Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Friday, August 12, 2005
Yummy Pizza!
Cole and Daddy made a pizza together for dinner tonight. Cole thought that every ingredient should be tasted. He thought we needed extra cheese on the Pizza and dumped the rest of the bag on the Pizza. He is also real careful to place the pepperoni in it's exact position making sure to put some in his mouth.
For the last three nights Chad and I have been battling Cole to stay in his bed. He has officially moved to his toddler bed. He gets up about 15 to 20 times a night and is so cranky the next day you just want to abandon him at the mall. Not really but being 34 weeks along and sleep deprived is not helping my mood. He has refused to nap in his bed also. Last night we received some much deserved sleep. Cole stayed in his bed only to get up once and took my stern warning seriously and stayed in bed till morning. His new awake time averages 6:30 AM. Oh so different from the sweet, sweet 8:30AM we had when he actually enjoyed his sleep.
Cole is now 35 1/4 inches tall and weighs 31 pounds. I can't believe how tall he is. He wears a size 8 shoe and keeps us on the look out for new ones to fast for my taste.
Our little girl keeps moving and rolling around in her Swimming pool making my tummy look like special effects from the latest Alien Film. With the much needed sleep last night and the weather finally cooling off I am feeling a lot better. Now all I have to do is keep cleaning and try not give in to that comfy couch that seems to be calling my name.
Oh I give up! Here I come Couch!
Saturday, August 06, 2005
It's been so long!
Well we are getting closer to her due date. I finally have an appointment next week with the surgeon who will be performing my C- Section. This little girl moves and shakes like crazy compared to Cole. We had another Ultrasound, My doctor is a little bit cautious and since "She" is a 2 blood vessel umbilical cord she likes to keep tabs on her progress. She is gaining weight just fine and we got some great 3-D ultrasound photos. You can see her chubby cheeks and pouty lips. Cole, Chad and I have been crazy busy with all the different doctor's appointments, play groups, and trying to get the house in order before our little girl makes her appearance. Cole makes it hard to clean once you gather and place Cole is there moving and resorting for you. Chad is pretty impressed that I can still bend over and pick up toys, books and the like. Cole will have his first dental appointment in a couple weeks. Am I weird because I want to take pictures? Well I do not care how nerdy I look I am bringing my Camera. I will share pictures of course! We will have more pictures soon.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
What The?
About two weeks ago the Oscar Meyer Wiener mobile was in the parking lot at my work. Since this was the first time I ever saw this vehicle in person I called Chad to let him know that the ultimate in brainwashing Advertising was here in Spokane. He brought Cole along and got a couple pictures of Cole checking out his wiener whistle and Cole making his mark for his T- shirt that he won. The T-shirt is as tall as he is, it is an Adult large. Unfortunately since our child is an escape artist, and like I mentioned before this was in a parking lot, there is no wide angle shot of the actual wiener mobile but you can see pieces of the bun. There is also a picture of little man Cole in the grocery store shopping cart. Which by the way is a God send. Instead of a quick 10 min run we now can spend up to a Half and hour because he is occupied with the Car and the steering wheels. Yes there is seating for two in the car. I hope the person who thought up this idea got a huge raise!
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Ultrasound 7-6-05
Here is the recent picture of our little girl. She is gaining her weight just fine. She is now estimated over 2 pounds. In the picture she is looking at the camera you can see the outline of her chubby cheeks. She is measuring 5 days larger than her due date of September 28th. Cole attended this Ultrasound and amazed the Tech with his exclamations of Baby, Baby! He also wanted to lay on the table with me, We cuddled together while the tech got the last measurements she needed. My friend Amy came along since Chad had to work and thank Goodness she did, Someone had to coral Cole. Thanks a lot Amy. I am doing great slight mood swings but otherwise very good. Chad hasn't moved out of the house yet due to my mood swings so all is well. As soon as we know a date of her scheduled C-section we will post.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
It's a Parade!
It is the 4th of July and Chad and Cole were able to attend the Annual Johnson 4th of July parade. This tiny town grows 200 times it's original size. It really is amazing to see the turn out. This is Cole's 2nd visit since he barley got out of the hospital from his birth in 2003. He was lucky enough to have prime seats with grandma and grandpa. Grandpa did not drive his 35 Ford this year in the parade he was able to sit back and relax. Chad was our photographer while mommy was at work making sure all of Spokane had there sewing and craft needs fulfilled. Also in the prime seats were Arlene and Lela, surrogate grandparents to Chad and selfproclaimed Autie's to Cole. Not sure how that work but hey Family is Family. In one of the pictures you can see Cole signing Train while the caboose that traditionally ends the parade passed by. Cole sign has grown from just rubbing his two fingers on top of each other to rubbing his forearms on top of each other when he gets really excited. At the Leonard Family BBQ Cole enjoyed Cold Beverages and a tasty hot dog. This trip to see Grandma and Grandpa was not short of sugar although Chad did not go into details as not to make me pin Cole down for an intensive teeth brushing. Spokane has No fluoride regulation in the water and I want Cole's teeth to have a fighting chance. Cole also got to go for a ride in Charley, the 35 Ford for those of you who went who? and ewww! He got to ride in the rumble seat with Daddy then strapped in the car with daddy also. He had so much fun that he was not ready for a nap till the drive home. He went to bed at 8 pm and woke up this morning refreshed and ready for action at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Cole is Two!
Cole is Two years old!!! We celebrated at Grandma and Grandpa's house this year. Cole also got to attend the Perkin's House ice cream social. The Band played happy Birthday for him and he tried to blow out candles. He had a better try at grandma and grandpa's where he got one on one training. Although in the pictures below he blew out the candle using his nose. At the end of the day Daddy's favorite Cole memory is Cole dancing around holding an icing topped cupcake singing birthday birthday birthday, Cake. We all had a great time and look forward to more birthdays to come.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Happy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day to all you deserving Papa's. You do so much for so little praise. This is Da Da Chad mowing the lawn and keeping our little one occupied. What will he do when we have two? Cole has gone for lawn mower rides and walks around the block when he gets restless. He also takes time to smell the roses with Daddy.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
A Day in the Sun
Yesterday Cole and Mommy spent the day with Grandma, Grandpa, and Cousin Meryl who was visiting from Santa Fe . Grandpa lead the hike and Cole almost made the whole mile journey, about 75 percent of it was uphill. He loved looking at the gravel and rocks on the path. He even sampled some of the rocks on the path. Oh how yummy! That is why his face is so dirty. I got some fun pictures and as you can tell I was lagging behind. I have a really good zoom on my camera. Cole was so tired that on the ride home he passed out and was placed on Grandma's couch and took a nap. I was a little worried that he would wake and be scared because he did not know where he was but no, not Cole he just came and found us on the back porch. We then began to relax in the Hot Tub and Cole enjoyed playing with a treasure chest of floaty things. We completed the day with a barbecue and changed Cole into his sleeper and during the 1 1/2 hour drive home Cole fell fast asleep. He slept till 8:30 this morning. We look forward to another fun day with Grandma and Grandpa.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Crazy Days
Daddy and Cole really enjoy bedtime storytime. Cole loves to be read to. During the average daytime we read about 6 books about 6 times each and at night after the third book is read you will hear Cole demand "more, more, more" as he puts two fingers together in the sign for more. Some nights we have to call it quits after 4 books and he shouts and cries a little but once we close his door he goes right to bed. I love that he has our love of literature, to bad he is not into classical English literature like me but I think he might enjoy Sci-Fi like his daddy.
Cole now knows to "Smile" when the camera is on him. We have some super cheesy smiles on our hard drive.
Today was a trying day for Cole. He just woke up being in a bad mood. After a 3 hour nap around noon he was back to his usual happy self.
Cole now exclaims "Bloom" for balloon and is happy to shout "CAR" with a Boston accent. He is going through his "Look at me" phase, I know this will last till he is about 80 or so, mostly likely not a phase. He will stand there and scream for your full attention in order to show you his newest trick. For today it is doing a semi chin up using the treadmill.
Well all is quite for now in the Leonard household. All we have to do is be sneaky commando and steal back Cole's favorite Truck book in an hour or so. He would not let Daddy take it away, grasping tightly whining "mine,mine, mine" He loves to page though and make up his own story using his limited vocabulary. Lots of OH NO's and Uh Ohs , CAR , Truck, Beebee, and of course Bo, Bo. (bus) He loves his books so much he has already loved one to pieces.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Sideways
Well little Cole has been able to experiment with new things. We now have a little one who is interested in washing dishes. Actually he is more interested in turning the water off and on in the kitchen sink, filling cups and tea pots, and making a lovely mess. He also likes to empty whole drawers of office supplies out of our desk. Staples have earned the name "ouch". They picked his fingers when he was sorting them after dumping two whole boxes out on the floor. Mommy was none to happy but he let me pick up these offending items with out a fight.This past Monday Cole decide that 4:30 A.M. was the right time to awake for the day. Since Mommy closed at work daddy got to sleep in. We read books and had a early breakfast. Daddy went to work and Cole went down for a nap at 9 A.M. Unfortunatly it lasted only 45 mins. So while Mommy got ready for work and Cole's Sitter Bag together Cole had a grand ole time with his blocks.When Daddy brought Cole home from the sitters Cole only had an additional 1 hour nap. Rolinda kept him awake so he would sleep though the transfer of Car and bed. There was no problem there. He fell asleep in the car after 2 blocks and stayed sleeping like the dead through diaper change, pajamas and continued to sleep though the super bright flash on our camera. Daddy was so amused that Cole slept in our bed till Mommy came home at 10 P.M. We then carried him to his bed and he did not even budge. Did not even turn over to his tummy, Nothing. Like I first said this was entirely novel to us. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings he slept to 9 A.M. , Thank Goodness!!!
Friday, June 03, 2005
3-d Ultrasound
Today's ultrasound went fantastic. Our little girl cooperated with the Technician so well that she used the 3-D machine on her. This is a shot from the 3-D machine. The picture does not do justice to what you can see on the Screen. We did obtain Video from this visit so Daddy Chad and Big Brother Cole could see. Cole is just not liking being shut in a room that he can not explore freely. ie. Opening drawers, playing with medical instruments and all that jazz.
Her heart looks good, she has both kidneys and is growing right on schedule. Here's hoping all goes well from now on. The U/S Tech did notice that I have or rather baby Girl has a 2 Vessel umbilical cord. This could pose a problem to normal Childbirth. So looks like another C-section is definitely in my future. Well I guess it will be nice to skip contractions and have a planned birthdate. Unfortunately the healing part is no fun! Well I will have Chad for a week like last time but I know this time will be more difficult due to my little rose smelling toddler. I have invested in a baby sling and have plans to redecorate our bedroom to a wonderful playroom for Cole while I try to heal. I have included pictures of our arch that Chad and I planted Antique Roses when we bought this house almost 4 years ago. This is the first year they have bloomed so well. This is the arch Chad and I were married under 4 years as well this July. Cole loves to smell the roses. We also made a trip to the park tonight after dinner so Cole could use some of his pent up energy. We got a typical shot of his backside. We will have more shots of him soon, the weather is perking up and the swimming pool is all put together. Meanwhile Cole bangs on the back door shouting "OUTSIDE! OUTSIDE!"
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
All done!
This is the typical Cole photo we have been taking lately. He is seated in his high chair so he can not move in order to be able to get a good shot. He enjoyed his pasta and marinara sauce as you can see.
Cole now knows who the Doctor is and is slightly afraid of being in the Doctor's exam room. We went for my 23rd week prenatal and Cole about went stir crazy being shut in the room. We tried to explain that all was well that the doctor was checking on mom and his soon to be baby sister and all he was interested was working on getting the door open. By the way who ever invented long door handles must have been childless because Cole can open those doors with ease.
Mommy and Baby girl are doing great. I got the okay to use Zantac for my CRAZY heartburn and all I have to do is remember to take it. We heard Her heartbeat on the Doppler which is a new experience for us because Cole did not cooperate at all. (He gave us quite the fright. We had to schedule Ultrasounds for that day to make sure He was alright in there. )
And talk about fetal movement. She must be rehearsing the Tango with flailing arms and kicking legs. We do have her Anatamony Ultrasound scheduled for this Friday so we will update with pictures then.
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