19 Months
2 Fridays ago Ty and I spent the majority of the day
getting ready to go camping for the weekend.
We were really taking a chance going so early in May, but we lucked out
and it was gorgeous weather. We were
going with my whole immediate family and Jack (our honorary “cousin/nephew” –
Leigh’s nephew). One cute thing that
happened was that I was sitting on the bathroom floor redoing my toenails. I had the nail polish remover, the clippers,
and new nail polish all spread out before me.
Of course all that Tyson wanted to do was be in the middle of all
that! I was very worried about him
spilling any of the before mentioned items (since it has happened before) so I
told him that he had to stay out of the bathroom. So there he was hanging out in the doorway of
the bathroom and the hallway. He did
good for a few minutes and then I could tell that it was killing him. So what did he do? He walked towards me with his arms wide open
for a big hug and climbed into my lap.
It was just so cute! What can I
say? He knew that I would totally cave
for that! So cute. As soon as Heath got home, we loaded
everything up and headed up to Lincoln, NH.
We stayed at a campground that is kind of legendary in our family. We had gone there once before. That time Adam had decided to sleep in a hammock
and a bear came into our camp and sniffed Adam all over in the hammock, while
Adam pretended to be asleep. Then the
bear had tried to climb into the back of our truck and we had bear claw marks
all over it. So with all the babies we
were bringing, we just thought of this campground immediately!! (= No, it is really a nice place, right on a
lake – and we didn’t see any bears (but we heard one – Sean knows the certain
sound they make). The first night it was
just the Frosts, Mom & Dad and us.
Devin & Leigh & clan couldn’t come until Sabbath since Leigh had
to work on Friday night. Tyson must have
been starving because he ate 2 full hot dogs for supper (along with other
things). He has never done that
before. What a growing boy! We kept Ty up way too late that night, but he
was going strong and playing hard until 11 PM at night. Then he crashed with us in the tent! He slept between us in our double sleeping
bag (along with the puppies… it was quite a crew). He slept great, but I barely slept a
wink. We just hadn’t slept that way
before and I was worried we would bury him in the sleeping bag. But he was fine and Ty slept with me in the tent
until 9 AM.
Having a private conversation with Poppy
Finley was excited to be camping
Sabbath morning, Heath made Creamed Prosage and I
was so excited to eat it. Until breakfast
came and then I had horrible nausea again.
When is this going to end? It
lasted for a couple of hours and then I felt fine. We hung out on a blanket down by the lake for
awhile and then Devin & Leigh came.
It was great to see them! We had
lunch and then Heath and I took a drive to get Tyson to take a nap. The nice weather was incredible, but it was too
hot in the tent for Ty to nap. We tried
it, but we failed. In the car, Ty went
right to sleep and took a good 45 minute nap.
Not as long as normal, but I was desperate for anything. We had a great meal on Saturday night with
the campfire and got to bed a little earlier that night. I slept great that night, since I realized Ty
was fine in the sleeping bag with us.
Ty wanted to pitch to Jack
On Sunday Heath was making another killer breakfast,
when the nausea was back again. I couldn’t
eat a bite. It was terrible. It lingered quite a while, which was just
great since we were trying to pack up all our stuff and get out before 12
PM. The highlight of my day on Sunday
was when I was walking to the bathroom from our campsite and Tyson started crying
because I was leaving. Seriously, he
never does this for me. He cries
non-stop whenever Heath leaves but not me.
I was pretty honored! (= After we
had checked out, we hung out at the lake for awhile again and walked over to a
rope swing. Heath and Sean actually went
in and Snickers did too! I still don’t
know if she jumped in after Heath or if she fell in… but in she went! Poor thing.
Late afternoon, we went to a pizza place and then got ice-cream afterwards. It was Devin’s birthday so we had to
celebrate! He’s an old man at 31
now! Crazy how time flies. We all went our separate ways after that and
we got home at about 5:30 PM. It was a
really nice time together.
Resting in the backpack after the walk to the rope swing
On Monday we spent the day unpacking and Ty played
hard with his toys. He always goes nuts
for his toys when he hasn’t seem them in a while! We did run to the pharmacies but just picked
up a couple of things. No great deals
were to be had. On Monday night we babysat
Finley while her parents went to see “The Hunger Games.” We don’t know what got into Finley, but she
pretty much screamed the entire time they were gone. Absolutely nothing worked. It was terrible. She was back to the colicky Finley she used
to be. The only thing Shannon could come
up with is that she gave Finley tofu for the first time that morning. So maybe she has a soy intolerance. Hopefully she’ll grow out of that.
The one second of solace with Fin that night!
On Tuesday I think Ty was tired out from our weekend
camping… so he took a 3 hour nap! It was
incredible. I love it when he does
that! He’s doing a weird thing right
now. He is refusing to feed
himself. Not that he was doing it
completely, but we would practice at it.
He would hold the utensil and I would help guide him. Now as soon as I even try to have him hold
the spoon or fork, he screams. Back to
that screaming again. Most kids at this
age insist on doing everything themselves, why doesn’t he want to do it?
How could this little angelic face be capable of such screaming?
On Wednesday I worked and nothing was new to report. But I did forget to tell a crazy story that
happened to me last week. I have been
taking Unisom (a sleeping aide) that helps with nausea in pregnancy. Well, Heath told me, “You have been beating
me up in your sleep.” I guess I have
been screaming and hitting him during the night. OK, that’s weird. Then I remember that I was having a very
vivid dream that Tyson was in bed with me.
I dreamt that he slid off the bed and was crawling across our floor. Why I dreamt he was crawling when he doesn’t
do that anymore, but I did. I freaked
out in my dream that he was going to fall down the stairs because the gate was
open. So in my dream I was crawling
after him and yelling at him to “Stop.”
My screaming woke up Heath, who started yelling at me, and I ended up
waking up from my dream. I was in our
hallway, by the gate, crawling on my hands and knees. That is how I woke up. I could have fallen down the stairs! I used to sleepwalk occasionally when I was
little, but this was a bit ridiculous. I
know they say that this can happen when you take sleeping pills, but I am too
scared to stop taking it, because I think it really has been helping with the
nausea. So we’ll see if this crazy
behavior continues!
On Thursday it was a low-energy day. I couldn’t seem to muster up enough energy to
do much. Shannon and Fin came over and
we watched the American Idol finale – we were both very happy that Phillip
won! Then we went out to Concord for our
Thursday night dinner. We let Sean pick
the venue, since it was his birthday on Saturday. He chose this Chinese buffet and it was
really good. They had a ton of stuff and
Tyson ate very well. He fell in love
with Egg Drop Soup. I’m telling you,
that kid is just like me in some ways.
Tyson and I could both live off soup. Well that's about it. Have a great week!
Tyson "driving" the truck - one of his favorite things to do
