A toddlers guide to sharing

Katie went to the grocery store with me today and saw the candy, the candy they put just at eye level when a kid is in the cart. I hate that. I was worried that she would want all of it but she said she wanted "one for gamma, one for umpa, one for mommy, one for daddy" and it was so cute that I couldn't say no. She was content to stick with the two chewier candies (the twizzlers and orange slices) and she got five of each of them. In the car on the way home, she said "I tired mama. I eat McDonalds and go to sleep." Then she paused and changed it to, "I eat my candy and go to sleep." It was cute. We got home and she ate her candy pretty quickly after eating lunch. When there were two pieces left, she brought one of them to daddy to open. He asked her if that candy wasn't for grandma or grandpa and she pointed to the piece sitting on the coffee table. He told her that one was grandma's and where is grandpa's? She pointed at the one piece left and said gamma and umpa share. We discouraged that train of thought and so when grandpa came home, she was able to give him the candy. She stared at the twizzlers for an extra long time but in the end, decided that she could share. I was impressed with her restraint because it seems like we've been going through a sharing phase with her... I came across these toddler rules the other day and cracked up. So true.

1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my hand, it's mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
5. If it's mine, it must NEVER appear to be yours in anyway.
6. If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
7. If it looks just like mine, it is mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically
becomes mine.
10. If it's broken, it's yours.

Actually, number ten should read, If it's broken, umpa will fix it and then it's mine again. That's Katie's answer to anything that breaks. She'll say "Umpa fix it." And he usually does.

The kids are feeling better. Katie has been on medicine since last Monday (the ear infection post) and Jacob is not on anything. We've got a follow up appointment on Wednesday for Jacob and hopefully the doctor can check Katie's ears to see how she's doing without us having to make another appointment and pay another co-pay and make a separate trip to the doctor.

Ear Infections are not fun

Katie started to complain that her head hurt at about 5:30 last night. She was saying owie, owie, owie and she cried and cried... and cried. Very loudly. It was so bad that we took her to urgent care (Grandma watched Jacob). On the way there she fell asleep in the car and when we got there and she woke up and realized where we were, she told me very firmly that she did not want to go to the doctor. She cried while I took her in and while we were in the waiting room - thank goodness we were the only ones there - but when we got into the room she was pretty calm. I was so proud of her. She did great! I couldn't believe it! The nurse listened to her pulse and then the doctor came in and looked in her ears (grimaced and said ooooh), listened to her breathing, and looked at her throat. She fussed a little at the end but it was a huge change from listening to her scream the ENTIRE time! She was awesome! We learned that she has ear infection in both ears and one of them (the left) was inflamed with puss and looked like it was about to burst. We left the clinic with two prescriptions and orders to come back in 2 weeks.

Her calm happy mood wasn't to last. When we got in the car she started to cry and kept crying the whole way home. And cried while we waited for daddy to bring her medicine - about 15 minutes at home. Finally we had the medicine and some ear drops to help with the pain. She fell asleep pretty early so I guess she felt better. At about 3:30 a.m. she woke up and called for me and wanted me to feed her from her sippy cup but she sounded better and was actually pretty cheery. Then she wanted medicine (she likes Tylenol way too much). So today she feels better, Jacob feels better, me and John aren't sick yet (fingers crossed) so we're hoping to be done with this soon!

I was bummed that she felt so bad because she had a blast with daddy until that point. They had an outing and went to Menards, Savers, then Costco. She was so thrilled that it was just them, she even asked me "just me mommy?" and got her excited look when I said yes, just you and not mommy and Jacob. Katie came home with four new toys and just had a really fun time alone with daddy.

Jacob's baby shower...

Jacob has officially greeted the world, or at least my part of it. Jacob, Katie, my sister in law Jenny, me and my mom went to a shower with my work friends today. There were about 20 people there and we played games, ate delicious food, opened gifts and visited. It was awesome!

Katie played with Paige and Donovan most of the time and the three of them were running around like short crazy people and having a great time.

It was a really fun time - I felt like a "real" person again. I was wearing actual clothes and not just my best sweat pants and t-shirt.

Now we're at home and he's fussy and Katie is still awake. She's eating an apple. It's 12:30 a.m. and I'm hoping that both of them will fall asleep soon. We're tired and ready to go to bed but these kids are night owls. Although we might be in luck soon with K. She's laying on the coffee table eating her apple (it's cut into small pieces) and in between bites she's closing her eyes like she's going to sleep... ahhh. Oh, false alarm. An up to the minute report --- she's sitting up and telling her daddy to sit "there" which in this case is the recliner... and he can't sit because he's walking with J. Now she's off to find daddy and is walking around with him. She cracks me up.

It's now 12:36 a.m. and Katie has crawled back onto the coffee table. And she's off again. I better see if I can move this along with the promise of cartoons in mommy and daddy's room. Probably not, but at this point I'm willing to try!

Finally! She fell asleep and John happened to catch her on video. This is what happens a lot of nights. She doesn't want to fall asleep in her own bed, it's usually on the floor or chair or couch. :)