1 - "Mom, I want to be a cub scout so that I can do the pine cone derby!"
2 - Reading a bithday card:
Front of card: "You're hot!"
Inside card: "Don't worry, it will pass."
"Get it, Mom? She's having flash backs!"
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Samisms...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Bradsdeals.com
If you haven't heard of this site, you're missing out! They have wonderful deals every day. My favorite today is 20% off any order at Shoebuy.com through May 12! (Use code MOTHERSDAY08.) Plus, if you're a new customer and register at checkout, you get an additional 10% off.
They also have free shipping and return shipping (so order 2-3 sizes) and there is no sales tax. I bought the following:
Infant Robeez for $23.72, normally $32.95
Boys' Crocs for $18.32, normally $25.45
Women's Crocs for $21.56, normally $29.95
So if you need shoes - go to Shoebuy.com!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Duluth Pictures
These pictures aren't in great order, but I don't have enough time to reorganize them!
Grandpa Don and Sam watching for the big ship.
The bridge is up and the ship is going underneath it.
The ship is heading toward the bridge.
The bridge is down.
A big ship in the harbor.
A Coast Guard ship.
A view of Duluth.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Update on Benjamin
Benjamin has anemia. After numerous pokes in both arms, they were able to draw blood from his head and ran additional tests to confirm that and verify that it's an iron deficient-anemia and not a genetic or chronic type. He's on iron drops twice a day for awhile to get his iron levels back to normal.
We have a follow-up appointment with his regular doctor on April 18th to see if the drops are working and what we need to do from then on. He doesn't like the drops, but he has been such a trooper through this whole thing. He slept last night from 11 PM to 5 AM - I kept waking up to check on him because he hasn't slept more than 1 hour at a time since Sunday!
I stayed home with him on Tuesday, too, since he still wasn't feeling too good. And he's not at 100% yet, but he is working his way back to that.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Kid happenings
We have returned from an eventful trip to Duluth over the weekend! My dad drove up from Texas to deliver a car that he sold and then rode with the kids and me to Emily's dance competition. Rob had to be in Brookings on Friday and work over the weekend, so wasn't able to come. Thank goodness my dad was around! He was such a help! And Emily's friend, Danae also came. She was also a great help!
Emily danced in 3 groups and they won two first places and one second place! I'll post pictures later when my relief comes home. Now - why I'm waiting for relief...
Benjamin work up this morning around 3 AM and I have hardly been able to make him happy since then! He is on his 4th nap - the first three have been 15-20 minutes. So far, this one has been 20, so I'm hoping he'll stay asleep. I'm holding him while he naps.
I finally took him to the walk-in clinic because he was just totally inconsolable. The nurse put down his pain level as a 10 because he was crying so much. :-( The doctor said his fontanel is full, but his neck isn't stiff, so the symptoms don't fit with meningitis. However, he was concerned with the obvious pain that Benjamin was having, so ordered blood work - LOTS of it - so much that they had to put a needle into his arm vein to draw the blood. Poor little guy. Other than 2 bouts of pink eye, he's been healthy all winter long. I hope it's just a virus and nothing serious.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Benjamin's 6-month appointment
Yes, Benjamin is 7 months old, but he just had his 6-month shots yesterday. He weighs a whole 17 pounds and 14 ounces and is 26.5 inches long. That puts him in the 32% for weight and the 23% for height. His head, however, is 45 cm, which is in the 65%! He's got his daddy's head! :-)
We had a nice Easter holiday with the family in Minneapolis - the kids got to play with their cousins, Riley got to play with Jasper, and lots of cards were played. Hard to believe that it snowed on Easter, but not Christmas this year! Enjoy these pictures...
The cousins and their fort:
Terri holding Lexi and Benjamin:
Sweet Benjamin:
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Pictures from the weekend
The "fam":
Mike and Kim:
Mike and Benjamin:
Grandma and the kids:
At the Wells Blue Bunny museum:
Wedding pictures
We attended my uncle's wedding last weekend in LeMars, Iowa. Here are some pictures from there!
Grandma and the kids
Uncle Mikey
Samuel in the pool.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Welcome to the world, Grant Matthew
SweetMarySunshine had her little baby boy last week. He's absolutely adorable! You can see him here: http://sweetmarysunshine.blogspot.com/.
On the Wagner front, we've been very busy with parent-teacher conferences, various doctor appointments, plus a birthday party to attend. Benjamin had his first "illness" - a bout of conjunctivitis, or pink eye. He doesn't seem worse for wear, but sure hates getting the drops put in. On a happy note, he LOVES bananas and seems to finally be ready to eat "big people" food!
Here's a quick picture of my boys.
And a picture of Samuel at his ice skating classic. He's really become a whiz on ice skates.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Benjamin rolled from his back to his stomach last night!
He worked at it for a few minutes and then just popped over. I flipped him back to his back and he did it again. The third time, he went back to tummy to back. And it shocked him! He was a little upset and Samuel was afraid he hurt himself (since he rolled from a blanket on the rug to the wood floor), but as soon as I picked him up, he smiled!
And the best thing about it is this: I helped chauffer first graders to the ice skating rink over lunch today and mentioned the rolling over to a neighbor friend of ours who was also helping. He told me that he already knew because he had lunch with his daughter and Sam and Sam told him that! He said Sam acted like a proud big brother! It was so cool!
Best wishes to SweetMarySunshine today who's hopefully having Baby C as I write this!!!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Live life to the fullest
Sombody sent me the link to this lecture. It's amazing and I felt the need to share with everyone.
http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Busy, busy busy!
It just occurred to me that my house will not be clean anytime soon!
Rob is fishing this weekend, so I have the kids by myself. No work will get done.
The following weekend is the Super Bowl. Rob wants to have a "small party". He thinks that spending Friday cleaning his tool room in the basement means he can have guests over. Let me know if you understand that one.
The kids have no school on February 18th.
The weekend of February 22-24, I'm going to MN for a scrap booking retreat. My first nights away from Benjamin. :-(
Then the following week we're going to my uncle's wedding in Iowa. The kids don't have school on the 29th, so we're headed down that day for the wedding that evening and can come back on Saturday.
March 15th is Sam's school carnival, the next weekend is Easter, and the following weekend is Emily's dance competition. Whew! And well, then comes April. Yikes!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Playing in the snow
Sam and the neighbor kids made a snow fort in their front yard.
They also made a neat snow man!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Bad colds
Poor Benjamin STILL has his first bad cold. And it's settling in his eyes, of all places. So we visited the doctor on Saturday to verify it wasn't bacterial, and ended up getting eye drops for the conjuctivitis. I'm not sure day care will even let him go tomorrow, but he'll have been on medication for over 24 hours. We'll have to see. Even though he's not feeling well, he's still such a good baby! He's sitting on my lap helping me type this right now!
I was hoping to get some new pictures posted, but have spent pretty much all my free time the last week holding Benjamin and doing laundry! (Don't ask about the rest of my house!) Maybe in the next couple of days!
Oh, and Ben is 15.8 pounds clothed! :-)
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