22 Months & 2 Weeks
Last Friday I don’t recall anything earth-shattering
that happened, except Ty & I hit the grocery store and packed for a night
away. I do remember that I finally had a
light bulb moment when I realized that Ty’s impossible-to-treat diaper rash
(that had lasted nearly a week at this point) was actually a yeast infection
from the antibiotic he had been on. Remember
how I said that his poops weren’t smelling?
Well, I remember thinking that they smelled a little like bread! Yeast…bread… I can’t believe I didn’t put it
together sooner. So after some internet
research, I found out that you buy a regular anti-fungal cream (like for athlete’s
foot) and put that on the diaper rash. Wouldn’t
you know it cleared right up within a couple of days! So when Heath got home we went over to the
Edwards. We had a great dinner of baked
potatoes with vegetables and cheese sauce with a salad. Ty did great and showed off his new eating
skills with the bribery. He got to bed a
bit late and initially he started off with a good night that quickly turned
into a bad one at about 1:30 AM. He came
to bed with us and just tossed and turned all night, keeping Heath & I
up. Not really sure what that was about
since he was fine the next morning.
At the Edwards in Grampy's boots
Sabbath was one busy day. We made it to Sabbath school (a few minutes
late) and Heath took him in. Heath
reported that Ty was pretty quiet again.
He gets so shy in crowds! During
the church service, Sonia was ordained as a church elder. She has been an elder forever, but they just
made it official. It was a very nice
service. Ty behaved very well in church,
which was a first. We actually got a
couple of comments of how well-behaved he was.
You definitely don’t hear that very often! After church was potluck and Ty didn’t eat as
well here, but he did manage to eat a whole Linkett-spread sandwich, so I was
happy with that! After potluck there was
a memorial service for one of our church members. I stayed for that but sent Heath off driving with
Tyson to get him to take a nap. Ty was
only 3 hours overdue for his nap.
Unfortunately, he only slept 45 minutes, but it is the thought that
counts! After the service, I caught a
ride with Shannon & Sean to Heath’s aunt Sandy’s house, where the entire
Edwards/Maxfield/Burbank clans were gathering for a BBQ. Sandy just found out that she has colon
cancer and will be undergoing a pretty big surgery on 9/11/12. The BBQ was to support her and just to get
together. Please keep her in your
prayers. It was a really nice family
time. I don’t know what happened, but
with this crowd… Tyson started going berserk.
It was getting late, so he was probably getting punchy/tired, but he was
running around the house doing laps and laughing hysterically and playing hide ‘n’
seek with whoever was looking his way!
It was pretty cute, but I don’t know what happened to my little boy. We got home at about 11 PM or so and called
it a night.
Sonia's ordination
On Sunday we had a day at home. Heath worked on tiling the bathroom floor,
which he got finished!!!! So proud of
him! My job was to keep Ty out of the
bathroom, which proved to be no easy task!
I have to admit that he made it in a few times. The best thing was when I took him on the
pharmacy runs, so at least I didn’t have to keep chasing him out of the
bathroom. Poor kid just wanted to help
Dad! We got some great deals at Rite Aid…
I got 3 bottles of Crest Pro-Health rinse (that I use every day) and I made $4
on them!!!! Then I also got 2 bottles of
Herbal Essence shampoo & 2 bottles of conditioner for $0.50 each! Sunday night, the Frosts & Dad came for a
Fish Fry (Ty & I didn’t partake, but the others were happy to stink up my
house) and we watched the Hunger Games.
Mom was at a wedding in Mass, not that she wanted to watch the movie
anyways.
Tiling finished!
Look what Ty did with all the spacers!
Monday was D-day.
It was D-day for a few reasons.
First of all, it was my birthday… but most importantly, I was having my
repeat ultrasound to check my amniotic fluid levels. Shannon & Mom went with me and we met up
with Cindy (my mother’s friend visiting from Georgia). It was the best birthday present I could have
asked for when my levels came back as 13cm!!!!
I had almost tripled it! I saw my
OB-GYN afterwards and she said to continue to drink like crazy, continue to soak
in the tub for the hour a day, and then they would rescan me next Tuesday to
see how my levels would do after working all weekend. To say I was relieved is an
understatement! God is so good! So after that good news, we packed up and
went over to the Fairway. Leigh, Mia
& Bode met us there and we went swimming at the pool for awhile. We had a good time. Ty was mostly obsessed with taking the covers
off of the pool drains that surround the pool & hot tub and kept throwing
them into the water. That was a very fun
game for him. When Heath & Sean got
there, we had a little get-together for my birthday. We had one of my favorite meals (lentil
tostadas) and cupcakes. It was all
delicious! One crazy thing that happened
was that I was giving Ty a bath there (after swimming) and I am not kidding, he
discovered his penis for the first time.
I mean, he has grabbed it before, but this is the first time, I believe,
that he has actually seen it! Ty used to
have a bit of a belly and probably just couldn’t see it before, but he has
really thinned out because he keeps getting taller! During the whole bath, he would do nothing
but grab it and inspect it completely all over.
Then he stood up and looked down and could not believe that it was still
there!!! It was so funny – I yelled to
Heath to come see him with this special moment!
Now every time he gets his diaper changed, he tries to sit up so he can
see it! What a boy. Seriously.
Oh, I almost forgot. Monday was
D-day for another thing too. I can
officially talk about this now. On
Monday, Heath accepted a new job at Hypertherm in Lebanon, NH and gave his
notice at Vutek. It was a difficult
decision but we believe that it is the right one and that this is where God is
leading us. We will eventually be moving
over in that direction, but Heath will commute for awhile (it takes about an
hour) and we need to do a few things before we try to sell our house. Please keep us in your prayers as we start
this new adventure!
Good ol' cousin fun
Ty putting on a show with his dancing
The Copsey/Valeriani kids are definitely out-shining the Edwards/Frost kids here
Ty trying to copy Mia doing gymnastics
He just loves Mia!
On Tuesday, I baby-sat Finley while Shannon
worked. Tyson is definitely having some
jealousy issues. I caught him pushing
Finley down two different times. They
weren’t even fighting over a toy, he just pushed her down! Not cool at all. Ty had definitely got punished for that and I
told him that if he did it again he would get a spanking. So fast forward about an hour later. We were all upstairs and I ran into the
bathroom. When I came out, Finley was
flat on her back in the hallway with Tyson standing nearby. I didn’t know what happened, so I said, “Tyson,
did you push Finley down?” His response
was to stick his bum out and spank it!!!!
He was telling me that he needed a spanking! Well, what are you supposed to do in that
situation? I ended up not spanking him,
since I didn’t see what happened, but I couldn’t believe that he did that! We had a pretty good day, but Finley is going
through separation anxiety and it’s not just with her parents. If I left her vision of sight, she would
start screaming hysterically. Poor
scared little girl. Speaking of being
scared, one of the times, I put Finley down for her nap and I think Tyson thought
that I had left him. I came back to Ty
and he had the lip-quivering thing going on and he was kind of
hyperventilating. I scooped him right up
and sat with him on the couch and tried to console him. I would get him calmed down and he would be
playing on the couch with me… and all of a sudden, he would start with the
lip-quivering and hyperventilating again and would start crying. I really felt like he was having a panic
attack! My poor little boy. The unfortunate thing is that he does not
know what is going to hit him in just a couple of months! When Heath got home (Sean had already picked
up Fin), the 3 of us went to the Mexican restaurant for a little intimate
family dinner to celebrate my birthday again.
That was fun and just wonderful food.
I will miss this restaurant badly when we end up moving away.
Don't they look like 2 little punks here? Like they are ready to get into some trouble?
A bit happier here...
Then Ty really was getting into trouble... standing up on his car!
On Wednesday I worked and Shannon returned the favor
and watched Ty (Mom was busy with Jeff & Cindy, who were visiting as I
mentioned before). Tyson did end up
pushing Finley down again a couple of more times. Shannon said it definitely seems
jealousy-related, because he would push her down and then go and sit with
Shannon right afterwards. Oh my. Two funny things that happened while she was
watching him was that at one point, he put his hand into his diaper and came up
with poop… and then started to freak out because he had poop on his hand! He has definitely never done that
before! Probably has something to do
with his penis obsession now! The other
funny thing that happened was that he has this very, tiny plastic horse (that
goes with a farm set)… he got out the horse, stood it in the middle of the
room, and then sat on it! He was trying
to ride it!!!!! I guess he has a little
problem with perception! (=
This is the horse he was trying to ride! (=
Thursday was another busy day. First of all, my dreaded glucose tolerance
test was scheduled. Unfortunately, Mom
& Dad had gone to PEI with the Cases, so Mom couldn’t watch Ty and Shannon
was busy packing for her move… so I couldn’t ask her to do it. So off Ty & I went. They have changed their testing format for
this test. I had to go and get a fasting
level drawn. Then I had to drink the
glucose drink… and then have my blood tested again at exactly 1 hour and 2 hour
increments. So 3 different blood
draws!!!! It didn’t start well when the
tech missed her first try… so I ended up getting stuck 4 times! I felt a bit weak from the fasting, so I had
no energy to try and chase Ty around the waiting room for over 2 hours… so I
would put him in the stroller for the blood draw (so he wasn’t running all
around the room destroying everything)… then we would go back to the car, get
into the car seat and drive around. Then
we would come back… get into the stroller…have the blood draw… and go back to
the car seat. That was a bit
exhausting. What an ordeal. I haven’t heard the results, but I have had
nightmares that they tell me that it was inconclusive and I have to go back and
do it all again!!!! I think I will refuse
it if that happens! When Heath got home,
we headed over to the Frosts’ apartment for the last time and helped them load
a trailer and move into their new 3 bedroom house that they are renting in
Sutton, NH. It is 40 minutes away. Not exactly the 5 minutes down the road as
they used to be, but we will be moving over that way eventually… so it is
OK! Ty was pretty cranky (since he only
got a 30 minute nap driving down to Manchester) but then got a second wind late
at their new place while the unloading was going on. He was so wound up that he didn’t fall asleep
the entire 40 minutes home… so he didn’t go to bed until 11 PM! Crazy boy.
Shannon & Sean's new place
Well, that’s it.
Have a great week!
He loves to spray himself with the water bottle
Up to a certain extent!
