Thursday, January 31, 2008
Randomness
Here are some random thoughts:
Addison is really starting to come to life. She is starting to grab toys and bat at them with her fists, so cute! Most nights she wakes up once or twice for a pacifier and goes right back to sleep.
Zack is so proud and protective of her. We go to daycare in the mornings and he tells the teacher and the other kids, this is my baby (sometimes he adds sister). He also doesn't like the other kids to get too close to her. He'll push them away and tell them to stay back. I tell him they can look too, but deep down I think about how great he will be when boys start coming around when they are teenagers. I'm also glad he backs them away because there are way too many germs going around right now. Kids in Zack's class have had croup, pink eye, pneumonia, and bronchitis recently. Luckily he has only had a runny nose.
Every morning when I drop him off he'll ask Mrs. Sheila what they are going to do today and she'll rattle off a list of things. She'll say a game and he'll answer, what game? maybe X, and she'll say ok, we can probably do that. She'll say the gym and Zack asks what do we do in the gym? hula hoops? Sheila - well we did hula hoops last week. I was thinking about the parachute. Zack - thats a good idea and then ride bikes?. I still can't get over how my baby can hold a full conversation with someone.
Yesterday I bought him some boxer briefs, so he wore them to daycare for the first time today. He was so proud of them he kept trying to pull down his jeans and pull up the boxer waste band, so Mrs. Sheila could see his new underwear. Then, he said they are just like daddy's! I was wondering how long it would take him to divulge his father's underwear preference, about 20 seconds. Zack is doing great with potty training, but we aren't accident free yet. We still haven't tackled staying dry while sleeping either.
I had an impromptu parent-teacher conference this morning with Zack's teacher. I asked her if he'll go up to the next class in May, when he turns three and she said more than likely and told me about that teacher and her classroom activities. Mrs. Sheila said he loves class time and just absorbs everything and stares intently. She'll ask questions at the end to see what the kids remember and Zack is always the one to answer. He loves to play games. She'll give them the choice to play a game, do an activity or have free play and he always chooses a game. She also tries to make activities more challenging him and a couple others and Zack always gets the correct answer. She said we are going to hear about him someday. He is going to be something big. I don't know if he'll be a professor or what, but something important.
I just discovered on Saturday as Zack was playing with his fridge phonics toy that he knows some of his letters. He would pick a letter tell me what it is and then put it in the electronic toy.
In other news . . .
On Sunday we booked our first family Disney World vacation! We are going the first week of April and cannot wait! We think Zack is at the perfect age and will LOVE the characters and rides and Addison should be old enough to hang out and not cause too much commotion. We are staying on Disney property for the first time, so we're excited to see what it is all about. Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Jim (Ryan's mom and her fiance) are going with us, so it will be very nice to have their company and two extra bodies to help control the kids. It will also be nice to not have to ride the bigger rides by yourself since someone will have to stay back with the kids.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
OSHA Notice

Ryan, always the comedian. Zack REALLY is doing good on the potty despite what the sign says. He has been wearing underwear to daycare all week, but he has had one accident each day. This is still a huge, massive, major improvement over last week. This morning he got out of bed to poop in the toilet. Last week he would have went in his diaper and if I would have caught him in the act he would say, "Leave me alone. I'm not doin' nothin'." Hopefully tomorrow we can put a one on the board.
and just because . . . Miss Addie chillin in her bebe pod.

Sunday, January 20, 2008
It Might Be, It Could Be...
Well, something clicked because he is going on his own without being told it is time and no timer. He'll close the door behind him and do it himself. This morning I was feeding Addison and he went to the bathroom and he came running out all excited and told me he pottied. Ryan went in about five minutes later and asked who forgot to flush. Zack forgot to mention that he pooped too. Luckily I don't think he had sat down during that five minutes because he never got wiped.
I so hope this is it and he has finally figured it out, but I'm sure there will be some setbacks. I'll keep you posted. I have Monday off for MLK, Jr. Day and I have high hopes of sending him to daycare in underwear on Tuesday.
Here are a couple from yesterday. I was trying to get some pictures for his Valentine's Day cards for daycare. These may work, but hopefully he'll cooperate for me again before it's too late.




Saturday, January 19, 2008
Three Months Old
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Happy Birthday Ryno!
Addison on Monday morning before her first day at daycare.


Yesterday was Ryan's birthday. We got some takeout barbecue and celebrated at home. I think Addison was mad because Zack got to open up daddy's presents instead of her. Am I a bad mom for thinking she looks cute when she cries?

I bought a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream cake with cake batter ice cream and red velvet cake. It was so yummy even though there was no chocolate. Ryan is a vanilla guy and I love chocolate. Zack couldn't resist the sprinkles and candles.
Zack blowing out the candles. Notice that Ryan has a different shirt below than he did in the above picture. Addie spit up on him so he took off his shirt and had on a white undershirt. I asked him to put on a decent shirt for pictures and of course he mumbled something negative under his breathe, then he came out of the bedroom with a bright red and blue Hawaiian shirt on. I should have known better! Thankfully he took it off and put on a wardrobe staple Purdue t-shirt.
Happy Birthday Ryan! I love you!!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Bravo Squad
Ryan: We are going to be Bravo Squad. What's your code name?
Zack: Zachary Ryan Bush
Ryan: No, your code name. A secret name that no one else knows.
Zack: Eye
Ryan: (laughs)
Zack: What's your JACKET name daddy?
Ryan: What, my jacket name?
Zack: Your COAT name.
Ryan: I don't know. What should my code name be?
Zack: Eye
Ryan: Never in the history of code names has someone had such a bad code name, let alone two people in the same squad having the same name. What should my code name be?
Zack: Butt
Ryan: Done and done!
After this transpired, Bravo Squad then proceeded to hide behind the ottoman and assault me with a barrage of rocket fire.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The End
Unfortunately Addison isn't sleeping through the night yet. I have to get up once or twice and she is right back to sleep, so it isn't too bad. I'm still crossing my fingers that she does it by Monday morning. Zack started sleeping through the night right before I returned to work.
On Tuesday Addison had her first soak in the water bath. As you can see from the pictures she kicked back and relaxed.





Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Time for a Change
This was last night after the stylist brushed it out and curled it


Monday, January 7, 2008
Build-A-Bear or Two
Zack kissing his heart before it goes inside his new dog.







fill'r up!





Making it official
Friday, January 4, 2008
Happy Anniversary Zackerdoo!!
Sorry, I haven't picked up my camera since Christmas, so no new pictures to share. I think I'm depressed because I have to go back to work one week from today. I hate thinking about it and am trying my best to ignore the calender.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!!
Here are my five favorite pictures that I've taken during 2007, in no particular order.

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