Anthony's 2nd B Day

We had a great birthday. Lots of friends and family came over to the house and we had one of Anthony's favorites... tacos. Lots of presents were opened. Anthony did pretty well. The entire day was great. He napped on time and was happy all day. Before the party we went to get balloons. That was fun. 12 balloons don't fit in my truck... 10 do. We lots two before we left the parking lot.
On his actually birthday, we went to Rib city. Maybe that was for me more than him.Later we took photos in the front yard. It was a great two days. Thanks everyone for making this a special day.
Here are the Party PHOTOS CLICK HERE

After working 12 days straight (thanks Hurricane Isaac) It was nice to have a 3 day weekend.

Highlights in this post: Anthony can successfully climb without injury or falling out of the crib.

Lots of words. repeats everything. Too many to keep track of. Lots of 3 word sentences.

Aug 25, 2012 was Grandpa Rices 60th B Day party. Swimming, Food and gifts. Lots of lotto scratch offs. Grandpa won 90 dollars total. 

 Hugging cousin Vincent. The are a year apart.

We went to a new (at least to us) place. The Aquatic Center in Fort Myers. Great time. Kids pool is only 2 feet deep. Great life guards. Also have 3 adult slides.

 We are slowly making the switch to the big bed. Scoring on a 100 scale, it is going about 50. Good and bad nights. This was his first nap that he choose to sleep in the bed. Not forcing him just letting him when he is ready. The last week or so he hasn't been sleeping well. Wakes up a few times. Sometimes longer than others. I think he is waking up hungry but I really don't want to give him food cause then he will always want food in the middle the night. I give in and sleep with him on the big bed which is also bad I know.

We went to Head Pinz. This is the new name for Friendship Lanes near the house. They are family friendly and remodeling the entire place. Huge game room. I got some free play cards so we used them up on the game room. Was a full time job following him around. Doesn't have a long attention span.

 Candi told us about the Labor day celebration at the German AMerican club. It was a little hot even though we got there at opening at 10am. Not many people so he was able to run around more than 2 feet from us without us worrying too much. He really enjoyed it.

Then it was Chick-Fil-A, nap time and then the pool. Pretty good weekend.

Nothing like preparing for a non hurricane. Anthony had a good time helping. He carried my drill from window to window. Then tried real hard to screw on the wing nuts. Next hurricane season he will be able to help carry the big shutters around. :)

Back to Normal

Friday night Anthony stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Rice. It had been a month since he stayed the night and Grandma was dropping hints this week she wanted to watch him.

A night with grandma and grandpas so you know he was spoiled all night.

Friday afternoon before grandma picked him up we spent a while outside pushing the car and the kawasaki around. He gets tired of riding it so he likes to push it and load the front compartment up with rocks.

Sunday we went to the beach. Great day. Hot of course but a nice breeze. He had his swim stuff on but never made it to the water. He was happy playing in the sand for two hours.  After that we went to Micky D's with Grandpa Dennis. The chant.... "We want Ice cream" was shouted. Sorry no ice cream. Too close to nap time, not that that mattered cause he didn't fall asleep. But he talked to himself for about an hour while laura and I went in the pool and listened on the monitor.

After food he went up in the play house. And so did I. Not really made for an adult. But he had fun showing me how to do every thing. 

No broken bones, broken dishes or spilt milk so it was a good weekend.

All better and back to school

During dinner Thursday, like aways we asked Anthony about his day.

Did you have fun today? YEAH

Did  you learn lots at school? YEAH

Did you win a million dollars? YEAH

What did you and grandpa do today? (short pause) LIZARD LIZARD LIZARD.

He and Grandpa Dennis caught a lizard with a net and Anthony got to touch it.

It was a good day. 

Sick Update to the Update

Sunday night was a long night. We didn't sleep much. 
Monday afternoon it was time to head back to the doctor. We might have been nearing the end of the fever but 5 days was enough. The doctor said he noticed the start of an ear infection. He gave him some antibiotics. He told us they are Free at Publix. :)  Tuesday morning things were getting better. Wednesday morning he could breath out of his nose without a problem and he was hungry. Seems like he is almost back to normal. Time to head back to daycare Thursday. The doc suggested after a full day without fever you can go back to daycare. We waited two days.

This has been a long few days. 

Anthony is sick update

Still sick. He is sleeping well for about 6 hours. That is about the time the tylenol wears off. Then he wakes up calling daddy every 15 minutes. Saturday I waited until about 530 before I got him. Sunday we only made it until 430. He has been very thirsty in the AM, so I put the liquid tylenol in a little water so he would drink it up. He and I kinda of slept on the couch until 730.  The hardest part is listening to him breath. He wakes himself up cause he cant breath every 10 min or so. Poor Guy. All weekend long he just wanted me to hold him. It has been a nice weekend just being there for him. Luckily he wanted me this weekend and not Laura. She worked all day both days on school work. Monday we will head back to the doctors. They said the fever should only last 5 day. Sunday is the 5th day.

Sick Anthony

Anthony has had a cold on and off for a couple weeks. This week a fever started. Thursday afternoon we took him to the doctor. It was like we assumed, just a basic cold. We had been giving him Child Tylenol to bring the fever down... and improve attitude. Takes about 45 minutes to kick in. The doctor said that fevers rise in the morning and again about sundown. Yeah, he was right. So he said to give him Tylenol and Motrin in the AM and at night. Full doses.
     We decided that I would take off work Friday and stay home with him. I am pretty sure I held him from 545a when he woke up until he went to bed at 7p. Thank goodness for Netflix, Barney and Cat in the Hat. Well worth the 8 dollars a month. For him being sick we actually had a good day.            The highlight of the day was while watching Cat in the Hat. Lions were licking the people.
Then I feel something on the arm. It was Anthony licking me. Yeah it was pretty funny.
When Laura got home from work I figured he would go to her since we had been together all day. Nope. He was all about daddy. Wanted Daddy and nobody else. :)

The first Wednesday of the month the City of Cape Coral has an event at the beach. Car Show, Music, arts and crafts. The humidity was down to maybe 50 percent so it wasn't too bad with the ocean/river breeze. A little food, music, beach and playground made for a nice Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, Anthony made it to Jason's Deli with Grandma Dennis. Time for Ice Cream.

Friday afternoon we sat outside and played in the yard. In the shade it was tolerable. Can't wait for Fall.

Saturday Anthony and I went to the park and played peek a boo, chased lizards and did pushups.

Laura didn't need to go to the gym, plenty of workout in the park.

Saturday we went to a Cape Coral Parks and Rec event. They were showing off all the activities you can do in the Cape. Had a good time. The teacher from the music/dance class Anthony has been taking was there. So Anthony got to show off the stuff he has learned.  (video below). In the giveaway I won two rounds of golf.
Sunday it was beach time. Normal beach day. Anthony wants to play in the water with older kids. He doesn't realize that he can only walk out so far before his head goes under. He just wants to keep walking. (yes we are right beside him) The we went to four freedoms and ran into his buddy Zayne. He and his Great Grandfather are always at the parks.
The first days of school went well but now he doesn't want us to leave and cries. It makes the mornings a little harder.
The morning at home goes fast. Food, dressed and Out the door at 645... AM.

On Laura's last day off she decided to paint. I am undecided on the color. Technically I picked it out though... she sent me a photo of a couple swatches and I picked one. We are going Key West Style. Not as bright in person.

School seems to be going well. Thursday he didn't want mom to leave and started to cry. Friday everything was fine. Wednesday I took off to go to Anthony's music class. He has learned a lot in the last 5 weeks in class. Also a teachers pet. He helps clean up the toys. Too bad he doesn't do that at home. 

This is outside the daycare. Didn't know there was a ranch in the middle of Cape Coral

 First Trip to Burger King

Just woke up from a nap.

Learning how to start Grandpa's van

Giddy Up

First Day of School

First day of school. Laura was running a little latter than she wanted to this morning. Arrive at 7 ... or 745. That is close. 

Laura decided to put his initials on his book bag. His underwear is next. Poor Kid.

He was just happy to be the first one there. That means he got to play with all the toys first.

As I am writing this, he only has 90 minutes left before Laura picks him up and then it will be nap time.

Too bad he can't tell us about his day yet. 

His list of words he knows grows every day. 1 - 2 words a day now. We definitely have to watch what we say.