Starting in January I will be posting an end of the month post with my facebook status updates. A lot of the things Cole says or does I don't get to blog about so this is my way of remembering them. This one goes back to May since that is as far as fb would let me get.
DecemberJust booked a spot in the Brianna Graham Photography Workshop in LA!!!! So excited!!!!!
Tile and grout are completed. Time to set up the dining room!!! Yay for finishing projects!
Siena has her first fat lip! Way to go sweetie!!!
Tile saw is going and it's pitch black outside. Remind me again why we have done all our remodeling after having kids?
Quesadilla with cheddar and turkey - Yummy! Getting vomited on after you finish eating - not so yummy. Thanks Siena.
can some one cast a sleepy spell on my kids?
When asked by Grandma if there was a little boy in the back of the truck, Cole responded with "nope, two dogs".
The boys are splitting firewood! The girls are warm by the fire inside. :-)
Cole informed us tonight that he is "Dr. Cole". I wonder if that is his super hero name?
Enjoying my week off from work! Christmas tree is out and all decorations are put away. I feel so less cluttered now. Tomorrow it's a mini demo session in the kitchen / dining room.
Mike and i have a movie date this morning!! Woo hoo!! Thank you Grandma & Grandpa.
is watching Cole try to catch a fly on the just cleaned windows.
Had the most amazing Christmas morning! Thanks to Russ and Nicole for letting me be a part of your son's birth! Jacob is soooo handsome!!!!
is starting to think the rum cake has a little bit more rum than it should for a work day.
Somebody please send sleepy thoughts to my daughter. She is wired!!!!!!
To Fresno and back in one day. So tired and Cole woke up and refuses to go to sleep.
looking into Bowen therapy for Siena. Anyone have any success stories?
When I opened up the door to get Cole out of the carseat he said "see mommy" and pointed to his other hand. He was holding a sleeping Siena's hand. Twice in one week! So cute! He then said "take a picture". Not sure if he was being sarcastic or serious.
eason number 452 as to why I don't bake - apparently whole wheat flour and white flour taste totally different in cookies. yuck!
Merry Christmas to us. The tree dried up and ants invaded the gingerbread house and tree.
Siena's head tilt is back. :-( So glad the scan is set up!
"I need chocolate. I need 1 chocolate. I eat it with mouth. Chocolate go down into tummy." - bargining by Cole before bed time.
i colored my hair today for the first time in 6 years!
please go away snow. I don't like your evil side (ice). Every pathway to our front door is a sheet of 1 inch think ice. And the house feels like the walls are made of snow
Did I mention I love Glee?
yoga pants used and thermals, check, scrub pants, check, 2 tank tops, 1 long sleeve, 1 scrub top, 1 sweatshirt, check, check , check, check and to top it off a beanie and snow boots. I am ready to go to work!
The snow was fun and beautiful yesterday and today it is cold and messy. I can't wait for it to go away. I almost fell on my butt four different times!
hings I have heard Cole say multiple times in the past half hour - "Cole need chocolate" "Cole need to go poo poo" - still hasn't "Is this for Siena's butt?"
6-8 inches of snow already!!!! Do I have to go to work?
36 outside - 87 inside - I think Mike would rather be outside. Cole is in his swim trunks.
my new imac screen is killing my eyes! until I can get an anti glare screen film I will wear sunglasses. And yes that is Siena nursing and trying to grab the glasses off my face.
Cole is watching The Sandlot. When the fence fell on the dog Cole said "Holy crap, the fence fell on the doggie". "Is the doggie ok?"
Mike is trying to get Cole to say gorgonzola gnocchi. Lets just say it sounds nothing like that.
Cole has been in big boy underware all day and has only had one accident that was first thing this morning. Is it possible for a kid to potty train themselves? He made the effort all on his own to do this!!!
conversation with Cole: c- is this for my butt? (holding up the diaper rash cream) me - no you do not have diaper rash c- is this for Siena's butt? me - yes, she has diaper rash c- oh...is this for my butt? me - no you don't have diaper rash c- dong gone it
Cole is walking around saying "dong gone it" (Dog gone it) every time he drops something.
i love toddler talk - making cole a piece of bread with pesto and turkey. Cole says "Cole need a lid" Translation - Please put another piece of bread on the top.
feels like she is going to vomit. Not a good day to be sick. gotta leave the house by 7:30 to get Cole to day care and Siena to physical therapy by 8am. Then drive Siena back to day care and I Have to be to work asap after the physical therapy and then off work at noonish - 1pm and go get the kids at day care and then get them home for a nap, finish editing a senior session, and then back to work at 5pm. Any one wanna trade me so I can nap all day??
Novemberso excited my sister lives in Reno now!!! Finally close to home! Now if I can just convince her to babysit for me.
leftover turkey, stove popped popcorn and an ice cold dr. pepper. I love it when I don't have to cook for anyone but myself!
I never knew a dog (Onyx) could get so irked that that I fed the cats her dog food. She wont stop staring at them and she is whining at me.
ok siena, this is just getting out of hand now.
I think Siena has officially set the record for how many times a baby can poop and vomit in one day. 6 poops and at least 15 vomits. The night isn't over yet.
nothing like random gun shots to make you feel comfortable when your home alone for the weekend.
Thank you to everyone for your support. My grandpa will be greatly missed.
Mike and Cole are off to the cabin leaving Siena and I all by our lonesome. I see lots of warm fires, ice cream for every meal and no showers in my future Oh and mix in A LOT of photo editing
nothing like day after thanksgiving vomit to start the day off right! Poor Siena!
saying goodbye and knowing it's the last time you will ever see them is one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do.
Should I be worried that Cole is teaching his stuffed animals how to pee in my cup of water?
i just let Siena cry it out in her crib. 7 minutes and she's asleep. best part? she didn't wake Cole up in the process!!!
Me - Cole what color is your shirt? Cole - John Deere
I had a 2 1/2 hour car ride home all by myself which means my choice of music and instead of taking advantage of that I chose nothing. Silence is priceless.
Looking forward to our New moon date in Santa Rosa. See you soon ladies
Cole ate an entire In and out hamburger.
Listening to Siena cry it out :-(
if anyone is interested in spending their afternoon at the emergency room I can loan you Cole. I am sure there are plenty of things he could do today to warrent a second trip back.
something is seriously wrong with me. I can't stand the site of snakes, lizards, or worms but i have no problem picking up the dead cat I found by my garage.
should i be pissed that Cole peed in my new "ugg type boot" or be excited that he has good aim and didn't hit the floor?
my dreams are finally coming true. Tomorrow a dumpster arrives at my house. Good bye crap!
the new kitchen table has it's first scratch.....i have tears in my eyes. I guess it was bound to happen.
you know how bad a bottle of formula smells after sitting out for a few hours. Now guess how bad the bottles smells after finding it a week later with the formula still in it. My nose is burning and I smell it every where I go.
if you could see Cole right now you would be looking at a kid with a head light on his head, a blue thermal shirt, no pants or diaper, one orange sock, one grey sock, a cow print slap bracelet from the 80's on his wrist and a dragging a scarf around.
our cat Bebe is home after being at the hospital for over a month! Welcome home flea bag. :-)
cole has a fever - fitting right?
World Market - Here we come. Hide all your breakable items, Cole is ready for some fun.
is off to take family pictures with Great Grandpa and then to buy a new kitchen table!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!
spending all morning baby proofing the house. Siena is on the move and getting into EVERYTHING!!!!!!
it's 87 degrees in the house. sometimes our wood stove is too efficient.
All I am hearing right now is Cole - "Cole be naked boy" "no dada, Cole be naked boy"
Cole just figured out how to ride his tricycle. Now he is doing laps around the deck and calling for Siena every time he comes by the patio door so she can see him. So cute!!!
This morning Cole told me that Onyx had an owie (she was coming with me to work). I asked him how she got the owie and he said "dead camel chase Oni into tree, Oni crash" This kid has seen one to many dead deer on the freeway this weekend. Then after I got off work and picked the kids up Cole asked where Onyx was. I told him she was in the back of the car. He said "Oni have owie?" I said no her owie is all gone. He said "Cole gave Oni owie, Cole crash in Oni, Oni go "rarrrr" So the truth comes out.....
Octoberwhy do both my kids vomit on their first halloweens. Siena is on vomit number 6 for the day.
is listening to Cole boss the dog around - he puts onyx in a time out
is cracking up listening to Cole call Mike "mike" "big camel outside mike" "oni chase the camel Mike"
it's amazing how quickly a boob can quiet a baby and put them to sleep.
Siena still has fluid behind her ear but the redness is gone. Doc said hives may be due to a possible amoxicillin allergy. He said give her the dose tonight and see if she gets hives. Yup! With in 2 minutes she started getting hives. poor girl!
really really over this whole sick kid thing. Dr's apt. number 4 in a week tonight. Siena ear is really bothering her and she woke up from her nap with hives on the right side of her face and all around her bad ear. Anything else wanna join the party?
s so excited the halloween photo shoot is coming together!! I am booked up for the morning but I have some afternoon slots open. Email if interested!
Today is the first day in 6 days that Siena did NOT have a fever over night. Maybe the swine is deciding to leave?????
Cole is convinced that a bee (fly) scratched his face
and Siena are watching basketball in HD on our new LED TV. Amazing!!! Better than LCD and Plasma!! Mike and Cole are grocery shopping. Seems like it should be the other way around...
Cole just drew with a pink high lighter on my new pottery barn rug. What is it with that child and drawing my my pottery barn furniture?
I walked into the bathroom to find the dog and Cole drinking out of the water bowls.
vomiting baby with 104 degree fever - enough said
Cole just informed me that a bug went in his mouth and that is what woke him up from his nap. Funny thing is, he never actually fell asleep. Maybe the bug gave him the bloody nose.
51 degrees outside - 85 degrees inside. I love our wood stove!
has to be at work in 5 1/2 hours and i'm up with a baby who has a temp of 103. fun times.
is watching Siena try to eat the dogs tail.
cole sounds like an old man who smoked to much. That cough can't be good!
s excited for family pictures today! Keri,fair warning, Cole hasn't gotten any better in the last 4 months. :-)
Siena just crawled! I am so not ready for this!
why is it the day before family photos both my kids make their faces bleed?
Cole informed me that a lizard took off his diaper.
This applies to parents only: COLE ASKED TO GO POOP ON THE POTTY AND ACTUALLY DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so nice to have power again after 24 hours
Nothing starts the day off better when you intentionally got up at 5:30 am so you could get to work on time (8am) and at 7:35 the toddler takes a giant dump and while you are trying to wipe his butt he rolls and butt stamps poop on your bed. Then while washing the diaper (cloth) he gets ahold of your deodorant and rubs it all over his face. I give up on trying to get to work on time.
bath time just got 5 million times more difficult. Siena suddenly decided to pull her self up the side of the tub.
Mike and Cole are getting firewood split and stacked for the storm a that's on its way
if Cole is left alone naked he will find a way to pee in something besides the toilet. The latest and greatest.....a soup ladle.
Siena just went from sitting to all fours and is rocking back and forth. Please don't let her crawl for awhile!!!
Cole just sprayed the dog in the face with olive oil. Some one please take him.
is going insane. Cole will not nap because of the "bees". The flies hatched and few made it into the house and all he is doing is watching for them to fly over his head and then he runs out of his room screaming "mama the bees!!!"
didn't think I could get any more tired than I was. I was wrong.
is going to bed before 10 pm! This hasn't happened in months!
one toddler asleep on a bed of alligators and trying to sing the sick one to sleep.
Cole just informed me that he is "baby Cole" today.
Septemberin a matter of 5 minutes, Siena managed to poop in 3 diapers, on 2 blankets, and all the way up to her armpits in a onesie.
On Sunday 100 degrees - today high of 66 with chance of rain. Now that's a change in the weather!
updating my lens wish list on B&H. Anyone wanna give me $4000? :-)
ate one too many jalapenos today.
Siena is chasing Onyx in the walker.
thank you Michael Scott. My son will not stop saying poopball.
my mind has turned to jello. I am only half way through my month of split shifts and I can't think anymore. My day starts at 6 am (or earlier depending on Siena) and I don't shut down till 11pm or later. I am beat!
doesn't know if I can handle the smell of orange juice anymore after being at work today - let's just say that I experience some things that would make most people vomit or pass out. They only way I can describe the smells coming out of a bloated dogs stomach is that of rotten juice that has sat in a hot car for 2 days. and I got the wonderful "juice" on my hands.
the dr. tried to get me to have Cole pee in a cup! Boy was that a funny experience. Cole " no mama, no pee cup" Me "not even for a milkshake?" Cole "no mama. Cole no pee cup"
just found the hidden speckled jelly beans that I made disappear when I was losing my baby weight! Sugar high here I come!
editing pictures, blog updating, editing more pictures, charts - way to many charts, washing diapers, Siena gets shots, what a way to start a 4 day weekend.
the latest item to die in the Fredy household is the video camera. That should be it right? Things come in 3 - washing machine, tv, video camera...
wants to know who installed the "wake up at 10:30 pm every night alarm" in Siena.
Augustis hoping to survive my splits shifts this week. I hope Mike survives the kids for one extra night this week. Although I bet this will make for some pretty funny "Cole did what?" stories. Keep fingers crossed that this fire gets under control today. It's very scary when it's only a 8 minute drive from your house.
is amazed at how quickly Siena falls asleep when you sing her the mini sirloin burger song.
s considering giving Siena her first rice cereal to night. I am so sad about this next step.
Cole just walked into the room with a popcicle and said "Got one!" I thought i had the freezer locked. it's possible he may have figured out another child proof lock.
Anybody want a cat? Stupid fuzz ball just brought a snake in the house. If you think I over react with a lizard you should have seen me with the snake.
My new camera is here!!!!!!!!!!! Now to wait patiently until the battery charges. The fish eye lens arrives on wednesday!
my third child arrives by ups tomorrow. You can bet I will be waiting on pins and needles until I see that brown truck drive up my road.
mystery solved! a camel is a deer. Cole pointed out the deer last week and said "A camoo"
according to Cole, Siena is a meatball.
siena is wearing her first pair of baby legs
Cole said his first sentence last night! "mama, big camel go, on-ah chase" Apparently the dog was chasing a big camel.
if you walk into your toddlers room and find them sleeping naked in their sisters crib with a poppy diaper on the floor and you also discover while cleaning up the poop up around the room that there are little lego men living inside the poop, is it fair to assume that is ate irt or that is squished it in to the poop? - Also, he was so kind to have wiped his butt for me because when I put him in the tub his butt was squeeky clean. I discovered he used his sisters clothes as butt wipes. Really toddlers are just so much fun, I can't stand it.
JulyCole is holding a picture of a kangaroo and yelling "camel go" while jumping and pointing to the sky. Any suggestions on what he saw when he was on the deck?
mama a bee. mama a bee. while i am killing them Cole says - Bee gone! Bee gone! Cole, did mama kill the bees. YUP! bye bye bee.
In his first day of swim lessons, Cole mastered holding on to my neck for dear life and screaming no mom mom. Maybe tomorrow we can work on bubbles.
Have i mentioned how much I HATE disposable diapers? No good, worthless pieces of non biodegradable crap.
is cleaning up dog vomit and found half a base ball in it. Nice Onyx, real nice.
how is it that I go in to Target for a bathing suit and I leave $75 later with no bathing suit.
when it looks like it is snowing in July it's not snow, it's ash. Gotta love fire season!
How do you get a nose to stop bleeding when the kid wont keep his finger out of it?
poor Mike. Cole did a number on him while I was at work tonight. He took off his poopy diaper outside and butt stamped poop in various locations around the deck. He also decided to decorate the dog with his dinner. Onyx had edamame hummus all down her
Let this be a lesson to everyone that does NOT own a labrador. DO NOT ask the owners if their dog likes the water and then let the dog jump in the lake, UNLESS you are prepared with 2 boats, 1 kayak, and a swimmer, and 30 minutes to spare to get her out.
Cole just handed me his poopy diaper. Nothing like the smell of fresh poop in the morning.
junenever thought of work as a place of peace and tranquility...until I had Cole. 4:30 can't get here fast enough!!!
can't even go to the bathroom with out Cole cleaning the fridge out of all apricots and peaches and throwing them around the living room. he thinks they are balls. yummy balls.
there's nothing like being surprised by a little naked boy who wasn't naked when he fell asleep.
is watching Onyx's face for more swelling. Poor girl was stung in the face at least 4 times by a yellow jacket.
I've spent the last 10 minutes looking for a chip bag clip that I just now noticed Cole clipped it to my hood of my sweatshirt that am wearing.
ok, i seriously need to lock Cole in a padded room. exactly 24 hours after the tongue incident he just sliced his head on barbed wire. Of to the doc we go!
my son just defiantly soaked me with the hose.
wants to know why a 2 year old would suddenly starting spitting his drink every where he goes
is questioning herself on why she thought it was a good idea to buy property in the mountains.....a coyote the size of Onyx was about 50 feet from our front door.
no mom mom, go mom mom (door slams)
That was some storm last night. 2-3" hail storm was insane.
mayI walked into the room to find Cole taking a picture of Siena with his toy camera. Like mother like son.
loves it when the thunder storms roll in...
Mike thinks I need to learn self control when it comes to ice cream.
got hit with anal glands at work tonight. Remind me again why I work with animals????
is trying to figure out why there is a helicopter circling above the house.
Boy's are gone! It's just Siena and I for the weekend! Woo Hoo. Oh wait, the lizard is still here too.
would rather be buying an upgraded camera than a new washing machine. Stupid washing machine.
My favorite picture from our family Christmas party. My Aunt Yvonne was the only one who was able to get Siena to fall asleep in the noisy house. They bonded over Siena's middle name "Rai". In my Aunt religion Rai is a goddess. :-)
They will for sure end up in here. They are WAY to messy to just be wiped down.
Can you see how Cole's doesn't even care that she is doing that? However is she went near his clementines that's a whole other story!
We made Cole a piggy bank out of an old Ovaltine tin. He has $3.10 in it. He is so proud of his "monies". He protects them from Siena. In the top photo he was pulling the dollars in and out of the can and yelling "tada!" to Siena.
While Siena had her scan, which took 1 1/2 hours, Mike and I sat in the waiting room and addressed our holiday cards. Better late than never right? It was actually nice because it kept our minds off of waiting for her to be finished.
He knows how to advance it forward each time so he can take a picture and make it flash. If he doesn't wind it enough he thinks the batteries have gone dead and he says "Cole fix dead battery" and takes them out and puts them back in.
He takes pictures of EVERYTHING.
Yesterday at our annual Mesple family Christmas party (2008) my mom bent down to pick up Siena and Cole was underneath as well. Cole stood up very fast and his pumpkin sized head connected with my mother face. It instantly put her to tears and you can see it resulted in a very swollen soon to be very black eye, you can see the blue skin near the lower part of the eye lid. She is lucky he didn't hit her nose or mouth. At the impact he had she would have lost a tooth or broken a nose. Fair warning to anyone around my son - Always know where his head is.
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