learning explosion and sickness

Over night my boy has changed in the biggest of ways.  Just this weekend alone he’s started putting in his arms up in the air and asking “where’s the ball?”. It’s the cutest, funniest thing I’ve ever seen. His voice going so high pitched to form the question and his hands almost turning back wards up by his shoulders. Where he got the gesture from I have no idea but it’s freaking hilarious. He also now says desk, shoes and baby.  His level of understanding us is growing in leaps and bounds.  Yesterday he swept from the kitchen to the front door over and over again and refused to use the small broom. He had to use the big one. He also had to help put the groceries away, taking everything out of the grocery bags and putting the items in assorted draws and cuboards.   It was such a cool feeling jsut hanging out all morning and having him toddle around me helping wherever he could.  Yes, I had to completely go through every draw and cuboard in my kitchen afterward to make sure the things that needed to be in the fridge made it there but I don’t mind that.

In crappy news, I have a head cold and hubby has strep throat.  Poor guys has had a fever of 102F for the last 2 days and went to the doctor today and had it confirmed.  The anitbiotics he’s on will take a few days to kick in but at least he’s on them now.  Cooper, I think senses that hubby is sick and spent a lot of Saturday morning tending to him. It was absolute melt your heart sweet what he was doing. He kept bringing him tissues and halls, cuddled with him, gave him endless kisses and even shared his blankies with him.  How could that not make you feel better?

Today I went to a bridal shower for my soon to be cousin in-law.  It was good. Good to get out for a few hours without a toddler and just be me.  My mum in-law came over to watch Cooper since hubby is so sick.  I am now so full that I don’t want to do anything but veg on the couch for the rest of the evening, watch Amazing Race and go to bed early.  I was up from 2-4:30 this morning. Cooper was sleep walking (or something to that nature) and walked into the wall in his bedroom. I layed back down with him for an hour and then quietly escaped. Then I went back to bed and felt hubby and he was burning up so I got up to take his temperature and give him another dose of tylenol. Then one of the cats thought it was wake up time and was screaming at me for attention.  Then I finally got into bed and we got a pretty severe wind storm that was blowing the tree in the backyard through the bathroom window (or so it sounded).  I finally fell asleep somewhere around 4:30 and Cooper woke up at 7.  Considering the night and that I have a head cold, I don’t feel too bad but don’t have the energy nor the will to do much else other than sit on the couch and veg. So that’s what I’m going to do.

Night all.  

Milestones and needles

Today, Cooper had his 18 month doctor’s visit.  18 months!!! My goodness. If it weren’t in his closet, I’d be flipping through his baby scrap book right now wondering where the last year and half went trying to remember all those moments that are now memories.

His visit was good aside from the needles of course. The tricky part about this age is that they remember those needles. As soon as he saw the nurse coming with the tray he looked at me with these great big fearful eyes as if to say “mommy, no please.”  He’s 30.5lbs and 33.5″ tall. Yes, he’s going to be huge. 

My boy, growing up too fast but at the same time I can’t wait to see him grow more.  Every day I see something else in him. Another side, another quality and it amazes me that I have been given the gift to raise him.

Nesting

I am almost 24 weeks pregnant and nesting has kicked in big time.  To the point where I tried to install a carpet this evening but it didn’t work out so good.  I had asked hubby’s uncle to come on the weekend and help and he said he would but for some reason I thought I’d give it a go tonight. Not the best thing.  So, the carpet is at the bottom of the stairs and will stay there until hubby’s uncle comes on the weekend.

Today was an amazing fall day. The air was so clean and crisp and thesun was shining bright. Cooper decided not to nap until 12:45 and then I had to wake him at 3:00! I’m curious now though as to how long he would have slept.  We went out with my sister after and we had to take him to the park to burn off some of his energy. He was wild. Just absolutely bonkers. It did him and us a world of good to get out, playing in the fresh air and he walked most of the way there and back. That helped tire him out too.

There’s nothing better than spending the afternoon outside on such a gorgous day and coming home to a kitchen that smells of a slow cooked dinner in the crock pot. I had made a pot of homemade chilli while Cooper was napping and when I came home from being out all afternoon, the smell gave me such an appetite. It was soooo good too.  I love fall and I think the change in season, along with my nesting urges, have renewed me. I’ve felt so rejuvenated this week. I feel so motivated to cook home made meals and want to make all sorts of crafts.  The creative juices are just a flowing. Too bad I couldn’t write better- hahhaha.

since this post is all over the place, let’s start something new. Is there any questions you’d like to ask me? If so, let me know and I will be sure to post your questions and my honest answers.  Let’s liven things up a little here shall we? 

So glad to be where I am

I signed on to messenger tonight and was deciding what to change my handle to and the only thing I could think of was that I’m glad to be where I am.  I feel like I’ve been going through some sort of soul searching, growing process lately and I’ve come out of the worst of it and am getting comfortable with the newness.  Before we went away I was stressed. Stressed about my life, how things were with Cooper  and I ( his endless bad mood- my inability to make it better), my relationship with my husband; everything just felt out of sorts. Even the good days had a negative sway to them. I was frustrated and didn’t know where to begin with fixing it because I didn’t really know the root of my problem.  Then we went on holidays and the third day we were there Cooper woke up at 5am (3:30am our time) ready to start the day. I thought I was going to snap. I brought him into bed with us and turned on the dvd player hoping to get another 20 minutes sleep if possible. Then I heard a knock at our door. It was my mom. “here, let me take him, I can’t sleep either”.  Cooper ran to the door, excited to see her and off he went down the hall towards the playroom.  I slept in until 9am (7:30 our time). I don’t have the words to describe how amazing it felt to be able to sleep in and wake up by own body clock.  I was so completely grateful to my mom for saving me that morning.  A few short days later, Cooper was having a completey miserable morning. Melt downs that couldn’t be stopped filled the morning and when nap time came and went I was raw.  Hubby walked in the door from a morning of golfing and I snapped “We have to go for a drive!!!”.  So for a drive we went so Cooper would at least have a forced nap. We got in the truck and before we even made it down the driveway I was in tears.  So completely over whelmed and frustrated, i couldn’t hold back the tears any longer. In the confines of the truck and the safety of just my husband, I let go.  Cooper had quieted down as he loves car rides and was getting ready to sleep and hubby just kept driving. He didn’t say anything. Just let me let everything out. Thinking back, I don’t know if he wasn’t talking to me because he was upset with me for being so short and harsh with him right when he walked in the door or if he was just letting me go.  Either way, it was what I needed. just the comfort of him being there. I know it’s ingrained in men to “fix” all the problems but I didn’t need a solution, I jsut needed to cry.  The scenery was breath taking and the smell of wood burning stoves filled the truck whenever I’d let down the window to take a picture.  Calmness came over me and I felt so much better jsut having let it all  out.

That night in bed, hubby and I had a really good talk.  The kind of talk that brings you closer together as a couple.  He made some really good points to me and I think understood more where I was coming from with what I was stressing about.  But one thing he said to me which has really stuck is that you have the choice to make yoru day what it’s going to be regardless of what’s happening around you.  It’s something so simple so say and hear but so hard to do some days. Choose to be happy.

Ever since our vacation, I can’t say that Cooper has been any better, I can say that I’ve been a lot bettter in how I deal with him. My days are not filled with so much frustration any more. I’ve come to let go of a lot of the idealoogies I had that were bothering me.  We’ve still had really bad moments but it’s in those moments that I sit back and say to myself “this is exactly what I wanted, I am exactly where I want to be in my life right now and how thankful I am to have what I have.  When I think about that and truly think about the impact of that statement, Cooper’s fits don’t seem that bad even if they are in the middle of the grocery store and people are staring.  Somehow since that talk in bed with hubby I’ve even felt a difference in the way we are towards each other. There’s a new level of understanding and respect for one another and that feels really good.  I even notice he’s more confident with Cooper and is being more attentive to him.  And there’s nothing like seeing your husband being a good dad. 

I’ve grown, even if just a little bit, as a person and as hard as that is, it’s always a good thing in the end. 

Friday

This week has been great I must say. I guess Cooper needed a vacation as badly as we did because his mood is 100% better than what it was before we went away. I think my attitude has changed also, which has helped a lot too I think.  He’s walking more and more each day and can’t stop saying “Hi ya” everytime he walks into a room. It’s so freaking cute it kills me.  I’ve also been insanely nesting since we got back.  The house is slowly but surely transforming into the way I see it in my mind.

Right now dinner is in the oven, hubby is in bed with a migraine and all though I’d like to post a whole bunch of pictures with stories about our vacation, I don’t have enough time until dinner is ready.  I’m starving.

Oh, I had my monthly pre natal apt this morning. I brought Cooper with me and I think he was quite happy with it being me being checked out this time instead of him. He toddled around her office the whole time, even grabbing onto her when she was listening to the heart beat. 148 beats per minute. Faster than what Cooper was.  I’ve gained a total of 16lbs and I’m 23 weeks so that’s not bad I guess. I’m sure the vacation didn’t help at all with the gaining .

Oh, there goes the oven- dinner’s ready. Until later folks.

There is some honesty left in this world

I called the rental compnay the next morning after we got home and they indeed find my wallet. They sent it to me fed ex overnight so I had it back yesterday. This might sound sad but I was so completely shocked when I opened my wallet and all the cash I had was still there. Change and all. Now that is impressive!  I’m going to write a letter to their head office commending that branch for their promptness and honesty as I think they should be reconized.

For anyone who has to rent a car in the near future Avis is the way to go!!!!

What not to do

Leave your wallet in the rental car and fly home with out it.

ARG!

Secret

Shhh… I should be packing because we’re leaving to come home tomorrow but I had to write that Cooper is officially walking!!!!  YYYEEAAHHHHHHHH.  He decided to go for it tonight when we were visiting my parents friend’s for dinner and he didn’t stop for the rest of the night. I can’t believe how excited and proud I am.  It was amazing to see the huge smile on his face like he was proud of himself.  We have good pictures and tomorrow we’ll try to get video of it.  YEAH Cooper!

I do want to write a lot more about this and our trip but don’t have the time.  Hubby and I got “screeched in” today and are officailly honourary newfies which was a hilarious ceremony.  And so much more I have to write about.  For now I’m off. We have a 4 hour drive to the airport and a 3 hour flight tomorrow. We should be home just after super so the timing is good.

sneaking in

Hello there. Yes, I am on vacation and probably shouldn’t be blogging but I have the hosue to myself where we’re staying and Cooper’s sleeping.  trip so far is good.  We missed the flight on the way down which had me so upset I couldn’t even cry about it.  Anyway, they got us on the next flight which was 5 hours later and the had to put us in first class. That kind of made up for all of our morning troubles.  Cooper was pretty good on the plane considering we had him up so early and he hadn’t napped.

We landed in St.John’s just as the rain was finishing and the sun was coming out.  We got our car and luggage no problem (we were totally expecting both to be trouble with how our morning went).  We headed to the hotel and unloaded. The hotel had no elevators due to a workers strike so the poor hotel guys had to carry our 50lb bags up 6 flights of stairs. yes, we tipped them good when we left.  We went to Signal Hill that evening which is the most easternly part of North America.  it was beautiful.  I’ll have to post pics when we get back because they’re all on the lap top.  We went for dinner at a “traditional newfy food” restaurant but it wasn’t that traditional nor was it that good to be honest.  We got abck and crashed. yesterday we went on a bird/whale tour but we didn’t get to see any whales. It’s the end of the season for them so our chances were slim.

Today we;re at my aunt’s house and I’m just waiting for Cooper to wake up from his nap.  We’re going to visit my grandmother this afternoon and then back here for a big bbq that a lot of my mom’s family is coming over for.  Should be fun.

Fingers crossed that Cooper sleeps better tonight. Cooper’s sleeping is a whole another post on it’s own. he’s having a good time though.

Oh, and don’t mind my spelling or grammer. i know it’s horrible but I don’t have the time to fix it at the moment.

Anyway, hope you all had a great long weekend (for those of you that had one) and that you’re having a good week.  I might sneak on again sometime this week.

Tata for now.

Jealousy and trips

Today we went to visit baby Hannah. Hubby hadn’t met her yet and was anxious to so we called mylozmom and asked of they minded some company and went over.  Baby Hannah is too adorable and the minute I held her hubby wanted me to pass her over.  The minute Cooper saw him holding Hannah, he lost it.  The sadest face and most heart felt cry came out of him.  I got him calmed down and then he looked over again and started crying all over again.  This happened about 3 times before he just stopped looking over at dad holding another baby.  We were shocked.  The first time I held Hannah, Cooper had to stay close to me. In fact he ahd to be touching me but he never cried.  Just the sight of dad holding another baby though broke his little heart in half with jeallousy.  Then the water works turned on again when I left the room to go to the bathroom.  Hubby and I were talking about it later and I said, it must be that I’m always with him. 24/7, so the threat of me leaving is what gets him where as with hubby he comes and goes all the time so that’s no big deal but because his attention from dad is limited to only when he’s home, seeing him hold another baby is what did him in with dad.  I think we have to get dad holding some more babies in front of Cooper before number 2 comes along to lessen the shock.

We leave on Tuesday morning at 5am for our trip to the east coast. I’m getting really excited now.  We have some really cool stuff planned. I’ll be sure to take lots of pics.  I’m doing all the laundry and cleaning tonight so all I have to do tomorrow night is pack.  All though it’s a pain to clean everything before you go, I like coming home to clean house where nothing has to be done but laundry from the suitcase.  Less stressful on the return.

So, what you all do this week?