I got an e-mail from one of my friends last week who has three kiddos and she asked me if I had had any dreams about this baby. She said that to her that was a good indicator of the sex, because she dreamed about the gender of each of her babies and she was right about each one. Well, I guess I'm a bad mom because I haven't had any dreams about this baby yet, which is probably a good thing because I'm trying really hard not to dwell on the gender. I really feel like it's another boy, so I've just made up my mind about that and have been trying not to think about it any other way. So last night, around midnight, I'm laying in bed trying to fall asleep (no matter how exhausted I am lately, it takes me forever to fall asleep), while Phil has been conked out since 20 seconds after his head hit the pillow. It's all quiet in the room except for the sound of the dogs' breathing (aka Heidi's snoring). All of a sudden, Phil rolls over and says, "It's a girl." I said, "What??" and he said again, "It's a girl." Then I guess he woke up a little because he said, "Sorry - I just had a dream that we found out the sex and it's a girl." I asked him if he was awake or asleep and he said, "Mmm-hmm" and then was right out again. So I wonder what it means if the dad has a dream about the gender of the baby? AAAGGGHH! This next week and a half of waiting is going to be tough! I don't think I could ever make it to the end of the pregnancy to find out the gender - waiting 20 weeks is hard enough!
Right now it's 10:00 and Jackson has been up since 8:00. We have seriously read every. single. book in his toybox since then. His new favorite thing is being read to and he brings a book to me about every 30 seconds and wants to get in my lap and hear me read the book. Right now he just bangs on my leg with the book and kind of moans, but I'm trying to teach him "Ma-ma read" or something like that. No such luck so far.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
He's So Much Fun Right Now!
Some funny Jackson quirks (scroll down if you don't want to read and just want to see some videos):
1. He loves Tylenol. Any time I need to give him some, he gets a big smile on his face and waves his hands all excited-like. He sucks it down, too.
2. He usually wakes up very happy in the morning or after a nap. We can hear him in his room just squealing and talking to himself and sometimes banging on the wall above his crib. He loves to stand up in his crib and "run" from one end to another, or walk in circles and then fall down and crack up laughing. It's so funny!
3. He's becoming kind of a picky eater. If I give him something he doesn't want to eat he takes his pointer finger and moves it around the high chair tray for a few seconds and then pushes down hard and smooshes it. Sometimes he will pick up the food (like a banana) and squeeze it really hard in his fist. I try not to laugh about it, but sometimes I can't help it. You should see how hard he squeezes!
4. He loves to "run" around the house. It's amazing to me how quickly he has gotten so good at walking. He almost runs now. He will go around our kitchen island, into the living room, and down the hall to the bedrooms and back just running and screaming with delight. It makes my day!
5. He loves to throw a ball. We went to the squadron last Friday for a family night and he loved to get the little balls out of the foosball table and carry them around, chuck them, and watch them bounce. He especially loved to throw the balls from the pool table because they make such a loud noise when they land on the floor.
6. He still adores that blue and brown blankie. Now he "asks" me to get it out of his crib and loves to carry it around the house (usually while "running" and screaming with delight). He's learned to hold it up and out to the side so that he doesn't trip on it, although sometimes he forgets and faceplants. He usually lands on the blanket, though, and just ends up laughing. We think he looks like Linus (from Peanuts).
7. He'll now bring a book to me or Phil and want us to read it to him. Of course, he still only sits still for about a minute, but I can usually make him sit until the end of the story. I have to hold the pages of the book down b/c he loves to turn the pages and will try to do that before I even get one word read on the page.
This isn't a Jackson quirk, but I felt baby #2 move yesterday for the first time! It was so exciting! I was sitting at the computer and thought I felt something, so I sat really still and...yep! That's what it was! I haven't felt it too much since then b/c I'm usually not sitting still enough to pay attention. Oh - we find out the gender of baby #2 on Phil's birthday in 2-1/2 weeks - December 1. We can't wait!!
Here are some fun videos from yesterday and today:
1. He loves Tylenol. Any time I need to give him some, he gets a big smile on his face and waves his hands all excited-like. He sucks it down, too.
2. He usually wakes up very happy in the morning or after a nap. We can hear him in his room just squealing and talking to himself and sometimes banging on the wall above his crib. He loves to stand up in his crib and "run" from one end to another, or walk in circles and then fall down and crack up laughing. It's so funny!
3. He's becoming kind of a picky eater. If I give him something he doesn't want to eat he takes his pointer finger and moves it around the high chair tray for a few seconds and then pushes down hard and smooshes it. Sometimes he will pick up the food (like a banana) and squeeze it really hard in his fist. I try not to laugh about it, but sometimes I can't help it. You should see how hard he squeezes!
4. He loves to "run" around the house. It's amazing to me how quickly he has gotten so good at walking. He almost runs now. He will go around our kitchen island, into the living room, and down the hall to the bedrooms and back just running and screaming with delight. It makes my day!
5. He loves to throw a ball. We went to the squadron last Friday for a family night and he loved to get the little balls out of the foosball table and carry them around, chuck them, and watch them bounce. He especially loved to throw the balls from the pool table because they make such a loud noise when they land on the floor.
6. He still adores that blue and brown blankie. Now he "asks" me to get it out of his crib and loves to carry it around the house (usually while "running" and screaming with delight). He's learned to hold it up and out to the side so that he doesn't trip on it, although sometimes he forgets and faceplants. He usually lands on the blanket, though, and just ends up laughing. We think he looks like Linus (from Peanuts).
7. He'll now bring a book to me or Phil and want us to read it to him. Of course, he still only sits still for about a minute, but I can usually make him sit until the end of the story. I have to hold the pages of the book down b/c he loves to turn the pages and will try to do that before I even get one word read on the page.
This isn't a Jackson quirk, but I felt baby #2 move yesterday for the first time! It was so exciting! I was sitting at the computer and thought I felt something, so I sat really still and...yep! That's what it was! I haven't felt it too much since then b/c I'm usually not sitting still enough to pay attention. Oh - we find out the gender of baby #2 on Phil's birthday in 2-1/2 weeks - December 1. We can't wait!!
Here are some fun videos from yesterday and today:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Snow!
This is what we woke up to this morning - our first snow of the year! And it is COLD! Our poor pinhead scarecrow is wet and freezing. In the past few days I've seen the weather channel post predictions as to how rain will affect voter turnout today - I wonder what snow will do! Oregon voters have to mail in their ballots, though, so there's no "going to the polls" for them today. It's a really thin, wet snow, too, so I'm sure it will be gone in a few hours.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Don't You Just Love College Football??
Okay, even though our Seminoles fumbled on the one yard line to lose the game today (we were unable to watch it b/c we live on the west coast, but did see that terrible play about 6 times on highlight shows today - fun), it at least made me happy to see little Texas Tech play such an awesome game against Texas. That last minute was SO exciting and it made me happy for their fans to get to enjoy such a great moment. And just for my sisters' sake I have to mention how the Gators whipped up on Georgia today - a little uncomfortable to watch b/c Georgia played so poorly, but the Gators are amazing (gosh, it pains me to say that). I told Phil that at least if the Gators have to be good they are led by such a great guy as Tim Tebow. What an excellent example he is for young men. Wow. I did feel so bad for the Georgia and Texas players and fans that they showed on TV at the end of the games - I totally know how they feel! Someday, Gators, you will feel the pain of losing again... someday!!!
Halloween
Our Halloween was really fun! Even though Jackson was totally over his costume by Halloween night and wouldn't move very far with it on. He just kind of stood still and wailed until we finally took it off. We went to a friend's house down the street for a Halloween party and had planned to go trick-or-treating from there with all of the other kids at the party, but changed our minds at the last minute. Lots of reasons: it was cold and really windy outside, J hated his costume, all the candy that he got would just end up in my gut (and on my thighs and bottom, etc.), J probably wouldn't walk that far and Phil would have to end up carrying him most of the way, J can't say "trick or treat" so it would kind of look like Phil was using J to get candy for himself, etc. So we stayed at the house with some of the other adults and drank hot cocoa (well, I drank hot cocoa - Phil had a more fun drink) and let J run around the house with a few other babies that stayed behind. It was a great time and I know that J had more fun than he would have if we had forced him to walk around outside in the cold and that costume! We did take a few pictures of him and Heidi together before we left, though...
I can't even explain how tough it was to get both of them sitting/standing still and looking in relatively the same direction. It was worth it, though! Aren't they cute together? Notice in the last picture how stretched Heidi's dress is in the front. It would barely velcro shut.
Costumes were highly encouraged at the party we went to, and I love any chance to dress up, so Phil and I went as "Lady and the Tramp". I had so much fun hot-gluing feathers and ribbon to that hat. I wish I could wear it somewhere else!!
I know that our costumes don't really go with Jackson's, but we weren't thinking about that. His came off about 30 seconds after this picture anyway. Hope your Halloween was happy, too!
I can't even explain how tough it was to get both of them sitting/standing still and looking in relatively the same direction. It was worth it, though! Aren't they cute together? Notice in the last picture how stretched Heidi's dress is in the front. It would barely velcro shut.
Costumes were highly encouraged at the party we went to, and I love any chance to dress up, so Phil and I went as "Lady and the Tramp". I had so much fun hot-gluing feathers and ribbon to that hat. I wish I could wear it somewhere else!!
I know that our costumes don't really go with Jackson's, but we weren't thinking about that. His came off about 30 seconds after this picture anyway. Hope your Halloween was happy, too!
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