My Boys

Quentin's First Day of Preschool

2011-09-07T10:31:00.000-04:00

It's been awhile. But we've been busy. Two kids definitely take more time than one. Wyatt has been growing so much and hitting milestone after milestone; sitting on his own, crawling, he has two teeth now, and currently he loves pulling up on me to stand. Today is a big day for Quentin though. It is his first day of preschool! We went last week and met his teacher and saw his classroom. I'm hoping all will go well. He told me he was going to miss me when I hugged him goodbye. Way to make mommy teary eyed!

Wyatt's 1st Month

2011-02-26T18:58:00.002-05:00

This last month has been tiring for Aaron and I naturally. Wyatt has been up a lot at night and sleeping a little more during the day. I think we've finally started to get into a schedule though and have found if we swaddle him really well he sleeps much better for us (especially at night - yay!)
Also, unlike Q, Wyatt is a super good eater. His doc has been super impressed with his weight gain. At his last visit he already weighed in at 8 lbs. 12.8 oz. We're happy that he's doing so well, but are looking forward to less night time feedings all the same.
Here are some pictures of the last month

Wyatt's Arrival

2011-01-26T21:18:00.004-05:00

Today was a big day for us. Woke up around 2 am thinking I was having contractions. Was a little unsure, but started timing and decided that yes I was and while the first several seemed not too bad and varied, they quickly sped up. Seeing as we were about 2 weeks from my due date we did not have a bag packed yet so Aaron ran around to get one packed and then woke up Quentin.
By the time we reached the hospital (approx. 5-7 min from our house) I was having contractions about 1 min apart and oh, boy were they strong! So strong that when Aaron dropped me at the ER entrance (he went to park and get Q out of the car) I was already at the screaming stage. By the time they got me up to the birthing center and into a room I was feeling like I needed to push (like NOW!!!) The nurse checks me and tells another nurse to get my doc here ASAP cause I'm fully dilated and ready to go. They're trying to tell me not to push while trying to get an IV hooked up. And I tried really hard to do as asked, but by the time they got the IV in and took a look Wyatt was crowning. Another contraction later and his head popped out, so one push later he fully arrived; with no doctor present. They tried to get the ER doc up before he arrived, but she didn't make it until about 2 min. later.
All of this happened in 1 hour!

Welcome to the world Wyatt Ellis!! 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 in. long.
Love,
Mommy, Daddy and big brother Q :)

Doctor's Visit

2011-01-22T22:39:00.002-05:00

Had another visit with the doc yesterday afternoon. We're now down to weekly visits. Everything is going well and he's head down! I've suspected he's been head down for at least a week - every time he has the hiccups I've felt them low down. He's also still very active in there, kicking up a storm! I'm slightly afraid of how active a child he will be in comparison to Quentin. Q is ALWAYS on the go and I don't recall him being quite so active in utero as his little brother is.
I'm getting quite impatient to meet my new little man and getting to know him!

Update

2011-01-06T15:34:00.003-05:00

We had great holiday's this year. Went to the in-laws for Thanksgiving and ate yummy food. Did Christmas morning here at home with Quentin and then drove up to my parent's for Christmas with them, my grandparents, my uncle, my sister and two of her three boys (the oldest went to Disneyworld with his dad). I loved how the little ones all wanted to play with someone else's gifts!
The following weekend was Quentin's 3rd birthday and both my parents and Aaron's parents came to help celebrate. So hard to believe he's three already! He had a great birthday and then we did our Christmas with Aaron's parents so there were even more gifts to open! It was a birthday/Christmas extravaganza! :)
Through all of this we have had people coming and working on our basement; adding a bedroom and bathroom down there so we will have a bedroom upstairs for our new little boy when he arrives. I'm starting to get a little anxious for them to finish. 5 weeks till my due date and they're just getting the drywall taped and mudded today. Next week we're supposed to get painting and tiling done (hopefully carpeting as well). Which just leaves the final electrical work and installation of toilet and sink and doors. Keeping my fingers crossed that in about 2 weeks this project will be finished!
After that we need to get everything arranged in baby's room and then sit back and wait for him to arrive. :)

Playing in the Leaves

2010-11-15T22:42:00.003-05:00

Quentin had a great time raking/playing in the leaves this afternoon.

Haunted Gingerbread House

2010-10-29T17:11:00.003-04:00

The other day at the grocery store I saw a gingerbread house kit and thought "oh, that'll be fun to put together with Q!", so I bought it. Things didn't turn out quite like I expected. For starters, despite the gingerbread pieces being already cut out, the edges are not all straight and you need to trim them yourself. Then the icing is in powder form and you have to add water and mix to the right consistency (which had I thought this through, I probably would have realized would be the case). But, we eventually got the house assembled and Quentin helped with adding decorations. Turns out my mixing of the orange icing was not the best and it started running all over as I was trying to pipe it nicely in place. Oh, well. We had a good time making it and had some leftover candy pieces to munch on after, too! :)

Halloween

2010-10-28T21:45:00.004-04:00

So apparently trick or treat night was tonight here. Found out about 15 min. before it was to start. Fortunately, we had purchased some candy a couple of days ago and had got a costume for Q this past weekend. Q and I went down into the "neighborhood" (i.e. the one street that makes up our neighborhood) to trick or treat. He had a great time and I think would have liked to go to more houses, but I didn't see any lights on at any of the houses on our actual street, so we opted to go home instead. I think next year we'll have to take him trick or treating with his cousins, where there will be an abundance of houses to go to.

It's a Boy!

2010-10-01T18:52:00.003-04:00

We had our second ultrasound today and baby 2 is going to be a boy! Now we need to find a good name for him, which is going to be tough since we had a girl name all picked out but nothing has come to mind for a boy.
I also need to figure out what I want to do for his room so we can get started on it. So excited!!!

Ketchikan Alaska

2010-09-15T18:12:00.003-04:00

Our next stop was in Ketchikan where we got up super early (again) in order to go on our shore excursion to the Misty Fjords. We ended up being super lucky in that they had had lots of rain the previous two days. Because of the rain we saw LOTS of temporary waterfalls. We also lucked out and saw quite a bit of wildlife (the guides remarked that they don't usually see as much as we did). We saw (or some people did anyway) a bear, lots of bald eagles, two orca whales, and some seals. It was fantastic!!

Glacier Bay Cont.

2010-09-13T14:34:00.001-04:00

Glacier Bay

2010-09-13T14:23:00.003-04:00

Next we headed to Glacier Bay and arrived early in the morning. We picked up some rangers from the Park Service who pointed out wildlife we could see and told us some information about the glaciers themselves. We actually were able to see some bears feasting on a whale carcass but our camera wasn't good enough to get a good picture of them. The rangers talked about several of the glaciers in the bay and we were able to see Marjorie Glacier calve several times.

Marjorie Glacier

Skagway Cont.

2010-09-13T14:10:00.004-04:00

A desert in Canada

Emerald Lake

Skagway Alaska

2010-09-13T13:49:00.003-04:00

Our next port of call was in Skagway. Instead of doing a shore excursion in Skagway we rented a car with our friends who came on the cruise with us and drove into Canada and up into the Yukon to a place called Emerald Lake. Because we drove we were able to stop at the many scenic viewpoints and get great pictures.

A marmot we spotted.

The White Pass and Yukon train

Juneau Alaska

2010-09-13T13:31:00.002-04:00

Our first port of call on our cruise was Juneau Alaska. Aaron wanted to do a glacier hike so while he did that I went on a different excursion to a rainforest/gardens and then out to the Mendenhall Glacier visitors center (I have been getting pain in my right hip that prevented me from doing a hike). These are pictures Aaron took out at Mendenhall Glacier while on his hike.

Q Has a Black Eye

2010-08-17T15:14:00.002-04:00

Yesterday Q was playing around on his bed, hiding under the covers when he whacked his eye on the bed frame. Not sure how exactly he did it, but lots of crying ensued naturally. We tried to put some ice (in the form of frozen corn) on his eye, but he was having none of it. Popcicles on the other hand work quite well at getting him calmed down. He's been doing great today and it doesn't seem to bother him much so we'll just have to wait until the swelling and pretty colors go away. :)

*I think you'll have to click on the pictures to enlarge them to get a better look at the eye.*

Ultrasound pics

2010-08-05T15:27:00.002-04:00

Prius

2010-07-24T18:38:00.003-04:00

Happy Birthday to me!!! After talking about getting a new car for several years and more seriously in the last year, we finally went ahead and bought one. The pictures aren't the best since I took them while the car was in the garage, but check out the purty blue color! Loving it :)

4th of July Weekend

2010-07-24T18:33:00.003-04:00

I know these are a bit behind the times, but I'm finally getting them onto the computer!

Mr. Ghetti

2010-06-17T23:07:00.002-04:00

Wow, 3 postings in one day! But I just had to pass on Q's most recent pronunciation of a word. That word is spaghetti. As a kid I remember my sister and I calling is sketti or basketti. Quentin calls it mr. ghetti. So funny and gosh darn cute!!

Bun in Oven

2010-06-17T18:53:00.004-04:00

Only about 6 weeks along - due to arrive Feb. 11, 2011. We're so excited about you, baby 2!!

Memorial Weekend Pics

2010-06-17T18:47:00.002-04:00

Belated pics from Memorial weekend. :) Q had fun helping wash cars and drinking water from the hose.

I Want Rock an Rolly

2010-06-11T20:24:00.002-04:00

We were getting ready to eat dinner tonight (which was an awesome new recipe I tried of southwestern turkey burgers) and we had tortilla chips on the side. So we gave some chips to Quentin and he started saying he wanted rock an rolly. We couldn't figure out what he was trying to say. A couple of minutes later Aaron asked him if he wanted some salsa with his chips or if he wanted some guacamole. And then it hit us - he was asking for guacamole! That kid sure loves his guac. :)

Memorial Day

2010-06-01T21:32:00.003-04:00

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. First we went to a graduation party for my cousin. Quentin had a great time running all over with his cousins. He is always on the go!

Aaron's parents came to visit later that day and had a blast playing with Quentin for the rest of the weekend.

We got Q to "help" wash cars and then tried to get him to play in the sprinkler. He wasn't very thrilled with that part, but had no problem spraying Aaron and myself with water from the hose!

Pictures to come soon.

Sandbox

2010-05-14T20:16:00.003-04:00

Aaron and I have been thinking of getting a sandbox for Quentin and we finally went ahead and bought one. I thought this "crabby sandbox" was the cutest! It arrived last week, but with all the rain we've gotten we didn't get it set up until today. Quentin LOVES it! He played quietly in it for at least an hour and then didn't want to get out to come eat dinner. I think we picked a winner!

Dentist

2010-05-13T10:25:00.003-04:00

After Quentin knocked out his tooth I called First Nurse to make sure we were doing everything we could to help him. The lady I talked to said since the whole tooth came out that all we could really do was use cold towels and apply pressure to get the bleeding to stop. She also suggested a Popsicle once the bleeding had slowed down (which Q didn't want until later). Then she said we should take him to the dentist within the next couple of days to have everything looked over. So I got an appointment for Tuesday afternoon.

We've never taken Quentin to the dentist before and I was worried how he would do. The appointment was during Q's nap time and I figured that would just make everything worse. I was dreading it. Fortunately for me he decided to go down for a nap about an hour earlier than he usually does so he did get an hour long nap before I had to wake him up. As I was getting him buckled into his car seat I told him where we were going and that the dentist would be looking in his mouth at his teeth. He started to get upset and said no, he didn't want to get hurt. I reassured him that it wouldn't hurt, all the dentist would do was look at his teeth.

Once we arrived I had to fill out paperwork and Quentin played with some toys they had in the waiting room. Then I had to carry Q back to our room and sat him on my lap for his exam. He did surprisingly well. There was a little bit of fussing while the dentist and I talked and then outright crying and screaming while the dentist looked in his mouth. The dentist actually said that made it easier for him to see in there! Everything looked fine, but he told us that because Quentin lost the tooth sooner than what he should have that the adult tooth would take longer to come in. We're looking at him not having a tooth there until he is 7 or 8. Only 5-6 years to go! We are also taking Quentin back in in a month to have a regular checkup and cleaning. Hope that one goes well!

Quentin Loses His First Tooth

2010-05-10T22:56:00.004-04:00

This past Sunday we went up to Ames to see my family for Mother's Day. We all went out to dinner and then my sister and her boys came back to my parent's house so the little ones could play for a bit. Quentin ended up running on the kitchen floor with a metal toy car in his hand and slipped and fell. Not one of us actually saw him fall, but we think he must have hit the tooth with the car when he fell. Thankfully his entire tooth (root included) came out otherwise we would have had to go to the ER. As it was it took an hour to get the bleeding to stop and Quentin to calm down. We'll have a toothless boy for quite some time now!

More Easter

2010-04-12T15:00:00.004-04:00

Aaron was called out of town for part of last week and weekend because of an issue at the Dayton plant so Q and I headed up to Ames for the weekend. While at my parents we did another Easter egg hunt. He caught on right away this time of what to do!

Easter

2010-04-05T22:31:00.002-04:00

Chef Quentin

2010-03-26T21:46:00.002-04:00

Earlier this week Quentin insisted on helping me make dinner - a theme that has continued for the rest of the week. So I had him pour the cream into the beaten eggs to help me make a deep dish ham quiche. Thanks for the help!

Happy Birthday Aaron!

2010-03-21T11:05:00.003-04:00

On the spur of the moment last night I decided to make a Strawberry Shortcake for Aaron's birthday. Looking through the recipe book I found one for a Lemon-Poppy Seed Strawberry Shortcake, so I decided to make that one, but without the poppy seed since I don't care for it. It turned out fantastic! Happy Birthday Aaron!

Cars

2010-03-21T10:59:00.003-04:00

Quentin decided to line up his cars in the stair railing.

Thomas Song

2010-03-04T12:59:00.002-05:00

Feb. Recap

2010-02-22T19:51:00.003-05:00

Here's a quick recap of our Feb. 2010.

Happy Birthday to my mom.
Happy Birthday to Aaron's mom.
Spend some time in Ames.
Back to Osky.
Back to Ames - Happy Birthday to my nephew Jesse!, Take Quentin to a ISU women's basketball game, Take Quentin ice skating for the first time (he loved it!).
Back to Osky.
Get Aaron's car picked up from DSM where it was getting repaired.
I get sick.
Happy Birthday to Aaron's dad.
I'm still sick (but much improved today).
Happy Birthday to my dad (in a couple of days).
And we'll end the month by heading down to Ottumwa for a winterfest put on by Aaron's work. They're doing a murder mystery deal with dinner. Should be a good time!

And through all of this there has been snow, snow, snow. Too much snow!

I've also been working on some drawings for one of Aaron's coworkers. He did some fantastic photos of Quentin and in exchange for some money off our total he wanted me to draw some animal pics for his son. I was happy to oblige! Here are a couple of the drawings I did. Sorry for the poor picture quality - I seem to take very good slightly blurry pictures!

Kid's Say the Funniest Things

2010-02-05T20:21:00.001-05:00

Earlier this week:

Aaron - singing some song at the dinner table
Quentin - "headache daddy" and holds his hand up to his head

So funny!

Mr. Potato Head

2010-01-07T16:22:00.003-05:00

Quentin and I played with his Mr. Potato Head this morning. Here is his creation:

2 Year Checkup

2010-01-05T08:40:00.002-05:00

Quentin had his 2 year checkup yesterday and for the most part everything went well. As I suspected he hadn't gained much weight; just over an ounce since we were last there in Oct. Fortunately he was still on the charts at just over the 5% for his age so the doctor wasn't too concerned and we don't have to repeat weight checks every week again.
Both his hemoglobin and ferritin levels were up a little too. We still have to continue with the extra iron drops for him though since it is still on the low side of normal.
On the down side she did find a heart murmur, but seemed very optimistic about it. As she put it to me: on a scale of 0 to 100 I'm only at a 5 for concern. We're going back in in 2 weeks to get a vaccination for him and she's going to listen to see if it's still there at that time. I'm hoping it will correct itself soon and we won't have to worry about it ever again!
On the plus side she told me that Q speaks very clearly for a child his age and that he seems to have an understanding of emotions that is rarely seen at 2 years. He also seems advanced in learning letters, numbers and colors.

Happy Birthday!

2009-12-31T15:14:00.002-05:00

Today is Quentin's 2nd birthday. It's amazing how much he has grown since he was born, but especially over the past year. He is very much a little boy now rather than a baby. He runs all over the place now and can go up and down the stairs upright with no help (he does hang onto the railing, but doesn't need either Aaron or I to hang onto). He is quite adept at opening and closing zippers and doors and enjoys coloring books and putting together puzzles. Right now he is BIG into trains and cars of all kinds. Since they started building a house next to ours he has enjoyed watching the construction equipment and frequently asks about the bobcat. He can follow instructions (when he feels like it) and loves "helping" us unload the dishwasher and doing laundry and vacuuming. Quentin is quite the talker and is fairly easy to understand (at least I think so - I'm the official interpreter)! He strings together several words at a time. Overall he's a very good mimic and will say just about anything he overhears or is asked to say. He knows all his colors, can somewhat count to 10 (numbers get left out a lot, but he can say every number), and he can say all the letters of the alphabet. He also recognizes all letters in capital form and numbers 1-9. We're working on potty training, but he is quite sporadic about it and rarely actually goes in the toilet. Hopefully by this time next year he'll fully potty trained. He loves to ham things up especially when pictures are being taken! Over Christmas he was shouting cheese over and over when anyone was taking a picture of him. He is also getting quite good at expressing emotions to us when he is upset. He'll tell us he's crying or he's sad or mad. And he's really good at saying thanks or no thanks and recently I'm sorry. It's been a frustrating year at times what with his weight problems, but hopefully those are behind us now (he gets weighed again at his 2 year checkup on Monday). Overall it's been a great year! Happy Birthday little man! Can't wait to see what you get into in 2010. Love you lots!

Self Portrait

2009-12-30T20:29:00.004-05:00

Yesterday Quentin got a hold of our digital camera, turned it on and took pictures of himself.

Q Got a Bed and Other Pics

2009-12-02T17:30:00.002-05:00

Photos!

2009-10-07T22:21:00.004-04:00

Quentin and I spent some time outside today - wonderful day out, a little cool, but the sun was out some. In other words a perfect day to spend some time outdoors! (The one picture was taken last month - another no pants day!)

Quentin showing off his belly

Stomping on spiders (there weren't really any there, he's just seen me do it!)

Swinging

We were playing peek-a-boo

Checking out the leaves in the tree

Flu and Fleas

2009-09-30T10:22:00.002-04:00

We've had a pretty busy last week, going up to Ames so Aaron could do the career fair for work at ISU. While there Q and I spent time with my sister and her boys.

The very next day Julie calls to tell me that she had to take her middle son to the ER and he came back positive for pneumonia. Not 20 minutes later my mom calls to tell me that Julie was back at the ER and she and my dad were meeting her there to pick up the other two boys.

A little later we find out that Julie's son had influenza in addition to the pneumonia and because of how fast it came on and that it's not flu season just yet, they are fairly certain that it is H1N1.

In the meantime I'm watching the other 2 boys and the youngest was running a temp and weezing. Julie comes by later to pick them up and take them to the doc to have them tested for the flu too and the youngest comes back positive for that. All this time I am not feeling so great myself, but I just had cold symptoms so it could have been worse. Later that evening Aaron, Q and I head back home.

The next day I'm still feeling aweful so Aaron stayed home to take care of Q. We made him an appointment with his pediatrican who put him on Tamiflu as a precaution and is going to have him get his flu shot this Friday. She also suggested that I see my doc and make sure that all I had was a cold and not H1N1 since it can start out with cold symptoms.

Off to the doc I went. I was there FOREVER feeling worse each passing minute! Then comes the flu test; sticking a cotton swab up my nose and wiggling it around! While not exactly painful, it was one of the most uncomfortable experences ever. And I was negative for the flu. I come home to find Aaron starting to feel bad.

Thankfully only Aaron and myself were sick and Q has been just fine the entire time.

BUT! Saturday night we notice that there are a lot of blood droplets in the sink in our bathroom where our cat Harvest likes to drink. Now I had noticed a couple droplets in the past couple of weeks here and there after she would drink, but just thought maybe she and Paprika had been fighting. She also was leaving little bits of fur around the house, but again I just thought she had been fighting.

So Sat. night Aaron and I take a closer look at her - she is biting herself an aweful lot and then we see the fleas crawling on her! We got both cats some meds to take care of the fleas that were on them as soon as we could. And we've been vaccuming the house every day since then. I pray that this gets resolved quickly and (fairly) easily! The war is on!

Possums!

2009-09-17T10:10:00.002-04:00

The other night I went downstairs to feed the cats and heard this awful scratching noise coming from the other end of the storage area. I went and turned on the lights and looked around to see what was making the noise (my first thought was it was one of the cats scratching on a cardboard box). Instead, there was a possum going crazy trying to get out of the window well!

I told Aaron about it and he said just wait till morning and then call animal control to come get it out. So come morning I look on the internet to find the number for animal control and what I find is that I need to call the local animal shelter; that they do animal control for domestic and native animals in the area. I try giving them a call only to find that they don't open till 11:00 am.

Meanwhile, I go downstairs to check on the possum and see that it has left bloody scratches on the inside of the window well and our window. Quentin came down with me and he ran over by the other window well we have, and glancing out I find that there is a possum in that window well too! How crazy is that!

Once it was 11 I tried calling the shelter again and the woman I talked with said I needed a different number since they only delt with domestic animals. I then call the number she gave me and the woman I talked with there said she doesn't come get animals; she does rehabilitation for animals. So helpful!

In any case she suggested I put a broom or something of that nature down in the window well to let the possums crawl out on their own. Let me tell you, brooms don't work! The only other thing we had that was long enough was an aluminum ladder, which apparently possums will climb up. So we are minus one possum and hopefully tonight the other will take its leave as well.

What I've learned from this is that animal control in Osky for wild animals is apparently non-existant and the person they put you in touch with obviously does not know what she is talking about. Yes, the possums need something to help them climb out, but a broom isn't going to work! The other thing I learned is that we need to get those window well covers we've discussed getting sooner rather than later!

Child Health Specialty Clinic

2009-09-03T10:51:00.002-04:00

The other week I finally heard back from the Child Health Specialty Clinic in Ottumwa. The woman I talked with wanted to know if I had any questions regarding what the nutritionist wanted us to do for Q. I told her we hadn't heard back from the nutritionist yet. She told me the info was sent to Q's doctor, but since I hadn't talked with the nutritionist, she would go over it with me now if I wanted. Of course I wanted to hear what we should do! So she tells me - have him drink whole milk (we're working on that), add extra butter to things for him (doing it already), give him fruits and vegetables with more fat in them (there are fatening fruits and vegetables?) and keep giving him 5-6 meals a day. Wow! How helpful was that?!? Everything Q's doctor had already discussed with us and that we've been working on with him. They also want to see him back in 3 months. My question is why should I do anything else with them when they haven't done anything different than his doctor has? It's about 30 min to get there, we were there for about an hour, took time to eat lunch and then 30 min back. So about 2 1/2 hours of my day ended up being wasted since I got nothing new out of it. I'm so disappointed about the whole thing and am not looking for a repeat thank you very much!

Potty Training!

2009-08-30T14:00:00.002-04:00

A couple of days ago I went to change a poopy diaper of Quentins and noticed he looked like he needed to pee, so I put him on his training toilet and sure enough he went! I put him on his toilet two more times that same day and he went again! He's gone two more time since, one of which he actually told me that he had to go before we put him on the toilet. I'm so proud of him!

We Made It!!!

2009-08-07T20:17:00.002-04:00

Quentin had another weight checkup this past week. Things went really well; he had gained almost 1 lb in the 4 weeks since our previous check. He is now 21 lbs. 12.2 oz. The best part is that he is no longer below the 3%! He made it back onto the charts and is in the 3%-5% for his age! I'm so happy about that, you can't even imagine! (Well, I'm sure Julie could)
We also had his iron and hemoglobin levels rechecked to see if there was any improvement. His iron is up, but the hemoglobin was down a little bit. The doc is wanting us to continue giving him Fer-in-sol (iron) and Poly-vi-sol with iron (vitamin suppliment with iron) plus give him iron fortified cereal at least once a day, but twice would be better.
In other news, the doc talked with the people we met with the other month down in Ottumwa at the Health Clinic. We still haven't heard back from the nutritionist, but I guess they've been restructuring and will be getting back to us soon. Hopefully we will be talking with them again in Sept. and finally get our feedback. I'm sure they will be pleased to know that Q now is really only interested in eating fruit (berries preferred), broccoli, cheese, cheerios, bread, pasta, and rice. And that's about it. Mealtimes are quite difficult needless to say.
Overall though things seem to be looking up. I just hope they continue!

First Kiss

2009-08-03T13:56:00.003-04:00

Over the weekend we had friends from college come and visit since we hadn't seen each other in about 4 years (for most of them). Kevin and Maureen have an adorable little girl Madeline who is 2 years old. She and Q seemed to get along pretty well and Sat. night they kissed! It was so cute! I wish we had gotten a picture of it.

Pictures

2009-07-16T19:46:00.001-04:00

Kissing

2009-07-10T15:52:00.003-04:00

Quentin has learned how to kiss! He's really gotten into it lately, giving kisses to his toys and having me kiss the toys too. He also gives me kisses, just not that often. Today he was giving Harvest kisses. Harvest didn't seem overly thrilled by it, but I thought it was way too cute!

Pictures of the Week

2009-07-01T14:24:00.003-04:00

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-06-28T15:04:00.002-04:00

Looking at the calendar it seems like all our weekends are filled with stuff to do. Friday we're meeting up with Julie, Jared, Jonas, Jesse (maybe Brock?) and probably my parents as well at the zoo. We've never taken Q to a zoo before so I'm excited to see his reactions to the animals.
The following weekend is a family reunion. They have it every year and I haven't been able to go in a long time.
Then we're off to Elgin for a family picnic. Although I'm wondering if we're going to end up missing Jonas' birthday party. Did you pick a weekend for that Julie?
The next weekend is my birthday and while we don't have anything planned, I'm sure something will come up!
August brings a wedding and my 10 year class reunion on the same day. We might just go to the downtown pub crawl the evening before and not make it to the cocktail party.
We're getting tickets to the Iowa State Fair and Aaron will probably take a day off of work so we can actually make it there.
And finally...we're going to be heading to Omaha for a customer appreciation thing that Cargill wants Aaron to go to.
Aaron and I are also hoping that we can get some of our college friends to meet at our house for a day sometime this summer. Plus I want to take Aaron and Q to Living History Farms and the Science Center. Where we're going to fit in all of this, I don't know. As for now, I'm procrastinating getting a grocery list put together so I can go to the store. :)

Swimming!

2009-06-26T22:55:00.002-04:00

We took Q out on the deck this afternoon to "swim" in his whale pool. He had a great time going in and out, throwing toys to make a splash and getting into a bag of birdseed that was sitting out nearby. Then he took a second nap. :)

Pudding and Other Cute Pics

2009-06-24T09:33:00.000-04:00

Child Health Specialty Clinic

2009-06-23T16:18:00.002-04:00

Earlier today Aaron and I took Quentin down to Ottumwa to a Child Health Specialty Clinic. The lady we met with asked a bunch of questions about his eating habits, development milestones, etc. She watched how he played with toys, how he ate and drank and did doctor-y things like look in his ears, eyes and mouth. She then proceeded to tell us what Q's pediatrician did: either he is not consuming enough calories or his body is not processing the calories he consumes properly. Thanks so much. So far completely unhelpful.
On the up side they had us do a 3 day food diary of what Q eats and drinks and they are going to pass it on to a nutritionist. The nutritionist is supposed to get back to us in a week or two with her findings. I really hope she actually has something useful for us to try, cause I don't know what to do anymore.
In the meantime, we're to add butter to everything we can, try to get him to drink more whole milk, and see if he'll drink any shakes or smoothies.

Weight Gain!

2009-06-15T12:23:00.002-04:00

After being sick with an ear infection and barely eating anything for about 4 days, Q has been eating super well (for most meals) and today we found out that he gained almost 1/2 a pound. He now weighs 20 lbs. 13.8 oz and I couldn't be happier! He is still in the less than 3rd percentile for weight for his age, but hopefully this improvement will continue. He has actually been drinking milk (only 1%, but it's still milk!). Next week we will be taking him to a clinic in Ottumwa where they will watch him eat and give us some tips/suggestions on how to get him to consume more calories. Hopefully this will help and we won't have to keep going. Keep on eating well Quentin!

Weight Loss

2009-06-05T14:25:00.002-04:00

Quentin had another weight checkup today and he's lost a little bit of weight again. On top of that he has a bit of a temperature and the doc thinks he has a bit of an ear infection. Not a happy day. Any tips on how to get a toddler to eat? Specifically the doc wants him to drink more milk and eat more meat and in general eat more calories.

New Teeth

2009-05-28T11:27:00.002-04:00

Quentin just got two more teeth poking through! Hopefully that's why he was crankier than usual the other day. This brings his total up to 14 and I'm pretty sure he's going to be getting the bottom two any day now.

Weight Update

2009-05-26T22:19:00.002-04:00

As a quick weight update for Q - his appointment on Friday went quite well. He gained just over half a pound. I guess the Scandical calorie booster stuff I've been adding to his food is helping out. Although it sure would be nice if he would just eat what I give him without any problems like he used to. At the very least I hope he continues to gain like he did this last week. Another weight check in 2 weeks this time.

Weight Update

2009-05-15T20:37:00.002-04:00

Today was another visit with the doc to check on Quentin's weight. He did gain 2 oz which was good and puts him at 20.35 lbs. On the other hand he's still not weighing in where the doc would like to see him so we're now going to be giving him 5-6 small meals a day and we need to go out and buy some product that we're to put on all his food that adds extra calories. Hopefully this will go well (giving him pediasure did not, which is what she had us try last time). And so we have another appointment in a week to recheck his weight again.

Fun Filled Weekend

2009-05-11T20:48:00.005-04:00

We had a lot going on this past weekend. First we had a visit from Aaron's mom who bought some new toys for Quentin. One toy was a swing that Aaron put up on our tree in the backyard. Quentin started out not wanting to sit in it to laughing with joy as he was pushed back and forth. Then Aaron, Quentin and I went to the Pella Tulip Festival on Saturday. Finally, on Sunday we drove up to Ames and went and saw the dinosaur exhibit they put up at Reiman Gardens with my parents and our 3 nephews.

Improvement (Sort Of)

2009-05-02T17:07:00.003-04:00

Quentin had his iron levels checked again this past week and they were up! We're still giving him iron and a multivitamin with iron every day and hopefully he will continue to improve with that. On the down side the doc said he had lost a little bit of weight (I don't know how much since she didn't say, but don't think it was very much). So for now we're to give him only Vitamin D milk and Pediasure to drink - no water and no juice. Hopefully that will help!

Pictures!

2009-04-20T08:55:00.004-04:00

Quentin's weight checkup last Friday went well. He gained more weight and is now on the charts at the 3rd percentile. Way to go Q!

Failure to Thrive

2009-04-10T22:51:00.002-04:00

Quentin had his weight checkup this morning which went sort of well...He gained 10.5 oz in 10 days which was great, but unfortunatly he is still below the 3rd percentile for weight so they still consider him as failure to thrive. So we need to take him to have blood drawn and they are going to test several things (I don't recall all of them): his thyroid levels and iron levels and a couple more things. Hopefully things will go well with this and we can get him back on track soon! He has another weight checkup next Friday that I hope goes well.

15 Month Checkup

2009-04-05T15:43:00.002-04:00

So Q had his 15 month checkup this past Wednesday...and while he is doing well, the doc is concerned about his weight. He lost weight again (and I don't know, but think it might be due to the diarrhea he has been having this week). He is now 19 lbs 1.2 oz which is in the less than 3% for his age. So of course the doc is throwing out terms of "failure to thrive" being a possiblity and is having us wright down how much he eats and drinks. So naturally Q is being stubborn this week and not eating quite as well as he usually does, but he has done much better today. I have to take him back this coming Friday for a follow up. Keep your fingers crossed that he'll have gained some weight by then!

Teeth!

2009-03-28T12:40:00.002-04:00

Yesterday I noticed a new tooth in Quentin's mouth. I felt around a little and it turns out that that 3 of his molars came in! Maybe that's why he hasn't been sleeping the best lately...or at least I hope that's the problem. :) This brings his tooth total up to 11!

Lax in Posting

2009-03-22T21:28:00.002-04:00

So I've been a bit lax in my posting for the month of March. We went to Ames to watch the men's b-ball team play (they won, barely) and had dinner with some college friends. It was so good to see them again...I think we should have a monthly get together if it can be managed. Then we went to Elgin to say goodbye to Aaron's parents as they are (as of yesterday) hiking the AT. We are hoping they have a great time and make it back safely. Aaron's had to travel for work this last week and is leaving again tomorrow to go back to Dayton. :( I'm sure going to miss him. Otherwise it's been the usual here. Quentin is full of energy every day, climbing the furniture and running around. He has recently picked up some new words and can now say Mama, Dada, quack, boo, tickle, ball, uh-oh, up, pa (which he uses for pacifier as well as spoon I think), and something that sounds like kitty in a way. He has also been driving us crazy by not going down to sleep all by himself like he used to do as well as waking up sometimes in the middle of the night. I'm sure hoping that will get better soon!

Baby Gate.

2009-02-26T20:06:00.004-05:00

Earlier this month we took a trip to Des Moines to get a different baby gate to go at the top of the stairs in the new house. It was a horrid trip - we forgot to bring a stroller (don't know what we were thinking) so Quentin was squirming around in our arms every time we went into a store. It didn't help that we went to many different stores looking for a gate we liked that would also fit into our wide opening. We stopped at Babies R Us first and naturally we decided after looking at Target and Wal-Mart that the one that would work best for us was back at Babies R Us. (We had also stopped to eat and see about getting a glass door for our fireplace during this trip) So back to Babies R Us we went, except Aaron took a different way back to the store and we ended up somewhat lost and spent extra time finding our way to the store. Quentin is fussing and crying the whole way, but calmed down somewhat to eat some Mandrian oranges we picked up while at Wal-Mart. And then as I'm opening another fruit cup of the oranges, Aaron takes a corner and the juice spills all over me, my purse and the seat (mostly on me). In the end we made it home with a baby gate - one that Quentin learned how to open by himself today. It's been a long day...

I'd like to add that I fixed the gate so Quentin can't open it anymore. Yay! Also for those who might have been wondering he didn't fall down the stairs at all, just kept opening the gate. Right before I put him to bed though he did start to go down the stairs on his own. Fortunatly, he was on his tummy and going feet first so it was the right way at least. Also I grabbed him before he got past the first stair. Somtimes I think he's too smart for his own good.

Sleeping Kitty

2009-02-22T20:20:00.001-05:00

Paprika fell asleep "hugging" the remote!

Quentin Pictures

2009-02-22T20:17:00.002-05:00

Happy B-Day Jesse!

2009-02-15T22:22:00.000-05:00

A big happy birthday to my nephew, Jesse, who turned one today!

Dog?!

2009-02-05T20:09:00.002-05:00

As the movers arrived last Saturday morning I opened the front door and the door from the garage into the house knowing they would need one or both open the entire time they were here. Aaron and I were standing in our new living room talking about something and I look over to see a smallish dog standing in our house! Aaron chased him out only for him to return. He did stay out after that, but I couldn't believe this dog just ran on into our house. Turns out he's the neighbor's dog and they aparently let him run loose all over the place. I took Q out for a walk this afternoon and the same little dog followed us part way. He never barked or tried jumping up on us or anything which was very good, but I still don't get why they let their dog run around wherever he wants to go all day long.

The Big Move

2009-01-31T21:23:00.002-05:00

We finally made it to Iowa. It has been one long week for us. Two days of packing and loading all our stuff, one day of driving, one day running around town getting papers signed and various utilities set up, and so far one day of getting everything in the house and working on unpacking. A big thanks to our parents for all their help - it wouldn't have gone nearly as well without you!

Q Drinks Milk!

2009-01-24T21:19:00.001-05:00

So the trick is to give it to him out of my cup and he drinks it just fine. Whatever works.

Weight Gain

2009-01-23T09:45:00.003-05:00

When we took Q in to the doc for his one year checkup he had just been getting over a cold of which he hadn't eaten well for about 1 1/2 weeks. Therefore he had only gained 4 oz since his previous visit of 2 months earlier. So we had to bring him back in for a weight checkup. Since he's been eating like a little piggy the last 2 weeks I haven't been too concerned. This morning I took him in for the weight checkup and he has gained 10 oz in the last 3 weeks! His grand weight total is 19 lbs 6.5 oz. Go Quentin!

Juice

2009-01-19T08:34:00.002-05:00

Back in Nov. Quentin said his first words - Bow wow wow and quack. Both come from the book Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton. Since then I've heard him say la la la as well. Then on Friday he added a new word - juice. Which has nothing to do with a book he's heard repeatedly. I asked him if he was ready for some juice and O's (what I've been calling cheerios) and he replied with "juice".

Quentin in a Box, Plus Bedhead

2009-01-14T16:01:00.001-05:00

Why?

2009-01-13T08:23:00.002-05:00

Quentin has taken to waking up at 5 am (for the 3rd time today). Aaron and I are both so tired because of this. I think he's going through a growth spurt and is hungry at this time. We've been spending about 45 min to an hour trying to get him back to sleep and then give up and go ahead and feed him his breakfast. And then he takes a nap for about an hour, waking up at his former usual time of 7:30ish. Please tell me this isn't going to continue for much longer.
Also we've been frustrated with him not drinking much formula or milk. He pretty much only drinks 6 oz of formula first thing in the morning and then nothing the rest of the day (formula or milk-wise). He gets apple juice in his cereal both morning and evening plus some out of a sippy cup mid-morning. Otherwise he only takes a couple of sips of either formula or milk at lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner. Any suggestions on how to get him to drink more milk? I did try chocolate milk yesterday with no luck.

Netbook

2009-01-12T15:10:00.002-05:00

I love the new HP mini netbook that Aaron and I got Sat. It's so great! I can easily browse the internet and watch Q at the same time. Our desktop is down in the basement which is not so convenient (and colder). Anytime I thought of something I wanted to check/look up on the internet I had to run down to do so. Sometimes Quentin did just fine with that and other times he would stand at the top of the stairs and yell and scream the whole time. I'm very happy with the improvement!

One Year Checkup

2009-01-06T20:04:00.003-05:00

Quentin recently had his one year checkup. Overall he's doing great. He is 31 inches in height (75th-90th percentile), 18 lbs 12 oz (3rd-5th percentile). Since he hadn't gained much weight since his last visit 2 months ago we have to take him back in to have his weight checked again in a couple of weeks. We're hoping that his lack of weight gain is from a cold he has just recovered from. He didn't eat so well for about a week and a half. He seems just fine otherwise and has been eating much better the last day or two, so we're hopeful that that is the issue there. The only other thing is that he has a large cyst (most likely according to the doc) on his ankle so we're going to have to take him to an orthopedic to have it looked at. I'm assuming we're going to hear what they said about the one on my wrist - we can leave it, drain it, or surgically remove it. It doesn't seem to bother him any, but I think we'll see about having them drain it. I certainly hope they'll be able to just do it right then and be done with it.

Birthday Parties

2009-01-03T13:36:00.005-05:00

We did indeed have more than one party for Quentin for his birthday. First we did a party in Elgin which went fairly well. Quentin got upset a couple of times, but we managed to calm him down. The party in Ames didn't go so well since Q was sick with a cold, but Julie made a cake for him that looked fantastic (and tasted it too!). Finally, we did a party for him here which went quite well. No getting upset, just running around having a good time. Next year I think we're going to be able to do just one party and have everyone come to our new house in Iowa. Yay! So keep your calenders open for sometime around Dec. 31.

Happy Birthday

2008-12-31T08:14:00.001-05:00

It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by. It seems just like yesterday I was wishing the baby would hurry up and get out of me! We're so glad to have you in our lives Quentin. Happy Birthday!

Dancing Quentin!

2008-11-23T12:53:00.002-05:00

Quentin doesn't like pants!

2008-11-20T10:21:00.002-05:00

Here are some recent pics of Q. He keeps taking his pants off! He also likes to throw things and bite me. I'm not sure how to get him to stop. Any ideas? Anyone? Please.

First Step!

2008-11-07T19:16:00.001-05:00

Today Quentin took his first step all by himself...and then he fell into my arms. I'm such a proud mommy!

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-30T19:49:00.004-04:00

Here's Q in his "costume" (actually a hooded sweatsuit from Babies R Us so he can wear it more than the one day). I took him around to a couple of our neighbor's houses to Trick or Treat tonight. He was very quiet for the most part and just looked around. I'm sure next year he'll be running all over though! Enjoy!

Recent Q Pics

2008-10-26T10:24:00.003-04:00

Cleveland Pics

2008-10-26T10:02:00.004-04:00

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens

View from our Hotel Room

Waterfall

Garfield Monument

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

First Night Away From Quentin

2008-10-18T07:31:00.003-04:00

So last weekend Aaron's parents came and babysat for Quentin overnight while Aaron and I took a trip up to Cleveland. It wasn't easy to leave him, but I think overall I did okay. We went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which was very enjoyable. I was rather disappointed that they didn't let you take pictures inside though. After that we drove around a little bit looking for Lake View Cemetery that I had found online where President Garfield is buried (or at least put inside his monument - we got there after they closed the monument for the day so we only saw the outside). Let me tell you something - Cleveland does not rock, no matter what Drew Carey says. The neighborhoods we drove through were scary looking. Obviously we finally found the cemetery and wandered around a bit - it was a very nice cemetery. We also saw where Rockefeller is buried. Then we headed toward our hotel which was on the outskirts of Akron. It was an extremely nice hotel - Thank you Nell and Craig! On the way there we stopped briefly at a waterfall. After we checked in at the hotel and got ready for dinner I checked in on Quentin. I think I did good only calling once. The next day we toured Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens there in Akron before coming home. It was a really pretty place (it was the home of the Seiberlings who founded the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.) although once again we couldn't take pictures of the interior. I'll post pictures once I get them onto the computer!

New Countertops

2008-10-03T17:12:00.002-04:00

Today, finally, finally, finally we got new countertops installed in the kitchen! Now I can't seem to find the pictures I took of this house before we moved anything in so you can't see what a fantastic difference there is in the before kitchen and the after kitchen. I'll just say that the before kitchen had dark green (yes I said GREEN) countertops, as well as a lighter green and whitish swirled pattern linolium floor. The cabinets were a light oak color and I painted them white almost 2 years ago now. The floor we changed out about a year and a half ago. And this is the end result. Voila!

9 Months!

2008-09-30T19:34:00.002-04:00

Today Quentin is 9 months old! I can't believe how big he has gotten since he was born. Plus he's cruising around furniture, crawling like mad all over the house, and has 4 teeth already! He had his 9 month checkup today and the doc says he's doing great. He is 28 inches tall and 17 lbs 11 oz.

Faces

2008-09-23T19:34:00.002-04:00

Quentin makes some of the best faces sometimes. Here are some I managed to capture with the camera this past month.

Odds and Ends

2008-09-21T19:43:00.002-04:00

My parents came to visit the past couple of days. It was so good to see them and I know they enjoyed spending time with all of us (probably Q the most). We didn't do a whole lot, but we had fun. Yesterday we actually took Quentin out to a MetroPark in downtown Dayton. For those of you who don't know, a MetroPark is what they call an area they've designated flood waters to go to when it does flood here. But when it doesn't flood, there's some hiking trails and the one we went to has some fun kid activities - sand boxes, a waterfall and stream (man made of course) that kids can play in, a music maze, etc. These are some pictures we took while we were there. Also, as a side note, Quentin got 2 more teeth last weekend!

And He's Off...

2008-08-31T21:00:00.002-04:00

So Quentin has learned how to stand. What's more, he has taken a couple of steps without our help, but still holding onto something. And since it has been quite awhile since I posted pictures of him, most of these are going to be of him crawling, which he is quite good at by the way.

100 Things

2008-08-15T09:46:00.003-04:00

Some time ago our friend Maureen posted a challenge on her blog to list 100 things you may or may not know about me. I've been meaning to make a list of my own as a response, but haven't found the time just yet. So here goes:
100 Things You May or May Not Know About Me:

1. I live in Clayton, OH
2. I do not want to live here
3. I hope we can move to Cedar Rapids, IA soon - or just anywhere else
4. I have one sister, Julie
5. She has 3 little boys, my nephews - Jared, Jonas, and Jesse
6. I did gymnastics as a child
7. I helped manage track for a year in high school
8. I've worn glasses since I was in second grade
9. I got contacts when I started high school
10. My favorite color is blue
11. Green is a close second
12. I am a chocoholic
13. I am allergic to nuts
14. I dislike nuts anyway, so it's a great excuse for not eating them
15. I am allergic to cats
16. We have two cats anyway
17. Their names are Harvest and Paprika
18. Someday I want to get a black cat
19. I will name it Vanilla
20. I've been told I make excellent cheesecake
21. I think it would be fun to open a cheesecake business
22. My degree is in Interior Design
23. I received this degree from Iowa State University
24. Iowa State is located in Ames, IA where I grew up
25. I think flipping houses would be fun
26. Some day I want to own a bungalow
27. I have lived in 6 states
28. They are Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Mississippi, Alabama, and Ohio
29. I spent a month in Phoenix, AZ right before my Junior year in college
30. My senior year of college we took a trip to Toronto
31. I did not want to go
32. They scheduled the trip over the Iowa State Nebraska football game and I had tickets (Iowa State won by the way)
33. I was so mad I missed it
34. I am a bookworm
35. Right now I am into Science Fiction books that involve vampires, witches, werewolves
36. I am excited to see the TV show, True Blood, that is based on Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books
37. I have always enjoyed drawing
38. I have thought about going back to college to get a degree in illustration
39. When I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher
40. Now I am a stay at home mom
41. My son's name is Quentin James (which everyone should know)
42. He was born on his due date
43. I thought he was never going to come out
44. My water broke when I was trying to get to sleep the night before he was born
45. This past New Years was the first in a long time that I was asleep before midnight
46. Someday I want to visit Scotland
47. I have famous ancestors
48. They include Meriwether Lewis, Daniel Boone, and George Washington
49. Aaron and I got married 4 years ago this September
50. We went on a cruise for our honeymoon
51. I would like to take an Alaskan cruise
52. I played the violin for one year
53. I played the flute for two years
54. It may have been three years, I can't remember
55. I have asthma
56. I also have hypothyroidism
57. Therefore I have to take a pill every morning for the rest of my life
58. I hate that I have to do this
59. I hate that it took the doctors 2 1/2 years to figure out what my dosage should be
60. I came up with my pregnancy dosage by myself
61. I like taking naps
62. Quentin always seems to wake up from his nap just when I'm ready to take one of my own
63. I watch Days of Our Lives
64. And General Hospital
65. I'd like to lose 20 lbs
66. I feel like I spend too much time indoors
67. I don't like the bugs outdoors though
68. My favorite holiday is the 4th of July
69. I love fireworks
70. My second favorite is halloween
71. I can't wait to get a cute costume for Q
72. Christmas is a close third
73. Fall is my favorite time of year
74. I worry too much sometimes
75. I get nervous trying new things
76. I am not a morning person
77. Since Q arrived I have had to be
78. I love taking baths
79. I have never been pulled over for speeding
80. I have been with others when they have
81. I rarely drink
82. Martinis are my favorite drinks when I do
83. Made with Vodka not Gin
84. I like action movies
85. I also like comedies
86. I recently had my hair cut short
88. Growing up it was always long
89. Everyone says shorter is easier, but I don't think so
90. Now I actually have to do something with it
91. The only makeup I wear is foundation
92. I like to dress up fancy once in a while
93. I almost never have an opportunity to do so
94. If I could afford it I would have a massage every day
95. I love houses
96. I don't particularly like ours though
97. It is much better since we've done some improvements to it though
98. I think it would be fun to name streets and subdivisions
99. I think it would be fun to name paint colors
100. I am afraid of dogs

That was harder than I thought it would be. It took much longer than anticipated. I bet Q will be waking up from his nap soon.

More Than A Cat

2008-08-11T20:02:00.003-04:00

I weighed Quentin a couple of weeks ago and it is official - at 17 lbs he now weighs more than one of our cats. But which cat?
Harvest?

or Paprika?

Toothy One

2008-08-03T13:31:00.001-04:00

Quentin's first tooth came in today! You really can't see much of it and it was only by feeling his gums that I noticed it, but he definitely has the tip of a tooth poking out.

Watch Out Kitties!

2008-07-24T20:28:00.002-04:00

Quentin learned to crawl on his hands and knees at the beginning of this week. He started out slowly creeping a short (very short) distance and each day he has gone further and faster. Naturally when he spies a kitty nearby he starts crawling towards whichever one it is. Poor Harvest and Paprika don't seem to care for this new development.

Mobile Quentin!

2008-07-17T19:57:00.003-04:00

This last week Quentin has really started moving himself about the living room. He's finally managed to go forward, although it's not really crawling, just inching along. He did get in the dining room from the living room all by himself though.

Pictures!

2008-07-10T10:10:00.002-04:00

So I am woefully out of date with posting pictures of Q. We have had a busy few weeks. We painted our living room, entry way and hallway in our house with help from Aaron's parents. Aaron and I finally got to have a night out just the two of us while they were here as well. It only took 6 months for that to happen! And then we spent the past week in Ames visiting with my family. So Quentin finally got to meet his Aunt Julie, Uncle Brock, my mom's parents, a couple of my aunts and uncles and his cousins Jared, Jonas, and Jesse. Of course some of these pictures were taken earlier in June. Enjoy!

Happy Father's Day! (A Week Early)

2008-06-08T10:45:00.002-04:00

So the father's day gift I got for Aaron arrived at the end of last week. Unfortunately it did not all get here in time for Aaron and Quentin to wear to show their support of the Penguins. They will just have to wear them when the hockey season starts up again. (Quentin's only came in 18 month size, although it doesn't look overly huge on him, so it can be worn for a while yet)