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My cousin is so cool!

vaughn - october 2008

I have started to use reverse psychology with Vaughn when it comes to potty training. I have told him I am going to stop asking about going potty and just change his diaper. It has seemed to work. He says no and then he goes to the toilet and takes off his pants and diaper and goes. Now if I could just have him go without suggesting it.

He is now into 5T and is getting taller and taller. Some of the funny things he has been saying lately have been - "I'm not so happy with you right now mommy" or at bedtime saying " I'm sorry I was cranky - I was just tired". Tony took him to the Haunted Trolley in Excelsior on Friday. He wore his batman costume and wasn't too scared. Apparently, a man jumped out of a closet to scare him and all he said was "don't do that again".

He continues to be a great big brother. The only problem is he tries to hug Brock and ends up smothering him. Brock gets this look on his face like "give me my space" Vaughn means well and I make sure the "babe" doesn't get hurt.

Cousins

Hug or wrestling move - you decide. When I asked the boys to pose for nanna this is what they did a few weeks ago.

brock - October 08

Brock has had a very active October. He has gained 2/12 lbs in less than 3 weeks. Today he is 14 lbs 10oz and 25 inches long. He smiles all the time and his active time is late morning early afternoon. He like to have quiet time and gets fussy when there is alot of noise or disruptions. He is extremely strong and can lift his head up. He like to sleep on his side too. His smile is funny and usually he tends to squint one eye and lift up one side of his mouth. He is starting to sleep now 4 to 5 hours at a time a night.

who you calling chubby!

The other day I decided to see just how "healthy" Brock has become. I thought I was a human pacifier, but now that I see these pictures I know it is the truth! You be the judge.

orange juice or crack you decide!

I am getting used to using the camera video option. Unfortunately, you have to turn your head sideways this time. Tony and I have a theory Vaughn gets hyper from orange juice - it looks like the suggestion of having orange juice does it too!

sweet revenge!

As a younger sister I yearned for the day to get my sweet revenge on my sister. It could have been the years of being sat on and told to "kiss the floor" (even in junior high) or the years of being teased about "Beth's mashed potatoes". I love my nephew Lukie. If he continues to give me material like this it will be easy to tease my older sister like she teased me. By the way - he wanted to eat the gravel and of course after a few bites II & I made him spit it out. We can't afford to send him to the dentist - of course they are only his baby teeth - he will get a new set some day. :)

pictures!

I think Vaughn might rip off ii's head!

more pictures

pictures - finally!

It is hard to post pictures for me, because Tony thinks our home computer can't handle such big files. I need to learn how to put them in our back-up storage soon. Here are some pictures from Nana's camera.

Hooray for Happy Meals!

On Sunday night after a fun trip to Lukie's house it happened. Vaughn, Brock and I had loads of fun visiting Nana & II at Karla's. When ever Vaughn is at Lukie's house he and Luke become obsessed with the potty chair. Lucky for Karla, Luke is the younger more impressionable one! :) We left Lukie's house and needed to eat. I hate to cook, so I thought McDonald's was the healthiest option. For those of you who don't know the happy meal toy now is the 6 hot wheel cars. On the way home I told Vaughn - do you know when you need to poop? We discussed what it felt like and I asked him if he thought he could go when we got home. He agreed for the car that he would go poop in the potty. When we got home, he ran inside and found Tony who put him on the chair and the rest is history. If anyone would like to record the date it was October 12th in the PM.

vacation destination - north dakota?

Brock has now successfully made his 1st trip to Nana & ii's house in ND. It was an uneventful trip :) I picked up Vaughn from daycare and we made it to Monticello to McDonalds. Vaughn is all about the car toy with the happy meal (another blog entry to follow with details). My attempts to give Brock a bottle in McDonalds went up in flames. Apparently, it is funny to laugh at you Mom when she tries to give you a bottle when you are a breastfed baby. He kept looking up at me an smiled when the nipple was in his mouth like he was saying - "Mom I am smarter than this - give me the good stuff" In preparation for a long trip to McDonalds I bought Vaughn a sundae which I thought he might share with me. The Danielson food gene has won again. I have successfully passed down the gene to be possessive of food to Vaughn. He downed the whole sundae himself and then went looking for my fries. So, far our trip to ND has been o.k. Brock is fussy. I think he is getting used to the new enviroment. Vaughn and Nana played outside today. They took the wagon out to the sandpile (volleyball court) and left their friend there to play in the wagon. Oh, didn't you hear the scream from ND? Nana found a mouse in the wagon who had been making his new home in a blanket. Now it is II's turn to get the mouse out of the wagon. Many pictures to post soon to detail our trip.

Fort Making

Vaughn has become obsessed with making forts. Lucky for him we have alot of cushions on our couches. He like to make "spaceships". His spaceships will go to Canada, minneapolis, and the zoo. He and Tony will make them on our porch too. On another note, this morning was the 1st morning that Vaughn woke me up and said I need to use the potty! Maybe we are making a breakthrough! I was beginning to lose hope on becoming potty trained. Last night we visited Luke, Aunt Karla and Uncle Dan and it seems to me that when he gets around Luke the potty chair is the cool thing to talk about. Last night, Dan got up to the bathroom and Vaughn already had his pants and diaper off. I think that if you can take your diaper off and put your pants back on it might be time to retire the diaper! One can only hope!

smiling!

I can't remember if I had written this one or not, but Brock has been smiling alot lately. It started about a week or so ago. I think he even has a small dimple too. We went to the doctor a few days ago to get a weight check - for Brock and Mommy! I had my follow-up appt and have lost 26lbs! Apparently, Brock is taking them all away! He has gained 4lbs in 1 month! He went from 8lbs 10 oz to 12lb 10 oz. I thought the carrier was getting heavy!

vaughn 9/08

Vaughn has been totally into batman this month. Tony and I don't know how this happened. He only saw an ad on "vaughn TV". He asks where batman lives and tells us he gets the naughty guys. When asked what he wants to be for halloween he has told me he wants to be batman and mommy can be spiderman.

Tony has decided it is funny to get Vaughn to call me Momma. I don't think it is very funny, but now it has gotten worse. Now I am momma bethy. Nice.

Vaughn has become a true danielson. One night I asked Tony to get me a piece of chocolate. To my dismay he took a piece of the bar off. I thought he was going to eat it, but he gave it to Vaughn. Then he said "what do you say to mommy for sharing" (expecting to hear "thank you") Vaughn then told both of us "I want my own":)

brock - month 1

I figure it might be easier to blog monthly for updates.
Brock has been a pretty laid back baby. He eats almost every 3 hours. I think the longest he has gone was 4 1/2 hours after a boat ride. Mom is very tired and dad is still sleeping on Vaughn's top bunk. Vaughn has been an excellent big brother. He has mastered helping burping the "babe" and kisses him every day. I am sure that won't last. Brock is smiling now at me, but I think he smiled at Vaughn 1st. He is like to toot. His hair is still long in the back and it kind of looks like an old man who doesn't have hair in the front and lots in the back. He likes the swing and sometimes I feel guilty letting him swing too long. I am starting to get used to his cries. He tends to wake himself up farting and then goes back to sleep. He is out of newborn clothes now - too long.