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September 17, 2004
September 17, 2004
2 Years 7 Months
Wow… It’s been a while.
What’s new with Michael?
One day shy of 2 ½ years old Michael was completely weaned :) He was great for the most part about it and we started out slowly. He was given a choice of having ice cream for dessert with Daddy or his “Me, Me’s” and every time he choose the ice cream. He took forever to fall asleep sometimes even 1 ½ hours but eventually it worked it self out. At this point he was still nursing when he woke up during the night and finally I changed what I wore to bed and for two nights it was really difficult, but he adjusted quickly. He still likes to touch me, and we are trying to break him of this habit, and change his thinking to cuddling. One big advantage is that he is finally sleeping through the entire night :)
He is still co-sleeping in our bed; however we did buy him his own big boy bed. It’s very nice and has a toy box attached at the end. We redid his room as well and put up chair rail and painted. The bottom is a dark navy and the top is a light yellow with the white chair rail. On top of the chair rail are trucks and signs and arrows and that matches his bed set which is construction. It really looks nice in there now. He has asked so go and lay down in there but will get back up within two minutes and wants to go back in our bed. He is also asking that his crib be taken out of the room. I think I might try the sticker route with him to see if we can get him sleeping in there.
Michael’s vocabulary and thinking has really exploded. He plays with children 1-2 years older than him and he still is easier to understand and has a large vocabulary. He has also started to identify emotions and will tell you if he is mad or happy.
He has an excellent memory and will still ask to color eggs again like Easter, and occasionally will mention Santa. He talks about his Grandma Florida and the beach still as well.
My FIL was in the hospital last week (September 5th) and ended up being diagnosed with severe heart disease. He has three arteries 85-95% blocked. He is not a good candidate for bypass because of his emphysema and lung functions, so they recommended angioplasty with stents. He has chosen right now to do nothing and he is home although weak.
We didn’t make it to any fairs this year. Every time we had something planned we ended up doing something else.
I have been elected to be on the board of directors for our subdivision and am doing the secretarial portion. It should keep me pretty busy.
We ordered several trees for our house Labor Day weekend. Six to be exact and we dug and planted them ourselves. It was a lot of work, but the trees make a huge difference in the way the yard looks. This weekend we are putting in a retaining wall / planting area in our front yard, once again a lot of work, but a ton cheaper doing it ourselves.
We have made a decision to cut our credit card spending down and have been doing relatively well with it. I am not doing as much impulse shopping and it’s showing as the extra money has been able to be spent on the house.
We took Michael to Illinois State Beach a few weeks ago as well and he had a blast throwing all the rocks into the water. I couldn’t believe how many rocks this beach had and how beautiful they were ;)
Michael continues to refer to Grandma Nikki as Grandma Icky and knows how to pronounce it correctly. I think he enjoys the laughs it receives!
I can’t think of anything else at the moment….
JoAnn and Michael
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