Team Cross

High Drama!

Austin fell asleep in the car on the way to dinner last night, and when he woke up, he was NOT a happy camper.  He screamed and cried through the first half of dinner, settled down for a few minutes, then started up again.  Scott and I had to take turns walking him around so he would settle down.  Anyway, today Austin woke up and still seemed tired.  He went down for a nap, slept for 3 hours, and woke up in a great mood!  We have to go to the UTEP vs SMU soccer game tonight.  Scott and I will be taking 2 cars so that I can leave early and take Austin home.  The kid just doesn't do well past his bedtime.  We have no plans this weekend. Although I would like to get the rest of the extra room packed up and move the computer armoire into the dining room/playroom since the phone jack is installed now.  Mostly though, I plan to relax and get some more sleep!

Mom and Austin Day!

We had not left the house since Monday.  Austin was stir crazy and so was I.  So, I decided that after his nap, we would go to lunch and then to the park.  Austin went down for his nap early because he decided to rise and shine at 6:15!!!  I was so tired.  And trust me, I also took about an hour nap when he did.  I put him down about 9 and he slept until 11:30.  We got dressed and went to Jason's Deli.  They have a fountain that he loves to visit in that shopping center so I knew he would be happy.  As soon as he spotted the fountain, he started clapping in the car!  We had a great lunch and then walked to the fountain.  Austin ran around a bit and then I took him to the park.  We were there for about 30 minutes and he had a great time.  The weather is beautiful today, about 75 with a light breeze, so it was nice to be outside.  We stopped off at the store for some breakfast essentials and baby wipes, then headed home.  He played outside for an hour and then asked to watch Elmo.  We have to meet Scott's brother's team for dinner in Dallas.  They are here to play SMU tomorrow.  The pics today are from my cell phone.

All Better

Austin slept until 8:30 this morning!  I never heard a peep from him all night.  I guess he needed it. He had no temperature and was bouncing off the walls from the moment I took him out of bed.  A great little storm rolled through this morning and Austin was so excited.  He was running around the house  and screaming "RAIN!" over and over.  He spent a lot of time at the doggy door.  He figured out that if he opens it himself, he can  experience the rain firsthand by actually sticking his arm out and playing in it.   He also spent a lot of  time running around the house with his wonderful LOUD popper (compliments of my parents) and slamming it into walls and doors.  Glad this isn't our dream home.  The funniest part of the morning was when I told Austin to get in his room so I could change his poopy diaper.  He proceeded to "hide".  It was pretty cute (not the diaper, the hiding).  Oh boy.  All that rest yesterday sure got him refueled.  He would NOT take a nap this morning.  Instead, he chose to jump up and down in his crib and throw all of his stuff out of it.  After 45 minutes of this, I waved my white flag and just let him out.  He took off and sprinted to his toys.  After lunch, he played again and at about 1:45, I attempted to lay the crazy boy down again.  He complained once, and then crashed.  Alleluia.  I finally had time to breath, and although I wanted to watch some shows that I had recorded, laundry and housework called.  After that, I did fit in some Desperate Housewives, Oprah & Dr. Phil.  I love recording stuff and watching it later because things are so much shorter when I can just zip through the commercials.  All the hour shows turn into like 35 minutes...isn't that pathetic?  Anyway, Jinni came over for pizza tonight because Scott had to speak at a coaching clinic in Dallas.  We had a great time as usual, and Austin was so happy to see his Aunt Jinni (he calls her "inni").

Under the weather

Austin was a little under the weather today.  He wasn't his spunky self and seemed really tired.  He slept for almost 3 hours this morning and then took another afternoon nap for 2 hours.  He had a little case of the "runs" and a low-grade fever.  He didn't eat much today either which was fine since I fed him dry stuff with Pedialyte.  He mostly wanted to watch Elmo videos and normally I wouldn't allow this much TV, but the kid was not feeling great so I just let him watch as much Elmo as he wanted.   We had breakfast for dinner tonight.  Scott made pancakes and I cooked up some turkey sausage.  Austin had toast and crackers and went to bed about 8:15.

Introducing....Baby #2

I had a sonogram at 1pm today and everything is going really well!  The heartbeat looked great, and everything looked as it should.  I didn't get to have a sonogram this early when I was pregnant with Austin so I was excited!  Austin just sat in the stroller and snacked on crackers during the whole experience.  Here is Baby #2...it looks like a tadpole.  Just a head and this bolb thing for a body.  She told me the fetus is 1 inch big, and that it was measuring one week earlier than they thought so they moved my due date up to April 26, which happens to be my Ma's birthday.  My next apppointment is Ocotber 18. My next sonogram won't be until probably the beginning of December and that's when we will find out if we are having a boy or girl!  The picture on the right is from the internet and explains what a fetus looks like at 10 weeks a little better.

Saturday we did NOTHING again.  It was great.  It rained all morning too.  We watched college football and then watched the movie The Four Feathers that night.  We liked it!  On Sunday, I took a nap when Austin did and it was GREAT.  Later, we went to Southlake Town Sqaure and walked around since it was absolutely gorgeous outside.  It was only 77.

This morning, it was 55 degrees!  It was actually cold in our house.  There is another cold front coming later this week that should drop the temps again...I love this weather.  It feels like fall should!

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TEE TEE IN THE POTTY!!!

Here is the teetee proof.  YAY!  Austin went teetee in his potty for the very first time tonight!  MAJOR MILESTONE!  I sat him on the potty while I was getting his bath ready and he just did it!  I was shocked!  I was so excited but I didn't want to yell for Scott because I didn't want to scare him whiule he was trying to pee.  So I contained myself until he was done and then went nuts!  You should've seen the grin on his face when he realized that he did something big!  Ha!  We didn't do much today.  I took him up to the mall play area to play and he had a really good time and played for a while.  I talked with another mom there who had just moved here from California.  She had a 4-year-old and 11-month-old twins!  All boys!  Wow.  Anyway, Jinni & Melaini came over tonight to eat and watch a movie.  I made 7 layer dip (yum...for Uncle Jimmy, num num) and then we watched Friends with Money.  It was a really crappy movie.  It had a great cast, Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, and a few others, but had NO plot.  We were glad when it was over.  And for the first time in the history of watching movies at home, my best friend Jindog actually stayed awake!!!  Anyway, we had a good night.  It is supposed to rain theis weekend and a cold front is going to move through and cool things off again...highs in the low 80s! 

"Toddler Time" & water works

This morning I decided to take Austin to "Toddler Time".  It is from 9:30-11am on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a Rec Center.  What they do is just throw a bunch of toddler toys out in the gym, close the gym off to the public, and let the kids play!  They have all sorts of riding toys and slides and balls (pictures are with my phone camera so they aren't as clear).  When he first got there, there was only one other kid, but after about 20 minutes, the gym was FULL.  Austin did great for the most part.  He got upset only a few times.  He got mad when another kid got into a car before him, he got hurt after falling on his face trying to ride a scooter, and then tripped on the slide ladder and bumped his lip...all minor happenings.  He did get tired though, and was very ready leave after about 45 minutes.  He let me know this by just pushing the gym door open and walking out while waving bye-bye.  I had to grab the bag and run after him!  Once again, we headed home and Austin was SO tired.  But, just like yesterday, the kid fought the nap again for a good hour.  I actually had to go in there and get really short with him.  He finally fell asleep and about an hour and 15 minutes later, the phone company rang our doorbell, the dogs went nuts, and nap time was officially over.  They came in and installed another phone jack in the dining room/playroom.  We plan to move the computer in there to clear out the extra bedroom.  On another note, Austin has made two huge water messes today.  The first one happened when I was in the bathroom putting on my makeup this morning.  He usually will turn on the bathtub water and just play in the flow of water by flicking it with his fingers...it is completely harmless and I could care less.  Well, today he decided to funnel the water with his hands onto the bathroom floor.  Within 5 seconds, everything was soaked.  Later today, he climbed up in the kitchen chair and dumped my full glass of water onto himself and all over the floor.  He does this in the bathtub, but I guess decided to experiment with it today outside of the tub.

Grocery store and nap fight!

This morning we had no bananas or grapes....this is bad news because that is all Austin ever wants for breakfast.  I actually had to show him the empty banana dish and the open the fridge so he cold also see that there were no grapes.  After that, he finally ate his toast with jelly.  We headed to the store right after breakfast.  He did great and we got home just in time for his nap...he was already falling asleep in the car so I knew he was tired.  Well, 2 hours later, he FINALLY went to sleep!  This kid yelled and talked to himself, and jumped up and down in his crib for almost 2 hours!  He also kept throwing his pacifier and Raffi (animal/blanket) over the edge and screaming "UH OH!!!" a million times.  When he finally did sleep, at least he slept for 2 hours!  Whew!  Austin has also been reading a lot of books by himself.  He will climb up on the couch and read out loud in his own language...he went through a phase like this a few months ago but then stopped.  It's adorable!  He has also been wanting to play in his room lately instead of in the playroom/dining room.  Soon, we will have the other room cleaned out and I will be able to put his toys in his new room so he can continue to play in it.   

Steve Irwin

Oh boy.  We just watched the memorial service for Steve Irwin on Animal Planet and I was bawling!  It is so sad.  Scott and I were such big fans of his.  I can remember when we first saw him.  It was in 1998 and me and my roommate Shannon were flipping through the channels late at night.  We came across this guy that was wrestling crocs and snakes and we were just freaking out.  We called all our friends over and soon we had a living room full of college kids all screaming and covering our face.  We were hooked and we watched him whenever we could.  Shannon and I even left a 'croc hunter' outgoing message on our answering machine for a few days.  Anyway, Scott and I watched him a lot and even went and saw his movie (we own it now) and have 2 of his "closest calls" tapes.  He was great and we are really sad that he is gone.  As a tribute to Steve, Austin is going to be the crocodile hunter himself for Halloween.  He was going to be a cowboy after my parents got him this awesome cowboy hat on their vacation, but we changed our mind after what happened to Steve. 

Today was uneventful.  We hung out and played at home.  The weather is beautiful.  It was 85 today and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.  Austin was ouside quite a bit and kept playing in the mud.  I must have cleaned him off 4 times today.  When I am working on something in the kitchen he will just climb up on a chair at the table and  watch me...I guess he's keeping me company!  He also watched his Elmo video while sitting on his soccer ball...he only fell off it once!

I forgot!

I have not posted since Thursday and it's simply because I have forgotten!  Friday, Saturday & Sunday was very uneventful.  Friday, I threw up at the mall after walking by the food court and smelling it.  Usually, I love the smell of the food court, but this time it made me run to the bathroom.  Yuck.  Saturday and Sunday were spent lying around.  It rained all weekend and it was wonderful.  We didn't even leave the house.  Austin had a runny nose and so he just played inside.  Saturday, I felt terrible all day with the exception of about 4 hours.  I am sicker with this pregnancy than I was with Austin.  With him, I knew exactly what part of the day I was going to feel bad or tired.  It was very predictable.  This one is weird because some days are good, and some days are bad.  Oh well.  I'm around 8 weeks along so hopefully it'll slow down a bit and then disappear soon.  Austin has been shooting hoops on a regular basis and Scott taught him how to have the correct shooting form.  The kid actually shoots the ball correctly.  I got it on video and am working on another video show to post soon!  Today, I had an appointment so I dropped Austin off with my aunt and he played with her for about an hour.  He had fun playing with their dog Sally, and it was so nice outside today that he spent some time out there too.  Austin threw one of his balls in his crib today and tried to climb up the crib to get it...oh no...I got a picture.