Rain Rain Go Away!!

Wow! It has rained the entire weekend and we all have cabin fever! Poor Crawford just goes and looks out the door! No matter how many toys he has he would rather be outside! Luckily we did have a cardboard box that occupied him for a little while.

Riding on my bike with my fire hat!

Day Two...Same Hat, Same Bike

Into Everything!!

Coloring with Mimi (she came to stay the weekend with us). We were so thankful she came! We are praying for her. She lost her job this week! Please keep her in your prayers that she finds another one soon! I hope this economy turns around and our friends and families stop losing their jobs!!

Father Like Son!

Picture of Jacob and Crawford

Night Terrors, Oh My!!

No one could probably tell this sweet little face along with his parents have had many sleepless nights lately! Last night will go in the record books! Poor Crawford has been waking up between 1 and 2 every night for a few weeks! We thought he was wanting to get in bed with us but still thought it was strange how he woke up in the middle of the night! Well today we decided to take him to the doctor, b/c what began as a diaper rash (only the 2nd time Crawford has had a diaper rash) spread to his entire body! Little red bumps everywhere! I wanted to make sure that it was nothing contagious. Come to find out it's not, he had a little virus and sometimes a rash comes with it. He also had an ear infection in his tubeless ear & 5 teeth that have started to break through. Wow!! We only thought there were 3! And on top of all of that we think the waking in the night might be NIGHT TERRORS!! Which makes perfect sense to us!! Crawford woke up last night at his usual time! 2AM! Screaming!! He did not stop for at least an hour. He was not crying he was screaming and there was nothing we could do. I have never seen anything like it! We were scared and could not figure out what was wrong! Finally he feel asleep for a few hours! After talking with our wonderful Doctor today he thinks it sounds like Crawford may be having night terrors! Which if I understand him correctly they never really are awake when they start screaming and crying. He has no idea when he wakes up in the morning that it even happened. But let me just tell you! It happened and he was out of control!! Dr. Paynter gave us some good information and some suggestions to try to break his sleep cycle and hopefully the night terrors! I'll keep you posted how it works! For now...Crawford is napping so I better go rest!!

Mommy's Little Helper

I could only wish that Crawford will want to help with the chores when he gets older as much as he loves to now. He about knocks us over if he see's the dishwasher open. He runs to get to it so he can take everything out and climb all over it! He loves to help me load the dryer and he tells me "Tank Cho" every time I put something in it. His job is to shut the door and he smiles and claps after and is so very proud. We have to hide the broom b/c he likes to drag it all over the house and act like he is sweeping however he gets really mad when it gets stuck and he can't pull it.

Below is Crawford working hard!

Updates

A few Recent Updates!

Praying for my Mimi - Crawford's Great Mimi
17 Months Old
Perfect Valentine's Day!
Visit with Grammy and Poppy!
Our Valentine!
I Heart Mom
School Party and Bubbles

Praying for My Mimi!

Friday My Mimi had what we think is to be a stroke. Not sure yet, b/c they are still running test, however she is in the hospital and it has affected her speech! I am praying that everything will be ok and she will get her speech back! She means the world to me! My only Grandmother I have ever known and we are very close! She has been through so much and always manages to make a full recovery! So in your prayers tonight say an extra one for my Mimi!!

Here is a picture of her and Crawford playing last weekend! I meant to put this on that post! She is trying to teach Crawford how to blow on the little noise maker she had in her room. He wanted to chew on it rather than blow! Too Cute! She loves for him to come visit and then she shows him off to all of her friends!

17 Months Old

I feel like I was just writing a 16 Month old update yesterday! Not much has changed except more vocabulary! One minute I thought he was not saying enough and now I cannot keep up with all that he is saying! 17 months has brought a little sleeping problem, that I am hoping will be resolved by at least 18 months if not sooner! I made the mistake of bringing Crawford into bed with us when he would wake up in the middle of the night. He was and still is teething and fussy and we could not get him to go to sleep when he would wake up at 2 am, so I put him in bed with us! Well who really wants to get back in a crib when you could just cuddle in a nice comfy bed with Mommy and Daddy! I know so many people have different opinions on this ...but we just were not getting good sleep with him in the bed with us! So we have spent the last ROUGH week trying to get him back in the crib all through the night! It has been so hard!!! I am a sucker for crying just as I am sure every mom is. It's so hard to hear your baby crying and not run and get him, however we did it and none of us got any sleep! It was a really stressful week for us considering we all had to be up bright and early! But we will get through it! Here is too a better week with more sleep!

So back to 17 Months..

His Likes
Playing Chase, Taking a Bath, Climbing Anything!!! , Mini Vanilla Wafers (mommy likes these too!!), Balls, Blocks, Lego's, Giving Hugs and Kisses, riding in his car, riding in the grocery cart, playing in his tent and tunnels, playing with his basketball goal, Ketchup, Music, Dancing, books, his blanket (which needs to be washed but I can't get it away long enough).

His Dislikes

Diaper Changes, Getting in his Car Seat after a long day, most veggies, Elmo and the Chicken that he got last Easter that dances. (He used to love them both but not anymore!) Loud Noises, Hair Dryer, Time Out, The Doctors Office (he cries the minute we walk in).

A few new words

Deer - sounds like Dare,Shoe, Hat, Cat, Hello - ello (he says this every time the phone rings and he runs to find the phone, Hey - Heeeyyy , GiGi -Crawford's Great Grandmother

We are working on "I Love You"

He says "I La ouuu"

I am sure I have left something out. He is learning so much every day! It's so amazing how much they pick up and learn so fast! Even without the sleep we are still having so much fun! There is nothing better than this!!! We are so lucky!!