Found this online and HAD to share.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Tongues!
We went to a drive through safari in Johnson City yesterday. We toured in an enclosed trailer pulled by a tractor. Alex was thrilled with just that part.
As we took off, all the animals surrounded the trailer. We had a bucket of feed and fed the animals. The bison was by far my favorite. Alex was thrilled with them too. They walked beside us and stuck out their tongues. All we had to do was drop the food in their mouths. We got licked a few times! We were able to pet them and get a great up close view of these wonderful creatures. I wanted to give him a great big snugly hug. (Yeah, I know, you are really surprised right now, huh? ;) ).
Friday, September 14, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
Once upon a potty
Warning! If you dont want to hear about potty traing details, skip to the last paragraph.
So, I decided to get Alex into undies for good. His little cousin Jonas is visiting and everyone is talking about Jonas getting potty trained and wearing big boy undies. Alex is finally wanting to wear undies again like Zaki and Jonas.
Today was day one of our second attempt (originally trained in January) and it started out pretty well as I expected. We had special treats for him to eat after going in the potty. I had a variety as he gets bored easily with one or two of the same repeated often. He drank juice and peed in the potty that was set up in the living room. Success. Though peeing was not his problem the first time around either.
After being bare bottomed for a good few hours, he asked for undies. My little man is modest and likes being clothed. I let him choose his undies. He wanted Spiderman. He was now a big boy in his eyes. He did very well continuing to pee in the potty when needed, but I soon smelled a problem. He had begun to poop in his beloved Spiderman undies. I was disappointed and let him know it. I then told him that he had pooped in his undies and so I now had to throw them away. He watched me toss them in the trash. The light clicked on. He got it.
I did not let him put undies back on until after nap. He chose a blue paire with sports balls on them. He told me he needed to potty and sat on it. He was there for a good while. Twice he asked to get up and I told him he could but all pee pee and poo poo needed to go in the potty, so he stayed seated. Not too long after that, he had a double hitter! We were both so proud. His undies were clean and he was able to continue wearing them until bedtime. All day he kept telling me he had big boy undies like Zaki and Jonas. He was a big boy, too.
Tomorrow we will venture out to spend a little play time with the cousins and see how it all goes. I will be driving Patrick to and from work in order to get the car, but I think Alex will do fine. I will be using a timer to help us both not get distracted. One day locked in he house is all I can do. Ready or not, here we come!
So, I decided to get Alex into undies for good. His little cousin Jonas is visiting and everyone is talking about Jonas getting potty trained and wearing big boy undies. Alex is finally wanting to wear undies again like Zaki and Jonas.
Today was day one of our second attempt (originally trained in January) and it started out pretty well as I expected. We had special treats for him to eat after going in the potty. I had a variety as he gets bored easily with one or two of the same repeated often. He drank juice and peed in the potty that was set up in the living room. Success. Though peeing was not his problem the first time around either.
After being bare bottomed for a good few hours, he asked for undies. My little man is modest and likes being clothed. I let him choose his undies. He wanted Spiderman. He was now a big boy in his eyes. He did very well continuing to pee in the potty when needed, but I soon smelled a problem. He had begun to poop in his beloved Spiderman undies. I was disappointed and let him know it. I then told him that he had pooped in his undies and so I now had to throw them away. He watched me toss them in the trash. The light clicked on. He got it.
I did not let him put undies back on until after nap. He chose a blue paire with sports balls on them. He told me he needed to potty and sat on it. He was there for a good while. Twice he asked to get up and I told him he could but all pee pee and poo poo needed to go in the potty, so he stayed seated. Not too long after that, he had a double hitter! We were both so proud. His undies were clean and he was able to continue wearing them until bedtime. All day he kept telling me he had big boy undies like Zaki and Jonas. He was a big boy, too.
Tomorrow we will venture out to spend a little play time with the cousins and see how it all goes. I will be driving Patrick to and from work in order to get the car, but I think Alex will do fine. I will be using a timer to help us both not get distracted. One day locked in he house is all I can do. Ready or not, here we come!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
IVF update
I started my month of hormone shots just fine. Doctor was impressed with my follicle development and all looked great. Had 23 eggs retrieved and woke up the next day with OHSS. (Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome.)
My ovaries produced a lot of fluid which filled my belly making me gain five pounds and five inches on my waist on one short weekend. Yes it was painful, and I looked 6 months pregnant. I had the fluid drained, but they ended up freezing my 13 usable embryos and I will have to wait until around November to get them put back in me so I can heal. This is quite upsetting for me. I am so sick of waiting. Ugh!
Positive side? Uh. . . I got to stop the big muscle shots in the rump, so my tooshie feels better.
My ovaries produced a lot of fluid which filled my belly making me gain five pounds and five inches on my waist on one short weekend. Yes it was painful, and I looked 6 months pregnant. I had the fluid drained, but they ended up freezing my 13 usable embryos and I will have to wait until around November to get them put back in me so I can heal. This is quite upsetting for me. I am so sick of waiting. Ugh!
Positive side? Uh. . . I got to stop the big muscle shots in the rump, so my tooshie feels better.
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