Day 299

I'm writing from my phone since it's going to be a while before I'm home for the night.

I took a ton of great pictures at the Fav Five Halloween party, I'll post tomorrow.

We are on our way home from Rock of Ages. It was so much fun and very entertaining! We went to Longhorn for dinner and then arrived at DPAC to pick up our free $60 tickets.







Suzanne comes to clean tomorrow morning... I'm dreading getting up already. Then we've got lunch plans with the Denton girls. Should be fun!

See you tomorrow!

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Day 298

 

October 25th, 2010

 

October 25th, 2011

Well, we've decided to call it quits on the cloth diapering. I'm pleased that we did 16 months of CDing and it got us through the really expensive part (when he was going through 10+ diapers a day). We just have to get them washed again and strip out the Rockin' Green and then store them for baby #2 (down the road).

This morning Gus and I went to the Little Gym. This week is "wear your costume to class" week and so Gus wore his favorite Elmo costume. He was the only kid dressed in a costume today. Everyone else was in a Halloween t-shirt (if that), but no one had on a costume like Gus.

It was so funny to see the little kids react to Gus as Elmo. The class before ours has 10 months-19 months and when those kids came out from class, they recognized Elmo and came over to him. Gus wasn't sure about why all the kids were surrounding him. It was quite comical.

 

A little boy checking out Elmo Gus

 

More kids gathering to see Elmo Gus

 

A baby came over to see Elmo Gus

 

You can't really tell, but there's a kid in front of Elmo Gus

Gus had a great time today at TLG! He did a great job hanging from the bars AND he was able to catch a football when I threw it to him! He's so advanced!! He and I played "catch" for a while and he was having a blast!!

 

Elmo Gus got too hot for inside the gym, so we took off his costume

 

Getting ready to walk across the high double-beam!!

 

I was so proud of him!!!

After class, we headed to Wal-Mart to do our weekly grocery shopping. I put Gus's costume back on-- I figured that the people shopping/working at Wal-Mart could use a smile, and I knew seeing Gus in his costume would bring a smile to everyone that saw him. I was right.  :-)

While at Wal-Mart, I bought Gus his very own potty. It's the cutest thing and I decided it was time because he's always in the bathroom with us, he lets us know when he has peed, and I just read an article that said 17-19 months is the perfect time to introduce the potty to a child. He's not ready to use it for real, and we're not potty training... but we have it there so he can get used to it and "try it out" with us. So far it's been great and he's enjoying "trying" on the potty and then flushing and closing the lid when he's done.

 

Isn't it cute?

 

On the potty!!

 

Putting the lid down

 

Checking it out

 

Trying like a big boy!

 

I was there to help

 

Flushing the potty

Tomorrow we've got the Fab Five Halloween party at Lacey's and I'm excited!! Then tomorrow night, Steve and I are going to Rock of Ages at the DPAC and Kristen is going to watch Gus for us. I'm so thankful that she's able to help us!!

Then on Thursday, Gus and I have plans for lunch with the Dentons and then going to the park with them to play. 

Friday we're supposed to go trick-or-treating in FV with the K15s but it's supposed to rain. Steve was supposed to come with us, but he's got a conference call at 2... so it'll just be me and Gus if we go.

Here are some pictures of froggy Gus from last year:

See you tomorrow!!

:-)

Day 297

 

October 24th, 2010

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October 24th, 2011

Today was a rough day. Gus was standing on the chair (yes, we tell him not to all the time, but he's in the testing limits phase of development) and unfortunately, it fell and as a result he hit his head and ended up with a bloody nose. When he fell, I immediately went to him and picked him up. He was crying on my shoulder and I assumed it was his tears that I could feel on my skin through my shirt. I tried to soothe him, and when I pulled him away from my shoulder to look at him, I freaked out. There was blood all over and I panicked a bit.

I went to the door and opened it to tell Steve to come in (he was sanding the posts) and he didn't hear me. I yelled three times and finally he looked up (agitated) and then he said, "OH MY GOD" and it made me start crying. He was able to get the blood taken care of (it had stopped) but I was shaking and upset. 

Thankfully, it wasn't anything serious. We kept an eye on Gus and he didn't nap or anything until bed (fear of a concussion), but it was scary.

 

This is the chair he was standing on (just like in the picture) and it must have tipped backward

 

Other than that incident, the day was pretty good. Gus's napping was off all day. The poor little guy has so many teeth coming in at once (one of the ones on top is all the way through and the other is making its way), it's no wonder he didn't just lay around and cry all day.

Gus and I played with his Hot Wheels cars this afternoon. He had the truck and I had a car. It kept us busy for quite some time... I put the car down to take some adorable pictures of Gus (wearing his zombie t-shirt) enjoying the fun of playing with a truck.

 

We were making car and truck noises while playing... he continued the noises while I took pictures

 

Putting his truck inside the purple tube

 

Racing his truck along the play space

 

Racing his truck down the slide

 

Going through the house

 

Saying, "Ummmmm" which is his new favorite thing to say (apparently I say "Ummmm" a lot)

We had Pizza Hut for dinner tonight-- it was delicious. Sometimes pizza just really hits the spot. Can't wait for cold pizza for breakfast!!!

I tutored Gulbike tonight and it was enjoyable to work with her on spelling words. I'm tutoring her again next Tuesday and then she's taking the dogs with her to watch them while we're in Atlanta.

I found another house that I LOVE! Here's the info on this one:

Northern Oaks Court (Alpharetta, GA)

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 4

Total Sqft: 2,729

Great Schools Ratings: Ele- 10  Middle- 10  High- 10

Cons: No screened porch, no pictures of basement, not loving the kitchen (I'd want to redo them)

Features that I love: It's on a large lot (1+ acre) and surrounded by trees!! The backyard has a GORGEOUS pool and nice sized yard in addition to the pool. I LOVE the livingroom and I love the master bathroom/bedroom.

 

Exterior (HUGE front yard)

 

Living room is GIANT!

 

View from upstairs

 

Kitchen (no fridge and no double-oven)

 

Office

 

Entrance to master bathroom (love the double doors)

 

The master bathroom

 

Master Bedroom

 

Back of the house and pool

 

Awesome pool and side yard with a basketball hoop

 

Another view of the pool and private backyard surrounded by trees!

 The best thing about this house... it's in our price range!! It's in a nice part of Alpharetta and the schools are incredible. This is my new favorite.  :)

Tomorrow we've got The Little Gym and then I'm going to Wal-Mart to get stuff to make for the Fab Five Halloween party on Wednesday.  :-)

Here are a few pictures from a year ago, and then some black and whites from today and a silly picture of Gus with a bowl on his head.

 

He loved to snuggle with towels!

See ya tomorrow!