was still a pretty cute little tiger.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Halloween
For Halloween this year Brogen was a little tiger which fits perfect with his everyday personality. At my work we always have the little kids come and trick or treat at our desks and its so much fun. Brogen didn't really know what the heck was going on other than he hated wearing his costume. He caught on pretty soon though and loved picking out a candy and putting it in his bag. He was so serious about it though, never even cracked a smile. We really don't give him any candy either so he was loving eating everything he could get his hands on. The next night we went up to my parents and took him trick or treating to a couple of places but he was throwing a fit about his costume so we called it a night. I didn't even dare attempt to paint his face but he
was still a pretty cute little tiger.
was still a pretty cute little tiger.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
What We Have Been Up To Lately
Life is very busy for us right now. Jared is driving to Cedar Tues and Thurs and has class all day long. I am still working full time and trying to balance working, being a mom and wife, and I just got called into the Young Womens presidency as the 2nd Counselor. I was so overwhelmed and still am but I am excited to get to know all the girls and have fun with them. This was only my 2nd week being in but so far it is going good. It seems like we are always gone on the weekends and never seem to get caught up on anything but we finally had a weekend at home this weekend and we now have a clean house, clean clothes, food in the fridge and I am blogging so its been a pretty good weekend. Brogen went to Nursery for the first time today and I was nervous how he would do but he was so excited and went right for the toys and couldn't have cared less when we walked out the door so that was a huge relief. He had so much fun playing with the other kids and all those new toys. That will make Sundays a little easier for us, now if we can just figure out how to keep him in Sacrament meeting for longer than 10 minutes we will be doing good!
17 & 18 Months
The last couple of months I have been slacking on keeping a list of all the cute new things Brogen is doing but I can come up with a couple off the top of my head.
He says Uh Oh, and Ouch but does not talk as much as I think he should. Hopefully he is just catching up from months and months of not being able to hear very well. He understands everything we tell him though and when we read books he is able to point to most things when asked. Any advice on how to make your child talk? Ha ha
He loves Barney, much to our dismay and insists on watching it once everyday. Me and Jared do our best to tune it out but those dang songs get stuck in our head and we hate it!
He pulls the cutest little face when he is excited about something. I need to try to get a picture of it.
He is finally working on those 1 year molars and almost has all 4 of them in. We have had a few rough nights over those teeth!
Loves to play ring around the rosies
Loves to play at the park and go down the slides and just be outside. I think we have a true boy on our hands, he wants to be outside all day and just likes an open space that he can run. He loves to run and he gets in this cute little ready position and says one, two, three and then takes off running. He is so funny.
He is the most stubborn kid I have ever seen. Once he gets something in his mind he wants, it is almost impossible to distract him from it and he has had many melt downs because of it. We are still trying to figure out the most effective way to discipline this kid but for the most part he is a really good boy.
He is a brat about getting his diaper changed but especially when its me doing it. The other day we had a 30 minute power struggle over him getting his poopy diaper changed. I seriously am not strong enough to hold him down and change it myself, (he is almost as big as me:) and thank heavens my mom was in town and coming over, we literally had to hold him down kicking and screaming. I don't get it. Some days!
He points to most all of his body parts but will only do it when HE wants to. We have to catch him in just the right mood.
We haven't been to the doctor for his well check yet so I don't have his stats but he is pretty dang tall for his age. Everyone that asks his age comments on how tall he is. Not sure how that happened with such a short Mommy!
Just some random pics of the cute boy!
He says Uh Oh, and Ouch but does not talk as much as I think he should. Hopefully he is just catching up from months and months of not being able to hear very well. He understands everything we tell him though and when we read books he is able to point to most things when asked. Any advice on how to make your child talk? Ha ha
He loves Barney, much to our dismay and insists on watching it once everyday. Me and Jared do our best to tune it out but those dang songs get stuck in our head and we hate it!
He pulls the cutest little face when he is excited about something. I need to try to get a picture of it.
He is finally working on those 1 year molars and almost has all 4 of them in. We have had a few rough nights over those teeth!
Loves to play ring around the rosies
Loves to play at the park and go down the slides and just be outside. I think we have a true boy on our hands, he wants to be outside all day and just likes an open space that he can run. He loves to run and he gets in this cute little ready position and says one, two, three and then takes off running. He is so funny.
He is the most stubborn kid I have ever seen. Once he gets something in his mind he wants, it is almost impossible to distract him from it and he has had many melt downs because of it. We are still trying to figure out the most effective way to discipline this kid but for the most part he is a really good boy.
He is a brat about getting his diaper changed but especially when its me doing it. The other day we had a 30 minute power struggle over him getting his poopy diaper changed. I seriously am not strong enough to hold him down and change it myself, (he is almost as big as me:) and thank heavens my mom was in town and coming over, we literally had to hold him down kicking and screaming. I don't get it. Some days!
He points to most all of his body parts but will only do it when HE wants to. We have to catch him in just the right mood.
We haven't been to the doctor for his well check yet so I don't have his stats but he is pretty dang tall for his age. Everyone that asks his age comments on how tall he is. Not sure how that happened with such a short Mommy!
Just some random pics of the cute boy!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Ear Tubes
Brogen got an ear infection right after he turned 1 years old and when we took him back in to the doctor to make sure it had cleared up he said there was still fluid in there we needed to watch. So we took him back to our pediatrician again and the fluid was still there and he couldn't get his ear drum to react to the test he did meaning he probably wasn't hearing much of anything, and what he did was muffled. Since this was right when kids usually start talking and Brogen wasn't really saying much we were both concerned so he sent us to the ear specialist. It had already been 4 months that he had this fluid on his ears and the specialist said lets give it another month before we jump right into tubes. I was not very happy about that but what do ya do? So a month later we took him back and same, the fluid was still there and his ear drum was not reacting to the test they did on him so finally we got the go ahead with the tubes. We got it scheduled right away and on August 18th he got his tubes. Tubes are just a simple procedure but it was crazy how different Brogen responded to everything. At 6 months when he had surgery on his hands he was totally unaware of what was going on and never even cried. That surgery was almost 5 hours long and when he came out of the anesthesia many hours later he was so happy. This time it was a 20 minute procedure and they also snipped the little piece of skin in his mouth that was attached down onto his gums. No big deal right? From the very beginning he didn't want any of the nurses touching him or taking his temperature and he wanted out of that room. He kept pointing out into the hallway so I would take him to the hallway and then he would point to the door. He would not get in the bed to be wheeled into surgery so the anesthesiologist had to carry him off and I got a little teared up thinking about when we did this the last time but reminded myself this was a piece of cake compared to that. He didn't cry when he took him so that made it a little easier. Well it seemed like as soon as we just got settled in the waiting room they called us back to get him. They gave us a heads up that he probably wouldn't be too happy waking up and that the gas makes them cranky and when I saw him it broke my heart. He was sobbing and I could tell he had been crying for awhile. It was so sad. His mouth bled a lot more than they thought it would and so they handed him to me and there was blood all over his gown and mouth and on a washcloth they were using to wipe it off, and I could smell it and it made me light headed but I knew I had to suck it up and try to comfort him. I could not console the poor child and I felt so helpless, he only stopped screaming long enough to take a drink and then he would start in again. He kept pointing to the door and squirming to get off my lap and thrashing around and he is so dang strong that I almost dropped him a couple of times. I just kept asking the nurse if we could leave, that he just wanted to leave and then maybe he would stop crying, but we had to stay there a certain amount of time. Ugh! Finally they let us leave and when we got home he only wanted me. My mom came down to see him and he wanted nothing to do with her and when she even looked his way he would cry. He just acted like he was in pain and not comfortable, he wanted on my lap then wanted down and back up again and finally after 2 hours of crying and sadness he got off my lap to go play and he threw up on the living room floor and pooped his pants at the same time. His throw up looked like mostly blood so we think he had swallowed so much blood that it made his little tummy sick and that was all he needed. Right after that he was jabbering and playing and back to his same old self. We were so happy to finally be done with that. We have seen a huge difference in him and within a few days he was saying all kinds of new things and was non stop talking. He seems so much happier now also. We just went in for the follow up appointment and the Dr. said everything looks great. However now he hates doctors and freaks out if anyone tries to touch him especially if they have some kind of instrument in their hands. We literally had to hold him down kicking and screaming for the doctor to look in his ears, when before the surgery he would sit right there still. He also had a hearing test today and he did well. So yah for ear tubes!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Blogger is Buggin!!!!!!!
Ok first off I have caught up quite a few posts tonight and it is taking forever because I upload my pictures and that takes forever and then I arrange them and the spacing is all off and I think I have it fixed and then I get a post like the one below with a huge space. Sometimes when I go to move the pictures they disappear completely and I have to start over. I seriously have no idea what I am doing wrong. On preview it looks normal and when I post it, its all messed up. Any help?
16 Months
We took Brogen swimming for the first time this summer and at first he was really hesitant and then he turned into a little fish. He loved going down the little slide at first with our help and then he got brave and would go all by himself. We still had to catch him at the end or he would go under and he did a couple of times but it didn't even faze him. He didn't want us to hold on to him or help him either.
The next time we took him swimming Jared wanted to take him on the hydo tube and Brogen loved it. The just kept going one time after another until Jared was too tired to walk up the stairs anymore. He would just have the cutest grin on his face all the way down
He added Ta-da and Hot to his vocabulary
Loves to be in his stroller and begs and whines to get in there multiple times a day and we usually end up taking him even though its blazing hot outside
He holds our cell phone up to his ear and jabbers like he is having the conversation of a lifetime
Loves to throw his ball and has a pretty good little arm on him. He mostly throws balls but sometimes we catch him trying to throw anything and everything
He likes to draw with a pen and paper but mostly he likes to try to draw on anything but the paper but he thinks he is pretty good stuff when he is drawing. Its pretty adorable
He likes to be on the computer "helping" us with whatever we are doing and loves to try to be in control of the mouse. He also turns the printer off and on and off and on until we finally unplug it
He likes cords of any kind and likes to pull them behind him
Finally has taken an interest in his trucks and drives them all over the house, sometimes he gets cruising pretty fast
He likes to dance and when we play We Dance on the Wii he has to hold a controller and he dances. Its so cute!
Grandma taught him to knock on the door so when he wants in or out he goes and knocks on the door
He now goes and tries to get in his highchair when he is hungry which is a huge help to us
He has this high pitched girl scream that he does when he is ticked at us, or when he can't make his toy do something that he wants it to. Since it sounds like a girl scream Jared calls him Brogeana whenever he does it
I should mention that we are big on nicknames. I don't know why but we just are. I never call Jared by his name and when I do it just doesn't sound right so of course Brogen has about a million nicknames. I thought it would be fun to remember them later on. They are baby, baby boy, babes, best boy, stinky, bugs, buggy, and Brogeana. Don't worry he does still answer to Brogen
He does so many cute and new things it is hard to keep up. His communication skills have improved so much and he is able to communicate and understand more and he is also crazy independent. Today he wanted his train up the stairs and its kind of heavy and I tried to help him but he freaked out so I just let him go. He had to work so hard to get it up each step and was sweating but he just took it one step at a time and he eventually got it up there. Then he just wanted to turn around and come back down. We work with him everyday to learn new words and do new things and he doesn't really act like he cares and then just one day out of the blue he will do it. So I know he is listening he just doesn't want to do it when we want him to. He keeps us on our toes. Love you bugs!
The next time we took him swimming Jared wanted to take him on the hydo tube and Brogen loved it. The just kept going one time after another until Jared was too tired to walk up the stairs anymore. He would just have the cutest grin on his face all the way down
He added Ta-da and Hot to his vocabulary
Loves to be in his stroller and begs and whines to get in there multiple times a day and we usually end up taking him even though its blazing hot outside
He holds our cell phone up to his ear and jabbers like he is having the conversation of a lifetime
Loves to throw his ball and has a pretty good little arm on him. He mostly throws balls but sometimes we catch him trying to throw anything and everything
He likes to draw with a pen and paper but mostly he likes to try to draw on anything but the paper but he thinks he is pretty good stuff when he is drawing. Its pretty adorable
He likes to be on the computer "helping" us with whatever we are doing and loves to try to be in control of the mouse. He also turns the printer off and on and off and on until we finally unplug it
He likes cords of any kind and likes to pull them behind him
Finally has taken an interest in his trucks and drives them all over the house, sometimes he gets cruising pretty fast
He likes to dance and when we play We Dance on the Wii he has to hold a controller and he dances. Its so cute!
Grandma taught him to knock on the door so when he wants in or out he goes and knocks on the door
He now goes and tries to get in his highchair when he is hungry which is a huge help to us
He has this high pitched girl scream that he does when he is ticked at us, or when he can't make his toy do something that he wants it to. Since it sounds like a girl scream Jared calls him Brogeana whenever he does it
I should mention that we are big on nicknames. I don't know why but we just are. I never call Jared by his name and when I do it just doesn't sound right so of course Brogen has about a million nicknames. I thought it would be fun to remember them later on. They are baby, baby boy, babes, best boy, stinky, bugs, buggy, and Brogeana. Don't worry he does still answer to Brogen
He does so many cute and new things it is hard to keep up. His communication skills have improved so much and he is able to communicate and understand more and he is also crazy independent. Today he wanted his train up the stairs and its kind of heavy and I tried to help him but he freaked out so I just let him go. He had to work so hard to get it up each step and was sweating but he just took it one step at a time and he eventually got it up there. Then he just wanted to turn around and come back down. We work with him everyday to learn new words and do new things and he doesn't really act like he cares and then just one day out of the blue he will do it. So I know he is listening he just doesn't want to do it when we want him to. He keeps us on our toes. Love you bugs!
24th of July
So I am pretty lame and only got a couple pictures of him in his cute 24th of July outfit but since I bought it for just that I thought I at least should put a picture up. We went to Enterprise to watch the parade and he didn't seem to impressed by it but he watched most of it and then he went out in the street with Daddy to catch candy. His face never changed expression so I don't think he really like it, only the horses. We didn't go to the races or the rodeo we just kind of relaxed at my parents and Brogen played outside to his little hearts desire.
15 Months
Jared takes him to the park almost every morning and he loves the big open space to just run around and be free after being cooped up in our tiny place
Current Vocabulary: (mind you most of this has taken us some time to figure out because it is in Brogen language) Da Da, Mama, outside, dog, tickle tickle, get you, downstairs, keys, chips, fishy, this, that. There are some pretty random words in there, his dad gave him a chip once (big mistake) and now if he sees anyone with chips he wants them and says chip so cute that we can't resist giving him one. If he doesn't call something by its actual name it is "this" So we hear "this" a lot!
Understands most everything we say to him. Time to eat, Time for Night Night, Do you want to go strolling, Go Outside, Where's Miley (Sara's dog) and when I tell him to go get a diaper so we can change his bum he runs and hides and it takes quite a bit of coaxing to get him
He has turned into quite the schmoozer at bedtime. As soon as I say "ok its time for night night" he pours on the charm. He knows how to manipulate his mommy like crazy and is extra cute and silly so that we will keep playing with him instead of putting him to bed. It usually works too, at least for a few minutes.
He loves to wrestle with daddy, as soon as he sees Jared on the floor its game on! He goes and pounces on his belly and Jared holds him in the air with his feet and tickles him with his toes all while I sit there holding my breath that he doesn't fall. I usually have to be a fun hater and make them stop before someone gets hurt
He now blows kisses after he waves bye bye. I had been trying to teach him forever and he wouldn't do it and then one day he was waving bye bye to my dad and he blew him a kiss. Go figure! We have really discovered that we have a VERY stubborn boy and he likes to do things on his own time not when we want him to, and we know exactly who he inherited this from:)
He loves to look at the animals mounted on the wall downstairs at my parents house and when we name them off he will point to them, he gets them right most of the time. This prompted a trip to the animal museum here in town but he didn't quite know what to think of that, he was a little overwhelmed with so many animals
Loves to be sang too and has started to do some of the actions to the Wheels on the Bus. Itsy Bitsy Spider and 3 Little Monkeys are his favorites
He loves to empty out this cupboard and then get in there and sit for about 2 seconds and then he is on to make a mess somewhere else
Loves to ride in the car because he knows that is the only place he gets to watch his Baby Einstein DVD's.
He loves dogs and whenever he sees a dog he points and says dog and gets so excited
Current Vocabulary: (mind you most of this has taken us some time to figure out because it is in Brogen language) Da Da, Mama, outside, dog, tickle tickle, get you, downstairs, keys, chips, fishy, this, that. There are some pretty random words in there, his dad gave him a chip once (big mistake) and now if he sees anyone with chips he wants them and says chip so cute that we can't resist giving him one. If he doesn't call something by its actual name it is "this" So we hear "this" a lot!
Understands most everything we say to him. Time to eat, Time for Night Night, Do you want to go strolling, Go Outside, Where's Miley (Sara's dog) and when I tell him to go get a diaper so we can change his bum he runs and hides and it takes quite a bit of coaxing to get him
He has turned into quite the schmoozer at bedtime. As soon as I say "ok its time for night night" he pours on the charm. He knows how to manipulate his mommy like crazy and is extra cute and silly so that we will keep playing with him instead of putting him to bed. It usually works too, at least for a few minutes.
He loves to wrestle with daddy, as soon as he sees Jared on the floor its game on! He goes and pounces on his belly and Jared holds him in the air with his feet and tickles him with his toes all while I sit there holding my breath that he doesn't fall. I usually have to be a fun hater and make them stop before someone gets hurt
He now blows kisses after he waves bye bye. I had been trying to teach him forever and he wouldn't do it and then one day he was waving bye bye to my dad and he blew him a kiss. Go figure! We have really discovered that we have a VERY stubborn boy and he likes to do things on his own time not when we want him to, and we know exactly who he inherited this from:)
He loves to look at the animals mounted on the wall downstairs at my parents house and when we name them off he will point to them, he gets them right most of the time. This prompted a trip to the animal museum here in town but he didn't quite know what to think of that, he was a little overwhelmed with so many animals
Loves to be sang too and has started to do some of the actions to the Wheels on the Bus. Itsy Bitsy Spider and 3 Little Monkeys are his favorites
He loves to empty out this cupboard and then get in there and sit for about 2 seconds and then he is on to make a mess somewhere else
Loves to ride in the car because he knows that is the only place he gets to watch his Baby Einstein DVD's.
He loves dogs and whenever he sees a dog he points and says dog and gets so excited
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
14 Months
I have just a few new things to write about this month:
He is officially walking as of May 23rd! It was a Sunday and for about a month he had been teasing us, taking a few steps here and there, and then taking about 6 or 7 and then all of the sudden he just started walking. Just like that! It was the funniest thing ever. He looked like Frankenstein with his arms out trying to stay balanced.
When he walks around or plays with his toys he starts to hum. It is the cutest thing ever and when we start laughing he will look up and laugh with us. He loves to be cheered on for the cute stuff he does
Brogen has become Mr. Independant this month and likes to grab the spoon or fork out of our hands when we try to feed him, and makes a complete mess, since he still doesn't have the skills to feed himself. We usually give him a fork or spoon to hold so he can feel like he is helping.
His behavior is so unpredictable, one minute he is happy as ever, and the next he is throwing himself on the floor throwing a tantrum because he can't do something he wants or whatever he is holding isn't doing what he wants it to so he gets frustrated. If he points to go outside and we don't take him out there he has an immediate meltdown especially if he is overtired
He loves to be outside and Jared has started taking him to the splash pad and his favorite part is to walk along the rocks and through the water.
He hates when Jared hugs me or touches me at all for that matter. As soon as he notices us hugging he does this little whine and comes over to break us up and then wants me to hold him. It is hilarious and we get the same reaction every time. We still haven't figured out if its because he is jealous or he thinks Jared is hurting me or something. This morning when he came to break us up he wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged me then gave me a kiss right on the lips then went back to hugging me. He repeated this several times before he finally got down. It was so cute!
He loves to be in tight spaces or little places he feels like are just his. He likes to go in this tiny space in between our cupboards and the kitchen hutch and just chills there and he likes to go behind the couch or chair. This is how we found him when we checked on him the other day. Sitting inside his container of legos throwing them out
The bathroom cupboard was open so he crawled right in and he can now get himself up on the couch and our bed and anything else he wants
Another favorite right now is to pull off every inch of toilet paper off the roll and then proceed to tear it apart into tiny pieces and for some reason he likes to open the lid and try to put stuff in there so we have to watch him like a hawk. He also loves to open up the garbage and put stuff in there. The other day I caught him trying to put his snuggle blanket in there
Just a random picture I thought was cute. He is always on the go, climbing on something, climbing off something, getting into whatever he can find. He is a handful but oh so cute!
He is officially walking as of May 23rd! It was a Sunday and for about a month he had been teasing us, taking a few steps here and there, and then taking about 6 or 7 and then all of the sudden he just started walking. Just like that! It was the funniest thing ever. He looked like Frankenstein with his arms out trying to stay balanced.
When he walks around or plays with his toys he starts to hum. It is the cutest thing ever and when we start laughing he will look up and laugh with us. He loves to be cheered on for the cute stuff he does
Brogen has become Mr. Independant this month and likes to grab the spoon or fork out of our hands when we try to feed him, and makes a complete mess, since he still doesn't have the skills to feed himself. We usually give him a fork or spoon to hold so he can feel like he is helping.
His behavior is so unpredictable, one minute he is happy as ever, and the next he is throwing himself on the floor throwing a tantrum because he can't do something he wants or whatever he is holding isn't doing what he wants it to so he gets frustrated. If he points to go outside and we don't take him out there he has an immediate meltdown especially if he is overtired
He loves to be outside and Jared has started taking him to the splash pad and his favorite part is to walk along the rocks and through the water.
He hates when Jared hugs me or touches me at all for that matter. As soon as he notices us hugging he does this little whine and comes over to break us up and then wants me to hold him. It is hilarious and we get the same reaction every time. We still haven't figured out if its because he is jealous or he thinks Jared is hurting me or something. This morning when he came to break us up he wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged me then gave me a kiss right on the lips then went back to hugging me. He repeated this several times before he finally got down. It was so cute!
He loves to be in tight spaces or little places he feels like are just his. He likes to go in this tiny space in between our cupboards and the kitchen hutch and just chills there and he likes to go behind the couch or chair. This is how we found him when we checked on him the other day. Sitting inside his container of legos throwing them out
The bathroom cupboard was open so he crawled right in and he can now get himself up on the couch and our bed and anything else he wants
Another favorite right now is to pull off every inch of toilet paper off the roll and then proceed to tear it apart into tiny pieces and for some reason he likes to open the lid and try to put stuff in there so we have to watch him like a hawk. He also loves to open up the garbage and put stuff in there. The other day I caught him trying to put his snuggle blanket in there
Just a random picture I thought was cute. He is always on the go, climbing on something, climbing off something, getting into whatever he can find. He is a handful but oh so cute!
13 Months
Things to remember about Brogen at 13 months:
He learned to high five thinks he is pretty neat when he does it
He finally learned how to turn around and go down the stairs and also how to get off the couch and the bed without nose diving much to my relief
He now likes to look at books by himself. It is so cute, he will sit on the floor or couch and turn the pages and jabber like he is reading to himself. He doesn't have the attention span for us to read to him anymore he only likes to flip through the pages
Since he got sick and refused his binky and bottle for a week, we decided he had pretty much weaned himself and we decided not to give it back to him so.........
No more "Mr. Binks" which is bittersweet because sometimes it was nice in certain situations to have it but I know we lucked out having him weaned from it like we did since he just didn't want it anymore.
No more bottles and no more formula! Yahoo, I am $100 richer each month not having to buy formula. He just drinks regular milk from a sippy and it took him a few days but he made the switch fairly easy.
He has started being more snuggly with the loss of "Mr. Binks" and from being sick and wanted Jared or I to rock him to sleep. I was in heaven since I have always wanted him to lay on my shoulder while I rocked him to sleep and he let me have that for about 3 weeks before he decided he just wanted to be put in his crib.
Still isn't saying anything new from the last post. Just a lot of jibberish
Now has 6 teeth, 2 on top, 4 on the bottom
Doesn't eat that great and seems like he could take it or leave it when it comes to food
He learned to high five thinks he is pretty neat when he does it
He finally learned how to turn around and go down the stairs and also how to get off the couch and the bed without nose diving much to my relief
He now likes to look at books by himself. It is so cute, he will sit on the floor or couch and turn the pages and jabber like he is reading to himself. He doesn't have the attention span for us to read to him anymore he only likes to flip through the pages
Since he got sick and refused his binky and bottle for a week, we decided he had pretty much weaned himself and we decided not to give it back to him so.........
No more "Mr. Binks" which is bittersweet because sometimes it was nice in certain situations to have it but I know we lucked out having him weaned from it like we did since he just didn't want it anymore.
No more bottles and no more formula! Yahoo, I am $100 richer each month not having to buy formula. He just drinks regular milk from a sippy and it took him a few days but he made the switch fairly easy.
He has started being more snuggly with the loss of "Mr. Binks" and from being sick and wanted Jared or I to rock him to sleep. I was in heaven since I have always wanted him to lay on my shoulder while I rocked him to sleep and he let me have that for about 3 weeks before he decided he just wanted to be put in his crib.
Still isn't saying anything new from the last post. Just a lot of jibberish
Now has 6 teeth, 2 on top, 4 on the bottom
Doesn't eat that great and seems like he could take it or leave it when it comes to food
Thursday, June 3, 2010
1 Year Old Pics
Well actually these are more like 13 month old pictures but its because I wanted to take pictures with these letters and I had to order them from Roberts because they were missing a letter in the store. Ugh!!! So my friend Beck that has a studio here in St. George took these and let me tell you Brogen was one tough customer that day. The pictures with the letters were not exactly what I had in mind but he was not cooperating and Beck did a dang good job getting what she did, quite a few tantrums later. He kept throwing the letters and crawling away as fast as he could! I wanted them to be more of a "capture the moment picture" but what do ya do? He has turned into quite the little stinker, and regardless I think they still turned out way cute. I am behind on blogging once again but hopefully I will get caught up this weekend. I just wanted to share these cute pics of my little man all grown up.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Jared's Graduation
Jared graduated from Dixie State this past weekend with his Associates. I am really proud of him for deciding to go back to school. It hasn't been easy trying to juggle work, school, and a family but he did it and I know when we are all done with school all of the sacrifices will have been worth it. Jared has never owned his own gun and he fell in love with a .22 that was all camouflage and supposedly really awesome so I surprised him and got that for a graduation present. He was so surprised and excited. My mom came down to go to the graduation to help me out with Brogen since he gets bored in about 1 second and this is what they did, kicked around a big rock outside and he was loving it!
Brogen wasn't too sure about Dada in his hat and gown. See how cute his hair looks short! Happy Graduation babe and now on to SUU!
Brogen wasn't too sure about Dada in his hat and gown. See how cute his hair looks short! Happy Graduation babe and now on to SUU!
Curly Hair.......Gone
Brogen has great hair and it grows really fast. We buzzed when he was like 6 months old, then it grew back and we cut it short and had fun spiking it and doing mo hawks, and then we decided to just let it grow and see if it would go curly and wavy like Jared's hair did when he was that age, and get curly it did. Of course I thought his curls were so adorable and it made him look almost identical to Jared's baby pictures. It was so long we would have to blow dry it after his bath because it was never dry before he went to bed. The back was the curliest and I am sad that I never got a good picture of that but here are a few pictures with it long.
When we were up at the cabin we decided to have Aunt Nat cut his hair. We put in a Baby Einstein movie so he would hopefully hold still, and since he didn't feel good also he just sat there so still and didn't even flinch when she turned the clippers on. I was a little sad at first when all his little curls started falling in my lap and it took me a minute to get used to the new hair but he looks so cute and so much older. We can always grow it out again anyways right?
When we were up at the cabin we decided to have Aunt Nat cut his hair. We put in a Baby Einstein movie so he would hopefully hold still, and since he didn't feel good also he just sat there so still and didn't even flinch when she turned the clippers on. I was a little sad at first when all his little curls started falling in my lap and it took me a minute to get used to the new hair but he looks so cute and so much older. We can always grow it out again anyways right?
Cabin and 1st Ear Ache
We went up last weekend to the cabin to celebrate Brogen's birthday, Nat's birthday and Jared's graduation. We were planning on some great weather, but I think the bad weather follows me wherever I go and it ended up being cold and even snowed a little Sunday morning. We spent most of the time inside the cabin which is fun anyways and we went to the tree swing for a while and even Brogen went on Jared's lap but I didn't get any pictures. Sara and Terron were able to come also and it was just a lazy relaxing weekend, well for everyone besides me and Jared that is. Friday on our way up there Brogen's nose was running a little and he was conjested but we kind of thought maybe he had allergies. He was a little grumpy but nothing terrible and he was refusing his bottles that day. When we went to put him to sleep that night he wouldn't take his bottle and cried a little but grandma finally got him to sleep. About an hour later he woke up screaming bloody murder and I could not get him to stop for what seemed like an eternity. This is so out of character for him but we figured he was just overtired and couldn't breathe. It was so sad to see him like that and he finally cried himself to sleep in my arms but when I tried to put him down he would cry. So me and Jared took turns holding him the entire night. It was rough but we knew he couldn't breathe and then he started running a fever. I was just really glad that I had brought the tylenol with me and we got that in him and he slept pretty good in our arms. The next day he was really cranky and having meltdown after meltdown over the silliest things. He wouldn't take a nap, he wouldn't take his bottle or his binky. We kept giving him tylenol but I have never seen him so miserable. Jared's family had a little party for him that day and he got spoiled all over again. These pictures are dark and kind of hard to see but he got a little splash table with a boat and a swimming suit and sunglasses. He loved playing with it and that seemed to cheer him up. I know he is going to love playing with it when we put water in there too. Camille made him the cutest truck cake and Grandma had decorated with balloons and a banner. Two 1st birthdays, what a spoiled boy!!!
I really wanted to just leave the cabin and get him to the doctor but he seemed better during the day and we just kept thinking he was stuffed up. When this happened before we had one bad night and that was the worst of it so we were hoping it was the same this time. That night when we tried to put him to sleep he screamed forever and I couldn't get him to stop. He was crying so hard that he was hoarse and hyperventilating. I was beside myself after about an hour of this and ended up crying with him. We finally figured he must have something more than a stuffy nose so we started another long night of taking turns holding him after he finally calmed down. The next morning we woke up to snow at the cabin. Snow in May, it has been crazy weather this Spring, and we got packed up and left after lunch. We took Brogen to the clinic that night and he had double ear infections, sore throat, and congestion. We felt so bad that we didn't just come home. We got him his antibiotics and a humidifier and prepared for another bad night. They gave us numbing drops to put in his ears and that seemed to help a lot. Jared held him until about 2 in the morning since I had to work the next day and then he was able to lay him in his crib and he slept the rest of the night and then it just got a little better every night. He has been such a good boy about taking his medicine and lays so still while we put the drops in, its like he knows they help him. He is still on the mend but hopefully in the next few days he will be back to normal.
I really wanted to just leave the cabin and get him to the doctor but he seemed better during the day and we just kept thinking he was stuffed up. When this happened before we had one bad night and that was the worst of it so we were hoping it was the same this time. That night when we tried to put him to sleep he screamed forever and I couldn't get him to stop. He was crying so hard that he was hoarse and hyperventilating. I was beside myself after about an hour of this and ended up crying with him. We finally figured he must have something more than a stuffy nose so we started another long night of taking turns holding him after he finally calmed down. The next morning we woke up to snow at the cabin. Snow in May, it has been crazy weather this Spring, and we got packed up and left after lunch. We took Brogen to the clinic that night and he had double ear infections, sore throat, and congestion. We felt so bad that we didn't just come home. We got him his antibiotics and a humidifier and prepared for another bad night. They gave us numbing drops to put in his ears and that seemed to help a lot. Jared held him until about 2 in the morning since I had to work the next day and then he was able to lay him in his crib and he slept the rest of the night and then it just got a little better every night. He has been such a good boy about taking his medicine and lays so still while we put the drops in, its like he knows they help him. He is still on the mend but hopefully in the next few days he will be back to normal.
1 Year Old!!!!
So now that it is almost time to do the 13 month post I finally get around to the 12 month post. Lots of fun things have been going on this past month with this babe.
He finally graduated to a forward facing car seat and it is Heaven!!! He has been loving being able to see where we are going and doesn't feel so left out. Although I still sit back there with him sometimes.
We finally got him to clap on his own. It is very hard to teach him anything because he will not sit still long enough for stuff like that.
Got his other top tooth finally! Still just has two on top and two on the bottom
So close to walking, he stands up in the middle of the room and takes a couple of steps but gets nervous and sits down. He has the leg strength and the ability he just needs the confidence.
Helps Mommy water the flowers every night and will do anything to get outside.
Climbs up on the dishwasher and tries to "assist" in getting the dishes out
He is getting better about entertaining himself and likes to sit on the floor and look and books on his own, push his trucks around, and play with his other toys.
He is a stinker about getting his diaper changed and when its a poopy one and he is not in a good mood so we can distract him it takes 2 of us to change it with one of us holding him down. Not fun!
He had his first trip to the dentist. Jared saw a spot on his tooth and we thought it was a cavity even though we thought we were doing everything right so we took him in and turns out its just a defect on his tooth and not a cavity. Phew!!!
One day out of the blue he started pointing and leaning his body towards what he wants. It is so funny
He points and says "this" which is his first word besides momma and dada
He loves dogs and gets so excited whenever he sees one. Jared's family has a dog that is a house dog and Brogen follows her around relentlessly and all she wants is some peace and quiet. My sister also has a dog and whenever we are at my parents house he wants over to the window to look out at Miley. He is not afraid of her and loves getting licked which I think is disgusting!
He is a pretty picky eater right now and eats most table food just fine but will not eat his fruits and veges very good.
For his birthday we had a little family part at my parents house in Enterprise. There was a lot of family that came to support and make his day special. He even had both sets of great- grandparents on my side there. My lil sis Sara spent hours making the cake and it turned out awesome. Brogen loves Baby Einstein shows and would watch all day everyday if we let him so that was the theme for the party. The cake was the Baby Einstein caterpillar and he loved it!
He was spoiled and got so many fun things for his birthday. We got him a little wagon that he can push and pull and he got clothes, toys, and money to go with his new piggy bank.
He wasn't too sure about digging right into his cake but he sure made a mess with the frosting. Jared said he looked like the Joker from Dark Knight with frosting around his
mouth.
He went straight to the bathtub after this, that black frosting wasn't coming off that easy. He had a great first birthday but I was so consumed with getting the food ready and the presents wrapped that I feel like I neglected my boy who was whining and pulling on my leg all day so next year I decided his birthday can be low key with no party and I will just play with him and do whatever he wants that day. Love you buddy! Its been a great first year!!!
He finally graduated to a forward facing car seat and it is Heaven!!! He has been loving being able to see where we are going and doesn't feel so left out. Although I still sit back there with him sometimes.
We finally got him to clap on his own. It is very hard to teach him anything because he will not sit still long enough for stuff like that.
Got his other top tooth finally! Still just has two on top and two on the bottom
So close to walking, he stands up in the middle of the room and takes a couple of steps but gets nervous and sits down. He has the leg strength and the ability he just needs the confidence.
Helps Mommy water the flowers every night and will do anything to get outside.
Climbs up on the dishwasher and tries to "assist" in getting the dishes out
He is getting better about entertaining himself and likes to sit on the floor and look and books on his own, push his trucks around, and play with his other toys.
He is a stinker about getting his diaper changed and when its a poopy one and he is not in a good mood so we can distract him it takes 2 of us to change it with one of us holding him down. Not fun!
He had his first trip to the dentist. Jared saw a spot on his tooth and we thought it was a cavity even though we thought we were doing everything right so we took him in and turns out its just a defect on his tooth and not a cavity. Phew!!!
One day out of the blue he started pointing and leaning his body towards what he wants. It is so funny
He points and says "this" which is his first word besides momma and dada
He loves dogs and gets so excited whenever he sees one. Jared's family has a dog that is a house dog and Brogen follows her around relentlessly and all she wants is some peace and quiet. My sister also has a dog and whenever we are at my parents house he wants over to the window to look out at Miley. He is not afraid of her and loves getting licked which I think is disgusting!
He is a pretty picky eater right now and eats most table food just fine but will not eat his fruits and veges very good.
For his birthday we had a little family part at my parents house in Enterprise. There was a lot of family that came to support and make his day special. He even had both sets of great- grandparents on my side there. My lil sis Sara spent hours making the cake and it turned out awesome. Brogen loves Baby Einstein shows and would watch all day everyday if we let him so that was the theme for the party. The cake was the Baby Einstein caterpillar and he loved it!
He was spoiled and got so many fun things for his birthday. We got him a little wagon that he can push and pull and he got clothes, toys, and money to go with his new piggy bank.
He wasn't too sure about digging right into his cake but he sure made a mess with the frosting. Jared said he looked like the Joker from Dark Knight with frosting around his
mouth.
He went straight to the bathtub after this, that black frosting wasn't coming off that easy. He had a great first birthday but I was so consumed with getting the food ready and the presents wrapped that I feel like I neglected my boy who was whining and pulling on my leg all day so next year I decided his birthday can be low key with no party and I will just play with him and do whatever he wants that day. Love you buddy! Its been a great first year!!!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Easter
So I decided that blogging is not my thing. I love to look at other people's blogs but I hate updating mine which is a shame because its the only journal/scrapbook that Brogen is going to have so I guess I will do a little catching up AGAIN. For Easter weekend we went to Enterprise. The weather was crappy as usual but we had good times and good food. Brogen always gets spoiled, he got a couple new church outfits and some other toys and books. Jared's mom gave us his Easter bunny basket that he had as a kid and it is so cute.
Before Brogen was born me and Jared would go for walks on the bike trail by our house. These cute families would always come biking past us pulling their kids behind them in a bike trailer. We thought it looked so fun and kept saying that we would get one for Brogen to ride in. So thanks to our awesome tax return this year we got me a bike and a bike trailer for Brogen. I think he looks so cute in it and seems to really enjoy it so we have been going on a lot of family bike rides.
On Sundays we have been taking Brogen to go feed the ducks over in Bloomington. He loves it and seems mesmerized by all the ducks. He just stares and tries to help us throw the bread.
Before Brogen was born me and Jared would go for walks on the bike trail by our house. These cute families would always come biking past us pulling their kids behind them in a bike trailer. We thought it looked so fun and kept saying that we would get one for Brogen to ride in. So thanks to our awesome tax return this year we got me a bike and a bike trailer for Brogen. I think he looks so cute in it and seems to really enjoy it so we have been going on a lot of family bike rides.
On Sundays we have been taking Brogen to go feed the ducks over in Bloomington. He loves it and seems mesmerized by all the ducks. He just stares and tries to help us throw the bread.
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