Our weekend

Quite the exciting time around our house this weekend. Brigham said a new word: "hat", as I pointed to a cowboy hat that was on my head. And today I'm pretty sure he tried saying "one" after I had said it.
So, I felt like mother-of-the-year on Saturday. That morning I was going though some old seeds that I wanted to get rid of or trade at the annual Lawrence Seed Exchange. Brigham got the sweet corn seed package open and tried tasting a couple kernels that had been treated with some fungicide or something. So we called poison control, turns out he didn't eat enough of it to do anything to him, thank God!
Later that day, we went to Target so I could get Breaking Dawn and Brigs found a tricycle in the store..poor baby got to going fast and fell off the trike onto his head.
And all this time we noticed his eye had been getting more and more irritated. We first noticed something after his haircut. I was like, "wow he cried so hard he made the corner of his eyeball red," I said that night. The next day it looked about the same and just looked like he hadn't gotten enough sleep. I also noticed his nose had started running and thought he was either teething again or caught a cold. And finally Saturday night his eye looked like a blood vessel had popped in the corner of it. We had a hunch it was pinkeye...and then Sunday morning he woke up with a swollen eyelid and the other eye was turning red.
Sunday Brigs was miserable. I've never seen him sick where all he wants to do is lay on my chest and have me rock him all day. I have to admit that it was nice getting to hold him for such a long time and getting some snuggles..but you could tell he just felt awful:(
Today we went to the doctor and he's on an antibiotic. Hoping within the next few days he will start feeling better.

Haircut

After the last 2 weeks of strangers calling Brigham a "her", we decided that yes.. it was time to chop those curly little locks off. I was mostly just putting it off because I thought it would make him seem older and I just wanted to hang on to that baby a little longer. But it was time, especially since Ted had trouble with it getting stuck and caught in zippers when he got him dressed. So when daddy went in for his usual haircut, so did Briggsie. Here's before, during, and after the haircut:

Trying to squirm away off my lap (above)

He really hated that comb and then those scissors made him mad too, but it got a little better once we took his cape off. And then once we found a clip to play with, he was okay for the most part (videos above and below)

Here's the new short look! Still getting used to it, but it's so easy to rinse shampoo out now!

Christmas Break

Hooray! I'm finally getting around to writing on the blog again. We had a great Christmas with my family, then headed out to Seattle, WA to meet up with Ted's family. After all that traveling we got to come home for 3 days before leaving again to meet up with our friends in Illinois; Kim, Brent, and their newest addition, Ella live in Streator, IL. We rode a train there and it was a lot of fun, and my new favorite way to travel!

The day after getting back from that, Ted had to leave yet again for Nevada to do some work for a grad student in the geology department. It was a lonesome and long week for me and Brigs. But we got to spend MLK day all together biking in the warm weather and getting a lot of outdoor work done.

Ted started school Jan. 17th, and his schedule this semester seems to be a breeze compared with last semester's Calc. 2 course. He's very excited to be taking Volconology, a topic he's been interested in his whole life. Me and B have been finding all sorts of activities around town to do since the weather is too chilly to be outside. The past week we have gone to the Nature Center, Natural History Museum, and several trips to Doodlebugs (a new used kid's clothing store here in town).

I'm getting very eager for spring to get here, and last week I put up a bird feeder right outside our bedroom window. I have been attracting all the birds from the neighbors' yards, and it's fun to watch them eat and fly away when they see Milo getting ready to attack from inside the window. My goal was to get cardinals to come and I have seen many at the feeder, so yay for me! I'm now in the process of fighting off the nasty squirrels that keep knocking the lid off and dumping the seeds all over the ground.

Here's a little video from a park we visited while in Seattle:

Drilling

Song for Brigham

Grammy Carolyn surprised us with a little song for Christmas this year that was wrote by her cousin. Here it is:
http://jasonmolin.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Briggsie-Briggsie2.mp3

Also if you click on this link http://jasonmolin.net/2012/01/briggsie-briggsie/ it will take you to his blog where there is a sketch of Brigs and the words to the song.
So, we've been playing it and Brigs gets a big smile when he hears his name:)

Gnome on the Throne

We've decided to start a strange new tradition here for our Morehouse Christmas season. So you may have heard of "Elf on a Shelf", where a small puppet elf thing is placed in various spots around the house doing mischievous things and keeping his eyes on children to report back to Santa.
Well, I thought that was kind of a cute idea, but since we are Morehouse's, of course we have to incorporate a gnome somehow! So we have come up with "Gnome on a Throne". Our knitted gnome has traveled all the way here from England. He remains nameless until Brigham can name him (next year maybe?), and has been hiding in different places around our house. Ted and I take turns hiding and finding him. So far that's about all he does...but when our kiddos are older I'm thinking we can make up a story to go along with him:)

All Done

Yesterday, I asked Brigs if he was "all done?" with his breakfast. And he said, "Adun". Not even kidding!! He's been doing this waving thing saying "dadadadada" lately when he's finished eating but yesterday was the first time it really sounded like words being put together. Can't believe how much he has changed these past months. He's now running more than walking. And he is quick! We took a picture of him in a mullet wig that I will have to post on here, it's hilarious!
And if you haven't heard the news...Brigs is going to be a big brother come June! We're pretty thrilled! However, it's not been the easiest last few weeks for me. The doctor put me on Zofran to help with the nausea, which has been a huge help. But, sonogram looked great last week. "Mim" (as we will refer to the unborn baby) is 3/4 of an inch long and already has arms and flipper legs:)

Enjoy your Thanksgiving this week!