Jared loves saying "Mommy, Daddy, Me!" and pointing to all of us. It's just so cute.
We went up to my parents' house and cabin to visit this Memorial Day weekend. Jared did pretty well on the drives, especially since the drive up was 6 1/2 hours. Jared enjoyed visiting with Pappy, who he calls both of my parents since he can't say Grammy yet. My parents took him on long walks, watched chipmunks, smelled flowers, and watched the traffic on their road. We took him to the awesome playground in their town every day! He especially liked climbing through all of the tunnels.
Then we all went to the cabin. Jared loves running down the lane and looking at all of the trees. He liked smelling Jim's flowers, but was disappointed that only two strawberries were ripe enough to eat. I didn't realize until it was too late, but he ate the entire strawberry, leaves and all, the first time. He didn't understand why he couldn't eat the green ones! He was pulling at a green strawberry so hard that when it finally let go, he fell onto his butt!
He also got chauffeured around in Jim's wheelbarrow, which I think he liked, but he was a little afraid.
My Dad nicknamed the new baby "Plus One" after the title of this blog. Jared's nickname was Bumpy, so I guess silly nicknames are to be expected.
Jared is already figuring out the art of procrastination. When we tell him "one more book" before bed, we usually end up reading two. Unbeknownst to him, I tell him one more book, and count on two being read. So Mom wins this round. :)
Enjoy all of the new pictures.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Jared has been saying a lot of cute and not so cute things lately. He will answer "No!" to everything. Even things that he wants. It's led me to believe that he may not quite understand what "Yes" means, although he does say it sometimes.
Jared is starting to learn his colors (he LOVES to color) and numbers (from the foamy ones that stick to the side of the tub during his bath). That just impresses me constantly.
Jared loves to sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat. He will sing the Row, Row part, then scream out Merrily, Merrily, Merrily. Of course it doesn't quite sound like Merrily, which makes me and Steve laugh. He also sings along when he watches the video of himself on playback, which I also think is adorable. One of these years, I'll post the video of him singing.
He will also do the hand motions to Itsy Bitsy Spider when he's in the mood.
Steve mentioned to me this morning that he thinks the pile of dead ants in the basement was smaller. We decided this was due to one of three things: 1) The ants are carrying back their dead for a proper burial, 2) We have zombie ants, (this would explain why there are always more live ants, no matter how many we kill - this thought frightens us terribly) or 3) we have a little elf housekeeper who will only clean up ant bodies. I'm disappointed that our little housekeeper won't tackle some of the more difficult jobs. :)
Jared is starting to learn his colors (he LOVES to color) and numbers (from the foamy ones that stick to the side of the tub during his bath). That just impresses me constantly.
Jared loves to sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat. He will sing the Row, Row part, then scream out Merrily, Merrily, Merrily. Of course it doesn't quite sound like Merrily, which makes me and Steve laugh. He also sings along when he watches the video of himself on playback, which I also think is adorable. One of these years, I'll post the video of him singing.
He will also do the hand motions to Itsy Bitsy Spider when he's in the mood.
Steve mentioned to me this morning that he thinks the pile of dead ants in the basement was smaller. We decided this was due to one of three things: 1) The ants are carrying back their dead for a proper burial, 2) We have zombie ants, (this would explain why there are always more live ants, no matter how many we kill - this thought frightens us terribly) or 3) we have a little elf housekeeper who will only clean up ant bodies. I'm disappointed that our little housekeeper won't tackle some of the more difficult jobs. :)
Friday, May 20, 2011
Party with the llamas!
Yesterday, we went to a birthday party at a llama barn. Jared was a little scared to feed the llamas (understandably), but he eventually was comfortable enough to brush one. He also got a little stuffed llama to take home, which he loves! He can't say L's yet, so it comes out mama. :) They also had chickens, so Jared watched them for a long time. He sees chickens every week when we go to our local farm, but I guess these chickens were worth checking out too.
It was very interesting to see the difference of the almost 2 year old (Jared), and the 3 year olds. The older kids sat at the table on folding chairs to eat with little or no problem, could stand still and listen to the lady talking about the llamas, and were interested in the pinata. Jared had no interest in any of this. He just wanted to look at the animals and run around outside. It will be very interesting this coming up year to see Jared's development.
Llama pictures are posted.
It was very interesting to see the difference of the almost 2 year old (Jared), and the 3 year olds. The older kids sat at the table on folding chairs to eat with little or no problem, could stand still and listen to the lady talking about the llamas, and were interested in the pinata. Jared had no interest in any of this. He just wanted to look at the animals and run around outside. It will be very interesting this coming up year to see Jared's development.
Llama pictures are posted.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Baby Obsessed
Jared is baby obsessed! I don't think that I am pushing baby stuff on him, so I'm not sure where this is coming from.
Jared loves to lift up my shirt to show my belly. He likes to rub my belly and put his ear up against it - maybe he can hear something I can't. :) Maybe he thinks that my slightly inverted belly button (something else happening a lot faster in this pregnancy) is the baby coming out of my belly? I think he'll enjoy it when he can feel the baby moving.
Jared loves to check out the babies sleeping in the carriers when we go to the playground. He has been know to sprint across the playground, saying "Baby! Baby!" to check on some random baby.
He loved checking out our friends' 2 month old when we went to visit. About every 15 minutes or so, he would take a break from playing to go check on the baby sleeping in her crib. I told Jared that he was disturbing the baby's sleep, but he loved checking on her. He got really confused when the baby was in her swing or chair. Jared would look at her there, then go back to the crib where she used to be napping.
He is very cute, and will be a great big brother.
When we were in Philly, I had a mini-Girl's weekend (a few hours) with my college friends Dianna and Maggie. We went to paint pottery, which we hadn't done in a few years. It was great to get together with the girls to chat! Although, I was very intimidated by the little girls painting pottery at the next table - they were really good! Our stuff must have not been too shabby though, since one girl called us "artists" as we were leaving. I think we all got a good kick out of that!
My Great Aunt Peg came to visit us last weekend. It was great, since she has been trying to meet Jared his whole life, but stuff kept coming up. Jared really liked Aunt Peg, and I hope we can all get together again soon.
We have also been exploring our county's parks. One of them is right on the Chesapeake Bay with a small historical battery. It's like a mini-Ft. McHenry, and a lot quicker to get to. Jared was fascinated by the waves on the beach, and loved checking out all of the boats on the Bay. We'll have to go back with a picnic and our kites soon.
I can't believe my little guy will be 2 years old soon! The time does fly!
There are a few new pictures posted for you to enjoy.
Jared loves to lift up my shirt to show my belly. He likes to rub my belly and put his ear up against it - maybe he can hear something I can't. :) Maybe he thinks that my slightly inverted belly button (something else happening a lot faster in this pregnancy) is the baby coming out of my belly? I think he'll enjoy it when he can feel the baby moving.
Jared loves to check out the babies sleeping in the carriers when we go to the playground. He has been know to sprint across the playground, saying "Baby! Baby!" to check on some random baby.
He loved checking out our friends' 2 month old when we went to visit. About every 15 minutes or so, he would take a break from playing to go check on the baby sleeping in her crib. I told Jared that he was disturbing the baby's sleep, but he loved checking on her. He got really confused when the baby was in her swing or chair. Jared would look at her there, then go back to the crib where she used to be napping.
He is very cute, and will be a great big brother.
When we were in Philly, I had a mini-Girl's weekend (a few hours) with my college friends Dianna and Maggie. We went to paint pottery, which we hadn't done in a few years. It was great to get together with the girls to chat! Although, I was very intimidated by the little girls painting pottery at the next table - they were really good! Our stuff must have not been too shabby though, since one girl called us "artists" as we were leaving. I think we all got a good kick out of that!
My Great Aunt Peg came to visit us last weekend. It was great, since she has been trying to meet Jared his whole life, but stuff kept coming up. Jared really liked Aunt Peg, and I hope we can all get together again soon.
We have also been exploring our county's parks. One of them is right on the Chesapeake Bay with a small historical battery. It's like a mini-Ft. McHenry, and a lot quicker to get to. Jared was fascinated by the waves on the beach, and loved checking out all of the boats on the Bay. We'll have to go back with a picnic and our kites soon.
I can't believe my little guy will be 2 years old soon! The time does fly!
There are a few new pictures posted for you to enjoy.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Last ultrasound already!
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| Nice profile pic-baby is facing upwards |
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| Baby giving the peace sign :) |
We went for our last ultrasound the other day, and it went well. The ultrasound tech said that the baby was very "sono-friendly," meaning that the baby would pose nicely, and we could get really good pictures of the different parts of the body. With each ultrasound, my due-date moves up slightly, due to their measuring. According to the calendar, my due date is Sept. 17th, but the latest ultrasound targeted Sept. 12th. I'm going to stick to telling people "mid-Sept.," since the due date doesn't really matter anyway. You can click on the pictures to make them bigger. The profile is a little distorted, since the baby had a hand up on the face during the picture.
The tech was really nice. I guess she has 4 sons, so she refers to all of the babies as "he." Since we didn't find out the gender, it was nice for her to tell us, so we didn't assume she was slipping up. It was also nice, since Jared was crying a little since he was bored, and she said that it didn't bother her at all. :) All morning, I told Jared that we were going to see the baby on TV, and he would go sit on our living room couch and look at our TV. When he actually saw the baby on TV, he wasn't impressed. The picture was black and white and grainy, and half of the time, I wasn't even really sure what I was looking at.
The baby was measuring well, weighs almost a pound, and is as long as a carrot, according to babycenter.com. I think the baby's entire weight is resting on my bladder, since I always seem to be running to the bathroom. I don't remember this happening with Jared until much later in the pregnancy.
Jared loves horses, so he really liked watching the Kentucky Derby on TV. He got to yell out "neigh!" a lot. He ran out of the room to retrieve a horse puzzle piece to have while he was watching TV. I was really impressed that he made that connection.
Steve's been taking care of the house - what a lot of work! We've been fighting ants, centipedes, moles, and carpenter bees. We bought a lawn mower, since the grassy area in our yard, while not very big, was too much to do by hand. I've been weeding, and trying to make the flower beds presentable (not embarrassing).
Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms out there. I had no idea how much work this would be when I had Jared, and I have no idea how much extra work it will be when Baby #2 gets here, but I have never had so much fun or felt so rewarded for all of my work. Sure, this job doesn't come with a paycheck, but seeing Jared blossom and grow into the boy he is now is so wonderful! :)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Deliquent post
We have been so busy! I know you would all like to hear what we've been up to, so here it goes, in no particular order...
We enjoyed Easter up in Philly with Steve's parents. We had an inside Easter egg hunt and an outside one. Jared loves picking up the eggs, saying "egg-gee!", and putting them into his basket. What a cutie! Jared had some fun playing with some (model) airplanes too, flying them around the house and stuff. It was really hard to find him a toy airplane, but I think we found a more suitable airplane for him.
Jared also got his first baby doll, which he was very excited about. Hopefully, this doll can be "Jared's Baby." At first, he wasn't such a good parent, bending the baby in half the wrong way, but by naptime, they were both snuggling in the crib together.
Jared got his first temporary tattoo the other day. He keeps poking at it, and is very confused why it is still on his arm. :)
I officially stopped nursing Jared a couple of weeks ago, and he didn't even seem to notice. He wasn't getting much out of it, other than some cuddle time. It is kinda sad for me, but I appreciate the few months rest before I go all-out nursing again.
We had our housewarming party a couple of weeks ago for a bunch of local folks. Counting us, there were 43 people here throughout the afternoon! Good thing we have a really big driveway! Considering that we are pretty rookie entertainers, I think it went well. So well in fact, that we got a huge curveball thrown at us the morning of the party, and I think we recovered quite well. It was about 11 AM (the party started at 2 PM), and Steve noticed that there was a little bit of water coming in below our basement door. Unfortunately, he did what many of us would do, and opened the door to see what was going on, and a whole lot of water came into the basement! It had been pouring rain all morning, and our gutters were clogged in just the right spot that it was overflowing right into the bottom of the outside steps down into our basement, overwhelming the drain. After a little while, I got the drain running again (slightly clogged), and the sump pump took over and things were mostly okay, except the water in our basement. Luckily, our great friend came by with her daughter to play with Jared while Steve and I cleaned the basement. We only lost a little over an hour in the prep time, and luckily our early guests didn't mind helping to finish setting up the party. The ironic part is that the weather was beautiful all week and the following day, but the day of the party, the weather was awful! On a good note, while Jared was not happy to find 20 people downstairs when he woke up from his nap, he eventually warmed up, and ran laps around the house, giving people high 5's. One of the little girls went to "hug" Jared, which involved leaning into him, like little kids do. But Jared didn't know what to do, so he just stood there until she eventually pushed him over, it was so funny! :) Steve borrowed a neighbor's ladder and cleaned out our gutters of all of these tiny seed pod things, so hopefully we'll be good for a while.
Our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt, which was really nice. Steve and I were hoping that Jared would just get 1 or 2 eggs, but he ended up with 14!! They had a separate area for the little kids, which had a lot of eggs out in the open. After about 3 eggs, he took the basket away from me, and went on quite a tear picking up eggs. It is the cutest thing to see this small person yelling out "egg-gee!" repeatedly while picking up Easter eggs. It actually brought a tear to my eye, but I'm pregnant, and everything makes me cry.
Jared is saying a bunch of words now! Many involve animal sounds and food items. He says Elmo and calls himself Meee, since he can't say his own name. He loves going to the playground and seeing the animals at our local 4-H farm. He even went to the Piglet Party with my parents to celebrate all 14 of the new piglets! He loves digging in the yard and in the sand at our local beach. He loves to Skype with his Grandparents, if you can get him to stay in the camera for very long.
I'm about halfway done with the pregnancy, and the good 2nd trimester feelings are going strong. My belly is starting to stretch, so that gets sore, but overall, I'm feeling really good. The last ultrasound is next week, and that is always exciting to see the baby moving around. We're still determined not to find out the baby's gender.
Steve is in 3 soccer leagues now, which I imagine will decrease in the fall with the new baby.
We've been really busy visiting and getting settled into our new place, but we are really enjoying where we live and our new house. Enjoy the new pictures in the new 21 to 24 month folder!
We enjoyed Easter up in Philly with Steve's parents. We had an inside Easter egg hunt and an outside one. Jared loves picking up the eggs, saying "egg-gee!", and putting them into his basket. What a cutie! Jared had some fun playing with some (model) airplanes too, flying them around the house and stuff. It was really hard to find him a toy airplane, but I think we found a more suitable airplane for him.
Jared also got his first baby doll, which he was very excited about. Hopefully, this doll can be "Jared's Baby." At first, he wasn't such a good parent, bending the baby in half the wrong way, but by naptime, they were both snuggling in the crib together.
Jared got his first temporary tattoo the other day. He keeps poking at it, and is very confused why it is still on his arm. :)
I officially stopped nursing Jared a couple of weeks ago, and he didn't even seem to notice. He wasn't getting much out of it, other than some cuddle time. It is kinda sad for me, but I appreciate the few months rest before I go all-out nursing again.
We had our housewarming party a couple of weeks ago for a bunch of local folks. Counting us, there were 43 people here throughout the afternoon! Good thing we have a really big driveway! Considering that we are pretty rookie entertainers, I think it went well. So well in fact, that we got a huge curveball thrown at us the morning of the party, and I think we recovered quite well. It was about 11 AM (the party started at 2 PM), and Steve noticed that there was a little bit of water coming in below our basement door. Unfortunately, he did what many of us would do, and opened the door to see what was going on, and a whole lot of water came into the basement! It had been pouring rain all morning, and our gutters were clogged in just the right spot that it was overflowing right into the bottom of the outside steps down into our basement, overwhelming the drain. After a little while, I got the drain running again (slightly clogged), and the sump pump took over and things were mostly okay, except the water in our basement. Luckily, our great friend came by with her daughter to play with Jared while Steve and I cleaned the basement. We only lost a little over an hour in the prep time, and luckily our early guests didn't mind helping to finish setting up the party. The ironic part is that the weather was beautiful all week and the following day, but the day of the party, the weather was awful! On a good note, while Jared was not happy to find 20 people downstairs when he woke up from his nap, he eventually warmed up, and ran laps around the house, giving people high 5's. One of the little girls went to "hug" Jared, which involved leaning into him, like little kids do. But Jared didn't know what to do, so he just stood there until she eventually pushed him over, it was so funny! :) Steve borrowed a neighbor's ladder and cleaned out our gutters of all of these tiny seed pod things, so hopefully we'll be good for a while.
Our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt, which was really nice. Steve and I were hoping that Jared would just get 1 or 2 eggs, but he ended up with 14!! They had a separate area for the little kids, which had a lot of eggs out in the open. After about 3 eggs, he took the basket away from me, and went on quite a tear picking up eggs. It is the cutest thing to see this small person yelling out "egg-gee!" repeatedly while picking up Easter eggs. It actually brought a tear to my eye, but I'm pregnant, and everything makes me cry.
Jared is saying a bunch of words now! Many involve animal sounds and food items. He says Elmo and calls himself Meee, since he can't say his own name. He loves going to the playground and seeing the animals at our local 4-H farm. He even went to the Piglet Party with my parents to celebrate all 14 of the new piglets! He loves digging in the yard and in the sand at our local beach. He loves to Skype with his Grandparents, if you can get him to stay in the camera for very long.
I'm about halfway done with the pregnancy, and the good 2nd trimester feelings are going strong. My belly is starting to stretch, so that gets sore, but overall, I'm feeling really good. The last ultrasound is next week, and that is always exciting to see the baby moving around. We're still determined not to find out the baby's gender.
Steve is in 3 soccer leagues now, which I imagine will decrease in the fall with the new baby.
We've been really busy visiting and getting settled into our new place, but we are really enjoying where we live and our new house. Enjoy the new pictures in the new 21 to 24 month folder!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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