State Fair 2010

It's become a tradition to go to the State Fair with my sister Alli and her kids.  The past two years my Mom has come with us as well.  We missed you Mom!   Mark helped make up for the missing person by coming to meet us there after work.  We had a fabulous time and Brian has asked everyday since if we could "go to fair today Mommy?"

My favorite part of the fair is always the goats.  Brian liked the ears on this goat.  I used to have a goat that looked just like this.  His name was Goaty.

Caitie was so cute with the animals.  She would pet them so gently.

Of course the Little Hands On The Farm exhibit was a hit with the kids.

Jordie was particularly good at milking the cow.

All the kids begged to ride the helicopters.  When my Mom comes she spoils everyone by buying the kids tickets for multiple rides.  They were lucky they got one ride from us this time.

 

 

This is how good Timmy was the entire time.  I am amazed everyday that I was lucky enough to get such a good baby.  After Brian, I certainly wasn't expecting it.

 

Mark made it just in time for some special fair food.  He ordered deep fried chocolate covered bacon and loved it.  Alli got the battered deep fried candy bar and I ate the kid's fruit snacks. 

 

 

Jordie was nice enough to share his beloved cotton candy with everyone.

 

Dancing to the Navy Band playing in the background.

Timmy: Three Months

I wish I would have been more detailed as I wrote about what Brian was doing when he was a such a small baby and changing so quickly.  I am going to try a little harder with Timmy.

At three months Timmy is falling asleep around 7:30 pm and sleeps until some hour in the night.  I would say he usually wakes up around 2:00 am or 3:00 am.  I know, he's gotten worse since two months.  Then he goes back to sleep until about 7:45 am.  He likes to take a short nap in the morning at about 9:00 am.  Then he likes to be awake and take another little nap before he eats at around 11:30 or 12:00.  Then he eats and is awake for a little bit.  Then he likes to take a good 3 hour nap in the middle of the day.  This is very nice for me because Brian also naps in the middle of the day.  Usually we are all asleep for a bit somewhere between 12:30 and 2:00 pm.  Timmy takes a small third nap in the late afternoon.  He LOVES to take this nap in his swing.  Yes I should be putting him down in his bed, but he's so happy to drift off in the swing and I'm usually trying to get dinner on, so I end up giving in and letting him sleep there.

Timmy is a really good eater.  He is fast and efficient when he eats making nursing easy for me.  He usually only eats five times in 24 hours with adding one or two feedings once in a while.  He has grown out of his crazy spit up phase, but still has a lot of really foul smelling gas, especially when he nurses.

He likes to smile and LOVES when I come to get him after a nap.  He is still struggling with his head control and hates hates hates to be on his tummy because his face still smashes into the ground unless he is on a pillow to prop him up.  I think his Torticollis is getting better.  I continue to try to exercise his neck and I am always repositioning him when he sleeps so he is not always on his left side.  He has a flat head on his left side but I don't think it has gotten any worse for a few weeks.  I am hoping we can correct it without getting him a helmet.  He goes into the doctor on Wed. to check on his Torticollis and head.

I love this little guy's personality.  I call him my angel baby.  He is just downright sweet and pleasant to be around.

Brothers

Brian has actually surprised me with how caring he is towards Timmy.  Numerous times a day Brian will get really close to Timmy's face and say in his cute little voice "Hi Timmy!"  At least once a day when Timmy is sleeping Brian will stop whatever he is doing and ask "Where's Timmy Mommy?" and will only resume his play when I've answered that Timmy is sleeping in his bed.  He genuinely cares when Timothy is upset and he also likes to point out when Timmy is happy.  When Timmy is awake and content Brian will randomly say "Timmy's happy."

Likewise, Timmy enjoys watching Brian, but I don't know who wouldn't enjoy watching Brian.  He's a walking entertainment center.  It's so fun for me to have two kids and to watch them become friends (I hope).

Blankie and Doggy

Blankie and Doggy are such a big part of Brian's life that they definitely deserve a post of their own.  Blankie was a gift from my aunt and uncle and I often used it when Brian was a baby because it was so soft.  Here it is in all it's plush softness.

Brian was first attached to a darling crochet blanket his Aunt Vivian gave him, but he kept twisting the yarn so tightly around one of his fingers that we were worried enough to force him to switch blankets.

I gave him his current soft blankie to replace the other and after a few sad weeks and difficult nights, he loved it just as much.  He loved it so much that we decided to cut it in half and rotate the two halves in order to get it washed as often as it needed.  Rotating the two blankets worked until I let him have one for about four days.  During those four days he not only became attached to that one blanket half, but to one specific corner of that blanket.  He refused to take the other one and we have been stuck with the one ever since.

Here he is proudly showing off the special corner.  He has appropriately named it "yucky corner."  He knows very well how yucky it really is, but he is so proud of it.  He happily shows and tells everyone at church that, "that's my yucky corner."

That corner is so yucky because he loves to use it to tickle his nose.  For some reason he loves that feeling and he goes to sleep sucking his thumb while at the same time tickling his nose with his yucky corner.

 I have washed Blankie so many times and I have come to terms with the fact that it will always look like a dirty gray towel rather than the beautiful soft plush blanket.  Blankie goes everywhere with Brian and has even been to Taiwan where it was almost left on the train.  I don't even want to think about what would happen if Blankie went missing. 

Blankie is Brian's favorite comfort item, but Doggy is always around too.  Brian sleeps with Doggy, plays with Doggy, feeds Doggy, reads books to Doggy, talks to Doggy, and loves Doggy to pieces.  Doggy has also been to Taiwan, San Diego, and any other sleepover trip. 

Luckily I have been able to convince Brian that Doggy needs to stay home during the day when we are out and about so he won't get dirty or lost.  Blankie on the other hand has to go EVERYWHERE with us, even if he is just riding along in my bag.  Brian just wants to know he is available.  I now carry a large enough diaper bag to accommodate Blankie.  No matter how "yucky" Blankie and Doggy get, I think Brian will always love them.  I guess we just hope they can survive all that love.

A Few Things We've Been Doing

Trips to Wheeler Farm

Backyard Play

Morning Walks