The weekend of Nicholas's birthday we spent purchasing and assembling bunk beds. (This is the set we purchased, but in natural and without the drawer unit. It looks awesome in the 'blue room' and matches the dresser and night stand really well). We did remember to purchase mattresses and mattress pad/protectors, but waited on buying sheets. We had seen a sale online and figured we'd try for a deal. Ever the procrastinators, we waited and missed out on the original sale we had seen, but we did find some great bargains on Target.com. We purchased several sets, so we'd have backups when the inevitable accidents occur.
The sheets arrived yesterday while Nathan and I were both working from home, so we decided to just go ahead and make the bottom bunk up for the boys. We didn't make Abby's upper bunk because we weren't sure which sheet set she'd like best.
After dinner, Nathan was teaching a class, and the kids hadn't been up to their room yet. I figured, better get the sillies out early, right? So around 7:15 I recommended they get their PJs on, but they could come back downstairs and we'd watch a show. Yeah, that backfired. They went bonkers. Daniel's face lit up as bright as it had on Christmas morning when he saw Lightening McQueen sheets on his bed. Nicholas started shouting "mah-keen! mah-keen!" There was also a lot of jumping. Abby couldn't see the two sets we got her, so she had to climb into her bunk and decide which set to put on first. She sat there for several minutes hugging a set of sheets to her chest. She actually even said "Mommy, you're the best person ever." Seriously, for sheets. Had I known this would be the reaction, I would've purchased "cool" sheets ages ago!
Little do they know we also have a set of Spiderman sheets and a set of Tinker Bell sheets stashed for birthday time!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Check up time!
Nicholas and Ben went to the doctor today for "well child" visits. Ben came down with something over the weekend and into Monday though, so he wasn't actually a well child.
Ben is nice and average. He's nearly 14 pounds, and I can't remember the height - the sheet is in the car and it's cold out there. Nicholas is tall and lean - his height is above average and his weight is average.
Ben's seemingly constant battles with wheezing and coughing this winter have bought him his very own "Wheezing Plan." The form they used to outline this for us is an asthma plan, but Dr. Laco doesn't think he has asthma. Her bet is that he's just going to get wheezy when he gets colds this winter. Hopefully he will out grow it and next winter won't be so bad. So Ben is getting a vial of Budesinide every day (via the nebulizer), plus he'll get Albuterol whenever he seems sick, especially if he has a cough.
This does work well for us, as Nathan and I were just deciding that Ben needs to start a bedtime routine. I have been burning the candle at all ends trying to get training materials completed for a project at work (and yes, that is what I should be doing right now, but I needed a break) and Ben is just not sleeping in the crib in his 'own room' very well. Ben's bedtime routine is diaper - pajamas - bottle/nurse - nebulizer. This gives him the chance to get out any last burps, and the white noise of the neb sort of lulls him to sleep. Last night, between the immunizations and his cold, he slept through the whole night in his own bed. YAY!
Ben is nice and average. He's nearly 14 pounds, and I can't remember the height - the sheet is in the car and it's cold out there. Nicholas is tall and lean - his height is above average and his weight is average.
Ben's seemingly constant battles with wheezing and coughing this winter have bought him his very own "Wheezing Plan." The form they used to outline this for us is an asthma plan, but Dr. Laco doesn't think he has asthma. Her bet is that he's just going to get wheezy when he gets colds this winter. Hopefully he will out grow it and next winter won't be so bad. So Ben is getting a vial of Budesinide every day (via the nebulizer), plus he'll get Albuterol whenever he seems sick, especially if he has a cough.
This does work well for us, as Nathan and I were just deciding that Ben needs to start a bedtime routine. I have been burning the candle at all ends trying to get training materials completed for a project at work (and yes, that is what I should be doing right now, but I needed a break) and Ben is just not sleeping in the crib in his 'own room' very well. Ben's bedtime routine is diaper - pajamas - bottle/nurse - nebulizer. This gives him the chance to get out any last burps, and the white noise of the neb sort of lulls him to sleep. Last night, between the immunizations and his cold, he slept through the whole night in his own bed. YAY!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sir Smiley
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Happy Birthday Pickle!
Nicholas started his 2nd birthday by waking up Mommy and demanding attention. Pretty much like his actual day-of-birth. In this case, he was up before 7 a.m. and wanted breakfast. So Mommy and Nicholas spent some quality time together making a special breakfast treat - Monkey Bread!
The whole family spent a big portion of the day shopping for bunk beds for the 3 'big kids,' so the birthday celebration was delayed a bit. Here are photos from the celebration.
Elmo and his merry monster band. happen to think it's just wrong to stick a candle in Elmo's head, so I make some extra cakes. (Not to mention it allows me the opportunity to practice my cake decorating techniques. I'm quite the pro at stars now, hence the "2 layer" candle cake so I could work on my border skills.
Nicholas, ready for cake! He was really excited to see Elmo. I don't think he really understood it was a cake until later.
It took him two tries, but he did really blow out his own candle. What a cutie!
Interestingly enough, Nicholas had no interest in opening his present. Once he got it open and saw "a guy!" he was much more interested. He proceeded to play castle for quite a while. I was happy that he liked his present.
The age old "how tall are you" tradition is a bit different for us. Instead of using a growth chart or a door jamb we have a special measuring 2x2 that has each of the kids' names painted on the top. Nicholas tried to crane his little neck up and up to look taller, it was pretty cute. Nicholas at age 2 is approximately 2 inches shorter than Daniel was at his 3rd birthday. This could be the year that Nicholas surpasses Daniel in height.
The whole family spent a big portion of the day shopping for bunk beds for the 3 'big kids,' so the birthday celebration was delayed a bit. Here are photos from the celebration.
Elmo and his merry monster band. happen to think it's just wrong to stick a candle in Elmo's head, so I make some extra cakes. (Not to mention it allows me the opportunity to practice my cake decorating techniques. I'm quite the pro at stars now, hence the "2 layer" candle cake so I could work on my border skills.
Nicholas, ready for cake! He was really excited to see Elmo. I don't think he really understood it was a cake until later.
It took him two tries, but he did really blow out his own candle. What a cutie!
Interestingly enough, Nicholas had no interest in opening his present. Once he got it open and saw "a guy!" he was much more interested. He proceeded to play castle for quite a while. I was happy that he liked his present.
The age old "how tall are you" tradition is a bit different for us. Instead of using a growth chart or a door jamb we have a special measuring 2x2 that has each of the kids' names painted on the top. Nicholas tried to crane his little neck up and up to look taller, it was pretty cute. Nicholas at age 2 is approximately 2 inches shorter than Daniel was at his 3rd birthday. This could be the year that Nicholas surpasses Daniel in height.
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