October 14, 2011

No!

Owen has learned the word ‘no’.  Add this to his favorite word ‘mine’ and we’re in deep trouble in the Dana house.  He’s just days away from turning 2 and for the last few months I was worried he wasn’t talking enough.  He said just a few words at almost 20 months old: mom, dad, papa, baby, door, car, truck and ball.  A few weeks ago he began using sentences.

“Shut the door.”

“Turn it on.”

“Go in there.”

“Where’s mine?”

“Bye, baby!”

“My truck!”

“Where’s Dad?”

It was like he was holding all of these words in his mind until he could say them perfectly.  He talks so clearly, just like Dawson did.  I breathed a sigh of relief.  He’s talking.  There are some occasions when I have to listen closely to understand what he’s saying and I realize he’s practicing some of the words he hears.

For so long, when Owen didn’t want something he would just say “uh-uh.”  Yesterday I asked him if he wanted to go get the mail with me and he said, “Nooooo!”  It was the way he said it that had me laughing.  It was in the tone of a snotty teenager.  I had a flash of what I was in for when he gets older, but I knew he learned that tone from his big brother.  When Owen takes one of Dawson’s toys, Dawson says no in the same way.

All of this morning Owen has been running around the house yelling, “No!” and “Mine!”

I think we’ll be hearing these words for quite awhile.

Good times.

October 2, 2011

Checking In

I don’t know when it happened, but somehow I’m over a year behind in uploading photos to flickr.  I used to be so on top of things and now I’m playing catch up.

My blogging has sucked for over a year.  My photography is kind of boring these days.

I guess I just got busy.  School, work, kids, marriage.  Lather.  Rinse. Repeat.

I’m currently working diligently to get caught up with my online life.  It may take awhile.

In other, more exciting news, it is a proud day for Wisconsin!  The entire weekend was fantastic.  The Brewers have won two games against the Diamond Backs in this series.  If they win tomorrow they seal the deal!  Badgers won last night against the Huskers and the Packers pretty much kicked the pants off the Denver Broncos.

Due to getting the flu, I pretty much didn’t leave my couch and watched our teams win, win, win!

Can’t sleep tonight but I know have to hit the hay.  Gotta get up early for work tomorrow.

Happy Weekend!

October 1, 2011

FLU

How is it possible that I just got over a cold that lasted 3 weeks, only to get the latest virus my kids brought home from school?

Dawson went home sick on Wednesday afternoon because he threw up.  Owen had terrible diarrhea for three days.  I sprayed Lysol everywhere and used Clorox wipes on every surface.  (Sounds like promotion, but I guarantee it is not.  Just trying to kill germs here.)

And still, I got sick.  I had to leave work three hours early because I had the chills and my entire body felt bruised.  The aches and pains were so bad I whimpered while I crashed on the couch.

Dear God, please make it go away.  I can’t stand this illness anymore.

September 7, 2011

A Rant and a Recap

This morning I woke up with a scratchy throat that has gradually gotten worse and I’ve been sneezing all day. Add to that a case of itchy watery eyes and neck pain. It’s miserable. I went to the weather website that tells you what the pollen/ragweed count is in your region. Apparently, we’re in the high (red) zone here in Sconnie.

I assumed I was just having an allergy attack and dragged myself to the grocery store on my lunch hour. I picked up some Allegra (using a $2 off coupon – YAY!) and thought this would at least make me feel better. It’s 10:30 and I feel like death.

Now I’m wondering if it’s a cold. But here’s the thing, everyone in this house suffers allergies and we’re all “sick” so maybe it’s just a bad attack.

End Whine.

I’ve been so busy since the first days of school. My semester began August 22nd, and Dawson’s first day was September 1st. He was so excited to go back and see his friends. He even has a real smile on his face:

His first grade teacher just so happens to be Mrs. S and all of my siblings as well as myself had her as a teacher. Mrs. S is retiring after this year so I feel super lucky we get to work with her. She is so kind and caring and loves her job so much. She’s been teaching almost 40 years. Isn’t that amazing? So many teachers are leaving the profession for various reasons so I feel it’s wonderful that she has been teaching and loving it for so long.

Owen truly misses Dawson during the day. When I dropped him off at daycare yesterday morning he looked around the room wondering where his big brother was. I reminded him that Dawson was at school but Owen still stuck his bottom lip out and that pout was adorable and sad all at once. I love that my boys love each other so much:

I can’t believe how much they’ve grown. Just yesterday they were my babies and I rocked them in my arms. I still try to hold them on my lap when we read each night but they’re limbs are stretched out over half my body. They are not babies anymore. They are big boys. Time sure goes by quickly.