Kohl's Children's Museum

Aunt Donna came up for a visit and Ramey stayed home from school on Friday and they spent the day together... she got her to nap for almost 2 1/2 hours!!! (Donna must visit more often!!!) Then Friday night mommy and daddy got a date night... although we were home by 10:00 it was great to go to an adult only dinner and enjoy a "beverage" or two and not have to chase a little one around. Ramey had a great time at home with Aunt Donna and Uncle Brendan who let her take an extra long bath... she was busy showing off her splashing skills!!

Saturday was a beautiful morning... a sunny day without a cloud in the sky. We had a quick breakfast then drove up to Kohl's Children Museum... next time will try to plan ahead and check out passes from the library.

A tea party with Daddy and Uncle BD

Fun in the doll house

Love this pic

Our little train engineer

How many gallons does Ramey weigh?

Building a city

Not much of a gymnast...

The water works room was a big hit

A splishing and a splashing

Making music ~ we may have a future drummer on our hands

Ramey and Uncle Brendan hiding in the maze

Catch us if you can

After we finished playing in the maze, Ramey decided she wasn't finished and ran back towards the maze. Donna walked around the outside and I entered it thinking we'd catch her quickly. It became apparent that wasn't the case as we were getting close to meeting up and still no Ramey. She had entered one of the entrances and sat down... almost hiding from us.

They had a great little playground area where Ramey and Daddy enjoyed the twisty seats...


He got her nice and dizzy then let her go for a "walk" ... not nice but funny. The best part was when another child walked up to play with the twisty seats, Ramey ran over and was like... I don't think so, that's my twisty seat!!

We all had a great time and hope to visit again

Boo.... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween Little Monkey!!!

(Our dancing Monkey)

We headed out to Oak Park for their Halloween Parade and an afternoon with the Zajac's. Later we went to the Tauber's for a Mini-Monster Mash. It was too cold to join in the trick-or-treating and since she doesn't know what she is missing... we skipped it plus we don't nee the extra candy in the house.

A few pics from the day:

I WANT MORE CANDY!!!!

I'm not ready to go home

Practicing

"'Yesterday was fun... Let's do it again"

Taking a break from "Swiffering"

Ear Infection #5....

I think, I've lost count... sad that she has now had so many ear infections that i can't keep track. I'm pretty sure it's five. We are revisiting one of the previous meds... (not the one she was just on as it gave her a nasty diaper rash... :-( )

Fluid is still in the left ear and an infection in the right. At least it wasn't both this time. Which surprised me as she had been rubbing at her ears. We meet with the ENT next month to discuss a plan of action.

While there she got her second flu shot and her first H1N1... We (and be we, I mean Ron) did a lot of research and quizzed the Ped on the shot and in the end decided it best to get it, especially after hearing of the 22 deaths this month... so very sad and our hearts go out to those families.

My Monkey

We spent the afternoon with Angela and she got some great shots even though Ramey woke up from her nap in a sour mood. Think her ear is bothering her again :-(

Sorry... it was hard to pic just a few...

This one looks great in black & white (see shutterfly)

Will be photo-shopping into black & white with flowers in color

We had fun in the monkey suit!!

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Goebberts Pumpkin Farm

Knowing that today could possibly be one of the last nice weekends we have (and are free) we made the trip out to Goebberts Pumpkin Farm... In the land of cornfields and massive houses!!

Ramey enjoyed the animals in animal land and a quick hay-rack ride.

Which Pumpkin should I choose?!?!

No Daddy... That ones too small

One of these will be perfect!!!

Don't let the pumpkin eating dinosaur get you!!

Try not to get lost in the stray maze

Oh I give up....

There you are Mommy... wait for me!

A hay-rack ride... What fun!!

Fancy Footwork

Don't mind all the toys and laundry... or the butt shot LOL

I finally got the stamping her feet on video... not sure where she learned this but I think it is hysterical...

ENT

Our appointment with the ENT went well. It was great to sit down with him and go over all our options. Ramey is on the borderline as to whether or not to get tubes and has a 50% blockage by her adenoids... The mouth breathing while sleeping is a sign of this:He just wants us to watch and check her at night to see if it happens a lot or just when she isn't feeling well...

We have a follow up appointment in 2 months and will see how things are going... she has had an ear infection in the past 3 months... clearly the fluid isn't draining but hopefully everything will resolve its self... it does happen and I really hope that is our case.

Would love it for them to stop but not only does she look like her daddy it appears she got his ears too!!

Ramey's Skills

I look at my baby and can not believe how big she's gotten (and how active).

Ramey is now
~ Walking and running
~ Walking backwards
~ Climbing on and off the lion, the dog (Lefty), the couch, our bed... pretty much everything
~ Climbing up and down stairs
~ Give kisses and hugs
~ Waves bye-bye
~ Stomps her foot... still trying to get this on video
~ Loves to dance
~ Constantly laughs (wish she would tell us what is so funny)
~ Cleans Up (in her own little girl way)
~ Opens and closes mommy and daddy's laptops

We ordered her big girl car seat this weekend, which I have mixed feelings about... it will be nice to have but since she isn't napping well at school she has been falling asleep on the way home... it's nice to just pop out the infant carrier and bring her in the house then leave her in her room but on the other hand she'll be higher up and will be able to see out the windows and such, either way it'll be here on Tuesday!!

Pump... it up!

We went to a birthday party at Pump It Up and Ramey had a blast!!!

Oh and she ate the cupcakes, unlike her own birthday party

She was a little apprehensive at first but Ron took her down the big slide and she was hooked!!! We took turns taking her down the slides and playing in the jumper

Got Milk?!?

Ramey does!!!
I was very worried about transitioning Ramey to whole milk as she would spit it out the moment she took a sip. I started offering it to her every few days about 2 months ago and she was not having it. Needless to say we wasted a lot of milk but I'm happy to report we will no longer be wasting milk!!!

They have been offering milk to her at school regularly and she'll have a few ounces here and there but not enough to make me feel comfortable about stopping breast feeding. We've been down to just morning and night for a while but being at in the 5-10 percentile range I felt it best to keep breast feeding to make sure she was getting the calories.So this weekend I decided to give it a try again... and she took 2 oz!!! Did it again later and another 2 oz!!! This continued all day and again on Sunday!! She's done so well that we ran out of milk (good thing Dominicks is only 400 steps away)



Side story:

I went to put her down for a nap and she found the water and Cheerio container and threw a fit when I tried to take them away as in the past when I left them all she did was eat and drink... no napping. But she just held on to them and laid her head on my shoulder. After a few minutes I laid her down in her crib... I thought for sure I'd be back to take away the containers but found this instead
By the time I got the camera she had let go of the water