Veggie Eating

In some of my previous posts I have mentioned the fights I have had in getting Corin to eat some veggies. Its not that he dislikes them, but he only eats a few of them; green beans is his primary veggie and if we call peas beans than he'll eat those as well. But, I think we are progressing in the area of veggie eating, at least for now, we'll have to see later on if he fights it since it seems he goes through stages. A few nights ago with dinner we had a salad, which is the salad that came with our take home meal from the hospital (frozen lasagna and garlic bread). Corin has been talking about tomatoes, so I thought I'd put just a few small pieces on his plate as well as cucumber. Well, he ate them with ranch dressing, but he ate them! I was SO excited!! This past week cantalope was on sale at King Soopers, and it sounded really good to me, so Shane went out and picked me up a few. When he was out I asked him to get some tomatoes (Romas) and cucumber (English), which also happened to be on sale. Corin has also been eating the cantalope like crazy, he is much more of a fruit boy than veggie. So, I have been giving Corin some with lunch, just small amounts so it doesn't get wasted, with lunch and he has been eating them, still with ranch, but not too much of it since I get to control the quantity. He actually asked for more today, which thrilled me as a mother!! Both times he ate the cucumber first, so maybe he likes them better. Shane did comment that he thought so. I agree with Corin that ranch with veggies make it much better, however Shane would disagree. He isn't as good as his cousin Eric, but maybe one day he'll get there.

St. Patrick's Day

KISS ME, I'M IRISH!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

LOVE, CORIN AND DECLAN

Grandpa Pat (Grandpapa, as Corin calls him) brought Declan this onesie in the hospital. Of course as I was about to take a picture of him in it he spits up in it (hence the wet spots), it seems like that is always how it happens.

It was a beautiful day today, but still had to put Delcan in something warmer than a onesie since he gets cold.

We didn't do anything special for St. Patrick's Day, not even corned beef and cabbage for dinner (I don't like it, maybe its because I'm not irish, I just married an Irish man), but I had fun taking pictures of them in Irish outfits, which I had the forsight to purchase early. Even if Declan wasn't born before St. Patrick's Day, I still needed the outfit since he is an Irish boy.

Our Newest Family Member

Declan Morgan O'Berry

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

3:06pm

7lbs. 8oz 19 1/4in.

So, here is the story of how Declan came into the world.

My water started leaking at about 3:00am, but we didn't leave for the hospital until about 5:20am. I wanted to start timing my contractions at home, since they hadn't started when my water was leaking and I wanted to be sure it was time. We called my parents and my dad came over to watch Corin when we headed for the hospital. I was 4cm dilated when we got to the hospital. When I was 5cm dilated I decided to get my epideral. I'm a whimp when it comes to pain. The pain was uncomfortable and different than with Corin, so I decided not to wait any longer for my epideral. Labor about 11 1/2hrs, but with an epideral I didn't feel much of it until at the very end when it was time to push. I pushed for 20min and Declan was here! Great for me that pushing was only 2omin, however it wasn't so great for Declan. It didn't give him enough time to get the fluid pushed out of his lungs, so he had to go to the NICU for about 2hrs to make sure everything was alright and to "dry" out. Apparently, grutting isn't a good sign when they come out and he wasn't crying loudly at all. He did great in there, his oxygen level was at 98.

Declan has the cutest chunky cheeks! So many of the hospital staff commented on them.

Declan is a fairly noisy sleeper. The nurses were always checking on him as to what kind of noises he was making since he was grutting at birth.

He loves to be in blankets, he seems to get cold easily or at least doesn't like to be cold, his little lip quivers. One night he was having a rough night and we couldn't figure out what was wrong, but once he got another blanket wrapped around him and calmed down he feel right asleep.

Having a cold wipe on his bum seems to be far worse than his circumcision surgery.

Corin loves his Declan and to point to all his facial features. He wants to hold Declan on his own without help. He is trying his hardest to be gentle and soft. Corin asks about Declan throughout the day, especially if he can't see him and will also tell you what Declan is doing, which the common answer is sleeping.

The Snowiest Month??

Usually in Colorado March is known as the snowiest month of the weather.
Well, here is what Corin did today....

It was in the 70s today, so we went into the backyard to play.
He had a great time with his bubble machine.

After the bubbles were all gone he found his bucket and shovel, which he has been asking about for the past few days and dug in the flower beds. Since there is nothing planted in them it is fine, but this spring I will be planting so I better break him of the habit now.

He was SO dirty, that we had to change clothes before lunch and nap time,

but he had so much fun.

I tried to get a picture of his dirty face, but this picture doesn't do it justice.

Mr. Helpful

What a great evening we had today! Corin was SO good! This afternoon we went to Costco as a family because we needed to go and I never go to it during the week so we went on a Saturday and I have this personal "rule" that I don't go to Costco by myself on Saturdays because it is just too crazy, guess I need moral support through the craziness. While we were there we got some NesQuik which Corin was excited for mostly because the container had a bunny on it and we told him chocolate was inside so he called it "Chocolate Bunny" the whole time and now that is the official name of it. He has actually never had chocolate milk before. We've had NesQuik around, which I love, but never gave it to him. Partly because I never thought of it, Corin never knew about it, so he never asked for it and also because I didn't think it was a necessity.
I told Corin that if he ate a good dinner that he could have Chocolate Bunny and he ate GREAT without a fit, a Mother's dream come true! The best part of it was that a made a beef and broccoli stir-fry with snow peas and he ate snow peas and some broccoli and not just one bite, but multiples, who could ask for anything better! So, as promised we made Chocolate Bunny together which he really enjoyed. I usually take pictures of EVERYTHING, even simple things like this and I didn't even think to get the camera, so no pictures for this post. Corin is such a great kid when it comes to sweets, because after he finished the chocolate milk he was given he was fine with not getting more.
What made the evening even better was that he was such a great listener and so helpful in the tasks that needed to get done. He helped Shane change the sheets on our bed, which he loves to do because he can make a pile of sheets and jump in it and also he loves throwing them down the stairs, even if he can only get a king size sheet down a few stairs. He nicely and easily picked up his toys. He wanted to and was great at helping get the dishes done by carefully unloading the dishes and giving them to Shane to put away.
So far, the 3s have been alright. I feel that he is listening more and actually responding to what I ask him to do, we have our moments of not listening, but don't all kids?

Mine, Mine, Mine

Corin sometimes reminds me of the sea gulls on Finding Nemo who keep saying "Mine, Mine, Mine."

As we were playing with Play-Doh yesterday compliments of his Auntie April for his birthday we saw a frog on the box and wanted to make one, well of course I ended up making it for him (or at least trying to make it look like a frog) and afterwards he said "My frog, I make it" and asked him, "Who made it?" "I did, my frog" was his reply.

The frog looked a bit better than in his picture when I first finished it and gave it to Corin. Than Corin did his own working on it, maybe that is what made it officially his frog.

New Toy Fun

Who doesn't like to get new toys??

When I get something new, I want to use it continuously and the same thing is with Corin. He has been playing with all his new toys that he got for his birthday. Corin got quite a few new toys for his birthday and we had fun playing with them all day long.

Auntie Allison got Corin this shirt for his birthday. She does such a great job at picking out clothes. He LOVES it and kept talking about his tractor shirt.

Lightning McQueen was a big hit right away. He started playing with it at his party and hasn't stopped. He received this from his friend Emily who now lives in Greeley, we miss her, but were so glad they were able to make the drive up here for Corin's party.

Auntie April gave him a 10 pack of Play-Doh. He loves to cut it! He had to try out almost every color.

His friend Hannah (Hannah-Boo as he calls her) that he has known since she was born gave him this game along with her parents. We had such a great time playing it and a family and as you can tell he LOVED it as well. He had to try out every hippo.