Thursday, July 21, 2011
My Everett
Last night over coffee with my friend Sally Ann, I explained how I love Everett for his unique and somewhat eccentric personality. It is also just fun having a 3-year old. For me it is not about milestones or what my child can "do", but really who they are. There are several things I want to remember about Everett:
-He loves The Nutcracker. We have the movie and he always requests to watch it. He even recognizes a piece if he hears it while we're out.
-He has a book about DaVinci and he loves the Mona Lisa. Not so sure what sparked this love.
-His preschool teacher has told me that his favorite color is pink. I too have found this to be true. Needless to say, he loves Eleanor's nursery.
-He has such a great imagination. He can discover a shape and name it in the clouds. He also has been pretending a lot lately. For example, "Mama I'm a dog" as he crawls around. Unfortunately this sometimes involves biting people, including his brother.
-His Thomas trains come alive! He tucks them into bed, feeds them, etc. It is too funny.
-He is a very sensitive and caring boy. He tends to take on the emotions of others. For example, the other day at the bookstore he saw a little boy crying. He was so concerned and wanted to get involved. He is sweet.
-When we get in the car he wants to listen to the Beatles. He knows the words to several songs (i.e. Yellow Submarine).
-He is fun, creative, sensitive, loving, emotional, and sweet. He can go from zero to sixty in a matter of a second. I love him for who he is. He's my boy!
-He loves The Nutcracker. We have the movie and he always requests to watch it. He even recognizes a piece if he hears it while we're out.
-He has a book about DaVinci and he loves the Mona Lisa. Not so sure what sparked this love.
-His preschool teacher has told me that his favorite color is pink. I too have found this to be true. Needless to say, he loves Eleanor's nursery.
-He has such a great imagination. He can discover a shape and name it in the clouds. He also has been pretending a lot lately. For example, "Mama I'm a dog" as he crawls around. Unfortunately this sometimes involves biting people, including his brother.
-His Thomas trains come alive! He tucks them into bed, feeds them, etc. It is too funny.
-He is a very sensitive and caring boy. He tends to take on the emotions of others. For example, the other day at the bookstore he saw a little boy crying. He was so concerned and wanted to get involved. He is sweet.
-When we get in the car he wants to listen to the Beatles. He knows the words to several songs (i.e. Yellow Submarine).
-He is fun, creative, sensitive, loving, emotional, and sweet. He can go from zero to sixty in a matter of a second. I love him for who he is. He's my boy!
A Full Day
Since Tuesday we spent all day in our pajamas (well leggings and an old undershirt of Eric's for me), we decided to face the world yesterday. It is funny what is now considered a "full day" now with the boys. With my exhaustion level and lack of endurance, we have been staying in much more these days. I only imagine this will be the pattern when Eleanor is born as well. We may just have more of this.......the boys watching their morning video.
Then we went to the library's story time. Here is Everett "feeding" the ladybug. Today's theme was bugs.
After the library, we had a little bit of time to kill, so we went to Walmart. I had done our grocery shopping the evening prior and Everett told me he didn't want to go with me. Later he regretted his decision and threw a fit with Eric. So that morning he had been asking to go to Walmart. It was actually really fun because I let Everett pick out all our groceries, including his lunch. He picked out meatloaf, chicken nuggets, and blueberries. Random. Other fun things we normally don't get ended up in our cart as well such as bagel bites, pizza, pretzels, guacamole and chips, and other such things. Very fun.
After lunch we all napped. Then later that afternoon I had an OB appointment. I am now 32 weeks and feeling it. Everything looks really good and according to the doctor, I will more than likely have Eleanor in about 4-5 weeks. I asked what are the odds I will make it to my due date and the answer was less than a 5% chance. That is based on all the crazy Braxton-Hicks contractions I have been having and the fact that I delivered both the boys 3 weeks early. We are getting so excited!
Then we went to the library's story time. Here is Everett "feeding" the ladybug. Today's theme was bugs.
After the library, we had a little bit of time to kill, so we went to Walmart. I had done our grocery shopping the evening prior and Everett told me he didn't want to go with me. Later he regretted his decision and threw a fit with Eric. So that morning he had been asking to go to Walmart. It was actually really fun because I let Everett pick out all our groceries, including his lunch. He picked out meatloaf, chicken nuggets, and blueberries. Random. Other fun things we normally don't get ended up in our cart as well such as bagel bites, pizza, pretzels, guacamole and chips, and other such things. Very fun.
After lunch we all napped. Then later that afternoon I had an OB appointment. I am now 32 weeks and feeling it. Everything looks really good and according to the doctor, I will more than likely have Eleanor in about 4-5 weeks. I asked what are the odds I will make it to my due date and the answer was less than a 5% chance. That is based on all the crazy Braxton-Hicks contractions I have been having and the fact that I delivered both the boys 3 weeks early. We are getting so excited! I finally ended the day with a coffee date with Sally Ann. It was nice to unwind after my "busy" day.
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