Sorry for all the posts today, but I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas before I go silent. I probably won't post over the next couple of weeks - we will have a house full of family for a few days and then a little bit of a break right at Christmas. We will actually spend Christmas Eve & Christmas day at home, but it will be quiet and David's mom will still be here. But David will also be off work, so it's just going to be family time. I'm going to try to stay away from the computer. :)
Then after Christmas we are heading south to visit more family, so I'm just not gonna be around. By choice, but anyway, I'm sure I'll be back in January with lots to share! Unless I kill my MIL, since we will be spending over a week together! Then I'll be locked up somewhere. I'll try to restrain myself.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
he's 3 today
My baby, my first baby, is three today. I can't believe it's been three years ago that I was in labor & delivery, just waiting out contractions. I can't believe that just a few short hours away was the most perfect baby boy I'd ever seen. I can't believe how far we've come.
Matthew is such a boy, but he's so sweet too. He gives the best hugs I've ever had. I don't know where he learned those. He is such a great brother - he tells me frequently that he loves Scarlett, and he always hugs and kisses her before naps & bed. He talks so much about so many things. He amazes me with his memory. Before we put up the Christmas tree this year he asked if we were putting it "there" and pointed to the spot it was last year. We asked if he remembered the tree and he said "yeah, we put it there and it went round & around." We have a rotating stand, so he did remember. He is such a trooper when it comes to his "bedtime shoes" - he has never once complained about them, well not since he has been able to talk. Those first couple of months in the shoes were rough, but even then he was a trooper. Now he walks in them and gets around great, and I think he realizes it is special. I worried that he would complain about them once Scarlett got here and he has to wear them but she doesn't, but still, no complaints!
He has grown leaps & bounds, and has such an awesome personality. He is sweet and loving, but has bit of rascal in him also. He frequently "teases" us about things, and then laughs and laughs that he tricked us. He loves corn, only he says "par" instead of "car" so I'll let you figure out what he says for "corn" - we can't help but laugh when he asks for "more corn" or says "I love corn." He will randomly say "I love you" or "we are so happy" and I've noticed that if I'm upset with him he'll quickly say "we are so happy mommy" just to try to cheer me up.
He loves to play rough - we frequently play football in the middle of the family room. He likes to jump from one piece of furniture to another, and tries to see how far apart he can move them between jumps. But he also loves to sit down & cuddle with his milk & let me read to him. He wants to know "what does that word say?" and he often wants to read to me when I'm finished reading to him. Lately I've seen him reading to Scarlett when I've been out of the room. A few minutes after that he might push her down...you have to take the bad with the good, right? (Obviously we try to correct the bad, but I still know it's gonna happen sometimes!)
It's hard to believe that once upon a time I didn't want children. Until I met David I didn't see myself with children at all. Meeting David changed my heart in such ways that once I knew we would be together I couldn't imagine not having children. I longed for children with him. Once Matthew came into our lives I definitely couldn't imagine it any other way.
I love you little guy! :)
Matthew is such a boy, but he's so sweet too. He gives the best hugs I've ever had. I don't know where he learned those. He is such a great brother - he tells me frequently that he loves Scarlett, and he always hugs and kisses her before naps & bed. He talks so much about so many things. He amazes me with his memory. Before we put up the Christmas tree this year he asked if we were putting it "there" and pointed to the spot it was last year. We asked if he remembered the tree and he said "yeah, we put it there and it went round & around." We have a rotating stand, so he did remember. He is such a trooper when it comes to his "bedtime shoes" - he has never once complained about them, well not since he has been able to talk. Those first couple of months in the shoes were rough, but even then he was a trooper. Now he walks in them and gets around great, and I think he realizes it is special. I worried that he would complain about them once Scarlett got here and he has to wear them but she doesn't, but still, no complaints!
He has grown leaps & bounds, and has such an awesome personality. He is sweet and loving, but has bit of rascal in him also. He frequently "teases" us about things, and then laughs and laughs that he tricked us. He loves corn, only he says "par" instead of "car" so I'll let you figure out what he says for "corn" - we can't help but laugh when he asks for "more corn" or says "I love corn." He will randomly say "I love you" or "we are so happy" and I've noticed that if I'm upset with him he'll quickly say "we are so happy mommy" just to try to cheer me up.
He loves to play rough - we frequently play football in the middle of the family room. He likes to jump from one piece of furniture to another, and tries to see how far apart he can move them between jumps. But he also loves to sit down & cuddle with his milk & let me read to him. He wants to know "what does that word say?" and he often wants to read to me when I'm finished reading to him. Lately I've seen him reading to Scarlett when I've been out of the room. A few minutes after that he might push her down...you have to take the bad with the good, right? (Obviously we try to correct the bad, but I still know it's gonna happen sometimes!)
It's hard to believe that once upon a time I didn't want children. Until I met David I didn't see myself with children at all. Meeting David changed my heart in such ways that once I knew we would be together I couldn't imagine not having children. I longed for children with him. Once Matthew came into our lives I definitely couldn't imagine it any other way.
I love you little guy! :)
Girdle Busters
Base:
Mix & pat in 9x13 pan.
Topping:
Beat together & spread on top. Bake at 350* for 45 minutes.
Note: May add chocolate chips to topping if you like. I usually use half a small bag, but you can adjust to taste.
- 1 box yellow cake mix with pudding
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 cup nuts (I use pecans)
- 1 egg, beaten
Mix & pat in 9x13 pan.
Topping:
- 2 eggs
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 box powdered sugar
Beat together & spread on top. Bake at 350* for 45 minutes.
Note: May add chocolate chips to topping if you like. I usually use half a small bag, but you can adjust to taste.
Monday, December 15, 2008
busy busy
I think everyone is busy this time of year, huh? This will be our busy week, as David's mom's side of the family will start arriving Wednesday, more Thursday, and the last ones Friday morning. We have a busy few days to finish preparing for their arrival, and somewhere in there I need to bake a cake for Matthew's birthday and wrap his birthday presents. I am planning to bake the cake tomorrow and decorate it Wednesday. He wants an airplane cake. I hear that request several times a week. He also wants to blow out the candles, and Scarlett can help. Then, he wants to lick the icing off the candles and put them back in the cake! I don't know where that idea came from!
We will wait on my mother-in-law and brother-in-law to actually eat cake and open birthday presents. When I told Matthew that Uncle C was visiting on his birthday he said "oh and bringing me a present?" That kid. So I warned Uncle C that he might want to let Matthew open his Christmas present early.
I will spend a lot of the week cooking, especially Thursday. I will do as much make ahead for Christmas dinner as I can. We'll eat Christmas dinner Friday. And in our family, Christmas dinner is very similar to Thanksgiving dinner. Our menu:
I will also be making a chocolate pound cake, but I won't serve it until Saturday since the 20th is MIL's birthday & I'm going to let that be her birthday cake.
I'm also making cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, and a really nice spread for breakfast one morning. And of course dinner the other nights everyone is here, but David is taking Saturday off my hands by grilling.
So you can see, all bets are off for weight watchers this holiday season. I'm planning a lot of activities too, and my goal is to "just maintain". Then I'll hit the gym & diet hard come 2009.
I love planning things like this and getting it all done. I just wish I loved cleaning house as much as I love the rest of it. I swear I'm always saying I have cleaning to do. I just can't seem to get it caught up. Off to clean!
We will wait on my mother-in-law and brother-in-law to actually eat cake and open birthday presents. When I told Matthew that Uncle C was visiting on his birthday he said "oh and bringing me a present?" That kid. So I warned Uncle C that he might want to let Matthew open his Christmas present early.
I will spend a lot of the week cooking, especially Thursday. I will do as much make ahead for Christmas dinner as I can. We'll eat Christmas dinner Friday. And in our family, Christmas dinner is very similar to Thanksgiving dinner. Our menu:
- Turkey
- Dressing
- Ham
- Sweet potatoes
- Green beans
- Macaroni & cheese
- Hashbrown casserole
- Cheesy broccoli & cauliflower bake
- Cranberry sauce
- Rolls
- Brownies
- Girdle Busters
- Pound Cake
- Pumpkin Cheesecake
I will also be making a chocolate pound cake, but I won't serve it until Saturday since the 20th is MIL's birthday & I'm going to let that be her birthday cake.
I'm also making cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, and a really nice spread for breakfast one morning. And of course dinner the other nights everyone is here, but David is taking Saturday off my hands by grilling.
So you can see, all bets are off for weight watchers this holiday season. I'm planning a lot of activities too, and my goal is to "just maintain". Then I'll hit the gym & diet hard come 2009.
I love planning things like this and getting it all done. I just wish I loved cleaning house as much as I love the rest of it. I swear I'm always saying I have cleaning to do. I just can't seem to get it caught up. Off to clean!
Friday, December 12, 2008
TGIF anyone?
This week has gone pretty fast but I'm still glad it's Friday. I haven't written about my mother-in-law's visit last weekend, but it went well. That probably means when she's here for Christmas it will be a disaster. We can't have too many good visits in a row. David & I were able to get a lot of stuff done around the house in preparation for company coming while she entertained the short people. Maybe it was a pleasant visit because I wasn't in the room with her very much?
This weekend will be busy - we still haven't started Christmas shopping. Well, I take that back, I have gotten one thing for David and he has gotten "a few small things for me", or at least that's what he told me when he said I shouldn't open any packages addressed to him. We also ordered Matthew's first toy last night. We also are doing a joint gift to my parents with my sisters and their families, and baby sis took care of that. But still, we have 25 people on our list that we need to shop for and that's not counting Matthew, Scarlett, or each other. So I'd say we have to shop this weekend, since family will start arriving Wednesday. Plus I need to do major grocery shopping, since I'll have a house full of people mid-week. I want to buy everything for Christmas dinner since we'll be eating that next weekend. I'm excited about everyone coming & being here but I am stressed out about shopping. I hate to shop.
Oh yeah, we have to finish getting our decorations up too. So far we've only gotten the 2 trees up & decorated, and some lights up outside. We still need to hang garland, put the nativity scene and christmas village out, and get out my dishes. Plus MIL asked for a scarf for Christmas so I have to knit. I know most knitters could finish a scarf in a couple of days, but I'm still pretty new and slow. I don't know if I'll have time to complete it or not. I've decided to start it and if it's not finished by the time I need to give it to her, I'll wrap it on the needles. Then I'll finish it before she leaves, since I can work on it in front of her once she opens it. Is that awful?
This weekend will be busy - we still haven't started Christmas shopping. Well, I take that back, I have gotten one thing for David and he has gotten "a few small things for me", or at least that's what he told me when he said I shouldn't open any packages addressed to him. We also ordered Matthew's first toy last night. We also are doing a joint gift to my parents with my sisters and their families, and baby sis took care of that. But still, we have 25 people on our list that we need to shop for and that's not counting Matthew, Scarlett, or each other. So I'd say we have to shop this weekend, since family will start arriving Wednesday. Plus I need to do major grocery shopping, since I'll have a house full of people mid-week. I want to buy everything for Christmas dinner since we'll be eating that next weekend. I'm excited about everyone coming & being here but I am stressed out about shopping. I hate to shop.
Oh yeah, we have to finish getting our decorations up too. So far we've only gotten the 2 trees up & decorated, and some lights up outside. We still need to hang garland, put the nativity scene and christmas village out, and get out my dishes. Plus MIL asked for a scarf for Christmas so I have to knit. I know most knitters could finish a scarf in a couple of days, but I'm still pretty new and slow. I don't know if I'll have time to complete it or not. I've decided to start it and if it's not finished by the time I need to give it to her, I'll wrap it on the needles. Then I'll finish it before she leaves, since I can work on it in front of her once she opens it. Is that awful?
Thursday, December 11, 2008
pet peeves
ARGH! I have a lot of them but today I'll share just my top 5.
5. One-uppers - you know, those people who always have the same problem or even good thing that you do, only magnified by 10. For example, one friend says she was in labor for 30 hours and pushed for 4, the one-upper will then share that she was in labor for 40 hours and pushed for 6. You know the type.
4. Disposable diapers - now that I've been using cloth for a while, I hate having to use sposies. I do still use them occasionally, but the last 2 times Scarlett has pooped in one, it's been a blowout. The crib sheet, blanket, and bumper pad are in the washer now. And ok, this one is my fault because I ~forgot~ to wash the cloth last night, but still...ICK!
3. Bad drivers - there are so many ways this could be broken down into multiple pet peeves, but I'll leave it at that.
2. Idiots - another broad one. I had a stressful night last night, and while I was sitting on the road (yes, blocking a lane of traffic) waiting on the tow truck, with my hazards flashing, I couldn't believe the number of cars that pulled rightuponmybumper and then blew their horns at me! HELLO! Can you not see the lights flashing?!?!?! Trust me, I'd move if I could!
and now, my number one pet peeve:
People who leave shopping carts anywhere & everywhere in the parking lot. It drives me nuts. I understand, it's freaking cold and snowy, but if you're already out, does it really hurt you to walk the buggy to a buggy corral? Seriously, I think even in the farthest spot away from them, I can get there & back to my car in less than a minute.
Sunday I was at the grocery store and saw a man shove his buggy up toward the front of his car, then he opened the door and got in. When he started to back out, the front corner of his car caught the buggy and the buggy stuck somehow. This guy keeps backing up and was eventually blocking the whole freaking aisle, with the buggy still attached to his bumper. Here I am trying to get to my car and he's blocking the aisle. I'm shooting him my best mean girl look and he gets out to remove the buggy from his bumper and has the gall to say "I couldn't help it."
I, with the politest smile, replied "Sure you could. If you had put it away, that never would have happened."
So, what's your biggest pet peeve? (or 2 or 3 or...however many you want to share!)
5. One-uppers - you know, those people who always have the same problem or even good thing that you do, only magnified by 10. For example, one friend says she was in labor for 30 hours and pushed for 4, the one-upper will then share that she was in labor for 40 hours and pushed for 6. You know the type.
4. Disposable diapers - now that I've been using cloth for a while, I hate having to use sposies. I do still use them occasionally, but the last 2 times Scarlett has pooped in one, it's been a blowout. The crib sheet, blanket, and bumper pad are in the washer now. And ok, this one is my fault because I ~forgot~ to wash the cloth last night, but still...ICK!
3. Bad drivers - there are so many ways this could be broken down into multiple pet peeves, but I'll leave it at that.
2. Idiots - another broad one. I had a stressful night last night, and while I was sitting on the road (yes, blocking a lane of traffic) waiting on the tow truck, with my hazards flashing, I couldn't believe the number of cars that pulled rightuponmybumper and then blew their horns at me! HELLO! Can you not see the lights flashing?!?!?! Trust me, I'd move if I could!
and now, my number one pet peeve:
People who leave shopping carts anywhere & everywhere in the parking lot. It drives me nuts. I understand, it's freaking cold and snowy, but if you're already out, does it really hurt you to walk the buggy to a buggy corral? Seriously, I think even in the farthest spot away from them, I can get there & back to my car in less than a minute.
Sunday I was at the grocery store and saw a man shove his buggy up toward the front of his car, then he opened the door and got in. When he started to back out, the front corner of his car caught the buggy and the buggy stuck somehow. This guy keeps backing up and was eventually blocking the whole freaking aisle, with the buggy still attached to his bumper. Here I am trying to get to my car and he's blocking the aisle. I'm shooting him my best mean girl look and he gets out to remove the buggy from his bumper and has the gall to say "I couldn't help it."
I, with the politest smile, replied "Sure you could. If you had put it away, that never would have happened."
So, what's your biggest pet peeve? (or 2 or 3 or...however many you want to share!)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
I am such a dork
We got an early Christmas gift this weekend. My mother-in-law visited and brought several gifts with her, and she had Matthew hand David a box. It was a Wii. I'm not too big into video games but had told David just last week I thought I would like a Wii because of Wii Fit. We opened it & have been playing, and here's where the dorky part comes in....my right tricep is sore! I am sure it is from bowling or tennis, as those are the things we're playing the most, but geeze louise - how bad are my muscles if playing a video game makes me sore?
I thought I had been doing the right things, exercise wise. I am not doing them as often as I'd like, but I am hitting the gym, usually a few times a week, doing a combination of cardio & weights. I guess I need to ramp up the gym time. David did tell me last night that he thinks I'm "putting too much into my swing" on tennis. He informed me I don't need to swing like it's a real racquet. This was said after I took off my sweatshirt (I was wearing a tee underneath) because I was working up a sweat.
I thought I had been doing the right things, exercise wise. I am not doing them as often as I'd like, but I am hitting the gym, usually a few times a week, doing a combination of cardio & weights. I guess I need to ramp up the gym time. David did tell me last night that he thinks I'm "putting too much into my swing" on tennis. He informed me I don't need to swing like it's a real racquet. This was said after I took off my sweatshirt (I was wearing a tee underneath) because I was working up a sweat.
Friday, December 5, 2008
I ate a flamingo
Yep, I ate a flamingo, and it was fun. :)
I'm still sick so I'm not up for a post, but someone emailed this to me and some of the people's responses have been downright hilarious. Mine wasn't so much, but what the heh? Share your results if you'd like.
Find your birth month...
January: I partied with
February: I had babies with
March: I felt up
April: I messed around with
May: I peed on
June: I robbed
July: I ate
August: I shot
September: I beat up
October: I dressed up as
November: I got married to
December: I had drunken sex with
Find the day of your birthday...
1: George Bush
2: Michael Jackson
3: some random guy
4: a book
5: Frankenstein
6: Martha Stewart
7: a bottle of Hennesse
8: a flamingo
9: a bag of chips
10: a chair
11: Dick Cheney
12: my English teacher
13: a Teletubby
14: myself
15: a ninja
16: a penguin
17: a pole
18: an apple
19: a box
20: my finger
21: some random girl
22: a cell phone
23: Ron Jeremy
24: a statue
25: a gnome
26: a hippo
27: my shoes
28: a prostitute
29: a porn star
30: my best friend
31: a cat
Find the FIRST letter of your FIRST name...
A: for the money
B: for the hell of it
C: and it sucked
D: to be cool
E: to be naked
F: to eat cheese
G: but my mom told me to
H: for my boy friend
I: for my girlfriend
J: to be sexy
K: and it was fun
L: at school
M: and I had twins
N: and I got sick
O: and I threw up
P: and something shrank
Q: in the pool
R: and then I streaked
S: and it was boring
T: because I was drunk
U: for a shopping spree
V: and I liked it
W: in the dark
X: and I had a sex change
Y: under the sheets
Z: in a laundry mat
I'm still sick so I'm not up for a post, but someone emailed this to me and some of the people's responses have been downright hilarious. Mine wasn't so much, but what the heh? Share your results if you'd like.
Find your birth month...
January: I partied with
February: I had babies with
March: I felt up
April: I messed around with
May: I peed on
June: I robbed
July: I ate
August: I shot
September: I beat up
October: I dressed up as
November: I got married to
December: I had drunken sex with
Find the day of your birthday...
1: George Bush
2: Michael Jackson
3: some random guy
4: a book
5: Frankenstein
6: Martha Stewart
7: a bottle of Hennesse
8: a flamingo
9: a bag of chips
10: a chair
11: Dick Cheney
12: my English teacher
13: a Teletubby
14: myself
15: a ninja
16: a penguin
17: a pole
18: an apple
19: a box
20: my finger
21: some random girl
22: a cell phone
23: Ron Jeremy
24: a statue
25: a gnome
26: a hippo
27: my shoes
28: a prostitute
29: a porn star
30: my best friend
31: a cat
Find the FIRST letter of your FIRST name...
A: for the money
B: for the hell of it
C: and it sucked
D: to be cool
E: to be naked
F: to eat cheese
G: but my mom told me to
H: for my boy friend
I: for my girlfriend
J: to be sexy
K: and it was fun
L: at school
M: and I had twins
N: and I got sick
O: and I threw up
P: and something shrank
Q: in the pool
R: and then I streaked
S: and it was boring
T: because I was drunk
U: for a shopping spree
V: and I liked it
W: in the dark
X: and I had a sex change
Y: under the sheets
Z: in a laundry mat
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The math just doesn't work
I have a nasty cold. At least I'm convinced it's *just* a cold. I'm a medicine wimp - almost everything puts me to sleep, even extra strength tylenol. Therefore, I didn't take anything during the day yesterday because well, I couldn't go to sleep until David got home. When he got home I reached for something that I remembered taking in the past and was pretty sure it didn't make me sleep, but found I only had one dose left. I searched the medicine cabinet and found some other drugs that had the same ingredients, with the same quantities, just a different brand. So I took the dose and knew if it worked & I stayed awake that the other stuff would be safe to take today.
This morning I opened the box of new stuff and realized it had a night time and a day time formula. Orange pills for day, blue pills for night. (No, not those blue pills!) I read the directions and I'm supposed to take 2 pills every 4 hours. There are 2 problems with this.
This morning I opened the box of new stuff and realized it had a night time and a day time formula. Orange pills for day, blue pills for night. (No, not those blue pills!) I read the directions and I'm supposed to take 2 pills every 4 hours. There are 2 problems with this.
- the box has 15 pills of each formula. So even though the box has 15 doses, it only has 7 complete doses of day time pills and 7 complete doses of night time pills. I'll end up taking 1 day time pill and 1 night time pill just to use them, I guess. The only difference seems to be the night time pills have an antihistamine. No caffiene or anything in the day version.
- The bigger problem, to me, is that I never take more than 1 dose of night time medicine per night, unless I'm feeling really really crappy. So taking 2 pills every 4 hours, I'll take either 3 or 4 doses of the day formula and 1 dose of the night formula in a 24 hour period. That means the day pills will last 2 days, and the night ones will last 7. Wouldn't it be better if they put more day pills than night pills in the box? Since they are freaking packaged together!?! Ok, next time I'll pay closer attention & buy separate boxes of day & night formulas, lesson learned.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
tidbits
Things are rolling pretty smooth at our house lately. Here are some tidbits:
- Potty training - Matthew is day trained, even for naps. He's woken up a few mornings totally dry, a LOT of mornings just a teensy bit wet, and several mornings soaked. Not ready to go diaperless at night just yet. He woke me up at 5:30 one morning on our trip needing to potty. I so badly wanted to tell him to go in his diaper, but I dragged my ass out of bed and took him.
- Scarlett is so expressive - I know I've said it before, but she makes the cutest faces. Lately she has this perplexed look that she'll give us. I have tried taking a picture but she gives a big grin and says cheese every time.
- Knitting - I'm working on one last pair of longies for a while. Then I have a baby blanket, a hat, and maybe a scarf to do. Not necessarily in that order.
- I know, that last bit was a fragment.
- Matthew had a full on tantrum last night, over socks. He took his sock off, then wanted it back on. Oh yeah, this was at supper. We didn't put it back on & he had a fit. David took him to the tub for his bath and he was flailing around like a crazy kid. If he hadn't really needed the bath, his butt would have gone straight to bed. I was afraid he was gonna hurt himself in the tub - that's how wild he was being.
- Matthew says the darndest things and I forget to write them down. Things I really want to remember, and I swear a day later I've forgotten. I suck.
- Scarlett says "noooo" and it's so darn cute. She also says "uh-huh" but we hear "nooo" a lot more often. This morning I even got a "no no nooooo."
- Scarlett also said "jonah" only it sounded more like "nonah" but she said it when we were getting milk out of the fridge - and she pointed at his birth announcement. I wasn't sure I heard her right so I asked "what?" and she repeated. David heard her from the family room too.
- I need to start Christmas shopping. We'll have a house full of guests in 2 weeks, and I haven't bought the first gift, not even for my kiddos.
- I'm looking forward to the weekend, even though I need to clean house NOW! MIL is visiting, I'm getting a massage, and we're probably going out with friends. I'll also be trying to get my Christmas decorations up.
- Where do you put your tree when you have kids? I love seeing it all the time, but they won't keep their hands off it. I know they won't because my mom already had her trees up. One of them wasn't totally decorated but the kids took a lot of ornaments off the others.
- I swear I have writer's block. I seriously had a ton of cute things to share and when I sat down I went blank. Sorry
Monday, December 1, 2008
a great week
I never realized how quiet our house is. LOL - after spending a week on the road I am thankful to be tucked safely away in our quiet home. We spent the early part of the week at David's mema's house. Her totally not child friendly house. You know the one, with rocks in flower pots sitting on the floor. Yeah, the one with a glass topped coffee table, pictures/frames, all sorts of knick knacks on a low shelf in the entertainment center. Let's not forget the small hard candies sitting in dishes scattered about the room, the fake fruit on the table, and the cleaning products under the kitchen sink with a cabinet door that won't even close. Matthew is usually really good about understanding what is off limits, but Scarlett is not. I was exhausted within 30 minutes of waking up our first day there. I tried to let David sleep in, but finally after an hour and a half I went and told him I could *not* supervise both of them by myself. Seriously, while it's nice to visit mema, she doesn't seem to understand that it's not good for Scarlett to put rocks in her mouth. We decided to try to hang out at David's brother & SIL's house as much as possible. It's much more toddler friendly. Matthew loves playing with his cousin, and Rhett is great about tolerating him. They were wrestling and Rhett told his mom "For him to be so little, he sure is strong." I thought that was cute.
We spend Tuesday on the road to my parents' house. We took it slow, stopped and shopped along the way. David needed new shoes so we were especially looking for those. We went to an outlet mall and he bought a pair for around $50. We thought that was a great deal but then as we were leaving we walked to let Matthew & Scarlett ride one of the rides and noticed another little store. It was a shoe store that we didn't realize was there. David went in there & they were having a huge sale. He bought the same pair of shoes for $30. They had another brand that looked nice but we'd never heard of. I went and did a quick search and found them on Nordstrom's website for $250, and Amazon for $195. David went and returned the first pair he bought and we got him 2 new pair at the second store, for $60. AMAZING deal! So amazing that we wondered if the store was legit...
We stopped off to visit my former coworkers. My old boss and his wife just had a baby so I had a gift for them, and I thought it would be fun to see everyone. Turns out there were 2 other people with newborns too. I felt a little like a putz not having gifts for them too, but oh well, they didn't let me know about the babies, how could I know?
Got to my parents' house late Tuesday night and crashed. My older sister and her girls came over to play Wednesday - Matthew & Belle were SO happy to see each other. They get along great and seem to always remember each other, no matter how long it's been between visits. Scarlett tries to keep up with them and does pretty well.
Thursday was nice & quiet - both my sisters were at their in-laws for Thanksgiving, so we had a calm day. My mom was cooking Friday, so I helped her do some prep work Thursday. Friday was wild. A house full of people, from 4 months to 83 years. Fun but wild. My older sister said she hates leaving when we are all there and maybe we should all spend the night! Not sure where we would all sleep, but it might be fun. I'm not sure the kids would ever settle in for the night though.
My parents house is pretty child-friendly, but Matthew and Belle somehow managed to get into the neosporin. They tried to wash their hair with it. Not fun. They also found a small pair of very sharp scissors, and mostly used it to cut paper. Somehow Matthew cut his finger too, but he wouldn't cry about it because he didn't want us to know he had the scissors!
Scarlett was very loving to Jonah this time. She seemed to accept me holding him more this time - in the past she has fussed and tried to push him away but this time she just loved him whenever I held him. She was pretty funny watching him nurse. I've weaned her to only nursing once a day, but I think she would nurse more if I let her. One time when he was eating she was rubbing his head and then noticed my sister's boob, and then came running to me pulling on my shirt. She was satisfied with her cup though, thank goodness. I don't want her to be unhappy so I'm glad she didn't fuss over it - I would have probably given her the boob if she had fussed much.
We left Saturday night, in the rain, to drive home. We made it in less than 14.5 hours - I think a record for us on that trip! It rained and/or snowed the whole way, so it meant quick stops with no playing. Poor David drove the whole way - the last few times I have driven the bulk of the night but somehow he wasn't sleepy at all until 6am, and by then it was almost light out and time for breakfast so he didn't want to try to sleep.
And oh yeah, GT beat UGA 45-42. Woohoo! Great win guys!
We spend Tuesday on the road to my parents' house. We took it slow, stopped and shopped along the way. David needed new shoes so we were especially looking for those. We went to an outlet mall and he bought a pair for around $50. We thought that was a great deal but then as we were leaving we walked to let Matthew & Scarlett ride one of the rides and noticed another little store. It was a shoe store that we didn't realize was there. David went in there & they were having a huge sale. He bought the same pair of shoes for $30. They had another brand that looked nice but we'd never heard of. I went and did a quick search and found them on Nordstrom's website for $250, and Amazon for $195. David went and returned the first pair he bought and we got him 2 new pair at the second store, for $60. AMAZING deal! So amazing that we wondered if the store was legit...
We stopped off to visit my former coworkers. My old boss and his wife just had a baby so I had a gift for them, and I thought it would be fun to see everyone. Turns out there were 2 other people with newborns too. I felt a little like a putz not having gifts for them too, but oh well, they didn't let me know about the babies, how could I know?
Got to my parents' house late Tuesday night and crashed. My older sister and her girls came over to play Wednesday - Matthew & Belle were SO happy to see each other. They get along great and seem to always remember each other, no matter how long it's been between visits. Scarlett tries to keep up with them and does pretty well.
Thursday was nice & quiet - both my sisters were at their in-laws for Thanksgiving, so we had a calm day. My mom was cooking Friday, so I helped her do some prep work Thursday. Friday was wild. A house full of people, from 4 months to 83 years. Fun but wild. My older sister said she hates leaving when we are all there and maybe we should all spend the night! Not sure where we would all sleep, but it might be fun. I'm not sure the kids would ever settle in for the night though.
My parents house is pretty child-friendly, but Matthew and Belle somehow managed to get into the neosporin. They tried to wash their hair with it. Not fun. They also found a small pair of very sharp scissors, and mostly used it to cut paper. Somehow Matthew cut his finger too, but he wouldn't cry about it because he didn't want us to know he had the scissors!
Scarlett was very loving to Jonah this time. She seemed to accept me holding him more this time - in the past she has fussed and tried to push him away but this time she just loved him whenever I held him. She was pretty funny watching him nurse. I've weaned her to only nursing once a day, but I think she would nurse more if I let her. One time when he was eating she was rubbing his head and then noticed my sister's boob, and then came running to me pulling on my shirt. She was satisfied with her cup though, thank goodness. I don't want her to be unhappy so I'm glad she didn't fuss over it - I would have probably given her the boob if she had fussed much.
We left Saturday night, in the rain, to drive home. We made it in less than 14.5 hours - I think a record for us on that trip! It rained and/or snowed the whole way, so it meant quick stops with no playing. Poor David drove the whole way - the last few times I have driven the bulk of the night but somehow he wasn't sleepy at all until 6am, and by then it was almost light out and time for breakfast so he didn't want to try to sleep.
And oh yeah, GT beat UGA 45-42. Woohoo! Great win guys!
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