn was going to cry with joy.
It's only 8:00, but I think I need to crash. We didn't come back for a nap. Glenn fell asleep as soon as I finished singing him songs.
Wednesday- Yesterday, we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios (they no longer call it MGM, but we don't know why). We went to the Playhouse Disney show and Glenn was so excited to see his friends he sees on TV. After that, he was pretty much done. He was tired from the day before and grumpy. We didn't do a whole lot after that except walk around. There were a ton of characters he could have had his picture with, but he didn't want to, so we didn't push it. It was very chilly so we went back to our vacation house after lunch. In the evening, we went to Downtown Disney and did some shopping and ate dinner. Today, we went to Epcot. Glenn enjoyed seeing Nemo. The Food and Wine Festival is in it's last week at Epcot. There are little huts all around the lake selling food and wine from cities around the world. We ate our way all around the lake. That was delicious. I think we'll take it easy tonight because it's almost 5:30, and Glenn is still napping.
Thursday- We went to Animal Kingdom in the morning. We got there early enough to go on some rides. Bob even got to go on the Mt. Everest rollercoaster. Glenn and I went on the Kali River Rapids ride. He's just big enough to go on a lot of bigger rides. He loved it and loved getting wet. Then we went to Magic Kingdom in the evening for the Spectromagic light parade. Glenn wasn't quite as enthusiastic about waving at the characters as last year, until he saw Minnie Mouse. We think that's his new favorite character.
Friday- We went back to Magic Kingdom in the morning to go on more rides. While I was feeding Alex and getting coffee, Glenn and Bob went on the large rollercoaster (it's in Frontier Land and is a train- can't remember the name) and he loved it. They went on it 3 times because there wasn't a line. He then went on Splash Mountain (a flume ride) and loved going over the many water falls. I think we have a dare devil on our hands. He went on a few more smaller rides before lunch and then we were beat. We went back to Epcot for dinner. It was very crowded due to it being Friday and the last weekend of the Food and Wine Festival.
Saturday- Bob had planned on going to Epcot with Glenn this morning to go on some of the bigger rides, but decided to work instead, since he's behind from being on vacation. Alex and I slept in until 8:30, which is very late for us. We've just been hanging around today. We'll probably go to the pool once everyone else wakes up from their naps.
Sunday- After dinner last night, Bob brought up the suggestion that we should just go home since all we were going to do in the morning was pack up and go home. So, that's what we did. We got home around 11:00. Glenn was happy to see his puppies. And he said he missed his toys. He's excited to get back to school tomorrow. We had a really great time away. It was nice to be able to spend time with Bob. Even though he works at home, I really don't get to spend time with him. Now we're back to piles of laundry and unpacking, school to get up for early in the morning, and the boys and I each have a doctors appointments this week. Fun! But since we got season passes to Disney, we know we'll be back agian soon. I'll be posting a bunch of pictures soon.
Monday- We actually got to our resort on Sunday. It's a Hilton resort and we booked it through RCI, using one of our time share weeks. The villas (as they call them) are beautiful and surround a large pond. It has an Italian feel. To help Glenn not be confused when we say we're going back to our room, we call it our vacation home. All the drive here, he kept saying he wanted to go back home. When we got here, he was completely excited and kept saying, "no home, vacation home."
This morning, Glenn woke up at 4:30 and kept saying "castle." I'm not sure where he got the idea about seeing the castle. Someone must have told him at school is all I can think of. Anyway, Glenn couldn't fall back asleep, but did stay in bed and watched TV with Bob. Therefor, Bob didn't fall back asleep, either. When Glenn got up, Alex also got up. He and I didn't get back to sleep until 6, but slept until 8:30. So, there was no going to the park right when it opened. But we did get to Magic Kingdom at probably about 10:30. They have baby care centers at the parks, which are wonderful. Huge clean rooms for changing, another with high chairs if you need to feed a baby, a kitchen to prepare their food, and a quiet room for nursing with a bunch of rocking chairs. So, Alex and I spent some time in there while Glenn and Bob went on rides. Alex's first ride was "It's a Small World" and of course he fell asleep. :) Glenn got to meet Mickey and Minnie. I never thought I'd be a parent standing in a long line to meet a character. But he was so thrilled. I now understand why parents do it. He was just so in awe and nervous when it was his turn. Minnie put her hand out and he went with her. Then he really didn't want to go to Mickey, but when he put his hand out, Glenn took it. It was so sweet. I thought Glenn was going to cry with joy.
It's only 8:00, but I think I need to crash. We didn't come back for a nap. Glenn fell asleep as soon as I finished singing him songs.
Wednesday- Yesterday, we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios (they no longer call it MGM, but we don't know why). We went to the Playhouse Disney show and Glenn was so excited to see his friends he sees on TV. After that, he was pretty much done. He was tired from the day before and grumpy. We didn't do a whole lot after that except walk around. There were a ton of characters he could have had his picture with, but he didn't want to, so we didn't push it. It was very chilly so we went back to our vacation house after lunch. In the evening, we went to Downtown Disney and did some shopping and ate dinner. Today, we went to Epcot. Glenn enjoyed seeing Nemo. The Food and Wine Festival is in it's last week at Epcot. There are little huts all around the lake selling food and wine from cities around the world. We ate our way all around the lake. That was delicious. I think we'll take it easy tonight because it's almost 5:30, and Glenn is still napping.
Thursday- We went to Animal Kingdom in the morning. We got there early enough to go on some rides. Bob even got to go on the Mt. Everest rollercoaster. Glenn and I went on the Kali River Rapids ride. He's just big enough to go on a lot of bigger rides. He loved it and loved getting wet. Then we went to Magic Kingdom in the evening for the Spectromagic light parade. Glenn wasn't quite as enthusiastic about waving at the characters as last year, until he saw Minnie Mouse. We think that's his new favorite character.
Friday- We went back to Magic Kingdom in the morning to go on more rides. While I was feeding Alex and getting coffee, Glenn and Bob went on the large rollercoaster (it's in Frontier Land and is a train- can't remember the name) and he loved it. They went on it 3 times because there wasn't a line. He then went on Splash Mountain (a flume ride) and loved going over the many water falls. I think we have a dare devil on our hands. He went on a few more smaller rides before lunch and then we were beat. We went back to Epcot for dinner. It was very crowded due to it being Friday and the last weekend of the Food and Wine Festival.
Saturday- Bob had planned on going to Epcot with Glenn this morning to go on some of the bigger rides, but decided to work instead, since he's behind from being on vacation. Alex and I slept in until 8:30, which is very late for us. We've just been hanging around today. We'll probably go to the pool once everyone else wakes up from their naps.
Sunday- After dinner last night, Bob brought up the suggestion that we should just go home since all we were going to do in the morning was pack up and go home. So, that's what we did. We got home around 11:00. Glenn was happy to see his puppies. And he said he missed his toys. He's excited to get back to school tomorrow. We had a really great time away. It was nice to be able to spend time with Bob. Even though he works at home, I really don't get to spend time with him. Now we're back to piles of laundry and unpacking, school to get up for early in the morning, and the boys and I each have a doctors appointments this week. Fun! But since we got season passes to Disney, we know we'll be back agian soon. I'll be posting a bunch of pictures soon.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
How do you explain to a 3 year old about time change?
At 5:20 this morning, I heard, "Mommy... Mommy..." I went to his room and convinced him to get back into bed. I did not, however, convince him to go back to sleep. He was making all sorts of noise, which of course woke his brother. I fed Alex and he went back to sleep, but not for long. No one could sleep with all that noise coming down the short hallway between their rooms. At 6, I finally gave in and got up with the boys. And yes, Daddy will be in bed at least for 2 more hours (but I guess I should say he didn't get home from the airport until about 11:00).
In other news, Alex is working on getting his bottom 2 front teeth. There are 2 white dashes on his gums. But they are taking their sweet time emerging, much to Alex's unhappiness. But he's all smiles this morning.
In other news, Alex is working on getting his bottom 2 front teeth. There are 2 white dashes on his gums. But they are taking their sweet time emerging, much to Alex's unhappiness. But he's all smiles this morning.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Glenn put on his pirate costume this afternoon. Then he said, "ready!" I asked him what he was ready for. He said, "House... Candy..." I then realized he thought he could go trick or treating any time he put on his Halloween costume. So, I had to explain a couple of times that it was all done. So, later this afternoon we were walking to the park and he said, "No more candy. All done." I guess he got it now. :)
Halloween
Sunday, we went to a neighborhood Halloween party. There were so many kids there. Glenn had a lot of fun. Glenn is Captain Jack Sparrow, and Alex is a pumpkin.
Here's another picture of Alex the pumpkin:
Yesterday was a very busy day. Glenn had a story book parade at school. He wore his Scooby Doo pjs. Unfortunately, I forgot the camera. But a friend took a picture, so I'll have to get the picture from her. Alex was also in the parade wearing his Goodnight Moon mouse slippers and a duck hat. We then went to our neighborhood park and played with a whole bunch of kids from the neighborhood and had a picnic and popsicles. We all took a nap in the afternoon. Then we met some friends for trick or treating. Alex was a pea pod this time (I didn't buy two costumes; a friend let us borrow them and I couldn't decide which he should be, which is why he got to be a pumpkin one day and pea pod last night).
Here's another picture of Alex the pumpkin:
Yesterday was a very busy day. Glenn had a story book parade at school. He wore his Scooby Doo pjs. Unfortunately, I forgot the camera. But a friend took a picture, so I'll have to get the picture from her. Alex was also in the parade wearing his Goodnight Moon mouse slippers and a duck hat. We then went to our neighborhood park and played with a whole bunch of kids from the neighborhood and had a picnic and popsicles. We all took a nap in the afternoon. Then we met some friends for trick or treating. Alex was a pea pod this time (I didn't buy two costumes; a friend let us borrow them and I couldn't decide which he should be, which is why he got to be a pumpkin one day and pea pod last night).
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