No More Pap Pap

WOOO HOOO!

And he doesn't even ask for it anymore! It has been a week and a half and it has been easy sailing. He is waking in the middle of the night though and all he wants me to do is re-cover him. When do they do that themselves? hmm....

On another note, today was the last day of school! I ONLY cried like 8 times :) Very good for me! Emily and I found out we will be in the younger 1's next year with one of our friends, Amy! Good times and great fun! Can't wait.

VBS is June 15-19 and we are in 4's! How funny to go from "older babies" to 4's to younger ones! We will be able to do many new things that we haven't been able to do with babies the past 2 years and we couldn't be more excited about it!

Pap Pap

Day 3
20 minutes of fussing but it worked :)

Pap Pap

Day 2

AUGH! Last minute decision had Trey and I going to Mel's house last night. Horrible 1st night with out Pap Pap I know! He did have a fussing fit, I finally gave in and gave him his Pap Pap. He saw me walk in, he said Pap Pap as I put it in his mouth and he rolled over and was done! It is so crazy to me how attached he is to that thing. When we headed for home he woke up and stayed awake until we got home. As soon as we got here, he took his antibiotic and went to sleep, no Pap Pap... no problem.

I was talking to a friend and we were discussing how the child will have to "learn" how to go to sleep with out the "crutch". I never thought of it that way! I guess it is the same as when I had to learn how to fall asleep on my side and not on my belly when I was carrying this sweet child that we're talking about!

Nap time:
Oh wait, there was no nap time. He played in his room for 1 1/2 hours and NEVER slept! I gave up and took him outside to play while I did some yard work. Then when it was 4:15 we sat in the chair together to watch some of his firetruck DVD and he fell asleep in less than a second! I laid him down and gave him 30 minutes.

Nite Nite:
1st lay down: Horribly! He wailed like a banshee (hehehe Ashley) 2nd lay down: We had our discussion again that the babies need the Pap Paps and he is a big boy now so he doesn't need them like the babies do. I resettled him. I gave him his water, Elmo, Daisy Belle and his Thomas blanket and he was done. Praise God!

Saying good by to Pap Pap

Day 1

He only gets Pap Pap at sleep times and it stays in the top drawer of his dresser. So I took him when we got home and showed him that Pap Pap was going to the kitchen. (that way he wouldn't try to climb up his dresser to get it) He said "Bye Bab Bap" (his way of saying it) and that was it.

At nap time when he was ready for "nite nite" I took him in his room, put him in his bed and gave him his blankie. As usual he asked for Pap Pap. I told him "No Baby, No Pap Pap." Needless to say he was NOT happy. He stood at his door and cried for at least 15 minutes. I even sat with him and held him for a few minutes to no avail!

Jerry and I decided long ago that when he turned 2 he would not have it anymore. The main reasons we "pushed" the pappy is #1 he had HORRIBLE reflux and the pappy helped him keep his meal down. #2 you can take it away, a thumb you can't

Now we just have to get through the night time! But I am here to say... NO TURNING BACK!!!!

Crocs

I got Trey a pair of fake Crocs from Target yesterday and he put them on and said he didn't like them!!! I was sooooo super sad! He walked around like a robot picking his feet up like they wouldn't bend. Then he, Jerry & I went on a walk around the block and he was full fledged running up and down hills in them. Today he wanted to put them on 1st thing when he woke up and cried when I took them off for his nap. So needless to say, he has surley began to like them. The best story comes from tonight! I had already gotten him all dressed in his jambies, he had taken his meds, we said prayers and he was all tucked in. About 5 minutes later I hear him hollering for me, he had decided he wasn't really ready for bed and wanted to play. I walked down the hall to tell him to get back in bed and... you guessed it, he had put on his Crocs! It was so cute I couldn't let him go! I swooped him up and for a full hour just cuddled & read books with him.

AUGHHHHH

I can not believe Trey has another sinus infection! Poor thing! Both his regular Dr and the ENT said if this 2nd round of antibiotics poop out on him, then adenoids come out. AUGHHHH!!!!
I hate to know that he will have to go through all this hospital junk again!! Am I wrong, or do most people have the tubes and adenoids done at the same time?!?!?!? Why would my baby be any different? Please pray!

Scared to death!

Those of you at the shower last night know the fear that came from a 22 month old and a chicken bone!

We were at Wild Wings for Ashley's baby shower and Trey kept wanting some of my chicken. So I figured I would give him one of the wings with the chicken still on it. So, it worked wonderfully the first wing and HORRIBLY the second. He was on the other side of another girl there and when I looked over to check on him one time he was choking!!!! I jumped up and ran around to him and come to find out he had bit off the gristle and it was stuck at the back of his throat. Needless to say I was totally freaked out and have been making myself sick over it! It could have just been a fluke thing but it scared the mess out of me! He was quite upset about it also (duh) and was hugging me saying he wanted to go! I felt like the worst Mommy ever!

Ya live and learn I guess. Some lessons really scar you. Today I was worried about EVERYTHING he ate, even his yogurt. augh...

Weekday Zoo Trip 2009

Make a Smilebox slideshow

New friend... I think.

There is a little girl that lives behind us who is 4 and her name is Erin. She stands at the fence and calls Trey and Trey's Mama and asks 100 million questions. Her mom let her come over and hang with us the other day. Trey loved it and they had a awesome time.

The bad part is, it is almost as bad as having Sparky aka Barky back next door. He barked at us the WHOLE time we would be in the yard, she shouts question the whole time. Better or worse? I just can't say!

Verdict: NOT Ready

after 2 peeing on the floor episodes I came to the realization, TREY IS NOT READY TO POTTY TRAIN!

He is still asking to BEBE thought, so I get him undone and sit him down. We will continue to let him BEBE but will not press it yet. :)

Ready or Not?

For the past few weeks Trey has kept asking to go "bebe" in the potty every night. Then this Tuesday he asked over 5 times in a 2 hour span. So Wednesday we trucked out to get some pull-ups and try it out. We have been visiting the potty EVERY 30 minutes since 7:00 this morning! He hears the timer and runs shouting "bebe bebe bebe" Only problem is, as soon as his bottom hits the seat he wines to get off! What is that about? So he is EXCITED to get in the bathroom but doesn't want to sit on the pot! Please let me know if you think he is ready or not! I don't want to scare him away from it! Thanks y'all!!!!

My very own Handy Manny

Trey watched me change the batteries in his fire truck one day and ever since he has wanted to do it himself. Today he kept saying "moan Mommy, duck" translation "come on Mommy, stuck" so I was to get over there and help him. He actually has the screw driver in the screw but just doesn't have the strength needed to turn it, so to him it is "stuck"! Boy are we in trouble when he does get the strength!

Hospital, Hospital, Dance & More Hospital

I have been super slack about posting and I will try to do a quick "catch up" since New York.
First off, Trey and I have had sinus infections and he also has an ear infection!! This makes the #3 blockage in his left tube!! We go to his ENT today to find out about the next steps. (probably a new tube)
We went to Florence to see my new Niece Kaylyn! She is soooooooo cute and her Mommy and Daddy couldn't be happier! I could just eat her up! Trey couldn't go in since he woke up Saturday with a fever :(
We also saw Beanie in the same hospital, she had a ginormous kidney stone which they had to go after TWICE!!! Poor Beanie!!
While we were there we went to Arts Alive @ FMU to see Addie dance and she was precious! I love to see her tap! She does it with perfect style and is THE CUTEST one on the floor!
After the dance we headed for home since Trey was not feeling good. To end out our day, @ 11:45 pm we went to Providence Hospital for Trey who had at this point spiked a 105 fever and was shaking quite strangely. Come to find out from our 5 hour wait, he didn't have phenomena. Good job doc! We were quite frustrated! So I called our Dr.'s office and they said if he was still running fever by Tuesday then bring him in. So I did and that is when we found out about the ear and sinuses. Dumb ER!!! AUGH!! They guy barely looked at Trey!!!

NYC

I am now home, safe and happy to have had a WONDERFUL weekend with my Mom-in-law & sis-in-laws!! We had the MOST amazing time and everyone came back in one piece!
We saw 2 Broadway musicals, Marry Poppins & Phantom of the Opera. I have had so many people ask me which was better and I can honestly say, "I can't say". Mary was so energetic and exciting in the happy happy sense and Phantom was so dramatic and exciting and I mean, HELLO, it's Phantom!!!!!
We walked SOOOOOOO many places and like the words of one New Yorker "you really get to see the city when you walk it." We had the majority of our laughs on the Subways which we, almost every time, were headed the wrong direction first. Crys even had a homeless man fall on her and crack her back. Good news though, her back felt better after that. We had 2 very "exciting" rids in the famous NYC Taxis and even rode a bus and found out the last day that there is a FREE SHUTTLE BUS!!!! We ate amazing and not so amazing foods and I can honestly say, I had no complaints either way, I was in NYC!!! WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!
We shopped and were amazed that in the shopping mecca of the world, Bloomingdale's closes at 7:00 on Saturdays!!!! What is that about????? We came to the conclusion that most people probably are attending the "night life" activities or getting ready for them at that time. (just a little note about that, we walked up at 7:15!!!!!)
FAO Schwartz was closed when we got there too, but we were able to go to the 9 floor Macy's. It was so awesome and most of the escalators were wooden!! That was so super cool! The whole "cellar" floor was men's underwear. WHAT!?!?!?! There was even food places and a Starbucks in there!!!!
Speaking of Starbucks, it is so true that there is one on EVERY block! They were just shoving it up in my face. But I held off and only got 1 coffee the whole trip! Very good me!
We saw Lady Liberty and Ellis Island and enjoyed the little bit of history we were able to get from both places.

There are no words to explain the fun we had and my thanks to my Mom who treated us girls on the trip and to Cry for the wonderful planning and being our map reader. I can honestly say you two rock!

NYC

So as most of you probably already know, I will be traveling to NYC Friday morning from the Myrtle Beach Airport! I am going with my amazing Mom-in-law and 2 wonderful sister-in-laws!!! We are so excited to go and have 4 days of "girls only" together time! (this is so unusual because when we are together we usually have 4 men and 5 kids to tend with for time together)

We will be doing much shopping, lots of walking and even The Phantom of the Opera Broadway play!!! We will return back to the beach Monday night and from there I will drive home. So if I work with you @ Weekday, I'll see you Tuesday morning and for everyone else, I will see you as soon as I can! I can't wait to share all the wonderful stories, I'm sure I'll have, with you when I get back!

Please keep us in your prayers.