Overheard at the dinner table:
Ryan (reading Wyatt's shirt): M is for Mischief
Meredith: No. M is Meredith, Mama and Mimi
Ryan: M is also for Mischief
Meredith: No it's not
Kio: Yes it is Meredith
Ryan: Why do you always disagree with me?
Meredith: Because I'm smarter
Ryan: [Speechless with anger]
Kio: [Desparately trying but failing to contain laughter]
Meredith and Wyatt: [Knowingly nodding to each other]
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Wyatt takes to Jumping.
Wyatt took to jumping right away. It was almost like he had been doing it his entire life. Which I believe he did quite a bit of in the womb.
What has Meredith been up to?
Some of this . . . - Some of that . . . - and a whole lot more . . .
Learning to ride her bike.
Finding and catching ladybugs.
Practicing for soccer.
Getting stronger and braver.
Learning to paint her nails.
Goofing around.
Striking a pose.
Practicing her numbers.
Getting carried away - on a regular basis.
Playing guitar.
Being a Super Girl!
Being strangely wonderful!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wyatt . . . A 2009 Review! (well from November).
So, what has Wyatt Jonathan Fuller been up to since November 10, 2009 - the last time he made his presence known on our family blog.
Well, I will tell you. He has been growing up.
Wyatt had his 4 month check up last week. Our little boy is now 17lb 1oz and 26 1/4". He is at the 90th percentile for height and weight for boys 4 months old.
He now smiles, laughs out loud, he loves to stand on his legs a lot, he is sitting up for short periods of time, he puts everything he can grab in his mouth - including his feet which he found last week. He loves to drool ALL over the place - is he teething? He knocks everything he can to the floor and he is a champion jumper - he has been jumping for about a month now in Meredith's old jumper and the truth is that if I don't stop him he will jump forever. He loves his sister and is fond (laugh out loud fond) of slap stick humor. He is strong, smart and handsome. He is wonderful.
Well, I will tell you. He has been growing up.
Wyatt had his 4 month check up last week. Our little boy is now 17lb 1oz and 26 1/4". He is at the 90th percentile for height and weight for boys 4 months old.
He now smiles, laughs out loud, he loves to stand on his legs a lot, he is sitting up for short periods of time, he puts everything he can grab in his mouth - including his feet which he found last week. He loves to drool ALL over the place - is he teething? He knocks everything he can to the floor and he is a champion jumper - he has been jumping for about a month now in Meredith's old jumper and the truth is that if I don't stop him he will jump forever. He loves his sister and is fond (laugh out loud fond) of slap stick humor. He is strong, smart and handsome. He is wonderful.
November 11, 2009 - "Power Naps are key to staying up all night!"
November 14, 2009 - "What is Mama doing?"
December 11, 2009 - "Go Gators!"
December 15, 2009 - "I'm too cute for Christmas Pictures.".
December 19, 2009 - "Big Sis's room is SO funny."
December 19, 2009 - "Oooh, that is a great book."
December 20, 2009 - "That fan is SO cool."
December 24, 2009 - "Where is Santa ???"
December 24, 2009 - "Meredith, where is Santa!"
December 25, 2009 - "I am SO lucky."
December 29, 2009 - "My hat is SO YUMMY!"
December 28, 2009 - "Aaarrrrrgh!"
December 30, 2009 - "What did Meredith just do?"
Soo, you are caught up all the way through the end of the year. Now, we start on 2010. Isn't he great?
Yes, We are still here!
Let's see . . . What happened to us since November 11, 2009. Happy New Year by the way!
Well, we woke up on November 12, 2009 and we did our normal stuff. We ate, we slept (as much as we could), we played . . . and then when we least expected it - Meredith came home with a little cold. Just a runny nose and some sneezing, no big deal right? Well, this little cold turned into a HUGE family challenge. Meredith's little runny nose turned into a 103 degree temp, with a huge cough that took Meredith almost a full 3 weeks to get over. Then Ryan got a cold, then Wyatt got a cold and that is when things started to get a little Hairy. Wyatt at less than two months old got a cold that put him 1 step away from the ER. Not fun. Then Mommy got a cold. Well, that took us through the second week of December. During this time nobody, esp. Mom, was getting much sleep. I was disinfecting the house everyday like a maniac and trying to stop all of us from getting sick again - with the same darned bug. So far so good.
Then we had Christmas to prepare for and celebrate. Then I had a workshop to prepare and present. Now I can breathe. So if you were wondering where we went - that is where we were.
Plus, nobody told me that 2 babies meant 4 times the work - what is with that. Esp. since Meredith is taking a little school break - while Wyatt gets a little older and we get past cold and flu season.
So, NO smart alack remarks about my lack of posts (Ryan) and here we go.
Love, Kio
Then we had Christmas to prepare for and celebrate. Then I had a workshop to prepare and present. Now I can breathe. So if you were wondering where we went - that is where we were.
Plus, nobody told me that 2 babies meant 4 times the work - what is with that. Esp. since Meredith is taking a little school break - while Wyatt gets a little older and we get past cold and flu season.
So, NO smart alack remarks about my lack of posts (Ryan) and here we go.
Love, Kio
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Our little girl is growing up . . .
Meredith is 3 years old. She is becoming more independent and more capable every day. Her brain is also developing at almost terrifying rates. I think that the best indication of her ever developing intellect is the change in her questions. You know that typical Why? question that every growing child asks - well, while Meredith still asks a great deals of why questions, she is starting to ask questions during the day that are a great deal more complex and require a great deal of effort in our part to answer or to try to evade. The last few weeks led to two interesting and greatly difficult questions that I would like to share with you.
Question #1: For almost 9 months Meredith was aware that there was a baby in Mommy's tummy. Then Wyatt came home and the baby was no longer in Mommy's tummy. So, the other day while we were having a family breakfast - pretty much out of no where Meredith turns to us and asks - "How did the baby get in your tummy Mama?"
Well let me tell you. That was not a question I was prepared to answer. I looked at Ryan and he looked at me and I don't think that either one of us knew how to proceed. My next reaction was to ask Meredith is I could answer her question later, which she promptly answered with a resounding NO! Then Daddy stepped in with a distracting comment and the question was averted for another day.
You know I have a degree in Health Science Education - part of my eduction focused on the education of Human Sexuality. I thought I was prepared to answer this question when Meredith was 7 or 8, maybe even 5 or 6 - but I was not prepared to answer this question to a 3 year old. WHAT? She is 3 - I am still working on teaching her the proper anatomical terms for our body parts and let me tell you the arrival of Wyatt has greatly complicated that endeavor, but conception - I am going to have to do some serious research on this, so next time it comes up I can tackle it head on.
Question #2: I don't know - can't remember what we were watching on TV. But we were having some family TV time, so it was probably something rated PG or less. And somebody said something about God. Meredith, again, turns to us and asks, "What is a God?" Well, I was stumped how to you explain God to a 3 year old in terms that she was understand, esp. when you are 31 and don't always know how to answer that question to yourself.
Our little girl is growing up. I am proud. I am excited. I am terrified. And I have heart palpitations when I think about that fact that we will have to do it all again with a boy.
Question #1: For almost 9 months Meredith was aware that there was a baby in Mommy's tummy. Then Wyatt came home and the baby was no longer in Mommy's tummy. So, the other day while we were having a family breakfast - pretty much out of no where Meredith turns to us and asks - "How did the baby get in your tummy Mama?"
Well let me tell you. That was not a question I was prepared to answer. I looked at Ryan and he looked at me and I don't think that either one of us knew how to proceed. My next reaction was to ask Meredith is I could answer her question later, which she promptly answered with a resounding NO! Then Daddy stepped in with a distracting comment and the question was averted for another day.
You know I have a degree in Health Science Education - part of my eduction focused on the education of Human Sexuality. I thought I was prepared to answer this question when Meredith was 7 or 8, maybe even 5 or 6 - but I was not prepared to answer this question to a 3 year old. WHAT? She is 3 - I am still working on teaching her the proper anatomical terms for our body parts and let me tell you the arrival of Wyatt has greatly complicated that endeavor, but conception - I am going to have to do some serious research on this, so next time it comes up I can tackle it head on.
Question #2: I don't know - can't remember what we were watching on TV. But we were having some family TV time, so it was probably something rated PG or less. And somebody said something about God. Meredith, again, turns to us and asks, "What is a God?" Well, I was stumped how to you explain God to a 3 year old in terms that she was understand, esp. when you are 31 and don't always know how to answer that question to yourself.
Our little girl is growing up. I am proud. I am excited. I am terrified. And I have heart palpitations when I think about that fact that we will have to do it all again with a boy.
Love Every Day.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Wyatt's First Month
Wyatt came home on September 30th, 2009.
When we left the hospital he was 7lb 6oz and 20 inches.
He came home to meet his big sister for the first time.
A his 2 week doctors appt. he weighed 8 lb 6 oz and was 21 1/8 inches long.
At his 1 month doctors appointment his weight was 10 lb 14 oz and he was 22 1/2 inches long.
Things that Wyatt likes:
1. Eating.
2. His Sister Meredith, esp. when she sings to him.
3. Toby Keith song - why me?
4. Dancing around to really loud music.
5. Going for a walk in his carrier or his stroller.
6. His Daddy rocking him.
Things Wyatt DOES NOT like:
1. Sleeping between the hours of 12a and 6am.
2. Sleeping on his back.
3. His pacifier.
4. A dirty diaper.
5. Being bored or ignored.
He is growing SO fast it feels unbelievable. He is amazing and definitely a learning opportunity for all of us.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Happy Halloween!
This year Halloween was a hoot. We had two beautiful kids ready to dress up and get their treats. We started with a few decorations. Our pumpkins were the coolest - thank you Mimi.
Our Halloween started on Thursday with a costume parade at Meredith's school. She dressed up as a ballerina and went trick or treating in her school parking lot. Wyatt and I were there cheering her on.
(See Peter Pan - Meredith's best friend in school.)
Saturday was a lovely day. It started off with a leisurely trip to the library. We read, played on the computer and had our first experience with feeding Wyatt in the middle of a public building. Woohoo us!
Then we had a lovely lunch that we did not have to cook and we followed it up with the Georgia-Florida Game. Go Gators!
When the game was over it was trick or treat time. Meredith was a firefighter. Wyatt was a sort-of Frankenstein's Monster - see if you can find him in the picture. Meredith went trick or treating with Dada and Wyatt stayed home to pass out candy and scare the trick or treaters that came to our house.
After the trick or treating was over we all gathered in the family room with pumpkin shaped pizza's and the movie Monsters vs. Aliens. It was a good Halloween.
Our Halloween started on Thursday with a costume parade at Meredith's school. She dressed up as a ballerina and went trick or treating in her school parking lot. Wyatt and I were there cheering her on.
After the amazing parade we moved into Meredith's class to have a Halloween Party. There Wyatt and I got to pass out all kinds of YUMMY junk food for Meredith and her cronies.
(See Peter Pan - Meredith's best friend in school.)Then we had a lovely lunch that we did not have to cook and we followed it up with the Georgia-Florida Game. Go Gators!
When the game was over it was trick or treat time. Meredith was a firefighter. Wyatt was a sort-of Frankenstein's Monster - see if you can find him in the picture. Meredith went trick or treating with Dada and Wyatt stayed home to pass out candy and scare the trick or treaters that came to our house.
After the trick or treating was over we all gathered in the family room with pumpkin shaped pizza's and the movie Monsters vs. Aliens. It was a good Halloween.
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