No liky big bed...

So tonight after we put Ansley down for bed, she showed up down stairs a few minutes later saying "no liky big bed" "no liky big bed" ... so I picked up the somewhat sobbing child and carried her back upstairs to her room. See, while Nanny & Grandad were here An went to her big bed instead of her crib, so we took it down and are planning to sell it, so there is no going back!!

But I did find it intriguing that after several weeks of no problems, all of a sudden she didn't like her big girl bed....so as she and I were talking, in came Charlie to her room, and then into her bed!! Seems she does not like her big girl bed because Charlie felt it was his duty to sleep with her. So when he jumped in, Ansley again said "no liky big bed" and I asked if it was because Charlie jumped in with her and she said "jes" (yes). So problem solved, and we are now back to "liky big bed."

You all sleep tight in your big beds too!!

OMG a month off!!

Where have we been? Busy!!

Let's recap....but first....today was Austin's first day of pre-K!!

All dressed & ready to go...

Has his backpack all packed.....plus his frog for nap time

Having second thoughts about leaving....

And then there is the parting shot.....Austin walking out the front door and Ansley shocked to be staying home ... such a big boy!!


So what has been going on since we last spoke.....
Granddad & Nanny came to visit us for a few days
Ansley went for her annual urinary tract study/tests
Ansley's Urologist has determined that her urinary tract is not getting any better on it's own, so we have scheduled her for surgery on 8/24. She will be in over night but this should fix the problem for good!

That is all the news that is fit to print....stay tuned, I hope to get some video of Ansley talking on the phone up here later today ;)

Ansley's 2 year old check up

We grew these in our back yard!!

So Ansley went today for her 2 year old checkup (yes it was a month & a half ago) and she "looked good." She is growing and developing as scheduled and we are set to go back to the urologist in a few weeks for her VCUG and Renal Scan. She will have to be put to sleep for the Renal Scan as the pictures take about an hour and she has to lie totally still.

So anywho, her stats:

Height: 33 inches, so she should be about 66 inches when she is full grown (so the wives tale goes) which makes her taller than Grandma B, Grandmother T. and her own mommy!!

Weight: 23 lbs - which puts her back on the positive side of the percentage mark; she previously has been off the chart in a skinny kind of way

Head circumference: 49 cm - which is 82% so, she has a HUGE head!! Thanks to her daddy & big brother!!

BMI: 15.2 which is 20% which is way better than Austin's!!

and her iron levels were good, so she does not have to take iron like her brother!!

So all in all, a good visit; only one shot and a foot prick to check her iron.............we will give you the scoop on her other tests when we know something.

Happy 4th of July!!

4 year old check

Austin had to go to the doctor yesterday for his 4 year old check, and I told him, "oh Austin there is nothing to worry about, they are just going to say, 'Yep, he looks like a 4 year old.'" I was SO painfully wrong!! He got 3 shots and had to give a blood sample.....ooopps!! He was a trooper!! Seems his iron is low so he got put on an iron supplement and we go back in 1 month to see how his levels are.......otherwise here are his stats:
Height: 42 inches
Weight: 40 lbs....according to Grandad T. that is a pound an inch!!
His BMI is 76% so we have to keep a look out on this as he is a big boy and anything over 90% is considered overweight!! We are not too concerned as he is incredibly active, but we have to cut back on things like hot dogs for dinner more than once a week....obviously a good thing!!


So later on last night, he wanted to show his "concerned face" after he got his shots and finger pricked!

But then he and Ansley just played in her room for a while...........they are doing this more and more and it is really great!!

Austin got a hair cut too (free for his birthday!! I am SO cheap) and so he was happy about that too!! Have a good week!!

My Clone

He crawled in bed this morning with me and fell asleep too....so much for him being an effective alarm clock ... kind of scary how much we look alike

Happy 4th Birthday Austin!

Editor's note: another post for our kids virtual baby book

Yippee, Austin you are 4, you made it! Here you are eating your birthday cake!! You turned blue ;)

This is your bike you got this morning from Grandma & Grandpa & your firetruck that Nanny & Grandad gave you is behind you in the picture...you opened your firetruck about a week ago when the package came in the mail and got rained on, so the box was not hard for you to open and you got to it before I did ;)

We are glad you are 4, you are pretty tall, so you have seemed like you were 4 for a while....but sometimes you don't act 4, you definitely are in the stage of you being hard headed.....I hope this phase goes away soon!! (Good luck, right?!?)

You are quite the talkative fellow, you will strike up a conversation with just about anyone, even when it is time to go! You love to call Grandad in the morning on your way to school to ask him for the word of the day, today it was delicious, and so all day you tried to use the word delicious. This is working to expand your vocabulary, as last night you were outside playing and told the neighbors that Charlie had been irritating Dad. Don't know where you learned that word!!

You love to play with trucks, any kind, any place. Fire trucks, trash trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks, monster trucks, cement trucks, bull dozers, container trucks, etc. You love to "bash" things into each other. You love to take toys to school for show & share. You love to play in the mud and the sand box, you have never met a mud puddle you did not like. You LOVE to watch your "one show" which means one TV show; you go through phases where you want to watch one TV show everyday, and then days where you don't even remember we have a TV (I like those days). You love to read books, eat cereal, play with trains, eat popsicles and hot dogs, go to the pool and jump off the diving board with your life jacket on, play with Charlie, eat yogurt, throw balls, play golf, wear pajamas, eat fruit snacks, your teacher Ms. D....You LOVE to do puzzles, we can literally do a new one everyday!! You are now able to do 100 piece puzzles all by yourself. One of your favorite sayings is "Well Mom, I am just a little hungry."

You do have some room to work on things....you still do not like to share, and you are a bit whinny!! Sometimes this drives me CRAZY!!! In fact, generally the main things you get into trouble for are not listening & whining.....part of that is being 3 and now 4, but we gotta work on it!! You do love your sister, every night you give her a hug, and you always ask if you can pick her up when you get bigger ;)

This is a picture of her eating your birthday cake ;)

Well, happy birthday little dude, I am sure glad it was a happy one!! You make us very happy and we can't wait to have another big year with you. You start pre-K in the fall, you big boy you!!

Ladies' Man

So last night we were outside playing with our neighbors, who have 2 daughters, and Austin decided to be sweet....almost. So he was playing beside a gardenia bush, and decided to pluck one of the flowers to give to one of the daughters, but in the process of picking the flower for her he fell back into her and almost knocked her down......then he decided to pick a less challenging flower for the other daughter, and went over to one of my rose bushes and decapitated one of my not yet bloomed rose buds.....the boy had good intentions, just needs to work on his delivery ;)

Needless to say, he picked nada for Ansley & I......:(