Saturday, August 22, 2009
Lots of posts
Scroll down to older posts I posted so much today that there are some others to see. Enjoy.
The story of the balloon
Shawn often goes to Fed Ex to drop off tickets and next door is a hair cutting place that has balloons tied to their sign. Well Symeon loves balloons and the ladies think he is so cute so they often give him one. The other day Symeon went with Shawn and got a balloon from his friends.
We then went out to dinner at a local pizza place where we made a rookie parent mistake and we let Symeon take the ballon into the restaurant. (I am sure you seasoned parents can imagine where this is going.) The balloon was tied to his shorts and when his food came we had to remove it so we attached it to Shawn's chair. Well half way through the meal I looked over and the ballon was gone. I casually looked up to see the balloon stuck on one of the rafters pretty high up. I told Shawn to look up hoping Symeon would not notice but he did and he began pointing saying OOON OOON over and over. We felt so bad for him Shawn finally stood on a chair in the middle of a crowded restaurant to get the balloon. I was laughing so hard and I thought oh what we won't do for our kids. Symeon never threw a fit he just looked so sad we had to help.
If you know Shawn then you also know drawing attention to himself in a crowded restaurant is not high on his list of things to do. He is a great Dad and lesson learned all balloons stay in the car.
So here is a picture of Shawn drinking his beer and holding "his" balloon. It was priceless and I am still laughing as I write this post. Oh I wish you could have all been there.
We then went out to dinner at a local pizza place where we made a rookie parent mistake and we let Symeon take the ballon into the restaurant. (I am sure you seasoned parents can imagine where this is going.) The balloon was tied to his shorts and when his food came we had to remove it so we attached it to Shawn's chair. Well half way through the meal I looked over and the ballon was gone. I casually looked up to see the balloon stuck on one of the rafters pretty high up. I told Shawn to look up hoping Symeon would not notice but he did and he began pointing saying OOON OOON over and over. We felt so bad for him Shawn finally stood on a chair in the middle of a crowded restaurant to get the balloon. I was laughing so hard and I thought oh what we won't do for our kids. Symeon never threw a fit he just looked so sad we had to help.
If you know Shawn then you also know drawing attention to himself in a crowded restaurant is not high on his list of things to do. He is a great Dad and lesson learned all balloons stay in the car.
So here is a picture of Shawn drinking his beer and holding "his" balloon. It was priceless and I am still laughing as I write this post. Oh I wish you could have all been there.
A really great Daddy
I came home the other day to find Shawn reading to Marin. It was such a sweet moment for the two of them.
My friend Lisa had this verse on her blog and it expressed what I thought about Shawn but didn't have the words.
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
My friend Lisa had this verse on her blog and it expressed what I thought about Shawn but didn't have the words.
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
Proverbs 27:19
A funny little chair
Marin has this funny chair she likes to sit in and it just cracks me up so here is a little photo shoot.
Chatting with her brother
Chatting with her brother
Cool Dudes
Symeon has these great sunglasses he got for his birthday from my Aunt so he thought we should all take a turn wearing them.
Grandpa is a good singer
Shawn was in Denver several weekends ago so his Mom and Ed came out to help me with the kids. Marin loved when Grandpa would sing to her. Here she is enjoying some time with him.
I love this picture I think it is so sweet, they are having a good conversation together.
I love this picture I think it is so sweet, they are having a good conversation together.
Snuggling
Symeon has cut all four of his one year molars in the past 8 weeks so we have had some fun days of him being cranky becaue he is uncomfortable but that also means we have had quite a few snuggly days as well. I have enjoyed the extra holding time he has needed.
Bath Time
We often bathe Symeon and Marin together which is fun and a bit easier in some ways. Here are a few fun pictures and since they both love the water bath time is lots of fun for us all.
Symeon loves to talk to his sister and Marin is always eager to give him a smile every time he talks to her.
Marin toweling off
Symeon's hair is long enought to do some fun stuff with it.
Symeon loves to talk to his sister and Marin is always eager to give him a smile every time he talks to her.
Marin toweling off
Symeon's hair is long enought to do some fun stuff with it.
Curiosity Connection
Symeon and I had a wonderful Mommy and son day at the state museum kids area. It was such playing make believe in all the different areas. I treasure time I spend with them both together and I love spending time with each of them alone. Symeon is at such a fun age for going to new places.
He loved the marker wall, he is quite the budding Picaso.
He also loved to farm for carrots and cabbage, it was such fun. We must have pulled up these fake carrots and put them back in their holes at least a couple dozen times.
Here he is picking apples off the tree.
Hey did that giant chicken just have a baby boy?!
Here he is making nice with a rubber pig which he thought was awesome.
He loved the marker wall, he is quite the budding Picaso.
He also loved to farm for carrots and cabbage, it was such fun. We must have pulled up these fake carrots and put them back in their holes at least a couple dozen times.
Here he is picking apples off the tree.
Hey did that giant chicken just have a baby boy?!
Here he is making nice with a rubber pig which he thought was awesome.
Waking up is hard to do...
Everyone in our family has quite the wake up process. Shawn and I have always been slow waking up and our children are following suit. It is often half and hour or more from the time you hear them until they are ready to get out of bed. If we go in to early Symeon often will not want to get out of his crib and now he likes to read in bed before facing the world.
This is what I found the other morning when I looked in to get him up for the day. He loves looking out his window and it was so cute to seeing him doing it all by himself.
This is what I found the other morning when I looked in to get him up for the day. He loves looking out his window and it was so cute to seeing him doing it all by himself.
Cousin Fun
This is from back in June when Jeff, Katie, Sam, and Maya visited PA. I think I missed posting about it so I thought I would put up a few pictures. These are such cute photos of all of them together. It was a short visit but lots of fun. We look forward to having them all grow up together, there is sure to be lots of fun with them all around.
Marin 1 week, Symeon 15 months, Sam 26 months, Maya 4 months
Symeon and Sam are the best of friends. They are so sweet together and they can always make each other laugh.
Marin 1 week, Symeon 15 months, Sam 26 months, Maya 4 months
Symeon and Sam are the best of friends. They are so sweet together and they can always make each other laugh.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Summer fun
We took the kids to a state park a few weeks ago. There was a great pool and splash park that was perfect for Symeon. He had so much fun but when he started to turn blue we finally had to make him get out.
Marin at the splash park protected from the sun, she slept most of the time.
Symeon and Mommy in the big pool
Symeon loved the splash park he was nervous for about 2 minutes and then he loved it.
Here he is all blue and we had to make him get out much to his sadness.
Marin at the splash park protected from the sun, she slept most of the time.
Symeon and Mommy in the big pool
Symeon loved the splash park he was nervous for about 2 minutes and then he loved it.
Here he is all blue and we had to make him get out much to his sadness.
It takes a village...
I think it is true that it takes a village to raise a child and I feel blessed that we have such a wonderful village of people around us to help us raise Symeon and Marin. One wonderful couple is Mike and Peggy, they have four grown children of their own and they are a true blessing to our family. Several weekends ago the kids and I went with them to a state park for the morning and we had such a good time.
Lovin on each other
Here are a few pictures of my two sweet babies together which can be kind of difficult to take since Symeon is such a busy little guy.
Budda baby sits peacefully with wild man
Marin, similar to her Mama, wears her true feelings all over her face.
I love that they both smile so easily.
I guess I can tolerate a kiss from this guy
At first this is about as close as Symeon would get to Marin unless he was hitting her in the head when she was crying but thank goodness, for the most part, he is past that stage and now he tries to share everything with her even his milk. Some days I wish he would stay about this far from her because now I find him filling her chair with balls while she is lying in it and the other day I came around the corner and he was touching her eyeball which was gross. He is obsessed with touching his own eyeball right now so I guess he just wanted to see if hers felt the same. The beautiful part is that he will look for her if she is not around, he will want me to share anything I have with her, and he will often kiss her without us telling him to. She also adores him. She follows him wherever he goes in the room and if he even gets close to her she starts smiling and kicking her feet. If she is close enough she will grab at him as much as she can since she still lacks tons of arm control. They are super sweet and I look forward to watching them grow together.
Budda baby sits peacefully with wild man
Marin, similar to her Mama, wears her true feelings all over her face.
I love that they both smile so easily.
I guess I can tolerate a kiss from this guy
At first this is about as close as Symeon would get to Marin unless he was hitting her in the head when she was crying but thank goodness, for the most part, he is past that stage and now he tries to share everything with her even his milk. Some days I wish he would stay about this far from her because now I find him filling her chair with balls while she is lying in it and the other day I came around the corner and he was touching her eyeball which was gross. He is obsessed with touching his own eyeball right now so I guess he just wanted to see if hers felt the same. The beautiful part is that he will look for her if she is not around, he will want me to share anything I have with her, and he will often kiss her without us telling him to. She also adores him. She follows him wherever he goes in the room and if he even gets close to her she starts smiling and kicking her feet. If she is close enough she will grab at him as much as she can since she still lacks tons of arm control. They are super sweet and I look forward to watching them grow together.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Trip to CT
In June Shawn had to go to Chicago for a week so I went to CT with the kids. I was worried about the drive up but they did wonderful. Marin was just about 4 weeks old so we were just beginning to adjust to life with her and Symeon. It was nice to visit with my family and friends but both kids did not sleep well which means neither did I.
Our nights basically went like this I would put Symeon to bed around 8 or 9 and the entire time Marin would scream, then Symeon would cry in his bed, I would get Marin calm her down, put her to bed between 9 and 11 after many tries I finally just put her in my bed with me and she would sleep at the top and I would sleep at the bottom of the bed. Symeon would wake up at 12 and be up until 2 am then as soon as I put him down she would want to nurse. I would nurse her and get her back to bed by 3 sleep for an hour and Symeon would be up at 4 for the day crying for me. My parents would try to entertain him for as long as possible then I would get up by 5 take care of him and nurse her again at 6am. Marin would not really let people hold her for to long without crying and Symeon only wanted me to do things for him. In the midst of all this Symeon was cutting a molar and had an ear infection. This fun went on for the entire week and there were nights when all three of us were crying and my Mom would try to be comforting us.
I am so thankful for my parents, brother and sister-in-law who helped me so much during a difficult week. I am not sure what I would have done without them. When Shawn finally came to pick us up we were all really happy to see him although that might be the understatement of the year!
We did have some fun as well during the days and here a few pictures of our time together. There were so many good pictures I had a hard time choosing.
My Dad talking to Marin after her bath
Austin is 9, Clover is 7, Symeon is 16 months, Marin is 1 month
They are all just so cute together
Marin with Daddy we were all gald to see him
Symeon with a sleepy Daddy. His plane got delayed and he finally was rerouted to Hartford where my Dad picked him up at 12 am and he had no luggage. Symeon was up at 5 am to greet his Dad. Shawn was on a mission trip with his youth group so he slept on the floor of a church for a week so honestly neither of us had much sleep that week.
One of the few ways we could get Marin to sleep and you had to walk the entire time with her. Thank God she is a much better sleeper now a days.
Uncle Mike and Symeon hanging out.
Uncle Mike was great at playing with Symeon during the day especially when I would try to get a quick nap.
Symeon and I with Una Oma, that is what Austin and Clover call my Oma.
Auntie Linda holding Marin and Oma checking out her little feet
Una Oma and Symeon
Uncle Jay and Marin
Symeon loved my Dad's Kubota as long as he didn't start it up.
Austin and Marin. He was so sweet with her and really wanted to hold her.
I think these two pretty ladies are related, Marin looks alot like Clover did as a baby.
PaPaw and Symeon spent lots of time walking around the yard picking up rocks and sticks, looking at flowers and overall exploring which I think they both really enjoyed.
Auntie Judy and Marin
Symeon watching Sesame Street which he would have on at both houses and he would run back and forth to watch. He did this dance with his hands in the air which meant he wanted to watch it and since my family has comcast on demand it was on anytime he wanted. It was hard when we returned home for him to understand that it is only on at certain times.
Symeon discovered his love of sidewalk chalk on this trip and he continues to enjoy it at home. Clover and him would spend quite a bit of time outside drawing all over the drive way. She was such a good playmate for him and he was quite sad when she went to school everyday.
Traci would walk around the yard with Marin which always made her happy. It was a nice break for me.
Mike meeting Marin for the first time.
Our nights basically went like this I would put Symeon to bed around 8 or 9 and the entire time Marin would scream, then Symeon would cry in his bed, I would get Marin calm her down, put her to bed between 9 and 11 after many tries I finally just put her in my bed with me and she would sleep at the top and I would sleep at the bottom of the bed. Symeon would wake up at 12 and be up until 2 am then as soon as I put him down she would want to nurse. I would nurse her and get her back to bed by 3 sleep for an hour and Symeon would be up at 4 for the day crying for me. My parents would try to entertain him for as long as possible then I would get up by 5 take care of him and nurse her again at 6am. Marin would not really let people hold her for to long without crying and Symeon only wanted me to do things for him. In the midst of all this Symeon was cutting a molar and had an ear infection. This fun went on for the entire week and there were nights when all three of us were crying and my Mom would try to be comforting us.
I am so thankful for my parents, brother and sister-in-law who helped me so much during a difficult week. I am not sure what I would have done without them. When Shawn finally came to pick us up we were all really happy to see him although that might be the understatement of the year!
We did have some fun as well during the days and here a few pictures of our time together. There were so many good pictures I had a hard time choosing.
My Dad talking to Marin after her bath
Austin is 9, Clover is 7, Symeon is 16 months, Marin is 1 month
They are all just so cute together
Marin with Daddy we were all gald to see him
Symeon with a sleepy Daddy. His plane got delayed and he finally was rerouted to Hartford where my Dad picked him up at 12 am and he had no luggage. Symeon was up at 5 am to greet his Dad. Shawn was on a mission trip with his youth group so he slept on the floor of a church for a week so honestly neither of us had much sleep that week.
One of the few ways we could get Marin to sleep and you had to walk the entire time with her. Thank God she is a much better sleeper now a days.
Uncle Mike and Symeon hanging out.
Uncle Mike was great at playing with Symeon during the day especially when I would try to get a quick nap.
Symeon and I with Una Oma, that is what Austin and Clover call my Oma.
Auntie Linda holding Marin and Oma checking out her little feet
Una Oma and Symeon
Uncle Jay and Marin
Symeon loved my Dad's Kubota as long as he didn't start it up.
Austin and Marin. He was so sweet with her and really wanted to hold her.
I think these two pretty ladies are related, Marin looks alot like Clover did as a baby.
PaPaw and Symeon spent lots of time walking around the yard picking up rocks and sticks, looking at flowers and overall exploring which I think they both really enjoyed.
Auntie Judy and Marin
Symeon watching Sesame Street which he would have on at both houses and he would run back and forth to watch. He did this dance with his hands in the air which meant he wanted to watch it and since my family has comcast on demand it was on anytime he wanted. It was hard when we returned home for him to understand that it is only on at certain times.
Symeon discovered his love of sidewalk chalk on this trip and he continues to enjoy it at home. Clover and him would spend quite a bit of time outside drawing all over the drive way. She was such a good playmate for him and he was quite sad when she went to school everyday.
Traci would walk around the yard with Marin which always made her happy. It was a nice break for me.
Mike meeting Marin for the first time.
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