Can you believe how time has flown and my little baby is 9 months old now. On his nine month old birthday he was switched to bottles because those lovely teeth are not so fun when they are biting you!! He actually switched over really well and I think I have to say thank you to his cousins who have been frequenting my house. He has been trying with no avail to get their bottles and when I finally gave him one of his own he was happy. SInce switching he is now sleeping through the night for 8 hour stretches. Totally awesome!! anyway I took him and Cael to the Dr on Wednesday for their well visit checks.
Zadek
Height: 28 1/2 in 50%
weight: 18# 7 oz 10%
SERIOUSLY he's a small baby. You should see all of these rolls. It's hard to believe that he's small for his age because he's a huge baby
Cael
I know he turned 4, 3 months ago but with the moving and everything it took a little longer than planned. Hes' 50% on height and weight. He was also really mad at me because he got a flu shot and it hurt. I finally got him better and what do I do give him the flu on purpose am I crazy or what
Zadek is such a fun good baby. He yells when he wants to eat. He says momma all the time and loves to be big just like his older brothers. He can get anywhere he wants and is just generally crazy. He's tons of fun. Cael is about the funniest kid I know. I love the things he comes up with. I am constantly laughing. He has started writing his full name which is quite long. Caellum Mack Thompson. Javin is the best reader ever. He just got the DIary of a whimpy kid series and is reading them super fast. He's helping a lot around the house and of course he always loves the babies.
Generally we're doing well. It's taken a lot of adjustment to having Ryan gone. Speaking of which he left Monday night and is still not in Afghanistan yet. Who knows if he'll ever actually get there. We miss him a ton but are glad that he is fulfilling his responsibilties and as always working hard. I've been sending him tons of videos and when I get around to ever putting them on the computer I'll post them as well. I'm grateful for all of the love and support from everyone.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
MILITARY LIFE
Ryan left on the 9th of January. He went to Columbia SC first. He ended up staying there for about 12 days. Since we used to live in Augusta we have been to Columbia many times. He did some inprocessing and is now back at Goodfellow Airforce Base in San Angelo Texas. This is where he did his AIT training when he was in the military so he is familiar with the base. He thinks he'll be there for a few weeks and then be assigned a unit. The kids and I are living with my parents. Javin has started school here and I think is slowly making friends. We also found a preschool for Caellum and are settling into life here. It's really nice to be close to family.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Fall Fun!!
I didn't take any pictures of Thanksgiving since it was just our family but as Javin would say, I made a feast!! It was the day after Thanksgiving that I was proud of. This is a turkey pot pie using our leftovers. The thing that the kids loved were the initials of everyone in our family on top. I have to say, I'm getting pretty good at pies. We had a great day and are thankful that Ryan got to be here with us.
Recently we had Zadek's 6 month check up. His stats:
Height: 27 in
Weight:17 lbs
I've been thinking he's humongous and then while I was packing and going through our important documents I found all of the stats from Javin's well baby appointments. I always remember Javin being super tall and skinny (I guess compared to Caellum anything was) Javin's 6 month stats were height: 27 1/2 in and weight: 16.4 lbs So, I guess Zadek really isn't so huge. He's right on par to what Javin was. He's gone down on all of his percentages but he's so full of rolls. The Dr's aren't worried about the drop. He's sitting on his own, can roll both ways, and generally wants to be just like his brothers. Every night we have to dance with him and fight with dad, Javin and Cael
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Also, Caellum turned 4. Can you believe it!! My kids just keep growing and I can't make them stop. He had a toy story cake and then pirate decorations. He chose to make pizza and then we had to get a ton of decorations. He was super excited that Papa was here the weekend after his birthday so he could go for his traditional birthday breakfast. I can't believe how big he is getting.
Don't you love all of my pirates?
WE'RE MOVING!!!
So, on December 2nd we found out that Ryan's request for an exemption from deployment with the army was officially denied. In other words, he's going to be leaving for Afghanistan on Jan 9. After much debate we decided to hurry and move over the holidays so that he could see his family one last time before leaving and I can get Javin started in school at the first of January. We're really sad that he has to leave us again after only being home for a few months from Qatar but we're grateful that at least he gets to spend Christmas with us and see his family first. His approximate date of return is March 9 2012. Everyone cross your fingers that they don't extend him past that. When he comes home he will still have his job here so we'll be moving back. In the meantime, I've had 15 days to get the entire house packed up, into storage, and moved back to Utah. Let the craziness commence. Somewhere in there I need to remember that it's Christmas too. The boys have been super helpful and it's been nice to have Keith here on the weekends to help out a little bit too. So, Utah here we come!!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tunk or Treat and School Parades
JAVINS SCHOOL COSTUME PARADE AND BUG BALL
Javin's second grade class just finished a science unit on insects and to cap it off they all dressed as bugs and are having a bug ball this afternoon. He is obviously a praying mantis. Good thing we had a dad home to help put it all together.
This is Zadek trying to sit up in his car seat and look up the stairs in the school. He always wants to sit instead of lay back.
Caellum had to wear a costume today too since Javin was and this is what he did while we waited for the parade.
Pictures before school.
This was him coming off the stage. They had the kids parade into the room and then the classes took turns going up on stage to sing their songs about Halloween. I didn't really get a great picture because the baby was screaming and whilst holding screaming baby it's hard to take good pictures with left hand. Oh well..
Caellum's preschool had a Fall Festival that Zadek and I went to and helped. They had pumpkin bowling, an apple toss, balloon decorating, tattoos, and golf. He had tons of fun and I'm so glad he's in preschool this year to take part in festivities.
My Birthday
For my birthday this year I decided I wanted to go to Georgetown Cupcakes. It's the bakery that's on the show DC Cupcakes on TLC. Since I probably will never get to go to Ace of Cakes or Carlos Bakery I wanted to go get cupcakes. It's probably a little silly but nonetheless off we went. Ryan came home early and we went downtown, yes during rush hour, picked up the cupcakes and then went to an Indian restaurant for dinner. I thought it was super fun. Thanks guys for indulging me.
Renaissance Fair and Blessing
The week after Conference we had our parents here to help us celebrate Zadek. We did his blessing at our house and on Saturday we went to the Renaissance Fair in Md. It is our second year going and it's super fun. The kids were knighted, we watched the jousting and we had chicken on a lance. All of the usual things you do at a Fair. It was a beautiful weekend and we were glad to go with the entire family.
Zadek 4 month chekcup
While yes he is actually 5 months old now I thought I'd give you his stats.
Weight, 16 pound 75%
height 26 in 70%
We always think he's huge but turns out Caellum has him beat on all accounts. He has found his toes and loves to get them whenever the occasion presents itself. He can sit for a few seconds by himself and he is such a GOOD baby.
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