New name--and 15 week baby update!

Notice the new name change! It's time to add on the other member of our family! Corbin is going to be a big brother, if you hadn't heard! 

I borrowed (ok, stole) this blog layout from a friend who has a great organized blog for her pregnancies, and I really enjoyed it. Thanks, Amy!! Corbin will still get his own updates from time to time, and baby will hopefully get an update each week using this format! ENJOY! :)

Life in General

Life has been busy for us lately! We seem to hardly ever be home in the evenings without something to do. We've been spending lots of time with family on both sides, which is fun for Corbin to see his cousins. We spent all afternoon/evening Sunday cheering on my parents at StartUp weekend in Grand Forks. They have a brilliant idea that has the potential to help millions of people, and it was truly amazing seeing this as a reality. They deserve this win!!

Tim and I also got to have a much needed day date after harvest was completed! It was so fun to go see a movie (The Intern--highly recommend!), do some shopping, and take our time eating at Red Lobster! Harvest was a success this year, and they're just working to finish up field work and putting things away before the shop work season begins. I'm excited to get life back to normal.

Pregnancy Symptoms

I've actually been feeling pretty great!! I get full easily, and in the evenings tend to not eat as much...and then I wake up starving! I have moments of nausea, but it's usually brought on by a smell or something that I think would make anybody nauseous. Finally feeling like I'm getting some energy back---until it's like 9:00 and I'm curled up on the couch under a blanket. Then all bets are off on how long I'll stay awake!

Baby Updates

Baby C is now about the size of an orange, about 4 inches long and approximately 2.5oz! Baby C's legs are catching up with the rest of his body proportion-wise. He can also sense light too, so if I were to shine a flashlight at my tummy, he'd likely turn away from it. Before long, his taste buds will be in place, and he'll be able to taste. 

Weekly Questions

Exact Weeks/Days Pregnant:  15 weeks
What size is the baby right now?  Approximately the size of a orange.
Weight gain/loss:  up 1 lb this week--still 1 lb under pre preg weight
Maternity clothes? My pants have pretty much all transitioned, but still wearing mostly non maternity tops
Stretch marks?  Nothing new
Sleep? It's been great except for the random bouts of insomnia around 4am

Best moment this week? Mom and Dad winning StartUp weekend :)
Symptoms: some round ligament pains, sore hips.
Food cravings: Nothing in particular at the moment
Food aversions: I FINALLY gave in and tried some bbq sauce yesterday when looking at the bottle in the fridge didn't want to make me puke, and I think I might be over that aversion!!!
Gender: Have been feeling girl the whole time--wondering how real that feeling is, though...
Belly button in or out? In
Movement? Little flutters
What I miss? Being able to do T25 and working on getting into shape.
What I'm looking forward to: Making lefse with Mom and Sis this weekend!
Milestones: Finally feeling like I look pregnant...

15 weeks with Corbin (will update this baby's pic after I take it tonight!)

"Hereyago, Mommy" and other recent happenings

Corbin's new favorite saying is "Hereyago, Mommy" or "Hereyago, Daddy" or pretty much anybody he's talking to! We've been really working on getting him to use the words he knows instead of just whining. It's been fairly helpful! It's nice to know what he wants instead of trying to guess. We had a busy few weekends around our house!

One weekend in September, we had Axel over! The boys had SO MUCH FUN together and were so well behaved! I was exhausted by the end of the weekend since it was the middle of harvest, but how could you not love spending a weekend with these two cuties?!

We also got to have Aspen come over and play! Unlike how Axel is clearly the follower at this point, Aspen just might be the instigator in this cousin relationship! She wasn't doing much following, but Corbin sure let her try things before he would--I have a feeling we'll have our hands full with these two! It's so fun for him to have a cousin on each side of the family who is the same age!

Some of our other recent favorite things include:

"Mane-o Thoop!" (a reference to whatever kind of soup he's eating). It's obviously a favorite food of his, because he's been eating at least 3 bowls of whatever kind of soup we have!

"Meemo!" He's also in love with Finding Nemo. That DVD is currently in his DVD player in the car, and it's the only movie he'll sit through in it's entirety. I'm nervous about trying a new movie for fear of him throwing a fit!!

Giving Jersey a treat in the morning. It's part of our "routine" now....

Sitting on the couch, grabbing a blanket, and kicking out the footrest of the recliner. Every time Corbin or someone else sits down, he makes sure all of those things are done! haha.

We're also working on bottom 2 year molars. They've been causing trouble for quite a while now, and he's been a drooling machine and not sleeping as late as he usually does. COME ON TEETH!!!!!

This boy is all grown up. He had his second "school picture" taken! I can't get over how adorable this picture is, but I may be biased! :)

TWO!

I'm not sure how it's possible, but it is....we have a 2 year old!! We're still working on getting him to accept that....he still says "ONE!" before changing his mind to "Two" when asked how old he is!

We had a great birthday party celebration yesterday! We decided to keep it a little more low key this year with just our immediate families and a few of Corbin's friends! Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was the theme this year, and boy did we have an excited kid when he woke up from nap and saw all the decorations!!! He couldn't believe how much Mickey was in our house! :) He had such a great day!!

A few questions about the birthday boy:

Nicknames: Corbie, Corbie D, Monk

Clothes size: 2T

Shoe size: 7

Diaper size: 5

Birthday Party Theme: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Loves to Play: Tractors

Likes to help with: Laundry, Unloading the Dishwasher, Vacuuming

Always talks about: Tractors and Jersey

Favorite Toy: All of the tractors

Favorite Food: Hot dogs and Mac and Cheese

Favorite Animal: Jersey

Favorite Book: Moo, Baa, LaLaLa, Not the Hippopotamus, The Goodnight Book

Favorite TV show/Movie: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Best Friend: Harper Hann and Elsie Mathews

Favorite snack: Apples or Olives

Favorite things to do: Play outside, FaceTime, "Driving" anything, Seeing the pickup, Go on the pontoon, Play Elmo on the iPad, Pretend cooking/grilling, Getting the "meal" (mail), Riding in the combine/tractor, Going down the slide, Going to Kim's, Talking on the phone--particularly to his Grandparents!

As you can see, our birthday boy keeps us quite busy these days!! He's such a little lover who gives the best hugs and kisses, and doesn't like to let certain people leave the house without a kiss on the lips! Yesterday, it was "Ungle" Evan who couldn't be without a good sloppy kiss!!

We're so lucky to have such an awesome photographer right in the family! Thanks for all the great pictures, Grandpa Loren! :)

Current Likes & Dislikes--20 month edition

Likes

• Jersey
• She's pretty much Corbin's favorite person. He is so excited every day when we get home and they run around and chase each other all night long. He's really helpful to let her out to "potty" so we have to make sure we keep the storm door locked :) He also will come get one of us if she needs to be let in. They are pretty much best buds!
• Tractors
• Corbin really loves riding in the tractor and playing with his tractors at home! Every night after he gets his jammies on, he has to say "Night tractors" to the tractors on his shelf. He scoots around on his little tractor as often as he can, too!
  
  
  
  
• Talking!
• Corbin is constantly talking. It's been really fun over the past month or so as his language is really starting to develop! His current favorite word is "no" whenever someone asks him a question. Even when I ask him if he wants a snack he says, "no"! Yeah right, kid!!! He also really enjoys "uh oh" and will let you know if there's something wrong or if something happened that shouldn't have happened! He made sure to let his Auntie know that her bathtub faucet was dripping and that her toilet seat was up!!! "Uh oh!!"

• He also has a pretty broad list of names of people he knows. We go through the whole list as I'm loading him in his car seat. He loves pointing out people's faces on pictures, too!
  
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• He's obsessed. We bought him little figurines from the show and it was the best $12 we've spent in a long time!! He loads them all up in his Mickey Mouse wagon, and can name them all. It's our weekend morning routine to get up and watch Mickey in our jammies! :)
  

• Light switches
• Taking all of the blankets off the couch and playing in them
• Helping with laundry
• Unloading the dishwasher
• Sleeping
  
  
• Helping to cook/mix/bake
• Brushing his teeth
• Giving kisses/blowing kisses
• Being tickled
• Playing with remotes
• Baths
• Taking out all the books from the bookshelf and "reading" them
• Girls
• Facetiming with Grandma & Grandpa and Axel
  
  
  
  
• Climbing up and down stairs
• I'm sure there are many more!

Dislikes

• Being told No!
• Having to come inside from playing
• The iPad being taken away
• Not being able to constantly stand in the garage and hear his echo when he yells
• Not feed him fast enough
• Leaving daycare

We're anxiously awaiting warmer weather so we can get out to the lake and spend time on our new pontoon!! There is also some new playground equipment right by our trailer, so it will be a fun summer!!

17 & 18 months!

At 17 months, Corbin had his first swimming experience! We went to Fargo and stayed at the Ramada Inn with my family. He was a little nervous at first, and not a huge fan, but once we got him in the big pool, he loved it!! He was such a trooper! The boys had so much fun together!

In February, he turned 18 months!!! How is that even possible!?

Physical Development

28lb (92nd percentile) 32" (36th percentile) Head 95th percentile!

He's running around like crazy and has recently taken to climbing. He's a little shorty still, so can't quite get up on all the furniture he'd like! He's wearing size 4 diapers, but size 5 at night. He's pretty solidly wearing 18 month clothes. He's been right on track as far as sizes go since he was a baby!

He's currently working on his 2 year molars, so that's been less than enjoyable for him. Between the red cheeks, yucky diapers, drool, and chewing on everything, I hope they come fast. Thankfully his mood has been fairly great!

Speech Development

Corbin adds new words to his vocabulary daily! He'll come up with words but won't repeat them all the time. Stubborn little boy! He is really getting into repeating things that you say, too. Time to start watching what comes out of our mouths! :)

Sleep

He sleeps 12-13 hours at night, and is down to around an hour and a half nap during the day.

Food

Pretty much anything and everything. His daycare lady said that he really loves feeding him because he eats anything!

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Likes:

• Jersey (shshe)
• DANCING!
• Ceiling fans
• Light switches
• Taking all of the blankets off the couch and playing in them
• Helping with laundry
• Unloading the dishwasher
• Helping to cook/mix/bake
• Brushing his teeth
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Giving kisses/blowing kisses
• Being tickled
• Playing with remotes
• Taking out all the books from the bookshelf and "reading" them
• Girls
• Facetiming with Grandma & Grandpa and Axel
• Climbing up and down stairs

Dislikes

• Being told no
• Not being able to play with the frost on the storm door when it's freezing cold out...
• Not being held while trying to cook
• Having the iPad taken away

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We recently had to switch daycares because ours is moving away. We were so sad to leave, but we have found another great daycare and Corbin has really seemed to be adjusting well and fitting in. He recently had one of his friends from our previous daycare start, and it was the cutest thing ever how excited they were to see each other! :)

18 month pictures by Grandpa Loren!

Playing catch up!

Wow, I have neglected this blog for a long time...and I'm upset about that! I like to use this for reference when making Corbin's "yearbook" and just to have to remember all the fun memories and milestones! So, here's a recap of what's been going on:

Shortly before Halloween, Corbin started taking his first unassisted steps with confidence! It sure didn't take him long once he realized that he could let go of furniture/someone's hand....now he's RUNNING all over! He got to be a ring bearer in his Uncle Jeffy and Auntie Britt's wedding in November! He did so good and was so handsome! We had a great Christmas with both sides of the family and the extended Younggren family! Corbin was so spoiled, of course, but he really uses everything he got, so I consider that a win! His vocabulary is expanding more and more every day. He seems to pick up new words all the time and is still constantly talking, whether we can understand him or not!

He really loves "Shshe" (Jersey). As soon as we get home, it's the first thing he says and she's the first one he looks for, and is chasing her around and playing with her all day/night long! He likes to grab her "sheep" and run around with it, but gets mad when she takes it away....he forgets it's not his. His other favorite words are of course, "tractor", "mamamama" (for grandma, when the Ipad rings for Facetime),  "Mama" "Dada", "gock-ey" (hockey), "guck-ey" (yucky), "mooo" when asked what a cow says, and last night he successfully said "popotamus" for hippopotamus. The hippopotamus comes from his FAVORITE book, so after working on that one, he said it a couple times, but I don't know that it'll stick around quite yet! :)

He has a favorite book, but he's obsessed with pulling out all his books from his shelf, sitting on them, and paging through them all. He's also obsessed with ceiling fans, and if you have one and it's not turned on, he'll point and ask you about it until you turn it on! He's really good at putting his hands up when he's wondering where things went or when he's wondering something. He also enjoys dancing, tickling your feet (his dad taught him that one), finding your bellybutton, blowing raspberries on your belly, and being tickled. He also enjoys hitting his hockey puck with the stick and if you play a fun game with him one time, that's alllll he wants to play! Oh, and he's in love with brushing his teeth! He does a pretty good job, too!

No need to talk about food, or sleep. Those are his two favorite things! :) I've loved every age of course, but I'm REALLY loving this age! He's so fun, interacting, copying us, and is so happy and goofy! Love this kid!

One year old!

Ahhhh, I have a one year old!!!!! The last year has been the fastest year ever, and has been the best adventure ever, too! I've certainly learned a lot about myself, Tim, and our parenting styles. We've really been on the same page about most things, so that's been great! Corbin seems to teach us something new every day, and I've loved watching him grow into the little boy he's becoming. It's amazing how much he's changed even in the last month or two. Motherhood has literally been the best thing ever, and I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful little guy! Check out his first birthday here! Here's what we're up to:

Food!
Corbin is down to one bottle a day (at night). He eats all his meals with us and snacks in between as well. We've just recently started him on whole milk and he's been doing great with it! We haven't really found a food he dislikes, either. He isn't picky, he just wants to be sure we're feeding him while we're eating! We've started ordering off the kid's menu at most restaurants and that seems to be going well, too!

Mobile!
Pretty sure he's the most cautious kid ever. He LOVES walking around while holding onto our hands or cruising along the furniture. The moment he feels like he might fall or that he doesn't have something to hold onto, he wants to sit down and crawl. He's so nervous about sitting down, too! Usually his hand has to go down first to see how far it is to the floor. Little turkey! In the past could days he's been all about climbing, though, so maybe he's coming out of his shell. He's been standing by himself for longer chunks of time the last couple days, too, so I don't think it'll be long before he's a walker!

Wheels!
He is OBSESSED. That's the only way I can put it! He is so fascinated by wheels and loves watching them, spinning them, playing with them, and especially steering wheels! He is also in love with the little cozy coupe cars and if he sees one, that is the ONLY thing he wants, and he wants to be in it right now!

Books!
He loves looking at books and "reading". His favorite are the touch and feel books that have different textures for him to touch. He will sit in his room and pull every book off the shelf and sit and page through them.

Dancing!
He loves music and is really getting into dancing!! It's pretty cute! He just bounces and "sings"

Baths!
As soon as the water starts, he is bolting into the bathroom and standing up at the tub! He gets SO excited about bath time!! Even when the water isn't running or it's not time, he goes in there and thinks he needs to be in the tub.

Tricks!
His favorite is "SO BIG" and then he claps after! He also waves bye bye and we're working on blowing kisses. He still says Mama and Dada. He talks steady, but most of it isn't words. He knows what a tractor is and will go find you one if you ask. He LOVES puppies, especially Jersey, and will point out a puppy if one is nearby!

Personality!
Corbin is seriously one of the happiest kids I know! The only time he isn't happy is if we're taking too long to put food on his plate or he's getting tired. He isn't scared of other people, smiles so easily, and just has such a sweet personality! He's a little goofball who loves when people laugh at him--it just encourages him to be even more goofy!

Naps!
We're starting to wean away the morning nap! He hasn't been taking a very good nap in the morning and really fights it sometimes, so at daycare, he's going to have a morning nap every other day to help wean him off of it and make sure he still gets enough sleep. Yesterday was our first day of this and he seemed to do just great! Just another sign he's growing up :(

One year checkup
He'll have his one year check-up on September 2nd. Anxious to see his stats!

The birthday boy on the birthday saddle at Texas Roadhouse!

Love this sweet little dude!! The first year has gone by so fast, and I only hope time can slow down because we have so many more memories to make! Looking forward to our new adventures with a busy one year old!