Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Bottle time
Sunday, January 30, 2011
January update
With my overwhelming tiredness and the continued busyness of life, this blog has been lacking lately. We are a few weeks into our new semester and things are going well so far. We start a class on team work this week and I know that will be a good class for us to take!
The boys are doing well. They were both sick this past week, but are over that now. Carsten is cutting one of his molars and has been having a very rough go of it. Nearly every night he is awake crying for at least an hour. Nothing we do seems to help. We have even tried Tylenol which is a last resort for us. The poor kid is the worst teether ever! And it seems to take him months to finally get one tooth. The kid will be 30 before they all come in!!
Rylan and Carsten have been playing more and more together. As Carsten grows and learns more things he seems to become more appealing to Rylan as a playmate. Recently Rylan told us that his best friend was Carsten and ,"not the big Carsten, but the wittle Carsten." (There is another Carsten on campus who is 5 and in Rylan's preschool class a few days a week). It is really fun to watch them play.
Carsten is trying to talk more and more. He will repeat the same syllable as the word we are telling him to say. For example: Balloon = ba, ba or Night, Night = ni, ni. It will be fun to see him say more. He saw a picture of Jeff on the computer today and went right to it, touching his face and saying, "dada, dada." It was really cute!
The boys are doing well. They were both sick this past week, but are over that now. Carsten is cutting one of his molars and has been having a very rough go of it. Nearly every night he is awake crying for at least an hour. Nothing we do seems to help. We have even tried Tylenol which is a last resort for us. The poor kid is the worst teether ever! And it seems to take him months to finally get one tooth. The kid will be 30 before they all come in!!
Rylan and Carsten have been playing more and more together. As Carsten grows and learns more things he seems to become more appealing to Rylan as a playmate. Recently Rylan told us that his best friend was Carsten and ,"not the big Carsten, but the wittle Carsten." (There is another Carsten on campus who is 5 and in Rylan's preschool class a few days a week). It is really fun to watch them play.
Carsten is trying to talk more and more. He will repeat the same syllable as the word we are telling him to say. For example: Balloon = ba, ba or Night, Night = ni, ni. It will be fun to see him say more. He saw a picture of Jeff on the computer today and went right to it, touching his face and saying, "dada, dada." It was really cute!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
A barnyard birthday
Today we had a party for Carsten's first birthday! It turned out really well. We had about 20 adults and around 14 kids, so I was glad we booked the meeting room at our school! I decided to go with a barnyard theme since it was easy to develop ideas for. Carsten received some really nice gifts, most of which fit into the barnyard theme which was so cute! Overall it was a really nice time with all our friends and their kids. Here are some pictures that tell the story a little better!
When we first gave him the cake he shook his head saying, "no!" We took video of him eating his cake and I plan to post that in the next few days!
I made three different types of animal cupcakes...it was actually a lot of fun!
I had two games planned for the kids. Pin the tail on the horse and find the egg. I took real eggs and poked a small hole in the bottom. I stuck a toothpick in to get the egg out. I then washed and dried them. When they were dry I filled them with paper confetti and taped over the hole. One egg had a yellow "pom-pom" which I told the kids was a baby chick. Each kid got to find one egg and crack it into a basket. The one who had the chick inside won a prize. They all enjoyed it!
We also brought down the boys tent set with tunnels and their horse to ride on. Both were a huge success. All of the food was themed as well. We had:
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| Here was the invite we gave out. |
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| Enjoying his sprouted grain barn cake! |
I made three different types of animal cupcakes...it was actually a lot of fun!
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| Chickens |
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| Sheep |
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| Pigs |
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| Pin the tail on the horse...after the game was over! |
- Deviled eggs
- Pigs in a blanket
- Chili cheese bean dip
- Veggies fresh off the farm
- Chicken feed (chex mix)
Friday, January 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Carsten!
My dear little Carsten,
One year ago today I held you in my arms for the first time. I was already in love with you before that, but holding you strengthened our bond! Over the last year you have done a lot of growing. You put mommy through a few scares when you were just a few weeks old, but you pulled through and have grown into such a cute and healthy boy. I love watching you discover the world around you. You are very active and always trying to climb or crawl wherever you are not supposed to be! I look forward to all the years we have ahead of us...watching you grow and change. I love you son, Happy 1st Birthday!
Love, Mommy
Here are some of my favorite photos from the first year of Carsten's life:
One year ago today I held you in my arms for the first time. I was already in love with you before that, but holding you strengthened our bond! Over the last year you have done a lot of growing. You put mommy through a few scares when you were just a few weeks old, but you pulled through and have grown into such a cute and healthy boy. I love watching you discover the world around you. You are very active and always trying to climb or crawl wherever you are not supposed to be! I look forward to all the years we have ahead of us...watching you grow and change. I love you son, Happy 1st Birthday!
Love, Mommy
Here are some of my favorite photos from the first year of Carsten's life:
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| January 2010- My little glow worm |
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| February 2010 |
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| March 2010 |
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| April 2010 |
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| May 2010 |
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| June 2010- Camp bath |
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| July 2010 |
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| August 2010 |
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| September 2010 |
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| October 2010 |
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| November 2010- Kitchen sink bath |
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| December 2010 |
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| January 14, 2010- Celebrating his 1st birthday! |
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Medical training and a Rylan conversation
This week we started classes again. It is nice to get back into the routine again, although the break was refreshing. These first two days back have been all focused on health and wellness courses. We have a nurse here who is training us and at the end we will get a certificate that shows we have some basic medical knowledge and skills. These will most likely prove very useful someday.
We both learned how to use an otoscope (for the ear) and how to take blood pressure. I learned how to give an injection! Jeff was the lucky recipient of some saline solution into his arm! He said it did not hurt at all, so I guess that means I did all right. Jeff had no desire to try giving an injection to anyone and he says if I ever need one I can talk him through it at the time. I think I will be forced to give my own injections if the need arises as Jeff might pass out or something :)
On another note completely, last night as I was finishing dinner, Carsten was screaming in the corner with the toys and this is the conversation that Rylan had with him:
"Here's a drink. Want to play with me?
Carsten continues to cry
"It's okay. You don't have wong hair you have wittle hair. Come here, you can play with me."
Carsten calmed for a few minutes as Rylan showed him different toys and then he proceeded to scream again. Rylan gave it his best effort!
We both learned how to use an otoscope (for the ear) and how to take blood pressure. I learned how to give an injection! Jeff was the lucky recipient of some saline solution into his arm! He said it did not hurt at all, so I guess that means I did all right. Jeff had no desire to try giving an injection to anyone and he says if I ever need one I can talk him through it at the time. I think I will be forced to give my own injections if the need arises as Jeff might pass out or something :)
On another note completely, last night as I was finishing dinner, Carsten was screaming in the corner with the toys and this is the conversation that Rylan had with him:
"Here's a drink. Want to play with me?
Carsten continues to cry
"It's okay. You don't have wong hair you have wittle hair. Come here, you can play with me."
Carsten calmed for a few minutes as Rylan showed him different toys and then he proceeded to scream again. Rylan gave it his best effort!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Taking turns being the pusher
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| Carsten pushing big brother around |
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| Rylan pushing Nugget around |
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| Daddy pushing both boys around |
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| Carsten in his big boy shirt from auntie and uncle |
Shoveling snow
We got a lot of snow last night. Just a few days ago it was raining and all the snow had melted away. Well it is back! Jeff went out last night around 5 p.m. to shovel the walkways. As you can see in the pictures it snowed a lot over night leaving him with as much shoveling to do today! Rylan decided to go out and help!
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