Something fun about Quinn

So Quinn is almost a year...10.5 months to be exact and he is such a happy baby. I enjoy snuggling, playing, and reading with him. He's all boy and likes to get down and play. He is happy to play by himself or tag along behind Liam and try to get whatever Liam's playing with. He's mastered climbing up the stairs, scary for us but fun for him, and is working on becoming stable when walking behind a toy. He doesn't say much, mostly ma ma but we're working on signing and reading with him in hopes that he'll pick up some more words soon.

My sister-in-law had a baby August of last year so her little one and Quinn are 3 months apart. I can't wait until they get just a little big older and can play together as I think they'll be best of friends.

WOW!

So I subscribe to many peoples' blogs and check them regularly to see if anyone has posted something new. I usually use Google Reader but today I decided to add a friend's blog address to my blogger site. July, 2009 is the last time I posted! Holy mackeral a lot has happened since then. Let's start with I got pregnant and had another wonderful, sweet boy, Quinn :) he's now almost a year old. I am still teaching first grade at Clarksville Elementary but will be changing to third grade next year, scary but I think it will be an awesome change. Jason is working for Howard County Gov't inspecting underground utilities and loving it! Liam is 3 and running circles around Jason and I. He keeps us entertained and busy all at the same time. Perhaps I'll post more if I use this site rather than Google Reader to read other peoples' blogs :)

Jason~Hospital

So Jason's been struggling with kidney stones for a couple of years. Since we've been together I think he's gone to the hospital a dozen times for them. He underwent a small procedure about two years ago where the urologist blasted the stones to small pieces so they would pass easier. It seems as though they are going to do the same thing this go round with one exception. He has one kidney stone that is 5mm wide. This has made its' way down his urinary tract but is stuck.

Jason has never been one to complain about pain. He hurt himself at work pretty bad and forgot to tell me about it. Only I'm observant and called him out on it. But that's not the point...I'm merely saying even though it was a scar worthy injury he didn't think twice about it. So needless to say I know something is really hurting him when he says something is bothering him or hurts.

I will pray that his procedures go well...he'll be having a stint put in tomorrow morning and then all 5 of them will be blasted on Tuesday or next Tuesday.

Rainbows

I love rainbows. Many years ago my grandmother, dad, and brother went to the beach in Florida to spread my mom's ashes in the ocean. As we drove back we saw a double rainbow. I thought it was a totally awesome sign from above that my mother approved and was watching. Everytime I see this awesome work of nature I am reminded of this day and a sense of happiness comes over me. I think rainbows are such a wonderful natural thing that occurs, an awesome end to a not so pretty event.

Lazy Days

I've been enjoying my summer! It's so nice not having a schedule but at the same time I enjoy having things scheduled to do. I need to get out of the house at least once a day. I hate sitting at home all day long. I get very bored. So whether it be a trip to a store or just to my in-laws I feel getting out of the house gives me sanity. Today we went to a place called PlayWise Kids. It's in Columbia and was a big indoor park. They had an old fire truck and ambulance for the kids to climb all over and in. They had a grocery store section with plastic fruit, kid-sized grocery carts, and old food boxes. They had a gigantic sandbox which Liam absolutely loved so I think Jason is getting on the bandwagon and going to make him one out back. There were also a couple of train tables, Lego tables, and Little Tikes climbing equipment. They had a TV set up with a video camera attached and Liam loved jumping around and watching himself on the TV. They also had a plastic castle with two chairs and a pretend sink in it. He loved sitting in the chair and pretending to wash his hands and have me wash mine too. It was a fun 2 hours and I think it would be a perfect rainy day activity for an active little boy.

Potty

For some time now Liam has been talking about poo poo and pee pee. It's been at random times, mostly in the car that he'll talk about these words. Last weekend he was very interested in his cousin who is potty trained going to the bathroom. His cousin is a girl but nonetheless we let him watch her. So Monday night rolls around and we're doing his bedtime routine of bath. He starts fussing, "Potty, potty". "Bud, you're all wet, we'll sit on the potty when you get out of the bathtub." So he starts playing again and a few minutes later starts fussing again, "Potty, potty". "Ok, let's wash you up and dry you off, then we'll sit on the potty." After I dry him off and go to sit on the potty with him he starts stamping his foot, "Book, book" so I go get him a book as I chuckle, come back and darn if we weren't sitting there for about 2 minutes he peed in the toilet. So here's the most impressive part, the potty thing has continued now for the Tuesday, not Wednesday because he went in the tub, and Thursday. I am so impressed by this :)

Ants!

I am so sick of ants invading my house. My husband, neighbor and father-in-law have sprayed and THEY'RE STILL COMING IN MY HOUSE! I just don't get it. My mother-in-law said she had success with washing her floor every night, however, not only do I not have time to do that right now but the ants are literally IN EVERY ROOM of the house. I'm sorry this is a ranting entry but I have felt like I've been living in the dirtiest house in the world with all these ants. The other day there was a steady line of them coming from underneath the baseboard downstairs in the front of the house up the stairs and underneath the baseboard in an extra bedroom on the back of the house. Absolutely ridiculous. I really think they're living in our floors. So I finally was able to vacuum the floors and that made me feel a little bit better. I'll feel even better when they stop coming in the house completely.