Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter!
We spent the day with the Jackson clan today. The boys played so much with their cousins. We ate some yummy food, hunted eggs, and just enjoyed family time. It was so much fun and both boys are worn out from all the fun. Blake got all the eggs since all the other kids are 'over' the whole thing. All but one are teenagers of course so it is so not cool. hahaha Here are a few of the cute pics from the day!
Blake couldn't keep all his eggs in his basket. He needed some help so cousin Casey let him use his shirt for a basket too!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
We are SO busy! Here is a QUICK update!
It has been forever since I have had the time to write a blog so I figured I better write a quick one today.
Luke turned 4 months and is now almost 5 months! I cannot believe it. My baby never stops moving. Friends and family tell me all the time they cannot believe how chatty he is or that he is always moving his legs. When you hold him, he doesn't lay still. He can do all sorts of things right now. His school writes me notes about how he can roll and roll and roll to get across the room. He is in such a hurry to grow up. He has such a sweet smile and just loves his big brother. He only cries when he is hungry and is known as the 'happy baby' at school, which makes Mommy very proud. I am very blessed. He is even teething! No surprise there since his big bro got his first tooth at 4 months. I just cannot believe how fast he is growing. He just loves his excersaucer. We finally got him off the expensive formula and NO insurance never covered any of it. I am still mad about that. Because of who Scott works for(I won't say bc I am not saying nice things), they don't have to follow state law. UUUGGGGHHHHH!! So we just had to pay it ourselves. We spent well over $1400 on that the past two months. It still makes me mad, but he needed it. We always do what our kids need no matter the cost. All you parents know what I am talking about. :-) I would have paid one million if Luke needed it. I digress. Luke is such a big boy these days. He loves to be read to and Blake actually will read to him. Luke loves to giggle and Daddy is the best at making him do that. It is too cute!
Blake is getting closer and closer to that 5-year-old birthday. He is SO excited. We are trying to come up with options this year for his bday party. It is hard! I don't want to spend as much as we did last year, but I want him to have a great time. We will see.... We have really been working with Blake the last couple of months. We took him in for some testing due to his teacher observations in his Pre-K class. We thought he might have an auditory processing disorder or something. We got him a detailed test and it came back ADHD. (They told me in the parent interview that they usually do not diagnosis 4 year olds unless it is very very prevalent. Well. Two weeks later, they said it was and he was diagnosed.) Now that I know the diagnosis, everything makes sense. He used to run from me when he was younger. He jumped into a pool and almost drowned when he was 3. The impulsiveness comes from the ADHD. We have really tried to be more patient with him and I am reading every book ever written to help him to cope with this. A lot of people ask me if I saw signs and I have to say no because he was my only little boy. I just thought he was active like all the others. I never saw anything. His doctor tells me that he is intellectually on the level with a 7-8 year old. It amazes me that he is that smart considering everything that is going on in his head. You can see it in his eyes that he has a lot going on in his mind. He is SUPER smart though and such a great little boy. We are trying some things to help him be ready for kindergarten next year. Bottom line is that we want him to be happy and proud of himself. I worry about his self-concept because ADHD kids sometimes think they are losers or dumb. We are going to make sure he knows how special and wonderful he is no matter what. This is just a hill to climb, but together we can do it. Scott and I will do whatever it takes to help him and to make sure he is a happy kid. He and Luke are everything to us. Scott and I took Blake and Luke fishing a couple of times and he caught a fish! He loves fishing. He also loves going to see sporting events. Scott and Blake are going to opening day on Monday. Are you jealous? I am! hehehe Scott is going to make it a family tradition. Maybe next year Mommy and Luke will be able to go. :-) Blake started blastball again and Scott and I are coaching again. This year, Luke gets to watch too. It is so much fun and Blake is really good at it. We are enjoying our family time together that is for sure!
I think Scott and I are going to change Blake's room this summer. We did it in Cars when he was two and now he has moved on to other things. He would prefer a transformer or power ranger room now so I will see what I can find. Blake has been reading to Luke like I said and he just loves being a big brother. He told me that we need to have another baby soon. I would love to, but I think we have our hands full enough for now. :-) Tomorrow is Easter and it is going to be a beautiful day! TTYL!
Luke fell alseep playing today. He didn't want to stop!
Luke turned 4 months and is now almost 5 months! I cannot believe it. My baby never stops moving. Friends and family tell me all the time they cannot believe how chatty he is or that he is always moving his legs. When you hold him, he doesn't lay still. He can do all sorts of things right now. His school writes me notes about how he can roll and roll and roll to get across the room. He is in such a hurry to grow up. He has such a sweet smile and just loves his big brother. He only cries when he is hungry and is known as the 'happy baby' at school, which makes Mommy very proud. I am very blessed. He is even teething! No surprise there since his big bro got his first tooth at 4 months. I just cannot believe how fast he is growing. He just loves his excersaucer. We finally got him off the expensive formula and NO insurance never covered any of it. I am still mad about that. Because of who Scott works for(I won't say bc I am not saying nice things), they don't have to follow state law. UUUGGGGHHHHH!! So we just had to pay it ourselves. We spent well over $1400 on that the past two months. It still makes me mad, but he needed it. We always do what our kids need no matter the cost. All you parents know what I am talking about. :-) I would have paid one million if Luke needed it. I digress. Luke is such a big boy these days. He loves to be read to and Blake actually will read to him. Luke loves to giggle and Daddy is the best at making him do that. It is too cute!
Blake is getting closer and closer to that 5-year-old birthday. He is SO excited. We are trying to come up with options this year for his bday party. It is hard! I don't want to spend as much as we did last year, but I want him to have a great time. We will see.... We have really been working with Blake the last couple of months. We took him in for some testing due to his teacher observations in his Pre-K class. We thought he might have an auditory processing disorder or something. We got him a detailed test and it came back ADHD. (They told me in the parent interview that they usually do not diagnosis 4 year olds unless it is very very prevalent. Well. Two weeks later, they said it was and he was diagnosed.) Now that I know the diagnosis, everything makes sense. He used to run from me when he was younger. He jumped into a pool and almost drowned when he was 3. The impulsiveness comes from the ADHD. We have really tried to be more patient with him and I am reading every book ever written to help him to cope with this. A lot of people ask me if I saw signs and I have to say no because he was my only little boy. I just thought he was active like all the others. I never saw anything. His doctor tells me that he is intellectually on the level with a 7-8 year old. It amazes me that he is that smart considering everything that is going on in his head. You can see it in his eyes that he has a lot going on in his mind. He is SUPER smart though and such a great little boy. We are trying some things to help him be ready for kindergarten next year. Bottom line is that we want him to be happy and proud of himself. I worry about his self-concept because ADHD kids sometimes think they are losers or dumb. We are going to make sure he knows how special and wonderful he is no matter what. This is just a hill to climb, but together we can do it. Scott and I will do whatever it takes to help him and to make sure he is a happy kid. He and Luke are everything to us. Scott and I took Blake and Luke fishing a couple of times and he caught a fish! He loves fishing. He also loves going to see sporting events. Scott and Blake are going to opening day on Monday. Are you jealous? I am! hehehe Scott is going to make it a family tradition. Maybe next year Mommy and Luke will be able to go. :-) Blake started blastball again and Scott and I are coaching again. This year, Luke gets to watch too. It is so much fun and Blake is really good at it. We are enjoying our family time together that is for sure!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Happy Birthday Daddy
The 3rd of this month marked my Dad's 70th birthday. My Mom and I decided to give him a surprise party, but because of his busy schedule, we had to wait until last Saturday to have the party. When I was growing up, he was always saying that the WHOLE month of February was his birthday so I guess we just added fuel to that fire. I think he was really surprised. There were more than 50 family and friends there. Wow! I was so happy with the turn out. My in laws came as well as my aunts and uncles, numerous cousins, neighbors, and lots of friends of my Dad's. There are too many to name them all! Some traveled a long way just to share this special moment with my Dad. Thank you all! I enjoyed the party with everyone and I am so glad he had fun. Nothing makes me happier. :0) Luke even had a good time hanging out with everyone. He was held by everyone at the party pretty much and Blake loved to play with Keagan. Keagan loved Blake's light up shoes so Blake loved entertaining him with them even after Keagan had lost interest. hehehe
I think he looks surprised. :-)
Me and Dad
Mom and Dad
Me and Scott.
See. This is the picture that shows Keagan has lost interest, but Blake just wants to make him giggle again. :0)
And here is baby Luke in his carseat ready to go home. He was partied out!
Scooter Junior
As a child, Scott's nickname was Scooter. We now have a Scooter of our own. Luke can scoot across the floor already at 3 1/2 months! He is so funny when he does it. It is hard to believe. Last week, he even rolled from his back to his tummy. He is so mobile! Here are some pics of the process.
And after a couple of minutes. I never let him get far. I am afraid he will start crawling or something!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The cutest boys in the world!
We had the boys pictures taken the last week in January. They are so cute so I had to share. Their Godmother Krystal bought the orange polo outfits for Christmas and my cousins, Robin and Sami, sent me the other 'western' outfit for Luke. Both were SO cute! Blake was so funny! He had the photographer laughing SO hard. She said she had never had a kid like Blake before. He was creating HIS OWN poses! hehehe I love that he has such a personality and I bet Luke will be right behind him soon. :-)
To the zoo we went!
This post is a little late. We went to the zoo one Friday when the weather was actually wonderful with some of our best friends. We had told Blake that we would take him the week we had Luke, but Luke surprised us so we had to wait. We had a great time and it was a bonus that the Tungcabs got to go too. Brandon and Blake have been best buds since before they were born. hehehe (Brandon, Lauren, and Blake are in the top pic) We went to the Dallas Zoo which we had never taken Blake to so he got to see something new. We also went on a day that NO ONE was really there. I have never seen a zoo SO empty! It was great. We were able to do whatever we wanted. Blake ran and ran and ran with Brandon and Lauren. He slept so great that night and Luke loved being outdoors. Luke loves being outside and since it is winter, he doesn't get that much of a chance. :-) Here are some pics from the zoo.
If I would have been just a little faster, you would see the penguin and Blake looking right at each other!!!
Luke enjoying a ride through the zoo. :-)
Luke is already three months!
I cannot believe that Luke is already three months. Time is flying so much faster with the second one. I have to tell you about some of the things he is doing. He is such a chatty baby. I have strangers comment on how vocal he is. He coos and talks back like he is trying to say so much. He rolls over which you already know and he scoots to get to around some. If I lay him on the activity mat my cousin lent us, he will move around to get to his favorite toy on that mat! My friend Lisa was just telling me today that his legs never stop. (Well. At least when it's an awake period. hehehe) He is just getting so active during his awake times. I don't remember Blake being like this. Blake was a great sleeper at 6 weeks old even he slept through the night. Not Luke but I knew lightening probably wouldn't strike twice. :-) He loves his big brother. We were getting ready today to go to The Tungcab house to visit our good friends and Luke was on the bed. I turned around and Blake was talking to him. Luke loves it when big brother talks to him so I continued to get ready and keep an eye on them. I turned around and Blake was holding Luke up to put him in his bumbo seat! It shocked me because Blake has NEVER done that before. I knew it was a matter of time before it happened, but I kind of giggled instead of getting mad. Most likely I didn't get mad because Blake was doing a good job. He was supporting his head and everything. He immediately placed him back down on the bed gently when I told him to. What a great big brother! How time flies! Wasn't Blake just that size??? :-( Momma's hold your babies tightly. They grow way too fast!!!
As I posted this picture, I am realizing that a lot of Luke's pics are on this mat. Probably because he loves it SO much! Thanks Sean and Dana for lending it to us!
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