Not to worry I'm still but you remember that 2013 post? Yeah, I've been tackling that on top of being knocked by the flu. Luckily, Ian has some super human immune system and as only gotten a cough. I hope to do a post filled with photo's of our progress, we've been working away in the playroom in the basement.
In the meantime, here is an interview I did of Ian last week.
For the past I don't know 6mos or so whenever we were in the car, Ian would ask me if I knew where we lived and I would tell him over and over we live in Granger, IN he would never repeat this info back to me so I felt like what I was saying was going in one ear and right out the other. Well, guess what he was listening and processing and it stuck!!
And I'm off again to tackle another to do on the list today!
Back story: Ian had 2 accidents while out shopping after swim lessons.
Me: Buddy are you not closing your mouth when you swim under water?
Ian: No
Me: you need to close your mouth so you don't drink the water
Ian: but I thirsty
Me: Ian please pick your shoes up
Ian: I can't ninja's got them
Ian phrases:
can you feed me? I havin' issues.
I'm a jumper puddle (said as he goes in a completely different direction to jump in a puddle)
Ian: yay! we're almost home
Me: yes we are
Ian: I wasn't talkin' to you
Me: oh, who were you talking too?
Ian: to my Mickey and Mickey Bear
Me: do you need a kleenex?
Ian: no, I have my shirt
Me: how about we get you a kleenex
Ian: No (said very definitely) I used my shirt, I'm good
now, to unload some photos and videos from my phone:
Mickey Bear and Ian
Painting
My workout buddy (when he wakes up in time to join me)
Happy 3rd Birthday Jada (party at Crossfit 061)
Spent 2 whole days as a Monster Fighting Super Hero "pow pow"
I have realized that looking back in our time in the NICU that we were given something parents that don't go through the NICU aren't given (aside from a larger hospital bill), we brought home a routined/scheduled newborn. I have witnessed friends both in the my real life (those I text with and see on a regular basis) and those in the facebook world (I see their status updates) as they struggle to figure out a routine/schedule for themselves and their newborn. I quickly realized what our time in the NICU gave us (aside from a thriving newborn), a wonderful wonderful thing of a routined/scheduled newborn. That my friends cannot be put on any type of registry. Recently a close friend and her husband have embarked on the journey of adoption and their son Eli is requiring a pretty long stay in the NICU. I offered them advice and support and left them with my lasted discovery and that was keep Eli on the NICU schedule, those nurses and doctors have accomplished one of the hardest things new parents try to figure out, don't mess with their hardwork. Instead embrace it and thank them dearly and enjoy knowing that he will need changed and feed every 3hrs and then eventually every 4 and so on.
Let's walk back back down memory lane of Ian's 1st day of life:
Little Fins is back in town for the month which means Ian is busy enhancing his swimming and resting skills.
And it's a complete 360 from last year's lessons (week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4). He asks every night if we have swim lessons in the morning and then to reconfirm in the AM he asks if we have swim lessons that day. We walk into the pool area and he starts stripping his clothes to put his suit on (so we started wearing our suit under our clothes to prevent any unecessary little boy naked-ness. He was his Sis' resident AM racer with the newer kiddos to help them adjust to doing the work. He was also known for swimming in the kiddos lessons before and after his, he loved it and can't wait for us to open our pool. Therefore Ole' Man Winter can leave my boy wants to swim in his backyard.
Round 2 Week 1:
Round 2 Week 2:
Round 2 Week 3:
Round 2 week 4:
Round 2 Skills Test day...He passed:)
Round 2 Last day (being a complete goofball as he could have had those stairs without a rest):
A big thanks to Marci for taking time (a total of 6 weeks) away from your normal life in warm sunny Orlando to teach the kiddos in the Michiana area how to be safe yet confident in and around water.
Our theme per-say was tractors/farm here are the decorations that were present at each celebration, kept it simple:
Banner courtsey of my pinterest pin and Lauren's skills
up-cycledour green bean cans and a mason jar, cuts out happened with the help of Lauren's mom
Cake for celebration with Hummell side, made by a wanna be cake person (I'm way better at consuming cake than I am decorating)
cake for celebration with Zarembka side, made by a wanna be cake person (I'm way better at consuming cake than I am decorating)
Celebration #1 was on Christmas Eve we served ribs, pizza, veggies and chips. At both celebrations we struggled with blowing the candles out.
Celebration #2 was the following weekend and biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns, and fruit were served (I would like to think that is a farmer's breakfast).
Celebration #3 involved just the 3 of us on 12/31 his actual birthday. Ian woke up and walked out to a "curtain" of balloons in his doorway
We then got ourselves around and headed out to breakfast:
Came home and opened presents and then went outside and played in the snow!
We played outside for about 2hrs, came in had hot chocolate and watched a movie. Ian fell asleep and when dinner was ready he was impossible to wake up so we put him to bed. Marcus and I ate dinner and cake in his sleeping honor and he slept till 8a the next day (playing in the snow will do that to a freshly turned 3yr old).
Celebration #4 was at the sitters, she throws birthday celebrations for all the kiddos that she watches. They get to pick their cake and what is on it.
And that wraps up the Birthday celebrating for now, wooweeeeeee that was exhausting but fun and completely worth it!!
Happy Birthday Lil Guy, now stop growing as you are very sweet, loving and funny and I don't want you to change!! Honestly though every stage and age has been great of course each stage and age comes with its own pros and cons but the pros always outweigh the cons.
"sigh" wow December was BUSY, although when is December ever not busy? We had the typical Christmas preperation madness going on, we decorate the inside of our house the weekend after Thanksgiving (I had hubby outside on the later inthe early part of Nov thanks to warmer than normal temps, but lights don't get turned on till Turkey night).
Our Home!
Swingset tree
With decorating out of the way, cookie baking started along with shopping. Marcus and I took a day to head over to the outlets and did our shopping for ourselves. So, yes we knew exactly what we were each getting for Christmas, yay no fake smiles or awkward happiness had to occur. Marcus handled a lot of the shopping for Ian as he knew in mind exactly what all he wanted to get him. So we had buying for Christmas and Birthday completed and then the big decision of what is for Christmas and what is for Birthday.
Here is our Christmas morning, I was up before anyone else. I read some of my book club book and peeled and cut the potatoes for mashed potatoes. Ian walked in and didn't even pay attention to the tree he was concerned about the wearabouts of some gifts he received the previous night for his birthday (part 2). So, I was able to recreate the moment:)
this was by the far the "best" present he received
We did Christmas at our house in the morning with just the 3 of us and ate cinnamon rolls, I received a treadmill from my boys so I did a quick 5k run on that and then it was time to shower to get on with the rest of the events of the day and house hopping.
I promise some posts/recaps are coming they are in the works, for now this will have to do. Since Ian and I apparently aren't allowed to be more than a foot apart when he's awake my only time to work on blogging or really anything is when he is napping or its bedtime so it's a matter of putting the to do's into priority and tackling and blogging always gets put way down on the list.
Quick recap I'm now a full time SAHM, my last day of work was Fri Jan 11th in which I helped the owners pack up to prepare for turning all our keys into our landlord. It was a tough week, espesically because our location was successful but the corporate office kinda squashed it due to their guidelines. Now, their guidelines were never laid out for us to know what to look for when we had an interested buyer. It took trail and error on our part which also required time resulting in disappointment. Marcus and I looked into purchasing it but it was WAYYYYYY to scary for us. As well as the vibes I was getting from the corporate office and seeing first hand how they treated a franchise owner who has been with them for over 10yrs, wasn't impressed.
So, this is my first full week and it's been interesting. Ian and I are adjusting to be being together everyday all day and figuring out our routine. Some days have been easier than others, he has been very clingy and after talking with a friend it made sense. He is waiting for me to leave as in the past our time together has always come to an end and well for now their is no end in sight. We did find an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Netflix so after 45min approx 2 times a day I get to watch this:
Ok, I realize this post was all over the place and I will use the excuse of it's 10 till 11 and I'm sleepy:)
