Shamrock Farms

I get daily emails from multiple discount websites like groupon, totsy, babyhalfoff, moolala, livingsocial, dealchicken, etc. Most of the time I just delete them without even viewing them. I also belong to way too many 'groups' on facebook which I usually ignore most posts from also. One day I happened to look at a post about an awesome deal on dealchicken. It was for a 1 hour farm tour at Shamrock Farms which also included a hot dog, chips, milk or water and ice cream. I was sold but I needed to 'sell' my husband.

He's generally not easy to 'sell' on things like this. However, this time, it was much easier than I thought. After looking at the deal he said 'lets do it'. Maybe it was because he showed cattle as a kid or the fact that our son loves animals. Whatever the reason was, I was ecstatic that he was in.

I'm not sure who was more excited for this but it turned out to be a success. We got to see all the cows, heffers (females who have not yet had babies), feed calves, play in their little play area and watch the cows get milked. It was fascinating and informative and a lot of fun. I'd actually love to do it again.

Milking time



Baby Calf

First sips of cows milk

MMMM Fresh ice cream

 Big milk slide

 Cottage Cheese slide

Cows letting us pass by

Tuckered out

A trip to the ER

February 23rd, we as a family, went to a Spring Training game. Preston was acting completely normal. He wanted nothing to do with the game but rather run around and find some kids to play with.

That night, or Sunday AM at 5:45am, he woke up crying. Chris said he had gone in there around 2:30 and changed him into shorts because he felt hot. When I went in there, he was burning up. I then took his temperature and it read 105.9. I freaked out. Terrified he would begin to have seizures so I yelled to Chris and told him we needed to leave ASAP. He asked where we were going and at that time, the only thing open was the ER.

We brushed our teeth and headed out. Our poor boy was exhausted and fell asleep for a bit in the car.

Luckily when we got to the ER, no one was there and they got us right in. Thd for they took his temperature again and he hated it (it was done anally) and it was high but not as high as when we took it at home.

We waited for a while, a Nurse came in and gave him Motrin and then we waited for the Dr.

 My poor boy just miserable!

 

 

The Dr came in and asked about his symptoms. The only thing was his fever. He didn't have any vomiting or diarrhea. He wanted to rule out any bacterial infection so he ordered blood work and a urine sample. We were worried how they were going to get the urine since he is not potty trained.

 

We were then moved to another room where two more nurses met us and explained they would have to do a catheter since he was not potty trained. I wanted to cry. My poor baby was going to have to endure some pain and I couldn't do anything about it.

He hated this arm band.



He did SO well. He cried but he never tried to pull away or anything. I had to hold his arms down so I was by his head. I kept telling him how well he was doing and how much I loved him as tears were rolling down both of our faces.

It didn't end once it was over. For the remainder of the day, every time he peed, he cried. I felt terrible.

They also had to do blood work and if it was bacterial, they didn't want to have to prick him twice so they left the IV part in his hand. He looked like he had a broken arm.

 He just looked so pitiful and only wanted his Mommy.

 

 Everything cam back fine, no bacterial infection so it must have been viral. We left and he had no fever.

Within an hour after we got home, his fever was back. It hasn't been 6 hours since his dose of Motrin so I didn't know what to do. I called the hospital and pleaded for help while fighting back tears. She advised me that there was nothing they could do since it wasn't bacterial and that we could alternate Tylenol and Advil. That's what we did and it kept the fever down but not gone. When we thought it was gone, it'd come back.

All he wanted to do was lay in bed with me and watch movies (very unlike him to sit still for that long). I enjoyed lying with him but I really just wanted him better. He wouldn't even eat ice cream and he looooves ice cream.

He started to finally feel better Monday afternoon. I was hoping the fever would be gone by Monday so I could return to work but it wasn't.

 

We again, just hung out and watched movies all day.

He wouldn't nap so we put the air mattress in the loft and he passed out watching a movie.

 

He started eating again and that's when I knew he was doing better.

 

 

I've never been so scared in my life and I hope I never have to visit the ER again for him. He was helpless and it tore me up. I wanted to take it all away for him but I couldn't. He looked to me to help him, to keep him safe but I had to let them do what they had to do. I think that was the hardest part.

 





It's time for time-out

You just turned 21 months and had to go into time-out for the first time on 2.21.13.

Recently, you've become obsessed with movies; Disney Cars, Finding Nemo, and Shrek are your three favorites. We moved the DVD player upstairs into the loft with all your toys.

Wednesday night we were upstairs, I was getting your bath ready and cleaning up a little bit when you kept touching the DVD player. I would tell you to not touch it and then I'd turn around to you opening the disk slot.

I finally decided we had to do something else. I picked you up, put you by our bedroom doors and told you not to get up. That was short lived. You cried, got up and ran into our closet. I brought you back to the time out spot and you just laughed.

It's so hard to be mad at your sweet face so I took your picture and smiled back. Maybe one day you'll get the idea that time-out isn't for fun.

21 Months

My little boy, you get sweeter and funnier every day. You blow our minds. I don't know how many times a day I tell you I love you or how cute you are. Your Daddy likes to call you 'angel baby' because you're an amazing gift from God.

Things you love:

Movies/cartoons. All of a sudden you're really into the tv. You love Disney Cars and Finding Nemo. Those are your two favorites. You do the sign for driving for Cars and you say 'mimi' for Nemo. We found out you loved these on our drive to Modesto, CA. You did great.

Dancing. You put your right arm up and kind of do a gallop. We say it's your version of Gangum Style. It's hilarious.

Kids especially older ones. You're not a huge fan of kids your age. You'd much rather hang out with the older kids. You had a blast in Modesto with all of your cousins. I wish you were able to see them more often.

Cars. Seeing them, pretending to drive them, playing with them, etc. You're a total boy.

 

Take pictures. You don't like when I try to take pictures of you but you like to take pictures with Mom's new iPhone.

Things you don't love:

Getting your diaper changed. Oh my gosh, you hate this. You whine the whole time.

Riding in the car. All of a sudden you really hate this. I think the main reason is because the sun shines in your face. We were planning to wait much longer after 2 before we turned your seat around but I think we may face it forward at your second birthday.

Other things about you:

You're ALL about Mom. When Mom and Dad are together, you want no one but Mom. I can't leave your sight without you crying for me. It gets very tiresome.

You can navigate an iPad or iPhone with no problems. You have a few favorite apps that you really enjoy playing.

You store food in your right cheek sometimes. It's either you don't like what we give you or you don't want any more. You then point to your cheek for me to scoop it out for you.

You peed on your new potty on 2/6/13 for the first time. You love to read on your potty. It's so cute!

You're new favorite word is 'no'. We feel like you play a tape and put it on repeat sometimes.


I continue to get compliments about you everywhere we go about how sweet or cute you are. You're such a friendly little boy who loves people.

 Helping Mom make peanut butter/chocolate pretzel bites

Walking around the grocery store with his hands in his pockets.

He loves the park

The things that excite a toddler fascinate me. Going to the park, playing with older boys, pulling his wagon, running grown the street either to catch mom or to run away from mom, chasing the dog. You name it.

Last night we went to two parks by our house. He played with some kids and he loved it. Most of the time, he'll just watch them and kind of do his own thing. He had a big bouncy ball that he likes to kick. We were heading home but he stopped in the grass and started playing with a boy his age. Then four older boys were trying to play football but Preston kept kicking his ball into them. One of the boys started playing with him. He loved it. He was laughing and when I told him we had to g I home, he started to cry. It was so sweet seeing him interact with the older boys. They were so good with him too.

20 Months

What, only 4 months until you are TWO?!?! Unreal. Just.Unreal.

You're still not a big talker and prefer to use your sign language more than anything but you're getting there. You try really hard to say new words and if you can't say something, you say 'bop'. It's pretty cute.

Words you can say are: no, Mimi for Grandma, Nana, Papa, down, bow, cheese, blue, more, baby, and bye

You do this new thing when you wanted to be picked up or put up onto something like the counter or couch: you gallop.

You love to help Mommy put dishes or clothes away and to put dirty clothes into the washer. You grab your step stool and bring it in right infront of the washer. Sometimes you get a good throw bit wild and the clothes go over the washer.

Newest thing is that you close your eyes for a few seconds and stop whatever you're doing then you open them really slowly.

You love your train table and bike that you got from Christmas.

You dance a lot especially when we play with your Mickey guitar.

You know to say 'cheese' when we take your picture although you're not really into getting your picture taken.

You love to run in circles and then stop and watch the room spin. You smile the whole time.

You had 2 big falls this month. One into your train table and the other was into the wall in the spare room upstairs. It looked like someone beat you up. I didn't like taking you out of the house until they healed. Luckily, it didn't take long.

You love getting adjusted by the Chiropractor. You do so well it blows my mind.

You love to weigh yourself after your bath. You get out, point to the scale and make 2 fists with your hands and have a huge smile on your face.

You got your hair cut for a 3rd time and you did great!

 You have a special bond with your Papa.

 We went to the Mormon Temple to see the Christmas lights. It was really cold but you loved running around and making friends.

 

You got your bottom left canine right before Christmas and your bottom left right after. You now have all of your teeth besides your 2 year old molars.

 

Wearing mostly 18 month clothing with some 12 month stuff. You're pushing 24 month shirts, I think.

19 Months

Well, this stupid website won't let me upload pictures, UGH!

Yeah, I know he's almost 20 months but I can't skip it.

This month, you either 1)didn't do too many new things or 2) I just forgot to write them down. I'm sure it's the latter of the two.

You can roll. Not like the first time you rolled. Roll like if you were to roll down a hill. It's adorable and I love watching you do it. I showed you once and you went with it. You can go both ways. You love to roll around your bedroom after your bath.

You now hold out your arms for hugs and you'll run to me with your arms wide open. *swoon*

You finally do Eskimo kisses back. You'll grab my face and rub my nose.

You meow although it doesn't really sound like that. It's just a high pitch squeel kind of.

You say 'plop' when you drop your blueberries into your yogurt.

You love to tuck your blanket under your chin when we're sitting in your rocking chair.

When I hum to you, you start humming back.

You can say 'baby' and it's SO cute! I love hearing you say it and you love saying it.

You're approximately 27 pounds, wearing mostly 18 month clothes. You still fit into a few 12 month things. Wearing size 4 diapers and size 5 shoes.