Pink Eye

Rexford has his first case of pink eye. It's pretty yucky and just appeared yesterday. This morning we also found it in his other eye. Luckily the doctor called in some drops for him yesterday so we have plenty (it's difficult to get them in his eyes though). Today he developed a fever and didn't look well. Luckily he likes Tylenol so that is easy to get in him. He looks way better in these pictures than he did yesterday when his eye was so swollen that I couldn't actually see the eye. I really hope it goes away soon and that I don't get it too.

Rexford looking sad with his pink eye

We couldn't go swimming like we normally do on Saturday because of the pink eye so Rexford colored a picture for Daddy

Rexford with pink eye in both eyes and a fever

Fire Truck

Rexford has a fire truck toy that stays at papa's house but to get him in the car the other day I told him he could bring it home for a few days. He's been playing with it constantly and every time we drive anywhere he looks for fire trucks (and diggers). Today after his nap he started playing with it and decided to try to ride it. He said, "I ride fire truck" and then asked me "am I too big for this?" Then he kept saying, "I need a big big big fire truck." Here he is.

Missing Daddy

Brian left yesterday morning to fly to Washington to help his brother drive the Uhaul all the way to Jacksonville. He's been gone for two days and it feels like forever. Yesterday Rexford asked for him a couple of times but today he has asked for him a lot! He is having fun playing with family and we have tried to keep busy but in quiet moments he'll say, "where Daddy go?" and "nobody here" and "daddy helping uncle eric." If he hears a noise he says, "Daddy home" and I have to explain that he's not home yet. He really wanted to talk to him tonight before bed and kept saying, "daddy call back" but we weren't able to reach him because they were in a part of Montana with no reception and Rexford got tired so he went to bed. I told him we could talk to him tomorrow hopefully.

Earlier today he got really mad about something and so I bent down to talk to him and said "I know you're mad." He looked down and I said, "I know you're sad because you miss daddy" and he said, "yeah" and he came up to me and gave me the biggest hug ever. It was really sad but cute too.

We have tried to keep busy so we went to Sea World yesterday and then Aly played with him all day. Today we went to Chuck E Cheese's and had pizza and played games. Then we went to Rexford's favorite place for dinner-Old McDonalds, as he calls it. We're having some fun but we can't wait for Daddy to come home!!!

Rexford on "little shamu" (that's what he calls it)

Rexford and Mommy with the big horse. He is very interested in horses and animals but when we got close to it he wouldn't pet it.

Rexford wouldn't go on this ride by himself so Aly got in with him. It snaps your picture while you ride it.

First Day of Summer

Today was the first day that Brian had off for summer. We decided to go to Aquatica for a few hours in the morning. On the way there we had to stop at the bank so we were driving alongside the Beeline (now Beachline but whatever) and Rexford says, "Get on Beeline." I turned around and asked him to say it again because that couldn't be what he really said and then he said it again. "I see Beeline, right there, get on Beeline." I couldn't believe he knew the word Beeline or that he knew the road right there was the Beeline. He is way too grown up! It also tells you that we drive that road way too much for him to know it and we do drive it about once a week. He does recognize sights and things around town so I guess it's not crazy for him to know the road but I was totally blown away. Anyway, just had to blog that story so I don't forget it 20 years from now. So we had a lot of fun at the water park and Rexford loved having Daddy there since it's usually just me.

It rained in the afternoon and after dinner Brian was getting tired of doing "higher" (he lifts Rexford up in the air and bounces him on his legs) so we decided to go play tennis. We really need to get Rexford a racket his size but he had fun for a little while. Then I took him over to swing at the playground where he discovered the fire station and enjoyed watching the fire trucks. Here are some pictures of our evening.

Our future tennis star

I think this one is too big

Rexford was fascinated by the fire trucks

It's A Boy!

We went this morning to have an ultrasound to find out what we're having and it turns out it's another boy! It was fun to go and see him in 3d/4d. We could see him move his arms and legs and he had his hands in front of his little face. He was curled up and gave us a good view of his little parts. Here's Rexford's little brother!

Here he is all curled up

Here are his legs and feet

Here is a picture of his open hand. We couldn't really get a clear shot of the face because he was hiding behind his hands.

Day at Disney

Last Wednesday we got to go to Disney with Alyson, Christina, and Papa. Rexford had a blast and loved the race cars and train the best. He loves to watch videos from this visit and tell us all about the blue race car he rode in with Papa. Thanks Alyson for a fun day!

Papa and Rexford driving off in their cool blue race car with Alyson and Christina following them

Rexford wearing his cool new Mickey sunglasses that Papa bought for him

Papa and Rexford with Cinderella's castle

Tag

One of my college roommates, Brooke, tagged me so here goes.

Here are the rules:
1. link the person who tagged you
2. post these rules
3. tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them

My Quirks:

1. I eat certain snacks in my own way. When I eat Lucky Charms I eat all the boring brown pieces first and then I put all the marshmallows in my mouth at once and eat them. When I eat M&Ms I like to have the same number of each color. So I sort them out and then eat all the extras so I have the same amount of each one. Then I take one of each color and eat them until they are all gone.

2. I don't like to get rid of/delete things. I just can't do it very easily. I have saved every picture Rexford has colored/painted and lots of cards, souvenirs, etc. I know I should just keep one or two and throw the rest away but it's hard for me to do. I also have trouble deleting bad digital pictures. Even if they're not very good and I'm not going to use them I just can't get rid of them. Brian wants me to get rid of some pictures of him but I can't do it. It's really hard for me when we go get Rexford's pictures taken somewhere because I like all of them and I know they're going to throw the ones I don't get away.

3. I can't stand when clothes get dirty. I know kids' clothes get dirty but it bothers me even when Rexford's play clothes get messed up. I take off his clothes when he eats because I don't want his clothes to get dirty. Brian's family makes fun of me but why have stains when you don't have to. Now that he is older he eats most meals clothed but I still take them off for dinner because it's usually messy. When we go out and I can't strip him down I take an oversized t-shirt to put over his clothes.

4. I don't eat condiments. No mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup. I like my hot dogs, hamburgers, and sandwiches plain.

5. I can't shop without a list. I am totally lost without my list even though it essentially has the same things on it each week with a few exceptions. Even though I go down the same aisles and buy the same things, I always forget something and shopping takes longer without my list.

6. I have to sleep with a box fan on now. I never used to need one but since being married to Brian who always has one on, I now can't sleep without it. It's too quiet without it and I need it on. If it's too cold at night and we don't use I have a harder time sleeping.

Tag, you're it: Alyson, Shannon, Tiffany, Stacy, Janna, Audrey

Sunday Afternoon

After dinner we decided to go play in the backyard. Here are some videos and pictures to show our fun evening.

First we played some golf with Rexford's new set of cheapy golf clubs. He's not really sure how to hold the clubs so it's kind of funny. Here's a video of Rexford playing golf.

Then Rexford found a lizard in his sandbox and so Brian picked it up. Here's a video that ends with Rexford scared and crying when the lizard jumps out of Brian's hands and runs away.

After the lizard incident, Rexford was a little scared and wanted to sit on Daddy's lap. I've been meaning to get some video of him doing funny things and talking. Here's a video of Rexford trying to whistle and one saying our favorite phrase, "I love you." He tells us this every night when we put him to bed and it's so cute.

After he recovered he decided to play in his little house. Here's a video where Rexford pretends he's ringing the doorbell and says, "Hi Rexford, how are you today?"

Silly Videos

Here are a couple of videos of Rexford running around being silly. He loves to watch videos of friends and family on their blogs and likes to watch himself too. So I thought I would put these up for him and any other little kids who like to watch kid videos.

Growing

Rexford outgrew his carseat recently so we had to buy a new one. He was too tall for the old one and very near the 40 lb limit. After hours of internet research I decided on this carseat and we got it today. Rexford was very excited and wanted to sit in it and try it out. Later on I found him just sitting in it watching tv. It is very comfortable and very simple to adjust and install so I think we like it!

I like my new big boy carseat!


I really enjoyed playing with the box too!

It made a great little house and I also used it as a drum.


Where's Rexford?

I Help Daddy

Rexford loves to help Daddy take out the trash. He wants to help him with whatever he's doing and says, "I help Daddy." Last night he got to help and I took some pictures. He was so excited and proud of himself.

Universal

Rexford wanted to share his latest favorite home video to watch. It's from the Barney show at Universal. Aunt Alyson took the video and now Rexford has discovered that we have it on the computer and wants to watch it all the time!

We are so lucky to have passes to Aquatica, Sea World, and Universal and I am trying to go have fun with Rexford often before the baby comes. I'm sure it will be difficult to get out this often with two so we're trying to enjoy our fun time together now. He is really enjoying the rides a lot lately. For the past several months there were two rides that he wouldn't go on but last week he went on them and seemed to enjoy them. I was so proud of him for trying them with me. Now if we could get him to not be afraid when characters get too close. He loves to watch Barney on the stage but does not like it when Barney is in the playground and comes close to say hello. Here are a few pictures from one of our Universal visits.

Rexford Update

Well I have some pictures from the last month that I like but they don't really fit into anything to write about. I thought I might eventually have my blog made into a book since I'm not doing so well on keeping up with my scrapbooking. So I thought I'd add the pictures and write a little about what Rexford's been up to this month. I was really good at writing down his milestones his first year but not this year.

Rexford is talking a ton! He now speaks in 3-4 word sentences and is getting quite a large vocabulary. Some of his favorite things to say this month are:
Otay (okay)
I love you Daddy
Watch Daddy weedwacker
Turn on tv, watch Word World
Go Papa's house
See more diggers
Hear fire truck
Go in the kitchen
Mommy hold you
___ right there or right here
Lizard where are you
watch choo choo train, computer
lay down on pillow
go outside
come on
get up
eat Kix in hand
Hello Hi
Goodbye, _______(whoever he is talking to)
Mommy turn, Daddy turn, your turn
Thank you
Put it away
I'm all done
chocolate milk
have some
chicken nuggets, french fries, happy meal, old mcdonalds
cup of water
baby bird hold it
no cats out there
kitty cat meow
see garbage truck
pink bus, blue bus, green bus, purple bus, school bus (he identifies these when driving)
ready set go
on mark, get set, go
1, 2, 3
go higher more
water park, wave pool

He also has been making car/truck/bus/machine noises when he sees them and today he was trying to imitate the edger noise. He knows the name of all Daddy's lawn tools and was very impatient last night, screaming "edger" over and over. He loves to watch him work in the yard. He also loves tools and can name all of his play tools - hammer, pliers, wrench, screwdriver. He loves to play with my dad's bicycle pump. He is getting so tall and big. I don't know how tall he is but he is wearing a size 9 shoe and even has one pair of size 10 shoes. I think he's about 37 pounds now.

I can't believe he'll be two in a couple of months and I can't believe how much he can talk and how much he knows. He knows the names of some of his church friends-Lauren, Gavin, Caleb, and Carson. He says words all the time that I had no idea he knew and he remembers everything! For a week after Sea World, he said, "watch Papa Aly rollercoaster, Shamu ride" which means he saw Papa and Aly ride the rollercoaster and the Shamu ride. Whenever he sees a cat he always tells me that his friend Bennett has a cat and he hasn't been to his house since before Easter.

Rexford reminds us to say prayers everyday and wants to say them all the time. He tells me to say prayer before we pull out of the driveway and when we eat and when he goes to sleep. It's very cute. He folds his arms and says, "say prayer." Then he says amen at the end. He's so grown up!

Here are some pictures from this month.

My handsome boy

Rexford nervously climbing a tree for the first time

Rexford with a lizard in his bug box


Rexford wearing my boots watching tv. He loves to try on our shoes. Brian's shoes are too big and heavy so he prefers to walk around in mine.


Eating a fudge pop for the first time and loving it.

Rexford playing his computer game that Grandma and Grandpa Ursic got him for Christmas. He loves it and asks for "game" all the time.

More Sea World

My sister Alyson took these pictures last week and I just got them from her and thought they were really cute.

Rexford and Papa riding the carousel

Rexford playing the drums

Rexford loving the fun kid rides

We Love Sea World

Rexford loves going to Sea World and Papa and Aly went with us last week which he loved even more. My brother Caleb is a photographer at Sea World so if you see him there, let him take your picture! He took a few pictures for us and they turned out pretty cute.

Fun With Aly

Rexford loves all of his aunts and uncles and loves to see them often. He gets to see Aunt Aly more than anyone lately. They have been having lots of fun these past few weeks. They flew a kite at the park, played in the backyard, went to Sea World and Aquatica, and lots of other fun stuff. Here a couple of fun videos.

Just a year ago...

I was putting some pictures from my sister's camera on a cd the other day at my dad's house and I found a folder with pictures and videos from a year ago on my dad's computer. Rexford has grown up fast but looking at these pictures, it hit me how much he's changed in just one year. It was sad because he's not our little baby anymore but it's fun now too because he can do more things and communicate! Just thought I'd share a few of my favorite pictures and videos that I found.

My chubby little boy

Here's Rexford when he was learning to walk

Rexford with a fun toy

Rexford bouncing on a ball-notice the really cute laugh near the end

Baby Ursic

We had our first ultrasound today and the doctor decided to move my due date up to October 27th instead of November 7th. They aren't very clear but here are a couple of pictures of the baby.

My Little Man

So the other day we were getting ready to go to the mall for pretzels (Rexford's request) and shopping when Rexford told me to get the camera. He wanted me to take pictures of him and he kept telling me to take more. He was being so fun and smiling and posing by the door. Maybe next time we take him to get his pictures done he'll actually stand still like this. These pictures make me smile and I know I'm biased but I just think he's really cute here!

More Lizards

Daddy caught a lizard in the backyard last night for Rexford. He pet it and put his hands out to hold it but then got nervous and wouldn't do it.