Thursday, June 3, 2010
It's been one heck of a year Coco!
My precious coco is one! We made it! Corbin is so much fun, he is quick with a smile and a laugh. He loves to sing and dance. He says "uh-oh" a lot and LOVES to wrestle with his brother. He is truly a joy and we are so happy to have him in our family, I can't imagine life without him! Happy birthday Bear, we love seeing you grow!
Lordy Lordy, Doug is 40!
Spring Thaw 2010
Doug competed again in the Spring Thaw mountain bike race in Ashland, OR. He did great and had some seriously tough competition!
Everett also competed in his first bike race! The Shimano Kids Race. He was the youngest participant and came in dead last... Haha! We were so excited he even did it, and he got a very cool medal :)
Everett also competed in his first bike race! The Shimano Kids Race. He was the youngest participant and came in dead last... Haha! We were so excited he even did it, and he got a very cool medal :)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Good Bye April, Sorry For Not Posting During You...(almost)
Seriously I cannot believe how bad of a poster I have been lately! Actually, I can, we have been a busy bunch around here! I am going to sum up our March and April in one GIGANTIC post so please don't get bored, fall asleep, drool on your computer, break it and then sue me for the price of a new one!
Here goes:
Lets see, um, Easter? Sure, I'll start there. Everett did the his first big Easter egg hunt up at the Britt Grounds in Jacksonville, there are no pictures to capture the moment because Darling decided to cry and not find any eggs. Easter Sunday we did an egg hunt at Grammi and Papa's after church and we were much more excited about that one (I'm pretty sure he was jacked on sugar).
Everett will talk up a storm now and repeat EVERYTHING (yes, everything). He has been attending gymnastics and so far doesn't seem to know how he feels about it... we are gonna give it a couple more try's and then see what else looks exciting. Maybe music?
I can't believe Corbin is just a week away from being 11 months old! Time flies! His voice is getting stronger every day (yipee! she says sarcastically) He now dances, claps, crawls, claps and says "yay" (no joke, its hilarious) has 4 teeth, stands up independently for a short amount of time, and can pretty much take down his brother. He is one tough cookie!
Doug has started bike race season. He has done fantastic in all his races, despite lots of mechanical issues. We are looking forward to another fun Spring and Summer filled with racing action! He also ran the Pear Blossom 10 mile again this year. His time was 1 hour 6 minutes and he ended up in the top 10 in his age group! Way to run, forrest!! We are very proud :)
As for me, well, the reason I have been such a slacker poster is I've gone back to school! I am attending a distance learning program through Chemeketa Community College in Salem to get certified as a Speech Language Pathology Assistant. The ultimate goal of this certification is to get a job working with students who need speech therapy (usually in a school setting). I am super excited about it. It is challenging attending school 3/4 time with 2 little ones but Doug has been a fantastic partner and is always willing to pick up the slack. I also have lots of great family that thankfully love my kids almost as much as I do.
I will try to be better about posting shorter more frequent posts so you all don't go into a coma reading these Bible length ones! Hope everyone is enjoying the Spring!!
Here goes:
Lets see, um, Easter? Sure, I'll start there. Everett did the his first big Easter egg hunt up at the Britt Grounds in Jacksonville, there are no pictures to capture the moment because Darling decided to cry and not find any eggs. Easter Sunday we did an egg hunt at Grammi and Papa's after church and we were much more excited about that one (I'm pretty sure he was jacked on sugar).
Everett will talk up a storm now and repeat EVERYTHING (yes, everything). He has been attending gymnastics and so far doesn't seem to know how he feels about it... we are gonna give it a couple more try's and then see what else looks exciting. Maybe music?
I can't believe Corbin is just a week away from being 11 months old! Time flies! His voice is getting stronger every day (yipee! she says sarcastically) He now dances, claps, crawls, claps and says "yay" (no joke, its hilarious) has 4 teeth, stands up independently for a short amount of time, and can pretty much take down his brother. He is one tough cookie!
Doug has started bike race season. He has done fantastic in all his races, despite lots of mechanical issues. We are looking forward to another fun Spring and Summer filled with racing action! He also ran the Pear Blossom 10 mile again this year. His time was 1 hour 6 minutes and he ended up in the top 10 in his age group! Way to run, forrest!! We are very proud :)
As for me, well, the reason I have been such a slacker poster is I've gone back to school! I am attending a distance learning program through Chemeketa Community College in Salem to get certified as a Speech Language Pathology Assistant. The ultimate goal of this certification is to get a job working with students who need speech therapy (usually in a school setting). I am super excited about it. It is challenging attending school 3/4 time with 2 little ones but Doug has been a fantastic partner and is always willing to pick up the slack. I also have lots of great family that thankfully love my kids almost as much as I do.
I will try to be better about posting shorter more frequent posts so you all don't go into a coma reading these Bible length ones! Hope everyone is enjoying the Spring!!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Dirt Eaters and Pea Pod Makers
I wish that the title reflected my motivation to work in the garden but it does not, because I am not. And, that is a blog for another time. Here is a rundown of the family stuff for the last month of so.Doug and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary with a little trip to Portland without the boys (thanks to Gma!). It was actually for a couple "pre-season" bike races but we treated it is a getaway because, well, anytime that we don't have to wipe bums is a getaway.
Speaking of bums; Evy is doing great with the potty training thing, staying dry most nights and naps. He wears underwear when we are home and a pull up at night and when we are out and about. He does a great job at letting us know but not so great at the advance warning. If he say's he has to go it means NOW! That's okay though he's still learning and I am totally impressed at how awesome he does.
Big boy feeding the ducksCorbin just had his 9 month well baby and we are thinking of submitting an audition tape for "The Biggest Loser" infant edition! Just kidding, he is perfectly healthy and right on track he's 22lbs (75 percentile)
23 inches (95th percentile)
and had a normal size head (I can't remember how big)
He has mastered the army crawl and gets around like lightning doing that! He tries to crawl on his hands and knees but eventually gives up because it's easier to do it the other way. He is pulling up to standing on everything and falls at least once a night in the bath because he won't sit still. He is just full of energy. He say's Dada quite well and Baba (which is brother I think) and occasionally a Mama will slip out. I know that those aren't real words right now but they seem so real! He's growing so fast.
Dirt Eater
I recently threw a Pea in the Pod baby shower for my friend Dana, it was pretty fun (If I do say so). My mom did Aunt Mary's ring test on her (they are keeping the gender a surprise) and it said BOY! We'll see if the test holds true!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Pee Pee in the Potty
Evy has been running around in big boy underwear for a week now when we're at home just to get him excited about maybe potty training. We are not pushing it but tonight he said "Uh oh! Peeeee!" and we ran to the potty and he peed BIG TIME! Doug and I freaked out danced around and gave him 3 chocolate chips. Then about a half hour later at the dinner table he said "PEEEE" So Doug runs him to the potty and he goes AGAIN! Then again while in the bath tub he jumps up and says "Pee" and goes again! Now I'm not counting my chickens or anything but WOOO HOOO!! The prospect of not changing two kids diapers everyday is within my grasp! Go EVERETT!!!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Transition
So, the Striley's kind of dropped off the face of the planet for some time recently. A few weeks ago we (I) decided it would be a great time to move the boys into the same room together. This was always our original plan but we (I) wanted to wait until Corbin was solidly sleeping through the night. So now that he is, and its a new year, I was feeling confident in the transition. Here is how it went down.
Night one: Everett removes pajamas and diaper and pee's on his bed. Climbs into the crib several times with Corbin and removes the tape from the light switch and turns it on. No one slept.
Night two: Everett again climbs into the crib several times with Corbin, we go in 45 times to remove him, turn off the light, shut the door, etc...
Several nights follow like night 2.
Night something or other (I haven't slept in a million hours at this point so it was difficult to keep track): Everett and Corbin are both oddly quiet, Doug goes to check on them and declares "a lotion incident" we'll call this "LOTIONGATE" it was more like a lotion flood. both children are covered although Everett is naked so we only have to rub it in. The crib is soaking in some hippie ass smelling lotion, I have no idea even where he found it. There were also spots of Orajel around... I don't even want to think about were that went.
The next few nights are like night 2.
Then comes the breaking point. After dinner at my parents, we arrive home late. Both boys are already in their jams ready to plop in bed. we again have to fight with Everett to get out of the crib, until the last time I go in and Everett is STANDING on his brother while Corbin is face down. I scream, everyone starts crying, Doug comes in, and we all get pissed. So there we are 9pm Doug is ripping the crib apart to set it up back in the other room (which has become a playroom). We've failed.
Oh yes, there is more. The next day Doug decides to fit a piece of plywood to the exposed side of the crib so Ev can no longer climb over. Brilliant. We also loosened the lightbulbs in the light, put in a nightlight and put the door knob thingy back on the door. Then, Corbin gets 2 teeth and a cold. So, crib in the boys room, and Co slept in the pack n play in the playroom for a week.
We just recently got back on track and so far, things seem to be going well, Everett can't climb into the crib and Corbin can't see Ev when he is going to sleep. So there ya go. we are finally getting there, it reminds me of when I had newborns and I thought they would never transition out of a particular thing but before I knew it we were on to the next challenge.
If I had a free moment these past few evenings you bet your ass I wasn't blogging. But you are now caught up on the Strileys! Lets hope all goes well for the next 16 years that they will be sharing a room :)
Night one: Everett removes pajamas and diaper and pee's on his bed. Climbs into the crib several times with Corbin and removes the tape from the light switch and turns it on. No one slept.
Night two: Everett again climbs into the crib several times with Corbin, we go in 45 times to remove him, turn off the light, shut the door, etc...
Several nights follow like night 2.
Night something or other (I haven't slept in a million hours at this point so it was difficult to keep track): Everett and Corbin are both oddly quiet, Doug goes to check on them and declares "a lotion incident" we'll call this "LOTIONGATE" it was more like a lotion flood. both children are covered although Everett is naked so we only have to rub it in. The crib is soaking in some hippie ass smelling lotion, I have no idea even where he found it. There were also spots of Orajel around... I don't even want to think about were that went.
The next few nights are like night 2.
Then comes the breaking point. After dinner at my parents, we arrive home late. Both boys are already in their jams ready to plop in bed. we again have to fight with Everett to get out of the crib, until the last time I go in and Everett is STANDING on his brother while Corbin is face down. I scream, everyone starts crying, Doug comes in, and we all get pissed. So there we are 9pm Doug is ripping the crib apart to set it up back in the other room (which has become a playroom). We've failed.
Oh yes, there is more. The next day Doug decides to fit a piece of plywood to the exposed side of the crib so Ev can no longer climb over. Brilliant. We also loosened the lightbulbs in the light, put in a nightlight and put the door knob thingy back on the door. Then, Corbin gets 2 teeth and a cold. So, crib in the boys room, and Co slept in the pack n play in the playroom for a week.
We just recently got back on track and so far, things seem to be going well, Everett can't climb into the crib and Corbin can't see Ev when he is going to sleep. So there ya go. we are finally getting there, it reminds me of when I had newborns and I thought they would never transition out of a particular thing but before I knew it we were on to the next challenge.
If I had a free moment these past few evenings you bet your ass I wasn't blogging. But you are now caught up on the Strileys! Lets hope all goes well for the next 16 years that they will be sharing a room :)
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