Hackedy Hack

Ah man. Baby Teague has been hacking like he's been smoking cartons upon cartons of cigs lately (lately as in the last 3 weeks). Luckily it hasn't changed his routine too much - i.e. still sleeps just fine. I contributed the coughing to his molars coming in. So on Wednesday I was getting a bit tired of the old cough cough and fuss fuss, so I thought I should have his ears looked at - just in case something was up. Well something sure was up and it had nothing to do with his ears for once. Little monkey has bronchitis and possible pneumonia! Poor dude. And I thought of my bud Jaci who says she thinks nothing is worse than having your baby strapped in those tubes to get a chest x-ray - though I think having a baby have his blood drawn is worse because you KNOW that hurts - this doesn't. This was the 2nd time Teague has had one of those horrifying x-rays (1st one when he spent 12+ hours in the ER back in Oct - read back to that entry if you are interested). I didn't escort him in for this x-ray. But I heard him scream. Ryan said he was pretty mad. So now he will hopefully be on the mend with a little R and R, and a little help from the z-pac. Whew.

Busy Little Man

Little man Teague is so busy these days. Even though I am not looking forward to leaving him full time again, I think he really likes being at Tina's because he can stay busy all day with other kids. He still goes to Tina's once a week to "stay in the groove". He really just loves being around other kids. When he is home he is busy playing, and he plays hard - but there are times that he wanders through the house with his chest out and arms swinging at his sides like he is just beside himself and doesn't know what to do next! He concentrates very hard on whatever he is doing. When he goes outside he spends most of the time out there getting dirty. I told Ryan I know it is bad when I have stopped buying any clothing that is white because it is too hard to get those items of clothing clean again. He tends to only wear white if we are going/doing something nice. Like today, we went to my nephew Chase's 5th birthday party. And as you can tell in the picture, he got very busy at the party getting dirty (read: eating sand).

On Friday my cousin got married in Sauk Centre. It was nice to have the wedding so nice and close and to be able to bring Teague along. I can't say that he really enjoyed it all that much since he just recently popped two more molars through. He has been a touch fussy from that process. Ouch, poor baby. Here is "The Trio" from the wedding:

We have a very low key week planned. Mostly we are just going to swim and take in the county fair (woo hoo)!

Have a great week!

Where is the summer going??

Oh I am not liking this. I don't like the idea of returning to work. (For those of you outside of the education profession - I am sorry for you that you don't understand this, so you may just want to skip over my pity party here!) I love being home with Teague. Love it. LOVE IT. Last summer was nice and all - I mean Teague was born! But this summer. Wow, it has been awesome. I know I still have about 3 weeks until I go back. But I don't want to return. I want to play all the time with Teague! How can't I want to? He is so easy and fun. He goes to bed at 8 pm, wakes at 8 am, we play until 10:30, he naps from 10:30 to 12:30, we play in the pool until 3, he naps from 3 to 5, we eat and play outside some more and then bed time. Life is good. Gosh I love this parenting business.

All in all, life is good here. We are busy being pool rats and enjoying being together. This weekend was fairly low key and hopefully the remaining weekends of the summer will be the same.

Take some time and enjoy the pictures of Teague/us from his 1 year photo shoot. The quality isn't great, but that's what you get when you scan textured proofs!

Time to rest up!

Geez, going on a vacation is a lot of work! When you get home you have to rest up! We had a great time in NYC. The weather was VERY hot and we did TONS of walking. It does make you appreciate small town MN after awhile!

Our flight left on time Monday morning, so we were in NYC by 10:30 a.m. That day we just took in a few sights and then went to a nice dinner and then to the Broadway hit, "Avenue Q". That play is hilarious! If you like crude humour, you will love it too. Tuesday we walked around the city and that night was the Twins vs. the Yankees. Of course we had to get to Yankee Stadium at 4:30 even though the gates didn't open until 5. Whatever for the boys so they didn't complain while the gals shopped I guess! We had a good time at the game, even though the turnout wasn't in our favor. The Yankees fans were actually really fun and heckling us in good fun about our Twins gear and "Circle me Bert", "Melrose, MN - Go Dutchmen", and "Paynesville, MN - Go Bulldogs" signs! I can't believe we made those signs and Bert STILL did not put us on t.v. What a bummer!!! Then Wednesday we did the typical NY double deck bus tour and then that night the boys took the train to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets and Krista and I stayed back. We were going to go on this lights tour of the city, but we laid down on our beds in the hotel and it was impossible to get up again! We then met our cousin, Heidi, and her husband Rick at a bar in Times Square. Funny enough, they only live about 2 hours away from us in MN, but we never see them. So they were staying about one block from our hotel in Times Square, so we met up in NYC! It was a good time and a late night. Whew. Then Thursday we did a boat cruise, went to see Lady Lib and more touristy things. Our flight was supposed to arrive home in MN at 11 pm. Needless to say, it was delayed and we didn't get home to our beds until 2:30 a.m. We were pooped out!

On Friday Ryan and I met my mom and picked up little man Teague. He was sleeping in the car when we got there, so he just acted like it was no big deal to see us. However on the way home he kept waving and saying "hi Dada, hi Dada"! It was cute. As the day went on he just kept showing off - so I think he did miss us and that he was glad to be home! He had a great week at Nana and Papa's. My niece and nephew were there so that kept him entertained 24/7. They also had vacation Bible school at their church, so Teague loved watching all the little kids sing. My mom said he would just go crazy watching them. He learned a few more words while we were gone like "ball", "nana", "num num" and "bottle". What a smarty. Now if he would only say "mama" and mean it.

"Look at my cool NYPD car my mama and daddy got me in NYC!"

Look at that face! Looks like he is glad to be home!

Mama's little flower watering helper! (Monkey see, Monkey do???)

We are looking forward to a nice and relaxing week at home. Hopefully we can renew our tans by the pool.

Have a great week!

New York, New York!

I have been busy packing for our trip to NYC. We leave tomorrow for Mpls and then we leave bright and early Monday morning. I, however, have not packed a thing for myself. I have just been getting everything ready for Teague and making sure he will have everything he needs while Nana and Papa stay with him. I am super excited about our trip, however I am feeling a little sadness/anxiety about leaving Teague. I know he will be fine, but me...well, that may be another story! We are going to NYC with my sister and her husband. We have dinner and a Avenue Q reservations on Monday, Tuesday is the Twins vs. the Yankees at Yankee stadium and then Wednesday and Thursday are reserved for serious shopping and tourisy type of things. It should be a good time. Now I just need to get my butt off of the computer and onto packing (for me).

Teague is a toddler - well at least according to some people. I prefer to still think of him as my baby. He had his one year check and continues to make good strides! Because of the medicine he was on (that he had an allergic reaction to) he lost one pound, so he is down to 25 lbs., 8 oz. = 90th percentile (that's the first time this kid has even been below 95th!), his height is 33.5 inches = off the charts. So he is still busy growing. His walking is great - as a matter of fact he mostly trots now. He does these amazing little "u-turns" in an attempt to get away from me when he has something he shouldn't have. Luckily he is NOT faster than me - yet. He can also tell you what a dog says and he loves to say "hi", "hi there", and "bye" to anyone who will look at him. I am starting to feel bad for him when we are in public and people ignore his greetings! At least he doesn't seemed discouraged at this point.

"The balloons are the best part about birthdays!"

"I also love tearing the paper off of my presents!"

The Trio on Teague's 1st birthday!

Our own personal "Pool Boy"

Nana, Papa, et. al.

"Look at me in my cool new wagon! My mom loves that I can be strapped in!"

G-pa and G-ma Dusha, Tanner, Teague, Amanda, Alex and Megan