July 31, 2004
Is it just me?
or do Malls beat you down too? I don't think I've ever left a mall feeling excited since I was 17. Those tight Santana jeans always used to get me excited though LOL. God do you remember those?
It's that time of year again. School shopping. Sarah is actually fitting into pants pretty darn close to my size! *shock* We found her two pairs of pants tonight. She doesnt' mind jeans as long as they don't ride up her. I tried to find some loose fitting jeans. *chuckles* What I find the most difficult right now is all the schools have pretty strict dress codes and it's really hard finding girls clothes that abide by those school rules. Have you seen how SHORT those skirts are? Are they even skirts at that length? I mean holy shit, really, they barely cover their asses. Mind you I would have wore skirts that short easily when I was young. Actually if I still had my skinny ass like I did, I probably still would LOL.
Tomorrow we're going out to get some more clothes and maybe some paint for Sarah's room. I'm motivated to do something in there after she got some new things, so we'll see where it takes us.
Doug and I were hoping for a break from the kids this weekend so we could sneak out to the Cheesecake Factory to pig out. For the past month or so, I've had some pretty wild pregnancy symptoms...sickish...achey...sore boobs...cravings...but I'm NOT pregnant...I think it's all mental...all that talking we've been doing about it is playing tricks on my mind ha ha. Anyway, we exhausted all our resources and even grasped at straws and came up with no babysitter, so we dragged all the kiddos with us to Dallas. We all pigged out and browsed around in a new mall we had not been to. It was a good day and the kids behaved, so cant' knock that.
We'll get some alone time when school starts in a few weeks. Woot!! Got all their supplies bought tonight. I decided not to order online like I normally do because Target had some really great deals and the stores aren't usually a beating like Walmart is. I totally stocked up on Crayola markers and crayons...geesh .078-1.00 per pack, you just can't beat those prices. I got good deals on all of it, so I'm glad to be done! Doh, hubby just went to bed...night!
July 30, 2004
Wow
Daniel took his first steps all by himself last night. Doug was sitting in his chair, I was in mine and Daniel was standing up holding on to me. He turned and let go, then walked to his daddy! It was so damn cute, I thought I'd cry! He has been letting go and standing on his own quite a bit, but not really taking any steps, let alone doing it without us coaching him. It was pretty exciting!
July 27, 2004
Oh well
I got school medical forms for Daniel in the mail a week AFTER his WBC. Of course his doctor needs to sign them. That just sucks! The day went really slow today. I'm looking forward to school starting and maybe taking a few days off for some peace and quiet. Doug and I chatted last night for awhile before falling asleep. I asked him things like "what do you miss about your pre-child life?". I started thinking of my answer to him and I realized I've never ever had a pre-child adult life. When you get pregnant at 16, that doesn't leave much room for growing up to do what you want to do does it? Oh well, not dwelling here...
We got talking about travelling and how difficult it is with the kids etc. I think it sucks because going places is fun. People around work are going on vacations all the time. I'm reading on people's blogs all about their fun vacations they got planned. I'm jealous. I am curious though...how the hell do you all afford to go? Is it all on credit? Do you save up all year for it? Are you just fucking rich? Heh. Doug and I make a good living (or I should say Doug makes a good living), but planning out an actual trip?! We both cringe at the cost and cringe at the thought of lugging the kids around in a van for 12 hours at a time.
I know our future holds lots of travelling for us, but sometimes I just want to go now, if nothing else but to be able to say we went, we had fun. Part of me knows deep down inside that the kids would probably misbehave so badly we'd regret even going anywhere 4 hours out. Some gals at work today spouted off some nearby ideas, but be damned if I remember any of them. Some weren't my piece of cake anyway, but some sounded fun. Oh well, we got no one to take care of the pugs anyway.
It's a good idea
I can't knit nor crochet, but I know a lot of you CAN! A fellow Canadian blogger has a great idea! Basically make a square, send it to her and she'll put them all together to make a blanket for the homeless. Lots of people have jumped on board, so should you if you got some leftover yarn sitting around! I mean why not eh? =)
I guess I'll update more later, I've got a one year old demanding attention right now and it's almost bedtime so he comes first!
July 25, 2004
1 year portraits
Today went okay. As I mentioned already, Daniel's been teething big time, so I sent Doug to the pharmacy earlier for some motrin. That shit just works better than tylenol, ya know?! Anyway, it seemed to hold him over for awhile after lunch so he at least wasn't whining, but boy was it hard to get a shot without his tongue hanging out or rubbing against his gums OR his hands shoved in his mouth. We managed to get a few shots. Some I like better than others, some I wish were slightly different and one of them I'm not fussy about at all, but ya know what when you are fighting with a teething almost toddler to sit still, after about the third shot and you're sweating your ass off, anything looks good!
Here they are, Enjoy: (remember they are only downloaded versions)
I got a big one of this one. It was really hard to chose one, but this is a typical classic baby shot, so it won.
He's marking the "b" in this shot because I was singing "Pat-a-cake" to him. Heh.
He didn't want to stand up by the horse, so I put him right on the darn thing. I wish she had of taken it a little closer up is all, but overall it's cute.
This smile doesn't even look like Daniel. I'm not sure why they kept this one, but for whatever reason that particular shot was difficult to get. Notice the edge of the background at the bottom of the shot, she says it'll be cropped out, if it's not, this is the one I'm hoping to have re-taken!
Similar shot to the above one. I got some free pictures for agreeing to take part in a "support the troops" thing.
These shots are cute, but not sure if I like the green or not. Oh well, he's one and simply adorable either way!
Yawn
Geesh where is everyone this weekend. Blog land is dead. You all must be doing something fun to keep you away from the computer this weekend...not me. Well I've kept somewhat away from the computer cleaning Sarah's room, watching Birth Day and Baby Story episodes that we have DVR'd and soothing a fussy, teething infant. Daniel was up last night for about 3 hours. Wide. Awake. These toofers of his better make their debut soon or else!
Hubby has been tweaking with IP banning/comment banning in an effort to decrease spam on our websites, so if one day everything is okay for you, then the next you can't read or can't comment, just let me know and he'll fix it. Most of you have my email address but here it is for those that don't: fel726atcharterdotnet. (not that that will do you a lot of good if all of a sudden you can't get access to this blog LOL, oh well I think I can be reached also at felicityatithadtobeyoudotnet, which may be easier to remember).
Okay my baby is still in there fussing not wanting to nap (strange for him, damn teething). Must go snuggle him.
July 24, 2004
Getting organized
Holy shit, my back is killing me. I spent just over 6 hours cleaning and organizing Sarah's room today. Doug had the kids out running around, so Daniel and I went to work (well I worked on the room and he went to work on cutting those top four teeth...yes FOUR!!). I've not spent much time decorating any of our rooms yet, there always seems to be something else to do. The other day while they were babysitting, Doug's step mom took Sarah out shopping for a few little things for her room.
They bought black metal tie backs for her curtains, pillow to match her new bedding set that Doug and I bought last weekend, potted flowers, bed skirt also to match comforter and a new lamp shade to match. She has spent some time in there straightening Sarah's stuffed animals up on her shelves (which shocked me that Sarah even allowed that because they've never been anywhere but on her bed, all fifty of them!). J also had some great ideas for paint, pictures and shelves etc.
So it got me going on a kick today. I cleaned my ass off. You have NO IDEA how messy that child's room was. No I take that back, not messy...but gross and dirty. I dumped toy box after toy box out onto the floor and what a freaking mess of garbage and little pieces of toy shit. Good freaking god. If I had of been smart I would have taken pictures just to prove how gross it was. Sarah is NOT good at keeping things neat and organized. She's actually quite awful at it.
Six hours later, two full garbage bags of shit, everything is neat and tidy and clean and all in its very own place. I ache from head to toe, but it was worth it to get that nasty job done. I'm betting she'll be in trouble for messing it by end of day tomorrow! Ghrrrr.
Some of you may recall us buying Sarah a daybed back in February '03. The bed and mattress cost us three hundred dollars. Here's what was left of it before we lugged it out to the trash yesterday.
See how the weld is all busted up, it's missing some posts...here's a closer up shot of all the damage done to the wall:
yes I could have knocked that kids head through the wall. She doesn't take care of anything. The frame itself had all but ruined her new mattress as well. I managed to salvage that a few months ago by putting a board under it for more support. The frame and springs were all busted up, she jumped so much (says she didn't jump), she knocked holes into the wall. Sigh. So we lugged that out and she's currently sleeping on the floor. We have another bed in the barn for her, but she's not getting it yet. I'm thinking about painting in her room and before we lug anymore shit in there, I'd rather finish that first.
I got Doug to pick up a cute little shelf from Target today for her room too. It's got three shelves and little hooks. It'll be nice in there once it's hung. While I was on a roll, I convinced Doug that we needed a toy organizer for Daniel's things. Here's a shot of that:
I think it's cute, but it's definitely getting mounted to the wall. I have the playpen up against it for now. It doesn't even hold all his toys. He has some on the book shelf and some in the bedroom still. Geesh. The toys probably aren't going to stay right there anyway. I'm still re-considering the whole layout of this room. Do any of you do that? Do you just set up your furniture and then leave it forever or are you always looking at it, then re-looking at it, trying to figure out the best possible way to arrange it? I'm awful. I do real good for awhile, then when I get it in my head...I wanna rip the whole house apart!
Okay I've totally rambled and I'm tired and achy. I take Daniel to get his 1 year portraits done tomorrow. We might shop around a bit while we are out too. *snickers at hubby* Daniel has been super whiney these past few days. When I check in his mouth, his top two eye teeth are almost poked through and his top two middle aren't far behind. It's odd that those eye teeth are coming first though. They've been a long time cutting for him too and it's really starting to bother him. He just doesn't know what he wants to do with himself. He's super snuggly which I don't mind at all, I just hope he's okay tomorrow afternoon for his pictures!
July 22, 2004
All he wanted
Saggy bottoms are really cute! Just look at those shorts!
Believe it or not, he's been a bit whiney tonight. Even refused his afternoon bottle which is really unusual. Got the orajel on, that seemed to help some. Might still be some reaction to his shots on Monday too.
"I'm going to get you Mommy!"
I read to him every single day and he's getting better and better at being very attentive. I breezed through three books tonight and he sat very still, watching and listening the whole entire time. It's very cute now too when I sing "if you're happy and you know it" and he starts clapping right away with a big ole grin on his face. Same thing with Pat-a-cake too. I think I mentioned that already earlier. Precious at this age...scared of things to come though...
We had a repair guy in today to look at the AC. Justin held Daniel for a minute while I dealt with the guy. I got him back and proceeded to take him to the kitchen for breakfast in his highchair. Can you say MAD BABY?!! Holy god he was mad. He pushed against me to let him down, he arched his back in his high chair so I could barely get him buckled in. I thought, geesh what's he want...so I took him out and put him on the floor, he immediately stopped his little fit and crawled very quickly all the way to the front door where I had left it open from the guy leaving...he pulled himself right up on the glass door so he could look outside. That's all he wanted...just to look out the front door. That was our first real taste of baby's own will! Ha. ha.
July 21, 2004
Insert lame title here
During our appointment on Monday, the doctor and I discussed starting Daniel on whole milk. Doug and I aren't in any big hurry to switch him over or anything, plus we still have quite a bit of formula to use up, so we've been adding some whole milk to his bottles to get him well adjusted to the taste of milk. The first bottle, I only added about 2 oz of whole milk to 6 oz of formula. He did real well, gulped it right back and no issues afterwards.
Well for a couple of days now, we've been doing half and half and you wouldn't believe the child. He is literally gulping down his entire bottles. LOVES it! He often wouldn't finish his bottles before, but now he sucks 'em dry, than shakes them to see if they have any more in them. It's really comical to watch him. He didn't even take a breath with his bottle tonight. I'm glad he likes it because as picky as he is, that transition could have taken much longer!
He's also not had his soother at all during the day this week in hopes of cutting back on that. It's in his crib for nap times. It's kind of sad actually because when he gets it for bedtime he acts like it's some kind of long time friend that he hasn't seen in like forever! Makes me feel guilty LOL.
Doug had some down time at work today in between class and his talk, so he ended up reminiscing through pictures from the past year and came home all gah gah... said it got him thinking about another baby. I had to laugh at him because we've went back and forth about pros and cons of more babies in our family quite a bit lately and he always gets that same look on his face when I start on him about it...so here he is tonight coming home bringing it up himself. I told him those pictures got his ovaries aching just like a woman. Ha ha. poor guy. He's doomed!
Here's Daniel tonight playing with his Learning Table that he got from Papa and Nana for his birthday. That table is the cutest thing, but of course the baby is cuter!
July 20, 2004
This is me getting things done...HA!
Our summer schedule has been shaky here and there, but overall we've managed. Today, however, I am home because of a last minute call in for Doug. Normally I don't mind being home so much and well I don't really mind today either, I just wish I could get motivated to get something done. I've managed to light a fire under the kids butts to make them do their chores, but that's about it. Someone needs to light a fire under my ass. I've eaten lunch, ran the dishwasher, did some laundry, called Sears to schedule an appt. for Daniel's pictures and sat in front of this box all morning. That's about it. Perfect day for getting shit done and I've screwed it away.
Daniel's been a going concern. Daddy made the mistake one day of letting him type on his keyboard. Ha ha, he's not let it go since. It's funny how quickly they pick something up though. He knew to bang on the keys and to reach for the mouse to move it. It was comical. I think I have a picture of it too, I'll have to dig...hang on....okay got it, but it's not a great shot. You can tell he's really teething with his red cheeks and he was looking at me, not banging on the keyboard like he had been.
He's now sitting on the floor with an old iMac keyboard to play with. Somehow that isn't quite the same, but it's managing for now.
Well the kids have about earned themselves being knocked in the head with their bickering. Ha. Pick pick pick...all day and when they're quiet (ha), Daniel decides he needs something. Fun animal house we have and seeing as how I have nothing to talk about and things screaming for my attention...gonna run.
July 19, 2004
Snob I am
So, I am snobby when it comes to doctor's offices and germs. Shoot me. When Daniel was really little, I shielded him from patients like they had the plague. We'd sit way across the room, away from everyone in a corner. Even though he's older now, we still sit way across the room away from everyone and always bring our own toys from home for him to play with. I don't let him touch or play with anything in the office. Our offices back home actually removed all toys from the waiting area because of the germ issue.
So today, I went up to the window to sign in and pay my co-pay. I could hear some kids playing pretty loudly. This one particular little girl was WHINING REALLY LOUDLY and her mother was speaking really loudly to her other child who was apparently not letting this younger sibling have her own way. The girl, however just whined and whined and whined. Whatever, so Sarah and I headed over to the far corner which suited Sarah just fine because the TV was there playing some cartoon that she liked. I needed to fill out some paperwork and get Daniel fed (breakfast) before the doctor called for us.
So I'm sitting there spoon feeding Daniel some cereal and I hear "C is for cookie that's good enough for me". I peeked across and the little girl was sitting there on the floor playing with this sesame street pop up toy and the mother was saying "ooh how cute, you found cookie monster". Then it dawned on me, she has Daniel's toy. She actually some how managed to take it from the bottom of my stroller without me even seeing her. I said excuse me to the mother and explained to her that I believe her little girl actually has my baby's toy that we brought from home. Blank look. Ummm...we bring our own toys from home for amusement. I don't mean to cause her to get upset, but the toy doesn't belong to the office. She took it from the bottom of my stroller.
The mother gets up then and proceeds to spend the next five minutes trying to convince the child that she should give the baby back his toy. Meanwhile she's just playing away with Daniel's toy. Now don't get me wrong. I am a mother, I totally understand kids dont' get it and a toy is a toy etc., but the mother acted like I was a total heartless bitch that was causing her and her child horrible grief. Come on lady, just take the fucking toy from your whiney kid and hand it over. Very simple. You are in control. Your child does not own you. You are the adult, deal with the tantrum. Perhaps the tantrum wouldn't have happened had she been watching the child in the first place. She wouldn't have even got the toy right?
Yeah I guess I am a doctor's office snob. As soon as I got back into the office, I proceeded to scrub that toy down with soap and hot water. He he he. Aren't I awful?!
12 month WBC
Another WBC down for the books. Daniel is a very smart boy. He may have been slow in rolling and slow in crawling, but his mind is quick. The past two appointments he's had, he definitely remembers the doctor's office. We walked in with the nurse and as soon as he seen those wall murals in his office, he got all upset. He cried and cried. The nurse opened the door back up so he wouldn't feel so closed in, but he was still pretty upset! She says they usually don't see that reaction until around 15-18 months. Doctor says he and Daniel won't have a very good relationship until he's at least 2 LOL. Poor kid!
His stats are:
Weight: 24.5 lbs (75%)
Height: 32.5" (95%)
Head: 49 cm (95%)
He's a growing boy! He got three shots today which kind of surprised me. I was really expecting only one. I always do some research on vaccinations before Daniel receives any. I had some reservations about getting the MMR at 12 months, but I trust my doctor. He reassured me it was safe and discussed with me all the studies and what not and in the end, he said it was totally up to me and if I wanted to wait, we'd wait. I'm sure Daniel would have preferred waiting. Those needles really had him wailing today. Poor little guy could barely catch his breath!
We talked about Daniel's speech development and what milestones to expect over the next few months. Right now Daniel is completely up to par with everything. He has a few words he can babble out, responds to familiar words such as "bath" "ah ah" "night night". He also claps his hands whenever I sing "if you're happy and you know it" and "pat-a-cake". He just recently started drawing on his hand with his finger when I sing "mark it with a B". He'll look for his daddy when I ask "where's daddy?". The doctor says I can watch for imaginative play, pointing and a few more words in the next few months. While the doctor was examining Daniel, he was feeding me his soother. The doctor said that is the kind of imaginative play he's talking about. Daniel knows he uses a soother, so he wants mommy to as well. Plus he thinks it's very funny to see mommy with a soother in her mouth.
Anyway, I feel good about his development so far and I'm hopeful for his future. They do a short answer screening for autism around 18-24 months and so far Daniel's already doing a lot of the stuff they ask about! No reaction yet to his needles today. He's a bit whiney tonight, but I expected that much. Very glad the day is over.
July 17, 2004
Leftovers anyone?
Holy crap, I made WAY too much food. We bought double too much chicken (which all got thrown away because we didn't have space in the cooler for it, so I guess that was about 25 pieces of chicken. Gah!) and a hundred times too much salad. I always do that and I'll blame my mother. I don't think I've ever seen a small macaroni salad being made growing up. I'm not sure I'd even know how to! Ha ha. Let's just say everyone had seconds of potato salad and the macaroni salad and it didn't even dent the container. We lugged that crap home. Uff.
We left on time today which is probably a first. The park we went to was just perfect and the weather was beautiful (well...NOT, but not 103 like yesterday. Cold front came through, so I think it was 93 or something like that ha ha). Oh well, we at least had a breeze and a shaded area that was huge. That, however, did not stop me from sweating like a hog. I hate that...kiss makeup and hair goodbye folks. I was so uncomfortably sticky all day. Yuck.
I think everything went really well. Daniel certainly had a blast and I think all the other kids did too. He got a TON of stuff. It was like Christmas! (pictures below) We let all the big kids take turns opening Daniel's gifts for him and I think they really enjoyed that. Our kid's behavior was great too which I was very happy about! I'd love to do this every year...have a family picnic for Daniel's birthday, but crap, it's sooo hot in July.
Okay, now for some pictures...just a few for tonight because I'm tired and don't feel like uploading a bunch.
Loot table! Hard to get a good shot of this one due to lighting. Notice the helium balloons? One is a pretty one with his name on it that I was hoping to save. Let's just say it and handful of others found the way out the van door while we were loading up to leave. Bah!
Cake was very yummy! Daniel didn't think so! As suspected, it got the hook!
Birthday boy with his little hat on and sporting some icing on the chin!
Enjoying his first time in a pool with Papa B! The water temp was lukewarm. Perfect for baby's first time! It wasn't long and he was kicking and splashing! A few ladies we met there were very surprised to find out it was his first time in. He looked like a swimming pro!
Here's a quick shot of all his gifts less his big one from us. If you're curious as to what something is and can't tell, let me know. I could list everything out, but I'm just too tired. He got some great things! Our office is now REALLY bombarded with toys. We're thinking of moving one of the desks OUT just for some much needed space!
We knew he'd love this pop up toy. Open, close, repeat a hundred times!
Here he is enjoying his Little Tikes Garden! We gave this to him on his birthday. It was too big to lug to the party! The little door is a big hit!
All in all a good day. I'll probably post more pictures here and there for the next week or so just for fun....and well considering we took 89 pictures today...they gotta be good for something right?!! Ha.
July 16, 2004
One year ago today...at 9:01 a.m....
the nurse placed this little 8 lb 2 oz bundle of love on my naked tummy.
I remember he felt very warm against my stomach. I was exhausted and still heaving with the incredible amount of pain I had endured...but boy was that soon forgotten!
Once I was cleaned up some, I was able to sit up, relax and enjoy the overwhelming feeling that comes when you give birth. I love this little guy with all my heart. What an amazing feeling!
1 year ago right now...
I was puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuushing and screeeeeeeeeeeeeeaming!!! Being scared of needles sucks. No epidural for meeeeeeee!
July 15, 2004
1 year ago tonight...
here's what I was doing...
Nervously awaiting the arrival of our little baby!
Just under those sheets I have hidden proof of what a big baby I am. Both of my arms had Emla cream applied to two IV spots and were wrapped in saran wrap. I sat like that for one hour so the medication would numb my IV spot. It was the only real anxiety I had for nine months...that stupid IV! Oh well it worked great and all was well.
"The Look"
Well I discovered something the other night when I was taking pictures of Daniel. He's definitely inherited at least one thing from me...
"The Look"!
Here's daddy receiving "The Look" for taking my picture while I was big, pregnant and not ready!
The pugs got "The Look" for making too much noise while he was trying to read!
Ha ha how funny!
July 14, 2004
Boring entry ahead...beware
I finished wrapping Daniel's gifts tonight. Don't you hate buying wrapping paper just to discover there is barely shit on the roll? It's nice thick paper (read: curse to wrap with), but wasn't much there. I had enough though (thank god I bought 3 rolls). Daniel's gift arrived today. Woot! Nice relief to know that online place is reliable and fast. It's in a huge box though, so we've decided not to lug it with us to his party. I'll just put a picture of it in his card. It would take up the entire back seat of the car.
We are actually going to try to avoid taking two vehicles if at all possible. Ha ha! Hmm how big is that Odyssey...4 kiddos, 3 coolers, 2 large bags of presents, bags of food/party supplies, exersaucer, stroller, 11 helium filled balloons, diaper bag, extra bag with sun screen/towels, extra clothes for all kiddos, swim gear...etc etc etc. You get the idea. I can't imagine this fitting in the vehicle. At least on the way back, there'll be no balloons and one less cooler, but we'll be loaded down with more presents. Oh the burden! LOL
I'll be sure to post pictures of him and his loot after the party. Probably late Saturday or Sunday. He's got his 1 year check up on Monday. Yuck. I'll have to go alone to this one. Doug's gotta teach. I hate going alone. It breaks my heart when they poke him with all those needles. I think he's due to get two this time, then nothing until 18 months, but I'd have to look it up to be sure. Either way...OWIE for him.
Speaking of owies... I never did blog about Daniel's first real boo boo. When I came home from work on Monday, while I was changing him I noticed a big scrap under his chin. It looked awful. Neither of us have a clue as to what happened. Apparently it couldn't have hurt too badly because we certainly didn't hear much about it. THEN last night during his bath...he stood up and plopped himself back down before I could clear his path of toys and landed his little bum on a plastic boat. He did a bit of crying and hopping and I noticed some blood and a little split just at the beginning of his bum crease. Poor little guy!! He pulls himself up in the tub to peek around the corner to see his daddy in the hallway. I always hang on to him and he likes to plop down to splash in the water...and still I hang on to him and guide him down so he doesn't slip and fall...but I didn't see that stupid boat in time. I felt awful. It didn't seem to hurt him for very long though because he went right back to playing and I've seen no signs of discomfort since.
Well I guess I'll hit the sack and go read.
July 12, 2004
Party plans!
I watch him every day and every day he amazes me. My little baby has changed so much in the past couple of months. He crawls around all over the house and pulls up into a standing position with ease on to everything in sight.
It is so neat to us still to watch him standing. When I ask him if he wants "up up up?", he can now crawl right to me and pull himself right up in anticipation.
Whenever I pick him up now and ask for "huggies", he just plops his little head on my chest. Makes my heart skip a beat it's so cute. Nothing beats your child showing love and affection for the first time!
Daniel's party is in full planning gear now. After a conversation with Doug's dad tonight, we've decided to reserve a spot at the park for our picnic party time. We'll eat, open presents and have cake. I'm really anxious to see his cake! Doug's Dad and step-mom insist on getting the cake. He said tonight it's tradition for them to buy the cake for their grandchildren (that and Jan is picky and wants the cake designed JUST right lol). He said it even comes with a little "smash" cake for baby! I think everyone will be disappointed because both Doug and I KNOW Daniel isn't going to want anything to do with that cake. Period. He's the pickiest little thing when it comes to what goes into his mouth and this will be no exception!
After the picnic party, we're all going to head over to the country club that his parents are members of to swim. The kids will be pretty excited and it'll be Daniel's first time in a pool! Now that he'll love I'm sure. We picked out some cute toys for Daniel's birthday and one of them I ordered online this past weekend and found out tonight that it'll be here in time for his party, so that's exciting. I'll post pictures of what he got for his birthday after his party! I guess I'll go tomorrow or Wednesday to pick up the needed supplies at the party warehouse and I'm taking the day off Friday to prepare food/platters for Saturday. Any menu ideas? I'm thinking chicken...beans?...potato salad?...sandwiches...veggies...fruit...chips...who knows eh?
July 10, 2004
Ahhh
Peace and quiet. Gotta love that husband of mine for taking those rugrats out every Saturday. I need quiet time and I love that he gives me that! Of course most of what I do while they are away is clean, but every woman knows getting things done feels great and doing them with no one under foot is ever better! Of course I do have Daniel home, but he's so easy to entertain, he's hardly ever much of a bother during housework. Doesn't this little face just scream out "lets clean!!"?
He tots around with me from room to room. Each room now holds new adventures for him, so it's easy!
Hoping to hear from Lauren soon that little baby Grace has arrived! Still sending labor vibes to her....and still waiting to see the baby belly! *wink*
July 09, 2004
New places to play
Somebody found a new place to play today!
He's actually pulling himself up to a standing position on everything now and taking steps.
I just can't believe how quickly new things came for him in the last 6 weeks. I watched him today just sitting there as patient as can be with his little legs crossed like a little boy watching his video. I can't believe a year has past. What's even sadder is I've really not accomplished much in this past year. Everything's the same. Got older and crankier, that's about it. Even work is the same 'ole same 'ole crap.
Well I'm taking Sarah and Daniel out for a walk before dusk, so gonna run before I depress myself even more. Ooo something positive did happen today...I cashed in some brownie points with hubby for some Mike's (the real stuff, not the "light") and some ice-cream AND because I had a particularly sucky day at work, hubby brought me home some Chocolate mousse cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory just to cheer me up! I guess maybe he'll get some tonight cuz he's been such a good boy today! ha ha
July 07, 2004
Filler
Not much going on. Doug's decided he wants to get a fridge this weekend instead of waiting until the end of August. Who ever said I was stupid? I knew if I cleaned that garage it would tempt him! Speaking of, I went ahead and took some shots of the garage anyway. I don't have before shots. You'll just have to trust me when I say it was a pig pen. Junk piled everywhere, couldn't see the floor! I'm sure some of you out there have garages that resemble pig pens too!
Normally the dog carrier is not in the garage, but Doug took the pugs earlier to pick up some heart guard and to get their nails done! Bella turns into a little freak whenever I attempt to do her nails, so we've finally caved in and left it to the pros.
So, Daniel hasn't been too happy lately. Yesterday he started getting red cheeks and building up a little whine to go with it. Today he was so uncomfortable, I had to give him Tylenol twice. Poor little guy! Thankfully this stage for him doesn't usually last too long and he's not real fussy anyway. Just more vocal than usual. Here he is reading his "Things That Go" book. It has little flaps on the pages that open and close. He loves it, but as you can see, he pretty much has the book all ripped and bent up now.
Daniel has been pulling up on things more and more. He's actually in the early stages of cruising. He pulls up and takes a few steps around things and we've even caught him standing on his own for a few seconds before falling down. Thankfully he's not fallen real bad yet. I'm dreading that day; it's bound to come with tile floors. Tonight he pulled up so he could see the pugs better. They were all worked up playing with each other on the couch. Daniel would stick out his finger and Bella would lick and nip at it. Daniel was laughing his head off. It was cute!
Here's my adorable babies:
You can tell I just went around the house taking blog filler pictures eh? LOL
While outside checking on my garden progress, I noticed the tree was finally in full bloom, so I thought I'd take a picture of that too.
Here's a close up shot of the flower. Aren't they cool!
Here's Daniel watching me out the window. We check on the garden together almost every night. I had taken him out already, so no need to feel sorry for him! He did get out! lol
One more picture and then I'm done, I promise! Can anyone explain to me what's up with this?
Thankfully it's not his underwear hanging out this time, but it normally is. We've been watching Justin lately and slowly but surely he's starting to engage in fads. I once caught him with his whole butt hanging out. I pinched it and asked what the heck was that! He just laughed. I swear to god, his ENTIRE butt was hanging out. The waist of his pants was at the bottom of his butt. Can you imagine how that must feel to wear? LOL
Phew...bored of my silly blog filler pictures yet? Oh one more thing…Send labor vibes over to Lauren will ya. Poor girl's a few days over due now! Come on Lauren, let's see that baby belly you've been carrying around. Now is the perfect time to post a belly pic before Grace pops out! =)
July 05, 2004
Doh!
Okay I'm stupid. The kids and I just spent two hours completely cleaning the garage out to surprise Doug. I forgot to take before shots to post. Doh! It's over a hundred degrees in that garage. I organized everything and got rid of nasty garbage and dust. It looks great now! I think I'm going to die now though I'm so freaking hot. Nice part is I can put the garbage out on the curb and KNOW it'll be gone by night fall. Packrats.
On a different note, Daniel learned to give hugs. He actually did it yesterday, but I figured it was just a fluke. Today though everytime I pick him up and say "give mama huggies". He snuggles his little head down on my chest. I LOVE it. It's so sweet! Well I think I'll go hose this sweaty body down of mine. June was wet and fairly milder than usual here in TX, I think July will make up for that mild weather we had last month. So far it's been just nasty HOT!
Get going already!
Well I've chased my hubby out the door. He's been talking about going to see Fahrenheit 9-11 even before it was released. He hums and haws...I tell him just to go see it...he hums and haws some more...convincing himself he can just wait to go see it when it comes to video. Why you ask? Because he doesn't want to leave me home. He wants me to see it with him. Awww. NOT. I kicked his butt today and chased him out.
Getting a babysitter is not an easy task for us. We have such an age range of kids that it's not as easy as getting the local neighborhood teenager to watch your little ones while skipping out for a few hours. One of my kids IS the neighborhood teenager. Unfortunately he can barely be trusted to look after himself let alone another kid.
Movies like Fahrenheit 9-11 I can wait to see. No big deal, but to make hubby wait being as politically outspoken as he? No. He needs to see it while all his political reads are discussing it. It's silly for him not to see it.
So, while he's gone, I'll try to get something done. (yeah right). Our turkey dinner last night was VERY yummy. The gravy was perfect!
ha ha hubby has already called once just to say Hi. Poor guy, you'd think I'd never stayed home alone before LOL! Well I'm not getting anything done...must go.
July 04, 2004
Call me nuts
I shouldn't be updating right now, I should be outside enjoying the 4th of July. Bah. It's so freaking hot outside, you could roast a pig. We've got the AC on extra cool today, but stupid us decided to bake the turkey today. Yeah I know, we're crazy. I just finished peeling all the veggies and now I'm sweating. The boys in the house are watching old Rocky movies. Oh. Joy.
We couldn't decide whether or not to go see fireworks tonight. I think we've decided not. Any loud noises scare Daniel and it's way past his bedtime. Plus I'm not in the mood to deal with the older three out in public. So, we'll probably stay home, watch movies or something. I worked 'tis morning which I normally don't do on Sundays, but at least I have tomorrow off! <--- that was me being positive in case you didn't recognize that.
Well I hear rugrat vocalizing for his bottle now. Gotta run. I'll leave you with some pictures of the little fellow helping out his big sister:
"Ooo let me help!"
"Hey what was that! Silly mama at it again with those bright lights!"
"Oh, here, allow me to close that door for you, what do you mean you're not done yet?"
"You don't need my help? Are you sure?"
"Well I'll just play in my own cupboard then! Geesh some people!"
Banging on his work station:
ETA: So while I'm updating, hubby comes into the HOT computer room and steals the fan. I said "excuse me what are you doing with that". Taking it to the kitchen he replies "so it can blow around out there and cool things off". Oh really? "I'm doing it for you baby". Ha bite my ass he is, he JUST HAPPENS to be sitting out there playings cards with the kids. Yeah, doing it for me. I smell dog bones for supper tonight for him!
July 03, 2004
Wasted shopping trip...again
Know what I need? I need a toysRus or babiesRus coupon for like 40% off or even $20 off...SOMETHING. I WANT one of those EZ carry floppy cart covers for Daniel and I don't want to pay $40 bucks for it. Am I too cheap? I've searched online a bit for coupons, there are some sites with specific coupons for like spiderman stuff or summer toys etc. I hope there's one in the flyers tomorrow. I'll march my ass right back to that store and get me one!
We went to striderite to get new shoes for Daniel today. He takes a size 5.5 with "extra wide" width. She also said that the width is snug on him and if he was any chunkier we'd have to get special made shoes for him. lol We knew he had little chunk feet because I certainly could never find shoes to fit. She managed to get shoes on him with a little struggle and some tears shed by him. He wasn't too pleased about the new things on his feet.
As it was in the end after talking with the sales girl, she recommended waiting. She said doctors tell them to recommend to parents to wait until their child is at least walking. Daniel is not even close to walking yet. After I explained to her that he only recently started crawling, she advised waiting for sure. She said he doesn't need shoes to learn how to walk. I asked her why so many parents buy shoes at this age then. She said because they think they are cute.
Okay. Well I'm not in any hurry to shell out $45 for sneakers just for cuteness, so I really appreciated her honesty with me and we'll definitely go back there in a few months. I just feel so bad for Daniel not having shoes on his feet. LOL poor kid. Oh well at least he'll get more use out of his Old Navy socks with the little skid pads on the bottoms. He can't wear them with sneakers on. Too thick and they make sliding the shoe on too difficult.
Oh well another trip out down the tubes. I did finally get my eyebrows done and found some cheap glass bowls (we've broken a few lately and were down to 3 bowls in the house...eek). Doug has the kids out and about now, so I guess I should get at something.
July 02, 2004
Can I whine?
I had a real bad headache 'tis morning that made me sick twice. I spent the morning on the couch. Wasn't sure if I'd make it to work or not, but I showered and that brought me around enough to go in and do what I had to do. I was trying to explain to Doug last night how my body feels lately. Have you ever spent a day or two moving to a new place? Remember how exhausting that is? And when you crawl into bed that night dead beat tired, your whole body begins to ache from head to toe. Your arms, legs, butt and back just throb with sore muscles. Well I feel like that every night from doing nothing.
Today its' real bad. My upper legs pain when I walk, sit and bend. They are killing me. They feel like I did some kind of workout and now I'm paining the next day for it. I just shouldn't ache the way I do for nothing. Oh well I should be happy I have something to complain about other than work. *sticks tongue out at co-workers*
Daniel has been spending the past couple of days pulling up to standing position more and more. I know that some of you out there have had your babies doing that for months now, but Daniel really only crawled at 10.5 months, so at 11.5, he's really pulling up a lot now and sitting on his knees more and more to reach things better etc. Here he is from last night. He decided our paper shredder was a great tool to hang on to.
Just shortly after standing for a bit, he decided to pounce his brother. I have no idea what possessed him to do that, but he just climbed right up on Cody and started smacking at his head. Afterwards, he just climbed over him like he was a play-yard or something. Cody was laughing his head off. We got quite a few shots of that little fiasco!
Doug went shopping tonight at Tom Thumb and found me a surprise! Low carb Mike's Hard Lemonade. Hello! They are lemon/lime flavored and not AS good as regular lemonade because I can taste the lime in them, but hey, for 1 carb...they'll become GREAT!
I think we'll probably shop for Daniel's birthday tomorrow. That will be a mental beating I'm sure! I was pretty cranky tonight at the kids and SOOOO not in the mood. Of course Cody's been in a mood all week from being tired from being at soccer camp, so he cries at the drop of a hat and gets all whiney too. We weren't a good pair tonight. Eeek. Oh well, life goes on, tomorrow is another day. I just hope I get some half decent sleep tonight. For having a child that has slept through the night for months, I still sleep like shit. Listen to me...geesh. Moan and groan is all I do eh.