2.5 year old pictures

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Timeout

The cutest thing just happened.

For almost 2 hours, Alex's dinner has been at the table. He's been playing with his trains. Patrick and I have tried to get him to eat. He's said "NO". We've asked him about every 20 minutes for two hours and it's been "NO!"

Just as Alex was rearing back to throw a pillow at Oreo, Patrick told him not to. Alex did it so he was told he needed to go to timeout. Do you know where Alex ran??? He ran into his dinner seat and tried to start eating.

He tried to drink and eat and Patrick took him out of his chair and made him serve his timeout. When timeout was over he had to apologize to Oreo, so he crept over there, bent down and said in the sweetest voice, "I sawy Oh-we-o." Now he's eating. So all it took was a timeout. What are we missing? Oh yeah, we're not 2 1/2.

Mommy had surgery

I got sinus surgery done on the 7th. It's now the 10th and I'm pretty much pain-free. My pain really was from the packing because as soon as that was removed I was relieved.

I cannot lift things that are heavy....mainly Alex. Today he was in his room and I could tell he just climbed on top of his dresser, which also has his changing pad. I went in there to wonder how I would get him down and lo and behold, he had poop. I suppose he knew he needed to be up there anyway. So I changed his diaper then he asked for a bath.


He also pushed his bed from the wall while Patrick was out so I had to leave that too.

I'm so glad he is able to understand and follow through with directions. I laid down on the couch recliner and the tv remote fell between through to the floor. I already had the legs kicked up and told Alex to get the remote for me. "OKAY", he said, then headed down to get the remote. He did a good job!

Some videos for your viewing pleasure

we have some reading, crying, bubbles, and dog food!

Rash Update

see...told you I'd forget

It's a contact allergy to fertilizer used in our yard. His arms are still bumpy but he is not itching them. The dr bumped up Alex's allergy meds to 1 tsp xyzal a day rather than 1/2 tsp. Also rx'd him some cortisone cream mixed with lubriderm.

A rash?

Sunday, Patrick took Alex outside to play in the sprinkler. Shortly after I noticed a rash all over him. It was like a gazillion bumps...flesh colored...on his arms, legs, and face. He wasn't itching or acting abnormally so I didn't give him anything or call the pedi. We also have an appointment Tuesday for a "well" visit due to our visit 2 weeks ago where he had a really bad yeast thing going on "down there". The doctor also rx'd some antibiotics for his congestion, so that's why we need to go back. I figure while we're there just let her see this new rash thing going on.

I hope he's not allergic to grass. He's played outside tons before...they go outside daily at daycare.

Oh, and he's wearing his 2nd bandaid ever. His first bandaid was put on the other day. He scraped his arm really good and the scab keeps falling off (or he's picking it). So, he's wearing a Toy Story bandaid.

I'll post tomorrow about what the dr says about his rash.

random videos

Fearless!

So some of you may have heard/remembered me talking about this goose sound that was happening when I tried to go to sleep. One night Patrick had to make a cell phone call outside because Verizon service sucks in our house and he called me outside to see what was causing it. I tried to keep the video on him because Patrick said he heard the noise then turned around and the frog had a gigantic bubble in his throat. I wanted to catch it but didn't. Anyway, here's the frog. And to all you city people....listen to all the crickets and crap in the background.



For this video, he was talking and kicking the wall a lot so I decided to try to capture some of the magic. He was in his bed for a good 30 minutes before I took the video.

Told you Granny

Over the weekend, Alex ate his spaghetti that Granny made at Granny's house. I told her that I know he won't eat it at my house. I took video to prove this phenomenon.

ENJOY! We did.

The first video is a close-up and I wish I had remembered to make the other one close-up. Oh well!

And I love how he holds his hand over his eyes.

Alex's Movie-going Experience

So, we braved the theater. We saw Toy Story 3 this morning. Alex has watched Toy Story and Toy Story 2 for several months now so we figured he'd be primed and pumped for a new Toy Story.

We get into the theater minutes before previews start to come on and we sit on the right hand side right behind the wall for the walkway. Once we get seated, Alex seemed content. The previews started and he kept saying, "Buzz, Me Stories", which is his phrase for Toy Story. He loved the preview for the owl movie coming out and he thought some things were funny in the Despicable Me preview.

The movie got started and he got excited. I guess he was pretty content for the first 30 minutes- which is EXCELLENT! (his behavior, and the movie)- and then he got fidgety. Thankfully we did have that half wall in front of us so he could stand and walk a little bit. So glad people weren't in front of us. I also packed massive amounts of food just in case. Turns out, we needed massive amounts of food. Alex kept trying to get out of our aisle and onto the fun, lighted stairs. I kept him barricaded in with my leg. A Capri Sun caught his attention and he drank that. Then he had some fruit snacks. For a little while he was content then he wanted more fruit snacks. A little later I gave him some graham cracker cookies.

For a very rambunctious 2 year old, Alex did a very good job. He didn't want to sit in our laps (there were no 3 seats in a row available when we arrived) toward the end so he just danced and walked in our little area.

Also, glad that there were other loud, crying babies because it made Alex not stand out as much. :)

As for the movie....it was so cute! I love some of the one-liners they use.

and more

Playdate with Kylee and Friends

Time for some pictures

seems I've been slacking in that department






At the aquarium with Woody

SHHHHHHHH

So, Patrick and I were in the kitchen and the tv was on in the living room. I had already put Alex to bed and I told him that if he came out of the room I would close the door. All of a sudden we hear "SHHHHH". We think Alex was shushing us because the TV was to loud.

He counted on his own!

We were playing with play-doh and letter cut-outs and he stacked all of his letters on the play-doh. As he was taking the letters off he counted up to 8. He did it in order and correct! It was a pleasant surprise. He's always counted with us but he's never counted something out by himself! I wish I had taped it.

He got us!

For about a week now our new DVR remote control has been missing. I know I saw Alex with it last and Patrick and I searched his room and the entire house. We labeled the two remotes we had (Alex BR and Our BR) and just decided it was gone forever. Today Patrick brought home Alex's bed rails so we could make his bed a real bed with head board and foot board. As we lifted the mattress off of the box spring, we see the DVR remote. How did he get that in there? Never underestimate the brainpower of a 2 year old.

It is official, Alex is a Ninja

Within the past 2 weeks he's started to go to sleep on his own. I just heard a rustling noise and looked over toward his room didn't see anything so started playing back on the computer. Then I hear his train whistle...which is in the playroom. I go in there and he's on the train. I turn the light on and he laughs and floors the gas and takes off on his train (it's on a track so he just went in a circle).

I did not hear him go in there...the sneaky little thing.

New Video

In this video, he played at a playplace with Granny for most of the afternoon. She brought him home tired but he never took a nap.

He is watching Toy Story in this video. I think he is saying "Reach for the Sky".

Nighty Night, Sleep Tight

On May 25th Patrick and I had it with Alex needing us to be in bed with him for him to go to sleep.

From the 26th on, we tried to get him to go to sleep without us. The 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, were quite miserable nights. Alex would run in and out of his room until we finally shut his door (with a baby proof knob cover) and he would cry himself for a good 30 minutes. Sometimes the crying would get softer and we'd think he fell asleep, then "WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" he'd start up again. The last two nights were quite better.

Now, tonight he was in the dog house right before bedtime (see the lamp post) so I can't tell if he was upset and stayed in his room or if he is finally getting it after a week of going to sleep on his own.

Once he understood that he needed to stay in his room to fall asleep, we leave the door open. Every night he would be put down with the door open (after a book reading, of course) but every night he would play cat & mouse with us until we had no choice but to shut his door. But tonight, we started with the door open and he hasn't come out yet...it's been about 20 minutes.

we had a corner lamp

Here I am, trying to study for interviews, when CRASH. I turn around and there's glass everywhere. Alex runs behind the couch and I just wish I could've captured his face on camera. He was shocked at the noise from the lamp and me scooping him up so he wouldn't get glass all over him.

I guess our next corner lamp will be suspended from the ceiling.

See what daddy taught him

He taught him how to fake sleep. I don't know why or how he's on the table.



and the only reason he said, "Okays" to get off the table is because he saw the camera and he wanted to see himself on the video.