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So, Ethan just bit me while nursing, OUCH!!! So, I never experienced this with Breanna b/c I did not nurse her for long. Now what do I do?????? (Besides wean him, which is what I feel like doing at this moment....I'm sure I'll feel different a little bit from right after the INCIDENT).

Help!

Funny Story

So, every time I put the kids in the van to drive somewhere I think about this, but never remember later on to write about it....so this is almost 8 months old of a story........

Back in July.......

We were in the hospital after having just had Ethan. It was the night after we had him so we were going to be staying one more night in the hospital then heading home. Rob went home to get things that we needed from home, spent some time with Breanna and then was heading back to the hospital.

The MOST IMPORTANT reason he went home was to get the baby carseat out of the van and bring it to the hospital in our other car for the next morning when we would be leaving.

So, I had installed the base and carseat in the van before we had the baby, b/c I was busy nesting and wanting everything to be ready for the baby.....I don't think Rob had even looked at the carseat b/c of course we didn't need it yet.....

He went out to the van in the pitch black (no street lights at our old apartment) and the inside lights in the van are VERY dim, especially in the far back. He could not for the life of him figure out how to get the carseat unstrapped from the seatbelt. So, he went back into the house, got a flashlight and went back to the car.

Pushing, pulling, prodding, sweating, annoying, frustrating, maddening, 20 minutes later he still could not get the carseat out.

So.....instead of coming back with NO carseat and getting yelled at (jk) by me, he went and got scissors. Yes, scissors. He decided to cut the seatbelt.

He successfully got the carseat out of the car.

He came to the hospital with everything I had asked for.....he told me about the ordeal, I said, did you try to take the carseat out of the base before you tried to unstrap it?

Rob said, "What, there's a base?"

Long story short, we have only 2 seatbelts in the back of the van now :)

Did I already post these?

This is awhile ago, but I can't remember if I put up pictures of when we got snow here this winter. I think it snowed twice this whole winter, so it was COMPLETELY different then last winter when we had the huge snow storm and feet of snow.

We just got a bit, but Breanna was in heaven when it happened:

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Nothing fabulous to write about but, had a good day with the kids, the next 2 days are Rob's days off, so tonight is our "Friday" night, so that's pretty exciting :)

Actually, I do have fabulous news, Ethan slept through the night the past 2 nights!! I know I've already posted about him sleeping through the night, but that was once...and then back to waking up during the night again and then he'll randomly sleep through the night again like a week later. But 2 in a row, wahoo!!! Maybe we're creating a trend....??? That would be great!

He's also crawling. I'll upload a video soon, but he's doing so well and really has barely even been cranky (he's pushing through his 2nd tooth) b/c he's been so happy that he can move from toy to toy all by himself. I got out the baby gate today, I love right now he's so slow at crawling, but I know that'll will be gone in days and he will be speeding around getting into everything. But, yeah for crawling!

Lately when Breanna is upset with something we say she says, "you're making me in trouble" and does a very big pouty face. I tried to explain to her today that she's not in trouble, just can't do what she's asking for (watch dvds all day long, or some other insane request like treats for breakfast). She didn't really get it, or care :)

She also told me today that she slept for 3 minutes last night! Wow, I'm so glad this isn't true. We went shopping today and she looked at some clothes, like I was doing, and said, "It's 49 mom." Very cute. She wanted to buy everything in the store and kept telling me the prices.



Oh yeah, I cut my hair so this is the a picture of me before I cut it, I think I'll try to have Rob take a pic of it now. I also got Breanna's hair cut, and it's super cute :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm glad this boy asked me out for our first date, which was on Valentine's Day, 6 years ago! Happy 1st date anniversary Rob :)

Lots of posts

Just trying to catch up a little bit. I have more to post, but this is good for now..enjoy!

Last one I promise.....for now :)

She really is learning the words, which is lots of fun.

Ethan had fun too :)

Hope Grammy/Grampy and Grandma/Grandpa enjoy these videos :)

"singing and dancing" to Thomas the Train

This is some fun we had while Breanna, Ethan and I were stuck at home during the sick days......lots of music, especially Thomas the Train

Tooth #2 is coming!

Ethan has had a rough few weeks. He was sick, got a tiny bit better, began teething and then pushed the 1st tooth through. Then got sick again. He was treated for pink eye and a double ear infection 4 days ago....poor thing. I looked in his mouth today and his 2nd tooth is almost through, so that has also been going on for him!!!

I am so glad he's feeling better, it's so sad when your kids are sick and it's really hard when they don't feel well all day and ALL night too!

He's been gnawing on biscuits and vanilla wafers along with teething rings and teething tablets to endure and I must say, it's no fun but he's a better teether (so far) then Breanna was, yeah!




(This is after some glorious vanilla wafers :)

Toes

Each time I take off Ethan's socks Breanna races over to pick out the "fuzz" from between his toes. She does it to herself too......slightly hilarious. Thought I would write it down for memory sake.

Fun

Breanna and her friend Amaya were chasing "bad guys" around the other day and were quite the team. Amaya would play the flute to get them to sleep and Breanna would "shoot" them with her flashlight. The sunglasses were so she couldn't see her shadow. Fun times :)

He's got a tooth!!

We're on round 2 of colds for the kids. Ethan has NOT been a happy camper today with a cough that makes him kinda throw up b/c it's so hard of a cough....he also has a runny nose and a tiny fever......and to top it all off, his 1st tooth!!!

Yeah, Ethan! It made me a much nicer mother this evening after a LONG fussy day, when I discovered the pointy tooth just breaking through his gums :( So, he got held a whole lot b/c he's got that pain on top of the whole yucky cold.

Well.....it's been a nice two days short of 7 months with a happy, content baby boy. Please help me, I don't want it to change, but I think with the beginning of teething, life is about to get a lot more challenging. (If he's anything like Breanna was as a teether.)

Please Ethan, surprise me and stay the little angel that you are!!!!