I have had A LOT on my mind lately, and decided I should probably write it all down....
Trey- Today by baby is 20 months old! I feel like all of a sudden over night he changed into a BIG BOY! I seriously feel like he went to bed Friday night and woke up Saturday all grown up! He woke up and played in his bed for a while, before I couldn't stand it any longer and went to get him to play with! :) Then he took a shower, when he got out- Will and I were getting ready and he was running around in the bathroom with us. He said 'PEE PEE POTTY!' and walked himself over to the potty, sat down, and went all by himself! I was SO proud of him! He then went with us to the UNLV basketball game, where it is usually such a task to get him to even stay in one area let alone sit down, He sat in his own seat and watched maybe 10 minutes of the game (all in about 30 second increment, but hey... I'll take what I can get!). It was the first time I have ever seen him really sit and pay attention to what was happening on the court! After the game we picked up dinner and came home. (SIDE NOTE- We had a BIG German Shepard day for a little over a year, so Trey NEVER got to go in our backyard, because the dog was out there and I was too paranoid to let him be around the dog. Anyway, about 3 weeks ago we were able to find a new home for him, the dog- not Trey.) The weather has been so nice out, so we decided to eat outside, Trey played and played... in our dirt and rock, cause that's all that is back there for now! But he loved it nonetheless. While out there, he loved digging in the rocks, and daddy even brought out a ball to play catch. He looked so big out there playing. He was listening to Will and following directions, as Will taught him how to catch the ball... 'ok hold out your arms, look at the ball, and... . catch!' He would get so happy and excited when he actually did it! The hugest smile would spread across his face, as he would turn around and look at me to see if I saw his accomplishment. When he was thoroughly covered in dirt from head to toe, and after trying to EAT the rocks... we decided it was time to come in and take a bath. After getting washed up, I decided he needed his hair cut... it drives me nuts when his hair grows over his ears and his collar of his shirts... I give those areas trims here and there, but I decided last night that he just needed a BUZZ ALL OVER. After his hair cut, which always makes him look older, he got another bath to rinse off. He then went right over to the rocking chair as sadi "read book' (That's part of his nightly routine, so I was impressed that he knew right what to do, however, he had some friends coming over to hang out- so we went downstairs instead.) Our friends, Nick and Whitney and their little boy Brighton, came over to visit and play. Lately, (like the last few months, Trey has been very possessive of his things and his favorite word seemed to be 'MINE!') but last night, I saw a new little boy in front of me playing with his little friend. He was sharing and taking turns. It was the best feeling as a mom to watch. We have been working really hard these last few months, but it seemed like it was never going to change, then all of the sudden last night, all our hard work and efforts paid off. It was so rewarding to see him play and share with his little friend. We even let the boys stay up late to play, since they were playing so well together! We were watching Wipeout (A show where people go through obstacle courses and usually are slipping and falling all over the place. Trey thought it was the funniest show EVER! He was cracking up the whole time! After they left, we went up and read out book, sang a song, and didn't even hardly get to rock- because he fell asleep so fast- probably super tired from being such a BIG BOY all day! And that is how my baby boy turned into a Big boy over night! :) Luckily, he has kept it up today as well- he sat through sacrament meeting, played with his friend Ryder (shared books and toys and even his cheerios!)
2O month update/brag session: He is getting really good at his letters and amazes me every day (his babysitters must be doing something with him- beside feeding, changing, and playing with him, cause I know that Will and I cannot take credit for all the things that he has learned!) He knows and recognized a lot of letters, today during church he pointed to a W and said it, that was a new one that I had never seen him do before! He is now not only counting, but also recognizing the numbers as well- he knows up to 5 pretty good. He recognizes all the basic colors (black, white, blue, yellow, red, green, orange, purple, and pink) and uses them when describing objects. He now will say what color something is when he sees it. Driving around is so much fun to hear him jabbering in the backseat about all the things he sees out the window... the red truck, the white truck, the big truck, the baby or little truck, the green trees, Nama's house, papa's truck, Nicki's house, the helicopter or airplane he sees or hears fly by... At nighttime, while we sing songs, he makes requests now (I used to have my little order of set songs that I would sing, but not anymore...) He also now sings along more than just filling in the words if you stop, he has started to sing with you. Probably one of the most precious things to hear your child sing songs about the Savior... and YankeeDoodle too! :) He is also understanding A LOT more. He will answer questions that aren't yes/no and make decisions when given choices. He seems to go in cycles/phases with his sleeping. When he was first born he HAD to be rocked to sleep and gently laid down so that he would wake up. At about 7 months, we let him cry it out and then after that he just wanted to be put in his bed to go to sleep on his own. At around 12 months, he would play in his bed/roll around until he fell asleep (we would watch him on the video monitor and just crack up) Then all a sudden he started wanting to be rocked again. BUT... just today, before his nap, we went to rock and he said 'bed' so I asked him if he wanted to go get in his bed or rock and he chose bed again- He crawled down off my lap, walked to his room, and I put him in his bed- then he sat laid there and talked himself to sleep ( I sat and listened to him jabber about- chicken nuggets, up up up down down down, papa, mater, any many other random things before he drifted off to sleep! One last thing he is obsessed with right now is smoke detectors. My dad showed him one one day, and now he has to find them on the ceilings of where ever we are. Today after church, we walked around the whole building finding EVERY single one! He even ran into the Bishop's office to look for one!
Baby update: We had another dr apt this past week (at the time I was 33w 2d) But I was measuring at 35 weeks... looks like we have another big baby on our hands. Once again the baby was ALL over the place making ti difficult to find his heartbeat, the dr said it looks like we will have a soccer player on our hands! :) It this apt, we discussed our birth possibilities. Before I got pregnant again, I really wanted to try a vbac instead of a repeat c-section. However, when I got pregnant and realized I would be due in the middle of the school year, I thought it would be much easier to just go ahead with the c-section. Then my mind has been going back and forth for the last 34 weeks! As of the moment right now, I think we are going to go with the vbac... but of course I am due right around spring break time and my dr will be out of town over spring break! Super convenient... right? No... after he missed Trey;s birth by about 6 hours he told me that he hardly misses any births, well look like he will be missing BOTH of mine! If he is out of town and I do go into labor, I will just go in for the repeat c-section. But if he is here, and I go into labor, we are going to try for the vbac.... that's as of right now- could change my mind next week, maybe tomorrow, or even in the next 15 mins....
Sorry for the long boring blog, with no pictures... just wanted to write down the things going on in my head, so that maybe I could clear my mind and pick out a name for this baby boy or make a plan of action to get his room and things ready....
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