However, this kid doesn't have it too much better... Initially he'll sleep (we hope) in our bedroom, but when he's ready for his room, he'll sleep (we hope) in the little closet nook pictured below. Crib in a nook, just like his brother!
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Baby's Room
When Carter was born, we lived in a two room apartment in Manhattan, so his "room" was a nook for his crib in our bedroom. By comparison, this new kid is going to get... a half a room! While our third bedroom will still function at times as a guest bedroom, the office portion of that room has been moved to either the basement or the dining room in order to give this kid some space. It's been fun to have a half a room to prepare for baby!
However, this kid doesn't have it too much better... Initially he'll sleep (we hope) in our bedroom, but when he's ready for his room, he'll sleep (we hope) in the little closet nook pictured below. Crib in a nook, just like his brother!
(So, yeah, he's not here yet. And before you ask, no, I have no idea when he's arriving. I'm feeling fine - just as fine and normal as a girl this pregnant can feel.)
However, this kid doesn't have it too much better... Initially he'll sleep (we hope) in our bedroom, but when he's ready for his room, he'll sleep (we hope) in the little closet nook pictured below. Crib in a nook, just like his brother!
Friday, August 05, 2011
Gwinnett Braves
We recently went to see a minor league game in Gwinnett. It's less than 45 minutes from our house and is a great little stadium. Our seats were terrific (and shady), but Carter wanted to spend all of his time at the inflatable fun in the outfield. Next time, we'll just get outfield lawn seats!
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| Batting Practice |
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| Bullpen |
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| Carter did pay some attention to the field - when he ran the bases |
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| Sweaty kid! |
Sadly, I didn't get any photos of any of the other Fowlkes that were with us that day. Maybe they'll blog their own and I can link to more pictures soon...
Update! See more pics (and read a funny story about a pregnant lady running down hill) on the other Fowlkes blog.
Update! See more pics (and read a funny story about a pregnant lady running down hill) on the other Fowlkes blog.
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Carter on Kindergarten
According to a couple of the grandparents, my post on Kindergarten was insufficient, so here's some more directly from Carter on his Kindergarten experience, 3 days in:
We have recess. And we go outside. We read the morning message. We read stories about kindergarten. And we can have sports, like PE today. We have lunchtime. You have to get your milk and then you have to get your tray and then you have to go to the numbers and put your tray down and do your number [they have to enter a 4 digit number that debits the meal from their account]. And then you go to your table. I have chocolate milk and skim milk. We have mac and cheese and fish sticks and mashed potatoes. There are good teachers and they are nice and they are my friends. You go to the auditorium in the morning before you go to the class [they have an assembly every morning for 5 minutes, 20 minutes on Fridays]. We say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then after the auditorium we go to the classroom. We never play in centers [in the classroom]. After school, I get on the bus. And then we go to music camp. It's a good time on the bus because sometimes you are sitting behind your friends. My friends are waiting for me when I get off. [At music camp], after snack we have playtime. We do music. We do the moon song. I learn how to play the piano. You have to put all your fingers on the right key and you have to press down. And all your fingers have to press down and that's "smash".
And a little more from me:
I think we'll be quite pleased with his school. It's really picturesque (I remarked as we left the first morning how very different it is from the school he would have gone to if we'd stayed in Brooklyn). It's one of four K-3 schools in our local school district. After 3rd grade, there is only a single school in the district for grades 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Our school district is a charter school system (one of the first in the country, apparently), and the elementary schools are all expeditionary learning schools. At the morning assembly each morning, the kids all recite the school motto and the Pledge of Allegiance in both English and Spanish, and then one of the older students (older as in 3rd grade) talks about the expeditionary learning design principal of the month. Apparently the Friday assemblies have more to them, including the school band (which looks, based on what I've seen on stage, like it may be heavy on the xylophone). Parents are welcome to stay for the assembly any day, but are particularly encouraged to attend the Friday assemblies, so we'll learn more about that tomorrow...
We have recess. And we go outside. We read the morning message. We read stories about kindergarten. And we can have sports, like PE today. We have lunchtime. You have to get your milk and then you have to get your tray and then you have to go to the numbers and put your tray down and do your number [they have to enter a 4 digit number that debits the meal from their account]. And then you go to your table. I have chocolate milk and skim milk. We have mac and cheese and fish sticks and mashed potatoes. There are good teachers and they are nice and they are my friends. You go to the auditorium in the morning before you go to the class [they have an assembly every morning for 5 minutes, 20 minutes on Fridays]. We say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then after the auditorium we go to the classroom. We never play in centers [in the classroom]. After school, I get on the bus. And then we go to music camp. It's a good time on the bus because sometimes you are sitting behind your friends. My friends are waiting for me when I get off. [At music camp], after snack we have playtime. We do music. We do the moon song. I learn how to play the piano. You have to put all your fingers on the right key and you have to press down. And all your fingers have to press down and that's "smash".
And a little more from me:
I think we'll be quite pleased with his school. It's really picturesque (I remarked as we left the first morning how very different it is from the school he would have gone to if we'd stayed in Brooklyn). It's one of four K-3 schools in our local school district. After 3rd grade, there is only a single school in the district for grades 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Our school district is a charter school system (one of the first in the country, apparently), and the elementary schools are all expeditionary learning schools. At the morning assembly each morning, the kids all recite the school motto and the Pledge of Allegiance in both English and Spanish, and then one of the older students (older as in 3rd grade) talks about the expeditionary learning design principal of the month. Apparently the Friday assemblies have more to them, including the school band (which looks, based on what I've seen on stage, like it may be heavy on the xylophone). Parents are welcome to stay for the assembly any day, but are particularly encouraged to attend the Friday assemblies, so we'll learn more about that tomorrow...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Bathroom Renovation
I'm just getting around to posting pictures of our bathroom renovation, which we finished up about a month ago. In the end, we decided not to raise the ceiling height, so it was mostly a cosmetic makeover (though we were able to get more height in the shower which makes it a lot easier for Thomas to take a Thomas-height shower). Also, the new plumbing fixtures we got make it easy for Carter to take a Carter-height shower.
Here are some before and after shots.
For our reference:
Floor Grout - North American Adhesives #577 Monterey Surf
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Kindergarten!
I can hardly believe it, but today was Carter's first day of Kindergarten!
(Yes, part of my disbelief comes from the fact that it's the 2nd of August).
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| Ready to go with his new backpack! |
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| He tried to tell us to just drop him off, "I know where my classroom is," but we walked him inside anyway. |
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| After school he got to choose his own special dinner... |
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| I'm pretty sure that face is thanking his Cart Cart for introducing him to McDonald's. |
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Inglorious
A couple of things that childbearing most certainly is:
Common - We've all been through it, at least one way. And over 10 thousand women do it each day, just in the US. So it's fascinating to me that while it's so common, it's also...
Miraculous - It's so incredibly cool what our bodies are designed to do. I also think it's amazing that even with all that science has discovered, doctor's can't accurately give you much better than a 5 week window to estimate when a baby will be born. That's amazing.
It's also - Inglorious.
While I promise not to go into great gory details about childbirth when this one arrives, or to walk you through the finer points of Carter's birth here on this blog, I will give you one, very small, non-gross, illustration of how inglorious it can be.
Last week's check up found me in the stirrups, naked from the waist down, with my husband, a doctor and a midwife all ogling my naked rear end. Apparently, sitting my heavier-than-usual a** down on a patterned park bench for approximately 30 minutes the day before had produced a pattern of bruises so unusual that my midwife declared she'd never seen anything like it in 30 years. So, yeah. Inglorious.
Common - We've all been through it, at least one way. And over 10 thousand women do it each day, just in the US. So it's fascinating to me that while it's so common, it's also...
Miraculous - It's so incredibly cool what our bodies are designed to do. I also think it's amazing that even with all that science has discovered, doctor's can't accurately give you much better than a 5 week window to estimate when a baby will be born. That's amazing.
It's also - Inglorious.
While I promise not to go into great gory details about childbirth when this one arrives, or to walk you through the finer points of Carter's birth here on this blog, I will give you one, very small, non-gross, illustration of how inglorious it can be.
Last week's check up found me in the stirrups, naked from the waist down, with my husband, a doctor and a midwife all ogling my naked rear end. Apparently, sitting my heavier-than-usual a** down on a patterned park bench for approximately 30 minutes the day before had produced a pattern of bruises so unusual that my midwife declared she'd never seen anything like it in 30 years. So, yeah. Inglorious.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
What Carter is learning at camp
Impressive, yes? It pretty much covers everything I know about music!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Care to Venture a Guess??
My mom requested a baby arrival guessing game. She may be particularly interested in this because she nailed the exact date with Carter and is looking for win #2....
In any case, tomorrow marks 3 weeks to the due date, so we set up a little poll. Click here, or use the link on the right side of the page to venture a guess.
In any case, tomorrow marks 3 weeks to the due date, so we set up a little poll. Click here, or use the link on the right side of the page to venture a guess.
Friday, July 01, 2011
Bellies and Brains
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| One boy belly, two balloon bellies |
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| Labor pains? |
There are a few things that are more pronounced in this pregnancy than they were when I was pregnant with Carter: aches and pains, fatigue and general lack of mental capacity. With regard to the latter, I've been pretty lucky so far (knock on wood) to be able to hold things together at work - and that's a feat because I've had a LOT going on. But, this time around, all the excess mental capacity I have left over after taking care of work (which isn't a lot) goes towards taking care of Carter. So that leaves no mental capacity for other things, like putting things away in the correct places or carrying on normal conversations. I've put lettuce in the freezer and recycling in the laundry bin. And I pretty much can't carry on a conversation that doesn't have a clear purpose. I guess the good news is that all the big stuff is getting taken care of, but I'm certainly not much fun at parties -- except for any entertainment my extreme forgetfulness may provide!
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