By Cyndi
I plan ahead. You should know that by now. This will be short and sweet ... enjoy watching!
Lots of updating next week ....
Monday, March 26, 2012
1.15 You didn't think I'd forget about you ...
March 26, 2012
By Cyndi
I plan ahead. You should know that by now. This will be short and sweet ... enjoy watching!
Lots of updating next week ....
By Cyndi
I plan ahead. You should know that by now. This will be short and sweet ... enjoy watching!
Lots of updating next week ....
Monday, March 19, 2012
1.14 Spring has sprung!
March 19, 2012
By Cyndi
T&Z had a much better week at daycare. They slept better and ate the daycare's food twice each during the week! We are very happy with the communication from their primary caregiver and the director/associate director.
The weather has been absolutely fabulous. The whole family has taken at least three walks this week. After vacation, Matt & I will start running again.
We also had the Early Intervention evaluation today. The evaluator said we will qualify and should hear more later this week.
Till next week ... from BELGIUM & ITALY!! Matt and I head out on Saturday ... Nana & Saba will be here and in charge while Matt and I are gone. L'Chaim!
By Cyndi
T&Z had a much better week at daycare. They slept better and ate the daycare's food twice each during the week! We are very happy with the communication from their primary caregiver and the director/associate director.
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| Two seconds before this, he was crying ... faker! |
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| Poor Zach is crying because I set him down ... what a mean mommy! |
The weather has been absolutely fabulous. The whole family has taken at least three walks this week. After vacation, Matt & I will start running again.
We also had the Early Intervention evaluation today. The evaluator said we will qualify and should hear more later this week.
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| ATC wives at a baby shower |
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| Happy little guys! |
Till next week ... from BELGIUM & ITALY!! Matt and I head out on Saturday ... Nana & Saba will be here and in charge while Matt and I are gone. L'Chaim!
Monday, March 12, 2012
1.13 Change takes a while ....
By Cyndi
March 12, 2012
It has been quite a week around our house. The daycare transition for T&Z has not gone very smoothly. They are not napping well or eating their food (or for that matter, our food) either. They are extremely exhausted and on Tuesday night, it caught up to Tyler and he started vomiting after dinner. It was all over and since Zach was still up, I made an emergency call to Stacie, who was kind enough to come over for a few minutes to keep them from crawling in the grossness of our main level. (Thank you Stace). Tyler had two incident reports for falling and bumping his head this week and Zach followed up with a close second, with one, for spiking a fever on Thursday afternoon. I left work 30 min early, of course, hit construction traffic, picked him up and left Tyler there. I think this might have been the first time they weren't together, but I had to get an errand done and one kid is much easier than two. That evening, Zach seemed a bit out of it during dinner but he still ate and finished his milk. I put Tyler to bed and as soon as I got Zach out of the high chair, I knew he was going to blow ... all over the freshly washed wood floor. Ugh ... this is not our week and lucky me, Matt was at work so I was left to change Zach and get him to bed, clean up and run another load of laundry. Ahhh, the glorious life of a MoM!
Matt kept the boys home Friday (Zach couldn't go anyways, because they have to be fever free for 24 hrs) and we had the boys' 15 month pediatrician well visit. The positive news is their height & weight is fairly consistent with past visits (Tyler is 22lbs14oz & Zach is 23lbs5oz), considering all the struggle we have been having with feeding them. Dr. S is not concerned that they are not branching out with foods, but suggests we start a multivitamin to ensure they are getting their daily needs. She feels their gross & fine motor skills are progressing normally in both of these areas and will only be concerned if they aren't walking by 18 months.
The not so positive news, is their delay with verbal skills and expressing themselves. Most kids at 15 months have around 3 words besides mama/dada with meaning and may be able to follow a simple instruction. We are no where near that, no waving or clapping, no pointing at something they want. With that, she recommends that we call our county's Early Intervention program and have them evaluated. I've heard good things of using programs like this and better to start now than wait.
My relaxing trip to the spa on Saturday (to finally use my Valentine's Day 2011 gift from Matt), followed up with an anniversary dinner was canceled when I got the flu on Friday night. Seriously, when will the awfulness end? Matt stayed home from work because I was in no condition to care for anyone. Hopefully we will find time to reschedule in late April or early May.
All I can hope is there is some positive to all this change .....
March 12, 2012
It has been quite a week around our house. The daycare transition for T&Z has not gone very smoothly. They are not napping well or eating their food (or for that matter, our food) either. They are extremely exhausted and on Tuesday night, it caught up to Tyler and he started vomiting after dinner. It was all over and since Zach was still up, I made an emergency call to Stacie, who was kind enough to come over for a few minutes to keep them from crawling in the grossness of our main level. (Thank you Stace). Tyler had two incident reports for falling and bumping his head this week and Zach followed up with a close second, with one, for spiking a fever on Thursday afternoon. I left work 30 min early, of course, hit construction traffic, picked him up and left Tyler there. I think this might have been the first time they weren't together, but I had to get an errand done and one kid is much easier than two. That evening, Zach seemed a bit out of it during dinner but he still ate and finished his milk. I put Tyler to bed and as soon as I got Zach out of the high chair, I knew he was going to blow ... all over the freshly washed wood floor. Ugh ... this is not our week and lucky me, Matt was at work so I was left to change Zach and get him to bed, clean up and run another load of laundry. Ahhh, the glorious life of a MoM!
Matt kept the boys home Friday (Zach couldn't go anyways, because they have to be fever free for 24 hrs) and we had the boys' 15 month pediatrician well visit. The positive news is their height & weight is fairly consistent with past visits (Tyler is 22lbs14oz & Zach is 23lbs5oz), considering all the struggle we have been having with feeding them. Dr. S is not concerned that they are not branching out with foods, but suggests we start a multivitamin to ensure they are getting their daily needs. She feels their gross & fine motor skills are progressing normally in both of these areas and will only be concerned if they aren't walking by 18 months.
The not so positive news, is their delay with verbal skills and expressing themselves. Most kids at 15 months have around 3 words besides mama/dada with meaning and may be able to follow a simple instruction. We are no where near that, no waving or clapping, no pointing at something they want. With that, she recommends that we call our county's Early Intervention program and have them evaluated. I've heard good things of using programs like this and better to start now than wait.
My relaxing trip to the spa on Saturday (to finally use my Valentine's Day 2011 gift from Matt), followed up with an anniversary dinner was canceled when I got the flu on Friday night. Seriously, when will the awfulness end? Matt stayed home from work because I was in no condition to care for anyone. Hopefully we will find time to reschedule in late April or early May.
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| Wrapped in my warm cacoon on Saturday, stupid flu ruined our plans! |
All I can hope is there is some positive to all this change .....
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| Zach smiling when Matt says "And 3 little bears, sitting on chairs..." |
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| 13 months old! |
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| And reading it again ... Good Night Moon ... Good Night Room ... |
Monday, March 5, 2012
1.12 Change is good!
March 5, 2012
By Cyndi
The past week has been rough, in a good way. Tyler & Zach started at a new daycare center today.
The past few weeks our previous in-home provider was supposed to be transitioning to use her food for meals and snacks. Since the guys are fairly picky, we would still send some of our food and none of it was returned. Whenever I asked, I received the answer of they liked her (the provider's) food. If they liked her food, where was our food? When I asked how their day was, I always received the same one work answer, Fine. How long was their nap? Response: It was fine. I said No, how long. This had been a long time coming and we needed the push to just be done and accept the change. Communication was seriously lacking; it was time to move on to a more structured, educational environment.
We are excited to see how they will do at their new daycare. They will be in a room with 6 other kids who are all walking already. They will sit at little tables, with little chairs for their meals and snack (crazy me, but I can't figure out how they will sit still and not fall out of the chair!). They feed them their meal plan which we have a copy of, so we will know what they should be eating daily. We will be paying for full time care which will be helpful for when we need to get things done. Matt will still keep them home mornings until 9 or 10a and maybe all day on his day off, depending on the to-do list.
I have to remind myself, change is good!
We are starting to prepare for our vacation. We have a "How to keep T&Z happy" document to teach our parents about our daily routine. I am sure they will be thrilled to read through it!
I also splurged on a new camera bag. I've been wanting a new purse and wanted something large enough to carry all of my camera equipment. I can't wait for it to arrive!!
This can hold: a 15" macbook pro with battery cord,1 camera body with lens attached,1 long lens, 2 extra lenses, wallet, keys, cell phone, and other miscellaneous personal items.
And last, but certainly not least .... Tyler graced me with this smooth move on Friday evening. I had told Matt when he installed the gate that it could happen .... and it did!! We will be adding a piece of wood tomorrow at the bottom to reduce the gap. Sorry kid, but we have to take your fun away!
By Cyndi
The past week has been rough, in a good way. Tyler & Zach started at a new daycare center today.
The past few weeks our previous in-home provider was supposed to be transitioning to use her food for meals and snacks. Since the guys are fairly picky, we would still send some of our food and none of it was returned. Whenever I asked, I received the answer of they liked her (the provider's) food. If they liked her food, where was our food? When I asked how their day was, I always received the same one work answer, Fine. How long was their nap? Response: It was fine. I said No, how long. This had been a long time coming and we needed the push to just be done and accept the change. Communication was seriously lacking; it was time to move on to a more structured, educational environment.
We are excited to see how they will do at their new daycare. They will be in a room with 6 other kids who are all walking already. They will sit at little tables, with little chairs for their meals and snack (crazy me, but I can't figure out how they will sit still and not fall out of the chair!). They feed them their meal plan which we have a copy of, so we will know what they should be eating daily. We will be paying for full time care which will be helpful for when we need to get things done. Matt will still keep them home mornings until 9 or 10a and maybe all day on his day off, depending on the to-do list.
I have to remind myself, change is good!
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| Feedback from Day 1 of new daycare: They like to flip chairs over .... Zach (mostly) likes to toss over the music table at home too. |
We are starting to prepare for our vacation. We have a "How to keep T&Z happy" document to teach our parents about our daily routine. I am sure they will be thrilled to read through it!
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| Tyler's mad face when I took his tray away because he was throwing all his food on the floor. Good luck Nana & Saba! |
I also splurged on a new camera bag. I've been wanting a new purse and wanted something large enough to carry all of my camera equipment. I can't wait for it to arrive!!
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| interior |
This can hold: a 15" macbook pro with battery cord,1 camera body with lens attached,1 long lens, 2 extra lenses, wallet, keys, cell phone, and other miscellaneous personal items.
And last, but certainly not least .... Tyler graced me with this smooth move on Friday evening. I had told Matt when he installed the gate that it could happen .... and it did!! We will be adding a piece of wood tomorrow at the bottom to reduce the gap. Sorry kid, but we have to take your fun away!
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