An Update From Grandpa

Just got this in an email in reference to Roo and Daddy's visit on Wednesday after going to the National Aquarium.

Daughter,

a question dad asked here....

By the way, we really enjoyed Roo's visit. What a trip; he had pineapple cake, took out the brownie mix and asked for brownies ("You guys have brownies!?"), popcorn ("Do you guys have any popcorn"; then, after I found it and made it; "this is yukky popcorn"); I gave him a bag of chocolate chip cookies, which he turned down, ditto for cheese; he had an apple, or at least started one, and he had his fries from lunch. And of course he rearranged the family room in order to watch Wall-e.

Dad

Mother Nature Wins

Warm then cold then snow and more snow.  Such a great recipe for getting sick.  And sick we have gotten.

Mommy was sick with the worst sore throat ever last week and it looks like I gave my sickness to Roo.  He wasn't acting himself yesterday and our sitter said he was coughing during the day and a little that evening.  When he went to bed last night he ended up having a few coughing fits that really upset him that just made them worse.  Daddy ended up sleeping on the futon in the playroom with Roo and that really helped calm him down.  

Daddy stayed home with him today and cleaned the germs out of the house and then took him to the doctor.  Roo now has some steroids to help his croup and should hopefully feel better tomorrow.  We're still expecting tonight to be a long night.  Hopefully the two humidifiers in his room give him enough steam to keep his throat clear.  It's really sad watching sick Roo, he's lost his spirit, can barely talk and is just really not himself.  You'd never think he would come to a stand still with the energy he has!  

So, we give up; mother nature, you win as usual and we wish Mr. Groundhog declared that spring would be here shortly.  But alas, more snow is due tonight and this weekend.  In the meantime, lets keep our fingers crossed that we get a day off of work from all of this. 

Hopefully we'll have some pictures of Roo sledding and snow castles this coming weekend. Sledding sounds like fun!

Snowpocalypse 2009

Wow, we got a lot of snow!  Almost 2 ft of snow.  The snow started Friday night around 7pm and didn't end until around 10pm on Saturday night.  Over 24 hours of snow.  And it's beautiful, especially today since it's sunny out.

Roo played a little in the snow yesterday and decided it was a little too cold with the snow still coming down.  He did want to measure it like daddy does with just his normal shoes on, so he tried and thought it was pretty funny to get snow all over him, but quickly came in.

He's been outside today for a few hours now.  I'm actually hoping he'll come in soon because he's tired.  After daddy shoveled us out of the driveway, we went for a short ride to see how bad the roads are.  The state roads aren't looking so great, but they do have 1 passable lane.  The county roads are a little worse, but our neighborhood road is awesome.  A portion of our homeowners dues go to plowing during the snow, definitely worth the money.

Daddy and Roo built an igloo.  It's pretty cool.  And they also built a nice seat in the snow.  The little bug was a little unsure of the snow but he had fun being outside with everyone.  Hooray for a snow day!  Lets cross our fingers that work gets cancelled tomorrow.

Uncle Matt's Big Move

Roo and I went to MD to help Uncle Matt move from grandma and grandpa's house to his new apartment.  Roo was so excited to give Uncle Matt all the gifts we picked out for him for his new place.  We first got to grandma and grandpa's and picked up a few things to have for lunch.  Then we headed over to Uncle Matt's and Roo showed him everything we got him.  Not only that, Roo unpacked almost everything, did his best to put it away, set up the trash can, and put all the trash in the trash can.  Whew, it was like watching dada!  As we helped Uncle Matt unpack, Roo made himself at home and had fun playing with the toys he brought and hiding in Uncle Matt's bookcase.  Roo really didn't want to leave but it was time to head back and I promised to show him airplanes and helicopters at National.  As we were driving down the parkway we saw one helicopter.  That must have been enough because he zonked out just before the airport and slept for about a half hour.  We arrived at Cold Stone and picked up some ice cream.  Instead of cups of ice cream to eat in the store, we discovered ice cream cup cakes.  What could be more exciting than that!  So we got home and enjoyed them, daddy thought they were the greatest thing ever!  Happy Birthday Grandma!

Because Every Parent Must Talk About Their Kids Poo...

Because it's Roo it was funny; plus it's my blog to document what we want to remember and teast the kids about when they're older.  Stop now if you don't want to read about poo. 

Here is how the conversation went.

Dada:  Roo, what are you doing?

Roo:  Poopin'

Roo:  Uh oh, it's stuck, oh no!

Roo had some poo issues this weekend, he hasn't had them in a long long time...but he was definitely one of those babies that had a hard time pooing.  When he was just a little newborn all you heard was him tooting in the baby monitor.  We had to go so far as to put Karo syrup in his bottles.  So finally, after 2 days of effort, shortly after the conversation above, he was successful.  I'm sure the prune and the juice we gave him to help everything along will cause the opposite problem a day from now.  Hopefully he'll potty train in the next year :)

No Dogs Allowed

Since daddy had to spend some time this weekend clearing out the family room and building The Wall, mommy and The Roo went to visit grandma and grandpa. On the way there we stopped at Ikea in College Park to get some ideas for the new playroom. Ikea actually has a pretty good selection of little kid toys at great prices. Mommy decided that since The Roo likes to build his little fort every night that he'd probably like one of those little kiddie tents.

Score one for mom because The Roo loves it. He and daddy had a lot of fun playing in it today.

And, The Roo even enjoyed having his afternoon snack in it...yes, there's nothing better than cherry tomatoes! The Roo does his best to keep Baxter out but once Roo leaves, Baxter has to make sure there aren't any crumbs left behind....there's a surprise!

We had a great long weekend and daddy finished everything in preparation for the construction to begin tomorrow. We'll keep everyone updated on the progress and we'll even take bets on whether or not you think the construction will be complete before the baby arrives. 10 weeks or less until baby comes, 6 weeks is the estimate for the construction timeline. Add hurricane season in as a factor and, well, mommy just ignores the fact that this is all happening. Ignorance is bliss right!?!

Fort Roo

Every night we let Roo watch a half hour of tv before we head upstairs for bedtime. He watches Nina and Star on Sprout and likes to watch Chica sing happy birthday. It's a good time for him to wind down and relax before bed and he enjoys sitting in 'his' chair for this. Recently he decided that it's even more fun to tip the chair over and turn it into a little fort. We put a blanket over it and he keeps Baxter out and hides from mommy and daddy. What could be more fun than having your own fort!

On a different evening, mommy and daddy found it more entertaining to let him watch his show this way ;)

Inspiration for Baxter and The Roo