Week after Spring Break.

We got home from our Spring Break activities on Monday night. It was a little extended due to the funeral. We were so glad to be home, but it was still a pretty chaotic week (as I mentioned...). Derrick had some crazy homework assignments to get done before he left on his trip Wednesday night. The University of Delaware invited him out to look at their school too. So it was busy until Wednesday night and the he left! And I was alone with the kids! I'm grateful to my dad for taking Derrick to the airport so I didn't have to drag the kids out in the middle of the night. He took a red eye flight, which he says he will never ever do again. It was very ...interesting... to feel like a single mom for a couple days. Very difficult, I will not lie. I can't imagine how I could do it, especially since I didn't even have to go to work during the day. And of course, Hayden had to get sick then. He was soooo clingy and it made it so hard to get anything done or take care of Halle. He was so miserable on Saturday, and told me that his ear hurt. This made me realize how glad I am that he can communicated! No more guessing what is wrong! I took him to the doctor before my Scentsy party that day (which only one person showed up for... and I am very grateful she came. It just felt really silly to make snacks and stuff for just one person.) Turns out, he both of his ears were infected! His fever was 102 when we went in and he fell asleep sitting up in the shopping cart when I went to pick up his antibiotics. He started to feel better within a day or so, but it took all week for him to get back to his regular funny self. I picked Derrick up from the airport that night. I was so glad to see him. Hayden missed him a lot too. He kept saying, "Dada skoo." or "Dada Skooze." Which means that Daddy is at school. He said it every morning when Derrick wasn't there, and many times throughout the day. It was really sad how much he missed his daddy.

Other Stuff:
Potty Training
I bought him a little potty. He is still very interested and asks to go. If he's cold, he asks for a blanket while he sits there. haha. He loves that he gets a treat if he goes, and a sticker if he tries. The only thing is that he always comes and asks to go after he has already gone in the diaper. I don't know how to get him to realize that he needs to tell me before. I think in a couple weeks I will just put him in underwear and ask him to go to the potty every half hour or so... Although I'm not really sure that would teach him when he needs to go, and he might get really sick of it. I figure, I will try and if he isn't ready I will just back off for a while until he wants to try again. He is only two, afterall.

"UP."
Translation: Throw up. This isn't really as gross as you think. I did not take a picture of my kid puking.
Hayden was coughing a lot when he was sick, and if he coughed hard enough he would throw up. After a few times of running him to the bathroom, he started to get it. Every time he would cough a little he would go to the bathroom and cough into the toilet. Every time I cough he tells me, "up." I thought it was so funny that he started to do that himself. He picks up on things fast.

Shoes

He put his shoes on by himself the other day. Quite impressive.


Then he decided it was time to go outside. Yes, he can open doors now. I did not encourage him to learn this! Scary! Now I'm paranoid that he will run away and I check the dead bolt a million times a day.


But guess what? It was cold. He loves to do the sign for cold. He clenches until he shakes.

Blackmail

hehe! I could not help it. You mommies know what this is.

Halle
Still such a good baby! She just hangs out! She's so patient when I have stuff to do, except for when she's hungry. She LOVES attention, and all you really have to do to get her to smile is look at her and talk to her. She has started to coo and giggle more too. She also sleeps better at night than Hayden does.