It's been awhile since I have been able to take the time to write a blog. Now that the weather is so gorgeous every day, we spend most of our time playing outside when we are home. Destin absolutley loves playing outside. When we wake up in the morning, the first thing he does is ask, "Where Couwweeiii?' (Clowey is our dog that he is obessed with), and the next thing that he does is go grab his shoes and want them on to go outside. When he is outside, he loves to ride in his Jeep that he got for Christmas. He doesn't quite understand that he needs to steer while he pushes the peddle, so he just runs into everything, but of course, he thinks it's hilarious! He likes to work on his Jeep a lot, too. He will act like he is working on the tires and even raise the hood of it up and pretend that he is working under the hood. Al made him a sprinkler out of PVC pipes like they usually have at football practices... It's just a square of pipes that he has drilled holes into and Destin loves running through that, too. His favorite thing to say is, "baaahhhssit bawl." Uh oh, this kid might like basketball instead of being a wrestler!... I doubt that, though, because Al wrestles with him so much that he wants to wrestle everything and everyone. My Granny and Pa were in the nursing home here recently, and my mom took Destin up there with her one day, and the first thing he did was grab my Pa's head and try to wrestle him! Ha ha.
We went through a tough month or two with being sick all the time. We finally found out that he had another ear infection after the fact that two doctors told us that his ears looked fine. Once he was on antibiotics for 24 hours, he was a brand new kid! He started to play and be silly and even EAT a lot! I am nervous now because he is digging at those ears again, and his appetite has decreased again. We go back to the doctor this Thursday for a check up and shots, so I guess we will see then if his ears are really bothering him again or not.
It's getting to an exciting time of the year! Al turns THIRTY on April 13th and we are traveling down to FSU to watch the Spring Game and be able to take the booster tours and such... that's what he wanted to do for his birthday! I got him a FSU canopy that he has been wanting for forever so that when we tail gate, we will have a matching canopy and chairs this year. Al is doing his Next Level Wrestling club right now and he seems to be having a lot of fun with it. He has had a really good turn out so far, especially considering that wrestling is not as big here as it was back in Cleveland and because this is his first year doing it here. I'm proud of him for doing it! My last day of the semester will be May 3rd. I cannot wait for a break!!!! I am taking July courses which starts July 9th-August 7th, so that's not too bad. It will be no where near as bad as what I had to do last summer! Then, I have the Fall semester and I'll be ready to Student Teach! YAY! We are going to PCB on May 25th with my sister and her family and my mom is going to tag along to baby sit for us all so we can actually have a break. All I can think about is laying out on that beach and having a great time. Destin is going to LOVE it this year! He was only 7 months last year when we went, so he didn't really get to enjoy it.
Anyways, that's enough rambling on for now! I have go get ready to go meet Al's parents to get Destin since he stayed the night with them! I cannot wait to get him back! <3
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Destin the Body Builder
I figured I would blog about how strong Destin is just so everyone knows to watch out for this kid! lol Since the day he was born, we knew the kid was strong because he was already trying to hold his head up after he came out of the womb. Also, at every single check up I have had three different doctors comment on how amazingly strong he is. When he was 8 or 9 months old, he picked up a 10 pound weight off the floor and put it in his lap. I was in shock! I didn't think anything of him crawling beside the weight because I had NO idea that he could even move it. At that same age, there was a watermelon sitting in the floor at my Granny's house, and he crawled over to it and was pushing it around. He is just so strong. I have witnessed his most recent strength as he has found the little toddler stool in the bathroom. He has learned to get up on the stool (which still makes him not even close to the counter) but it has gotten him up high enough that he can put his arms on the counter. I literally have watched him do this three times.... he gets on the stool, gets his arms on the counter, and then lifts his entire body weight up enough to get into the sink! He is a strong little monkey! It is absolutley unbelievable that a 17 month old can literally lift his entire body weight. Yesterday, when we got home, it was 63degrees outside, so I decided it would be okay to let him play outside for a couple of minutes. My nephews tee ball bat was outside of the garage, and he picked it up with no problem and had no problem at all swinging it. It was actually really funny because he held the bat really well.... his form is already pretty good. I can't imagine watching that little turd play sports. I'll be one proud mama!
Besides being amazed at Destin's strength, I'll fill you in on other things. Destin had an ear infection at his check up on December 27, and until January 17 he was awful. I finally took him back to the doctor because I knew something had to be wrong (at first I thought it was just teething because he cut two molars during this time). Well, we discovered that he had another ear infection or the first infection just didn't completely go away. No wonder he was acting terrible for a straight month! He is all better now, and boy do we see a difference in attitude and personality! He is so happy and full of life. He is getting so smart, too! Spongbob came on Saturday morning and he was singing along with it going, "Bob, Bob, Bob." He has found a new love for going into our room, climbing on the bed, and just watching tv by himself. He will literally lay on our bed content for 30 minutes at a time. He HAS to eat everything with a fork by himself! I even have to put his chicken nugget on a fork just so he can feed it to himself. Last night, we went to Timberloft to eat, and he didn't sit in high chair.... he sat in a BOOSTER seat and ate his mac n cheese all by himself. He didn't even drink from his sippy cup, he drank from a kids cup with a straw like a big boy (although, that did end up messy and I had to change his clothes lol). To say the least, our baby is growing up too fast. It has been such a joy to watch him grow and learn and develop his own personality, though. I just wish it would slow down because I know if I blink, he will be driving a car or graduating high school. I can't even fathem the thought of what did I ever do without him? He is the best thing that has ever happened to us and we are such proud parents!
Besides being amazed at Destin's strength, I'll fill you in on other things. Destin had an ear infection at his check up on December 27, and until January 17 he was awful. I finally took him back to the doctor because I knew something had to be wrong (at first I thought it was just teething because he cut two molars during this time). Well, we discovered that he had another ear infection or the first infection just didn't completely go away. No wonder he was acting terrible for a straight month! He is all better now, and boy do we see a difference in attitude and personality! He is so happy and full of life. He is getting so smart, too! Spongbob came on Saturday morning and he was singing along with it going, "Bob, Bob, Bob." He has found a new love for going into our room, climbing on the bed, and just watching tv by himself. He will literally lay on our bed content for 30 minutes at a time. He HAS to eat everything with a fork by himself! I even have to put his chicken nugget on a fork just so he can feed it to himself. Last night, we went to Timberloft to eat, and he didn't sit in high chair.... he sat in a BOOSTER seat and ate his mac n cheese all by himself. He didn't even drink from his sippy cup, he drank from a kids cup with a straw like a big boy (although, that did end up messy and I had to change his clothes lol). To say the least, our baby is growing up too fast. It has been such a joy to watch him grow and learn and develop his own personality, though. I just wish it would slow down because I know if I blink, he will be driving a car or graduating high school. I can't even fathem the thought of what did I ever do without him? He is the best thing that has ever happened to us and we are such proud parents!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Updates!
It's been SO long since I have blogged. I can't say that I haven't had time to do it. I have simply enjoyed my break from school and just spent time with Destin and Al (before he had to go back to work) and I really didn't even turn the computer on except to confirm my classes for school. School started back today for me, so I will be on the computer more so will probably blog more. There is so much that I could catch everyone up on!
Destin is getting so big and mature! At his 15 month check up he was in the 95th percentile for his height and 33rd percentile for his weight. He is still so tall and skinny! He has such a personality it is crazy! He did not like the doctors office at all. He knew where he was as soon as we got there and cried the whole time and clung to me like a little monkey. I literally had to pry him off of me when they had to weigh him and check him out and everything. He ended up having an ear infection... I had noticed that he was digging in his ears a lot. He has always pulled at his ears when he is tired, and I have always been worried that he had an ear infection, but the doctors always said his ears looked fine when I asked them about them. This time, he was literally digging in them for about five minutes straight each time. I told the doctor before she even looked that I was worried about them especially since he has gotten extremely adventurous in the bath tub where he lays in the water and acts like a little fish. I was so paranoid that he was getting water in his ears! I am probably more paranoid since I have always had such horrible ear problems. Anyways, the doctor said that his ear infection was from fluids that was probably from drainage and just caused him to have an uncomfortable feeling or muffled sound and that the bath water normally doesn't cause any ear infections. That was a sigh of relief. They put him on an antibiotic that caused him to be a devil child for ten days! We seriously wanted to rip our hair out he was so awful. It was like immediately when he got off of the medicine he was so much better! He still has an attitude problem at times. He has a mind of his own and if it is not his way, he is going to pull a fit. Don't worry.... we don't let him get away with this. lol. Spanking him usually doesn't phase him. He is a tough little booger. We have discovered that spanking him and making him sit in time out is the best punishment for him and actually works. Oh how he HATES sitting still in time out! He sits there and cries the whole time saying, "Mama, mama, mama!" There have been a couple of times that he has made me laugh during time out (I couldn't help it, he is just so funny) so he laughed and I just had to let him up. I have learned that I have to put him in time out and walk away so he can't try to be funny and make me laugh. I cannot stress to anyone that doesn't know him how much personality he has. He is SO SO SO funny! Any time he hears music, he is dancing and bobbing his head. He will even get on the ground and dance... it actually looks like he is break dancing. Yesterday, I heard him in his crib babbling after taking a three hour nap, so when I go in there to get him he stands up and immediately starts doing the chop and war chant. Poor kid will be so brain washed to love FSU! We will give him a bouncy ball in the bath tub and he will throw it against the tub so it can bounce back to him and he just laughs and laughs! This morning, he was sitting in his high chair eating breakfast, and he raised up a bit and was eating his food without his hands like a little bird pecking food off of the ground and he would raise up and just laugh! I laughed so hard, and Al said, "Well that's great. Now he is going to be trying to eat like that all the time." lol That's probably true! Oh well, that little personality of his just makes my day!
Al's wrestling season is over now. The middle school season anyways. Now, he will start doing lessons and working with any of the high school or middle school guys that want extra training. The good thing about it is he gets home earlier now! That's very exciting!
School for me today went pretty smoothly. This semester is going to be so much better than last semester! Oh my goodness, last semester was horrible! I was there on Monday's until 9 at night and Wednesday's until 5:35 and Friday's until 1:35 but I have to be at work at 3. This semester I'm done by 3:45 on Monday's and Wednesdays and at 11:15 on Fridays! I'm very excited to get to leave school and be able to pick Destin up from Summer's and spend the evening as a family! I'm hoping for a great, easy semester! Only one more after this one before I student teach!
Destin is getting so big and mature! At his 15 month check up he was in the 95th percentile for his height and 33rd percentile for his weight. He is still so tall and skinny! He has such a personality it is crazy! He did not like the doctors office at all. He knew where he was as soon as we got there and cried the whole time and clung to me like a little monkey. I literally had to pry him off of me when they had to weigh him and check him out and everything. He ended up having an ear infection... I had noticed that he was digging in his ears a lot. He has always pulled at his ears when he is tired, and I have always been worried that he had an ear infection, but the doctors always said his ears looked fine when I asked them about them. This time, he was literally digging in them for about five minutes straight each time. I told the doctor before she even looked that I was worried about them especially since he has gotten extremely adventurous in the bath tub where he lays in the water and acts like a little fish. I was so paranoid that he was getting water in his ears! I am probably more paranoid since I have always had such horrible ear problems. Anyways, the doctor said that his ear infection was from fluids that was probably from drainage and just caused him to have an uncomfortable feeling or muffled sound and that the bath water normally doesn't cause any ear infections. That was a sigh of relief. They put him on an antibiotic that caused him to be a devil child for ten days! We seriously wanted to rip our hair out he was so awful. It was like immediately when he got off of the medicine he was so much better! He still has an attitude problem at times. He has a mind of his own and if it is not his way, he is going to pull a fit. Don't worry.... we don't let him get away with this. lol. Spanking him usually doesn't phase him. He is a tough little booger. We have discovered that spanking him and making him sit in time out is the best punishment for him and actually works. Oh how he HATES sitting still in time out! He sits there and cries the whole time saying, "Mama, mama, mama!" There have been a couple of times that he has made me laugh during time out (I couldn't help it, he is just so funny) so he laughed and I just had to let him up. I have learned that I have to put him in time out and walk away so he can't try to be funny and make me laugh. I cannot stress to anyone that doesn't know him how much personality he has. He is SO SO SO funny! Any time he hears music, he is dancing and bobbing his head. He will even get on the ground and dance... it actually looks like he is break dancing. Yesterday, I heard him in his crib babbling after taking a three hour nap, so when I go in there to get him he stands up and immediately starts doing the chop and war chant. Poor kid will be so brain washed to love FSU! We will give him a bouncy ball in the bath tub and he will throw it against the tub so it can bounce back to him and he just laughs and laughs! This morning, he was sitting in his high chair eating breakfast, and he raised up a bit and was eating his food without his hands like a little bird pecking food off of the ground and he would raise up and just laugh! I laughed so hard, and Al said, "Well that's great. Now he is going to be trying to eat like that all the time." lol That's probably true! Oh well, that little personality of his just makes my day!
Al's wrestling season is over now. The middle school season anyways. Now, he will start doing lessons and working with any of the high school or middle school guys that want extra training. The good thing about it is he gets home earlier now! That's very exciting!
School for me today went pretty smoothly. This semester is going to be so much better than last semester! Oh my goodness, last semester was horrible! I was there on Monday's until 9 at night and Wednesday's until 5:35 and Friday's until 1:35 but I have to be at work at 3. This semester I'm done by 3:45 on Monday's and Wednesdays and at 11:15 on Fridays! I'm very excited to get to leave school and be able to pick Destin up from Summer's and spend the evening as a family! I'm hoping for a great, easy semester! Only one more after this one before I student teach!
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