Pacifiers

It's been a while...life got hectic with the holidays.  Karson is pretty much pacifier free.  I snipped the end off of his pacifier when he wasn't looking one day and when he popped it back in his mouth he immediatly took it out and looked at it.  Then, he looked at me and said, "I broke it" with a puzzled look on his face.  I played dumb.  LOL  He asked for another one at bed time, but (suprise) it was broken too.  I told him if he sucks on them to much they break.  We only had two rough nights trying to get him to go to sleep with out one.  Now there is a 'broken' pacifier in his bed and one to take to daycare, but he doesn't really need them.  I think he just likes to know they're near.

Kamden on the other hand could care less about the pacifier.  I only offer them to him when I want him to be quiet.  Like at church or in the car.  We will try to give them to him periodically, but he spits them right back out.

Kamden has been sleeping in his crib for the first leg of the night.  Usually 10-1, then he is in bed with us maybe waking once more before 6 am.  I have tried to get him back to the crib after the 1am feeding, but he throws a fit and I don't want him to wake Karson up, plus I'm just to tired to deal with it right now.  We are working on it though.

Karson likes the bumbo...that's right I said Karson.  I thought for sure I was going to have to cut him out of it since he got stuck in it as a baby (fat thighs), but he jumped right out.  He thinks it's hilarious. 

Karson has been going pee on the potty here and there.  One day he went three times in a row and I told he could wear his Spongebob or Thomas underwear if he kept it up.  Then, I told him we would have to buy more big boy underwear and asked him what kind he wanted.  His answer...TINKERBELL!!!  Ummm, I don't think that will be happening my boy.  It is one thing to watch Tinkerbell, it's entirely different to buy girl Tinkerbell underwear.  Dustin is so proud of his little girl (Karson).  LOL

Kamden's 2 month stats - 13lbs 8oz and 24 inches (both were like 98% or something close to that)

Christmas is Coming

I am so excited to see Karson's reaction to Santa!!!  I am having so much fun now that my Christmas shopping is done, because now I say, "Oh, maybe Santa will bring you a remote control Lightning McQueen."  Or "Maybe Santa will bring you a Lightning McQueen toothbrush."  My plan is to keep receipts and if he isn't thrilled with something I'm going to hide it and take it back.  We really got him more than he needed.  We got a few little fun things and outfits for Kamden and I may wrap up some diapers.  We have to make it look like Santa brought Kamden stuff too.

Kamden has been smiling up a storm.  He is so stinking cute and such a good baby.  I can't wait till he is just a little bit older and can 'play' some.  Karson has been unintentionally hurting Kamden.  He'll throw something and accidently hit Kamden in the head.  I got really mad the other day and told Karson I don't want him to touch Kamden until he's old enough to fight back.  One of these days (like next year) Karson is in for a big suprise when Kamden halls of and tackles him or hits back.

I hope the weather holds out so we can keep all our Christmas plans.  If not we'll get to spend Christmas at home in our PJ's.

Blizzard 09'

We've had our first big storm of the season.  A foot of snow and 35-40 mph winds.  We lost power twice, it was fantastic.  Karson now likes candles going all the time for fear that the lights will go out.  He also gets mad that we won't turn the Christmas lights back on.  LOL.  The only time I started freaking out was when I needed to pump and didn't have any power to do it.  I tried to nurse Kamden, but he had eaten recently and wasn't having it.  Luckily the power only stayed out for about an hour or so each time. 

Going to get the kids pictures taken with Preston and Klohe and go to Chuck E Cheese tomorrow.  Then, we have Kamden's baptism on Sunday.  Busy weekend.  I really need to clean the house!!!

Stutterer

The other day I thought Karson was stuttering.  I made him repeat what he was saying four or five times.  Then I realized he wasn't stuttering he was saying Dora like the show.  The theme song goes 'Do-do-do-do-do-Dora'!!!!  How funny!  I laughed so hard once I figured it out.

Karson has been such a good big brother.  Now when Kamden cries he'll either grab his bottle and try to give it to him or get his pacifier.  He always looks at me so proud when he knows he's doing something nice, but don't try to help him with the bottle.  He'll say "No! I do it!"  Well okay then.  He loses interest pretty quick anyway.  And don't worry I'm always watching these good deeds take place.  I'm not about to leave them both in the same room unattended.  I'm sure Karson would be fine, but I can just see me walking back in the room and Karson carrying Kamden to me or something.

Oval

I've been working with Karson on his shapes lately.  He has a shapes DVD that we watch and I've been helping him do a shapes puzzle while I nurse Kamden.  Monday night Aunt Kris stopped by.  I knew she'd be impressed with the shapes puzzle so I got it out.  The triangle was missing, but rather than find the missing piece right then I decided I'd do it later.  I put the puzzle pieces next to the puzzle and had Kris tell him which shape to find.  Pentagon, Octagon, Oval, Circle, Square, and Rectangle.  He found them all and I could tell Kris was impressed.  Then he yells, "Where's the triangle!"  Now Kris is really impressed.  Karson and I go find the triangle and come back to the puzzle.  Now we have Karson pick out a puzzle piece and tell us what it is.  He gets them right again.  He's so smart.

Tuesday Karson leads me to the pantry and points to peanuts.  So I put some peanuts in a small dish and let him eat them at the counter while I'm picking up the kitchen.  All of a sudden he exclaims, "OVAL!!" and holds up a peanut.  That smart little stinker really knows his shapes and not just the pieces of the puzzle.  Later, we were watching something on TV that had stars on it and Karson runs up and points at the TV and says Star.  I can't believe it!!!  Now, I'm going to start working on letters and numbers so people really think he's smart.

Another Karson funny...I will count to three and he will run to the back door and then I count to three again and he'll run back.  Well, the other day I decided to count in Spanish.  Uno, Dos, Tres.  Karson just smiled and ran to the back door.  Then, I counted in English.  One, Two, Three.  Karson says, "No, Dora."  He wanted me to count in Spanish like Dora.  What a funny kid.

First Big Bad Mommy Moment with Kamden

I always try to bathe Kamden before he eats so he doesn't spit up right after he's clean. We didn't get his bath in Wednesday night, so I did it quick before work on Thursday. He was starving since he hadn't eaten his 'breakfast' yet and was screaming the whole time. So in my rush to get him dressed so he could eat I was trying to put his lotion on in the bathroom (I usually do this in the bedroom), and I dropped a big full bottle of baby lotion on his face!!! The lotion sits on the window sill out of Karson's reach and Kamden was on the towel chest right below it. Of course he cried pretty much the loudest I've ever heard him cry. Dustin was still home and came running. He did a good job reassuring me everything was fine, but I thought for sure I broke his little nose or gave him a black eye. Kamden is just fine and only cried for about 30 seconds. Of course I popped him on the boob right there in the bathroom because I felt so bad. If this is the worse thing I do to him in his life I think we'll do just fine.

On a pissed off note, the hospital I delivered Kamden at has just lifted the no kids ban. So in the three week span I had Kamden they didn't allow siblings and now they do. I am livid about this. I want to go to the higher ups at the hospital's house and burn all the pics of their children together in the first three days of life and see how they like having that memory taken. Grrr!!! Something I will never be able to get back and there is nothing I can do about it. I guess I'll just go kick rocks.

Back to Work

I was more than ready to return to work. The boys have been wearing me out!! Work is like a vacation. It helps that my daycare lady knows our "system" and is here in town same as me. Also, only working three days a week makes for plenty of time with my boys.

Kamden is three weeks old and doing great. He is an easy baby so far (knock on wood). He only cries when he's hungry and even then I wouldn't call it crying so much as grunting. Dustin keeps trying to make things quiet and dark. I tell him to knock it off, Karson can be screaming and I can be vacuuming all while Kamden is sitting in direct sunlight and it never seems to affect him. I really don't want Kamden to become a light sleeper.

Karson is a fantastic big brother. He comes running whenever Kamden cries. Karson likes it when his baby is happy and so do I. For the most part Karson ignores the baby. When I'm nursing Kamden, Karson knows I'm not going to get up and he takes advantage of this time. He drags all his toys out and does things he knows he's not supposed to because he knows I'm not going to stop him. One of these days I'm going to pretend to nurse Kamden and I'm going to jump up and put Karson in time out. That ought to show him!!

Karson is getting so big. We've been working on his colors. He knows the basic ones, but he knows them by character. For instance, Red is Elmo (because we say red like Elmo), Green is Percy, Blue is Thomas, Orange is Grandma's pop, White is just White, Black is just Black, and Yellow is like a duck (rubber duck). Karson is to funny. We were driving down the road yesterday when I passed a semi. Karson says big truck Thomas. Yes, it was a big blue semi. So smart, kind of. He also is talking a ton. When I pump for Kamden, Karson will say, "Milk out baby" (milk out for baby). Most of the time you can understand what he wants, even if you won't let him have it.

All in all we're getting along just fine. Dustin doesn't want me to go back to work, but I need to get out of the house and away from the kids. I love my boys, but I can appreciate them more when I get a break.