Random and PSU

Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is next...

Some houses around us have already decorated for Thanksgiving. As I was driving the other day, I pointed out one of those inflatable turkeys to Brooke and said, "Look Brooke, a Turkey for Thanksgiving." For those of you who have read the "why" post, Brooke replied back saying, "Why does he say thank you for giving?" It may not sound funny or cute now, but it was absoutely adorable when she said it in the car.

When I got home I told Eric the story and he told Brooke that turkeys don't say that, that they say gobble gobble....Brooke tried to repeat saying... goggle goggle :)

This past weekend we also headed to PSU via the RV for the PSU/OHIO state game. More for the tailgating and seeing family since only my brother and their friends had tickets to the game. We had a pretty good time. No beer pong for Brooke this time. It wasn't too excitied as far as funny things for the kids, but Sunday morning in the Lopezs' RV Brooke exclaimed that she "drank too much last night" I am not sure who she was listening to Sunday morning, but we definitely need to be careful what we say around her these days....she is definitely listening!!

Brandon 9.5 Months

This post is more for me too look back on when I have the next baby (Eric if you are reading this...yes there will be a #3 despite what you may think)

Since feeding Brandon fingers foods he has pretty much refused anything that heads his way on a spoon. I sometimes can get him to eat yogurt, but that is about it.

When I am eating he actually starts crying and throwing a babytantrum if I don't give him a piece of what I am eating.....

At this point he is already eating:
Blueberries
Pears
Peaches
Peas
Carrots
Mac & Cheese
Noodles
Chicken Nuggets
Grilled Cheese
Stuffing (only because I was eating it and was trying to avoid a meltdown with him)
Cheerios
Puffs
Potatoes (same as the stuffing)
Pancakes

He also has been drinking from a straw cup since about 8.5 months. Water most days, sometimes pear juice if need be.

When it comes to nap time, he has a morning nap, usualy around 30-60 minutes long and and afternoon nap any where from 1 hour to 2.5 hours. Sometimes he needs a quick 20-30 minute nap in the evenings. So he is napping 2 times most days and some days 3 naps.

As far as sleeping is concerned, last night was a good night for Brandon. Went to bed around 9PM, nursed at 12:30ish, 3:30ish, 6, and then was up for good around 6:30. He played in bed until aroudn 7:15, until I finally ahd to get up and get the morning started. Normally he gets up around 7:30, but he is still adjusting to the time change. It has been really hard to get him back to normal since we switched the clocks back.

Brandon and the Leaf

So when the doctor said Brandon could eat pretty much all table food except shellfish, nuts, honey, and eggs, he probably didn't think he needed to add leaves to that list...

At a play date today, Brandon was minding his own business happily eating cheerios on the floor. I left him with his Aunt for about 2 minutes while Brooke had to go to the potty.

When I came back, Aunt Kris asked if he normally stuck his fingers so far down his throat that he gagged. I said I wouldn't say it is normal but he has done it before. Looking a little teary eyes, he proceeded to gag once or twice more. I thought he probably just had a piece of cheerio stuck in his throat, so I held him up, patted him on the back, looked in his mouth and he seemed ok. Not quite right, but he was breathing fine and wasn't choking or anything.

So he did the gag face again. Still thinking he had a piece of cheerio stuck in his throat I figured I would nurse him to try to help him get it down. He would not latch on...very weird for him. Again he was still breathing fine, but was definitely acting a little weird.

I thought that maybe when he shoved his fingers in him mouth that maybe he scratched his throat so maybe that was bothering him. (I had been meaning to cut his nails for a few days now...but you know how that is...it gets done, when I happened to remember it when he is on the changing table) So...since he wouldn't nurse I figured I would go get him a straw cup with some water to see if that would help. After gagging again, he took a few big gulps and he was ok.

So back up to the play room to play. For a good 5 minutes or so, he was playing across from his cousin Sierra (6 months) on a big play square thing. Then I started tickling him and he was laying down and threw his head back, mouth wide open.....AAH HAA

A huge piece of leaf about the size of a nickel (a descent size for his little mouth) was stuck on the roof of his mouth. It must have been just far enough back that he couldn't get it off with his tongue and it was making him gag. He must have picked it up in transition when I got up to take Brooke to the potty and before Aunt Kris made it over from Sierra to him to make he wouldn't get in trouble...

Earlier in the day I had been talking to someone saying that my biggest fear with Brandon is that he will choke on something since absolutely every single thing he gets a hold of goes in his mouth....He must have been listening :)

I feel bad, but he is fine. We will be doing a sweep of the house making sure ever little toy or piece of dirt or foliage that can fit into his mouth is put away.....for a very long time!!

Maybe Fall will be his favorite season. Winter may be my new favorite...you can't choke on snow right??

Scale

So I am not sure what Brandon really weighs....

A week ago for his 9 month well visit, they weighed him and he was 18lbs even.

Today they weighed him to make sure they gave him the correct dosage for his medicine and he weighed 18lbs 14oz....almost 1 pound difference....hmmmm

It was the SAME scale.

Now I know he has been eating a considerable amount of finger foods since his last visit, but I am not sure the amount is worthy of 14oz in a week.

Stumped.....

Brandon's First Ear Infection

Today Brandon was diagnosed with his first ear infection. Needless to say I was not surprised. The extra crankiness, running nose...and runny eyes...yes I said runny eyes. He had so much crap in his sinuses that is started coming out of his eyes. As soon as I saw that last night I called and left the ped. a voice mail. When the doc walked in I said "I am going to be shocked if you tell me he doesn't have an ear infection."

I was right...always trust your instinct! Luckily it was only in one ear, and even though stuff was coming out of his eyes, we caught it early. Ten days of amoxicillin is in order for this little guy. It is way to early to talk about tubes, but if he is like his Daddy and his sister I am guessing February/March we will be in for his first round of tubes. Hopefully I am wrong, but that is my guess.

So we got home and got Brooke down for her nap and I decided to do something fun with him, since he was probably feeling crappy. I was feeling brave today so I decided on some finger painting. I feel bad because at this age Brooke had already done tons of painting....so anyway....today was his first time painting. I'll give you one guess what he tried to do....



Big surprise that he tried to eat a glob of finger paint! Thank goodness for non-toxic art supplies :)

Halloween

Besides the weather being a little dreary, halloween was great this year. It was the first year that Brooke was REALLY into it and knew what was actually going on. She wanted daddy to take her to all of the houses, but came running back to Mommy each time (I was stationed at the wagon with Brandon and Mimi), bag wide open, yelling "Mommy, they gave me a treat!!!" It was so cute to see her in action this year.

Her costume wasn't too creative, but what can you do when your 2yr old is obsessed with dogs. We have been a dog for 2 consecutive years now. Hopefully next year she will be into something else. If not, oh well....she can be whatever she wants.. right??...until she is a teenager :)

Brooke lasted about an hour and a half before she was getting hungry (Mom forgot to pack chicken nuggets) and decided to call it a night. With encouragement from all of us to keep going, she proudly sat in the wagon and I quote said "I have had enough" It was the way she said it that was hilarious! She had all of us lauging, and heading home.

When we got home she dumped out her whole bag and got to pick out a treat or two before winding down and calling it a night. Just a note-a pixie stick is not a good choice at night time :)

She wasn't so sure about the "pumpkin guts" at first, but as you can see, she got into it!















The day after halloween....

Brooke woke up and was saying that her legs hurt! I guess we didn't use the wagon enough. I asked her why her legs hurt and she said it was becuase she walked to far then she pointed at her little calves!! Poor thing got a good work out!

Funny Pic

Brooke after I told her that she was not allowed to spray Kacee (the dog) with water...She likes the word "no" just as much as her mommy!