Happy Birthday Alex!

Today is my sweet little boy's 4th birthday! I can't believe how fast time goes by! I remember the day he was born! I remember being super irritated and upset when March 14th came and went, because that was my due date! I know one day doesn't seem like a BIG DEAL, but to an exhausted pregnant woman it IS! (o:

Anyway he was born March 15, 2006 at 16:16! He was 7lbs 5.5oz, and 19 1/2 inches long! He was a HARD baby! He has always wanted to be active and on the move. He never learned to crawl. He started walking first. AFTER his 1st birthday, and after he had been walking for a few months he learned to crawl LOL He didnt do it for very long though. He decided it was too slow and took too much effort to crawl lol So he ditched that pretty fast. He was a fast talker too. And he STILL talks a lot! Little chatterbox!

I love his sense of humor. He is so funny! He has a great attitude and is just an over all sweet boy!

His favorite sayings:

• "Moooooooommmmmmmmmmmmm!"
• "For funsies"
• "Oh crap on a stick!" (Thanks to Daddy lol)
• "Are you happy?"
• "Look at my face, do I look happy to you?" LOL
• "Lets play VIDEO GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure there are a million more, but these are the ones he says most often LOL

His Favorite Things:

1. Neow (Stuffed Lion)
2. WowWow (Stuffed dog)
3. His "lappy"
4. His "little TV"
5. Video Games
6. Books
7. His Mustang
8. His Bike
9. His Scooter
10. Cars
11. Sports Balls

He is a very active kiddo. He love running around, and loves when you read familar stories wrong. LOL He thinks its HILARIOUS and we crack up almost every night reading stories wrong.

He also loves its when we tell him to get dressed, and when he doesnt want to we tell him to put his clothes on the wrong parts of his body. ex

"Put your shoes on your shoulders"
"Put your socks on your nose"
"Put your pants on your toes"

And then he laughs and says "Mom! Shoes go on your feet!", and I say "No they dont! Show me! I bet they wont fit on your feet!" and he shows me where and how the right clothing belongs on the certain body part and before he knows it he is fully dressed LOL hahaha what a trickster we are! LOL

He is a GREAT big brother! He says "Mom if Gabe drops a toy, I will rush over to him and pick it up so he's not sad anymore!" LOL

The other day he told me "MOM! Don't say bad words to me!!!!!!"

I was like OMG! Wat did I say?!

Me-"What did I say?!"
Alex-"I can't say it Mom, its TOO BAD!"
(So I'm sitting there rewinding our conversation, and couldnt for the life of me think of what I said that was SO BAD!)
Me-"Just tell me, so that I wont say it again!"
Alex-"You said, 'It's time for bed!' Why did you say that bad word to me Mom?!"

I started CRACKING up! LOL In his mind going to bed is the WORST thing (besides having to Poop LOL) so when I told him that he had to go bed that was a horrid thing to say to him!!

He hates having to stop doing anything to go Poop LOL he gets so mad when he has to go poop! (LOL He will love it that I'm sharing this story with everyone lol) So the other day he told me that he only wants to poop on Thursdays LOL This was on Sunday! LOL

He is so funny! LOL I could go ON and ON about the shenanigains that he says and does.

Happy Birthday Baby! Mom and Dad love you!!

WHAT?!/

Gabe has RSV and Pneumonia.... fun stuff

RSV

Gabe has had a cough and runny nose since we got home from California. I didn't think it was a big deal since Alex and Gabe usually get runny noses and coughs when we leave CA since there are cats at Gramma's house and they are both allergic to them. So I've had the humidifier on for him and been watching him. On Thursday he was kinda crabbier than usual, but he was still ok. On Friday night he was VERY VERY cranky. I gave him a warm bath and that seemed to calm him down some. But he woke up at 11:30pm and wanted to snuggle. So we snuggled and he fell asleep. He woke up again at 1:45am, and was burning UP! He had a fever of 101.4. Thats the highest he's ever had! so we gave him tylenol and put a cold washcloth on his head. That seemed to help him and he fell asleep. At 4:10am he woke up again and couldnt sleep. He was very upset. David decided that he would be the one to get up and let me get some sleep. of course my babies dont ever want anyone else when they arent feel well. So he just cried and cried. So i went downstairs and sent David to bed. No use having both of us awake. About 20 minutes later Gabe was able to sleep, and we slept downstairs. I was very tired! We had friends over from CA this weekend too, so I felt bad that they ad to try and sleep while Gabe was crying, and felt bad for Gabe too!

We also had family pictures for my Mom today, and I was worried that Gabe would cry the entire time! He did very well during the pictures! So that was nice! After the pictures we went to Peter Piper Pizza for Alex's birthday (Isnt until the 15th) but since our friends were here we decided to celebrate his birthday a week early! (o: He had a lot of fun playing with Ashley! They get along so well! Share nicely and dont fight! I love it! (o: Anyway during this time Gave was sleeping, and he sounded really congested! So I decided that I should take him to Urgent Care and get him checked out.

While we were at Good Night Pediatrics (A pediatric urgent care that is opened from 5pm-5am everyday!) anyway he was tested for RSV and it came back positie. He has a mild case of it that doesnt require hospitalization, as long as we follow the doctors "tricks" as she called them. We need to use nasal drops everytime we offer him anything to eat or drink, or before he lays down. We also have to run boiling hot water and let the steam hit him for 20 minutes before bedtime every night too. And also keep him very hydrated.

RSV is scary if it gets into his lungs which right now are clear and sound good! PHEW! So we have our work cut out for us the next few days!

Never a dull moment with this little guy! But I would never change him for anything in the world!!

Brotherly Love

I love my boys! They have fun together already!

No More Mr. Nice Guy!

(Remember this is MY blog, and if you dont like what I say, how I say or WHY I say it, stop reading now, or get over it! Its MY blog and I'm allowed to write whatever I want! So there!)


Alex is a pretty big kid. He is tall, and pretty solidly built. And is a VERY nice boy. He shares, he plays nicely for the most part. Which makes him an easy target with other kids being mean to him. People take toys away, don't share, yell at him, hit, bite, lock him in rooms, throw things at him and are in general not nice! We've always told Alex that he should share toys with EVERYONE. Especially when people come to our house because they don't have their toys there. And that when we go to THEIR house they will share their toys with him.

Alex spends most of the day at my Mom's house where there are a million toys and some are HIS (like from our house, or his Auntie buys them for him) and others are "daycare" toys which mean they are no ones just whoever wants to play with them. At my Mom's house she doesn't care if the toys belong to a particular kid. If they are there and not being played with its free reign. So all the kids know and accept that. So whatever kids are NOT willing to share at her house she tells parents not to bring the toy back. Or she puts away (in the kids bags) to be out of sight out of mind type thing. So Alex knows he HAS to share. And if he's not willing to share he cant play with other kids toys either. Lets face it, he's 3 so some days that works better than others. But for the most part he DOES share. When kids come to our house it gets kinda tricky because everything there IS HIS. But he stills knows that he HAS to share! There are things, like his lappy (kid lap top), Neow (favorite stuffed animal) or WowWow that ARE 100% off limits. So when kids come over those are things that get taken to his room while kids are here so no one is tempted. Other than those few things everyone gets to play with everything. If he doesnt share he too gets the toys taken away. No negotiations about it. He knows he HAS to share and there are no ands ifs or buts about it!

He has a hard time trying to understand WHY people wont share everything with him. And he's used to being able to play with whatever someone else isn't playing with so he doesnt get why if someone isnt playing with something then why cant he? Everyone has different house rules about sharing but those are hard to explain to a 3 year old. So when we go to Grammas house he ends up being sad a lot of the time because at Grammas house all toys used to be everyones, but now his cousins live there and they have their toys and arent very good at sharing a lot of the time. So they dont let him play with certain toys or give him the crappy messed up toys to play with. Which sucks but what can you do? Its NOT our house, and they arent our kids to MAKE share. So we try to distract him with books, or other toys or when it gets bad we leave and go to the park or to a friends house.

This past weekend we were there and they shared toys better this time and he was less sad about the sharing of toys thing. But then his older cousin (6) closed the door to the grandkid room. They have those child door knob locks on the inside of the door so kids stay in their room for naps and bedtime or whatever. But Alex CANT open those. To be honest he has a hard time opening doors period. We never have doors closed at our house so he's not used to that. Anyway I heard him crying and ran upstairs and he was laying down in front of the door hysterical because he couldn't get out. The sight of his scared little face instantly made my blood boil!! I picked him up and he kept telling me his cousin locked him in the room. So I asked her if she did, and she said yes. Then asked her why? and she said "So he wouldnt follow us anymore." She then tells her Mom she didnt know he was in there! That made me mad. I was the maddest I've ever been in a LONG time! I seriously wanted to pack up my kids and drive to AZ that night.

Anyways that started a conversation between David and myself on the ride home. We decided we are no longer going to MAKE Alex share, or be nice to kids that arent nice or sharing with him. If someone hits him, he is ALLOWED to hit back, if someone bites him, he is ALLOWED to bite back , if kids take toys away from him, he is ALLOWED to take it back, and so on and so forth. Its so NOT fair that he always HAS to be nice to everyone when they arent being nice to him. That's going to let him allow himself to be walked all over at school. And I so dont want that to happen. So watch out this is everyones warning, if you are mean to Alex he is not going to roll over and cry about it anymore! Nope, no more Mr. Nice Guy!! Like Mario my brother told him "Nice guys finish last! Pay back is a B****C!" (Oh yeah, Mario didn't actually use the "B" word with him lol Just explained it and it's too long and thats pretty much what he meant LOL)

Now dont get me wrong, he knows that if kids are YOUNGER than him they dont understand they shouldnt hit or take away toys. So he still needs to be nice to them. AND that no matter WHAT he ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS has to SHARE EVERYTHING with his brother! New or old! So we'll see how this goes... he probably wont do anything back. But at least he knows he's allowed to defent himself. Now he also knows that he isnt allowed to be the one to hit or take things away UNLESS the kid is being mean to him first. So we'll see!

P.S Its not just his cousins that are mean to Alex, he has some friends that do stuff to him too. His friend threw a huge rock at the back of his head once, he gets bit regularly at my Moms house from a kid there. The same kid that threw the rock slammed his hand in the garage door. Ect so don't think this is only because of his cousins. The same thing happens with most kids! Alex just doesn't stand up for himself, and thats what we're trying to teach him. We dont want him to be a bully! LOL

Geesh

I am so DONE with today! Kids were driving me CRAZY!!!! Too much talking, and being loud and obnoxious! YEY for it being over!

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I don't understand people sometimes... their actions and their attitude is just simply mind boggling to me!