Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
My two 1 year olds
We made cupcakes this evening for Landry's birthday. This was the first time Camden and Landry have shared The Learning Tower, and the first time we've let them help cook. They had a large time making a mess and digging in things we normally don't let them dig into. Blake and I had a great time wathing them, and it looks like they enjoyed themselves, too. This has truly been a great day!
Our sweet Landry is 1!
Landry turned ONE(!) this morning at 10:16 a.m.! I swear this has been the quickest year of my life -- even quicker than the last one. She got to turn around in her car seat this morning, which we thought would really excite her, but she never minded riding backwards so forward didn't seem to be much of a treat to her. We decided we'd spend her actual birthday as a family of four and celebrate with the rest of our family and friends tomorrow. It's been a nice slow-paced day, and now all my one year olds are snoozing. Now it's time to start getting ready for tomorrow!
Happy birthday sweet girl! We love you!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Since there's not much exciting going on, how 'bout some pictures?
Landry got her hair did at MDO today.
This is Camden's latest obsession - pushing the Learning Tower over to Daddy's cell phone.
This has got to be the worst case of weird beard in the history of all weird beards.
The weather was actually nice enough for a wagon ride on Sunday.
Camden went to the World of Wheels on Saturday with Blake and Chappy. He had a huge time!Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Waiting for Daddy to get home
If you were to drive down our driveway on any given workday around 6 p.m. there's a 90% chance that this is what you'd find. It makes Blake's day!
Monday, January 12, 2009
The world's worst case of bed head
Landry woke up from one of her naps like this yesterday. She looks like Donald Trump in a wind storm on a day his hairspray didn't work! It looked much worse in person.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Mother's Day Out
Today was the first day of Mother's Day Out for the Rainey kids. Unfortunately, only one of them made it. Landry woke up last night with a fever and a deep cough, so she got to go to MidCity Pediatrics instead. We dropped Camden off and he ran right into his room and started playing with all the new toys. He didn't even pay us any attention. When I got there to pick him up his teachers were telling me how impressed they were because he did awesome on his first day. He laid down -- get this -- on his nap mat on the floor and took a nap! They said he cried for a few minutes and went right to sleep. He watched the bigger kids go in and out of the bathroom and decided he needed to try it. He went and sat on the potty three different times during the day! We were both thrilled and relieved that he did so well.
Landry's day wasn't so hot, but at least she got some Mexican food out of the deal. She has another ear infection and the croup. She had an ear infection before Christmas and the consensus was that she never completely got over it. Dr. Scott prescribed some antibiotics and steroids and hopefully she'll be feeling all better in a jiffy.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
It's a . . .
. . . another set of testicles for the Rainey household! We saw a maternal and fetal medicine specialist this morning to check out what Dr. Pineda referred to as our "sluggish" baby. The baby was so active that they had a hard time getting some of the measurements they needed to evaluate the little guy! His heartbeat was excellent, and all other systems looked great. We'll go see Dr. Pineda next week for the 18 week ultrasound he does, and then back to the specialist in six weeks for a routine follow up. He said he didn't see anything to indicate a problem of any kind, which was quite a relief. Now we get to start the name game! Any suggestions?
Friday, January 2, 2009
Sweet 22 month old
Camden turned 22 months old today, and we totally forgot to tell him Happy 22 month day! We suck. We did, however, let him have some fun this evening. We met the Schoonover's for dinner at Fudrucker's. We were quite a site: four adults and four high chairs. Afterwards we took the kids down to the fountain so they could watch the water. Camden repeatedly yelled "WWWAAADDDDER". He loved it. Us girls took a stroll down to a couple of stores, and when we got back to the boys there was a guy playing the guitar ("high tar") and singing outside of The Cheesecake Bistro. Camden and Alex danced around like very white and very crazy kids. It was adorable.
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Camden is repeating just about everything we say, which has included two expletives to date. I'll let his father tell you which ones they were, as he was responsible for the most recent rash of cursing. He can't pronounce his Fs or Ls, so some words are still incomprehensible if you don't already know what he's saying, but for the most part he's able to carry on short conversations with no problem. He's enjoying his big boy table, and eats some of his less messy meals there. I haven't been brave enough to turn him loose with applesauce or pudding outside of the high chair yet. We'll get there one day.
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He is a happy and very energetic little guy, and fortunately for us he's sweet about 92% of the time. We must be doing something right! Or maybe just right enough.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year Quiz
This took forever, so you bee-otches better appreciate it and/or fill one out yourselves and send it back to me! I robbed it from a mommy blog I frequent, http://www.sundrymourning.com/.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? became the mother of two beautiful babies and then got pregnant by a man who had a vasectomy
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I typically don't make resolutions because I'm not the type to keep them. But if I did make one last year, it was probably not to get pregnant in 2008. Whoops. I'm not tempting fate by speaking of 2009.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My friends Anne Marie, Jen, Jennifer, Erin and Wendy - and me (I'm pretty close to me).
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit? Mexico
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A glass (or maybe a bottle) of champagne at Christmas and New Year's.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? January 24th - Landry's birthday
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? giving birth and learning how to survive with two babies
9. What was your biggest failure? does a vasectomy failure count?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? fortunately I did not
11. What was the best thing you bought? gosh, I don't know.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Blake's. Not only does he seem to balance work and family very well, he also had the best year SAFE Planning has ever had. Most of you know his dad moved to Florida, so he did it all by himself (along with his wonderful support staff).
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I can't put this answer in writing. Call me - I'll tell you!
14. Where did most of your money go? probably to diapers and formula
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Landry's birth and Camden walking
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder?b) thinner or fatter?c) richer or poorer? Happier, definitely thinner than this time last year, richer in many ways
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? travel
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? ha! I'll bypass this question. You guys can fill in the blanks.
20. How did you spend Christmas? with my family, of course
21. Did you fall in love in 2008? I did - with a little red head
22. What was your favorite TV program? Grey's Anatomy, I guess
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? I'm not a hater
24. What was the best book you read? The Final Lecture
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? "What's gonna work? Teamwork!" - as performed by the Wonderpets
26. What did you want and get? a healthy baby girl - after a small glitch
27. What did you want and not get? I can't really think of anything, which must be a good sign.
28. What was your favorite film of this year? Considering I only saw two movies in 2008, both of which happened to be Will Smith flicks, I'll go with the one that didn't scare the bejeeesus out of me: 7 Pounds.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I had dinner at The Mabry House with several good friends. I turned 33.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? winning the lottery. I mean, I've already won the husband and child lottery, but the actual money lottery would be great.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? uh, how about this: My kids look really cute! I personally dress them.
32. What kept you sane? A very helpful and involved husband.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I haven't kept up very well since I don't have time for my People magazine anymore.
34. What political issue stirred you the most? I suppose the presidential election, although sadly, politics don't stir me much.
35. Who did you miss? My far away cousins.
36. Who was the best new person you met? I'm sure I met new people, right? Doesn't everyone meet new people all the time? I guess I didn't let any of them stick around.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. This lesson began in 2007, but continued to grow in 2008, and will continue for the rest of my life: Never, ever, ever say anything beginning with "my kids will never do . . .". I'm eating a lot of crow these days, but I like to think I'm doing it gracefully.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. This song doesn't sum up my year, more like almost the last decade, but if it weren't for stumbling upon Blake almost 9 years ago, my 2008 would be nothing like it was. So here's a little Lila McCann for you, from the song "To Get Me to You" from the Hope Floats soundtrack:
And I don't regret the rain
Or the nights I felt the pain
Or the tears I had to cry
Some of those times along the way
Every road I had to take
Every time my heart would break
It was just something that I had to get through
To get me to you
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? became the mother of two beautiful babies and then got pregnant by a man who had a vasectomy
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I typically don't make resolutions because I'm not the type to keep them. But if I did make one last year, it was probably not to get pregnant in 2008. Whoops. I'm not tempting fate by speaking of 2009.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My friends Anne Marie, Jen, Jennifer, Erin and Wendy - and me (I'm pretty close to me).
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit? Mexico
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A glass (or maybe a bottle) of champagne at Christmas and New Year's.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? January 24th - Landry's birthday
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? giving birth and learning how to survive with two babies
9. What was your biggest failure? does a vasectomy failure count?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? fortunately I did not
11. What was the best thing you bought? gosh, I don't know.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Blake's. Not only does he seem to balance work and family very well, he also had the best year SAFE Planning has ever had. Most of you know his dad moved to Florida, so he did it all by himself (along with his wonderful support staff).
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I can't put this answer in writing. Call me - I'll tell you!
14. Where did most of your money go? probably to diapers and formula
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Landry's birth and Camden walking
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder?b) thinner or fatter?c) richer or poorer? Happier, definitely thinner than this time last year, richer in many ways
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? travel
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? ha! I'll bypass this question. You guys can fill in the blanks.
20. How did you spend Christmas? with my family, of course
21. Did you fall in love in 2008? I did - with a little red head
22. What was your favorite TV program? Grey's Anatomy, I guess
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? I'm not a hater
24. What was the best book you read? The Final Lecture
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? "What's gonna work? Teamwork!" - as performed by the Wonderpets
26. What did you want and get? a healthy baby girl - after a small glitch
27. What did you want and not get? I can't really think of anything, which must be a good sign.
28. What was your favorite film of this year? Considering I only saw two movies in 2008, both of which happened to be Will Smith flicks, I'll go with the one that didn't scare the bejeeesus out of me: 7 Pounds.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I had dinner at The Mabry House with several good friends. I turned 33.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? winning the lottery. I mean, I've already won the husband and child lottery, but the actual money lottery would be great.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? uh, how about this: My kids look really cute! I personally dress them.
32. What kept you sane? A very helpful and involved husband.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I haven't kept up very well since I don't have time for my People magazine anymore.
34. What political issue stirred you the most? I suppose the presidential election, although sadly, politics don't stir me much.
35. Who did you miss? My far away cousins.
36. Who was the best new person you met? I'm sure I met new people, right? Doesn't everyone meet new people all the time? I guess I didn't let any of them stick around.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. This lesson began in 2007, but continued to grow in 2008, and will continue for the rest of my life: Never, ever, ever say anything beginning with "my kids will never do . . .". I'm eating a lot of crow these days, but I like to think I'm doing it gracefully.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. This song doesn't sum up my year, more like almost the last decade, but if it weren't for stumbling upon Blake almost 9 years ago, my 2008 would be nothing like it was. So here's a little Lila McCann for you, from the song "To Get Me to You" from the Hope Floats soundtrack:
And I don't regret the rain
Or the nights I felt the pain
Or the tears I had to cry
Some of those times along the way
Every road I had to take
Every time my heart would break
It was just something that I had to get through
To get me to you
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