We finally got to Friday and got to watch the new Batman.....it was the Music Meister one and it was totally annoying....but Will LOVED it! His patience paid off!! But we are still working on it...
Today, we went down to Casey and April's to visit since we are leaving for NE this week and we wouldn't get to see them for a couple of weeks. The kids had so much fun playing together! Will got to see Bumble Bee for the first time as Casey let them him watch Transformers 2. He was so excited to see bumble bee for real! He quickly got bored with the dialoge and non bumble bee scenes and went downstairs to do jumps with Aleia in her bouncy. April was down there with the three kids and I ventured down after a little while. When I got down there, Will looked at me and said, "mommy, go away...go upstairs, I play with Aleia's mommy." It was hilarious! I was told off by my own son! The kids were exhausted by the time we got home and both sacked out immediately. It was a fun day spending time with family!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Working on patience....
Ok, so the world of Tivo and DVR's have ruined my children. We were watching a cartoon the other day and a comercial for a new Batman show came on and Will wanted to watch it right then. We had a heck of a time explaining to him that we can't watch it right now, that it isn't on until Friday and that he has to wait for three days. He went over and got the remote for the TV and said, no right now and pointed to the menu button. It is unreal how technology has changed the way we do everything. It is also unreal how it is changing the way our children function.
Will still doesn't quite understand that we can't watch it until Friday, but at least we got him to stop crying. I got a calendar (well, my computer calendar as we no longer own a paper calendar) out and showed him that today was Tuesday, and we counted the days until Friday when the show would be on. It made him feel better, but I still don't think he gets it.
We will see how it goes until Friday.....
Will still doesn't quite understand that we can't watch it until Friday, but at least we got him to stop crying. I got a calendar (well, my computer calendar as we no longer own a paper calendar) out and showed him that today was Tuesday, and we counted the days until Friday when the show would be on. It made him feel better, but I still don't think he gets it.
We will see how it goes until Friday.....
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I'm Back....
Ok, so I haven't blogged for about 8 months now.....but I have wanted to....the world of Facebook has taken over most of my online time, but I am back!
For the past 8 months life has been a tail spin for the Bollinger household. I have to say, my kids amaze and shock me everyday. I can't believe that Ady is almost 18 months and that Will will be three in January. Life is passing us by!
We had a great summer...lots of swimming in our backyard as well as trips up to the lake to stay with Brad's parents. The kids definitely honed their water skills....Will is swimming on his own in the deep water with his life jacket and can float on his front and back. He learned how to doggy paddle and has no fear of the water. Ady, on the other hand, has no fear, but no skills either. She just takes the water head on, just like everything else in her life! They both rode the jet ski this year and we went on a handful of tub rides.....and not just slow, boring rides, 30 MPH wild rides! I love my water babies! I also got up on a slalom ski for the first time in five years! I was a little sore the first time and had a pretty good spill the second time, but it was a blast none the less! I would have to say, as far as the water this summer, we had a great time!
We also got a lot of our landscaping done. We did it all ourselves and have received numerous compliments. It was a ton of work, but so rewarding! We can't wait to finish the remaining next summer....then maybe on to a deck!
Ady is now talking up a storm....she has at least 100 words and we are currently working on potty training. She knows when she goes potty in her diaper and she sits on the potty a couple of times a day. As soon as we get back from NE at the end of the month, we are going to go in to full on potty training! She is loud, strong willed, fiesty, sassy, and sensitive all at the same time! She definitely has her own will and way about most everything she does! She just makes me laugh all of the time with her craziness!
Will is really starting to verbalize more than just single thoughts and words. He is actually analyzing situations and forming opinions. It is amazing at how quickly their comprehension changes! He is changing from a baby to a little boy. He has found a new love for super heros and pretends he is spider man for most of the day! He is all boy, that is for sure! He loves to get dirty, be aggressive, jump from anything that is three feet off the ground or higher, but is also the most nurturing little man. He loves babies and has ginuine concern for anyone who is crying or hurt. I hope he continues the nurturing but also stays strong and masculine side as well.
Brad has been busy with work. He left his Ham in the Fridge job at the end of July and started working as an independent contractor. He currently has a full time contract and commutes down to Bloomington everyday. It has been an adjustment for the entire family not having him home a couple of days during the week, but he is gaining valuable experience with working in Flex. I am taking on a new role and have been doing his bookwork and taxes for the last couple of months. I am actually enjoying it.....it is challenging my brain again and I actually get to think about more than just my children!
I am excited to be back in the blogging world and can't wait to post more updates! Thanks to Casie for getting the fire lit under my rear!
Toddles.....
For the past 8 months life has been a tail spin for the Bollinger household. I have to say, my kids amaze and shock me everyday. I can't believe that Ady is almost 18 months and that Will will be three in January. Life is passing us by!
We had a great summer...lots of swimming in our backyard as well as trips up to the lake to stay with Brad's parents. The kids definitely honed their water skills....Will is swimming on his own in the deep water with his life jacket and can float on his front and back. He learned how to doggy paddle and has no fear of the water. Ady, on the other hand, has no fear, but no skills either. She just takes the water head on, just like everything else in her life! They both rode the jet ski this year and we went on a handful of tub rides.....and not just slow, boring rides, 30 MPH wild rides! I love my water babies! I also got up on a slalom ski for the first time in five years! I was a little sore the first time and had a pretty good spill the second time, but it was a blast none the less! I would have to say, as far as the water this summer, we had a great time!
We also got a lot of our landscaping done. We did it all ourselves and have received numerous compliments. It was a ton of work, but so rewarding! We can't wait to finish the remaining next summer....then maybe on to a deck!
Ady is now talking up a storm....she has at least 100 words and we are currently working on potty training. She knows when she goes potty in her diaper and she sits on the potty a couple of times a day. As soon as we get back from NE at the end of the month, we are going to go in to full on potty training! She is loud, strong willed, fiesty, sassy, and sensitive all at the same time! She definitely has her own will and way about most everything she does! She just makes me laugh all of the time with her craziness!
Will is really starting to verbalize more than just single thoughts and words. He is actually analyzing situations and forming opinions. It is amazing at how quickly their comprehension changes! He is changing from a baby to a little boy. He has found a new love for super heros and pretends he is spider man for most of the day! He is all boy, that is for sure! He loves to get dirty, be aggressive, jump from anything that is three feet off the ground or higher, but is also the most nurturing little man. He loves babies and has ginuine concern for anyone who is crying or hurt. I hope he continues the nurturing but also stays strong and masculine side as well.
Brad has been busy with work. He left his Ham in the Fridge job at the end of July and started working as an independent contractor. He currently has a full time contract and commutes down to Bloomington everyday. It has been an adjustment for the entire family not having him home a couple of days during the week, but he is gaining valuable experience with working in Flex. I am taking on a new role and have been doing his bookwork and taxes for the last couple of months. I am actually enjoying it.....it is challenging my brain again and I actually get to think about more than just my children!
I am excited to be back in the blogging world and can't wait to post more updates! Thanks to Casie for getting the fire lit under my rear!
Toddles.....
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Pacifier Fairy
We had a visit from the pacifier fairy on Thursday night before bed. We took all of the pacifiers in the house (Will's and Ady's) and put them in a bag for all of the babies that need them around the world. We told Will that he is a big boy now and he doesn't need his pacifiers anymore (my kids only got their pacifiers when they slept). I put them to bed and Ady went right to sleep with no fuss or fight (she kind of weened herself the week before because she was so sick she couldn't use it). Will didn't really fuss or cry, he just paced around his room saying, "big boy, big boy." I think he was convincing himself that he was a big boy. Brad told him that he could get a new toy if he slept like a big boy. He finally gave in and slept all night without a peep! Both kids did....we were shocked!
The next day, Ady went right down for her morning nap and slept for about an hour with no problems. Then, in the afternoon, neither one of them took a nap. Will had a really hard time soothing himself....he didn't cry, just played and talked the entire time. Ady played and cried it out for about 2 hours and didn't give in. So, neither one got a nap. Then, Friday night, Ady went right to sleep and then woke up about 9:30 for less then 5 fives she fussed and went back to sleep. Will went right to bed, but woke up really early Saturday morning.
He finally took a nap on Saturday afternoon without, but for only about an hour. He hadn't had a nap in three days, so I know he was tired. He then went to bed on Saturday night and it only took about 20 minutes and he was out! He slept until almost 8:00 this morning!! We are hoping this is the end of the fuss and the inability to soothe himself.
We decided to reward him with little matchbox cars every time he goes to sleep on his own without a fuss. He has four cars so far and is begging for more. So I think his want for toys is out-weighing his fight to stay awake!
The next day, Ady went right down for her morning nap and slept for about an hour with no problems. Then, in the afternoon, neither one of them took a nap. Will had a really hard time soothing himself....he didn't cry, just played and talked the entire time. Ady played and cried it out for about 2 hours and didn't give in. So, neither one got a nap. Then, Friday night, Ady went right to sleep and then woke up about 9:30 for less then 5 fives she fussed and went back to sleep. Will went right to bed, but woke up really early Saturday morning.
He finally took a nap on Saturday afternoon without, but for only about an hour. He hadn't had a nap in three days, so I know he was tired. He then went to bed on Saturday night and it only took about 20 minutes and he was out! He slept until almost 8:00 this morning!! We are hoping this is the end of the fuss and the inability to soothe himself.
We decided to reward him with little matchbox cars every time he goes to sleep on his own without a fuss. He has four cars so far and is begging for more. So I think his want for toys is out-weighing his fight to stay awake!
Walking & Talking.....at nine months!
Ady has crossed some major milestones in the last couple of months. She started crawling right after she turned six months.....from crawling she immediately started pulling herself up on the furniture, toys, chairs....really anything that would support her. She then started taking her first solo steps from the furniture right around 8 months.....and in about a week and half, she was walking. She was just over 8 months old and was walking all over the house. She is now really walking...almost running to keep up with her brother!
She has also started talking....she says "uh-oh" about 100 times a day and can say mamama, dadadad, bahbahbah.....and lots of other babbles.....she is definitely a girl!! Talk, talk, talk, and giggles at everything!
She has her nine month appointment on March 4th (almost at 10 months...her ped couldn't get her in before that and I waited too long to make the appointment). We are anxious to see her stats! She feels like she has gained 15 pounds.....
We are making the change to the big girl carseat this week too. For selfish reasons, I have been keeping her in the carrier....it will make life 10 times more difficult with her in the permanent carseat. I had to buy her a coat, hat, and gloves to make the change.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Forever...
Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. I will give you the last three months in a nutshell...
November....Will got hand-foot-mouth disease right before Thanksgiving...it started out on his rearend as what looked like chicken pox. It spread all down his legs to his feet, on his elbows, arms, wrists and hands. I then looked in his mouth and he had huge blisters all over his mouth. He was miserable....the doctor told us to give him anything dairy and cold. We tried everything from yogurt to ice cream and he wouldn't eat because he was so miserable. Ady never did get it, thank goodness. They both ended up in the doctor's office with a three week cold....each were on antibiotics and finally got over them.
December....we hosted Christmas at our house...Brad's family this year. His parents came back from AZ...and we all have a great time. Will had his first year with Santa coming to our house. He helped me bake sugar cookies (he more like ate the dough and frosting, but it was a start!). We put cookies and milk out for Santa and left him a note (Will "colored" it for him!). The next morning he came downstairs to a new firetruck...a huge pedal powered firetruck! Ady got a Lotty Ladybird rocker/walker. They had a wonderful Christmas. We then hosted a NYE party at our house and had about 20 people here. It was really nice to stay in and enjoy the company of our friends and neighbors.
January.....we were lucky to ge the chance to have April and Aleia come and stay with us after Christmas through Will's birthday. We had a sledding birthday party with about 12 kids under the age of 4. It was a blast. I made homemade hot chocolate with marshmellow skewers and s'mores for dessert (we skipped the birthday cake this year and just put two candles in a s'mores bar). I am still reeling that Will is two....it seems like yesterday that he was born....I miss him as a baby! He is such a little man now....sniff, sniff! At the end of January, we had an unexpected death in our family. Brad's grandmother, Mary Jean Portwood passed away of a brain anurism. She was an amazing woman and I am sad that she is gone. I admired her greatly and she was my surrogate grandmother (I lost mine at a young age). She had so many wonderful gifts and I learned so much from her in the short time that I knew her. I am so sad that Ady and Will never got the chance to really know her. I do think a little bit of her spirit passed through both of my children the night she died. Neither one of them wake up in the night anymore and they were both up crying right at the time she passed away. We will have many great stories of her and Bob's life to share with our children. They will be missed greatly.
November....Will got hand-foot-mouth disease right before Thanksgiving...it started out on his rearend as what looked like chicken pox. It spread all down his legs to his feet, on his elbows, arms, wrists and hands. I then looked in his mouth and he had huge blisters all over his mouth. He was miserable....the doctor told us to give him anything dairy and cold. We tried everything from yogurt to ice cream and he wouldn't eat because he was so miserable. Ady never did get it, thank goodness. They both ended up in the doctor's office with a three week cold....each were on antibiotics and finally got over them.
December....we hosted Christmas at our house...Brad's family this year. His parents came back from AZ...and we all have a great time. Will had his first year with Santa coming to our house. He helped me bake sugar cookies (he more like ate the dough and frosting, but it was a start!). We put cookies and milk out for Santa and left him a note (Will "colored" it for him!). The next morning he came downstairs to a new firetruck...a huge pedal powered firetruck! Ady got a Lotty Ladybird rocker/walker. They had a wonderful Christmas. We then hosted a NYE party at our house and had about 20 people here. It was really nice to stay in and enjoy the company of our friends and neighbors.
January.....we were lucky to ge the chance to have April and Aleia come and stay with us after Christmas through Will's birthday. We had a sledding birthday party with about 12 kids under the age of 4. It was a blast. I made homemade hot chocolate with marshmellow skewers and s'mores for dessert (we skipped the birthday cake this year and just put two candles in a s'mores bar). I am still reeling that Will is two....it seems like yesterday that he was born....I miss him as a baby! He is such a little man now....sniff, sniff! At the end of January, we had an unexpected death in our family. Brad's grandmother, Mary Jean Portwood passed away of a brain anurism. She was an amazing woman and I am sad that she is gone. I admired her greatly and she was my surrogate grandmother (I lost mine at a young age). She had so many wonderful gifts and I learned so much from her in the short time that I knew her. I am so sad that Ady and Will never got the chance to really know her. I do think a little bit of her spirit passed through both of my children the night she died. Neither one of them wake up in the night anymore and they were both up crying right at the time she passed away. We will have many great stories of her and Bob's life to share with our children. They will be missed greatly.
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