Carson won his first football game tonight!!!! The last 3 games, Carson has acted like he didn't know how to play football, but tonight he looked like a real football player. He started off the game by making a catch (although he did get a penalty for swatting at the defense's hands). You should have seen his face! He was completely shocked! Then he ran a ball (penalty as well for swatting). Then he was QB (way scary with the way he throws) and he threw a touchdown pass. Then on defense he was the rusher and sacked the QB in the end zone for a safety. We won 21-19. Good thing we got the safety!
Anways, it was a way fun game and it is so much fun to see how far they have come in just 4 games. Carson is super pumped. Everyone kept asking me what I had fed him for dinner and where he came from. What a huge confidence builder for him! Maybe now when he plays football on the playground at school, he will be able to hold his own! The whole team did awesome. Great job Texans!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Way to go Texans!!!!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
2 wheelin'
Carson learned how to ride a 2 wheeler on Saturday. He has fought us tooth and nail when we have tried to teach him. We finally took him to the school and told him we weren't leaving until he could ride his bike. 2 hours and a LOT of tears later, he finally figured it out. The funny thing is that he rode laps around the ball diamond (the only place he would consider riding), but when we told him to take his bike across the grass to the parking lot, he declined saying that he would rather push it-- what a kid! He is such a chicken liver!!! But I am awfully proud of him for finally overcoming his fears. Way to go Carson!
And of course, since Carson was riding his bike, Hallie decided to learn to ride hers-- the problem is that she is so short, she has to scoot all the way forward on the bike, just to reach the pedals. She'll get it one day!
Flag Football
Carson started flag football a few weeks ago. Derrick got roped into coaching him. They've had 3 games now and Carson is living, breathing, and sleeping football! Derrick just thinks it's cool that they get to play under the lights-- he didn't get to do that until high school! Carson doesn't really understand all of the rules, as evidenced by the two back to back rushing penalties he got at last nights game, but he sure loves to play!
Hallie and Tucker love the games too-- Hallie usually falls asleep on the way there and Tucker just watches with big eyes!
First Snow of the Season
Well, it snowed here-- in October-- again! My kids thought it was great, so I thought I would post a few pictures of them playing in the snow.
Friday, October 10, 2008
"You're not my mommy, Fatty, and I hate you!"
So this is Hallie's newest line-- all because she couldn't get her shoe off and I asked her to come to me so that I could help her. What am I going to do with this child? It's a good thing she is so cute!
Pediatricians
So, after living in Reno for over a year, I have FINALLY found a pediatrician that I love! That has been one of the hardest things about moving-- finding good doctors to replace our ones in Utah. We had a pediatrician for awhile that was fairly good, but I couldn't stand her office staff. After a series of problems at their office, I finally gave in and went on the hunt for a new pediatrician.
I have interviewed several and finally found an office that I had gotten several referrals to, but they weren't on our insurance when we first moved here. This time around, they are now accepting it and I am so excited! I went and met with them a few weeks ago and was impressed. After our appointments today, I am so very happy with them. Hallie was given a flu shot and didn't even freak out. That is huge for Hallie! The staff was awesome and the doctor is great. I feel very comfortable for the first time in a year with the healthcare my children will be given. It is an incredible feeling!
Two months old!
Tucker went in for his 2 month check up today. I can't believe he is already 2 months old! He weighed in at 11 lbs 9 oz which is in the 50th percentile for his age. He is 23 inches long (50%) and his head is 39 cm (25%).
He has all of a sudden hit a fun stage of being awake a lot more during the day. He smiles a lot and loves to play on his little play mat. I've put him in the Bumbo seat a few times and he just sits there and smiles, like he is so proud of himself. It is so much fun! I love each new stage of development.
It seems like he is growing up so fast! A lot of it is probably because I am so used to Hallie, who took FOREVER to grow and we had to do so much therapy with to get her to do the things that Tucker does so naturally. So this is what a normal baby is like! I'm terrible. I have so many hangovers from our ordeal with Hallie. Poor Tucker! I weigh him almost daily. I know he's growing and doing well, but it is just such a habit from Hallie. And I'm amazed to see him gaining ounces a day when Hallie didn't even gain ounces a week or sometimes even a month. I am finally getting comfortable with nursing. Not that we've had any problems with him, just that I am so used to watching to the cc how much Hallie took in. Even Carson I had to watch how much he took in. Nursing is not really conducive to knowing how much they are taking in. It's really been a struggle for me to let go and be comfortable that he is getting enough.
Hallie is liking Tucker more and more. She has always loved him, but I think she is feeling more comfortable with her position in our family. It also helps that Tucker is fun to play with now. She took his sock of yesterday and played "This Little Piggy" with him. It was so cute! She still has a tendency to treat him like one of her baby dolls, which scares me to death, but she is getting to be a lot softer with him. That is making my life much easier!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Pumpkin Patch
We went to a pumpking patch last night for Family Home Evening (for those not LDS, our church encourages us to take one night a week for family time-- Monday is set aside as a night without any church meetings to help facilitate this). We had so much fun. My kids were disappointed that I wouldn't let them pick out big pumpkins because we will be in Cincinnati this year for Halloween. Other than that, we had a great time! It was some much needed family time.
Friday, October 3, 2008
You're so lucky
Hallie was on a roll again today. She climbed on my dresser while I was feeding Tucker. She stole my wedding ring and a ring my grandma had given me. She hid them. I spent 4 hours searching for them-- in tears. She told me they were in her closet-- on the top shelf. Like she could even reach there. Then she told me they were on top of her 4 foot tall dresser. Right. Then they were in the snowman forest. I don't even know where she came up with that one. Then they were in my closet on the top shelf. Then she dumped the drawer in the bathroom with all of her elastics and hair clips in it. I had to search through all of that to make sure they weren't hidden amongst it.
She kept asking me if I was sad. I told her yes, that she shouldn't touch mommy's special rings. Then she would ask me if I was happy. I seriously wanted to strangle her after the wild goose chase she sent me on. Finally, she told me that she wanted "milky". I told her she couldn't have any until we found my rings (if you know Hallie, this is very tragic for her). She stomped out of my room, throwing a temper tantrum and slammed the door. I just happened to glance over and see something gold in the corner behind the door. Both rings were right there. I gve Hallie a big hug and told her I was so happy to get my rings back. She looked at me and said, " You're so lucky that I found your rings Mom!" I just wanted to say right back to her, "You are so lucky I didn't strangle you before we found my rings!"
On top of all that, Carson came home from school with a girl's phone number. She wants him to call her. She's not one of his normal friends, so I asked him why she wanted him to call. She evidently wants him to go with her to her little brother's birthday party. Since when do you have to start worrying about this in 1st grade?
Kids--what am I going to do with them?
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Whose nose is it?
With both sides of the family in town over the weekend, we got a lot of comments about Tucker having the Munro nose or the Cutrer nose (depending on who you were talking to). I personally thought Tucker looked like a Munro, while Derrick could see more of the Cutrer side in him. Why is it that we can always see someone else in a child, but never ourselves?
I had seen this on a friend's blog and have wanted to try it, but after all of the debate over who Tucker most strongly resembles, I finally got around to doing it-- kind of fun!
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