for posterity sake.....

I keep remembering this story and not writing it down.... so for the sake of posterity... it is recorded! 

A couple months ago we were driving somewhere and Colm - totally out of the blue - announced that he was going to change Tiny's name to Buck. For those that don't know, Tiny is his blue bear, the one sleeps with and is a best friend bear. Not sure how he came up with the name Tiny, but he named Tiny quite some time ago and he is quite the fixture in Colm's life. 

Anyway, I guess he thought Tiny sounded a bit too... something.... and Buck would be a better name for him.He said Buck was a "tough" name. We told him that was fine and moved on. We maybe used Buck as his name a couple times and a few days later Kieran asked him when he asked for Tiny, or referred to him as Tiny, "I thought his name was Buck". Colm said "Oh, I changed my mind, I'm just calling him Tiny now". So, Tiny it is and I guess it will stay ;-) 

Updated.....May 25, 2011.... it's been 3 nights now Colm has slept without Tiny. We had a garage sale this weekend and he "found" a stuffed moose I was getting rid of and he wanted it. Kieran told him he could keep it if he gave up Tiny in return. He agreed. That night he asked for Tiny back. I told him he wanted the moose and not Tiny. After confirming that we weren't SELLING Tiny, he went to sleep. I told him I put Tiny in a safe place to keep him always. He hasn't asked about him again. And though the moose is still in his bed, he's more attached now to a giraffe..... I think mama is more sad about Colm growing up then he is!

Updated again..... May 28, 2011..... Colm is back in possession of Tiny. After him being hidden for the week we pulled out all the garage sale stuff again yesterday and it prompted him asking about where he was. I told him I had put him away safe and I wasn't selling him. This morning he asked Kieran for him back again and Kieran asked me if I wanted to buy Tiny from Colm, he was asking $6 for him. I bought him for $6. Kieran then bought him from me for $7. Colm then asked to buy him back, Kieran had him pay him his original $6 and the moose ;-), Kieran then sold the moose to Caeden for a $1 so he at least broke even ;-) I told Colm when he doesn't need Tiny to sleep with anymore, I can put him up on a shelf in a safe place and we can keep him around. 

9 months

Tadhg Conor

9 months

~in the last 2 weeks you have cut 3 more teeth, the 2 top, either side of the center two and one of the top centers - I'm guessing the 4th top tooth will show up in the next couple weeks ;-) 

~You now have 5 teeth, 2 bottoms and 3 tops

~You will gum/chew/eat just about anything we give you

~You love yogurt, veggies, rice & eggs - you often try whatever we are eating for dinner and throughly enjoy it - you've tried alot of new foods lately and done great with them

~I'm pretty good at "forgetting" that you need food too - I often cook up a little bowl of frozen veggies for you to eat. 

~you are sleeping thru the night, still getting fed just before I go to bed and then nothing till morning

~Your definition of morning and mine are about an hour apart...... hoping you soon learn mama's right on this one! 

~You are still napping 2 times a day, about 90 minutes each with an occasional longer nap here and there. 

~I've started moving you in with Alannah while sleeping, at the moment just a rare nap or overnight after I feed you the last time. You are both doing great with the arrangements. 

~You weaned completely about a week shy of 9 months, we were down to 1 feed a day, first thing in the morning, for about 2 weeks and then 2 mornings you refused to nurse, when you started playing and biting, I decided you weren't getting anything and stopped offering.

~You give yourself your bottle most of the time, it's rather cute and as we weaned to the bottle I found you usually took it better on your own then in my arms. Depending on the time of day and how hungry you are you are taking between 4-6 oz, sometimes closer to 8 oz in a feed. 

~You are crawling everywhere - fast, Love climbing the stairs. Love pulling up and anything. You've just started pushing a little box or something around to walk with or walking along the edge of the couch or table. 

~You weigh 19 pounds this month (not bad compared to Alannah's 21.5 pounds!)

~You love your Da, when he walks into the room you either fuss and pull to go to him or crawl as fast as you can to get there. If Da's around it's hard to keep you away from him!

Love you little fella!

(I love his "just about to cry" look here - he was laughing a few minutes later ;-))

a sister

Introducing..........

Ailish Sinead

Ailish - means "noble, kind", it's a gaelic form of Alice or Elizabeth

Sinead - means "God is gracious", it's an Irish form of Jane

(go HERE and HERE to listen if you need help with pronunciation!)

At 19 weeks, 4 days, she is weighing about 11 ounces. 

All body parts are present and accounted for.

Everything measures nicely and is growing on schedule. 

We are thrilled to be welcoming another girl. The boys are really excited. They've both been pretty convinced the whole pregnancy that it would be a girl, as was Kieran, so confirmation that they were "right" was fun. 

I am always awed by the knowledge of our ultrasound tech, we've had the same one for the last 3 pregnancies and she's really good. She always points out what she's looking at, what things should be measuring and where we are. And though I must say I am pretty good at figuring out what is what in those "grainy black and white shots", I always pretty amazed when she says, "here's the bladder" and "I know, it's hard to see, you'll just have to take my word for it, but those are kidneys"....... wow, the things they can see!  

sigh....

He's becoming mobile much quicker then I anticipated.......

the stairs are now a breeze..... though he is not super stable and can't come down......

Hence we chase and grab this adorable boy numerous times thru the day..........

And try and convince to do something else........ like try and stand up against EVERYTHING ;-)

Pigtails

It's barely long enough, but it sure is cute with the little curls and a nice way to make her hair more manageable since it gets rather flyaway quickly!

Tadhg's opinion of a group photo............. ;-)

8 months

 

Tadhg Conor - 8 months

alot of "firsts" for you in the last couple weeks........ you've been a busy little boy!

~You are now sitting well, (just past 7 months) and working on getting mobile

~As of just shy 8 months, you are crawling, took a day or two of tentative crawling and it's now full speed ahead, you love your new found freedom and it didn't take long for you to realize you get picked up every time you get to the top of the stairs ;-)

~ as of this morning, April 4, you have one little tooth coming in

~ you are napping well, a morning nap and an afternoon nap, bedtime by 7 

~you are almost sleeping thru the night, we are doing it gradually and you are doing great. 

~You are nursing 4-5 times a day, plus taking about 24 ounces in supplemental formula.

~You love your "solids", peas and sweet potatoes are favorites, you aren't fond of bananas or applesauce

~ You were 17 pounds at 7 1/2 months and 17 pounds, 8 ounces a week later......!

this was just too cute, Tadhg carrying his tiger around like this!

And as of April 10.......... tooth #2 is sitting right next to tooth #1!
Also this week we are having great success at sleeping thru the night - 9:30/10 till 6:30/7!

You have also accomplished the feat of not only finding the stairs, but pulling yourself standing on the stair and within a couple more days you are climbing up the stairs quite proficiently. You are quite proud of yourself and though you have no clue how to get down yet, you love going up.