OK so how lucky are we? My daycare lady (bless her heart) asked if she could potty train Annika this week. They started yesterday. We got Annika all hyped up to be wearing big girl underwear just like the other girls at daycare. The first day went well...she wet through of her 7 outfits but only 2 were major wets and the others were just dribbles where she knew and then tried to hold it til she got to the potty. Well now our problem is that she is obsessed with these underwear and has some trouble keeping the same pair on. She wants to put on a new pair everytime she goes to the potty, wet or not. Oh well, minor problem I"m guessing in the grand scheme of the whole thing.
The past few weeks have been busy. We made a trip up to Duluth and then Thunder Bay over MEA break. Annika loved the hotel and the waterpark...I couldnt believe how cold the water was. She also loved the BOO Barn at the Pumpkin Patch we went to. Now as the daughter of Tim and I who are both afraid of haunted houses and creepy stuff in general you wouldn't think that our daughter would want to tour this "haunted" barn (pitch black, creepy music, creepy decorations you get the point) not once, not twice but four times before we had to physicaly leave the pumpkin patch. She is still talking about the Old Rocking Lady!
She has also had quite a bad cough for the past few weeks. Tip for all of you out there who are seeking a flu shot but have been put on a waiting list. Apparently the trick is to get yourself in for an appointment. Both Annika and I were able to get ours this way. The clinics have the flu shots there but ar enot taking appointments specifically to get the shot but will give it to you if you are there for another reason...my advice make something up and go in. I couldn't believe that as a pregnant women who works in the schools I had such a hard time getting a flu shot...for all the talk about high risk blah blah blah they certainly haven't been very accommodating. Anyway back to the cough...cough syrup with codeine is not even doing the trick...poor baby, hopefully it's gone soon.
Things with the new house are in full swing. We have chosen a model, put down our money, made all of our interior/exterior selecetions and are now waiting for the city to approve the permit. We should be in by February or March...depending on the weather. As long as we're in before baby comes I"ll be a happy woman.
Tim is gearing up for the start of basketball season. He has also taken on an increased role with the Fury. He is excited and nervous all at once as he has a lot on his plate and life is about to get very busy once season starts. I am hoping the Spartans have a good season and that I will be able to keep myself under control so as not to induce labor by my craziness during the games. I am sure his Fury team will have another great season as well but that is a ways off so we focus on the Spartans for now. Go Simley!!!
Anyways I guess thats all for now. I will try and post sme pics when I have time to figure this all out!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Baby #2
Well the Peper family is going to be growing once again. Baby #2 is due April 18th. I made it through my first trimester amidst a lot of chaos...I think it actually helped to make it go by more quickly. I have had 2 ultrasounds so far and everything looks great! We are very excited and the timing couldn't be better. The exact due date puts me 7 weeks out from the end of school...still not sure if I'll go out for the whole year or come back for a week.
Our other big news is that we are building a house! We will be in a neighbourhood in Woodbury which will put Tim A LOT closer to work. The neighbourhood has a community center, pool, park and some good friends who are already living there. We are very excited about this too. They say it will be done in February or March so we'll be in just in time for baby.
I have to say I cannot believe it is already MEA break. For those of you who don't know what that is, here in MN teachers get 2 days off in October to go to "conferences." We use this time to do fun stuff. We are leaving Wednesday right after work to go up to Duluth to stay at The Edge, a waterpark hotel for the night. Annika is SO excited..."only 2 more daycares." Thursday we will get up and make our way to T. Bay for the weekend. It will be a short visit and I"m feeling a little under the weather so we won't be venturing out a lot but we will have some quality time at home with Grammy, Grandpa Hoho, Auntie Liisa and Uncle Rob. I am just so happy to have a short week.
Last weekend was very busy but very fun. I travelled to St. Cloud on Saturday to meet Elise and Noelle (both beautiful baby girls). It is always so nice to see the grad school group and to catch up, it's amazing how things have changed! On Sunday Annika and I headed down to Prior Lake to hang out with the other grad school girls. I just love seeing everyone and their kids...what beautiful babies we all have! Who would have thought that in less than 5 years we's be hanging around watching our kids play with each other?
Hopefully I can kick this sinus thing with a little advice from the doctor as to how I can baby safely relieve this pain. I am also very hopeful that I can avoid the H1N1...5% of the student population at 1 of my schools is out with flu like symptoms which mandates reports to the state...scary!
A funny preggo brain moment to finish things up:
Our principal sent out an email yesterday to inform us that 5% were out with flu. I forwarded that on to Tim saying "Read this...lovely...the dr was out of flu shots...love you" About 5 minutes later I received this response "Allison-either we are closer than I thought or this was supposed to go to someone else. I'm sorry your dr was out of flu shots. Take care...signed you principal" Opps...I hit reply instead of forward and told my new principal of less than 2 months that I loved him...so embarrased...at least he had a good sense of humor about it!!!
Have a great week and for you MN educators out there...enjoy MEA!
Our other big news is that we are building a house! We will be in a neighbourhood in Woodbury which will put Tim A LOT closer to work. The neighbourhood has a community center, pool, park and some good friends who are already living there. We are very excited about this too. They say it will be done in February or March so we'll be in just in time for baby.
I have to say I cannot believe it is already MEA break. For those of you who don't know what that is, here in MN teachers get 2 days off in October to go to "conferences." We use this time to do fun stuff. We are leaving Wednesday right after work to go up to Duluth to stay at The Edge, a waterpark hotel for the night. Annika is SO excited..."only 2 more daycares." Thursday we will get up and make our way to T. Bay for the weekend. It will be a short visit and I"m feeling a little under the weather so we won't be venturing out a lot but we will have some quality time at home with Grammy, Grandpa Hoho, Auntie Liisa and Uncle Rob. I am just so happy to have a short week.
Last weekend was very busy but very fun. I travelled to St. Cloud on Saturday to meet Elise and Noelle (both beautiful baby girls). It is always so nice to see the grad school group and to catch up, it's amazing how things have changed! On Sunday Annika and I headed down to Prior Lake to hang out with the other grad school girls. I just love seeing everyone and their kids...what beautiful babies we all have! Who would have thought that in less than 5 years we's be hanging around watching our kids play with each other?
Hopefully I can kick this sinus thing with a little advice from the doctor as to how I can baby safely relieve this pain. I am also very hopeful that I can avoid the H1N1...5% of the student population at 1 of my schools is out with flu like symptoms which mandates reports to the state...scary!
A funny preggo brain moment to finish things up:
Our principal sent out an email yesterday to inform us that 5% were out with flu. I forwarded that on to Tim saying "Read this...lovely...the dr was out of flu shots...love you" About 5 minutes later I received this response "Allison-either we are closer than I thought or this was supposed to go to someone else. I'm sorry your dr was out of flu shots. Take care...signed you principal" Opps...I hit reply instead of forward and told my new principal of less than 2 months that I loved him...so embarrased...at least he had a good sense of humor about it!!!
Have a great week and for you MN educators out there...enjoy MEA!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
We Need To Get Better
Last week was crazy! I don't know where the time went. Between meetings for just about everything we somehow made it through the week.
Tim finished the week off with a trip to Chicago. He and Rick (his assistant coach) drove down for a coaches clinic. I have to admit I was a little envious. The last time I was in Chicago was for ASHA and you grad school girls remember how much we loved it there!
Annika came down with a cold over the weekend...caught it from daycare I'm sure and by Sunday I ended up with it. The worst of it was yesterday but I toughed it out and made it through the day feeling like I'd been punched repeatedly in the head! As I was helping Annika blow her nose on Sunday night she told me that "we need to get better." I agree honey, 100%!!!
She was a little stinker at the cabin this weekend. I mentioned last time how she is hanging out in bed for at least an hour. Well at the cabin Annika has a big girl bed. Mom forgot the nightlight and she is terrified of the dark. So... I put her down at 8...went through the whole routine. Left her with the overhead light on in our bedroom. I went in there a number of times to let her know she needed to go to sleep. Well at 11:30, after a rousing few hours of cribbage in which I officially lost every single game we played, I went in to go to bed to find my daughter still awake with the radio on chatting away to herself. Then she decided she wanted a popsicle to which I gave in simply to avoid a total meltdown and the awakening of every one else present. So around midnight we went to bed...new lamp in the room with dish towels over the top to dim the lights for my benefit, KDWB turned up mighty loud to satisfy yet another demand of my 2 year old, and myself and my little Moo-Moos cuddled up in MY bed together. Don;t get me wrong I love to sleep/cuddle with her whenever I get the chance but this was a little ridiculous. She slept the whole night with me, horizontally spread out over about three quarters of the bed with me waking up to every turn she made, fearful she would fall out of bed. Poor thing was even snoring from being so stuffed up. Well she slept until about 9:30 and woke up happy as could be...what I wouldn't give to be that happy in the morning.
Tim and I definitely did an excellent job of bringing quite possibly the most stubborn child on earth into this world. Granted with the 2 of us combined she was doomed form the start but the poor little thing is just so set in her ways and has a horrible temper to top it all off. Daycare experienced the first major meltdown this morning when I dropped her off in full blown tantrun mode. She got angry at home because she had to put pants on...I even let her choose which pair. She had to be pried from my arms screaming for me as I left. I cried...I hate to leave her like that but when she calmed down they called from daycare to have her say goodbye and tell me she loved me...which made me cry more but just because she was so sweet. I am dreading the teenage years with this one...I see myself in there and that is NOT good!
Hpefully this week will be a little more mellow with a busy weekend ahead. Lots of catching up to do with old friends and new babies to meet!!! I can't wait.
Tim finished the week off with a trip to Chicago. He and Rick (his assistant coach) drove down for a coaches clinic. I have to admit I was a little envious. The last time I was in Chicago was for ASHA and you grad school girls remember how much we loved it there!
Annika came down with a cold over the weekend...caught it from daycare I'm sure and by Sunday I ended up with it. The worst of it was yesterday but I toughed it out and made it through the day feeling like I'd been punched repeatedly in the head! As I was helping Annika blow her nose on Sunday night she told me that "we need to get better." I agree honey, 100%!!!
She was a little stinker at the cabin this weekend. I mentioned last time how she is hanging out in bed for at least an hour. Well at the cabin Annika has a big girl bed. Mom forgot the nightlight and she is terrified of the dark. So... I put her down at 8...went through the whole routine. Left her with the overhead light on in our bedroom. I went in there a number of times to let her know she needed to go to sleep. Well at 11:30, after a rousing few hours of cribbage in which I officially lost every single game we played, I went in to go to bed to find my daughter still awake with the radio on chatting away to herself. Then she decided she wanted a popsicle to which I gave in simply to avoid a total meltdown and the awakening of every one else present. So around midnight we went to bed...new lamp in the room with dish towels over the top to dim the lights for my benefit, KDWB turned up mighty loud to satisfy yet another demand of my 2 year old, and myself and my little Moo-Moos cuddled up in MY bed together. Don;t get me wrong I love to sleep/cuddle with her whenever I get the chance but this was a little ridiculous. She slept the whole night with me, horizontally spread out over about three quarters of the bed with me waking up to every turn she made, fearful she would fall out of bed. Poor thing was even snoring from being so stuffed up. Well she slept until about 9:30 and woke up happy as could be...what I wouldn't give to be that happy in the morning.
Tim and I definitely did an excellent job of bringing quite possibly the most stubborn child on earth into this world. Granted with the 2 of us combined she was doomed form the start but the poor little thing is just so set in her ways and has a horrible temper to top it all off. Daycare experienced the first major meltdown this morning when I dropped her off in full blown tantrun mode. She got angry at home because she had to put pants on...I even let her choose which pair. She had to be pried from my arms screaming for me as I left. I cried...I hate to leave her like that but when she calmed down they called from daycare to have her say goodbye and tell me she loved me...which made me cry more but just because she was so sweet. I am dreading the teenage years with this one...I see myself in there and that is NOT good!
Hpefully this week will be a little more mellow with a busy weekend ahead. Lots of catching up to do with old friends and new babies to meet!!! I can't wait.
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