All In A Weekend

We had an unusual busy weekend this past weekend so we were so thankful for the extra day that we got. On Saturday, Kerry went to his first Illini football game with Uncle Matt Matt. I heard they had a great time. The little boys and I went to a baby shower at my cousin's house, Theresa's house, in Gridley. My cousin, Marie, is due at the end of November which will be here sooner than we all think. Theresa has tons of cattle for the boys to see and they absolute loved watching them in the window. Gavin was pleased to see that someone else his age likes tractor as much as he does.

Griffin is walking towards me after talking to the cattle through the window and Gavin is playing with a tractor at the top of the stairs. He wanted to bring it down so badly but it was huge and I didn't want anyone especially a pregnant mother to trip over it so after much arguing Gavin left it upstairs.

Next, on Sunday we went to our first wiener roast. I haven't been to one in a long long time. We had a great time. The wiener roast took place on a farm as well but with tons of farm equipment left out for Gavin to see. Gavin had to take Papa 4-wheeler to see all of it. He even got up in the equipment as well. His favorite is the combine even though it wasn't a John Deere. We all enjoyed a hot dog over the fire and the best part were the s'mores at the end of the night. I had forgotten how very rich they can be. Gavin did find a couple of friends to play with. He loves to chase people so they chased each other in the shed. Griffin walked around to see people and tried to eat rocks, gross! Papa 4 wheeler flung him up on his shoulders when he started to get bored and that cured that. We enjoyed the food, company, and another place to see all of our boys' favorites.

Monday was a day off for me since it was Columbus Day. We spent the morning and part of the afternoon over at a friend's house playing with their toys. Gavin loves their battery powered John Deere lawn mower. They race each other in a circle or play demo derby. Gavin just laughs and laughs. If he gets tired of being on the lawn mower, he would get off and chase the other little boys around while they run their battery powered toys. It was adorable.

Last but certainly not least, Gavin rode in the combine with Papa 4wheeler while actually combining corn. Papa said that he was grinning ear to ear and couldn't stop. The combine until dark and then Gavin also got to put everything away which is also another favorite. Another with farming is his favorite. You see I'm telling you he is going to be the farmer in the family. Griffin is too little to ride in the combine but he does enjoy a good 4 wheeler and tractor ride. His "big" brother gets mad though. It was a great weekend and I really enjoyed the extra time with the boys.

12 Month Check up

Griffin went for his 12 month check up and shots yesterday. He is 30.5 inches long (75 percentile) and weighs 24.8 lbs (also in the 75 percentile). He received four shots which he wasn't very happy about at all and half of a flu shot. Gavin got one too. Dr. A distracted him while the nurse gave it to him. They were both fine by the time that we left. It was heartbreaking though.

Happy Birthday Mama Kathy!

All the boys and I hope you enjoy you day! Have a great day.

Happy Birthday Kelly V. too. May both of you have many more birthdays to come.

Sudden Realization

I realized over the weekend when someone asked me the ages of my kids, I said and enjoyed saying, "I have two boys ages 1 and 2!" I know it is only for a little over two weeks that they are that age but still make me say- "Wow!!!" I think that is pretty neat. They're response to the ages of my kids was, "I bet you are busy and have a ball with them both!"

Birthday boy

Well Griffin's birthday didn't really go as planned. He was sick. Who wants to be sick on their birthday especially their first birthday, where little 1 year olds get to dig into their very first birthday cake? He missed it all because he didn't fell well. His fever started in the middle of the night, he got a really high fever and then by morning it was back down a little bit. By 4:00pm this afternoon it was back up to 104.0 degrees so I took him into Dr. A. He has another ear infection so he is getting medicine for it. He did get to open and play with his first Tonka truck toy. He liked the box better than he liked the actually gift. Even with feeling so crummy, he smiled.

It is official Griffin is catching Gavin in the weight department. Griffin weighs 25.8 lbs and Gavin weighs 27.5 lbs. Watch out big brother here I come! (this is the sign they put on Griffin's birth announcement at the hospital and it is so true).

Exactly 1 Year Ago Today

1 year ago today, I was still pregnant. I went into the doctor's office around 11:00 am for my weekly check up. Dr. A said everything was going perfectly. I told her that I was in some pain and I would really like to go today if I could. She surprising said, "I have tomorrow off so lets go in and hopefully you will have him by the middle of the night!" Dr. A said that I could go to the hospital when I wanted and to take my time so that I was relaxed by the time that I got there. I was so excited that I barely got out of the office before I called Kerry and asked him if he was ready to be a dad to his second son. He wanted to work the full day as did I so I went back to work and got things cleaned and cleared up for the time being. I was there until 4:00 and by the time that Kerry got home, I had packed the bag (we didn't have the bag packed long before hand like we are suppose to-opps!)and was ready to go to the hospital. I got there around 6:00 or 7:00 pm and they started me on patostin. I received my pain drugs shortly before 10:30-11:00 pm. After much pain and lots of work, I had Griffin by 4:32 am, October 2, 2007. I was thrilled to see a healthy BIG baby!! He weighed in at 9lbs 6 ozs. He didn't have a name for a short period of time but Griffin was the only name discuss so it stuck. We had decided a while before he was born that Samuel was going to be his middle name after my dad so Griffin really did go well with it. Dr. A was surprised to see that I had such a large baby but I was overjoyed to say the least that he was big and healthy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRIFFIN SAMUEL TREDENNICK!!!!! You have brought so much joy and happiness into our lives just as Gavin has. Boy!, does the time go by fast when you are having so much fun. Love ya Griffy!!

Toilet Discovery

Guess who discovered how to flush the toilet and loves to do it. Yep, that is right.... Griffin. He just discovered it yesterday evening right after getting out of the bathtub. He likes to listen to it flush and then he waits for it to stop and then does it again and again and again. Luckily he hasn't put anything down it just yet.