HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAGEN!!

Wow, 3 years old. I can hardly believe it! 3 years ago our lives changed forever in the best way it could. Hagen, you were what we dreamed of for years and have been such a fabulous addition to our family. You are cute, funny, smart, skinny, sweet, sneaky, and so fun to be around!

1. You love watching movies...your favorites lately are Toy Story, How to Train your Dragon, and Leap Frog videos.
2. You still love fruits and veggies (that is why you are so skinny).
3. You are such a proud big cousin to Noah and Emily, you LOVE having Noah spend he night and get two snacks, two cups, two plates...just everything double...two Flintstone vitamins,so cute!
4. You have now started undressing and dressing yourself and get a sticker in the morning if you do so.
5. You have moved up to the 3 year old room and kiss me goodbye and hug me at the door and walk yourself right in and sit on your name in the circle.
6. You eat so SLOW...we have started setting the timer on the microwave to make you finish your dinner in a decent time.
7. You are terrified of flies.
8. You demand to "poop in privacy" so you won't get poo poo on us.
9. You drink water and milk...juice is a delicacy.
10. You would eat string cheese all day if we let you...but you get backed up VERY easily.
11. You like to help with EVERYTHING!
12. You wear 6-12 month shorts, but I'm thinking we can move to 12-18 month soon!
13. You wear 3T shirts
14. You wear size 7 shoes
15. You are fully potty trained and have been since you were 2 years and 2 months old
16. Your favorite meals are: Mini Muffins for breakfast, and then for Lunch and Dinner, chips w/ cheese, Pizza, hot sauce, and of course cheese. You love apples and peanut butter, chex mix, goldfish, and raisins.
17. Your diaper is still VERY full in the morning...you wear a night night diaper at night. Probably will till you are in college.
18. You are SUPER sensitive. You get your feelings hurt very easily!! AND you wake up grouchy!

It was Daddy's morning to sleep in so when you woke I said Happy Birthday! You immediately asked if there was school and if you looked bigger! You were SO excited!

It was Memorial Day so no school/work and we were taking you to a movie...the new Shrek Ever After movie! I asked you what you wanted for breakfast and it was donuts and apple juice so we went to get donuts in our PJ's...you picked out a pink heart frosted one with sprinkles and 2 donut holes for a total of 3 since you were 3 and then we headed to Sonic for Mama's ice tea and your apple juice.

We had a picnic on the porch with Daddy for breakfast! After that we went to Papa and Pia's to get your gift from them. When we pulled up Papa was in the circle drive dusting off your new car! It was a cozy coupe like the ones at school that you love! Papa parked it in the driveway and was shining it up for you. You named your car lightening McQueen..fitting since it IS red.

We went to the movie, ate chewy sweet tarts and popcorn and then came home for a nap. We are going to lounge around in the blow up pool and soak up some more rays. Can't wait!!

Here's to many more years my little man. We are so proud of you and are looking forward to many more wonderful days with you!!

XO,

Mama

Memorial Weekend!

We were busy busy this weekend and had a blast! We are homebodies...we admit it. We rarely have people over...we hang out in our backyard and just chill. It's not that we are antisocial, but we don't need much entertainment! Some days the only reason we leave the house is for Sonic drinks or trips to the grocery store!

This weekend we had a pool party both days to go to and we were excited! Saturday we went to Papa and Pia's. It was so fun and Hagen really perfected jumping into the pool! He was doing a great job! Noah and Hagen each had a blow up boat and did bumper boats, Hagen dove for sticks at the bottom of the pool and was so brave that he would try to swim around even if no one was watching! Great huh?! We have now been working on making sure that someone says, "OK Hagen...ready!" before just leaping into the water.

He had a great time and got to play a bit with his new baby cousin Emily. We grilled out BBQ chicken and had a nice dinner. Hagen was so worn out with not taking a nap but was very good for the most part!

On Sunday we went to Nana's! She had her pool refinished so she wanted us all to come use it. We had hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner...perfect! She even had a birthday cake for me! Cappachino pie...Hagen ate the chocolate on the top.

I was talking with my 16 year old niece Ashlyn and she told me that she likes a boy and told me all about him. I hope that as she gets older that she feels comfortable coming to me with news like this. We are very close and I want her to feel OK about calling me or telling me anything no matter how bad it may be. I think we all need someone like that in life especially today's teenagers. They deal with so many forms of peer pressure nowadays and need some support or at least someone who will listen and understand.

Courtney my 10 year old niece is in that age where she is sassy as all get out! At one point she was telling Nana, "STOP STARING AT ME!" Nana had just come out and sat down with her plate of food to eat and LOOKED at Courtney and Hagen on the floor having a picnic. Courtney had a bad week. You see her and a friend overflowed a toilet at the house and they were home alone and didn't know how to turn the water off to the toilet. It flooded the whole downstairs...buckled the hardwoods in the study...soaked the carpet in the bedroom...soaked up the drywall...just bad stuff. She tried calling her Mom and she wasn't answering her phone, too scared to call her Dad, and didn't know anyones phone numbers.

I grew up with a pool and miss it so much in this Texas heat!! It is just not healthy to play outside without some kind of water to drench yourself with in Texas!

Tata,
Carrie

Frisco Rough Riders Game!

Well, I've never been one that celebrates and extended birthday, but it kinda seems like we are with Hagen's birthday being on Monday which is a holiday. We started the weekend off with a local baseball game! Ashlyn was selling tickets through her Youth Group so we headed out to the ball park. Last time we went Hagen was one!!

We went to Fuddruckers first for some dinner because we all knew that if I didn't eat something KINDA normal that I would get sick on Cotton Candy and peanuts. When we got there we found our seats and waited for Noah and Uncle Adam/Aunt Rebecca to show up. There is really not a bad seat in the house! Noah came and the party started. The TV guy came up to film Noah and Hagen was watching the jumbo tron waiting to see his face...then the camera got flipped to Hagen and they were in the running for "Fan of the game!" BUT they didn't win...nice to be considered though.

I went to get the first round of drinks (had to pee)...beer for Ryan and water for myself. Then, when it was Ryan's turn guess what he forgot? Yep, my water...GRR!

We ate blue cotton candy, peanuts, and then propel (I snuck it in with sippys). We had such a blast! Noah had so much fun that he puked 2 times...it was all peanuts. I'm sure the people around us were SO excited sitting by us...puking peanuts, standing on laps, dancing, taking a billion pictures, standing sitting standing sitting, being obnoxious, pregnant lady with her huge nude color granny panties on with a flowy dress that got stuck to her sweaty ass bending over to get something and mooning everyone...Nice...NO, I'm not kidding. I knew it felt breezy.

The game ended (it was 9:45) and the boys were good, but winding down. THEN the fireworks began with no warning. Freaked Hagen the hell out! He was TERRIFIED! So we left...fast...with hands over his little ears. They kept going and finally he could watch them without crying. They were BEAUTIFUL and there were LOTS! It was a great show!

What a fun night, not too hot, Ashlyn (who is 16) got to show Hagen off to her friends, Hagen's best bud Noah was there, we danced, sang, ate crap, and had a ball.

Hagen got to bed at about 11:00, and Ryan and I were in bed watching TV and turned the light off at 11:30. Dapper was shaking his head so that his ears were flapping on his head...it was loud and obnoxious. I let him out, then went back to bed....then up to pee...then back to bed...then the cat started licking every inch of her body and I got jealous, I mean irritated (because it is on my pillow right by my head) so I let her out, then I was WIDE awake so got up to take Tylenol PM, and then laid there...finally kicked in and I was asleep around 12:45. What time am I up this morning? 6 freaking 30! What?! Earlier than my alarm goes off most days? Not right, just not right...

Cheers to a wonderful weekend that is starting...cheers to those we are celebrating this weekend and how much we thank them for protecting us...cheers to my lovlies that read my stupid blog and still love me.

Tata,
Carrie

This week!

Get a 5th of whatever and relax...there is lots to discuss.

Work has been busy but SO good! Being a technical recruiter is definitely an up and down job. You will be slow one week and then crazy busy the next! I am so lucky working with the group that I work with…people are what makes your job great, not necessarily the job itself.

I was reading through some blogs that teachers write. Discipline has been a big topic lately and I want to discuss this a bit. Ryan and I are on the teachers side...no matter what. I will not have a child that disrespects athority...that is how I was raised and it is the RIGHT way. Hagen is pretty good for the most part. He listens in class and we rarely have issues. BUT I make sure to let his teachers know that we want to know anything that has been a problem and we will work on it at home as well. Hagen is not a napper…he is that kid in class that wakes up all his friends. Not yelling or anything but just talking, singing, rolling around, etc. I found out that his nap mat was way in the corner far away from the other kids. No one had said anything until one day he had a bad report saying that he did not sleep well and he was disruptive. Uh oh…that is when I found out that he hasn’t been very quiet at naps. SO, we started the sticker chart! If he got a good report for being quiet and resting (Napping is now a bad word) then he got a sticker…5 stickers in a week and we do something special! It worked and now he is quiet on his mat.

He recently moved up to the 3 year old class. There is a kid whose Mom has forced the school to move her kid up with Hagen even though he is 3 months younger and isn’t potty trained. She is “That” mom. AND she works for the school system. She called me the other night. This past week was the first full week in the new class. She was pissed because her son was put in “Chill Out”. She called, then texted, then called me again. I called her back thinking something was terribly wrong and this is the conversation:
Psycho Mom: “What is Chill out?”
Me: “basically time out”
PM: “why don’t I know about this?”
Me: “because I was talking about Hagen’s attitude problem and told them to let me know if he is talking back and to let me know if he is doing it at school so I can address it at home. They told me they do “chill out” which is like time out.”
PM: “well, they put my child in chill out and he was not able to color his “H” (it was the letter of the week) and when I asked him why his wasn’t colored he said he had to sit in chill out because he was crying.”
Me: “well, and what’s the problem?”

She has done these phone calls numerous times. She knows she is neurotic…this time I confirmed to her that she needs to go to “chill out”. She started laughing and I said, “No, I’m serous…you need to trust them”. I told her that if she is that mad about Chill Out that she has a lot more coming when he grows up because right now they are still “babies” and the teachers love on them and cut them a lot more slack then when they go to real school. She agreed and has not even looked me in the eye since then. By the way, this is the same girl that called 2 hours before our New Year get together was going to start to say that they will in fact swing by…I told her that we canceled it. Some people…ugh…

Hagen got to take cupcakes to school for his birthday and insisted on wearing a cone “Happy Birthday” hat. It was tilted to the side so he was looking a lot like Jack from Jack in the Box. He was SO proud! He told me in the car on the way to school that today was going to be a good day! Yes, it will be!

BUT, it didn’t start off too well. He was eating breakfast and I was drying my fuzzy hair. I turned off the dryer and heard him SCREAMING bloody murder! I just knew he fell out of his chair and broke something. I ran in there, his face was purple, crocodile tears streaming down his cheeks…AND…there was a fly on his hair. Yes, that was the problem. My manly man of a son is TERRIFIED of flies! He was petting a spider (thanks Ryan) last night but flies? Watch out! He was done eating. Thanks effing fly….someone has a weigh in on Tuesday (3 year well visit) and you freaked him out so much he doesn’t want breakfast…that was at LEAST a couple of ounces. I’m going to hunt you when I get home…smoosh you and put your remains in this hot Texas heat so you burn.

Tata,
Carrie

P.S. Hagen is growing up right before my eyes. Now that he has graduated to the 3 room, he hugs me at the door, kisses me, and walks right in and joins his friends for circle time. No whining, no crying…It’s almost like…HE DOESN’T NEED ME ANYMORE!! WHAAAAAA BOOO HOOO!!! But, it is nice having drop off take only a minute. I just wish he would hug me a little tighter or longer and look me in the eyes while holding my cheeks and say, “I miss you already Mama…you are the best and I can’t wait to see your skinny beautiful self come and get me after work…now go eat a donut…you are WAY too skinny!”

Random Bits!

So I don't have much to blog about...been kinda spaced out lately! But had a few bits to share!

1. While Noah was staying with us, he was very good. Hagen is getting a bit bossy lately and at one point he yelled, "Noah Robinson, you are NOT being haved!!" It was just funny...do I sound like that?! I think so.

2. Ryan was laying on the floor in the living room wrestling with Hagen. Hagen stopped...froze...staring at Ryan's underarm. "Daddy, what's THAT?!" "It's Dapper Hair Hagen." "Oh, OK." Underarm hair grosses me out so bad! I mean, men should have it, but it is just nasty to me! So when Hagen found it I was just so grossed out if he were to grab it or point at it with his finger in his underarm...I may have just barfed up a bit...

3. Hagen is feeling alot better...but he is still out of control. It has been a trying weekend to say the least. Whiny, crying, uncooperative, just all around a pain in the butt. And that is just me. HAGEN was worse! I swear I saw horns poking out of his unruly hair yesterday.

That's it...pretty boring...

Tata,
Carrie

Belly Shot week 15

I had to go to a wedding and since I actually got dressed up a bit from the norm I had Ryan take a belly shot. I did these religiously with Hagen's pregnancy. I don't see it being as often this time! Hagen wanted to help.

Ryan and I were looking forward to date night on Saturday night. We don't get out often at all...

My parents are out of town so Nana was going to keep him overnight! Woo Hoo! But, we took Hagen to dinner on Friday night and he was a total monster. Out of control which he is usually pretty well behaved. AND it was Mexican food which he can eat his weight in hot sauce and chips. His behavior and runny nose had us heading to the Acute Kids Care. Nana has no immune system so she is really sick if she gets a cold or anything else. We were told that he tested for Strep...date night canceled.

So I headed out for the wedding...it was beautiful. Last of the high school girls to get hitched (Michelle Dickey for the ladies of PSHS). She married a wonderful man with 3 little boys (10, 6, and 4 I think). She is excited and scared all at the same time. These boys are just precious...very well behaved and obviously love her very much!

I found out last night that one of my friends that is pregnant (one of the ones I found out about a couple of weeks ago) has lost the baby...this is her 5th miscarriage. I'm so sad for her!

I pretty much ate and left. There was another buddy of mine that was pregnant and solo so we waited for our tables turn in line and ate and literally snuck out. Felt bad, but who misses the pregnant duds anyway! Ha!

Hagen is obviously still not feeling well as he is just incredibly crabby. AND Ryan and I were out in the yard yesterday and he wanted to watch a movie curled up on the couch. Hopefully today we can meet Noah at Papa & Pia's pool for a bit. Noah will not be there long because my OTHER brother Matt and his family will be heading over to Adam's house to meet Baby Emily. I want to spy so bad and see those beautiful kids of his (Madeline is 7 and then the identical twin boys are about to turn 6). It's been 2 1/2 years since I've seen them...boo.

Hagen will be 3 in 8 days...wow...

Tata,
Carrie

Ha!

OK, so this is short and sweet. Hagen called Ryan a Poo Poo head last night. Ha! HAHA! Ryan told him that was not a nice thing to call someone so Hagen changed it to Pee Pee Head. Ryan again told him that was not a nice thing to call someone, so Hagen finally settled on Medicine Head. Uh, OK...that's better.

I find this hilarious! BUT probably because it is not a TERRIBLE bad word, but I still wouldn't want him talking like that at school or to anyone else so I guess discipline is in order. Sassy Sauce may be in our future.

I remember my Mom telling me that my older brother once called her a Dirty Nose Mouth. Awesome...is that not the best?!

Kids are funny...
Carrie