Cohen introduces our new addition:
It's a boy! from Jared Haddock on Vimeo.
So, last Friday, after Evan got out of the shower he was whining and pointing to his ears, so I got out a Q-tip and very carefully tried to get the water out of his ears. I then did a very stupid thing and let him play with the Q-tip. Cohen has played with one a million times, what would go wrong this time, right?! Well, a few minutes later he starts screaming. A hurt scream. Not a typical 'I'm ornery and complaining' scream. An 'I'm actually hurt' scream. So pick him up and try to calm him for a few minutes, then I see that there is blood on the Q-tip. Oh crap. Then I notice his right ear is bleeding. Not a good sight. Your 2 year old bleeding out of his ear. What have I done?!!!!
After the doctor examines him, she tells me that he's ruptured his eardrum!!! With a Q-tip!!! Luckily it wasn't bad, and she just told me to not bathe his head for a week, and gives me a prescription for some eardrops to make sure it doesn't get infected, which could be bad. I haven't thrown out the Q-tips, and I won't, but I'll be more careful in handing them to my 2 year old!!!
So, Cohen is getting better and better at singing his ABC's, and the way he sings the end is so funny and cute, I'd better write it down!!
Cohen just knows how to make his mom love him more and more, and get wrapped around his little finger without her hardly noticing. FIVE TIMES today, he has, out of the blue, and totally of his own accord, said "Mom?" and of course it sounds like he wants something, or needs something, so I say 'Yea?', and then he just looks at me and says "I love you." That's it!! That's what he wanted!!! To tell me that he loves me!!! My heart. . .oh my beating heart!!! It belongs to you today my boy. And it still sounds a little like "I wuff you." which reminds me that he's still such a baby, but such a big boy more and more every day. I love being a mother.
Yes it's true, I have 30+ lbs coming to me in the near future. . .well hopefully only about 27 because I've already gained 3. Dang. We are expecting another baby!! On or around (or BEFORE) April 16, 2010. So thrroroolptopyt0ortg-gfpofckrekjdfk,reklewaiijwqiwqiuiuat puts me at 12 1/2 weeks about now, so I'm exiting the 1st trimester already. 6t7axsttfqwetdfstfadfcaRDSe7y6te3ytwqtry
Okay, for all of you wondering, the previous portion of this post was sitting on my desktop, waiting to be finished, when a certain 3 year old came and finished writing it for me, and oh-so-cleverly even clicked on the 'publish post' button!! What a smart child I have, right? Anyhow, if it seemed a bit brief and unfinished, that's because it was!! Let me continue on. . .(but of course I'm going to leave Cohens addition, because it's funny, and I'm glad so many of you saw it.)
So anyhow, I've been feeling REALLY tired, exhausted, wasted, sleepy, groggy etc. I don't remember being this tired in my 1st trimester with the other 2 boys, but Cohen was my 1st, and then with Evan I could take a nap twice a day if I needed to. I probably did. And I figured this time I'd document it so that I WILL remember!! I just had this constant mild headache, and mild stomach-ache, along with the fatigue. If I had something to distract me, I could forget about it, but Jared has been working like a crazy man (18-20 hrs/day. . .no joke) so I haven't had much to do but contemplate how wasted I was. It often felt like I'd taken too much Benadryl or something, like I could feel the ache and tiredness in my arms and legs too, you know? I'm glad to say that I'm feeling much better this last week. Thank heavens that we leave that 1st trimester right? I'm very thankful that I haven't been barfy like lots of women, but I just almost couldn't believe the fatigue!! I actually have made it through most of this last week without taking a nap, and my waking hours are being productive again, rather than me sitting around longing for, dreaming of naptime!!! Needless to say, my kids are watching less TV again, thank goodness.
So, 3 kids. In just over 4 years. I didn't ever imagine this would be me. But I like it. I'm nervous for sure, but I'll make it through. Women do this all the time, and I'm totally competent, right?!! (Don't answer that question. . .) When I think about another baby, I'm excited. When I think about 3 kids, I'm nervous. But not nearly as nervous as I was to have 2, so maybe it'll be fine. . .or maybe I'm in for something awful!!! Either way, I'm sure I'll love this child and we're in for more adventure!!!
I had an ultrasound already, just a really fast one to check the baby's length to determine a correct due date, which put me 3 days behind where I thought I was. That's hard to switch from Tuesday all the way to Friday to be able to 'up' your number of weeks, but I'm almost adjusted. According to the ultrasound, I'll be 13 weeks tomorrow, Friday October 9. It's fun to get out all of the pregnancy books again, and read about the amazing things that take place in the 1st trimester. It truly is miraculous. So, we're excited, and scared, and glad we're getting over the sleepiness, and looking forward to meeting our new baby in April. It still sounds so far away, but I'm sure it will be upon us in the blink of an eye!!
I want to remember some of these things about my kids, because they happen every day, and every day I look at them and say, "I'll remember this moment" or "I'll remember them acting this way or doing that cute thing" but the truth is, I won't. We forget so fast. So, I want to write some stuff down so I WILL remember!!
Evan still isn't talking much. He CAN say a lot of things, but the only words he uses to communicate are "Maaaa" and "No!" He can say (or make some sort of relevant but consistent noise) for a lot of animal sounds, as well as Star, Choo-Choo, Elbow, Purple, Papa, and a few others. He has to really be in the mood to imitate sounds and words, but when he's in the mood, he does a great job. I think he's just observing the world and is going to start talking all at once sometime in the next few months. He actually communicates very well for how little he speaks, by pointing and grunting of course, and he's very reasonable if you are patient with him and take a second to figure out what it is that he wants. He does get frustrated easier than Cohen ever did, but he's (knock on wood) passed through the worst part of his terrible-two's it seems. He was throwing a lot of tantrums, and they seem to be less and less. He’s also very loving. He is a good cuddler and will give you a hug and a kiss anytime you ask for one. He gets so excited when Jared comes home, and runs to give him a hug and a kiss. It’s so cute!!
Jared took Cohen to All-A-Dollar to get me a birthday present on my birthday last week. He tried to take him to the girly stuff like brushes and lotion, but Cohen didn't want to give me that boring stuff for my birthday. He went over to the toy section and proceded to pick me out some match-box cars, some Cars themed cardboard airplanes, and best of all, a wrestle-mania man complete with blue mask, bare chest, blue stretch-pants and silver lace-up boots!! Oh yes!! I LOVED it!! He was so excited to get these things for me. At the store, Jared said he kept saying stuff like “Oh, mom is going to love this!” and “Dad, can I get this for mom? It’s awesome! She’s going to love it!” And I did! They brought it all home in a sports themed gift bag, and Cohen proceeded to pull each item out and show it to me and ask me “Do you love it?” It was perfect.
Jared got the Wii Sports II game, and Cohen loves to play the ‘swording’ game. He’s too good at it for only being 3 ½ but he loves to play and wins most of the time! He just stands in front of the TV and swings that Wii Remote back and forth as fast as he can, but this seems to be a decent strategy, because he’s dang good!! He can control it well enough to play a lot of games and I’m already fretting about the arguments we’ll have over the years about how many hours of video-games he can play.
Why is it that every time I post, I need to title it "Sorry it's been so long, heres the quick Update"????? It's always just a quick update!! I want to be a better blogger, I really do. . .but I just can't seem to get the hang of it. Maybe on the same day I learn to be a great scrapbooker. . .until then, update time it is again!
Can't you just hear him thinking, "I have the coolest mom ever. She must love me a lot to make such an awesome cake." He can't say it, he can't say anything, but I'm sure he was thinking it.
He's listening to Oma and Papa wish him a Happy Birthday!
The boys were swimming in the neighbors backyard, and ended up playing Army Guys through their rows of corn. It was so funny! They all ended up covered in mud but they had a great time!
Here's Cohen being part of the Dragon in the play the kids did at Family Reunion.
He hadn't gone to the practice, so he didn't know what he was doing. We just told him to follow his cousin Toby. He didn't quite stop in time, and you can see him crashing into Toby here.
The dragon after it "Kicks the Bucket" - notice all the buckets on the ground. . .
Cohen and Levi played football together while all the big people played Ultimate Frisbee. Levi is a few years older, but they were both pretty dang good!!
BY THE WAY. . .Cohen is officially potty trained!!! Has been for a few weeks now!!! He even stayed dry on the 6 1/2 hour plane ride to Hawaii. We put a diaper on him for the trip, but he went once on the plane, once at the car rental place, and ended up at the condo dry dry dry!!! We've had a few accidents, but. . .I'LL TAKE IT!!! I'm so happy!!!
And then we saw so much wildlife you would have thought we were at the zoo. It was crazy!
Here's Cohen with his first fish ever! At this point we thought we were just lucky to have one, so we let him reel it in.
This one is cute of Jared and Cohen fishing together. (Jared had to wear my jacket because of the bugs, thats why its so tight!!)
And then we saw a beaver swimming through the lake. . .
And there were two MORE moose over by the parking lot! What?! Crazy!! Now my kids have a false sense of the great outdoors, thinking it's ton's of fish in an hour, plus all the wildlife you can handle, right?!
I have a ton to catch up on, but I had to write this down before I forget.
Cohen and I were just in the bathroom brushing his teeth, and he informs me. . .
"Mom, I like Spidermans, and Batmans, and Diego. . . .and girls like. . .Dora. . .and dancing. . .and pinks!!! You like pink mom."
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Cohen is not the greatest at answering questions quite yet. You ask him "Cohen, why are you laughing?" and he responds, "I just laughing mom." Stuff like that. So, the other day, Cohen woke up while Jared was getting ready for work, so he got him out of bed and brought him in to lay down by me. He was just laying there smiling and smiling at me and so I said, "Cohen, why are you so happy? What are you smiling about?" And he says, "'Bout Jesus." Jared and I just looked at each other and started laughing because our son is so cute!!!
