Saturday, December 31, 2011

Petersen Family Christmas

Here are the pictures from the Christmas that we had on December 18 with Clayton's Grandpa Mark, Grandma Dianne and Auntie Amy. (Sorry mom, you'll have already seen all of these!)

The big present was the Mega Blocks, and he still loves to play and build with them. He is getting so good at it! I can't believe how grown up he is getting, building with blocks like a big boy!


The Piano is a favorite activity at Grandma's house

For me?



Please ignore huge mommy in background.... But isn't it cute how he sits on the present to open it?

Mega Blocks!

Yea! I did it!

So proud to be building!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Where's Clayton?

It's so fun to watch his personality and sense of humor develop! I sure love this little boy!!!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tent and Tunnel

Clayton got many very cool toys for Christmas! One that will be a very special treat (as it takes up most of our living room) is the Discovery Tent and Tunnel that he got from his Branz Grandparents. We had it set up for a while on Christmas Day and he really enjoyed sitting inside and chasing the cats through the tunnel. The cats also had a blast with it during his nap and even ran inside so fast that the tent tipped almost upside down - where is a video camera when you really need one?!


Happy to have his own little space

Trying to get the kitty

Run Lacey, Run!

Here he comes...
Crawling back through

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Clayton seems to be enjoying the wooden train he got for Christmas this morning! He'll probably spend more time with his other presents later today, and many fun filled days to come. I'll post more about Christmas fun later!

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Little Monkey

Here is my little monkey climbing into his high chair (in the new monkey and banana PJs he got for Christmas on Sunday from his Petersen Grandparents). Normally he turns around and sits down, but his pacifier was on the table and it caught is eye so he decided to lunge for that instead!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Random Pictures, and Injuries

I haven't had anything nearly as interesting as the Thanksgiving pictures or pulling the cat's tail to blog about lately, but we have had a few random things. . .

This is from last week sometime I think. I obviously tied the blanket around him as a cape, but he does put the colander on his head quite a bit. (I did it myself for a funny picture on this instance though)



Mom, you are so weird. . .

Here is a result of pulling the cats tail too hard. Believe it or not, those are bite marks. Lacey clamped down hard and when Clayton tried to rip his arm away the cat did not let go! This happened last night right before bed and Clayton was pretty upset. They never bled and we washed them really well with soap and water. He got bit almost as bad again today, so clearly pain is not a good teaching tool for this child. . . oi!
Kitty bites!
I took that picture this morning during breakfast, and of course he thought I just wanted a picture of his adorable face, so I indulged him. Pretty good one too!

Hmm, I need a hair cut!
Yesterday was quite eventful, actually. . . I should have taken a picture of this yesterday because it looks way better now (thankfully). Before his nap (so he was probably just tired and clumsy) he some how tripped while playing with his mower and sort of clothes-lined himself on the handle (Not sure how else to describe it). That red mark under his chin was probably 4 times longer after it happened and his mouth was bleeding (I'm guessing he bit his lip or tongue). I gave him some ice in a little mesh bag and that distracted him from the pain and he was just fine. I wonder how much harder he would have to fall like that for it to split his chin open and earn his first stitches?? At this rate they are not too far into the future.

Red mark on chin (not the one on his neck, that is a "birth mark")
My prediction for his next injury is something to do with climbing for sure. Likely culprit, the high chair. He can get into his high chair completely on his own. I really need to remember to push it up against the table so he can't, but when I forgot today, I'm so slow that by the time I got over to him, he had gotten all the way up and stood in the seat and then turned around and sat down, with one leg on either side of the "crotch bar" (because I don't know what else to call it), just like he is supposed to be!

And this is how daddy found us when he came home for lunch today. He was so tired and crabby! He got mad at me because I wasn't letting him throw all of his books (that I had just picked up) onto the floor, I was only letting have a few. Then he was up on my lap and kept saying "nigh nigh nigh." So I asked him if he was tired and wanted to go night night and he got down and ran into his room and grabbed the rails of his crib! I guess that is a "yes!" So I just got his blanket and we cuddled on the couch (it was almost lunch time so I didn't want to actually put him down for a nap).

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Baby #2 - 30 Weeks Today

I am officially 30 weeks along today, just 10 weeks (or less) to wait for baby brother to get here! Here is what baby looks like this week:

EDIT: Someone (my mom) reported that the picture looks like giberish.. sorry. Here is a link to the website I stole it from What Your Baby Looks Like This Week - 30 Weeks

I had a check up on Thursday and everything is just fine. My blood pressure is great, and the baby's heart beat is in the 140s which is fine. My biggest complaint is some round ligament pain in my left hip which at times makes it almost impossible for me to walk. The Dr. suggested physical therapy and at my appointment for that on Friday I learned some helpful things about how to help take some of the pressure off that area and was given some exercises to do that should help relieve the pain and give me my mobility back.