No bells & whistles this month. I'm having difficulty with my Internet connection so pictures are not uploading very smoothly. It's scheduled to be fixed shortly, but in the mean time I must wait - which I hate to do. I hope to put together a 1st yr album for Jordan prior to her birtday. Watch for the announcement. In the meantime, enjoy March's pictures here March 2009
In this last month before she turns one, Jordan has decided to go vertical. By that, I mean she climbs anything she can hoist her leg up onto. Let’s see – she has climbed onto the couch, Jacob’s toddler bed, the second level of Jacob’s firehouse, and the kids snack table. She tries to get her leg up over the side of the tub and also up onto my bed. Her other most favorite trick right now is to lean into the toilet bowl and swish – as if she is trying to catch a gold fish. She is so quick – she gets right in there elbow deep before I can stop her. Jacob is actually pretty good at reminding me. “Mommy did you put the lid down?” he’ll ask. Her front teeth are all very prominent and she is growing a healthy crop of hair. The little pony tail on top is the only thing that keeps it out of her eyes for the entire day. If I do barrettes or clips, they just slide right out. She is a pretty good sport about it – by that I mean doesn’t pull them out. She is quite the wrestler though so I must be a fast beautician if I want anything in there at all.
It has taken 6 months, but I think Jacob finally decided he isn’t two anymore. It’s like all of a sudden this month he decided he was ready to do many ‘3 yr old type things’. His pottying is A LOT BETTER. Certainly not a 100% but it is not such a fight every time, and he is even going unprompted. This is extremely exciting for all three of us, because it has been ONE LONG & BUMPY journey. He has decided he doesn’t need a sippy cup, he has figured out he doesn’t need to be buckled into his seat at the table, he hasn’t thrown cups/plates/silverware off the table in weeks, and he is even buckling himself into the carseat. He has quite a bit of trouble staying on task for things like putting his clothes on in the morning and making his bed. It’s not that he can’t do it, it’s that he chooses not to until I nearly lose my mind. He is excited about the nicer weather. I told him (one time) that the snow being in our driveway this late in the season was ridiculous. Now every time we go out there he says ‘ this snow is rediculus’. He can’t quite figure out what Spring is all about. I tell him Spring is coming, and he asks me “Is Spring going to talk to us?”. I tell him the birds tell us about Spring, and he kinda just looks away. Today we were out digging in the garden and I was finding worms for him. He was a bit more squeamish with them than he was last year, which surprised me. He has claimed one of my raised beds as his. He has pretty much emptied the dirt out with his snow shovel, and has commenced to playing in it like a giant sand box. So I guess no green peppers this year!
We are back to doing our walks whenever we can. No more power walks for mommy because I have Mr. Pokey man. He drags the tractor or the tricycle all the way and makes lots of stops for exploration and horseplay. He has gotten quite good at zooming down the hills in our road and he loves tethering the dogs to whatever he has for a vehicle. The wagon is out of commission in need of a new support bar (daddy ran into it this winter) and a lost nut on the rear wheel. This is extremely dramatic and we have to check on it at least once a day. We also have to check on the ski-doo. “Mommy, you wanna go look at the escapade?” To which I respond, “Sure, bud. Love to.” All the while, Jordan is our smiling observant. Always watching, always pleasant. Rarely a peep – except when Jacob tips the stroller over into a snow bank and then leaves her there. “Hey mommy – look what I did with Jordan.” He tells me with this funny little smile while I’m out of ear range of her cries. I’m like, “what do you mean did with her?” Never a dull moment, I’m always on the move with that kid!
We had quite a scare with Sienna this past month. Dad noticed a lump in her side when he was here in February. The vet said it was a tumor and it had to be removed and biopsied before we could know more. The great news was we had it removed without incident, and the test for cancer came back negative. She had a bit of a hiccup in her recovery about a week after the surgery, but she seems to be over that – eating normally again, and playing hard with Morgan. We are very thankful, and looking forward to having our healthy, low-maintenance dogs again. I now have Morgan on high priority with a lamb & rice diet, sprinkled with Fish Oil once a day. She is on systemic antibiotics and topical medication in her ears. The dog has chronic ear issues and I’m hoping with the above described combo we can nip it in the bud (again). Stay tuned.
I made my seed order and they should be arriving any day. I ordered bunches of stuff so will be busy. I’m rather pleased with the garlic shoots coming up – I count 80. We have plans to build more raised beds and I’m going to give the Square Foot Gardner methods a try. Quite an upfront investment, but hopefully worthwhile if it works. You’ll note pictures depicting signs of spring. Guess I couldn’t help myself as it is my favorite time of year and never before have I had the ambition to capture it.
Next month will mean a 1st birthday for Jordan, Easter bunny and visits from Grammi & Grampi. We will be going west for Matthew’s bday at the end of the month. You may note I have posted the kids clothing sizes in a permanent location on the blog page. The idea being that if you are preparing to buy them clothing for a gift, you can look at the blog for their current size and not have to guess or check in with me. I will update it seasonally to be sure the information stays relevant.
