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Sunday, September 09, 2007
AC...
Tonight was fun, I was asked to sub in our little sub-divisions bunco group...I ended up getting half of my money back for "last bunco" of the evening...so not too bad. They play completely different than my bunco group and they aren't nearly as fun as my bunco group, but it is still a blast!
Now I have heartburn...lovely!
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Since the puke...
The Parent's As Teachers lady stopped in yesterday for a visit. She said that Decovin's vocabulary was excellent for his age and that a lot of 2 year olds don't have as many words as he does! She also said that the fact you can UNDERSTAND what he is saying for the most part is pretty amazing also. She gave me some suggestions of what to work on next with him, i.e. colors and how to teach him the colors and animal sounds. We started working on colors recently but she suggested we do it in "groupings" so for example we should start with things like "Decovin, lets put all the (insert color) toys in here..." and then when he has that down to start next with things like "Decovin, can you show me the (insert color) ball..." and then after he has those both completely down then we can start asking the infamous "What color is this (insert object)?", etc. I thought that was a very good idea.
He also warms up to almost anybody in a matter of seconds and it was no time before he was wanting to sit on her lap and just wanted her attention and her attention only...he actually tried to push me away! *sniff* He is becoming VERY independent! OY already!
So over the weekend Bob's old stomping ground had their annual "DeSoto Days" festival for their sesquicentennial, 150 years in case you were wondering, and apparently the Plummer family is one of the original families from that area so they invited the family to be in the parade...so here we are, all the cousins on the float...Bob drove and Decovin rode up front with him.

It was fun, and relatively nice out that day...could have been worse, like 105 out or something!!! Thank goodness it wasn't...we ate a lot of "fair food" and had a good time!
Oh and our air conditioner might be broke...we aren't sure and if it is, it is completely our fault for absentmindedly forgetting to change the filter out every month! OY! So it froze up the other day and thank goodness the weather has been mild otherwise I might be shacking up with someone else right now! LOL! :-) We are managing currently but I am still not convinced it is fixed...we shall see.
Cheers.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Blah Blah Puke!
So early last week Decovin started showing signs of "cuddly-ness", which if any of you know Decovin know this is not normal for him! LOL! He is very much ON THE GO and can't sit still and doesn't like to be held! So, anyway, he started hugging regularly and he will pat you on the back when he does it now too...it is really super cute...
So as I was saying, early last week he was doing it MORE than normal...constantly wanting to be held and snuggling up to me, etc. Bob was home and he thought it was a bit odd also...well anyway, I chalked it up to teething as I told Bob that he felt like he had a slight fever...so I turn him around to face me and he bury's his face in my chest...then he looks up at me with those sad puppy dog eyes as if to say: "Mom, I don't feel good" when BLEH! It happened...he puked ALL over me! To top things off, he had had raisins earlier in the day and so you can imagine what those looked like all puffy and soggy! I'm gagging just thinking about it! Ok...
So Bob takes Decovin straight to the tub where Decovin returns immediately to his normal self acting all goofy and splashing in the water and having a great time! Me, on the other hand, I was in the other bathroom removing the vomit covered clothes and getting ready to hop in the shower when the smell of it all consumes me and I lose my cookies too! I love being pregnant!
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I am still doing Occupational Therapy once a week with a girl also named Jennifer who is also married to a Robert...fun huh? Anyway, I really like her and she makes me feel so much better! It is the best 45 minutes of my week! Anyway...that is about all that is going on here...Hope to hear from you all soon! I miss our comments to one another...keep 'em comin'!
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And just for fun!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Let's see...where to begin...
Mom retired. Had a party. It was fun. Had bunco. Had a party. It was also fun. Went to St. Louis with my friend Abbi and her two kids for two days and that was not so much fun. This might take a while...so sit back and relax and get ready for a read...
So we head out on Tuesday the 14th at 8am and all was well...then Decovin was acting all crabby and not like himself in a car...I assumed he was teething as he has been gnawing on his fingers like crazy...then I realize...I FORGOT HIS DIAPER BAG...with all his diapers, medicine, etc...so we made a quick stop in Columbia for diapers, wipes, tylenol, and orajel. All was well. Then we stopped right outside of St. Louis and had lunch with one of Abbi's old friends for lunch. Then we headed to our hotel where they wouldn't let us check in just yet so we decided to head to the Arch for our first visit. I decide not to go up the arch as I was feeling a bit nauseous all day and since D was running a fever (due to teething, I can only assume???) I figure it was much better for us to stay on solid ground. So Abbi and her kiddo's go up...it takes about an hour round trip for their tour so D and I strolled through the museum a few times and hung out. They returned then we take the long trek back to the car in the five million degree heat to head back to the hotel. We check in and get unpacked and then head across the street to St. Louis Bread Co. for dinner. Then back to the hotel for some swimming for the kids in the kiddie pool. I fear, now looking back, that this was a bad idea...you see the next morning I woke up with a feeling of a bladder infection coming on...GREAT! We were all set to head out to the zoo when I decide on a last minute decision that I should go to the ER and get some meds so I am not in more sever pain later...plus infections while pregnant=BAD! So D & I drive Abbi and the kids to the zoo and drop them off and we head back to the hospital like 1/2 a mile away and park our butts for 3 hours while we wait for the lab results to confirm what I already knew...then we headed back to the zoo to pick up Abbi & the kids as they were ready after only being there for 2 hours due to the high heat! So we headed back to the hotel and then decided that we should go do SOMETHING since the day was such a bummer...so we then decided to go to Union Station where we watched the fudge makers make some yummy peanut butter fudge and sing us a song or two! It was fun and the kids liked it alot. Then we decided to get some grub at Houlihans attached to the mall...the meal was delicious. Then it was back to the hotel. Oh, I forgot to mention that during the day Abbi's youngest started to run a fever and was miserable all day...then at 11:30pm...her son woke up with a raging fever also...so we decided it was best to leave St. Louis in the morning and skip Grant's Farm. So that was our trip, in a nutshell...not that exciting for D & I...as we spent it in the ER...fun vacation eh?! Anyway...I am feeling much better, no big deal, they gave me some antibiotics and I will have to have a check up with my Midwife this week...fun, fun. Maybe our next trip we will try to do in the Spring or Fall! HAHA!
My niece, McKendra, turned one today and they had a party yesterday for her. There was at least 50 people there! It was insane! But it was a lot of fun and that girl got some gifts...let me tell ya! :-) She devoured her cake too...went gung ho and I think if mom and dad wouldn't have stopped her she would have eaten the whole thing!! It was too cute! :-)
Then today, we headed to Bob's aunt's house for a bbq for his Grandma who turned 71 yesterday. It was fun to see everyone! And the food was AWESOME! :-)
Now we are home and Decovin is seeming to have a rough time with his molars! He is having a hard time sleeping and keeps waking up, which is very UNLIKE him...so hopefully after a dose of tylenol he will go to sleep soon. Poor guy. I think I am off to bed as I am EXHAUSTED and feel as though I may be coming down with a lovely cold myself...joy, joy. Well, sorry for the long blog...I will try to keep posting more often so I don't have to say so much in one of these!
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Well, I'm finished. (updated)
Nothing new really to report since last I wrote, Decovin has had his 18 month pictures taken and you can view them at: www.thesmilestation.com and put my name: Jennifer Plummer in as the guest and use the access code: LTTT0626100594TAR
They came out really good. I didn't order all of the poses but I did get a few. They are waiting for me to pick them up at Target but I have to drive 40 minutes one way to retrieve them...so I will wait until Wednesday when I head to LaCygne to pick them up. Well, ta ta for now. Leave a comment every once in awhile...lets me know you are all still there! :-)
Oh and did I mention what Decovin did last week?! Bob was giving D a bath and I was happily reading Harry Potter in the bedroom when I hear through the walls..."CRAP! JENNNNNNNNNN!!! I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!" So I go running in there and lo and behold, Decovin, for the first time ever, believe it or not, pooped in the tub! So I had to fish out the lovely floaties and drain the tub and take out the toys and bleach everything down all the while D is sitting in the sink naked waiting for me to be done so he could finish his bath! Lovely! Gotta love it...knew it would happen eventually!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I'm broken!
I panicked at first about the 2 times a week b/c "what will I do with D?"! I can't take him with me...not while I am trying to do exercises, etc...so I finally asked my neighbor, who watches lots of kids randomly, and she said she would be delighted to take him in! YEAH! And for only $5/hour! WHOO HOO! Seeing as how I should only be gone for about an hour to an hour and a half, no big deal! Deep breath in and...RELEASE! So there ya have it folks!
Oh, I am taking D to get his 18 mos. pics taken tomorrow and then Christy and I are going to take him to WonderScope (http://www.wonderscope.org/). It's a children's museum geared for one and older. So excited...should be fun. Anyway...that is all I have to say for now. Hope to hear from some of you soon! Ciao bella!
Monday, July 23, 2007
My baby isn't a baby anymore...*sniff*
Also, Bob has been working in our back yard and is using our left over bricks that were once our wall (that fell 3 times) and "outlining" the back of our house and filling in the gap with wood chips...so far it looks great...I will have pics soon. :-)
Friday, July 20, 2007
Rockin' Good time!
So my friend Crystal came by on Wednesday for a couple of days and we had a BLAST! We cooked, we chatted, we played with D, we hung out, we relaxed, but most of all, we caught up! We don't get to see each other that often so when we do, it is major "catch up" time and it is so much fun!
Decovin has started changing again...he is now really "playing" with his toys, I guess he always played well with his toys and knew what the basics were/did...i.e. balls, etc. But this week he started to really try to fine tune his gross motor skills by learning to use his Little Tykes Tool set that Aunt Christy got him for Christmas. He figured out, with Auntie Crystal's help, how to put the screw driver into the screws and how to hammer his nails in. It was so amazing watching him really concentrating on how to do this. He successfully twisted the screws a few times and nailed in the nails a gazillion times! It's just crazy how they change.
His new trick: I went the bathroom and left him in the living room to watch Noggin and when I returned I found Decovin sitting on the open window ledge in between our kitchen and living room. One foot on the sink, one on the couch straddeling the sill. Of course I panic b/c now I know I can't leave knives in the sink now at all! GREAT, one more thing to worry about! Oy vay! Why does he have to be such a curious monkey?! :-)
Anyway, that's all I've got for today.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Ohhhhhhhhhhh K--LAHOMA!
Also, Decovin had his 18 month check up yesterday! He is getting so big...well, sort of. He is now 32 inches and 23lbs 13oz and has a 19 inch noggin. All and all he is below average on all of them if I remember correctly. His weight is in the 25th percentile...I remember that. So he got skinny as he got older. Wish that would happen to me! ha! He also had to get two shots, Hep A and DTaP...he cried but then stopped as soon as it was over and was happy as a lark.
So that is all the news I have for you currently. Oh my friend Crystal will be stopping by this week for an overnighter. Should be super fun! Can't wait to see her. Did I mention that she is getting married next June?! I was asked to be in her wedding...at least I won't be pregnant! :-)WHOO HOO! :-)
Sunday, July 15, 2007
I know, I know...

So anyway, what else has happened since I last posted. Oh for 4th of July we headed up to Jeff & Marianne's for a wet barbeque thanks to the rain but it was really yummy and the kids love to play together. Decovin thought he was on cloud 9 with all the "new" toys to play with! Didn't know where to go to first! LOL! On our drive back from their house we saw several different fireworks displays going on to our East, North and South and I am sure the West but we weren't heading that direction! :-)
Then that weekend following, Bob, Decovin, Quentin, & Bob's entire immediate family went to the Lake of the Ozarks to his g'parent's cabin for a short stay. We swam a LOT and even went shopping at the outlet stores in Osage Beach. It was really a fun time! Especially the swimming part! Decovin didn't care too much for his life jacket but he still had fun splashing everyone! :-)
Well, that about sum's up what has been happening. Sorry it has been so long! I will try not to be so long between posts! Oh and I go to the doctor again on the 1st of August because the Midwife wanted to HEAR the heartbeat and not just see it. Oh and I have an appointment with an Occupation Therapist for my back as it has been giving me quite a bit of grief for some reason! So wish me luck!
Oh and if you haven't already, GO AND SEE HARRY POTTER! So good!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Cuddle Time.
Got him out and lathered him up with the smelly stuff and we headed into the living room for some unusual cuddle time. Most of you know that Decovin doesn't cuddle much, he is ON THE GO all the time and so when you get a cuddle in, you cherish it! So today he was zonked and I noticed that while we were watching TLC that he started to nod off IN MY ARMS!!! He hasn't done this since he was an infant! I didn't want to put him down it was so precious! But alas, all things come to an end....at least I can document it! :-)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sick Sucks!
Decovin hasn't been sleeping well due to the cold and has gotten me up SEVERAL times in the night these past few days. So I haven't gotten much sleep and I can't really take anything to relieve my symptoms and so that makes me a bear. Lovely.
I've been at mom & dad's this week b/c I had bunco and b/c Bob was working alot, so it was nice to have help with D during the day. I was supposed to go to a petting zoo with my friend, Abby and her kids but since I feel like poo we cancelled...I didn't want to expose her kids to us either...so another time I suppose.
Anyway...that's all I have to say this week. :-)
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
News.
So since I last blogged, Bob, Decovin & I went down to Arkansas to visit my Aunt Mendy and Uncle Jim for a quick get-away vacation of sorts. It was about a 5 1/2 hour trip and Decovin did swimmingly! He slept then he would jabber and play with his toys and then we would stop at a gas station and find a grassy area for him to run around it for 10 minutes then back in the car and he was such a good boy. We actually didn't even have to turn on the DVD player until 45 minutes outside of Ft. Smith and we only did this b/c we were so close that we didn't want to stop! :-) He was super duper!
We swam, ate, vegged, saw the Fort, swam some more, ate some more and vegged some more.
They had toys for Decovin to play with, including a ball pit and golf clubs that he seemed to really enjoy! It was a very relaxing vacation! (Thanks Mendy & Jim!)
Christy has been spending the week with us, she drove Decovin and I home on Sunday as I was not feeling well that day and she will take us all back to LaCygne Friday as I have my 10 year high school reunion on Saturday. Should be fun.
Today I had a lady from the Parents As Teachers program come to the house to evaluate Decovin. She said he was on target and gave me some good pointers for the "no-no" stage of his current little life. *wink* She also said that they offer play dates once a week starting in the fall and they also throw a few big shin-digs during the year for everyone that is involved in the program. Sounds like fun! She was SUPER nice and Decovin loved her toys she brought...of course!
Oh and did I mention that I wasn't feeling well b/c I am pregnant again?! :-)
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
I have a monkey!
Yesterday, I was in the computer room checking my email, like I do, when all of a sudden I hear Gwen Stefani BLARING in the living room...I run in there and Decovin is sitting on top of the coffee table next to the stereo where he had switched it from TV to RADIO...he was very pleased with himself and bouncing up and down to the music...
*sigh* He's growing up too fast!
Another cute sidenote, Decovin has also figured out how to ride his Power Wheels that we got for him. He will crawl on the 4-wheeler and/or the go kart and he knows he has to push the button down and hold it in order for it to go...as for steering...well, that is talent that he has yet to master...one day he will avoid the walls! :-)
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This past weekend was super fun! Amanda, as you all know, graduated from Des Moines University and is now officially: Dr. Amanda D. Camden, D.O.
Sounds so fancy! We are all so proud of her and still can't believe we have a doctor in the family! So cool!
Amanda invited me to go to one of her banquets the night before the graduation and so we got all dolled up and went to it first and then later we met up with some of her other friends at a martini bar called "The Lift" in downtown area. It was super fun and I was so glad she invited me. Plus, who doesn't love a good martini?! ;-)
Saturday was the graduation and it was only 2 hours long...I thought that was pretty good for a bunch of doctor's graduating! We all cheered her on when she walked across the stage....take a look for yourself:
It was a good time! Congrats again Doc!
Other than that, not much else is happening...we leave Friday for our mini-vacation to Arkansas to visit my Aunt Mendy and Uncle Jim for a few days and to go camping one night at Mount Magazine State Park...should be interesting anyway! :-) It will be D's first time camping...(which is why we are only going one night...lol!) I will be sure to let you know how things went!
JP OUT!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Rearranging...
Monday, May 21, 2007
Yard...
Decovin is amazing us everyday with his new tricks. First it was climbing up on the couch and next it was knowing how to change the channel and laughing when daddy would go running in there to change the channel back so there wasn't LOUD FUZZ happening. Daddy wasn't as amused. I also had a neighbor offer to sell us her Power Wheels that her boys are too big for now...she had two...one 4-wheeler and a go-kart. Easy push of a button and off they go! The only problem was, she was selling them together b/c she only has one power extension plug to charge them...so we took them both for $50...:-) The go-kart looks brand new! LOVE IT! Decovin tried it out today and thought it was fun! We should get some good use out of those!
Other news, I have been holding off telling everyone but most everyone knows by now. I started Weight Watchers on the 17th of April and since then, I have lost 9.6lbs. I am very excited about this and hope to get back into all of my pre-pregnancy clothes soon! Bob has been a great support and that helps A LOT! So, there it is.
That's all I have so far. I'm headed to Amanda's tonight for a sleep-over in her new townhouse...Wine will be involved! :-) Cheers!
Monday, May 14, 2007
Uh-Oh!
Monday, April 30, 2007
Just like daddy!
Decovin watched Bob intensely and then he would mimic him using his "bubble mower" that g'ma and pappy plummer got him. It was SOOOO cute!
Decovin trys to dress just like daddy too:
Monday, April 23, 2007
What's up?
Nothing new here, had a Pampered Chef party last weekend, it went really well, if anyone wants to order anything, let me know before Wednesday!
New video of D for ya...I'm sure you will all enjoy it, if you haven't already seen it!
Good times!
Love to everyone!