Mortified

Today I forgot that my VTers were coming, so when they arrived at 6 the house was a mess, Kason had his dinner all over his face and shirt... And I had to run and put on pants (that's surprisingly not the mortifying part!).  Nevertheless, we enjoyed their visit!  Kason gave tons of hugs and kisses (followed by an overzealous high five to Sis. Gillespie's face!) And was having such a good time he hardly noticed when his daddy got home.  As soon as D was home though, Kason seemed to remember his mission in life: don't let mama rest for even one minute!!!  My VTers were just wrapping up their lesson when Kason tore through the living room HOLDING A STEAK KNIFE HE HAD FISHED OUT OF OUR SINK and promptly started stabbing a stuffed shark.  Seriously.  Of course it had to happen when we had company!  And not just ANY company, but the bishop's wife!!! 

Last week he couldn't reach the sink, I swear!!! 

I feel like the best parent ever....

Bad day

So last night when I went to bed I was a little nervous b/c I hadn't felt baby move in a few hours. Usually he tumbles through the day and keeps me awake at night. So I slept half awake trying to feel him move. Well at 3:00 am I woke up and realized I STILL hadn't felt him move. Even stranger, I was boiling up! I'm sorry to say that my concerns for baby #2 were tossed aside when I realized the house was HOT! I ran to our thermostat- it was a balmy 81 degrees in the house!!! :( So I graciously woke Damien up and started complaining about how hot and pregnant I was. Let me just say that Damien is a superstar! He went to Wal-Mart right then and bought a window A/C unit for our room. This thing was killer. Got the room from 83 to 72 in about 45 minutes. Aaaaaahhhhh. Once I was comfy again little baby #2 started bouncing away, which made me feel tons better, too. While Damien was gone, I started calling A/C companies to see who would come out on the Sunday before the Fourth of July. The only company answering was ARS.... They told us we were on the schedule but they couldn't give us a window. A tech would just call about 30 minutes before they got here. :( Of course we couldn't go back to sleep.... and I certainly wasn't going to take a shower or blow dry my hair with no A/C, so we decided Damien would stay home with Kason and wait for ARS while I took care of my duties at Primary. (Sacrament meeting just wasn't happening on account of my EXTREME lethargy in the absence of A/C). Well I started texting anyone who would sympathize with me and got a great referral to an HVAC guy in Sugar Land. I called him and he said he would be out within an hour or two. Woohoo! I quickly canceled my ARS appt. and headed off to church. When I got home our A/C was churning away and the house felt much better. I was still a little bitter about the over-time repair bill, but considered it a blessing there wasn't anything worse wrong with our unit. I was extra bitter about the bill since we had just spent a good chunk of money installing this yesterday:

So my kitchen and patio are nicely shaded... but that doesn't matter if you don't have A/C!!!!Once the house FINALLY cooled down to a reasonable level and we got Kason down for a nap, all of our smoke/carbon monoxide detectors suddenly started chirping. Four chirps, pause, four chirps. So we replaced the batteries... and still they chirped. So I called my stepdad who is a fire chief in CA. He told me to take down a detector and find out what all that chirping meant (Yes I am stupid and needed the expert opinion of a fire chief to do that!). Apparently those particular chirps mean there are toxic levels of carbon monoxide in the house so get out and call 911!!!!! Ugh. My stepdad MADE me call 911 instead of searching for a non-emergency number online, so Richmond Fire Department (bless them) came roaring through our neighborhood with sirens blaring and lights ablaze. Not embarrassing at all. Even more humiliating was the fact that we had no carbon monoxide in the house. Just a defective detector. Sorry about your tax dollars everyone! We are the jerks who make false calls to the fire department!!!

I'm over today. I hope it ends well and tomorrow is excellent and not stressful. I know I am super blessed because we had the A/C fixed, we can afford it, and we didn't die from carbon monoxide poisoning, but I still need a little pity party time before I look for the positive!!!

On a slightly positive note, here's my baby bump! I think I look even a little smaller than when I was 25 weeks pregnant with Kason (at Christmas-time)! Woohooooooo!

Now Then

15 Months

I took Kason to a new pediatrician yesterday for his 15 month shots and checkup. Everyone is VERY impressed with his size- at 15 months Kason is the size of an average 2 year old! Here are his stats:

Height: 34.5" tall (>95%)

Weight: 31 pounds (>95%) -BTW, the nurse called him chubby, which I totally stressed over! :(

Head: 19.5" round (>95%)

The doc was also impressed with his vocabulary, which he was only too happy to demonstrate! At 15 months he should be saying 5-10 words. Kason says over 35:

up

turtle "urdle"

puppy

ball

yogurt "gogur"

dada

mama "bamba"

Tallulah "allulah"

door "doe"

baby

bath

duck

oatmeal "oh-mee"

snack

pool

water "wa-wa"

baba (he thinks a sippy of milk is a baba!)

hi

bye bye

this

that

there

Toby

kitty "kiggy"

cheese

banana

thank you

feet

keys

popsicle "hopsicle"

uh-oh

no

yeah (dah!)

etc. etc!

Kason is a happy, healthy little guy! Here's what he's up to these days:

• He loves talking on the "phone". He'll use anything to pretend talk- remotes, toys, sticks... anything! Just hold it to your ear and BAM, it's a phone! He even can recognize when I'm about to get off the phone and will yell "Bye bye" at whoever I'm talking to, usually right before I say it!!



• He loves animals! He points out "puppies" to me all day long- on the TV, in books, outside. He even knows the difference between Toby and Tallulah and will point to one or the other and tell me which is which. He met a cat at Auntie Deb's house the other day and was overjoyed that something would sit still long enough for him to pat it! He saw a painting of a lion at the pediatricians and pointed and asked "kiggy"? I'm amazed he is able to connect kitties to lions!!!



• He is FINALLY obeying a little when I tell him "No"! And if I get a little cranky when I say it he will break down in tears and throw a little tantrum. You might think that would be annoying, BUT, he stops what he's doing so I think it is definitely progress!!



• He loves going to the pool and is way too confident in the water. He can blow bubbles and is learning how to paddle in his little lifesuit.



• He is tall enough to open my kitchen drawers and is constantly bringing me gadgets. I put up all the glass and sharp objects and just let him go to town. I had a hard enough time installing child locks on our ONE chemical cabinet, no way I'm doing it on 20 drawers!!! So I put up with finding kitchen items all over the house. The other day AO asked me what an ice cream scoop was doing in my bathroom... :)

• Kason loves to help me do anything! If I need him to follow me, I just ask for help and he will come running! One of the cutest things he does is help me put clothes in the dryer. I hand him things one at a time and he will throw them in the dryer and yell "there!" each time. He yells "there!" any time he finishes anything, which is super funny- after he gets his arm through a shirt, pulling off a sock, throwing anything anywhere, pushing his highchair across the kitchen. I love that he can complete tasks with finesse! :) He also says "thank you" when handing things over. He kills me!

Kason is such a funny little guy! He loves making us laugh and is always ready to give kisses and snuggles. He truly lights up our lives!!!

22 weeks and going strong!

This is my post-lunch baby bump! I think I'm much bigger this time around, but see for yourself Here.

Pregnant with Kason

Pregnant NOW

BTW, sorry the pic sucks... obviously took it with my phone!

Big Boy

This is how my big boy got to my burrito. He is so proud of himself once he gets up there he just sits and kicks his legs for a long time. Little stinker is too cute!!!