I feel so blessed that my Grandparents are still in good health and able to spend time with their Great Grandsons. I have many fond memories with my Grandma working in the garden or flower beds taking long walks up the gravel road and fishing in the ponds. And lots of memories with my Grandpa driving the tractor feeding cows, stacking fire wood.
Now both of my boys get to enjoy those same things with them. Yesterday afternoon I let Blake stay with them while I ran some errands, being nice out I knew they would be outside doing something.
When I arrived with Nathan, Blake informed me that Grandma can run! I pictured my Grandma running up the gravel road with Blake and smiled because she used to do that with me only 20+ years ago. Then he went on to tell me that he and Grandpa worked cows (they just pretended in the cattle chute) and of course Grandma had chocolate milk and cookies.
I think this summer I will rarely see the boys since Grandma and Grandpa are right across the road and of course their house is more fun than home.
I am glad we are able to have our new house right across from them, me being their only grandchild and Blake and Nathan their only Great Grandsons they will get a lot of enjoyment out of us being so close. However my waistline may take a hit because Grandma still loves to cook meals and desserts and send them home with us and I am sure this summer we will be eating dinner there quite a bit.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A baby no more....
The last of the baby stuff has been removed from our house. I decided Sunday evening to take Nathan's crib down. He had never tried to climb out (and I may be crazy for taking it down). When he stays with Grandparents he sleeps on the couch, sleeping bag, tent with Blake or on a little fold out couch thing (all depends on which Grandparent he is with) So I figured it would be no big deal take down his bed put his baby bed mattress on the floor and things would be golden... Yeah not so much.
He watched me take down his bed I explained he was now a big boy and didn't need a baby bed he agreed. Saying Nate Nate not a baby anymore.
I put him down extra early the first night knowing he would probably test his boundaries by getting up and playing or coming out of the room. Yep I was right he was up and down over a dozen times by 3am. Finally he went out and slept until 7am. Second night thought it would be better since Blake was also home heck Blake was out like a light well before Nathan ever considered calming down. He was up a couple times and then at midnight woke up screaming and running out of the room. He refused to go back in the room and had a total meltdown not sure what scared him but I put him on the couch and out he went until 6:30.
There is no way that I am putting the crib back up for one its already packed away in storage and two he will be in a twin bed when we move in a few months. I honestly don't remember Blake having much issue with switching out of a crib and we switched him much sooner. So my debate is pull out the play pen and try him in there until he feels secure enough to sleep without something to touch on all sides or ride this out and have lots of sleepless nights???
Next to come is potty training and he has already started to show interest and already used the potty once, I know you can't force it up on kids but boy the day of no more diapers will be SOOO nice!
It was a bit sad when I took down the crib because I knew that meant I had no more babies and that Nathan was now a toddler but also exciting knowing that phase of bottles sleepless nights and teething are behind us.
He watched me take down his bed I explained he was now a big boy and didn't need a baby bed he agreed. Saying Nate Nate not a baby anymore.
I put him down extra early the first night knowing he would probably test his boundaries by getting up and playing or coming out of the room. Yep I was right he was up and down over a dozen times by 3am. Finally he went out and slept until 7am. Second night thought it would be better since Blake was also home heck Blake was out like a light well before Nathan ever considered calming down. He was up a couple times and then at midnight woke up screaming and running out of the room. He refused to go back in the room and had a total meltdown not sure what scared him but I put him on the couch and out he went until 6:30.
There is no way that I am putting the crib back up for one its already packed away in storage and two he will be in a twin bed when we move in a few months. I honestly don't remember Blake having much issue with switching out of a crib and we switched him much sooner. So my debate is pull out the play pen and try him in there until he feels secure enough to sleep without something to touch on all sides or ride this out and have lots of sleepless nights???
Next to come is potty training and he has already started to show interest and already used the potty once, I know you can't force it up on kids but boy the day of no more diapers will be SOOO nice!
It was a bit sad when I took down the crib because I knew that meant I had no more babies and that Nathan was now a toddler but also exciting knowing that phase of bottles sleepless nights and teething are behind us.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
First Night of Class
Well the first night of class has came and gone and I loved it!!! I was SO nervous waiting in the parking lot to go in (I didn't want to be the first one there). But once I walked in and went in to the exact classroom I spent two years in during highschool I was right at home. People kept filtering in and no one said a word to anyone was a bit awkward and strange. Once class started we had to stand up and introduce ourselves but I am not the youngest I actually feel sort of old some of the people are only 17! Then there are some who have kids my age its a nice mix of people.
Thankfully the teacher is super cool and we get a 10-15 minute break every hour so it makes the 4 hour class not seem quite as long. But they could get better chairs.
We already have a chapter to read in our book as well as two homework assignments. Boy oh boy its been years since I have had homework so I will be spending lunch hours and early morning to get it all accomplished. However all the late night and early mornings will be well worth it!
I was so excited when I got home last night I couldn't sleep at all was wide awake at 4 (should have got up and studied but kept thinking I would fall back asleep).
Thankfully the teacher is super cool and we get a 10-15 minute break every hour so it makes the 4 hour class not seem quite as long. But they could get better chairs.
We already have a chapter to read in our book as well as two homework assignments. Boy oh boy its been years since I have had homework so I will be spending lunch hours and early morning to get it all accomplished. However all the late night and early mornings will be well worth it!
I was so excited when I got home last night I couldn't sleep at all was wide awake at 4 (should have got up and studied but kept thinking I would fall back asleep).
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tonight is the night I have been waiting for.......!!!!!!
Tonight is a night I have been looking forward to for months, at 6pm I will be starting my EMT class! I am a mix of nerves and excitement about this new adventure.
Very ready to be in the classroom and officially be on my way to something new and exciting. However I am a very shy and quiet person so for me to be going in to a class with a bunch of strangers is stressful to say the least.
So I will just hold on and jump in with both feet, I have set a goal for myself to be in the top 3 of the class. Actually hoping for 1st but top 3 will do :) Figure if I have a goal that is set that will take away from the fears of the unknown.
However I have checked and rechecked my list of things I need to take with me a million times today to be sure I am not forgetting anything. Even messaged a friend on facebook last night to be sure I didn't need to take my stethoscope with me for the first night.
Very ready to be in the classroom and officially be on my way to something new and exciting. However I am a very shy and quiet person so for me to be going in to a class with a bunch of strangers is stressful to say the least.
So I will just hold on and jump in with both feet, I have set a goal for myself to be in the top 3 of the class. Actually hoping for 1st but top 3 will do :) Figure if I have a goal that is set that will take away from the fears of the unknown.
However I have checked and rechecked my list of things I need to take with me a million times today to be sure I am not forgetting anything. Even messaged a friend on facebook last night to be sure I didn't need to take my stethoscope with me for the first night.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year's Weekend
Wow 2012 already, last year really seemed to fly by way way to fast for my liking. However this year brings lots of new things my way and I am super excited.
Friday night I picked Blake up from my in-laws house and drove him to my parent's house so he could spend the last weekend of Christmas break with his Grandpa working on a fence they had started earlier in the week. Nathan was at daycare so I picked him up first and in the drive to my in-laws my mom called and asked me to leave both boys there for the night. Anyone who knows my mom knows this is a very rare occasion. Normally they don't have both boys at the same time and never over night. It was only the second time Nathan has spent the night there. I was a bit nervous about it but I went ahead and dropped both off.
Saturday morning I got up early headed to Vienna to pick Nathan up and then dropped him off at my in-laws as they wanted some quality time with him and his Grandpa wanted to take advantage of the nice day and ride four wheelers and play outside. So Kenny and I took advantage of not having the kids and set in to painting our master bedroom. It literally took all day to get it done we kept having interruptions. We hadn't really made any plans to do anything for New Year's going to the local bar and grill just didn't seem like something we wanted to spend money on. So we ended up going out to eat with another couple and their two girls (yes it felt strange going out to eat with friends and their kids when we didn't have ours). Then we went back to our house to play wii and have a couple margaritas. It was a very nice evening and something I could see us doing again in the future. In the 12 years Kenny and I have been together there have only been two New Year's Eve that we haven't went out. One was in 1999 and the other was this year.
Sunday morning bright and early Blake called ready to come home so we picked him up and headed to Lowes for more paint and took him to lunch. In the two weeks he had been out of school he had only been home one night! Of course he was over tired and running on a sugar high from being at Grandma and Grandpa's for so long needless to say it was a long afternoon. We picked Nathan up and the boys and I spent the afternoon at home while Kenny finished up our bedroom walls.
Monday the boys and I got to sleep in well if you can call getting woke up by Blake at 7 sleeping in. Nathan didn't wake up until after 8 though so it was still a quiet morning. Mid afternoon we drove to the new house and I mopped three of the bedrooms, the boys bathroom and the hallway trying to get rid of some of the annoying drywall dust. Then I got brave I put primer on the walls in our master bath, about a quarter of the way thru my Grandma walked over and the boys of course wanted to go back to her house so they stayed there for a couple hours while I finished the bathroom.
It was a good weekend however I am glad school is back in session and we can get back to our normal routine. The last two weeks I have felt like a taxi cab for my kids just picking up and dropping off and not really getting to see them or spend time with them. However I know they made some great memories with all of their grandparents that they will hopefully treasure forever.
Friday night I picked Blake up from my in-laws house and drove him to my parent's house so he could spend the last weekend of Christmas break with his Grandpa working on a fence they had started earlier in the week. Nathan was at daycare so I picked him up first and in the drive to my in-laws my mom called and asked me to leave both boys there for the night. Anyone who knows my mom knows this is a very rare occasion. Normally they don't have both boys at the same time and never over night. It was only the second time Nathan has spent the night there. I was a bit nervous about it but I went ahead and dropped both off.
Saturday morning I got up early headed to Vienna to pick Nathan up and then dropped him off at my in-laws as they wanted some quality time with him and his Grandpa wanted to take advantage of the nice day and ride four wheelers and play outside. So Kenny and I took advantage of not having the kids and set in to painting our master bedroom. It literally took all day to get it done we kept having interruptions. We hadn't really made any plans to do anything for New Year's going to the local bar and grill just didn't seem like something we wanted to spend money on. So we ended up going out to eat with another couple and their two girls (yes it felt strange going out to eat with friends and their kids when we didn't have ours). Then we went back to our house to play wii and have a couple margaritas. It was a very nice evening and something I could see us doing again in the future. In the 12 years Kenny and I have been together there have only been two New Year's Eve that we haven't went out. One was in 1999 and the other was this year.
Sunday morning bright and early Blake called ready to come home so we picked him up and headed to Lowes for more paint and took him to lunch. In the two weeks he had been out of school he had only been home one night! Of course he was over tired and running on a sugar high from being at Grandma and Grandpa's for so long needless to say it was a long afternoon. We picked Nathan up and the boys and I spent the afternoon at home while Kenny finished up our bedroom walls.
Monday the boys and I got to sleep in well if you can call getting woke up by Blake at 7 sleeping in. Nathan didn't wake up until after 8 though so it was still a quiet morning. Mid afternoon we drove to the new house and I mopped three of the bedrooms, the boys bathroom and the hallway trying to get rid of some of the annoying drywall dust. Then I got brave I put primer on the walls in our master bath, about a quarter of the way thru my Grandma walked over and the boys of course wanted to go back to her house so they stayed there for a couple hours while I finished the bathroom.
It was a good weekend however I am glad school is back in session and we can get back to our normal routine. The last two weeks I have felt like a taxi cab for my kids just picking up and dropping off and not really getting to see them or spend time with them. However I know they made some great memories with all of their grandparents that they will hopefully treasure forever.
Friday, December 30, 2011
The last 5 question Friday of 2011!!
1. What's the oldest piece of clothing in your closet?
I have shirts from when my husband and I started dating which was 1998
2. How many random blog readers have you met?
None
3. Do you let your kids stay up till midnight on New Years Eve? (Or, if you don't have kiddos yet, did you get to stay up until midnight as a child?)
A couple years my oldest and his grandpa stayed up until midnight.
4. What are the gas prices where you live?
$3.05
5. What is one resolution that you know you should do but are too afraid to try? Not sure its a resolution but would love to take a kick boxing class or zumba just to nervous to be around others learning something.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Blake's Christmas Break
Blake has been on Christmas break since December 16 and in that time I have seen him two whole days.... His Grandpa Mitch told him that when school got out for Christmas break he could come and spend some time with them. And since he knew he was out of school for two weeks he told me he was staying there the whole time as they had lots of farming to catch up on.
I got him to come home last Friday night for Christmas weekend and then Sunday after dinner he wanted to go back home with them when he learned his Grandpa was working cows the next day.
So this week he stayed up until yesterday when they dropped him off at my work around 1:30. I was glad to have him here since I had hardly seen him in almost two weeks When he told his Grandpa bye he told Blake he could come back Friday night.
When I asked him what all he had been up to the last two weeks he had hours worth of stuff to tell me about. From feeding cows, moving them to new pastures, placing ear tags in their ears and giving them shots. They had a camp out one night just him and Grandpa at their cabin and took sleeping bags, games, chocolate milk and snacks. Went to the dollar store each day the first week to look and buy new toys (pretty sure he has one of everything they have at that store). Then this week they started building a fence and that is what he wants to go back and help with this weekend since it will be nice out.
While I miss having him home and I know Nathan misses him I am thankful that he has Grandparents that want to spend time like that with him. And a Grandpa that wants to teach him about farming, crops, tractors and cows because one day that farm could be his to take care of. He has always loved being with his Grandpa farming and from the time he was big enough to sit up he was on the tractor with Grandpa and now drives the tractor by himself (Grandpa sits on the wheel well thing and Blake has full control)
I got him to come home last Friday night for Christmas weekend and then Sunday after dinner he wanted to go back home with them when he learned his Grandpa was working cows the next day.
So this week he stayed up until yesterday when they dropped him off at my work around 1:30. I was glad to have him here since I had hardly seen him in almost two weeks When he told his Grandpa bye he told Blake he could come back Friday night.
When I asked him what all he had been up to the last two weeks he had hours worth of stuff to tell me about. From feeding cows, moving them to new pastures, placing ear tags in their ears and giving them shots. They had a camp out one night just him and Grandpa at their cabin and took sleeping bags, games, chocolate milk and snacks. Went to the dollar store each day the first week to look and buy new toys (pretty sure he has one of everything they have at that store). Then this week they started building a fence and that is what he wants to go back and help with this weekend since it will be nice out.
While I miss having him home and I know Nathan misses him I am thankful that he has Grandparents that want to spend time like that with him. And a Grandpa that wants to teach him about farming, crops, tractors and cows because one day that farm could be his to take care of. He has always loved being with his Grandpa farming and from the time he was big enough to sit up he was on the tractor with Grandpa and now drives the tractor by himself (Grandpa sits on the wheel well thing and Blake has full control)
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