I know it's a little late, but...

Yes, Halloween has come and gone, but I didn't have the time to put the precious pictures of David. He was pretty cute. We have had a pretty eventful couple of months. I won't go into too much detail yet. If you know us pretty well, you are already in the "know." For now I'll just keep this post full of sweet David and get my posts ready for Christmas!! Have I mentioned that I LOVE Christmas???? Seriously....I am already listening to Christmas music. I could go on forever... so I will stop here.

About a month ago a neighbor called and told us that a duck was driving my car... interesting, I thought. I went outside and here's what I saw...

Looked like a duck to me...but I found the culprit.





We started putting David's costume on three weeks before Halloween. We attempted every night. I wanted him to get used to it so that he would wear it for Halloween. I will say there was NEVER a night that he liked it or wore it for longer than 10 mintues. When it came time for Halloween night... let me say, our little boy put his costume on at 4:30 p.m. and didn't take it off until 11:00 p.m. I am not kidding. I was so proud of him! He even wore the feet until we took them off because they were soaking wet! Here are some pictures of the eventful night.







I told David it was time to put away the Halloween decorations, so he decided to give them kisses goodbye.





Also in the last month I went to a Sip n See for one of my best friends, Whitney and her beautiful daughter, Lucy. Here is the adorable couple.... (that would be David and Lucy!)


David also had his first trip to the farm with daddy. A mom could get used to this! :) Not to mention it made for some pretty cute pictures.

Yes, we are still here! :)

I am so, so sorry for those of you who keep up with our family on here...We have been MIA. Yes, my job has taken over my life. Thankfully, I am loving it, but it is definitely a 7-6 job. I get to work at 7 and get home between 6 and 6:30. I keep hearing that it will slow down and I am looking forward to that day. Matthew and I finally have a GREAT appreciation for teachers. I am thankful to have a husband who is what he calls "a single parent!"


I won't bore you with too much talk, but here is a quick run down of what has happened since I last blogged:
- I prepared for the first day of school
- I arrived for the first day of school and blacked out, basically in my principal's arms, in front of my class
- I was in the hospital for a week
- I decided to return to school for the second week... made it two whole hours and blacked out while talking to my principal, in front of my class, again!
- Had a million tests run over a period of two weeks, two ambulance rides to the hospital, discovered I have PVC's (which we knew), started a medicine, ended a medicine, and NOW am finally OFF medicine and back at school. I have been standing for seven weeks now! :)
- David started school again... we love it much more this year. He brings home his school projects and we have a "David's School Projects" wall. (I will upload a pic later)
- I have 30, yes 30 fourth graders in my class... and love them all!
- I have made some wonderful friendships at my job
- David is growing up before my eyes!
- My sister's belly is growing, growing, growing! She is due Jan. 11 and will be in her new house by the end of this month!
- MEREDITH'S PREGNANT!! :) She is due in April!

My two boys!

In his room... somehow he got up in his chair by himself. Scary!

The Henig group and the babies
David's first "borrowed" car seat

David's very own car seat

Alex at 6 months

David and mommy
David found a pot with "balls" (it had old Christmas ornaments in it)

The girls and David (poor thing)

Aunt Alex and David

David and me on the morning of my birthday!

A few updates and a major question...

I think I will start with the question... I hope this is something that another parent has had to deal with because I have no idea what to do. Okay...so, David gags himself. Yes, gags himself. Since he has been able to eat solids I have made his food and he has always been a wonderful eater and eaten everything I give him. As most of you know, he's a wee little thing... even though he is a good eater. Over the last two weeks he has started not eating. Sometimes he will scarf down everything you hand him and then others he pitches a fit. He has even gone a whole day with only milk and a little bit of hotdog and animal crackers. What can a mother do to a 13 month old? (Any suggestions there... I'll listen!) Back to the main question... so, last week he started sticking his hand down his throat and gagging himself! No... I am not a "purger!" NEVER have been. So, I ruled that out. He hasn't witnessed Matthew or I doing that. He has been home with me all summer, so I know he didn't learn it at daycare. He doesn't vomit when he does it, just gags himself. He ONLY does it when he is in his highchair and after he has "finished" eating.

I have tried several things: 1- ignore him, but he keeps on doing it 2- pop his hand, but he continues to do it or 3- take him out of the highchair, and he stops!

So.... what do I do about my little gagger? And why do you think he does this? Help please!

Now, onto the "news" in the Coblentz household:

David had his first trip to the beach! We had a blast. We went with "Uncle" Spears and "Aunt" Meagan, "Uncle" Wylie and "Aunt" Hilary, and "Uncle" Allan and "Aunt" Somer. David loved the wade-in pool, the beach, and the ocean. We stayed for five days and had the best, first family trip ever! Here are a few pictures of that!















At the beginning of June I had my wisdom teth taken out. While I was under anesthesia, they discovered that my heart was producing PVC's. That stands for Premature Ventricular Contractions. It just means that there were times where my heart would beat faster than it was supposed to. They recommended I see a cardiologist. Lovely. Another thing to deal with. So, I saw my cardiologist last two Wednesdays ago and he heard "several" PVC's. He said it was probably nothing to worry about, but he wanted to go ahead and eliminate problems. Guess what his "prescription" was? A beautiful heart monitor. Yes... you would think that these days they would have some type of digital, small device. Oh no... it's about the size of a handheld cassette player (if you can even imagine those anymore) with three, yes 3 probs stuck to my chest. It looks great in clothes! :) I would post a picture, but it's too much of a hassle. Maybe I will later... because, don't worry, I get to wear this baby for 30 days! We are on day 11.

David began standing and walking on his own. He has been taking steps for a while now, but he would only do it if we put him down or he pulled up on something. Now he stands where he is and goes. I think that's called "walking!" Scarey. He is ALL over the place! I love it!

David also had his 12 month checkup. We went last Monday. He was 18.5 lbs. (under the 5%) and 28 1/4 inches (8%). Yes, we are tiny. When I got home Matthew was not happy. Not that he was upset, but every male wants their son to be a "big" boy. Well, we went back and looked at Matthew's baby book to see where he was at 12 months. You won't believe this.... Matthew was 18.14 lbs and only 28 inches!! Isn't that crazy. That'd eased Matthews mind. There's hope out there for our "little" man!

The school (Wilson Elementary) I will be teaching at finally opened up on Thursday. We were able to move stuff in. I will post pictures once I get something in there. I took all the stuff I had up there and unloaded and unpacked it. We still don't have desks or boards on the walls so we can't do any decorating yet. I am still looking for ideas on how to display the birthdays of my class in my room. (I'll be teaching fourth grade.) Any ideas... throw them my way!