Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Sweet brothers
I brought in the exersaucer today for Cole. Trent was a good big brother amd was showing him how to play with it. So cute!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Spradley 2011 Year in Review
January - The year of 2011 didn’t start off on a very cheerful note. It was around Christmas time 2010 that the family heard awful news regarding Trevor’s Dad, Mike. His cancer had spread and all of the treatments had been exhausted. This was a very depressing time for the entire family and we just continued to spend as much time as possible with Mike while still blessed to have him in our lives.
February - During the month of February, Trent watch the Transformers movie for the first time and the obsession began. We watched the movie over and over again for months. We now also watch the animated series on The Hub as well. Trent’s favorite transformer is Optimus Prime (Opt) and Bumblebee (Bumba) is a close second. He is sure to point out every Bumblebee we see on the road. We also were very excited to find out that we were adding another baby boy to our sweet family, even though we already knew it was a boy! ;) We decided on the name Cole Sawyer Spradley. When we told Mike that we were having another boy, he replied “I knew it!”, while pointing his ever famous index finger. He now actually believed our method worked, unlike with Trent thinking it was a fluke. He continued to feed Little Trent Junior Mints and M&M’s at each visit and Trent started to visit Mike’s “candy drawer” like so many other grandchildren before.
March - This was a heart-wrenching time for the Spradley family. After a brave and courageous fight like nobody else’s you will ever witness in your entire lifetime, we lost our one-of-a-kind Mike Spradley. This is someone who never missed a day of work in the 6 years of battling cancer. He would drive himself to work and then go into chemo and then drive back to work. Talk about someone who embodies the word “hero”! We still miss him everyday, but he is with us always!! Believe that!!
April - I got the idea to move Trent into a big boy bed and completely decorated the spare room into a “Cars” theme with the Lightning McQueen bed and everything. Did Trent start sleeping in there as planned? Nope. Trevor continued to have him sleep with him in our bed….to be continued. Nana began having Tyler and Trent sleepover together to bond and be close cousins. They love playing together!
May - Trent discovered bath bubbles and loved them! I began my love for Vera Bradley! Trevor got a promotion at school as the Athletic Coordinator for the campus, even though he considers himself retired already. I had the pleasure of knowing I would not be back to school until November as I wrapped up the 2010-2011 school year. Great feeling!
June - Trevor, MaMa and Taylor went on a rode trip to the Kennemer Family Reunion in Amarillo. They stopped by Mikada on the way to break up the long drive. Trent had his first ride on Buck and immediately fell in love and rode like a natural. This was also a big month because Trent started attending a Mother’s Day out program three days a week at Chrysalis Lutheran and finally stopped using his pacifier thanks to his Big Sister and cousins.
July - This month was a blur. Trevor had an evasive procedure to try and get rid of his kidney stone, needless to say it wasn’t successful, but it kept him in bed for about 2 weeks. I was 9 months pregnant and playing nurse maid to Trevor while also taking care of Trent, who had started weekly speech therapy visits from an early intervention program. I was exhausted to say the least.
August - Cole came on August 2nd and was a complete breeze! I laugh and say, “I think he came when I sneezed.” because it was literally that easy this time. He is the easiest going baby and I don’t remember life without him, he is a such a sweet boy! Trevor had another procedure done and finally rid himself of kidney stones. Trent continued school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taylor turned 19 years old, which I still find hard to believe and is taking another couple of basic classes at Lone Star while trying to figure out what to major in.
September - We sold the “Cars” bed and replaced it with a full size bed, which means Trevor and Trent sleep in Trent’s room and I returned to the King size TempurPedic with Cole. I turned 33 and Taylor got her first job working retail at Charlotte Russe in the Outlet Mall in Cypress. Trevor was busy with football season and I was busy at home on maternity leave with two little boys. Luckily, I had tons of help whenever I needed it from my wonderful mother-in-law and my Mom!
October - This was a busy month, mostly because I knew it was my last month before returning to work and I wanted to be productive. We finally found Trevor a good, used, reliable truck. He looks so good in it! I enrolled Trent in a soccer academy, which he enjoyed only 2 times before it became a fight to go and we stopped going. Trent went to the dentist for his visit and did awesome! We also went trick-or-treating for the first time and Trent fell in love with the whole thing, of course he went as Optimus Prime. Cole had his 2 month check up and did awesome and is growing like a weed!
November - This was a month full of changes. I went back to work. Cole started going to his Nunu’s everyday and loves her. Trent continued Chrysalis, but also got into a speech program at Lamkin Elementary. So, he started going in the mornings to Chrysalis everyday, then a bus picks him up at 12:15 and he goes to Lamkin across the street in the afternoons. He no longer has a nap. A bus takes him back to Chrysalis around 4 for us to pick him up after work. Mornings are super busy getting 2 little ones ready and dropping them off at 2 different places and trying to get to work by a reasonable time. Trent is exhausted when we pick him up from school and is usually ready for bed around 7:30 or 8 now. Trent celebrated his 3rd birthday in November. It was so cute to see him actually blow out his candle this year because he understood.
December - We unsuccessfully tried to potty train Trent this month. We will try again next month. However, we have seen major gains in Trent’s speech progression. He is learning new words everyday and now will try to repeat words you ask him say. He is really starting to show affection for his baby brother too now, which is super sweet to see. Trent is into Christmas this year. He likes to turn the Christmas tree lights on and off, as well as the lawn blow up decorations. These are his jobs. He recognizes who Santa is and gets excited when you talk about presents, “Oooooh!”
Thank you for reading about our 2011. I am hoping next year is full of health and blessings!
Love,
Trevor, Courtney, Taylor, Trent and Cole Spradley
February - During the month of February, Trent watch the Transformers movie for the first time and the obsession began. We watched the movie over and over again for months. We now also watch the animated series on The Hub as well. Trent’s favorite transformer is Optimus Prime (Opt) and Bumblebee (Bumba) is a close second. He is sure to point out every Bumblebee we see on the road. We also were very excited to find out that we were adding another baby boy to our sweet family, even though we already knew it was a boy! ;) We decided on the name Cole Sawyer Spradley. When we told Mike that we were having another boy, he replied “I knew it!”, while pointing his ever famous index finger. He now actually believed our method worked, unlike with Trent thinking it was a fluke. He continued to feed Little Trent Junior Mints and M&M’s at each visit and Trent started to visit Mike’s “candy drawer” like so many other grandchildren before.
March - This was a heart-wrenching time for the Spradley family. After a brave and courageous fight like nobody else’s you will ever witness in your entire lifetime, we lost our one-of-a-kind Mike Spradley. This is someone who never missed a day of work in the 6 years of battling cancer. He would drive himself to work and then go into chemo and then drive back to work. Talk about someone who embodies the word “hero”! We still miss him everyday, but he is with us always!! Believe that!!
April - I got the idea to move Trent into a big boy bed and completely decorated the spare room into a “Cars” theme with the Lightning McQueen bed and everything. Did Trent start sleeping in there as planned? Nope. Trevor continued to have him sleep with him in our bed….to be continued. Nana began having Tyler and Trent sleepover together to bond and be close cousins. They love playing together!
May - Trent discovered bath bubbles and loved them! I began my love for Vera Bradley! Trevor got a promotion at school as the Athletic Coordinator for the campus, even though he considers himself retired already. I had the pleasure of knowing I would not be back to school until November as I wrapped up the 2010-2011 school year. Great feeling!
June - Trevor, MaMa and Taylor went on a rode trip to the Kennemer Family Reunion in Amarillo. They stopped by Mikada on the way to break up the long drive. Trent had his first ride on Buck and immediately fell in love and rode like a natural. This was also a big month because Trent started attending a Mother’s Day out program three days a week at Chrysalis Lutheran and finally stopped using his pacifier thanks to his Big Sister and cousins.
July - This month was a blur. Trevor had an evasive procedure to try and get rid of his kidney stone, needless to say it wasn’t successful, but it kept him in bed for about 2 weeks. I was 9 months pregnant and playing nurse maid to Trevor while also taking care of Trent, who had started weekly speech therapy visits from an early intervention program. I was exhausted to say the least.
August - Cole came on August 2nd and was a complete breeze! I laugh and say, “I think he came when I sneezed.” because it was literally that easy this time. He is the easiest going baby and I don’t remember life without him, he is a such a sweet boy! Trevor had another procedure done and finally rid himself of kidney stones. Trent continued school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taylor turned 19 years old, which I still find hard to believe and is taking another couple of basic classes at Lone Star while trying to figure out what to major in.
September - We sold the “Cars” bed and replaced it with a full size bed, which means Trevor and Trent sleep in Trent’s room and I returned to the King size TempurPedic with Cole. I turned 33 and Taylor got her first job working retail at Charlotte Russe in the Outlet Mall in Cypress. Trevor was busy with football season and I was busy at home on maternity leave with two little boys. Luckily, I had tons of help whenever I needed it from my wonderful mother-in-law and my Mom!
October - This was a busy month, mostly because I knew it was my last month before returning to work and I wanted to be productive. We finally found Trevor a good, used, reliable truck. He looks so good in it! I enrolled Trent in a soccer academy, which he enjoyed only 2 times before it became a fight to go and we stopped going. Trent went to the dentist for his visit and did awesome! We also went trick-or-treating for the first time and Trent fell in love with the whole thing, of course he went as Optimus Prime. Cole had his 2 month check up and did awesome and is growing like a weed!
November - This was a month full of changes. I went back to work. Cole started going to his Nunu’s everyday and loves her. Trent continued Chrysalis, but also got into a speech program at Lamkin Elementary. So, he started going in the mornings to Chrysalis everyday, then a bus picks him up at 12:15 and he goes to Lamkin across the street in the afternoons. He no longer has a nap. A bus takes him back to Chrysalis around 4 for us to pick him up after work. Mornings are super busy getting 2 little ones ready and dropping them off at 2 different places and trying to get to work by a reasonable time. Trent is exhausted when we pick him up from school and is usually ready for bed around 7:30 or 8 now. Trent celebrated his 3rd birthday in November. It was so cute to see him actually blow out his candle this year because he understood.
December - We unsuccessfully tried to potty train Trent this month. We will try again next month. However, we have seen major gains in Trent’s speech progression. He is learning new words everyday and now will try to repeat words you ask him say. He is really starting to show affection for his baby brother too now, which is super sweet to see. Trent is into Christmas this year. He likes to turn the Christmas tree lights on and off, as well as the lawn blow up decorations. These are his jobs. He recognizes who Santa is and gets excited when you talk about presents, “Oooooh!”
Thank you for reading about our 2011. I am hoping next year is full of health and blessings!
Love,
Trevor, Courtney, Taylor, Trent and Cole Spradley
Friday, December 16, 2011
More new words...
- Mine (as he showed Trevor his new gun)
- Yee Haw (as he used his gun to shoot Trevor)
- Here (as he gaveme his empty juice)
- Please (as he asked me for juice)
- Hi You
- What is that? - he has added the "is" to what used to be "what that?"
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Words
Last night Trent said a few words that we hadn't heard before..
- burger
- brush
- want some
He also was loving on his baby brother and tried to pick him up...so sweet!!! He is protective over him too. Last week, Trevor picked up both boys after school. He had to take Cole in when he picked up Trent. Well, he acted like he was going to walk out of the room and leave Cole on the table in his carrier and Trent made sure to let Trevor know to get Cole and not leave him there. Sweet boy!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cuddle time
I took this picture as proof that Trent is super sweet to his Mommy when Daddy is not home.
Trevor worked a basketball game and Cole was already asleep so Trent watched TV with me and cuddled with me until it was bedtime. Such a good boy!!! Love him!
Trevor worked a basketball game and Cole was already asleep so Trent watched TV with me and cuddled with me until it was bedtime. Such a good boy!!! Love him!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Trent's new words
white
teeth
chop, chop
dragon
red
black
NO (to everything)
hult (hulk) for green
box
bat (for bat and Batman)
bock-bock (for Chicken)
Last night he said his version of brush
Thank you
You're welcome
pan pan (pancakes)
peets (pizza)
Trent has really improved his speech. He tries to repeat words now that you say. He is better at finding the sounds to say. It is so great to watch his progression!!
He is really getting into the idea of Christmas. He was so excited for me to put up the tree on Saturday. He loves to plug the lights in and have them come on and say "wow!!" I wish he would leave the ornaments on it though.
teeth
chop, chop
dragon
red
black
NO (to everything)
hult (hulk) for green
box
bat (for bat and Batman)
bock-bock (for Chicken)
Last night he said his version of brush
Thank you
You're welcome
pan pan (pancakes)
peets (pizza)
Trent has really improved his speech. He tries to repeat words now that you say. He is better at finding the sounds to say. It is so great to watch his progression!!
He is really getting into the idea of Christmas. He was so excited for me to put up the tree on Saturday. He loves to plug the lights in and have them come on and say "wow!!" I wish he would leave the ornaments on it though.
Potty Training - Take 1
So, this weekend we attempted to Potty Train Trent since the rest of his class at Chrysalis is well on their way to being fully potty trained.
To make a long story short, it didn't go really well. In four hours on Saturday after starting, we had already gone through 6 pairs of underwear. Trent wants absolutely nothing to do at all with the big potty. He starts to scream and fight when we take him to the potty. Needless to say, we threw in the towel by Sunday evening.
I asked his teacher at Chrysalis, Ms. Sue this morning if he would attempt to use the potty at school and she said yes. He never goes peepee in the potty, but he will go up to it and take off his diaper and stand there, which we couldn't get him to do at all. So, then I emailed Ms. Ryann after I got to school and told her about our weekend. She said something similar. He will sit on the potty at Lamkin, but will not do anythng. Well, if nothing else atleast he is obedient at school even if he rebels at home. She said he is definitely not ready if he is fighting us about it at home. It shouldn't be a traumatic thing, which I had read that already.
We will try again over the Christmas break. If we have the same result then, maybe we can try again over Spring Break with better results.
Ms. Ryann asked me if we feed Trent his food because he wants them to at Lamkin. I said definitely NO we do not feed him his food. He has been fedding himself for over a year. He acts differently everywhere he goes these days I guess. I know we don't feed him and I know he feeds himself at Chrysalis too. Kids these days!!!
On the Cole-Front.....he is sleeping a little better with a formula bottle before bed with Rice cereal and being swaddled....last night only a couple of hours at a time...but we are definitely making progress I think. Love tis kid!! He is all smiles, all the time!!!
To make a long story short, it didn't go really well. In four hours on Saturday after starting, we had already gone through 6 pairs of underwear. Trent wants absolutely nothing to do at all with the big potty. He starts to scream and fight when we take him to the potty. Needless to say, we threw in the towel by Sunday evening.
I asked his teacher at Chrysalis, Ms. Sue this morning if he would attempt to use the potty at school and she said yes. He never goes peepee in the potty, but he will go up to it and take off his diaper and stand there, which we couldn't get him to do at all. So, then I emailed Ms. Ryann after I got to school and told her about our weekend. She said something similar. He will sit on the potty at Lamkin, but will not do anythng. Well, if nothing else atleast he is obedient at school even if he rebels at home. She said he is definitely not ready if he is fighting us about it at home. It shouldn't be a traumatic thing, which I had read that already.
We will try again over the Christmas break. If we have the same result then, maybe we can try again over Spring Break with better results.
Ms. Ryann asked me if we feed Trent his food because he wants them to at Lamkin. I said definitely NO we do not feed him his food. He has been fedding himself for over a year. He acts differently everywhere he goes these days I guess. I know we don't feed him and I know he feeds himself at Chrysalis too. Kids these days!!!
On the Cole-Front.....he is sleeping a little better with a formula bottle before bed with Rice cereal and being swaddled....last night only a couple of hours at a time...but we are definitely making progress I think. Love tis kid!! He is all smiles, all the time!!!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Mommy and boy night
Trevor had to work a game tonight so it was just me and the boys. Trent got all cleaned up early and chilled in bed with Cole and I. He started fading fast and by 7:30 he was ready for bed. I asked if he was ready for bed and he climbed down and started walking to his room....I tucked him in, gave him a kiss and he was out in minutes. Poor baby!!
Spradley House
We are on the road to recovery finally!!
Cole has officially stopped coughing...only a bit of a runny nose, but I think that is just due to the cold temperatures.
Trent is starting to feel better. He is halfway through his antibiotics for his ear infection. Luckily, Trent is great at taking oral medicine. I call it "magic juice" and he gets all excited about it. I am assuming they have it tasting yummy for him. He still has a bit of a cough and it sleeping with a humidifier. I also have been putting Vick's on his chest because he likes it....he loves the cool feeling and the smell. So funny!! He is still a little run down just from keeping up with his new schedule with no naps. He is out within minutes of getting into bed these days..it is great!!
Mommy is starting to feel better too. I have one more day of antibiotics for my ear infections and the pain has subsided. I still have a cloudy feeling though and my ears feel like they are covered up. I would love some more sleep, but other than that all is good.
Cole has officially stopped coughing...only a bit of a runny nose, but I think that is just due to the cold temperatures.
Trent is starting to feel better. He is halfway through his antibiotics for his ear infection. Luckily, Trent is great at taking oral medicine. I call it "magic juice" and he gets all excited about it. I am assuming they have it tasting yummy for him. He still has a bit of a cough and it sleeping with a humidifier. I also have been putting Vick's on his chest because he likes it....he loves the cool feeling and the smell. So funny!! He is still a little run down just from keeping up with his new schedule with no naps. He is out within minutes of getting into bed these days..it is great!!
Mommy is starting to feel better too. I have one more day of antibiotics for my ear infections and the pain has subsided. I still have a cloudy feeling though and my ears feel like they are covered up. I would love some more sleep, but other than that all is good.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
My sweet Cole
Cole chillin in the borrowed Bumbo seat from cousins Ava and Brynn (both outgrown it). One of the many wonderful things about having babies so close tother. He can handle some pink for a little while ;)
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