Catching up

Let me just say that it is not easy posting when things happen and then it gets further and further away from the last post. Anyway, I will try to do a little random catching up.


Memorial week! We were going to go camping for a couple of nights and see how it went. Well, Kurt called and asked if we wanted to stay at their cabin and guess what? The cabin won. We went up on Memorial day and stayed until Wed. Craven is still not the best rider, but he is getting better and we had the DVD player (thank you Carolyn & John) which helped a lot. He just fussed the last hour. We got to the cabin and unpacked and made a grocery list. Randall left for the store and I had Craven on the upper deck playing. He went in and I was a little slower to do so. By the time I came in he was no longer up stair with me. I started calling him and went to the second level and the front door was wide open. Panic! As I was running to it Randall is bringing Craven back in. Randall had not left yet, he was sitting in the car playing with the GPS system and looked up and saw Craven standing next to the car. We thought he just did not lock the door before he left. I took Craven in and made sure the door was locked and went back up stair with him. We played for a little while outside on the deck with his cars and his ball. We came back in and Craven ran down stairs. He liked going up and down all the stairs and he definitely needed some exercise. I did not hear anything and started calling Cravens name as I was walking down stairs. I thought he was probably at the bottom floor. Guess again, the door was wide open again! I ran to the door and started yelling for him and he was nowhere. I started to panic thinking do I go up the road or down the road when I heard him call me. He was down the side of the cabin. He was playing with his ball and it must have went down there and he went to get it and got stuck. He was barefooted and there were stickers on the ground. After that time we did not leave him alone on the second floor. The next day we went to cades cove and hiked a little. Craven loved it. Randall saw his first bear (he has never seen one here). It was far away so Craven could not really see it. Then we went and picked up BBQ and went to the little park behind Kroger's. On the last day we went to the Aquarium and Craven liked that too. We left from there to come back home. We stopped for lunch and took it to a near by park (GPS found) to eat and let Craven play some. Before we got to the park Craven was getting really cranky so I gave him some chocolate. Well, when we got to the park and went to get him out he was covered in chocolate. It was very funny, but a lot of mess. Thank you Kurt & Sharon for letting us stay!!!!


Poopy Mess! I was doing the dishes and Craven went outside in just a diaper and was playing on the deck. I could see him from the window as I was cleaning. I look up and I see him taking out a wet wipe. I leave a pack outside sometime b/c I always need one. I went back to cleaning I look up again and he is laying on the deck, wet wipe in one hand trying to stick it down his diaper and I guess clean himself. I laughed and went back to cleaning. The next and last time I look up and he has his diaper off and has a wad of wet wipes and is trying to clean his poopy butt. It was very funny and gross at the same time. I dropped what I was doing and ran out to help him. He has some similar things since.


Pee Pee in the potty! Not so much. When he was younger he was good about peeing in the potty. I did not act on it and now he's not as interested.

I have been trying a little more only b/c he keeps taking off his clothes and diaper. I do believe he is a little confused b/c he will sit on his potty chair and then stand and pee in front of it. Randall has tried to show him hows its done, but he stands up, hence the issues. I have been taking him and standing him on his stool in front of the big potty and singing him a little pee pee song. Now he will sing it too. Very cute, but he still wont go in it. He would rather pee outside in the grass or on the deck.


Sleeping! He does naps pretty well, but usually goes to sleep either in the car or the swing out side unless he is so tired he just passes out. Nighttime ... yes he still does not sleep through the night. He is getting better though. Melatonin does not help. It makes him very cranky before he passes out. Then he wakes up even more times a night screaming.
He still sleeps with me. On the one hand its a pain, but on the other hand I would miss some very cute things he does and says. When we get into bed he use to grab my face with both hands and kiss me "Nite, nite mommy". Now he wants to lay his head in the crook of my arm. He likes to play little games. Ear, nose, mouth, eyes, but he usually points at the eyes and says nose and laughs. He will count to ten and skip one or two numbers. He will say his ABC, which is pretty funny to hear. He will start talking to me "Mommy" and then tell me something that I may or may not understand. He sometimes wakes up and starts talking to me the same way and I'm like you should be a sleep and he says " um well" laughs and goes back to sleep. I would like to sleep again sometime, but I am very glad that I have not missed this.


2 year check up! Craven is 35.5% in weight and 68% in height. Everything seems to be on tract. He has had no side affects from having his surgery. He is eating better too, believe it or not.

Farm! We went to a dairy farm with the play group. Sever storms where coming but suppose to stop really quickly We all decided to wait on the porch of the dairy until the storm passed. Once passed another bit of rain was going to hit, but we thought the tour would be over before it came. I took the wagon so Craven and another little boy (Marc who is beginning to walk) could ride in it. Craven did not want to get out. He got out to feed the cows, well throw food at them anyway and jump back into the wagon. Too funny! The rain came again while on tour and we stayed in one of the buildings and they brought us samples of milk and butter. When the rain stopped we all headed back to the cars and another cloud opened up on us and we where loading cars in the down pour. Wet, a little messy but no worse for wear. We had a great time!

Thats all I can think of for now.