What is the deal? Seriously - a snow storm on March 31st? Is this just a really bad early April Fool's day joke? Gross!!!!!! I am not laughing. Not funny, not funny at all.
So even though it was a snow storm, I was home today with Teague. Little buddy had a 104 temp starting on Saturday evening and didn't slow down. He did okay, but only when he was high on his motrin, otherwise he was a sleeping, moaning, snuggly baby. Today I took him into see the Dr. and he has a double ear infection. Again, when will it warm up so we can get over this junk?! He started on an antibiotic and tonight he was a brand new baby.
So here's to a warmer week and month for that matter!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
March Madness
Well March Madness means the same thing for Ryan and I (and a majority of the other sports-minded people out there), however it has different connotations for us with a baby. It's madness because even though the season for Ryan is over, basketball is not over in the basketball world. I am fully looking forward to the baseball season knowing it is a shorter season that involves being outside (a majority of the time).
Ryan was at the state boys bball tourney this weekend. Like always, he has way too much fun and is just basically a pile of poo come Sunday. He has manned up and went directly into daddy mode taking care of baby Teague - who is breaking 4 teeth through the top and a bit fussy over it, what a good daddy! On Wednesday he leaves for 5 days to the NCAA final four in San Antonio.
Teague has been busy cutting teeth. Other than that we were at my mom and dad's for the weekend. Today my friend from high school, Amber, came over on her way home to the cities and we had a nice visit. Teague loved watching her little dog, Emmy, run around. Teague and I will head up to my mom and dad's again on Thursday night. I took Friday off as my mom and I are going on a spring shopping trip.
Teague is excited for opening day, even if his hat is too big!
It was really windy and chilly, but Papa thought Teague needed to get outside and have his first wagon ride. As you can see, he took it quite serious at first. My dad said, however, that everytime he turned around to look at Teague in the wagon he would just smile so big at him.
He seems a bit more excited about Skylar's old trike than anything!
Ryan was at the state boys bball tourney this weekend. Like always, he has way too much fun and is just basically a pile of poo come Sunday. He has manned up and went directly into daddy mode taking care of baby Teague - who is breaking 4 teeth through the top and a bit fussy over it, what a good daddy! On Wednesday he leaves for 5 days to the NCAA final four in San Antonio.
Teague has been busy cutting teeth. Other than that we were at my mom and dad's for the weekend. Today my friend from high school, Amber, came over on her way home to the cities and we had a nice visit. Teague loved watching her little dog, Emmy, run around. Teague and I will head up to my mom and dad's again on Thursday night. I took Friday off as my mom and I are going on a spring shopping trip.
Teague is excited for opening day, even if his hat is too big!
It was really windy and chilly, but Papa thought Teague needed to get outside and have his first wagon ride. As you can see, he took it quite serious at first. My dad said, however, that everytime he turned around to look at Teague in the wagon he would just smile so big at him.
He seems a bit more excited about Skylar's old trike than anything!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Teague's 1st Easter
Well only in MN can you still have an Easter egg hunt in the snow. What gross weather we had! I can't believe it! I think it was colder/more snowy than Christmas, and isn't that an oxymoron with it being Easter and all??!! Nonetheless, we had a great day. We went to my mom and dad's. My sister and her family were there as well. So last night Krista, Aaron, Ryan and I all went out and we stayed out too long - especially with it being MY morning to get up with Teague. Today we went to church, and when we came home it was time for the Easter egg hunt in the snow. After that we had an awesome meal, a great nap, and then just sat around until we came home. I think Teague really enjoyed his first Easter! Here are some pictures from the day.
Friday, March 21, 2008
I am a colon::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Got this off of Jaci's blog. Very interesting - me a know it all??!!! ...you don't say.
You Are a Colon |
 You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren't concerned much with theories or dreams... only what's true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren't subject to whim or emotions. Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!) You excel in: Leadership positions You get along best with: The Semi-Colon |
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Done with one season, time to move onto the next!
Well, the LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGGG bball season has come to a close. It's a little bittersweet - I always hate to see the season end and especially for the seniors. On the other hand this means two things: spring is just around the corner, and we will be seeing more of Ryan.
Today was actually nice enough that I just couldn't stand to keep Teague inside, so I bundled him up and put him in the stroller and we just took the almighty jogger out in the yard and through the long grassy areas. He loved it. He was kicking his little legs and smiling up a storm. He was quite happy.
Other than that, life is pretty normal around here now. We have a nice long weekend to celebrate Easter. We are just hanging out around here for most of the weekend, but heading up to Nana and Papa's for Saturday and Sunday.
Happy early Easter!
Today was actually nice enough that I just couldn't stand to keep Teague inside, so I bundled him up and put him in the stroller and we just took the almighty jogger out in the yard and through the long grassy areas. He loved it. He was kicking his little legs and smiling up a storm. He was quite happy.
Other than that, life is pretty normal around here now. We have a nice long weekend to celebrate Easter. We are just hanging out around here for most of the weekend, but heading up to Nana and Papa's for Saturday and Sunday.
Happy early Easter!
Friday, March 14, 2008
8 months, here and gone!
Ahhhh - baby Teague. He is getting so big. Can you believe that 8 months have already passed?! I hardly can believe it. It ha easily been the best 8 months of my life. I didn't know that life could get any better, and then we added Teague to our lives. We count our blessings everyday knowing full well that there are many people who aren't as fortunate as we are to experience the joy of parenthood.
We have spring fever at our house big time. Unfortunately with living in the country, until the snow melts off of the Wobegon Trail, it is pretty hard to get out for walks. I am excited to get the bikes down too. I rode my bike on the trail a few times last spring, but eventually my belly got big enough that my knees were hitting it every time I peddled. So up on the hooks in the garage went the bike. Now that Teague is old enough (last fall he still wasn't) - I can put him in the bike stroller and pull him behind me on my bike. Here is a cute pic of Teague begging to go outside:
I am happy to report that Ryan's team is playing in the sub section championship game tomorrow night at SJU. They play NL-S, who happens to be ranked #2 in state. It will be a tough game, but I think we have the capability of beating them if the boys bring their "A" game - or something like that. Anyway, last night's game was at 8 pm and since daycare was closed today and Papa was coming over anyway, he came last night so that I didn't have to drag poor Teague out WAY past his bedtime for the game. I think that Teague and Papa had a good day together. We are going out with some friends tomorrow after the game - but the game itself is another late game, so I am still debating what I should do - babysitter or drag him with?!
Teague is very mobile these days. He is getting into lots of stuff and loving every second of it. He doesn't, however, know how to get himself out of some "tight" situations. Here in this pic you can see that he doesn't smile all of the time (about 99% of the time he does smile). He crawled between the glider rocker and ottoman in his room and then was frustrated that he couldn't get back out:
Two of my former students, Rhonda and Jen, came over to see us on Wednesday night. Rhonda comes over and cuts and colors my hair so I don't have to go to the salon. It's like having my own personal stylist come to my house!! I had to take a picture because about a month ago I went to watch Jen play basketball for SCTC and took the most adorable pic of Teague with her after the game - with my cell phone. I cannot for the life of me get it off of my cell phone, so I kept telling her I needed a different pic to put on the blog of her with him. Jen had a good game that night - I think she even learned a few signs from the deaf coach from the other team, right Jen?! Rhonda is on the left and Jen on the right:
Speaking of sign language I have been teaching Teague some basic signs. One of which is "more" - well the sign for "more" consists of tapping your fingertips together. He tries to do it, but ends up clapping his hands. I think we are teaching him too many new things at once with his hands (sign language, clapping, high 5, and waving bye bye). Poor thing is already confused!
We have spring fever at our house big time. Unfortunately with living in the country, until the snow melts off of the Wobegon Trail, it is pretty hard to get out for walks. I am excited to get the bikes down too. I rode my bike on the trail a few times last spring, but eventually my belly got big enough that my knees were hitting it every time I peddled. So up on the hooks in the garage went the bike. Now that Teague is old enough (last fall he still wasn't) - I can put him in the bike stroller and pull him behind me on my bike. Here is a cute pic of Teague begging to go outside:
I am happy to report that Ryan's team is playing in the sub section championship game tomorrow night at SJU. They play NL-S, who happens to be ranked #2 in state. It will be a tough game, but I think we have the capability of beating them if the boys bring their "A" game - or something like that. Anyway, last night's game was at 8 pm and since daycare was closed today and Papa was coming over anyway, he came last night so that I didn't have to drag poor Teague out WAY past his bedtime for the game. I think that Teague and Papa had a good day together. We are going out with some friends tomorrow after the game - but the game itself is another late game, so I am still debating what I should do - babysitter or drag him with?!
Teague is very mobile these days. He is getting into lots of stuff and loving every second of it. He doesn't, however, know how to get himself out of some "tight" situations. Here in this pic you can see that he doesn't smile all of the time (about 99% of the time he does smile). He crawled between the glider rocker and ottoman in his room and then was frustrated that he couldn't get back out:
Two of my former students, Rhonda and Jen, came over to see us on Wednesday night. Rhonda comes over and cuts and colors my hair so I don't have to go to the salon. It's like having my own personal stylist come to my house!! I had to take a picture because about a month ago I went to watch Jen play basketball for SCTC and took the most adorable pic of Teague with her after the game - with my cell phone. I cannot for the life of me get it off of my cell phone, so I kept telling her I needed a different pic to put on the blog of her with him. Jen had a good game that night - I think she even learned a few signs from the deaf coach from the other team, right Jen?! Rhonda is on the left and Jen on the right: 
Speaking of sign language I have been teaching Teague some basic signs. One of which is "more" - well the sign for "more" consists of tapping your fingertips together. He tries to do it, but ends up clapping his hands. I think we are teaching him too many new things at once with his hands (sign language, clapping, high 5, and waving bye bye). Poor thing is already confused!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
"Prison" Gates
Well the gates are up and Papa calls them Teague's "Prison" Gates. I doubt Teague will view them as Prison Gates, but rather - with time, climbing toys. Here is a picture of Teague watching Papa install one of them and the second of him looking at Papa through the gate:
Here is Teague very happy to eat his sweet potatoes. Skylar is feeding him and he is so happy to eat and look at Chase:
My mom and dad's sink is really deep in their kitchen - here are a couple of pictures of Teague taking a bath in their sink. He thought it was really cool:
And finally a pic of Ryan and I - there are so few pics of us without Teague, I was surprised to see this one!
We had a nice weekend. I took care of Chase and Skylar on Friday night. I took them bowling and here are a few pics of that:
On Saturday we dropped Teague off at Grandma and Grandpa's and we went to the Casino for a few hours. It was good to get away just the two of us, but what a waste of money!!! I think that G-ma, G-pa, Auntie E, Alex & Megan had a ton of fun with him. They were getting him ready to take him to Sam's Club when we got there. I think they were disappointed that we got back earlier than originally expected!
Today we just hung out and made some food. Nana and Papa came over. Teague is on the brink of breaking the top two teeth through. I can tell because he has a cough and runny nose - same thing with the bottom two. He also wants to nap more - so Nana got to hold him during one of his naps - which I know she loved!
Have a good week!
Here is Teague very happy to eat his sweet potatoes. Skylar is feeding him and he is so happy to eat and look at Chase:
My mom and dad's sink is really deep in their kitchen - here are a couple of pictures of Teague taking a bath in their sink. He thought it was really cool:
And finally a pic of Ryan and I - there are so few pics of us without Teague, I was surprised to see this one!
We had a nice weekend. I took care of Chase and Skylar on Friday night. I took them bowling and here are a few pics of that:
On Saturday we dropped Teague off at Grandma and Grandpa's and we went to the Casino for a few hours. It was good to get away just the two of us, but what a waste of money!!! I think that G-ma, G-pa, Auntie E, Alex & Megan had a ton of fun with him. They were getting him ready to take him to Sam's Club when we got there. I think they were disappointed that we got back earlier than originally expected!
Today we just hung out and made some food. Nana and Papa came over. Teague is on the brink of breaking the top two teeth through. I can tell because he has a cough and runny nose - same thing with the bottom two. He also wants to nap more - so Nana got to hold him during one of his naps - which I know she loved!
Have a good week!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Holy Milestones!
Well we have lots of growing happening at our house! Teague is full of new things. So not only does he wave, give high 5 - but he also claps his hands!! On top of that he pulls himself to a standing position and can go from laying down to sitting up. It's very cute because he smiles the whole while he is doing those things and then acts all proud of himself! He is SLOWLY crawling. He just moves only as far as he needs to get what he wants, and then he sprawls himself out and rolls around playing with his new treasure!
The regular season is over for bball and now it is time for playoffs. We ended the season with a nice win over Minnewaska. Ryan is very proud of his boys. He is at a seeding meeting tonight - he thinks we will be #3 (This is Ryan: We actually got the #2 seed). This is the first year in his 5 years as head coach that we didn't get the conference championship. Oh well, I guess you can't have it all, right?! At every game, Jeremy Meyer, a brother of one of the senior players,(who is in 6th grade) sits by us and plays with Teague. He just loves Teague and Teague loves him. Whenever Teague starts to get tired he snuggles his head on Jeremy's shoulder - I think that is what Jeremy really likes! I always tell Jeremy, "wear a sweatshirt with string so Teague has something to chew on" (and I am joking) and so this is a picture of what Teague did the second he sat in Jeremy's lap on Monday:
Teague and I have been very busy running around. Monday night we had the game at Minnewaska, Tuesday we went out for my friend from work, Carol's, birthday. Grandma Ana decided it was time for Teague to start eating dessert. He LOVED the chocolate cake and just kept clenching and unclenching his fists wanting more. I told her if he woke up in the middle of the night with a belly ache I was calling her! Luckily we had no problems. Here he is with the chocolate dessert and G-ma Ana:
We went to Morris on Saturday to visit my parents. My dad's surgery went really well and he said that for the first time in a long time he doesn't have pain in his knee (besides the soreness from the surgery). He was very pleased with the whole process - and we are pleased because now he can't be crabby about his knee hurting, right dad? No excuses! ha ha ha! Here is a picture that Skylar took of Teague and I, and then my mom and Teague:
The regular season is over for bball and now it is time for playoffs. We ended the season with a nice win over Minnewaska. Ryan is very proud of his boys. He is at a seeding meeting tonight - he thinks we will be #3 (This is Ryan: We actually got the #2 seed). This is the first year in his 5 years as head coach that we didn't get the conference championship. Oh well, I guess you can't have it all, right?! At every game, Jeremy Meyer, a brother of one of the senior players,(who is in 6th grade) sits by us and plays with Teague. He just loves Teague and Teague loves him. Whenever Teague starts to get tired he snuggles his head on Jeremy's shoulder - I think that is what Jeremy really likes! I always tell Jeremy, "wear a sweatshirt with string so Teague has something to chew on" (and I am joking) and so this is a picture of what Teague did the second he sat in Jeremy's lap on Monday:
Teague and I have been very busy running around. Monday night we had the game at Minnewaska, Tuesday we went out for my friend from work, Carol's, birthday. Grandma Ana decided it was time for Teague to start eating dessert. He LOVED the chocolate cake and just kept clenching and unclenching his fists wanting more. I told her if he woke up in the middle of the night with a belly ache I was calling her! Luckily we had no problems. Here he is with the chocolate dessert and G-ma Ana:
We went to Morris on Saturday to visit my parents. My dad's surgery went really well and he said that for the first time in a long time he doesn't have pain in his knee (besides the soreness from the surgery). He was very pleased with the whole process - and we are pleased because now he can't be crabby about his knee hurting, right dad? No excuses! ha ha ha! Here is a picture that Skylar took of Teague and I, and then my mom and Teague:
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