Day Number Two

So for about the last year I have been lying to Manny's Pediatrician. He continues to ask if Manny has a pacifier. I continued to answer "no" mostly because I didn't feel like hearing a lecture from the Doctor about how bad a pacifier is.

I have tried many times to attempt to wean Manny from his pacifiers, but they didn't work. So we have only been using them at nap/bed time.

Yesterday I had an idea. We were driving to Walmart and I asked Manny if he wanted to give his pacifiers to Santa and Santa will give them to new babies. He sounded very excited, but I thought, hmmmm we will see what happens at nap time. He did ask for it, but I reminded him that we gave them to Santa and then he said, "for new babies" and then rolled over and went to sleep.

Yay! Wish us luck.

First Cheeseburger

Up until this point, Manny has detested meat of any kind. Hamburgers, steak, cheese burgers, ribs, chicken etc have all been put in the "gross" category by Manny.

Apparently, Manny is now a meat eater. On his second birthday, he decided to eat about half of a rotisserie chicken, so now he eats chicken. Today we met Daddy at McDonald's for lunch and Manny decided to eat his chicken nuggets and about half of a double cheeseburger.

He is so funny. He kept saying, "yum, good, mmmmm, yum".

Almost two months since my last post....

...Can you tell it is summer and we are super busy.

Manny has finally had all of his Birthday parties (yes that is plural, we had one for family, one for the playgroup and one with just the three of us on his actual Birthday).

We went to visit Josh and "TT" in Boston and Manny had so much fun. We visited the Museum of Science which Manny really enjoyed (he must have because I think we were there for 6+ hours :).

We haven't been able to go camping as much as we have liked because the weather has been really rainy and not really conducive to camping.

Now that summer is starting to slow down, I am going to try to post more often.

Fun with Josh and TT

Josh and TT came for an extended weekend visit and Manny had SO MUCH FUN!!!
It was like a huge vacation for him. Every morning he would wake up and instead of calling for myself or Joe, he would call, "Josh, TT c'mere". It was too cute.
Here are some pictures:

So...if anyone has a magic formula....

for getting desitin out of a navy blue construction-theme comforter, please let me know.

I went to get Manny from his afternoon nap and realized that he smelled a little like desitin. He promptly informed me "Poop". So I picked him up to put him on his changing table and noticed that the *last I checked* tube of desitin was now almost empty and squished into a small ball. hmmm....I thought I wonder why Manny smells like desitine.

I also look at the changing table and see various deposits of desitine. I ask Manny, "how did that happen?". He points to his bum and says, "cream, poop". So I look at the back of his pants and see several smeared white hand prints on his back pockets. hmmm...the story is unfolding.

Manny is standing on his changing table while I clean up desitin on the changing table. Manny starts pointing to his bed and saying, "uh-oh, uh-oh, mess". I slowly turn my head and look through squinted eyes. There is desitine all over one corner of his navy blue comforter. I ask him how that happend. He looks at me in all seriousness and says, "yuck, mess, hands". I fill in the rest of the sentence and repeat it back to him, "you wiped the desitin off your hands and on the blanket?" "uh-huh."

So, I changed his diaper and looked on the internet for the remedy most likely to really remove zinc oxide. I will let you know what I find out.

Shrek the Third

Friday, May 18, 2007 will go down in history for Manny (if he remembers it in years to come, if not, at least it will go down in his baby book). Manny attended his first movie-theater movie, Shrek III. He L-O-V-E-D IT! On the way to the theater, he repeated over and over, "Shrek, Fiona, Donkey". He was also very excited at the prospect of getting to eat popcorn and m&m's.

As we were standing in line for tickets, the lady in front of his was commenting (rather loudly) that she hoped that there wouldn't be any kids in the movie running around and talking through the whole thing. I asked her which movie she was going to see, she replied, "Shrek". I looked at her for what seemed like an eternity and replied, "It is a kids movie, you know". She just kind of looked at me like I was crazy. Of course, she was in the same theater as we were and she made it known several times throughout the movie that she did not appreciate the four year olds running up and down the aisles. **As a side-note, I remember this lady from my Kmart service desk days as one of those people that drives me nuts. When she would walk through the door, we would all roll our eyes.

Anyway, Manny had a great time and actually watched the whole movie! YAY!!

Manny's new sleeping positions

Ever since Manny has been sleeping in a "big boy" bed, we find him in the funniest positions. We have been able to catch a few of these positions on camera.

Sometimes he is kneeling on the floor:







Sometimes he is half-way on his bed and half on the floor:








I have no idea how he sleeps like this. Sometimes we will even find him on the floor right next to his bed.

Manny's new house

We finally got a new dishwasher and I decided to decorate the box for Manny to play in. He loves it...Grandpa does too.

Since I am in the blogging mood....

Might as well keep going.

Manny has signed up for soccer this year. It is will kids ages 2-6. He was super-excited to start and then when we get there, he just wanted to look at the tractors. He was too funny. Uncle Phil hopes that football will be Manny's sport anyway :)

Discovering Old Summer Toys

Well, we have finally had some nice weather and been able to get outside and play.

Manny had forgotten about his wagon of summer toys until we found it in the shed.

He kept saying, "wow, wo-o-o-w" over everything.











He was pretty cute, now he always asks, "owside?" when he wakes up in the morning.

A full nights sleep

Manny sleeping in his big boy bed. He was so excited to pick out the bedding set and pillows! And, he slept through the night. When he woke up in the morning, I heard a "knock, knock" on his door and he was just sitting there waiting for me. He was too cute!

Too long since my last post

So, once again it has been OVER a month since my last post. We have been very busy. Manny had the flu for the first time...not too much fun. Thank goodness that is behind us. Here are a few pictures from Valentine's Day. We made Daddy a cake. The first picture, Manny is scared of my flash and then he realizes that there is chocolate cake in front of him and that makes everything better :)







Here is a picture of my little cowboy playing in his ball pit:

For someone who doesn't like having any dirt on his hands...

Manny loves to fingerpaint.

Playing with Legos♦

Manny loves to play with his legos and sort them into patterns and color groups. He has a slight touch of his Daddy's OCD haha.

Playing at Nana and Papa's

Okay, so as usual, I am a little behind on the whole blogging thing. Here are some pictures from when we went to visit Nana and Papa:

More Christmas Pictures

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So long since my last blog, I think I owe everyone some pictures!

A couple of weeks ago we went to the county to visit because Uncle Josh was home "on vacation" from Iraq:

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Well, it's Wednesday.....

that means Story Time at the Library and then to the Children's Museum for Arts and Crafts. Today's art was sponge painting...messy and fun....Manny's favorite combination :)

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Thanksgiving

Finally, time to sit down and post some Thanksgiving pictures. We went to Dad and Phyliss' for Thanksgiving with them, Uncle John, Aunt Carol, Sarah and Chris. We also visited GG in the hospital before going home. Here are some pictures:

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So we tried..

to keep Manny from eating junk food, but obviously we have given in (somewhat). Daddy and Manny are enjoying some chocolate chip cookies:

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