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Birthday Elf

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I heard recently about a new trend with Elf on the Shelf where the elf gets to come back from the North Pole to visit the family for the child's birthday.  This sounded like just our kind of fun! Rainbow Bobby came back the night before SG's birthday and he had some fun in mind!  He decorated a special sign and added balloons to her chair.  He also added some balloons and crepe paper to the light and more balloons and crepe paper in her room!  Rainbow Bobby's last step was to change into his special birthday costume! She was so excited for her birthday!  I have rarely seen her so excited to go to school! We had a delightful morning enjoying some doughnuts for breakfast and singing our way into school.  It's the kind of feeling that makes you love being a parent!

Those Wobbly Teeth

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Those wobbly teeth had to come out.  We focused on the Tooth Fairy as the cool part and read some books that really helped.  The best one was called Tooth Fairy and it takes a brother and sister through their journey as they meet the Tooth Fairy and go to her tooth palace.  SG was concerned about how the Tooth Fairy would get in and I guess my description went on too long because she said, "I'm not worried anymore.  Just read the book." We also talked some about what would  happen at the dentist.  How the laughing gas would feel, the dentist putting his hand in her mouth, opening wide, and wiggling the tooth out.  I skipped the numbing injection since I feared that would cause more anxiety. She did awesome!  She listened, she stayed relaxed, and she didn't complain until we got to the car.  The gauze "band-aid" they gave her was driving her crazy. She took a great nap when we got home and really wasn't too uncomfortable.  We did regular ibupr

Worst Case Scenario

Several weeks ago, I started with the same cough/cold like symptoms that Charlie had back in December.  The cough was miserable and made me feel like I was gasping for air at times, but other than that, I felt okay.  Then, my voice sort of went toward the end of last week.  That was annoying, but still I felt okay.  On Saturday I started having pain when I coughed.  This wasn't good and by Sunday I wasn't feeling too good.  I had a four-year-old birthday party to put on, so I took some motrin and got on with it.  By the time we were cleaning up after the party, I knew I had fever and felt lousy.  I went to bed pretty early and hoped that sleep would help. Monday morning I headed into work with plans to visit the onsite minute clinic after I dropped SG off at school.  I had never visited this clinic before and the woman working there was a nut job.  While in the middle of taking my address she commented that she knew someone on my street.  Her description was a woman who is blo

Turning Four!

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It is hard to believe my baby is four years old!  She has been looking forward to her birthday for months!  She is very excited to be four because she knows that four-year-olds go to pre-k, and let's face it, birthdays are just plain fun! We talked a lot about her actual birthday versus her birthday party and she understood the difference, so we have been celebrating her birthday here and there for a week now!  Monday night we celebrated by opening her presents from me and Aaron.  Aaron had a work event on Tuesday night, so we decided to let her open them early! She was in a wonderful mood, even presents don't always get a wonderful mood, and was filled with joy.  It was such a wonderful evening to be with her! This set to make beaded necklaces was a big hit!  She has been interested in beads and loves all the different shapes and sizes. It's hard to see in this picture, but these shoes look like they were dipped in glitter!  I bought them for her for playi

House Guests!

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 We had a relaxing weekend visit with Grancy and Gramma!  Sarah Graves had been looking forward to their visit for weeks.  We kept it low key with lots of time to play and hang out together. For her birthday Grancy bought Sarah Graves an aquarium.  She was pretty amazed with it.   A little post bath manicure from Grancy Grancy makes a fabulous chocolate pie and she let Sarah Graves help! Sarah Graves even enjoyed eating the pie!

2014

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My great grandmother believed that whatever you do on New Year's day, you will do all year long.  If that is true, 2014 should be pretty good.  We had a leisurely morning at home, I made some macaroni and cheese, we went to Lovie and Pops' for a traditional lunch, the kids napped at the same time, and we played outside for a bit.  All in all, a good day.   SG helped make the cornbread, her favorite! She practiced on her bike and was really getting good at it.   Then, she had a crash!  She was distracted by instructions on how to turn easier and wiped out!  The helmet really kept her from being badly hurt.   Her chin was pretty ate up and stung a lot.  A band-aid always helps! Charlie wanted to help her by giving her a hug.  Sweet boy!

Happy New Year!

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I tried to put a festive touch on New Year's despite us feeling pretty tired.  I made a dinner of several appetizers and finally baked a batch of Christmas cookies!  Lovie, Pops, and Nay came over and we "rang" in the new year about nine o-clock before Sarah Graves went to bed.   She was super-excited to get a special glass wit a little 7 Up in it for our new year's toast! Hats and horns helped to make the evening feel fun!

Wiggly Teeth

It seems neither wiggly tooth has tightened up.  There is too much tissue connecting them for them to come out on their own, so they will need help.  We need them out before infection can set in and harm the adult teeth. So, we will go Jan 28 to have our two front teeth wiggled out.  She will get laughing gas and numbing. Meanwhile, I will endure it unmedicated ;). She is scared it will hurt, but there shouldn't be a lot of pain.  She will go back a couple more times to be fitted for a fixed, partial denture. The dentist feels she needs the denture because it may likely be 3 years before her permanent teeth come in and he feels her speech and her bite may be affected during that time.  It does seem hard not to be able to bite into anything for several years, then again, I worry that the denture piece may not be comfortable for her, but they say it won't take long for her to get used to it. The dentist gives out stickers and token for their treasure tower, which is those lit

Quick Trip

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Our trip to Shreveport did not lend itself to a lot of pictures, but we did take a few. SG was very excited to be with Grancy.   Charlie liked Ger Ger and would bring him books to read. We had dinner with Arden and Chad and Grandaddy and MeMe.  Arden is expecting another little boy in April! Charlie came down with a stomach virus while we were there so the kids and I did not attend the funeral as planned.  Aaron started with it the next day and wanted to get home, so we drove home making us gone not quite a full 72 hours!  The kids were troopers and the new car worked out beautifully with SG in the 3rd row, me next to Charlie and I was still able to play with and reach SG.  The portable DVD players Aaron got them helped a lot, too!  All those DVDs for Christmas really came in handy!

Letter Months Fifteen and Sixteen

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Dear Charlie, Boy, has time been slipping away the past few months!  We have mostly been enjoying life, but it has kept me from updating on all the darling things that you do.  If I had to summarize what you have been doing, I would say that you are not a baby anymore and you are definitely a toddler working on being a big boy! You continue to be a good eater.  I would say that you love fruit and eat a good variety.  Pears and kiwi are two of your favorites!  You also like chicken pretty well and are very enthusiastic about broccoli.  You by far prefer finger foods that you can feed yourself and seem too irritated to really like anything that requires us feeding you!  You have had a renewed interest in nursing, too.  That really surprised me as I thought that you might wean before your first birthday, but you decided you wanted to keep it up.  We went through several weeks of nursing only at bedtime and when you woke up, then you decided that it would be nice to nurse when I came hom

Check-Up!

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Charlie went for his 15 month old well baby checkup recently.  We are a little behind due to having the seasonal flu, the stomach flu, and then all the craziness of the holidays. Here are his stats: he weighs 25 pounds and 3 ounces which is the 73rd percentile; he measures 31.75 inches and that's the 47th percentile; and his head circumference is 19 1/2 inches and the 90th percentile. In the past four months he has grown just a bit more in both height and weight than what they would expected him to have grown in six months time, so the pediatrician predicts that he will definitely be a tall, big guy!  We are just glad that he is healthy! I didn't have any developmental concerns as we are pretty sure that he is talking and moving either at his age or maybe a bit ahead.  I was a bit concerned about the cough that he has had for several weeks since Christmas time and asked the pediatrician to listen to his lungs well.  He noted that Charlie had some wheezing in his chest and f

Crash!

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The kids and I have a fun game where Charlie rides in the cozy coupe, SG is on top, and I push/run behind it.  Lucy loves for us to chase her, so she gets in on the fun, too!  It is the kind of play that gets lots of laughter and begging for more.  We did it last week.  Charlie had tired of the game and bailed out, and I was getting tired and went to only walking behind the car.  Some crazy fluke occurred and SG fell from the car hitting her mouth on the slate floors in our den. She is pretty tough, so I wasn't too worried until I looked down at her in my arms and saw blood.  Not just a drop or two, but blood all over her mouth.  She was crying a scared cry and not letting up.  Aaron ran over and went pale as seeing her hurt reminded him of an injury to his mouth when he was a child.  I told him how to look up her dentist and find out what we should do.  She continued to cry as I held her and seeing the big boo boo on her gum and the tooth out of place made me fear we would need to

Christmas Eve Eve

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We let the kids open their presents from Grandaddy and Meme on Dec. 23.  It is nice to spread out some of the unwrapping and it helped to lighten our spirits as we dealt with the news that Mamma had passed.  Sarah Graves likes to "help" Charlie unwrap his presents!  He likes to play with her things, so I guess it's even! Sarah Graves and I mixed up the dough for some long overdo Christmas cookies, but it would take us a while before we actually got around to baking them.  It took me until the wee hours of the morning, but I finally got all the gifts wrapped and under the tree, just in time.  

Cookies with Santa

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We had the chance to see Santa again and enjoy some cookies with him!   Charlie was much more comfortable with Santa this time! He was so sweet and spent some time talking to Sarah Graves about what she wanted for Christmas and what he and his reindeer would like for her to leave out as a snack for them.  It turns out that Rudolph likes celery!