December
2003 Journal
Some
things we hope to do this month: Christmas celebrations,
visit Santa, see the Sweet Lights in Hershey, go to CandyLane
and ride some rides and lots of other things too! We'll
see! Happy
Birthday to Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Harold this month!
Happy Anniversary to Aunt Susan and Uncle Allen!
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Happy
Birthday Mommy
December
1, 2003 |
Mommy celebrated
her 33rd birthday today. Daddy and I gave her some really nice
stuff. We got her a Christmas is Family sweatshirt. It
has all our names on it. The special edition of A Christmas
Story DVD and the singing snowman from Hallmark! She liked
everything a whole lot. Happy Birthday Mommy...I love you!
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Last
Swimming Lesson
December
2, 2003 |
Mommy and me
went to my last swimming lesson today. We sure did have a fun
time. I even blew lots of bubble in the water this time!
We went under the water lots today...too many times to count!
I did really good again with the swimming "under" the
water and reaching for Mommy. I even had a good time playing
in the sprinklers with the balls. We all got a certificate at
the end of class. It has my name on it!! Mommy and I
hung it on the refrigerator. Mommy said that she will sign me
up for the next class. Mr. Steve said that in that class, you
go under the water on day one!
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Happy
Birthday Daddy
December
3, 2003 |
Daddy is 31
years old today! I helped Mommy wrap up his presents. I
like to use the "sticky" tape! I like to help open
them too! I am quickly learning what this present/birthday
thing is all about! We got Daddy some really cool and fun
stuff. I picked out some Sponge Bob underwear and Ho-Ho-Homer
Christmas socks! I got him a ornament for the tree...it's a
little boy with tree trimming stuff and says, Daddy's Little
Helper. We also got him the new special edition Aliens (movie)
box set. It has 9 DVD's in it. He was VERY happy with
all his gifts!
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Cole's
Doctor Appointment #4 (in 2 months!)
December
4, 2003 |
Mommy took me to
see Dr. Besselman today. My tonsils are very swollen and have
been for about 2 months! I had a sore throat in October and
had to take antibiotics for it. It got rid of the infection
but the swelling was still there...so, we went back about 1 1/2
later. I had to take antibiotics...again! (note: I
absolutely HATE taking oral medicine and will not do this
willingly...Mommy & Daddy had to put it in something and hope I
didn't taste it!) Anyway, after finishing that dose, my throat still
looked the same. My mood was tons better but I had a rash in
my private area. Off to the doctors again. We saw Dr.
Ashbrook this time. (We saw Dr. Webb last time...Mommy doesn't
really care for her) Dr. Ashbrook said that I had a yeast infection
and gave Mommy medicine for that...it went away rather
quickly. Dr. Ashbrook didn't seem to think I needed to be on
the antibiotics and told Mommy to give my a chewable cold medicine
to dry up my nose and drainage that could be causing the swelling of
my tonsils. She said to watch me while I am away from the
daycare for awhile...if "cold" symptoms do not appear to
get better...we may need to consider allergies. So, here we
are today! My tonsils are still very swollen. Dr.
Besselman checked me over real good and said I have no signs of
infection and that I probably have allergies, most likely to dust
and mold. Mommy & Daddy cleaned my room real good and the
house is dusted. They got an air purifier for the main
floor. We will need to get another one for my room...but they
are expensive...it will have to wait. I spend most of my time
in the living room anyway. Dr. Besselman said that I have
"kissing tonsils"...and they could stay swelled like that
for years. As long as I do not get frequent infections and
have trouble breathing, I won't need to see a nose/ears/throat
specialist! We'll keep you posted.
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**First
Snow of the Season**
December
7, 2003 |
The snow
actually fell yesterday but today is the day I got to play in
it! Daddy bundled me up and we all, Mommy too, went outside to
clean up the snow. We must have gotten about 10 inches!
Daddy did all of the shoveling and Mommy and me had a snow
fight! We helped to clean the snow off the car too...so, Daddy
had to shovel again! Mommy and me went for a walk down the
street...it was completely covered with ice! It was fun
sliding on it. I also like squashing slush balls with my
boots! Then we played "push me into the snow
bank"! That was great fun...Mommy was pretty silly.
I had to be careful and sneaky cause Mommy would just pick me up and
throw me in the middle of the yard! Daddy thought he would get
away since he had the camera...but we got him too!
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Decorating
for Christmas!
December
7-8th, 2003 |
It took 2 whole
days but we finally have the house decorated for Christmas! I
helped to put up the tree, handed Daddy the lights and put on some
ornaments. Now, I have my own system for doing things...not
sure if my parents agreed...but they left it the way I did it.
I liked to pull the hook and top out of the glass balls and rest
them on top of the branches...I bunched them all together...it looks
really nice, I think! I also liked playing with the ornaments
before they were put on the tree. Now, that they are up there,
I am not allowed to take them off. Mommy said that Santa will
be coming soon and be putting all kinds of packages under the
tree. I hope so...because right now it looks pretty
empty...pretty, but empty!
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Visiting
Grandparents Proper
December
11th-13th, 2003 |
Daddy and me
went up to Erie to visit Grandma and Pa-Pa. Mommy had to work
so just us boys went up. Daddy and Pa had big plans to go
hunting and me and Grandma were going to bake some Christmas cookies
and put up the tree. Things didn't quite go as planned.
I got a pretty bad cold and they had to take me to the emergency
room to see the doctor. I had a fever of 104!! Grandma
was afraid that they were going to admit me! After a quick
check up and a battle to take some medicine....they diagnosed me
with a cold and ear infection. Pa got me some
"special" Tylenol that you didn't have to take orally and
an antibiotic for my ear. I slept all day after that and
started to feel much better by Saturday afternoon. Daddy and
me decided to make the long trip back to Harrisburg because there
was a snow storm coming through and I was beginning miss my
Mommy. Daddy did get to do some hunting. He saw 5 deer,
2 that he could get a shot at, shot 4 times and no luck. Good
thing we can always count on Pa-Pa...he got his deer on the first
day.
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Grammy
& Pap-Pap Come for the Holidays
December
13th-26th, 2003 |
When Daddy &
me got back to Harrisburg, Grammy & Pap were there waiting to
see me. I wasn't feeling much better so it took me a few days
to get excited. Plus, Mommy ended up getting pretty sick while
I was gone too! Hmmm? Maybe we both were suffering some
kind of withdrawal...heehee! Grammy and Pap came early to
watch me while "Daddy went to work and Mommy went to
court". Mommy had jury duty the week of the 15th...she
made it through one day, said she sat there all day doing nothing
but watching boring CNN news. She was pretty sick, so they let
her come home on Tuesday and go to the doctors. The doctor
said, "no more court for you...stay home and rest!"
It all worked out, I guess. Mommy got the week off, Grammy and
Pap were here to help get stuff done. I got better, only after
going to see Dr. Besselman...again! He gave me some super
duper cough syrup that really helped my coughing fits!
THEN....Grammy got sick! She was ill for about 3 days!
Daddy and Pap never got it....we were glad for them! I'll
break up some entries about the rest of our visit since it all
blends in with Christmas and the rest of my family visiting.
All I have to say is that I like when people come to see and play
with me!
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Hershey
Sweet Lights
December
19, 2003 |
Hershey has a
new Christmas spectacle this year. They call it Hershey Sweet
Lights. We all loaded up in the Pathfinder around 7ish at
night and went to check it out. It is all set up behind the
Hotel Hershey. You pay to go through, I think it was about 15
bucks! Anyway, it was soo cool. They had lit up sculptures
as big as my house. We drove through tunnels and counted Rudolf's
along the way. Me and Pap even sang a few rounds of Jingle
Bells. I like singing with Pap-pap. Then the path went
up this hill into the woods. We weren't exactly sure where we
were but they had all kinds of lights and there was music playing on
the radio to go with it. It was a nice trip for the
evening. Grammy thought it would look prettier with some
snow...I would have to agree. I like snow. Daddy,
however, tells a different story. He does do a pretty good job
of "enjoying" the white stuff for me though. It will
be fun to go again next year and see if they add more stuff.
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Christmas
CandyLane in Hershey
December
21, 2003 |
Mommy decided
that it might be better if we went to CandyLane during the day this
year! We were all ready to get out of the house for some fresh
air too! We got there around 1 o'clock, shortly after it
opened for the day. Plus, it wasn't all that cold out either,
winter, but nothing like it would have been going at night. We
made the right call. There were hardly any people there and no
lines for the rides! Daddy and I rode the mini-Himalaya
first. This was my first time on this thing...it went fast in
a circle...Weeee! I was excited to ride things too. I
rode lots and some things more than once! I rode the cars,
helicopters, merry go round, little choo-choo and the big one,
rockets, monster trucks, scrambler and played in the arcade with Grammy
and Pap. Pap-Pap had lots of quarters...so he was my
buddy! I got to feed the ducks and ate some yummy French
fries! I saw Santa and from afar was good enough for me!
I did see Santa's reindeer. They were resting since they just
ate their lunch but I really enjoyed seeing them. Grammy got
me a special sweatshirt that says that I saw them! I was
getting pretty tired by the time we went home and slept on Mommy
till we walked to the car. It was a great time and great day!
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Santa
Claus Comes To My Street!
December
21, 2003 |
We were inside watching
Frosty the Snowman (again, for the 20th time) when we heard some
really loud and close fire sirens. Mommy went running to the
door. Next thing I know, I'm scooped up, my coat thrown on and
we are out the door! Santa was driving around with the local
fireman! He stopped right in front of my house and gave me a
bag of treats and said hello! It was exciting! Grammy
came out to see him too! Daddy missed it because he was out
Christmas shopping for Mommy...so, bummer...we don't have any pics
of the big event. Maybe next year!
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The
Rest of the Family Visit
December
24, 2003 |
It's Christmas
Eve....finally, Grandma and Pa-Pa get here! They were here
when I got up from my nap! I was excited to see and play with
them! Daddy got home from work early too and that was a nice
surprise for me! I like having all my grandparents
here...there is always some one who will do something for me!
I was able to have more chocolate than any one person would probably
allow me to have...heehee. I probably should not have typed
that and let out my little secret! Oh well...I'll come up with
a new one! We had a nice Christmas Eve dinner. Mommy
made spaghetti and we have some shrimp cocktail, deer baloney
(again, thanks to Pa-Pa)...and SODA! Yummy! I was
excited to eat like the big people on the TV trays in the living
room! That was great!
Later, after I came down from my tubby....Uncle JG was here!
That was great!!! He can run super fast with the my
trucks. We did that for about 1/2 hour straight! Until
my bath seemed pointless....I was pretty sweaty! It was soon
time to go to bed. Santa was going to be coming soon and I had
to be in bed! Daddy helped me to hang the key on the front
door for him, since we don't have a chimney! We put out
cookies and milk too. Grammy and me made some special
"Frosty" cookies, I hope he likes them! Kisses to
everyone, Daddy read me Twas the Night Before Christmas and I was
"told" to go to sleep!
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Cole's
Christmas Eve (written
by Mommy)
December
24, 2003 |
Well...Cole was
put to bed around 10:30. We had let him stay up because he was
very excited to be playing with his Uncle and all the chocolate he
had coaxed the grandfather's into giving him...probably didn't help
matters. The grown-ups were still visiting and getting ready
to go to bed. I still had some gifts to wrap for the family
and put under the tree before Santa got here. Grammy was
sleeping in Cole's room and liked to wait until he is asleep for a
bit before going in. I hadn't heard him on the monitor for a
little bit, so Mom (Grammy) went on up. Well, she went in
there only to find a very awake but quiet Cole sitting in his
bed. She quickly jumped into bed with all clothes on and
pretended to be asleep. For about an hour, almost 2 hours we
hear "Ho-Ho-Ho...choo-choo....Thomas....Ho-Ho-Ho".
Then Cole got a book and sat in bed "reading" to Mr. Moo
(his stuffed cow he sleeps with)...."Daddy went to work, Mommy
went to court", over and over. I guess Cole walked
over to Grammy and was going to say something and she told
him...."you better get to sleep, Santa is going to be
coming". He didn't last much longer after that. It
did make for a late start on Christmas Day. Grandma Proper could
hardly contain herself any longer so we had to wake him up about 9
o'clock! Mark and I said, he was probably the only kid in this
time zone that wasn't awake yet!
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Merry
Christmas!
December
25, 2003 |
Mommy came in
and woke me up this morning! I was pretty tired since I was
too excited to sleep the night before! I tried as long as I
could to stay up and wait to see if I could see Santa coming to my
house...but Grammy said he wouldn't come if I was awake! Mommy
took me downstairs and WOW...there were presents everywhere! I
quickly forgot all about them when I saw the awesome choo-choo that
Santa set up on the floor! I started playing with it right
away. Daddy had to pull me away to get me to open something
else. I got all kinds of nice stuff. Mommy & Daddy
got me a car wash for my HotWheels, a memory game, a matching game
and the pieces look like Oreos, a Thomas outfit, books about trains;
Santa brought me a bouncy ball, horsy on a stick, potty and big boy
underwear and my CHOO-CHOO! Grammy & Pap-pap got me a
Thomas engine, a book, Thomas PJ's and the DVD player for the
car...oh, and a bond. Grandparents Proper got me a bond and a
Buzz Light-year and Woody "action" figures. Uncle JG
got me a drum set, Pirate Ship, Go-Bot Robot and punching bag!
Great Aunt Kitty & Uncle Harold gave me some money...so did
Great Grandma Young. Aunt Susan and Uncle Allen got me a
bubble blower, toy saw and My First Leap Pad with 2 additional
activity books. Aunt Atina, Uncle Will and Nickoli got me two
games! Larissa and Lauren Rice got me a bed to take camping
and a clothes hamper. Mr. & Mrs. Schultz got me a cookie monster
race car and some chocolate! Mert Miller gave me some snowman
magnets and a washcloth. Alton Meeker sent me a cool fishing
set and some cool Tonka cars! Whew...that sure is a lot of
stuff for a little boy like me! I apologize if I forgot anyone or
anything! I say a big huge gigantic THANK YOU to everyone.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas just like me!
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A
Proper Gathering!
December
27, 2003 |
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Aunt Atina and
Nickoli traveled up to Harrisburg on Friday evening and are staying with
us for a few days. Aunt Susan and Uncle Allen came up
today. We all got ready and went out to eat at The Old Country
Buffet for lunch. What a nice time we had. Everyone was
impressed with how well behaved Nick and I are and how well we play
together. I did stress a bit when it comes to sharing my
choo-choo but I did a pretty good job. Not one time did I get
mad or hit my cousin!! That is, what I am told, pretty amazing
for a 2 1/2 year old! Plus, he was awesome fun to run and crash
trucks with! We had a nice visit. We all haven't been
together since Nickoli's first birthday in May! Uncle Allen
and Aunt Susan said that they would like to have a BBQ with everyone
together...that would be fun. They have a nice big yard and
playground that I like to run around in.
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