Growing Up

As I lay here next to my baby in bed i wonder what the next year will bring. In the next month Matt has a few Dr appt. and I am into my first month of school. So much time has gone by!! I've had two tests already, one i KNOW i passed and the other...i'm just afraid this again might be a class that holds me up in my pursuit of a better job/life. I know that if i just buckle down and study really really hard it might not be such a challenge but where do i find the time?? Between Matt, Work and just going to my classes there isnt a whole lot left for study and doing homework. I enjoy doing my math (odd cuz in hs and college that was my WORST subject) because it makes me feel smart because i totally understand it. On the other hand chemistry makes me feel extremely stupid. I get the information dont get me wrong i understand it but when it comes to a test i'm completely LOST!! Matt is starting to be a little trouble. Take today for instance. Really good day started out like any other day. Did our errands, went to my work to pick up paycheck, stopped by Home Depot and came home for lunch. Matt ate a great lunch and it was WAAAAY past his naptime. Got a cup ready and off we go, except that we get to the room and he violently shakes his had and says NO. He wines and throws a fit (on the floor mind you) where i proceed to pick him up and put him in bed. I leave the room and he stops. I hear him yell once for me but i just ignore him. About an hour later (after no noise) i go into the room to get something and alas there sits matt on the floor reading books. I mean i cant complain because hes ready but HELLO!!! Its 3 pm and too late to take a nap seeing as he goes to bed at 8pm. This is just one example of how much he is growing up and how much less time i will have to get stuff done. Ryan has been out of town for the last month during the week so i'm pretty much left on my own to figure stuff out. I schedule and figure everything out. Thankfully my mom has stepped in and is being great watching matt 4 times a week. I guess i just could have stayed working but in the end i know that going to school AND working full time will totally pay off in the end. I only work 3 days a week so its not too bad but 12 hr shifts makes for just a lot of sleeping time and not really wanting to do much else.


So anyways, off my little tangent. I'm really excited to see what the next year brings. What will bring for us?? I mean now Matts 2!!! Seriously i cant believe that hes two. Its crazy!! How life changes in just two short years. I'm really excited to see what the future has in store for us.

Big Boy

So now that Matt has hit the big number 2!!! I thought it might be a good time to buy a big boy bed for my house. He already has a bed at Ryans and sleeps in it for 90% of the night before crawling into bed with him in the am. At my house he has his bed but its just the mattress on the floor and he doesnt like it. He sleeps with me and i totally relish every minute because one day i know that he wont sleep with me and he will be my BIG baby. So i thought it was time to buy his own "big" boy bed. I looked and looked and looked in the adds, craigslist, thriftstore and yard sales. I could NOT find a bed...i mean i can remember looking for cribs and all i could find were toddler beds..go figure. So anyways after looking and finding the price then calculating the price of gas going to pick it was just as expensive as finding one at walmart for around the same price. He got this awesome new bed

He seems to like it....although its not the same coolness of his cars bed at his dads its the SAME bed they have at his daycare. So at least its a little more familiar. It somewhat matches all the stuff in my room. We have a lot of black though but its next to Matt's dresser which is the same color so it works perfect.

One minor thing though was he had his first NIGHTMARE....my poor baby. He woke up in the middle of the night screaming bloody murder...like someone was ripping his leg off. He kept on screaming!! It took me a minute of sitting up in bed to get oriented to what the HECK was going on. i thought that he had either fallen off the bed or got up out and bed and walked into something or go turned around int he room. To say the least it really freaked me out. I held him and rocked him but he was ASLEEP!! My poor little boy was having a nightmare...poor little baby. He was sobbing so hard so we laid in bed and i just talked to him. Everytime from that moment on i would move and his little arms would go around my neck and just squeeze as tight as he could. I felt horrible but he woke up in a good mood!!

Fair

How could i forget the all important fair!! So many things for Matt happened that week as far as speech goes. Hes always been interested in animals...dog was his first word and he is in LOVE with his farm animals video even from a very young age. It so cute to watch and just how much he loves them. He was totally enamored with the fair. So the things he learned that week thanks to the fair and going EVERYDAY!! He learned how to say MOO MOO....and then NO NO MOO MOO...to funny to watch him point to the cow and tell it NO...like that would totally stop him lol. He also learned to say BA BA....those sounds he was able to say a long time ago but hasnt said in some time but he can relate them to the sheep and goats and that BA BA are what they say. He is TERRIFIED of the pigs but if you ask him what the pig says he'll kinda snort like the pigs do. He even scrunches up his face, seriously cute to watch. So for Matt to learn so many sounds and relate them to his favorite farm animals was really impressive. In the last week he's also learned to say "EMMA" and "ELMO". Sometimes its hard to distinguish between the two but there is a for sure "O" at the end of elmo if you listen closely. I'm really impressed since the fair and just by seeing so many animals that he sees in his movie on a daily basis he was able to relate in person to them and connect them together. SUPER CUTE.

Matt and cousin Riley going to the FAIR

Matt and the goats

Trying his hand at driving the tractor...just his size

2 yrs old

How did my baby turn 2?? Where has the time gone. I can still remember the hospital stay like it was yesterday....all the cuddles (he still cuddles though) and all his firsts!! He hit his Terrible Twos right on his special day like he just knew it was coming. We saw it coming....the learning to say NO, the crossing of his arms when he is mad, and the laying on the floor with his hands over his face. But no thing more than the shaking of his finger while saying NO or being so mad that he will go and lay down on his bed and cry while kicking his feet. But i know it will pass (hopefully) but i will love him forever and always because he is my baby.

We had a party with cake and ice cream. It was rock star themed and he was the star of course. He has a lot of fun and wasn't afraid of anyone. He was super cute and totally got into the presents. The first one he opened was his own set of REAL keys. I think that was the hit until he got to the end and saw what his dad got him. His very OWN little 4 wheeler. He didn't quite know what to think at first but then he climbed right on and once he figured out how to make it go it was all over then. The best thing thus far i think that hes played on. Now if only he could learn to make it turn so he doesn't crash into things. It was a great day!! My little baby is growing up.

Speaking for growing up i registered him for Ready!! for kindergarten here in town through the school district. I feel that it will only help him and us in the way of speaking and learning sounds all from a institutional perspective. This gets me thinking also if i want him to go to public schools or not. That's a few years down the road though so we'll just focus on what we can do right now. I think it will be good for him as well.

Also I've started school!!!! I'm really excited to be going BACK to school. Its different though working full time and being a full time mom as well. I have 3 classes but chem is like 2 in one because you have a lab so really i like to think that i have 4 classes. So far its not too bad and I'm actually really enjoying the math. Its not too bad and once you figure it out its really easy. As far as the chemistry goes I'm not so sure yet. Were only 2 chapters in but egh...it seems so easy but if you really think into it i guess i could make it much harder than what it really is. It will be nice though a few years down the road. I just really hope i get into the program on the first try!!! And i don't get let down. That would be such a bummer....BUT i just realized to get into the LPN program you DO NO have to take A & P....that makes my life sooo much better...I've been totally dreading the thought of even taking that class and how I'm going to pass it... BIG SIGH!!!!

We have yet to do his 2 yr appt. We have been in twice the last month though for this abnormal rash/bumps/hives that he has. Both times the Dr. said it was just a viral infection. She said that if its still there when he goes in at the end of the month they will look at it more closely and go from there. I'm excited to see how much he has grown...to see if he can stop the pediasure...and hopefully get a clean bill of health that way our insurance goes down A LOT!!! Lots of things to happen.