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Parker Week 29 – Sleep Please??

July 21, 2009

Parker & "Uncle Peegee"

Dear Squeaky,

Somehow you have developed into a little person who can survive on 20 minute naps. I know others have tried this method and found it successful. Your father and I are not those people. We function much, much better with 8 or more hours of sleep – straight. We can still function pretty well on 5, and if we have to, on 4. However, the 3 hours you’ve been allotting us for the past 3 days is not really helpful. You see, my bosses don’t find it cute or endearing when I fall asleep in meetings. I’ve walked into more doorways than I can count because I’m too tired to pay attention to where I am going. I put bread in the microwave and rice in the bread drawer. I’ve walked into every room of our house looking for a pair of socks I had been carrying at one point (still no clue where I left them…). For a period of time yesterday I couldn’t remember how to spell the word “reciprocate”. I love the fact that you’re sleeping two or more hours at a time during the day, but I’m not around to take advantage of that time. Unless you want us to sell you to some band of Gypsies (since they are known for staying up all night dancing and partying anyway), then I think it would be an excellent idea if you tried sleeping for longer stretches of time.

Love,

Mommy (who is on the verge of sleep deprivation psychosis)

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Parker Week 28 – Fun at the beach

July 21, 2009

mmm... sand...

A few weeks ago we had a family trip to Wallis Sands Beach. It was our first trip to the Ocean with the boys – Xander has been to beaches before, but never to the ocean. The whole day was tons of fun, and even without a nap Xander did great (except for that whole taking off without telling anyone, but that is for a different post).

Parker was of course a little young to be enjoying many beach activities, though he did get to dip his toes in the Atlantic. I was not surprised to discover that he simply stopped to watch the odd activity of the cool water washing over his legs, and his feet slowly sinking into the sand. No complaints, no giggles, just quiet contemplation.

With this warmer (and finally sunnier) weather we’ve discovered that Parker looooves to feel grass on his feet. Sand was pretty much the same way – he was fascinated by it! Shortly after we arrived, Zach was letting Parker check out the sand, and he had so much fun with it. It wasn’t long before the kid face planted into the sand – but without complaint – he would have happily rolled around in the sand for a lot longer if we hadn’t insisted that we needed to clean the stuff out of his eyes and mouth… (I also should note that I was still pulling sand out of his ears a week later…) At least he enjoyed himself, right?

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Xander Week 124 – The Bump…

July 20, 2009

In my humble parenting opinion Xander is perfect. His height is perfect, his weight is perfect, his eyes and nose are perfect – I could go on and on. Xander was born with a small “skin tag” next to his ear. This was courtesy of me, since I have the very same skin tag next to my ear. Over the years it has shrunk and is hardly noticeable to anyone besides me, and I hadn’t even thought about it in a decade until Xander was born.

During his first few months we discussed it with his doctor, and they offered to remove it for us, or leave it. We figured since it was just a little skin tag and hardly noticeable, we’d leave it. If Xander decided when he was older (in my mind I was thinking about 13-ish) then we could discuss having it removed.

Flash forward two plus years, and Xander starts showing us his “bump”. If you ask him, he’ll tell you “this is my bump, it bothers me.” Trying to get a two year old to expound on the word “bothers” is more trouble that it’s worth. But, I certainly wasn’t expecting this statement so soon! Knowing that we’d have his annual checkup in six months or so, I told Xander we could talk to the doctor about when we saw him in September.

On Friday, I received the letter from our doctor’s office letting me know the date and time of our next visit. But this visit was scheduled with one of the nurse practitioners. I respect most of the nurse practitioners at this office, and they give us great service, but for this particular visit I really wanted to speak with a pediatrician. When I called to reschedule (2 months in advance) I was told that there weren’t any physical appointments available with a pediatrician until November. So now we have an appointment on Friday to discuss Xander’s skin tag.

I guess when I told Xander we could talk about it with the doctor, I didn’t worry about it because that was months and months away. Even then, it would not be the primary focus of the visit, so we would still probably have to schedule a visit or two after that before the procedure itself. Now all of the sudden the visit is here. The time has come. We always said that if Xander wanted his skin tag removed, we’d help him do that, but I didn’t think he’d make this decision at the age of two. I thought he’d be older and better able to understand the ramifications of the process.

Am I crazy to be following the requests of my two-year-old? It’s not like he can change his mind later once we’ve done it. I also don’t know enough about the process – how do they go about removing it? Do they use any sort of pain medication? What is “recovery” like? Will there be a scar? I have lots of questions for the doctor of course. It just feels weird to have an appointment to talk about cutting off a piece of my little boy…

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Brothers

July 17, 2009

I’m sure I have lots to write about, but little time to do it this week, so instead, here are a two pictures. Xander at about 5 months, and Parker at about 5 months. (thank you Jenny for the toy – it’s definitely getting plenty of use!!)

Being Sara

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