Sunday, September 30, 2012
Museum and Zoo
If you are ever in Chicago, you should check out if any museums are free! Great way to enjoy the city but not have to spend too much money to take the family there. And if not, the Lincoln Park Zoo is always free.
Here are some pictures from the Museum of Science and Industry and the Zoo:
Here are some pictures from the Museum of Science and Industry and the Zoo:
Saturday, September 29, 2012
2nd Annual Train Ride
Grandma and Grandpa Hufford's street has a yearly party with a motorized train. Timothy recently saw these pictures and couldn't stop talking about when he'd ride the train this year.
From Last Year:
Weeks before his second time on the train, he talked about how he was going to ride on the blue train after vacation. Once he told me he didn't want to go on vacation but would rather ride on the train. And every bit of the train lived up to his expectations. This year, they even let him ride the tain alone!
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| Tim is saying, "woo woo," as he passes by. |
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| Riding alone with his cousin!! |
Friday, September 28, 2012
Cayden 4mo!
Am I allowed to call my baby boy a doll? 'Cause he's just the sweetest little thing going on right now! Still such a bright spot to my good and bad days. Give him just a smile or sweet words, and he'll charm the pants off of you. :) His laughter is contagious - lately he just laughs and laughs when we "fly" him through the air.
Each day he's getting better at moving around and grasping for items. Today, he almost ripped my lunch plate off the table and Tim was teaching him how to "text" on his play phone. (oh dear...) I'm not long for the "I can't leave you on a blanket anymore" world 'cause he just wants to GO! He's even trying to pull his knees up under his bottom! (what?!) And I used to think he was a chatter box; no no no, NOW he's a chatter box. I can imitate sounds he's making and he just keeps "yelling" with me.
His length is getting ready to push him into 6-9mo clothes if the feet are enclosed, and his weight is getting ready to pull him out of the 15lb fuzzi bunz we have been using.
And for the most important part: pictures!
Each day he's getting better at moving around and grasping for items. Today, he almost ripped my lunch plate off the table and Tim was teaching him how to "text" on his play phone. (oh dear...) I'm not long for the "I can't leave you on a blanket anymore" world 'cause he just wants to GO! He's even trying to pull his knees up under his bottom! (what?!) And I used to think he was a chatter box; no no no, NOW he's a chatter box. I can imitate sounds he's making and he just keeps "yelling" with me.
Down to the 4mo specks:
*Weight: 16lbs 0.8oz
*Length: 26.5"
His length is getting ready to push him into 6-9mo clothes if the feet are enclosed, and his weight is getting ready to pull him out of the 15lb fuzzi bunz we have been using.
And for the most important part: pictures!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
I quit facebook...
...at least for now.
A few weeks ago, a friend mentioned that she doesn't have facebook anymore because she was wasting time checking it. I thought, "That's so silly. I totally manage my time on it." Well...as I checked facebook again and realized that only four new things had updated and I was waiting for someone else to add something to facebook, that I was addicted. Boo...
I realize the benefits of keeping up with distant friends or the ability to see family and friends' kids through facebook.
But for me, I was just wasting my life away on there. Most of the people I'm "friends" with are more acquaintances. And here I am feeling like I don't have enough time in the day, but I'm looking at random people's pictures or getting upset about status updates. I already feel like I'm a bad friend to my close friends...and just had to come to a point where I say, 'I just can't be everybody's friend.' And I'm hoping this makes me better for picking up the phone or sending out an email to be more personal with those I care about.
Please do not hear me saying that you shouldn't have facebook. You are probably better at managing your time than I am.
I feel like I'm going through some kind of rehab though. Multiple times throughout the day, I think, "Oh, I'll write about that for a status update." And then I remember...I don't have facebook. I get on the computer and get ready to type facebook.com before I remember...I don't have facebook.
For now, I've just deactivated my account, not canceled. I've noticed I do have a little more time for reading or folding clothes or my kids. But it's amazing how much time you can devote to email and blogs and group deal sites. I'm still working/struggling through it. And I need to get some birthdays off of facebook before it's "gone."
So funny to see people's emails or texts on my birthday saying, "I can't find you on facebook, so Happy Birthday!" :)
If you need me, call or email. I miss you too.
A few weeks ago, a friend mentioned that she doesn't have facebook anymore because she was wasting time checking it. I thought, "That's so silly. I totally manage my time on it." Well...as I checked facebook again and realized that only four new things had updated and I was waiting for someone else to add something to facebook, that I was addicted. Boo...
I realize the benefits of keeping up with distant friends or the ability to see family and friends' kids through facebook.
But for me, I was just wasting my life away on there. Most of the people I'm "friends" with are more acquaintances. And here I am feeling like I don't have enough time in the day, but I'm looking at random people's pictures or getting upset about status updates. I already feel like I'm a bad friend to my close friends...and just had to come to a point where I say, 'I just can't be everybody's friend.' And I'm hoping this makes me better for picking up the phone or sending out an email to be more personal with those I care about.
Please do not hear me saying that you shouldn't have facebook. You are probably better at managing your time than I am.
I feel like I'm going through some kind of rehab though. Multiple times throughout the day, I think, "Oh, I'll write about that for a status update." And then I remember...I don't have facebook. I get on the computer and get ready to type facebook.com before I remember...I don't have facebook.
For now, I've just deactivated my account, not canceled. I've noticed I do have a little more time for reading or folding clothes or my kids. But it's amazing how much time you can devote to email and blogs and group deal sites. I'm still working/struggling through it. And I need to get some birthdays off of facebook before it's "gone."
So funny to see people's emails or texts on my birthday saying, "I can't find you on facebook, so Happy Birthday!" :)
If you need me, call or email. I miss you too.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Champs!
I have some little champs!
Our first dental visit back in March did not go well. But today, Timothy went all by himself to get his teeth cleaned. As he would say, he was so brave. And they were fantastic with him! Tickling his teeth and showing him all the tools before using them on him. He went home with a bag full of useful and fun goodies (new toothbrush, floss, toothpaste and some pretty cool motorcycle toys).
Our first dental visit back in March did not go well. But today, Timothy went all by himself to get his teeth cleaned. As he would say, he was so brave. And they were fantastic with him! Tickling his teeth and showing him all the tools before using them on him. He went home with a bag full of useful and fun goodies (new toothbrush, floss, toothpaste and some pretty cool motorcycle toys).
And while in MI, Cayden (3.5months) rolled 360*! Still such a social butterfly, so chatty and smilie.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Sleep
(I hesitate to post this to seem ungrateful for how well my boys sleep or boastful about how well my boys sleep...today I post for myself, to remember these days.)
Dear Timothy,
You have become very verbal these days, particularly about sleep. You'd rather just continue on with your days, no stopping for sleeping, even though you don't hesitate to say that you're tired. You'd rather just play...but you need those hours of sleep as you've become a little more like mommy - grouchy when you don't get to sleep. You get to bed between 7:30-8p. and rise between 6-6:30a. Feel free to sleep till 7a. Lately, you've had a few earlier mornings, like that one day you woke and stayed up from 4-5a. just singing, and reminding us that you were "Ready to get out of bed all night, please mommy daddy. Please please please." You've also become a little bit more...imaginative we'll call it. You don't like it dark dark dark like before because the "curtains are scary." (Having more light in your room helps for sleeping away from home - thanks.) Unlike some of your friends, you usually only sleep about and hour and a half for naps and have needed to go down a little sooner than before since you're up earlier. Although, may I just say that I've enjoyed these past two days where you and your brother have taken fantastic two hour (or more) naps simultaneously. And I don't mind that we have time together in the afternoon before I have to crank out dinner. Thank you boys! Speaking of boys...
Dear Cayden,
I've been blessed by another wonderful nighttime sleeper. You usually go down around 7:30p and wake somewhere between 4:30-6a. to nurse again before going right back down for another two hours or so. You sometimes need a little comfort in the night and are soothed by just your passy. You do have "harder" nights where you wake up more times to nurse but then head right back to sleep. Naps tend to be about 50% difficult for us. The 45-minute "intruder" is familiar to you. He comes along after you've been sleeping for 45-50min and startles you awake. I do a "two helps and you're out" meaning, I'll help you twice by giving you your passy and/or trying my trick (sometimes two minutes of crying is enough to help you fall back asleep) before taking you out. My trick - covering your eyes; if it works I see your sweet little hands rise to touch mine and within a minute or two they drop limp as you've dosed back off. I imagine you just need a little comfort of knowing you're not alone. Then, there are fewer days when you take a three hour nap; those are the days I'm always checking to see if you're breathing. :)
I love you guys.
Dear Timothy,
You have become very verbal these days, particularly about sleep. You'd rather just continue on with your days, no stopping for sleeping, even though you don't hesitate to say that you're tired. You'd rather just play...but you need those hours of sleep as you've become a little more like mommy - grouchy when you don't get to sleep. You get to bed between 7:30-8p. and rise between 6-6:30a. Feel free to sleep till 7a. Lately, you've had a few earlier mornings, like that one day you woke and stayed up from 4-5a. just singing, and reminding us that you were "Ready to get out of bed all night, please mommy daddy. Please please please." You've also become a little bit more...imaginative we'll call it. You don't like it dark dark dark like before because the "curtains are scary." (Having more light in your room helps for sleeping away from home - thanks.) Unlike some of your friends, you usually only sleep about and hour and a half for naps and have needed to go down a little sooner than before since you're up earlier. Although, may I just say that I've enjoyed these past two days where you and your brother have taken fantastic two hour (or more) naps simultaneously. And I don't mind that we have time together in the afternoon before I have to crank out dinner. Thank you boys! Speaking of boys...
Dear Cayden,
I've been blessed by another wonderful nighttime sleeper. You usually go down around 7:30p and wake somewhere between 4:30-6a. to nurse again before going right back down for another two hours or so. You sometimes need a little comfort in the night and are soothed by just your passy. You do have "harder" nights where you wake up more times to nurse but then head right back to sleep. Naps tend to be about 50% difficult for us. The 45-minute "intruder" is familiar to you. He comes along after you've been sleeping for 45-50min and startles you awake. I do a "two helps and you're out" meaning, I'll help you twice by giving you your passy and/or trying my trick (sometimes two minutes of crying is enough to help you fall back asleep) before taking you out. My trick - covering your eyes; if it works I see your sweet little hands rise to touch mine and within a minute or two they drop limp as you've dosed back off. I imagine you just need a little comfort of knowing you're not alone. Then, there are fewer days when you take a three hour nap; those are the days I'm always checking to see if you're breathing. :)
I love you guys.
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