Flashback Friday

I really think that Jack is working on more teeth. He is drooling like crazy, his cheeks are flushed right around where his back teeth are, and he is chewing on everything he can--all classic signs for him. For those of you keeping track, you know he already has all of his teeth except his two year molars. Doctor Google (Oh how handy you are, my dear Google) has informed me that it is indeed possible to get your two year molars before you are even a year and a half...especially if you teethed early, like Mr. Jack.

Apparently two of these Lopez boys like to do things early when it comes to teeth.

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I had decided that today would be a Flashback Friday post mostly because it is Friday, and we are still getting used to the whole back to school routine.

Then, I knew it had to be a Flashback Friday when I saw what was going on in our lives on these very days in 2008.

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Post #1 from August 23, 2008:

One Word

Miserable.

Jason is just miserable.

We went to the pediatrician yesterday, where I was given an explanation for his grumpiness. The boy is teething. Not one. Not two. Not even three teeth. The poor thing is swollen in FIVE different places. It really started to get bad last night. One of his canine teeth has broken through the gums, his two front teeth are going to break through at any moment (I think one might have already, but I don't want to swear on it), and he is swollen for two more canines. Yikes.

Today he has been feeling horrible. He didn't even want to jump in his jumper! That tells me it is pretty bad. He's been getting Tylenol regularly and baby Oragel. Other than that, there just isn't much more I can do but love on him. (and yes, I do quite a bit of that)

He doesn't want to eat, he sleeps fitfully, and cries big boo hoo tears. It's been like that since around 11 last night.

Right now, he is sleeping quietly in his swing. This is practically the first time he's let me put him down all night and day.

Little Shawn Bon isn't liking that his brother is hogging all of the attention. Plus, he is gnawing on his hand much more than usual. It looks like Shawn is trying to jump on this teething train, too. Hopefully his bottom teeth will finally come in soon. If not, he is going to chew his hand right off!

Other than all of the teething stuff, things have been quiet around here. Just how we like it.

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Post #2 from August 25, 2008

Three Down...

only two to go!

Jason now has 5 teeth.

Shawn still has 0.

I think we are through the worst part of this round of teething. (knock on everything wood around you, please. knock HARD!) He is starting to eat again, and is smiling a little more. Yea. I hope the other two break through soon.

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School started today. I survived. My mom survived. The boys survived. All in all, it was a good day!

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Lastly, here is the thing you come around for most--pictures! I took these last week (pre-teething).

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It feels a bit like our lives have been in this state of perpetual teething!

I don't know about you, but I think it is SO cool that I can go back and see a snapshot of our lives at any given time! I am thankful for this blog!

A Little Q and A

It's been a while since we last did this, so I thought it was time to get the boys' thoughts on a few things. All answers from the big boys were their own words. All of Jack's answers were obviously my words as he isn't much for talking yet. ;-)

What is your favorite color?

Jason: red
Shawn: blue
Jack: Today it was yellow. Who knows what it'll be tomorrow.

What is your favorite drink?

Jason: fruit juice
Shawn: apple juice
Jack: milk and whatever I can steal from my brothers

What is your favorite breakfast?

Jason: pancakes or french toast
Shawn: waffles and chocolate milk
Jack: waffles

What is your favorite lunch?

Jason: jelly sandwich (it is really peanut butter and jelly, but we only call it jelly); chips; fruit
Shawn: bologna and cheese sandwich with chips
Jack: fruit and whatever I can get him to eat that day (he's in a picky stage)

What is your favorite chips?

Jason: wavy chips (Lays)
Shawn: Doritos chips
Jack: veggie dip puffs

What is your favorite dinner?

Jason: hot dog and chips
Shawn: pizza
Jack: the jury is still out on this one. I have no idea.

What is your favorite cartoon/show?

Jason: Cars (likes the start of the movie when they are racing) and Mickey Mouse Club
Shawn: Mater Tales and Peppa Pig
Jack: He likes the Mickey Mouse Club, too

What is your favorite toy?

Jason: cars
Shawn: cars
Jack: cars and balls

What is your favorite thing to read?

Jason: the books on his Leap Pad
Shawn: mommy's magazines
Jack: Peek-a-Boo (a book with baby faces)

What is your favorite thing to do?

Jason: hang out (his words!)
Shawn: play with my cars and watch Mater Tales
Jack: climb everything

What is your favorite fruit?

Jason: peaches and oranges
Shawn: apples
Jack: bananas (although he likes pretty much all fruit)

What was your favorite thing we did this summer?

Jason: playing in the sprinkler, relaxing in the pool, going to pick berries at the farm, Disneyland, staying at the hotel
Shawn: talking on the phone to grandma, the water (pool), the farm, and Disneyland
Jack: climbing all over everything!

Wordless Wednesday - Way Back Edition

An oldie, but a goodie from May, 2009. The boys were 16 months adjusted (19 months acutal).

Kidbits: Our Life in a Series of Face Book Updates... Part 18

The baby just said "shit" or "sit", I'm not sure which. I think I'll just go with "sit." lol

August 18

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We just marked another thing off of our bucket list! We just saw a shooting star! Ok, fine. Everyone else might argue that it was an "airplane" but it was a shooting star to our little people! ;)

 

August 14

 

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Tooth fairy comes to our house again tonight. Jay lost tooth #2! Now hopefully he's done losing teeth for a while.

 

August 13

 

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So much for quiet time. Shawn's hollering at Jason that he wants to be funny. Jason keeps hollering back that he's not. Sigh.

 

August 13

 

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Jack just tried fresh lemon. He is not a fan. :)

 

August 10

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Commentary from the boys watching the Olympics (wrestling) :

J: So we want the blue guy to win?
M: Yes, he's from the USA. We want him to win.
J: Uh oh. That red guy looks like he wants to win, too. How come they both can't win?
S: Yeah. How come?
M: Well, that's not how it works...
J: In my games everyone would get a medal!
S: yeah!
M: (happy sigh)

 

August 10

 

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We had a fantastic time picking berries at Underwood Farm today. The boys thought it was awesome and ate until they were ready to explode.

August 3

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Fast forwarding through the Olympics. I always have to pause at the GE commercial showing the preemies. Oh man does it bring back memories. This is the link if you missed it... http://lbbonline.com/videos/1512/

August 2

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(While at Disneyland) Enjoying family nap time! Big boys asleep for two hours. Dad asleep for 1.5. Mom asleep for 1. (Jack's with gma.) Woo hoo!

July 30

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(While at Disneyland) Lying here in the dark while everyone else snores away. Noticed that this room has not one, but TWO skylights. This does not bode well for me come morning, people! The little people wake up early enough without adding SUN into the picture!

July 29

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In my desperate attempt to lengthen quiet time, I gave them magazines to read. Jason got Highlights to read. Shawn got Star. Stellar parenting skills, I know.

The plus side is that they are quiet! Whoot!

July 27

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J: "Mommy, what are we doing tomorrow?"

me: "Oh, we're going to see Dr. G."

J: "Yay! I love Dr. G! I love everyone in the whole world!"

And then a few seconds later:

"Um, mom. I don't know everyone in the world, so I'm not sure if I love them. Ok?"

This kids cracks me up! ;)

July 24

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Had the BEST time talking about the tooth fairy throughout today. I hope we made some wonderful memories for the boys. I know we did for me. :-)

July 20

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And as easy as that, we've lost our first tooth. Guess the tooth fairy will be visiting tonight!

July 20

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We have our first official loose tooth here at Casa Lopez. More alarming (for me the mother) is that two beautiful permanent teeth have also erupted.

Look out world. These Lopez boys are in a mad dash to take you over!

July 19

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I think I was just fired as my kids' hair cutter. I was asked by Jason if someone else can do it from now on. Looks like we'll be visiting the barber tomorrow. :)

July 14

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Quiet time hasn't been so quiet today. Apparently they want to sleep together. I told them that was fine. Since then it has been a questions such as, "Can I sleep with him for 10 minutes?" Yes

"Can I sleep with him for this long (holding his arms out)?" Yes
"How about this long (holding his arms out wider)?" Yes
"This long (holding his arms out as long as they can stretch)?" Yes
"Can I sleep with him for a hundred minutes?" Yes

...it went on and on and on...

YES. Sleep together! Sleep together for as long as you want already! Almost as soon as I said that, the timer went off and they were able to get up. Sigh.

July 9

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Monday Moments - The Sprinkler

I had to shelve the pool. It seems that Jack put a hole in it while he was chewing on it the other day. Sigh.

I didn't let that deter us from playing outside, however! Instead of the pool, the trio played outside in the sprinkler.

It was so much fun!

Sunday Six

Six moments I want to remember from the week:

1. On Thursday, I went in to get Jack out of bed and found him like this.
   
   
   
   I think we can safely say the boy has reached the undressing milestone!


2. Jack has started his own version of a hunger strike. He doesn't want to go without food, mind you, be he is pretty picky about what he'll put in his mouth. Rather than throwing the food on the floor, he's decided that it's much cuter to feed what he doesn't want to me. Of course I had to let him do it, too. It was too cute to stop! (Yes, I'm a sucker. Sigh.)


3. Jason has pretty amazing articulation for a 4 year old. That's why I LOVE that he says, "bee mem ber" for the word "remember." It makes me smile every time I hear it.


4. I asked Jason to do something for me while I went to change Jack's diaper. When I came back, he was sprawled out on the floor. "Mom," he said, "I'm stumped. I think I'm too little to do that." How do you argue with that?


5. Shawn is our dancer. He loves music and loves to dance to just about whatever he hears. The music could be as long as a song or as short as a few seconds on a commercial. Music still needs to be danced to according to him. He also loves for mommy and daddy to dance, too.


6. The boys were watching Sprout TV earlier and listening to a Gerber Life commercial for saving for college. When the commercial ended, Shawn added, "I wanna go to college." Looks like we need to keep adding to that college fund! :o) 

Cute Big Boy Saturday

Maybe Isaac has himself a football fan after all...

at least he had one for a day. :-)