Nice Weekend!

We had a pretty relaxing weekend. Since Ethan hurt his ankle, he couldn't go to Karate so we didn't leave the house on Saturday. It was actually pretty nice to not be running around all day long. This morning when I dropped Ethan off at school, I told him I was going to walk in there and talk to the office so I knew everything was okay with him being out of school last week (Stephanie kept him home for 3 days last week!). He totally did not want me to go into school with him. He said I didn't need to and that I could just drop him off. I told him I just wanted to make sure I didn't need to do anything and to let them know that Ted would be picking him up from school today. Even as we were walking into the school, he still kept saying, "You could have dropped me off. You don't need to go in!" I guess he was embarassed and didn't want me walking him into school. Oh to be that age again and have that as your only worry! :)

After Brody's nap on Saturday morning, I brought him down and decided to have some tummy time with him to see if he would attempt to crawl. He still does not like to be on his tummy for long periods of time, but he actually was having fun playing and rolling around. He was attempting to crawl and would get up on his arms and back away from me. It was funny. He was also trying to grab for his toys and as soon as he would almost reach it, I would pull it back a little more just to see if he would come forward and grab it. He would get frustrated and then give up and start to put his hands in his mouth. Everything goes in his mouth now....his bib, his burp cloth, toys, his hands....everything!

I introduced Brody to the sippy cup for the first time this weekend. He wasn't sure what to do with it and brough it up to his mouth, but would only chew on the top. He did get a little bit of water that was in it and had this face like, "what the hell was that?" Needless to say, his attention span was pretty short and the sippy cup became uninteresting to him.

I was also trying to get another picture of the boys to post on my blog and Brody was more excited with what was going on with Ethan. One of the pictures below shows Brody looking like he is pulling Ethan's hair. Oh Ethan, this is just the beginning! :) I ended up getting a good one that I posted on the right side of the page. There is too much testosterone in my house....I need some estrogen! :)

I told Ted to smile more and not to look so blah in the picture. This is what I got!

Today, I am getting ready to leave for a work trip to Washington State. I don't want to go, but we are meeting with our partners on this opportunity and I have to, so no other choice. Our meeting is all day tomorrow and then I am taking the red eye back tomorrow night. I am supposed to get in around 10:00 am Wednesday morning and I decided to work from home because I am sure I will be pretty tired. Atleast it is a small trip. Ted is on Daddy-duty for the next couple of days. It will give him some bonding time with Brody without me being around to distract either one of them! Have fun Daddy!!

Hope everyone has a good week!

Ethan's Ankle

Ted picked up Ethan tonight and he came hobbling in the house on his crutches...poor thing! I remember what that was like and it sucks! After dinner, we told him to take the bandage off his ankle so we could see what it looked like. I have to say....I was shocked! It looks horrible. It is so swollen and he has a horrible bruise. I am surprised that he didn't break it...just from the looks of it. We tried to get a couple of pictures of it, but I don't think they do it justice. It looks really bad! (I know you are just dying to see pictures of Ethan's feet!)

One final thought...the Red Sox start the ALCS tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays! My fingers are crossed that they get into the World Series! Let's go for a repeat of last year! :)

Recent Pictures

Here are a few pictures I took yesterday. There is also one from this weekend where he fell asleep in the car and he just looked so cute, I didn't want to wake him up!

Ethan

So, we found out today that Ethan sprained his ankle at school. Apparently, he was playing on the playground and it was time to go in and he fell off the slide and landed on his ankle wrong. He said he heard a pop and couldn't put any pressure on it. Stephanie took him to the ER and they did an x-ray and didn't see anything on broken. They put a hard splint on it and he has crutches. They said that if he wasn't better in a week, they want him to come back and they are going to do another x-ray. Poor baby! It stinks being on crutches....I know from experience. Hopefully, it will feel better in the next couple of days. Atleast it isn't broken...that's a good thing! We are supposed to get him this weekend and I am hoping he will atleast feel a little better. This does mean that he won't be able to do karate for a little while, atleast until he can put pressure on it and it doesn't hurt. That may be a while, but we will see!

Not much else has been going on. Brody has officially cut the tooth on the top that is next to his left front tooth. Like I posted previously, it is pretty weird that that one decided to come in first, rather than the two front ones. But, what will come will come! Other than that, he hasn't done much else. He is rolling everywhere, which is funny, and is still talking alot. I will post some pictures in the morning....

Have a good night!

Funny Video

I was trying to get Brody saying dadadada on video today but got the video below instead. It is funny. He cracks up laughing anytime I fake a sneeze. I guess the sound is funny to him. Check it out!

Another Tooth!

So, Brody has cut another tooth! This one is on the top, but it looks like it is the left of his two front teeth. Not sure if it is the edge of his left front or the tooth next to it. Pretty weird! I thought after the two bottom teeth came in, he got his two top front teeth. I guess we will see. But that explains maybe why he was getting up around 3:30 for a couple nights. Last night, he slept until 7:00, so that was good. I am not sure if it was the teething or if it was the fact that we cut back the amount of cereal he was getting at night. He used to get two oz. of cereal at night before bed, but I tried to cut it back to 1 oz. I moved it back up a little just to see and he did sleep through all the way through last night so I guess I will try and cut it back slowly. He is now starting to eat veggies for lunch and dinner along with a bottle and he gets cereal and fruit in the morning. Times they are a changing!

I haven't posted pictures in a while so here are a few from this past week. In a couple of pictures, you can really see his two bottom teeth. He looks so cute when he smiles now because you can really see them. He is also starting to lock his arms when he gets on his tummy so crawling might be right around the corner. Ted was trying to help him along by propping his knees up, but he is so ticklish, he just kept laughing. It was pretty funny!

So today I stayed home with Brody. He woke up a couple of times last night and seemed to be a little fussy this morning. I wasn't sure if he was coming down with something or if he was just teething so I decided to stay home with him just in case. Well...I guess he was teething. He seems to be just fine, but he did sleep a little longer today than he normally does. Of course, I can't really tell if he is or not because everything goes in his mouth, but that isn't different than every other day.

I was going to do some straightening up of the house, but decided to finish my book instead (I did vacuum and do some laundry). I have been reading this book called Yummy Mummy....about a woman who feels like she has lost herself after she has a baby. It was really good and I couldn't put it down. I also caught up on some shows that I tivo'd, which included Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters from last night. I feel asleep around 9:15 or so. I couldn't stay up even as hard as I tried to.

Brody has been "talking" alot more. It sounds like he says da-da-da and ya-ya-ya. It is so cute! I am going to try and get it on video.

Not much else is going on. I am going to go play with Brody for a little bit before we feed him and put him down for the night. Hopefully, he will have a good sleep tonight! :)