Only Orin

>> Monday, October 22, 2007

So now that our little boy is getting older he’s giving us a lot of good laughs with the fun things he says. Here are a few quotes:

  1. “Hi Da-lee” – Yes, we don’t have a “Daddy” anymore. About a month ago Orin called Damien Da-lee. Damien told him it was “Daddy”, but Orin said, “No daddy, it’s da-lee”. He’s been “Da-lee” ever since.
  2. “Do you have poopie? No, poopie, ok, good.” - I was sitting on the floor and Orin went behind me, pulled the top of my pants open and gave this quote.
  3. “That’s a great song mom!” – Orin’s comment after we sing or hear a song.
  4. “We’re going outside to eat” – Orin said this after we told him we were going to a a restaurant (He meant “out to eat”)
  5. “I need the pickle” (pick) - Damien and Orin were playing their guitars and Orin wanted Damien’s pick.
  6. “Want some milk?” - Orin and Micaiah were hanging out in their diapers and all of a sudden I hear Orin ask this and then Micaiah let out a whine. I turn around and Orin has Micaiah’s head on his chest.
  7. “I’m sorry.” - We were at the library and Orin was walking around not looking and ran into a man (not very hard). Orin then ran over to me (instead of the man) and told me he was sorry.
  8. “I don’t like it.” – Orin says this when he is tired of doing something. He may have eaten a ton of a certain food he likes and instead of saying he doesn’t want anymore he’ll say he doesn’t like it.
  9. “I want a new ABCD” - We were in the car and Orin was trying to say something to me…I couldn’t understand and he was getting frustrated. Finally, he said “Different music” and I got it - he wanted me to put a new “CD” in.
  10. “No baby” – This is Orin’s new phrase instead of “no”. He’s gotten so used to saying “no baby” to Micaiah that now if his answer to your question is “no” he’ll say “no baby.” (e.g. “Do you want more food?” – “No baby.”; “Time to go to bed Orin.” – “No baby!”
  11. “You Can Do It!” - Damien went was doing something for Orin and he said this – it’s from Bob the Builder.
  12. “See, don’t you feel better!” - We had the main lights off in the house and Orin wanted them on. We said no but Orin turned them on anyway and said this.
  13. “Look the moon is going to eat the star!” – said as we were reading a book with a moon that had eyes, nose, and mouth and stars all around it.
  14. “I’m getting some milk!” – said by Orin as he put his mouth on the knobs of the dresser.
  15. “It’s like a bird,” or “It’s like a car.” - Everything is a metaphor. A bird is “like a bird” and a car is “like a car”.
  16. “Look, it’s pops!” - In one of Orin’s books there was a drawing of a cartoonish-looking man holding up some weights.
  17. "Good job mom!" - if we tell Orin "Good job" or "Thank-you" he'll say it right back to us.
  18. “I want to go to Christmas!” - Orin was asking to see Nina, Pops, and Mimie and I told him we’d see them a Christmas. So all day long he kept saying “We’re going to Christmas to see Nina and Mimie.” Well, when we got home he started crying and saying that he wanted to go to Christmas.
  19. "Mommy, I ate my bugger!” - Yes, he really said this. I saw Orin in the back seat with his finger up his nose – a few minutes later this quote was born.
  20. “All done apple!” – said after Orin ate an entire apple (core, seeds, and all!)
  21. "I want a big hug" - after putting him down for a nap he called me back for a hug and kiss.
  22. “I’m Orin” - Orin has three dolls for his doll house. He calls them “Mommy”, “Daddy” & “Baby Caiah.” Once I asked him where “Orin” was and he said “I’m Orin” (meaning he was the Orin of the Doll house family.
  23. “Look, it’s like a moon, it’s like a little moon!” – said as Orin pointed to a crescent moon.
  24. “Peel it up” – Said when Orin wants us pull down his banana peel.
  25. “It’s not too late, it’s just light outside.” - When changing Orin’s diaper he asked me to put medicine on his bottom but I told him it was too late because I already put on powder.
  26. “I’m gonna sleep in the plack-n-play” – Orin LOVES to sleep in the pack-n-play but doesn’t quite have the name right.

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57%!

>> Sunday, October 21, 2007

Our church was able to increase their amount of support. A HUGE blessing!

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Micaiah's Favorite Pastime

>> Friday, October 19, 2007

One of Micaiah's favorite activities is push things around. He started this when he first learned to crawl at 9 months. I thought it was hilarious since I had never seen a baby so young do it - but he was just trying to copy his big brother. Now Orin doesn't do it as much anymore but Micaiah pushes things around all throughout the day - and it's amazing the things he finds to push around. I decided to try to take a picture when I caught him doing it. Here are pictures from 15 different occasions when I had my camera handy over the past couple of weeks.

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"Woah, Look at the Fire Truck!"

As most boys at this age, Orin loves when we see a police car, fire truck or ambulance drive by (or any sort of bus or truck for that matter).

Last weekend the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department had it's yearly open house.

We had never been before but knew Orin would love it so we stopped by on our way to Richmond. It was a blast. Orin got to climb in fire trucks, ambulances and police cars.

There was a moon bounce, hot dogs, and a great "police train" (which we think was pulled by a riding lawn mower) that drove the kids around.

We just missed the helicopter landing, but we did get to see the accident scene reenactment which was amazing. They cut up a car and extracted a victim in less than 15 minutes.

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Weekend Trip

>> Wednesday, October 17, 2007

For the past few months Damien has been wanting to get out of town for the weekend. All of our trips as a family are either to New Orleans to visit family or to vacation with family. Not that we don't love doing that, but it's nice to spend some time "vacationing" by ourselves. Damien had off of work on Monday so we left Saturday morning to head to Richmond, VA. We stayed outside of the city in a small town. We wanted to try to do a lot of relaxing, but as with most trips we stayed pretty busy. Orin was so excited to go. For some reason he LOVES staying in hotels (it might have something to do with being able to bring his Elmo suitcase). We hung out at the hotel Saturday afternoon and then decided to take Orin to play miniature golf for the first time. He really enjoyed it and found his own way of getting the ball into the hole by pushing it with the top club - we were really impressed! The one hole he completed from beginning to end he actually did in 5 strokes - well pushes. He didn't have complete focus throughout the entire course and eventually found the water more interesting. Micaiah enjoyed just sitting in the stroller holding a ball and club and watching the activity. On Saturday we went to the National Folk Festival. What great luck to be in Richmond the weekend it was there - more than 175,000 people attend the free festival that is in a different city each year. Over the past few years Damien has really developed a love of this type of music. When people think of "Folk" music they think of bluegrass with banjos and violins. And although there is that type of music, Folk music consists of much, much more. It is Blue's, Bluegrass, Zydeco (those of you in NOLA have probably heard lots of that), as well as Folk music from other countries (we heard African, Asian, and Native American Folk and much more. The festival was HUGE and there were 6 or 7 stages and tents with different performances throughout the day. There was also this incredible family area hosted by the Richmond Children's museum. There were multiple stations where the kids could do all sorts of crafts. Orin made a puppet, a hat from a brown bag, a fabric necklace, and a bean-bag. There was also a a family stage with great folk bands that played children's music. We saw a band called "The Company Store." They were hilarious and we all loved the music. On top of that some company donated some great harmonicas to be give to the children and Phil Wiggens (a famous harmonica player) gave them a lesson in playing. Orin sat in the stroller much of the rest of the day just playing it. We also saw a great Zydeco band and a pianist from New Orleans named Henry Butler we took the kids. We had a really nice time and the kids were well behaved and seemed to have a good time too. I think Orin's favorite part though was riding the bus to and from the remote parking area. Later that night swimming in the hotel pool and had a relaxing evening.


The first picture is moments before Orin ran into a pole and the second is moments after. Damien's first words were "You should have gotten that on tape!"




Video From Mini-Golf

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Tis The Season - Already?

>> Friday, October 5, 2007

Orin has his first lower respiratory infection (bronchitis) of the season. It's not even cold yet! Hey Crystal, did you send us some of your germs? I was thinking that I hope this isn't a glimpse into our winter, but the Doctor said that this time of year can sometimes be worse for this kind of illness. Orin has had a cough and fever for the past 4 days and this morning when he woke up he couldn't stop coughing (along with wheezing) for 30 minutes and eventually just started crying. His appointment wasn't until 4pm so I had given him a prescription strength cough medicine from when he was sick last January. Of course, that along with Motrin helped the coughing and the fever. So then I'm wondering "Should still go to the Doctor." There is nothing worse than knowing your kid has been sick for days but you give him medicine to control the symptoms so by the time you get to the Doctor he isn't showing them anymore! I have to admit that a few times I've skipped the Motrin if I know I'm going to the doctor just so I can prove they have a fever. But luckily the medicine wore off about 5 minutes before the doctor walked in and Orin had a pretty bad coughing spell just in time. ;-) It's probably my fault that it's gotten so bad. When he's sick he still has tons of energy - even though his less than normal - so we can continue to go, go, go. On Tuesday we shopped, Wednesday we went to his "Preschool Picasso" class and then swam for almost 4 hours. Thursday we stayed home (apart for a quick lunch with daddy) to try to get him better, but this morning he was worse. Micaiah has had a fever and cough too so I'm sure he'll be next. The Doctor sent us home with extra strong antibiotics, more cough medicine, and a nebulizer for albuterol treatments so we'll have Orin drugged up and better in no time!

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Last Day

>> Thursday, October 4, 2007

Ok, it's been almost a month but I wanted to put these pictures up. They are from our last day in New Orleans. We tried to go on a cemetery tour, but no one showed up - so we just walked around. The rest of the pictures are saying goodbye at the airport.




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Long Lost Video's

Ok, well maybe not "long lost"...but I was looking for some pictures to finish off Micaiah's 1st-year calendar and I came across these. I didn't have a blog then and they were too big to email so I don't think anyone saw them. They are from Micaiah's first few days of life. Makes me want another little baby! The first one I call "Micaiah Takes a Dive" and the second "Dangerous Kisses." (from the "Woes of Having a Big Brother" series)

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Why Would I Want To Work?

>> Monday, October 1, 2007

This past Friday a couple of friends and I took our kids to Cox Farms. It's this great farm with HUGE slides made from all sort of different materials, animals to pet, castles, food, hay rides, and LOTS of fun. We went once last year when Micaiah was about 4 weeks old, but it was even more fun this year because Orin is older. It was a gorgeous day with perfect weather. The kids all played together while we girls just chatted and enjoyed some of the slides ourselves. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, but we'll be back soon and I'll post pictures then. Anyway, while we were there, I couldn't' help thinking (and even mentioning this to my friend) how could any mom rather work than doing what we were doing? I'm not trying to make a statement about whether mom's should work or daycare or anything like that. I'm just talking about how I feel and how much I enjoy what I do every day. I mean, out on a beautiful day, hanging out with friends and making memories with my kids, I couldn't think of anything more fun - OK, well maybe a romantic vacation to Italy with my husband - but seriously, sometimes I feel like I'm on a field trip or skipping out of a day of school or just taking a day off of work. It's not like taking care of two kids isn't difficult or tiring and I definitely can get frustrated sometimes. But for the most part, every day is so much fun. Most days aren't necessarily like Friday - but we could just be going to the library or meeting friends for lunch, or going to a play group, or to the park, or even to the grocery store and I get to hang out with two adorable, fun kids and I can't imagine that I'd rather be inside, in an office, sitting in front of a computer, going to meetings, etc... I know that for some people "enjoyment" of staying home isn't quite there so I do feel blessed that it's something I love to do. But I truly can't image wanting to do anything else.

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Favorite Book This Week

Our favorite book this week was 'I promise I'll Find You." A great book to express what we'd do for our kids!

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