P Dude :)

My little man has SUCH a personality...

He has a new favorite saying that he has become a fan of.

"Hello, McFly"

Quite funny! Bonus, when Ryan asks him a question he says "No Dad".
Hehehe, its pretty fantastic.

Oh boy, boy o boy

Oh wise mothers in the world: my night with the Pdude.

So, I was working on making dinner for my lovely family when all heck broke loose. I was alone in the kitchen (Ryan was working out)as Pdude was behind me, coloring at the kitchen table (rookie mistake). I turned to the stove and dumped the chicken bits into the casserole dish. I turned back and Pman wasn't at the table. I had a second or so of panic as I stepped around the kitchen island... and found this.




Naturally, I snapped a quick photo of P - then prepared to give the traditional "we only color on the pages" lecture that all parents give. However, P was one step ahead of me. He suddenly yelled "Mommy, gotta poopy" and ran to the bathroom. Well, I hopped up and followed him (leaving crayon AND dinner behind) where he was crying and standing next to Elmo Potty. I quickly stripped off his diaper and pants and sat him down. Well, P then went poop in the potty. This being the first time he has done anything but sit idly on this little contraption, I celebrated this moment! (Mildly, thanks to advice from Regina Palmer). I then redressed Pman and headed back to the kitchen and cleaned up the crayon.

So, he thwarted punishment tonight by deciding to outdo himself - and go poopy on potty. Though we did discuss not coloring on the wall while mommy scrubbed off the wall. Then returned to finish said casserole for dinner.


Ahh, P. :)

Pman "Genius Child" Aerni

Oh my little P dude. So the newest update for Parker is that Ryan is SO proud of him – he has taken to telling anyone who will listen that he is a genius.
Now, don’t get me wrong I think Parker is a smart cookie, but don’t “toot his horn” quite so often as daddy does. (Yes, dear, its true that the Speech Therapist at daycare said he is extremely articulate for his age)

Anywho - for Halloween, Parker dressed up as Elroy Jetson as a bit of a joke. If you aren’t aware, Mr. Elroy is a highly intelligent little one who is an expert in space science. He studies astrophysics at school at age seven. So, I made him an Elroy costume!

Now to share what our own genius child is up to:
He can tell you what these animals say – Cow, Chicken, Duck, Pig, Dog, Cat, Sheep, Horse, Dinosaur, Lion and Monkey.
He does have quite the vocabulary and is a little parrot, repeating just about everything possible he can.
He knows to say please, thank you and you are welcome.
He knows to ask for kisses and hugs.

Pman, my smartie pants, I hope you stay on track and become a Rocket Scientist and make lots of monies!

His newest “tasks” we are working on is the teeth brushing. We are allowing him to do his own teeth, but we are trying to teach him the difference between brushing teeth and eating toothpaste.
We are also working on the potty training. He talks about Elmo Potty all the time and sits on it saying “I have to poop”… but nothing has actually occurred yet. Maybe soon…

I am back!

I was just realizing how much my life has changed when I looked at this old blog page… how life goes by so quickly, I will never know. I blinked and am now proudly raising a 15 month old walking, talking, teething, sassing toddler. What? How did this occur?

So, I decided to try this blogging business one more time. I didn’t do so well the first year of my little p-man’s life, but I figure we all deserve second chances, yes?

Rather than go over old news (like the teething, walking, talking) lets skip right to the good stuff.


P-Man now roars like a lion. It’s quite amusing. If you ask him what sound a lion makes he says “roar”. I find this funny no matter how many times per day I ask him to do it.

He also discovered the sheer joy involved when you take out all of something and make mommy or daddy put it away. Like removing all the books from the bookshelf, or all the dvd’s from the shelf, or all the blankets from his dresser… yea, you get the picture. Totally drives Ryan batty – I find this behavior also, amusing. Though I do know I will have to eventually discourage this mess making tendency. Or I shall be the maker of my own evil little monster.

I think we have all seen that Ryan is already turning him into a lawn obsessive weirdo… check facebook to see Ryan directing Parker with a little man sized lawnmower, ensuring he drives in straight lines.

And finally! I have started doing things that will embarrass him when he is a teenager. For example: I put him in pajamas that make him look just like Woody from Toy Story. See reference.

I then share these photos with people… sort of like I just did on this blog.

Oh, Parker how you will roll your eyes at me one day. Love Mom!

A Tooth!

My little Parker has offically started teething!

He has his first tooth poking through on the upper left side. I was so excited I almost wet myself!! (Although this now means sleepless nights and feeling terrible when he hurts...)

My sister found the tooth in the Taco Bell drive thru when she was visiting. We stopped to get some yummy tacos - and she shouts out from the back "Hey, do you know that Parker has a tooth?" Then I (ME THE MOMMY) had to wait until we pulled into the driveway at home to see the tooth for myself.

So congrats to my little guy on your first tooth at just shy of 4 months!
Mommy loves you!

I am back!

So talk about being a lazy blogger… sheesh! Hahaha, in fact I was still pregnant last time I visited my little blog world. Ooopss!

Well skip past the ‘entrance’ of Parker into this world, because he was quite a stinker and I don’t wish to relive that business. Let’s talk current here folks. Parker is my little ray of sunshine, and just the perfect little man. (Except when he poops everywhere, pees everywhere and spits up everywhere all in the same 20 minute time span… then he is just plain being a booger!)

Here is today’s ‘Parker’s Top Ten’

#10 Parker’s sound of choice is ‘ow’ (believes it is very impressive to the ladies)
#9 He thoroughly enjoys chewing on his own hands
#8 He has already seen his first little league baseball game – with Daddy as a coach
#7 He enjoys wearing plaid pants & shorts
#6 He finds it extremely funny to pee on his mother
#5 He finds it extremely funny to spit up on his mother
#4 He likes to watch t.v. – mostly sports with his daddy
#3 He enjoys taking baths in his ‘personal tub’
#2 He already has a girlfriend… sigh, such a ladies man!

And the number one ‘Parker’ tidbit of the day…
He still sleeps in his bassinet because his overprotective mommy refuses to give in and move him. (Daddy & Parker both think I am looney!)


I promise to keep writing again… although I am relatively sure no one reads this, so I don’t have to worry too much.

More about baby...

It’s interesting… our “things to do list” is getting longer instead of shorter!

Greetings everyone (or the two people who care to read this little Baby Blurb) from the giant pregnant lady. Today was our original "Baby Due Date" but baby doctor moved us back. So instead today we are 16 days away from Baby’s “Due to Arrive Date”, which I must say to me – seems an eternity away. However, I have heard endless times how much I will want to go back to the easy pregnant days once he gets here. Maybe those women don’t have swollen feet, constant back pain, 25 bathroom visits a day, not to mention some “unmentionable” troubles I won’t gross everyone out with!

Ryan & I are both feeling anxious but ready to meet our precious little person… Ryan falls asleep lots of nights with his hand on my tummy, making sure ‘Barney’ knows he is very loved. We spend extra time cuddling with the Mooks so she doesn’t feel left out, and she often spends an hour or two cuddled next to my tummy. I think she is letting baby brother know she is ready to meet him too! As for me, I still talk to the little guy – while in the car or shower. Lately we have been talking about when he might feel like coming – and how big he is! I am trying to get him to stay small… but I don’t know how that’s going either.

We are still having weekly doctor visits and all is well. Baby has a strong heartbeat and doctor believed he was head down (yea!) at our recent visit. I lost one pound over the week which doc says is a good sign, so we are hopeful we can meet baby soon. I am still doing fine also – my most recent test was negative which means no antibiotics during labor, another piece of really great news.

That’s all from this rambling “MTB” – catch you on the flip side!

Baby brings so many things...

I am sure everyone heard by now about my little accident at the office… oopps! I slipped in our hallway and fell on my left side. Of course, it was in front of LOTS of people – and boy was my face red! Skip a little bit to my boss recommending me calling my doctor & me finally saying “okay, couldn’t hurt”. Then the doctor saying “come in just to be safe”. Then skip to “actually, you are having contractions and we don’t like what we are seeing… we are sending you to Bryan”. Then spend hours hooked up to machines & get medicine to stop said contractions (happening every 3 minutes). Wowza, what an afternoon!

My co-workers, boss, friends & family were all very supportive & concerned, and I love & appreciate you all! Baby and I are doing just fine once again. He is still in there cooking right along.

I do think I am growing a bit every day though. I swear every time I put on a sweater or pair of pants they are all tighter than the time before. And Ryan loves to tease me about my t-shirts… they would now be appropriate for a belly dancer when I wear them! Baby must be working on putting on the pounds in there, since his daddy was 8 pounds & 12 ounces! I am hoping for somewhere in the 7 range, but we will see.

I had another baby shower on Sunday (the 17^th) and it was the most wonderful fun I ever had! We enjoyed Lazlo’s food (the best in Lincoln there is!) and I chatted with lot’s of friends. I wish I had hours longer to talk to everyone because I was having such fun. I didn’t even mind sitting in the center of the room to open gifts. Plus, I got my diaper bag – and I had been waiting months to see it. Let me tell you, it was worth the wait. I am so in love with its adorableness I can’t even describe it to you. I need to learn how to sew – and create beautiful things like this! My lovely Brianna & Anna were in charge and I owe them huge for creating such a great memory for Ryan, Baby & me!

Follow the fun Lazlo’s shower with a shower at the office. I shared the spotlight with another pregnant office-mate, Amanda. She is due just a week after me. Whoops, we didn’t plan so well… need to remember that for next time. We had a delicious lunch and some time to gossip a bit with other female office members. They generously gave Barney a Target card which he will get some nice things with.

We have a check-up appointment on Thursday and we will see how things are going then. We are at 35 weeks now so not too much longer before Baby Aerni will greet everyone!

Love

Ryan, Jill & Baby ‘Barney’ Aerni

Man blogging! I need to learn to keep up with things!

A few Aerni baby updates…

I feel baby kick lots now – all throughout the day. Ryan has felt him several times too – and even seen the movements from outside my tummy. He got a real kick out of that!

1) Our nursery is coming along really well! Ryan and his dad put together the crib & dresser so we have furniture. We just need to get our rocking chair in there and we are in business. Darn Jill forgot to take photos of the men putting together the items and I was not very happy about that ‘slip of memory’. Argh! However I have included a couple views of the new things – we love them! I do still need to do some wall decorations and final touches but we are moving right along.

2) Classes! We took our breastfeeding class and are finishing up our Prepared Childbirth (Lamaze) and Baby Cares classes. We both find the baby cares class really awesome – we learned to take baby’s temp, give him a bath, all about circumcision, swaddling the baby, white noise, and so much more. We are in the last class BryanLGH is offering – next year they are putting some information in their Lamaze class and then some when the mom’s actually have the baby. So we were grateful we signed up before they squished all the information down. Lamaze is tougher for Ryan to sit through – more about the mom and how childbirth will go. But he is a great supporter every week – and the class clown. He actually made a joke the first week about how much “practice” he got in before we got pregnant in front of the entire class!!! Talk about Jill’s face turning red as can be. Ahhhhh!

3) Baby Aerni update: Doctor thinks think’s everything is going well. We had a temporary scare when I failed my first glucose test, but after the three hour version (which totally sucked!) baby and I were in the clear. I am growing at the right pace and gaining weight like I should be – but a lady never tells how much she weighs! As the third trimester started, I have some interesting symptoms cropping up that I am not terribly happy about. But I guess that’s what I signed up for!

4) Mookie Update: Mookie seems to sense the changes are coming closer. She loves to cuddle my tummy now and lay as near to me as possible. She sniffs me more often than usual too – a little weird. She hangs out in the nursery whenever Ryan & I are working in there, wanting to be close to both mom & dad and her new baby brother. She has been a good doggie the last months and will always be my little princess.

Baby is at 30 weeks as I write this so we are nearing the finals – can’t wait to introduce little one to the world!

Merry Christmas
Love Ryan, Jill, Mookie & Baby.

Baby Showers

Oh my goodness the things that have happened!

Let’s start with a little information about my baby showers. I had two wonderful showers in November and felt very spoiled. I am sure baby felt that way too!

1st was a shower thrown by Keysha & Alivia Aerni in Papillion with both Aerni & Urban women in attendance. It was so much fun! We had margarita flavored punch (non-alcoholic so I could try), delicious dessert and fun gossip. I had a great helper with opening all my gifts – let me tell you that Alivia is a gift opening champion. I could hardly keep up! We also played the classic “melted candy bar in diaper game” and I did okay, but I am sure by this time next year I will be able to recognize lots of kinds of number 2’s. Yick! I got lots of great advice from everyone who attended and it was a pleasure to visit with all. I did miss some family who couldn’t join us but I hope to see them around the holidays or when baby arrives and catch up!

2nd was a shower thrown by Donna, Jennifer & Jessica Helt with Helt & Boyle women in attendance plus a few others who I was truly THRILLED to see & visit with. I can’t describe to you how much fun it was. The ladies decorated an entire hall in my honor, including candies, matching tableware and diaper/blanket cakes! Then they surprised me with TWO flavors of cake provided by my very favorite baker in Lincoln – EnJoy. You must have eaten her cakes to know how yummy they taste. The other big surprise was CHICK-FIL-A!!! They had nuggets at the party and I might have eaten about 3 meals worth. SO GOOD! We played some really funny games too – ask Jennifer about her answers to the questions! Baby & I were again spoiled at this shower with gifts & truly wonderful advice from the other ladies. I feel so very loved and appreciate all that happened.

Here are two photos, one from each shower.
First I am at Keysha’s posing with some gifts.
Second I am with Jessica cutting one of the EnJoy cakes.

Barney's Room

Ryan & Mike (his dad) painted Barney's room this weekend and I totally love it!

They painted all day Sunday so Barney could have a room just like I wanted him to have. I am sharing some of the photos with everyone - to check out all their hard work.

I couldn't have asked for a better room, and love both my hubby & father-in-law for all they did. I fed them breakfast & lunch (homemade chicken soup & french onion) plus ice cream but I think they earned much more.

The first photo is Ryan & I priming the room, next is him & dad-in-law, hard at work. Finally a picture of the final product!

Love Ryan & Jill

Barney Francine Aerni

All about the baby - from Jill

Greetings from the mommy, daddy & ‘sister’ to be. Ryan & I decided to start this little ‘blog’ so that those who are interested in the development of little Barney Aerni can have a place to see what is going on in our little world.

This first post is a long one, so we can catch you up to where we are today! Jill is 21 weeks along, and so far – mostly good. We are all adjusting to things nicely – Mookie loves to cuddle on my stomach. I think she senses her little brother is growing in there, and she is telling him she promises to play nice when he comes out. Ryan also has started laying his hand on my tummy – often at nighttime, to check on his little one. It makes us all feel a little closer to our special baby boy.

Some highlights:

1st heard Barney’s heartbeat: 170 beats per minute
* Insider story – Jill didn’t hear it! All I heard was static but didn’t want to be the girl who was confused about her own baby heartbeat, so I pretended I knew what was going on.

Heard Barney’s heartbeat again: 155 beats per minute
* Update to insider story: This time Jill heard it plain as day – felt much better!

Ultrasound at 16/18 weeks: Saw little Barney!
* Insider Story: Jill was terrified that something was going to be wrong with her little one. I refused to look at the ultrasound screen until the tech made me turn around – and there was my baby! Soon after she told us we were proud parents of a boy – and I could see visions of sports & hunting dancing in Ryan’s eyes immediately. Sad news… the tech pushed back the delivery date by 2 weeks, so I had to start backwards at 16 again. Whew!

Doctor Checkup: October 15th, 2009
* Insider Story: Folks, we have a mover! I thought I felt little Barney moving – the sensation some refer to as ‘bubbles’… but couldn’t decide for sure. But while the nurse was checking for Barney’s heartbeat, he must have been trying to nap… because he was upset! He started punching or kicking – and both the Nurse & I felt it right away. Then Ryan hopped up and got to feel Barney too! An extremely exciting day for all of us.

Painting Away: October 17th, 2009
Barney’s room is officially started! Ryan & Jill actually worked well together on a project – shocking to anyone who knows us! We painted our little ones room with a coat of blue primer – and it looks just wonderful. We can’t wait to get the final colors done soon, so we can share a photo with everyone.

MISC:

Francine – This is the nickname Alivia has given to our little one. She does know we are ‘growing’ a boy – but she is a smart cookie! Francine is the "best friend" of one of her favorite cartoon characters. So she named our little one after the best, and we love it. She recently asked if the baby would come from “the baby crack” – which she got from the scar her mom has from having her. Funny girl!

Well, now you are caught up with the life of Barney! Ryan & I will keep everyone in the loop as much as possible on our new little blog. We hope this will help all feel more connected to all that is happening with our growing family. Love you all!