Funny Timmy

Timmy tried to stand on his toy trailer last night, and when he fell off he said, "Oh snap!" This morning he was running around and when he stopped he said, " Whoa, incredible." Right now he's pretending that a fence is a truck. Kind of a stretch, I think. Earlier he was laying all his cars on their sides and telling them goodnight. He cracks me up.

I took the dogs to the vet for checkups and shots this morning. Max always gets so scared that he poops. He enjoyed the car ride though. Timmy's still at Granny and Papa's. I used to like having a break and getting some things done, but now I just miss him so much when he's there.

Mowing the Lawn

Timmy enjoyed playing with his lawn mower yesterday. He pushed it all over the yard for a really long time, twenty minutes or so! He even started to work up a sweat.

Walking Max

Climbing into Things

Daily Life

Yesterday afternoon, at nap time, Timmy laid down on the floor under the table and fell asleep. (I moved him to the bed after I took the picture.)

An impressive line of cars

Nowadays, when Timmy gets upset over something, instead of rocking him or letting him nurse to calm down, I start talking about things he likes: vehicles, animals, animals riding in vehicles or we look at his books. This is also how I get him to sleep now instead of nursing at night. I whisper stories into his ear featuring pigs and monkeys riding on motorcycles and tractors.

The finger pricking isn't so bad. It's nice to know what my blood sugar is doing. Last night it was high and I can't figure out why. I had salad and cheese, egg, and tomato casserole for dinner, then walked the dog. Maybe it's because I had seconds? Or because I had an apple with peanut butter snack in the afternoon? No idea. There wasn't much sugar in that dinner.

There's a red bird outside. The birds haven't found the new bird feeder yet, but they come to our yard anyway.

I finally got my blood glucose test results back, and I failed. I wasn't expecting that. The doctor said they were "mildly abnormal". So I guess I'm diabetic, like mom, but just for the pregnancy, hopefully. So I'm trying to figure out a good diet plan and exercising everyday. I thought they'd give me more instructions than just "1800 calories a day". I'm not looking forward to pricking my finger twice a day. Does it hurt a lot? I'm afraid to eat anything with sugar in it. I had some cereal and blueberries for breakfast and am sitting here worrying about it.

Timmy's gotten his toothbrush and is trying to brush his teeth again. He loves brushing his teeth.

Playing Dog

Thank you, Daddy

Last night we took Timmy to Walmart, or "the fish store", as Timmy calls it. He spent a long time looking at the fish and bought lots of things that weren't what we went there for. Patrick bought Timmy a bag of apples, and Timmy said "Thank you, Daddy." It was so sweet. He helped to load all the groceries at the checkout, and Patrick handed him the receipt and Timmy thanked him for the receipt too. What a sweetie.

Cars and Trucks

Timmy loves to play with his cars and trucks everyday. Lately this is what he spends the majority of his time doing, when we're not reading his favorite books, which are about cars, tractors and trucks. He especially likes lining them up and taking the diggers and dump trucks outside to the sandbox.

A Day Outside

We spent the day out in the backyard. Yay for spring. Only a few more weeks before it becomes a mosquito swamp.

He kept saying carriage while he was twirling the umbrella and requesting music. I'm not sure why.

Watering the plants and pinwheels. This was Timmy's idea too.

He actually kept these on for awhile.

Timmy's a Cow

I made farm animal ears and noses for the kids at Timmy's birthday party. Timmy was amused looking at himself in the mirror with the cow ears and horns on.

So funny!

Daddy's turn to have a cow nose.

Sheriff Max

Running with Dogs

Playing with Granddad

Timmy is crazy about his Granddad.

Just resting for a minute in the hammock.

Following the hose


Trying to get Granddad to climb into the fort. This is as far as he got. Timmy is pointing out for him where to put his feet on the steps.

Confetti Eggs

Timmy thought making a mess with confetti eggs was great fun.

Squeeze!

Yay! Confetti all over!

It's raining confetti.

Confetti Dogs

Egg Hunt

Timmy had fun hunting for Easter eggs this year. Patrick and I just scattered them around in the grass and put some in chairs. We helped him a little bit too. So did Max Dog. Max was walking around smelling the hard boiled eggs and trying to get the juice treats out of the plastic ones. He watched while I was uploading this picture and said "No Max!"
I remember last year Baby Timmy just sat down and chewed on some eggs while the other kids searched for them.

A Picnic

We ate monkey bread and fruit outside while Timmy played with the toys in his Easter basket.

Easter Basket

Timmy loved the little bunny on a skateboard that Grandmom gave him in his Easter basket.

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Timmy helped to dye Easter eggs this year. He helped to drop the eggs into the cups of colored water (some of them cracked) and told us where to put them when we took them out. He seemed to be really interested and enjoying it.

Belly

Here I am with the belly and Timmy. I'm really starting to feel pregnant now. Leg cramps, bachache, indigestion, bending over is uncomfortable and I'm gettting worn out. Lexa is kicking often now. It's getting exciting. I'm starting to think about babies more and stop forgeting that I'm pregnant all the time, although I'm forgeting lots of other things.

The beautiful horse and pig my mom made for Timmy

I can't believe she made these. They're so cute.

Little Red Wagon

Timmy likes his new wagon. I've been pulling him round and round the backyard in it as he says hi to the trees, his toys, and everything we pass by.

Daddy Goat and Little Pig

I made this picture cut out for the party, but it was way too windy to have it out. I'm glad Patrick and Timmy took a picture in it in the living room right after I made it. It was like a sail in the 40 mile per hour winds. It was so hard to set up the party in the strong wind. It was also a pain to haul everything out to Patrick's parents and house and back again. There were so many things I didn't get to put out because of the wind or ran out of time to put out because it took so long to load and get everything there. I painted 18 animals, and only 6 of them were put up, the cute foam board apple trees, ladybugs, bandanna napkins, quilts, paper puppets, sheet I painted to look like a barn, lamb and thumbprint animal crafts, the little pop up barn tent my mom bought, the favors weren't put together, the watermelon was never carved into a pig, the mason jar glasses weren't ready, the fabric sewn on heads of the sawhorse dairy cow and steer actually blew off. We put out the pie after most people had left. My mom was in the kitchen most of the party, I think. Patrick was really busy most of the party too. We didn't play any of the games I had planned, pin the tail on the donkey, round up the animals, sing old mcdonald, do the bunny hop and chicken dance, but the kids were having so much fun just running around, and there wasn't much time. I'm glad that I just let everything go after alot of people had gotten there and just watched Timmy play. It was over so fast. He was asleep after 2 hours.I'm going to play games and do the party crafts with Timmy on Easter I think. I had some grand plans, but I think I learned alot about what not to try to do again.

Timmy is Two!

Timmy's Barnyard Birthday Bash

April 5, 2009

Timmy's birthday party went off really well. Everyone told me it was a great party, and the kids looked like they were having a blast. Timmy loved everything. He loved playing in the pretend chicken coop with his tractors and seeing the animals.

He's riding a donkey.
He enjoyed it for a few minutes
and then was ready to get down.

Timmy was crazy about the goose.

He chased the poor thing around

and around and wanted to ride it.

There were also bunnies and a baby goat.


All of Patrick's relatives sat in a circle next to the pig pen and fishing hole. I forgot the marshmallows on sticks for the pretend fire and couldn't find the magnetic fish, but had the fishing poles. Oh well.

Corn stalks that blew down.


Lots of friends came. We had 25 kids there and almost 40 adults! Mom made so much yummy food. We had pigs in a blanket, wagon wheel pasta salad, Boston baked beans, roasted corn on the cob, chex mix chicken feed, goldfish crackers, strawberries, veggies and dip, homemade breads, fresh squeezed lemonde, cupcakes, and five people brought pies. I made homemad ice cream, but forgot to bring it out. Mom also made muffins, and we made strawberry jam together for people to take home.






A calf came to visit. I wasn't expecting him.

Timmy takes Daddy for a walk by the apple tree. The apples were filled with animal crackers.

The kids tables had farm puzzles and toys and crafts that it was way to windy to do.

The carrot patch was a big hit. I had straw hats for all the kids and I made stick horses for them. I also made animal noses and ears

for them to wear, but didn't get them to them until they were leaving.

Timmy's ready to drive the tractor.


Patrick's cousin, Josh, took everyone for a hayride with the tractor. That's when Timmy fell asleep.

Opening Presents

Timmy got all kinds of vehicles, which he loves: firetrucks, construction vehicles, cars, trucks, bulldozers, tractors, garbage trucks, and a Thomas the train phone. His favorites are a big Lightning McQueen car and two little matchbook car size digger and forklift. He took those with him to blow out the candles on his cake.

He enjoyed it when everyone sang Happy Birthday to him. He tried to blow out the candle. Mommy helped a little. The cake is supposed to be a lamb.

I love my little birthday boy!