I wake up to this smiley happy baby every morning.
I'm so glad I'm her mom!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Gymnastics
Andrew loves Gymnastics. He loves his teacher, and he has a crush on Maddie, his teachers daughter. He's always trying to sit next to her and hold her hand, it's cute!
What's not cute is how crazy he is. We put him in gym in the hopes that he'd learn something, we weren't sure what, but we were hoping for "self control" but so far it's only tested my self control! The class is 55 minutes long, we start out with stretching, then move on to obstacle course, trampoline, beam, and sometimes bars, rings, or rope. Andrew usually gets pulled out of stretching and either put in a time out on the green mat or taken to the car, during obstacle course he has another time out (I usually have to sit on him to get him to stay in time out and calm down), usually because he cut in line, tries to run away, pushes another kid etc... After the second or third time out threats of bodily harm and going home keep him somewhat in line.
What's not cute is how crazy he is. We put him in gym in the hopes that he'd learn something, we weren't sure what, but we were hoping for "self control" but so far it's only tested my self control! The class is 55 minutes long, we start out with stretching, then move on to obstacle course, trampoline, beam, and sometimes bars, rings, or rope. Andrew usually gets pulled out of stretching and either put in a time out on the green mat or taken to the car, during obstacle course he has another time out (I usually have to sit on him to get him to stay in time out and calm down), usually because he cut in line, tries to run away, pushes another kid etc... After the second or third time out threats of bodily harm and going home keep him somewhat in line.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
At The Pool
We were at the pool with a friend and her daughter.
I took off my cover up, Andrew gestured to me and said to my friend,
"These are my moms boobs. They make milk."
I took off my cover up, Andrew gestured to me and said to my friend,
"These are my moms boobs. They make milk."
Friday, May 21, 2010
I'm Crafty
I went thru the DI pile and pulled out some clothes that I was going to get rid of and I started remaking them into cute things for my kids.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Ice Cream and Cake
Do the ice cream and cake.
Have you seen that Baskin Robins commercial? It's the type that really gets stuck in your head and makes you want icecream cake.
I told Eddie that I wanted one, so when I got home on Monday night I found one in the fridge.
Here's the commercial if you haven't seen it/want to get it stuck in your head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_WqicWcHg
Have you seen that Baskin Robins commercial? It's the type that really gets stuck in your head and makes you want icecream cake.
I told Eddie that I wanted one, so when I got home on Monday night I found one in the fridge.
Here's the commercial if you haven't seen it/want to get it stuck in your head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_WqicWcHg
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The Kindness of Strangers and This is Gross
Monday was horrible.
I woke up at about 4 to feed Juliette, and couldn't go back to sleep because my throat hurt so bad. I decided that a trip to the doctor was a must. I waited til a reasonable hour and left Juliette with Margot's sister in law, Michelle, and went into the Take Care clinic at Walgreens. The Take Care clinic was miles better than any urgent care I've ever been to. I checked myself in on a touch screen computer, and only waited about 5 minutes while the Nurse Practitioner finished up with another patient. The diagnosis was strep throat. Ugh. But on the bright side, I was seen, diagnosed, and had my prescription filled in less than 30 minutes.
I was reasonably sure that I'd start feeling better within hours of starting the antibiotics, WRONG. Margot, Michelle, and I went shopping, and the shopping trip ended with me throwing up in the bushes at the outlet mall. And then again on the side of the freeway on the way back to the house to pick up our bags. And then two more times on the side of the freeway on the way to the airport.
NOT AWESOME
We got to the airport and after checking in (Michelle and I were on the same flight, she actually lives in the same neighborhood as my sister Amber), I left Michelle and her 2 year old and went as fast as I could thru security and to the gate, because Juliette needed to eat (it had been 4 hours), and I knew more vomit was in my future. I managed to feed the baby before the next episode, and since I had left Michelle I had to rely on the kindness of strangers. As I was throwing up in the bathroom sink a kind woman offered to hold my baby, she stayed where I could see her and talked to me the whole time. She said, "don't worry, I'm not going to take your baby, I'm a mom and I understand you're nervous handing your baby over to a stranger, I'm standing right next to you, your baby is fine" another woman patted me on the back and offered me the bottle of water she hadn't opened yet, and two other women saw the situation and went and bought me a water. I was crying, partly from being sick, partly from stress, and partly because these women were being so nice to me.
Michelle got to the gate a few minutes before boarding, we got on and got settled. I warned the flight attendant that I'd been sick and that I'd likely puke again during the flight. I tried to make myself before take off but couldn't manage. I prepared myself as best as I could for the two hour flight, I had my gingerale and barf bags all ready. I nursed Juliette again during the very bumpy take off to help her ears adjust to the altitude, and managed not to get any on her while I threw up again. Michelle held Juliette most of the flight while groaned in the seat next to her, and while her daughter played games on my iPhone. A kind stranger offered to hold Juliette as we landed in case I got sick again. Michelle's daughter was acting her age and needed her mothers attention during landing. We made it off the plane and out of the airport with out any more problems. Michelle carried Juliette, and I kept a tight grip on Francesca's hand.
We were met at baggage claim by Andrew, Eddie and Dallin (Michelle's 17 year old son) and between us managed to get everyone to the cars.
So today while my children are both napping (I probably should be too) I'm so thankful
1. for the kind women in the Denver airport bathroom
2. that Michelle isn't a sympathetic puker
3. that Juliette is the easiest baby I've ever known, she seriously was an angel the entire trip
4. for understanding flight attendants
5. for my bed
and
6. for my family, Andrew jumped off his dads shoulders, hugged me tight and told me that he'd missed me
I woke up at about 4 to feed Juliette, and couldn't go back to sleep because my throat hurt so bad. I decided that a trip to the doctor was a must. I waited til a reasonable hour and left Juliette with Margot's sister in law, Michelle, and went into the Take Care clinic at Walgreens. The Take Care clinic was miles better than any urgent care I've ever been to. I checked myself in on a touch screen computer, and only waited about 5 minutes while the Nurse Practitioner finished up with another patient. The diagnosis was strep throat. Ugh. But on the bright side, I was seen, diagnosed, and had my prescription filled in less than 30 minutes.
I was reasonably sure that I'd start feeling better within hours of starting the antibiotics, WRONG. Margot, Michelle, and I went shopping, and the shopping trip ended with me throwing up in the bushes at the outlet mall. And then again on the side of the freeway on the way back to the house to pick up our bags. And then two more times on the side of the freeway on the way to the airport.
NOT AWESOME
We got to the airport and after checking in (Michelle and I were on the same flight, she actually lives in the same neighborhood as my sister Amber), I left Michelle and her 2 year old and went as fast as I could thru security and to the gate, because Juliette needed to eat (it had been 4 hours), and I knew more vomit was in my future. I managed to feed the baby before the next episode, and since I had left Michelle I had to rely on the kindness of strangers. As I was throwing up in the bathroom sink a kind woman offered to hold my baby, she stayed where I could see her and talked to me the whole time. She said, "don't worry, I'm not going to take your baby, I'm a mom and I understand you're nervous handing your baby over to a stranger, I'm standing right next to you, your baby is fine" another woman patted me on the back and offered me the bottle of water she hadn't opened yet, and two other women saw the situation and went and bought me a water. I was crying, partly from being sick, partly from stress, and partly because these women were being so nice to me.
Michelle got to the gate a few minutes before boarding, we got on and got settled. I warned the flight attendant that I'd been sick and that I'd likely puke again during the flight. I tried to make myself before take off but couldn't manage. I prepared myself as best as I could for the two hour flight, I had my gingerale and barf bags all ready. I nursed Juliette again during the very bumpy take off to help her ears adjust to the altitude, and managed not to get any on her while I threw up again. Michelle held Juliette most of the flight while groaned in the seat next to her, and while her daughter played games on my iPhone. A kind stranger offered to hold Juliette as we landed in case I got sick again. Michelle's daughter was acting her age and needed her mothers attention during landing. We made it off the plane and out of the airport with out any more problems. Michelle carried Juliette, and I kept a tight grip on Francesca's hand.
We were met at baggage claim by Andrew, Eddie and Dallin (Michelle's 17 year old son) and between us managed to get everyone to the cars.
So today while my children are both napping (I probably should be too) I'm so thankful
1. for the kind women in the Denver airport bathroom
2. that Michelle isn't a sympathetic puker
3. that Juliette is the easiest baby I've ever known, she seriously was an angel the entire trip
4. for understanding flight attendants
5. for my bed
and
6. for my family, Andrew jumped off his dads shoulders, hugged me tight and told me that he'd missed me
For Mothers Day
I got strep throat. I also got to go to Denver for Margot's baby shower. I left Thursday night and got to play all weekend. The shower was on Saturday and was so nice. One of the best showers I've been to. We went to a movie Saturday night, Babies. It was kind of interesting, but not for anyone squeamish about breastfeeding.
Of course I only managed to get about 5 pictures. Juliette really took a shine to Margot's sister, Kristen. Kristen got better smiles out of Juliette than anyone else.
Of course I only managed to get about 5 pictures. Juliette really took a shine to Margot's sister, Kristen. Kristen got better smiles out of Juliette than anyone else.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Christmas Gifts
We finally used the Christmas gifts Honey and Papa gave us 2 Christmas' ago! We had so much fun doing our ride along. Now we both want to go drive the cars!
Unfortunately they put me in the Kyle Busch #18, but it could have been worse, they could have put me in the #12.
It was seriously so awesome, we went 160. I had to remind myself to breathe during the whole first lap, and on the second lap coming out of turn 2 I was sure we were going to hit the wall. But my driver got me back down pit road safely. I'm smiling right now just remembering how much fun it was!
Eddies genuine smile is proof of just how awesome it was!
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