Ok so yesterday I was preparing Garrett's lunch, had just put his plate on his little table and sat down when I see him coming at me with a raised pointer finger. He was crying and saying "finner mommy" so I am like "Garrett did you hurt your finger? come here and mommy will kiss it for you"... and he comes over to me and THANK GOD I see that there is a blob of something on his hand. I carefully grab his arm around the elbow to check it out and yes, it is the one thing that I was hoping it was not...poo-poo. Nasty! Yuck! This is new to both of us. Garrett had never pulled poo out of his diaper yet so poor Garrett is crying because he has some mystery funk on his finger and I am pretty much escorting him down the hallway to my room by his elbow (poor kid!) and then laid him on a towel so I can check things out. Without being any more graphic than I already have been, suffice as to say, Mommy had a MESS to clean up and poor Garrett was washed and sanitized from head to bottom (literally)! I was so grossed out and he was giggling by now more than likely from the look of pure horror on my face than anything else.
When Danny gets home, I tell him of the events at which point he begins laughing hysterically.
I can assure you if mommy had been gone and daddy had been the one there for this occasion, that would not have been the case!
So anyway all cleaned up, back we go to eat lunch which he did quite well. He played a few minutes after that and then it was naptime. Off to mommys room again for nap and he layed right down with me. He is pretty good about tv time and there are only a few tv shows that he has much interest in at all. Unfortunately for some reason (probably due to the time change and being overly tired) he wanted to watch tv while he fell asleep (he usually goes to sleep with no tv so I am not sure what the deal was???) and as I said there are only a few shows he will watch and of course none of them were on at naptime yesterday. So he says "cars mommy?" (the only dvd he'll watch) and I am like No cars baby (no dvd player in our room) and so he's like "Mouse?" for mickey mouse and I am like no Garrett mickey mouse isn't on...and then he's like "ammals?" (that's what he calls the Wonder pets on nick, jr. which he LOVES) and I am like "no Garrett they aren't on right now so he starts crying. (Little bear was on which I love but he doesn't watch it) and he was so tired and I knew if I could get something on to keep his interest for a few minutes, he would go right off to sleep so I began channel surfing and I am going down through the channels slowly and he is watching and as I go down through the sports channels , I pass some drag racing and he is like CARS! YAY! and so there we are at naptime watching drag racing. (He was out in about 5 minutes) I would have thought I would have had a few more years before drag racing was on both tv's!!! Am I sure he's adopted? Yes I am but I sometimes have doubts myself as he is so much his fathers son! Anyway I fell asleep with him I mean c'mon, who wouldn't? Its drag racing people! Well, it was either that or I was tired from all the poo shoveling. Ha! Life would be no fun without both of my "boys".
Monday, March 15, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
My funny little man...
Ok, the bedtime process has now gotten a little more complicated. It used to be bath, milk, storytime and Garrett would curl up with his blankie and off to sleep he would go...apparently now those are the good ole days. For the last few night he has insisted on not going to bed without all of his "babies" (the 5 stuffed animals he owns), a blankie for them, his blankie, and for whatever reason, 1 tractor,1 book and 1 car (doesn't matter which one but one of each). When all of these things are in the bed next to him he would lay down and go to sleep until last night...
I had all of the items assembled and ready for him (some of you might say he's too spoiled here but I choose to pick my battles and its easier to give him what he wants and get him to bed on time than to say "no" and fight with him for an hour).
Anyway we get all snuggled in and he starts to cry...I'm like what's wrong? he goes "Mommy emmo, emmo mommy" and he is crying his heart out..."I am like elbow baby? did you hurt your elbow? " No mommy emmo and its at this point that I realize that one of his babies "Elmo" is missing. "Oh you want Elmo?" at which point he hops up (crying stops immediately) and gets out of bed and runs to the living room to get Elmo, runs back to the room and climbs in bed and lays down. Great I think, now we're good! Not quite. He starts crying again. "What's wrong Garrett?"
"Yook Mommy amere" (look mommy come here) he says as he again gets out of bed. Interested I follow him-he goes to the refrigerator,smacks it with one hand and says "sammich" and I say no Garrett you cannot have a sandwich, you already ate (before you think I starve my child, for dinner he had meatloaf, bread, 3 helpings of corn and some beans and a half hour before bed a whole tub of yogurt so no way was this child hungry.) at this point he starts to cry.
I am starting to get frustrated but trying to be a good mommy I get down at his level and say "Garrett I am very sorry but it is not time to eat it is bedtime so lets be a good boy and go night-night" at which point he looks at me with a tear on his cheek, his lip quivering,seems to think for a minute and says "momma, ice ceam?" and I am like "Garrett I am sorry baby it's too late for ice cream, its bedtime" and then (this is the kicker) he says "peas?" (for please) and signs it at the same time.
Oh my goodness-it broke my heart but I managed to stay firm insisting that it was bedtime and we could have ice cream another time so he trudged down the hall,climbed into bed and cried himself to sleep and I felt like the worst mommy in the world (even though I do feel I did the right thing but was grateful that he was sleepy and fell asleep quickly.) Sometimes its Ok to give in but I do like to keep him on a schedule during the week and I want him to get a good nights sleep so I wasn't budging on this one (but if it had been the weekend it might have been another story.)
Sometimes this parenting thing is hard when you want to do one thing and you need to do another.( I know some of you are laughing at me right now but its hard to say "no".-heck I don't want my child to be one of those little brats screaming at walmart at the top of their lungs so the parent will give in and give them whatever they want -I always blame the parents when kids act like that. All in All thank the good Lord, Garrett is actually extremely well behaved and we are blessed to have such a great little guy but last night I learned you have to draw the line somewhere) .
For us we can have animals,blankies and toys in the bed but we cannot stay up stalling and asking for things all night. I feel if I gave in last night, he would have tried to do the same thing every night and start coming up with reasons to not go to bed and I certainly didn't want to start that! I know there was no way he was hungry but this is the 1st time he has tried to prolong or stall bedtime. I am sure it wasn't the last time! I can't wait to see what he has in store for me tonight :) I love that little guy so much...being a parent is the best even when it's not so fun.
I had all of the items assembled and ready for him (some of you might say he's too spoiled here but I choose to pick my battles and its easier to give him what he wants and get him to bed on time than to say "no" and fight with him for an hour).
Anyway we get all snuggled in and he starts to cry...I'm like what's wrong? he goes "Mommy emmo, emmo mommy" and he is crying his heart out..."I am like elbow baby? did you hurt your elbow? " No mommy emmo and its at this point that I realize that one of his babies "Elmo" is missing. "Oh you want Elmo?" at which point he hops up (crying stops immediately) and gets out of bed and runs to the living room to get Elmo, runs back to the room and climbs in bed and lays down. Great I think, now we're good! Not quite. He starts crying again. "What's wrong Garrett?"
"Yook Mommy amere" (look mommy come here) he says as he again gets out of bed. Interested I follow him-he goes to the refrigerator,smacks it with one hand and says "sammich" and I say no Garrett you cannot have a sandwich, you already ate (before you think I starve my child, for dinner he had meatloaf, bread, 3 helpings of corn and some beans and a half hour before bed a whole tub of yogurt so no way was this child hungry.) at this point he starts to cry.
I am starting to get frustrated but trying to be a good mommy I get down at his level and say "Garrett I am very sorry but it is not time to eat it is bedtime so lets be a good boy and go night-night" at which point he looks at me with a tear on his cheek, his lip quivering,seems to think for a minute and says "momma, ice ceam?" and I am like "Garrett I am sorry baby it's too late for ice cream, its bedtime" and then (this is the kicker) he says "peas?" (for please) and signs it at the same time.
Oh my goodness-it broke my heart but I managed to stay firm insisting that it was bedtime and we could have ice cream another time so he trudged down the hall,climbed into bed and cried himself to sleep and I felt like the worst mommy in the world (even though I do feel I did the right thing but was grateful that he was sleepy and fell asleep quickly.) Sometimes its Ok to give in but I do like to keep him on a schedule during the week and I want him to get a good nights sleep so I wasn't budging on this one (but if it had been the weekend it might have been another story.)
Sometimes this parenting thing is hard when you want to do one thing and you need to do another.( I know some of you are laughing at me right now but its hard to say "no".-heck I don't want my child to be one of those little brats screaming at walmart at the top of their lungs so the parent will give in and give them whatever they want -I always blame the parents when kids act like that. All in All thank the good Lord, Garrett is actually extremely well behaved and we are blessed to have such a great little guy but last night I learned you have to draw the line somewhere) .
For us we can have animals,blankies and toys in the bed but we cannot stay up stalling and asking for things all night. I feel if I gave in last night, he would have tried to do the same thing every night and start coming up with reasons to not go to bed and I certainly didn't want to start that! I know there was no way he was hungry but this is the 1st time he has tried to prolong or stall bedtime. I am sure it wasn't the last time! I can't wait to see what he has in store for me tonight :) I love that little guy so much...being a parent is the best even when it's not so fun.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Wow! I can't believe it is March already. I am officially ready for spring and warmer weather. This Florida girl is not used to snow or 30 degree weather and I am ready for winter to go away. Let's see, Garrett has picked up a new phrase these days and its not enough to just tell it to you, you have to hear the attitude behind it. I think his teacher must say it because he did not pick it up from me, Dannys mom or Danny so that just leaves his teacher.
He also uses it in the correct context which makes it even cuter. For instance he uses it when he is surprised by something like the other day we said "Garrett, look there goes the kitty" and he says "Ohhhhh m'gosh" just like that-the "o" sound is really long and then the rest. It cracks us up. He is talking in sentences and it is amazing how much he knows. This weekend we took him to the Tyler zoo (It was his 1st zoo trip) and he loved it! We were talking to him about seeing the "ammals" for 2 days prior and he loved his 1st zoo trip. They Tyler zoo is small but very nice with great walkways. It took about 2 hours to see everything and it was just perfect because my back lasted that long but was starting to get uncomfortable. Also the animals would come right up to the glass which he loved and they had 2 white tigers which are my favorite.
While we were there, we came upon a family that was standing still at an exhibit where there were whitetail deer and longhorns. We noticed that all 4 of the children were taking pics with their cell phones. Apparently mom and grandma were nearby sitting on a bench. As we got closer, the dad was shaking his head and laughing and told us that of the whole zoo, their kids had spent 30 whole minutes there watching....(drumroll please) ...a squirrell!. We laughed so hard. It was really funny. The squirrell was very tame (as I am sure people feed him all day) and was going right up to the children and playing and putting on a little show for them. It was adorable and they were taking all kinds of pictures of him and of course, Garrett became fascinated as well. The father jokingly said that no way was he gonna pay $8.50 again for his kids to see a squirrell. It was pretty funny! I have always loved the zoo and I was glad to see Garrett having so much fun. It was also beautiful weather for a zoo visit. (Near 60 degrees-not 2 hot or 2 cold but nice).
We had gone to Tyler to see Dannys grandma Marie who turned 82 this weekend and who looks like 60 by the way. She says she uses Oil of Olay and I keep forgetting to pick some up. If I look half as good as her at that age I will be happy. They sang to her at the restaurant and announced her birthday and a guy at another table leaned over and said "You don't look anywhere near your age". I hope someday someone says that to me! She is a sweetheart and Garrett went right to her and hugged and kissed her even though he had not seen her in awhile and is usually shy. It was sweet.
Dannys job is going great. They had an electrical fire the other night and so he had a little excitement but it was caught early and noone was hurt so that was good.
My insurance denied my surgery again yesterday so please please please keep me in your prayers. I do need it quite badly according to my surgeon and them putting it off is only going to make things worse. My doctor will be talking to their doctor tomorrow so please pray something can get accomplished at that meeting. I am trying to stay positive but the whole situation is discouraging and sometimes when I am hurting really bad I feel like I don't know how much more I can take. I know God is in control and patience is a virtue but I do covet your prayers. I want to be pain free and run around and play with my little boy without pain. I hope everyone is well and ready to enjoy summer. I can't wait for the blue bonnets to bloom here in Texas, they are so beautiful. Take care everyone. Love you all!
He also uses it in the correct context which makes it even cuter. For instance he uses it when he is surprised by something like the other day we said "Garrett, look there goes the kitty" and he says "Ohhhhh m'gosh" just like that-the "o" sound is really long and then the rest. It cracks us up. He is talking in sentences and it is amazing how much he knows. This weekend we took him to the Tyler zoo (It was his 1st zoo trip) and he loved it! We were talking to him about seeing the "ammals" for 2 days prior and he loved his 1st zoo trip. They Tyler zoo is small but very nice with great walkways. It took about 2 hours to see everything and it was just perfect because my back lasted that long but was starting to get uncomfortable. Also the animals would come right up to the glass which he loved and they had 2 white tigers which are my favorite.
While we were there, we came upon a family that was standing still at an exhibit where there were whitetail deer and longhorns. We noticed that all 4 of the children were taking pics with their cell phones. Apparently mom and grandma were nearby sitting on a bench. As we got closer, the dad was shaking his head and laughing and told us that of the whole zoo, their kids had spent 30 whole minutes there watching....(drumroll please) ...a squirrell!. We laughed so hard. It was really funny. The squirrell was very tame (as I am sure people feed him all day) and was going right up to the children and playing and putting on a little show for them. It was adorable and they were taking all kinds of pictures of him and of course, Garrett became fascinated as well. The father jokingly said that no way was he gonna pay $8.50 again for his kids to see a squirrell. It was pretty funny! I have always loved the zoo and I was glad to see Garrett having so much fun. It was also beautiful weather for a zoo visit. (Near 60 degrees-not 2 hot or 2 cold but nice).
We had gone to Tyler to see Dannys grandma Marie who turned 82 this weekend and who looks like 60 by the way. She says she uses Oil of Olay and I keep forgetting to pick some up. If I look half as good as her at that age I will be happy. They sang to her at the restaurant and announced her birthday and a guy at another table leaned over and said "You don't look anywhere near your age". I hope someday someone says that to me! She is a sweetheart and Garrett went right to her and hugged and kissed her even though he had not seen her in awhile and is usually shy. It was sweet.
Dannys job is going great. They had an electrical fire the other night and so he had a little excitement but it was caught early and noone was hurt so that was good.
My insurance denied my surgery again yesterday so please please please keep me in your prayers. I do need it quite badly according to my surgeon and them putting it off is only going to make things worse. My doctor will be talking to their doctor tomorrow so please pray something can get accomplished at that meeting. I am trying to stay positive but the whole situation is discouraging and sometimes when I am hurting really bad I feel like I don't know how much more I can take. I know God is in control and patience is a virtue but I do covet your prayers. I want to be pain free and run around and play with my little boy without pain. I hope everyone is well and ready to enjoy summer. I can't wait for the blue bonnets to bloom here in Texas, they are so beautiful. Take care everyone. Love you all!
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