Poop

WARNING!!! GRAPHIC CONTENT. you probably already saw.

For this particular post, I want to apologize to those with weak stomachs or those who are eating. But the poop talk must continue. I went out to eat with my friend layce for lunch today at OTB. This is what happened. (see pictures.) The Lord has a sense of humor, no?
That's all for now. enjoy.



Little explanation: he hasn'pooped for two days, and then before that one day he did, he hadn't pooped those two previous days.

Got through the first week!

TGIF!! The real deal! Friday's would be better if I could actually sleep in. I am sleep deprived. Michael came in at some point last night because of a nightmare, so I let him stay. Sometimes I take him back after he drifts off if I can't sleep, but last night he was having a nightmare about sicsors and a couch and grandma, or something like that. I couldn't get much out of him at that point though. All I know is that he snuggled up right on me and wouldn't scoot over! After he would drift off, I would shove him over half the bed so that I could change positions. He would roll right back over. Then Aiden woke up and wanted to eat so then it was really impossible. Very uncomfortable. Aiden woke up again at 6 and wanted to get up. He starts talking and talking, so I put him in the bouncer thing next to my bed and got back in bed. That lasted about 15 or 20 min.
Now I'm up and want to go back to sleep.

Yesterday at MDO was better. The first day was chaos, the second day was better, and then yesterday was even better. Thank goodness. We are having to show the kids who's boss. If you don't in the beginning, they run over you for a while. Some are telling me that they are done coloring in the morning when all of the kids are being dropped off. My response is " That's fine, then you can sit quietly until we are ready to start our circle time. " I even had a couple get up and put their colors away. they then got to go and get them again and either color or sit quietly until we were ready to move on.
Becky ordered a curriculum for K3! I am excited, because that means that Michael will be doing lessons and stuff. That will actually prepare him for school. I saw the books in the hallway yesterday. I really can't say how excited I am.
Aiden is doing better, kind of. I stuck a thermometer up his bottom yesterday hoping to stimulate some kind of reaction. Here is the calander. He did not poop on the 24th and 25th, he did on the 26th, which is the same day he threw up, and then he hasn't gone Wed or Thursday. Today is friday. so we shall see. I called to talk to the docotr yesterday, and she called me back and said that some babies only go once a week or so, while others go every single diaper. She said that he probably did have a little virus that day that he threw up and had the nasty number 2. Other than that she said to try and give him a little bit of mineral spirits with a bottle. Maybe that will get him going. Who knows.
Quick legal update for those who I haven't told. We are waiting right now for the papers to be served to James. (butthead, as my mom calls him) After he is legally served with the papers, he will have 20 days to file an answer to the courts. After that 20 days we can set a court date and get it all taken care of. At least that is how I understand it. I am going to call Bill today and ask him to let me know when the papers are officially served. Mainly because I want to be on guard. James has his crazy moments, and I really don't want to get caught in one.

Have a great day everone!!

Better days

Aiden felt better today. He woke up about three or so this morning and wanted to eat. He kept it down, and I kept him in bed with me for the rest of the night. He woke up again about 6 or so and ate again. I am guessing it was probably one of those 24 hour stomach bugs.
At MDO, he was much better for ms. Stephanie. He was happy and played and ate well. Today was also a bit less stressful in my class. I am slowly getting things organized. Michael's teachers said that he was much better today in class. That might have had something to do with Kevan not being there. Funny thing is that is what Kathy said about him too. He absolutely loves to play with Kevan. They are best friends. Michael even promised he would spend the night with him at his house. I really doubt it very much, as he won't even spend the night at my parent's house with them after being bribed.
I went to pick up our pictures from Target today. They were supposed to come in yesterday, but for some reason they didn't arrive at Target. Thankfully they actually called to let me know that before I drove out there. My day was already too long yesterday, and having to that as well would have made things impossible. I do have to say that they are really cute! Of course I m hiding behind Peter, and the boys are front and center. But hey, that makes a good picture in my book. Cool thing is, because they were a day late in delivering them, they gave us three extra sheets of prints for free. Score!!
Michael just got home from Rainbows at ten o'clock. Wed. are always late nights for him. He'll go to sleep fast. And maybe even by himself...
Good lovely night.

forever long

I can't even describe how crazy today was. First of all, I was up at 6:45 to start getting everything ready for the school day. I somehow made it to school on time and somehow got everything we were supposed to do done today. It was utter chaos. I don't know how any teacher is ever able to have everything she needs actually ready for the week. I can't do anything with a 4 month old on my hip.
Stephanie, the nursery worker, said that Aiden had been screaming all morning. I went in there to find Becky holding him while he screamed. I think he wanted me. But I also think that he didn't feel that great. He had his first bottle around 10:30 or so. I went in to feed him at almost 12:30. He was so obviously glad to see me. He was screaming in a bouncer when I went in there because Stephanie was changing another baby's diaper. I sat there and talked to him and fed him, but he ate only fora little bit before puking on me. I think I didn't pick him up to burp fast enough. Then he started going to the bathroom while I held him. He hadn't gone poop for two days previous to today. I had threatened him with a baby enema and I think it finally scared the poop out of him. hehe. He went two different times today, but it just smelled sicky. It wasn't normal either. It looked almost slimy and sticky, and very very green. Like forest green. Tonight I had to go to work, so mom came over at 4 to watch the boys. Peter got to come home early today and so took over for her at maybe 7:30 or so. From what Peter told me, things were going good until Aiden started throwing up over and over again. I guess that is when I received a phone call about what to do. I told him I was about to leave and to maybe give him a bath to calm him down. From what Peter was telling me he seemed happier after he threw up, but also less active and more mellow. He would just sit and stare. when I got here I took him and sat on the recliner with him and just talked to him. He seemed so very tired and just stared at different things. Then he puked what ever else he had on his tummy up. Not much of anything, but still puked. I could tell he was just so very tired, so I tried to feed him a little bit, but I don't know if he got anything. He didn't even seem interested in eating. He fell asleep in my arms pretty quickly.
Michael was excited about school today. OK, he was more excited about showing off his backpack. He had fun terrorizing his teacher with his friends. That class of boys is crazy!!! Kevan and Michael would be a handful to begin with. But then you also have tabor and Kennan who do the same thing. Poor Kim.
All I have to say is that it was a long long day.

dun duh duh dun

The day before school starts is always crazy. I would love to say that we did some cool traditional thing, but we didn't. I think we'll have cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk for breakfast tommorrow. That will be a cool tradition. This morning Michael woke up on the wrong side of the bed and started whining early. I told him in a mommy way to get over it and start the day off nicely. He quickly lost the tude. IA cme to pick him up today and took him to McDonalds to play with Kevan, his best friend. Peter and I knocked out the laundry and cleaned up what we could around the house. Aiden interruped a couple times, but we got a good amount done. Michael's room still looks like a war zone, but that is what it looks like all the time.
I hate to even say it because I really don't want to jinx myself. Aiden is now cutting out the cat naps little by little. For about three days running now, he has taken two long naps along with a couple of cat naps in between. At first I was still just sitting around waiting for him to wake up. When he would nap I would either grab something to eat, or put stuff away, or help Michael with something; all because I knew he was going to wake up very soon. After two days of that, I have kind of started this mad rush to get a few things done while he takes a really long nap. You can actually get quite a bit done in an hours time. who knew. Best thing is that he is happy for a good while after he wakes up. He went to sleep about 8 tonight. He has ben waking up at 6:30 regularly and stared talking to me. I go and get him about 4:30 or 5 to feed him, and then he goes back to sleep right there next to me. I should probably pt him back in bed, but I'd rather sleep. Besides he is actually sleeping in his own bed over night. Small steps people.
I have a wonderful loving husband that took Michael with him to the bank while I took the baby shopping for groceries. We were running out of things to eat, and school started tommorrow, so I thought it might be a good idea to stock up. I usually only get a pound of deli meat as I am the only one who eats it, but today the meat was so good I got a pound and a half! Going crazy here, step aside people.
I would like o send a shout out to Marianne for redoing the blog for me. It looks great doesn't it??
Love to all goodnight.

I leave you with a whats up from two crazy kids and a really big ant. hehehe

fun day

Today was so much fun!! We arrived to church on time, because Peter had us leave early enough. I was going to put Aiden in the nursery as I have been doing for the past few weeks, but there was only one lady in there and she already had two screaming kids and an infant. But not to worry there were four people passing him around until I had to take him and feed him. He went from Randi to Dad, to me, to Peter, back to Randi, back to dad, and that's about when I had to go feed him. Fun times. Aiden looked so startled every time people would clap. The baby dedication is set for September 7th. It'll be nice. Right now there is only one other baby being dedicated. When Michael was dedicated, there were at least 10 other babies up there. That just shows you how much our church is growing.
Today we had the "block party" for everyone that we were able to minister to as part of our adopt a block program. Michael and Kevin ran around like two twin brothers attached at the hips the whole time. There was a big Fire truck there spraying water everywhere. The kids LOVED that and I even joined in on the fun, mainly because it was so hot outside. Mom and dad took the baby inside out of the heat for a good while, so I was able to follow the twins around for a while. I waited too long too eat and only got to eat one actual hamburger. Then I got eat one hamburger patty. Oh well. The twins were so cute. At one point Michael came walking over to me and said "Mom can I get Kevin a towel please? He's cold. I told him to go get Kevin and we would go and get a towel for him. We grabbed a towel nd started walking back towards the rest of the stuff, and kevin kept telling Michael he wanted to share his towel with him. Ia finally put the towel over both of their heads and they walked around like that for a while. Among their three rounds of snow cones, in which they only ate the top part of each of them, they had cotton candy and bounced on the play houses, and then ran through the water again. Needless to say, they had a very very long day. He fell asleep quickly after he ate a whole bowl of Maccaroni and cheese. 8:30 and both boys are out. Both of us are headed that way too. We are tired!!

Feet by Feet

Today is Saturday, just in case you didn't know. Hey, I forget all the time what day it is, and I am at an utter loss for what time it is without my watch on. I have a funny looking tan line on my wrist now. Now that the randomness is out, Yesterday We all just hung around the house doing absolutely nothing in particular. It was maddening! I can't stand not having something to do. Michael fell asleep in 5 min last night. No exaggerating. I looked over and realized that he was asleep and got up to look at the time. Poor guy was tired. Guess what. God has a sense of humor. I told you that I would jinx myself by saying that Michael stayed in bed all night. Michael came and got in bed with me Fri night. Lovely.
Today we went out to the mall to help Chloe pick out some frames for her glasses, which she wasn't supposed to get. oops. The whole time we were in there Michael would go up to people and talk to them and show them where the "child" section was. Some people were annoyed, others laughed. After all, a three year old boy is running around being loud and somewhat obnoxious. What would you do. He found a friend to play with while in there. A boy about his age and twice his size was running around chasing Michael. that was before the store filled up. After that we went to the train. We can't possibly leave without going to see the train. Guess who showed up. The boy from the store. They ran around and talked and played for about ten min. The boy had pretzel sticks from aunt Annie's shop, and so Michael immediately wanted some. He has never tried any of those to my knowledge, so I went and bought him some. He ate two of them, and I scarfed down the rest. I made sure he wasn't going to eat any more first.
In other news, Aiden founf his feet a few weeks ago, but only now is he going full out grabbing them and playing with them. Any time he is on his back he goes right for them, which has made changing his diaper a bit more difficult lately. He still loves standing and hates lying on his tummy. I have been making him do it more lately because I think he is being really lazy about lifting his head up. But he still hates it, and i don't know wether to worry or not. He can lift his head up, even for a length of time, he just lays it back down after a bit, and then starts fussing. Lazy boy. Not the recliner.
MDO is coming up fast. Pray for me. pray that I know what to do and say for those kids. I really want to prepare them for the next level. Pray that I have something to do the first week of school as I didn't start the actual letter lessons until the next week.
Have a good night all.

Feet feet feet feet feet. and crazy boy. anything more need to be said? enjoy.

Something I forgot to mention... Yesterday I was giving Michael a haircut at my parent's house, and all of a sudden the power went out. He was stuck with half a haircut for at least sn hour. I had gotten the top part done, but the bottom half and sides were still long ll around. He looked like he had a mullet. It was funny.

Down to the wire

Yesterday was crazy busy for me. I had to be up at the church at 9:30 yesterday for teacher inservice. I remember last year at this time I was throwing up sick sick sick because I was pregnant. The funny thing is you can't hide the fact that you are pregnant from a bunch of older ladies. The first question I was asked was if I was pregnant. Funny thing huh? I lied and told them no. They still knew though. That lasted until almost 1 or so and then we all sat down and ate pizza. It was good!! After eating Helena and I went back to our classroom to get decorating done. Peter showed up around 2 or so and I put him to work. He actually asked if he could help and boy did he! I wouldn't have gotten much done otherwise because of the kids. After that we went home and chilled until Olivia brought Michael home from church about 9. He has been doing really good about going to sleep when I leave the room, and then staying in bed all night. Last time I said something like that, he came into my room that night about 4. Lets home I didn't jinx myself again. Aiden has been doing really really well about going to and staying asleep. He goes to sleep around 8 or so and he stirs a couple of times, but the past couple of nights I get up and go in there and press the little button to turn his soother on. I then get back in bed. He seems to go to sleep because I don't hear from him for a while. He typically sleeps from 8 till 6:30. If only I would go to bed at 8 I wouldn't be so tired when he wakes up. It is not possible because Michael dosen't go to sleep until later anyway.
Today was a bit crazy too, but not bad. I had a Dentist appointment at 10, so Peggy came over to watch the boys for me. Thanks Peggy. I filled out the paperwork, and then waited till they came to get me. Then I got an x-ray and then answered a few questions to the nurse. The doctor came in later on and asked me a couple questions and examined my jaw and basically told me what I already knew. I have TMJ. Look it up on web MD. It's basically a constant inflammation of the joint that causes pain and locking. I also have to get my wisdom teeth removed, but can't do anything until the TMJ symptoms are gone. I have been refered to a specialist in order to take care of that. Fun stuff the mouth. I of course have been put on a soft diet. Nothing crunchy or chewy, as that aggravates the inflammation. I love chewy and crunchy, so I don't know what I am going to eat. Maybe I'll lose some weight. hmmm. Or maybe not. who knows. After the dentist appointmant I went ahead and dropped off some stuff at the church and then went o relieve Peggy from the boys. She said they were good and Aiden was so sweet when he saw me. I sat down to tell her about the appointment nd when he saw me he screamed in delight. I say screamed because that is how he is talking now. It has gone from a protesting whine to a scream demanding attention. It is kind of funny, and other times it aggravtes a migrane headache. He smiled and laughed at me so sweet.After feeding the baby I took them both up to the church with me to get a couple more things done. I had to leave pretty quickly because Aiden wsn't cooperating. I hope I have everything ready for tues. Not much else going on today. About to put the boys to be soon. Good night.

Too long

Well I have to say that I don't know how you find the time or energy to update one and even sometimes two blogs a day Marianne. It has obviously been over a week since i have updated mine. The days just seem to fly by and then I am either already in bed and can't pull myself out, or too tired and just want to get in bed. This past week has been busy.
To catch up, Peter was home on Tues, but i don't remember what we did. Wed We pretty much hung out until it was time to go to church. Grandma came over that day to visit the boys and took Michael to church. Thurs was a busy day, as we had our first teacher meeting for MDO. After that we had to take Aiden for his 4 month check up and he now weighs 17 pounds and 8 ounces, and he is 27 inches long. The doctor said he was in the 95 percentile in every thing. Head size, weight, and length. So far he has hit all the milestones. I did mention to the doctor that he doesn't like to be on his stomache and only keeps his head up for short periods of time. He said it is normal, some babies don't like to be on their stomach's. He kind of rolls on his side when he wants something. He absolutley loves standing up all the time though. The doctor did say that standing with help is something they look for at six months of age. So he is doing good. The only bad thing that day was that he got his boosters. He had just fallen asleep and they came in and stuck him three times. Poor baby, and poor me as I had a cranky baby the rest of the day. Michael was very concerned for his brother when he was getting his shots and screaming. Little does Michael know that when he turns 4 he gets his boosters too. That will take several strong people to hold him down. Wow. Not looking forward to that.
Friday I don't remember. Saturday I don't remember either. Is that sad?
Sunday Peter was home so I got to take a shower by myself and then do my hair for church and my makeup! crazy how the small things make you happy. We went to church and then out to eat with Peter's parents for Peggy's birthday. Yay peggy! Happy Birthday today!! Then Peter and I decided to go on a little date because we never get to. So we went to see a dollar movie! Then we came home and relaxed until the boy got home.
Yesterday i started to make all of the phone calls to my students parents to remind them of everything that they need for school. I also did my lesson plan for sep. That was exhausting.
Today was fun, even though it started at 7:30. Peter was here so I got to relax in between feeding the baby and the boy. Relaxing included finishing calling the rest of the students that were on my list. Then I took Aiden up to school with me to do some school stuff where by he exploded and I had no other outfit to put on him except a pair of pants that I had in the car. He had fun playing in the bouncer while we were there. We left a couple hours later. One exciting thing that happened today. Peter found me a jumper!! The one that I really wanted too. I had been looking on craigslist for one and it seems like everyone who posts on that site is from far fortworth. I really didn't want to drive to get it. plus I don't think that site is all safe. So yay for Peter!! My hero. Michael got rent another different Tom and Jerry today at the store. I don't think I have ever seen something as funny as him watching Tom and Jerry. He LOVES it!! He watches it over and over and over again. Well both of the boys are in bed right now and I am excited because it is only 9. Both Peter and I felt like we were going to fall out today. Maybe it was the weather, but we are just so stink'in tired!! So good night!!

The pictures are of Aiden chillin outside, Michael's couch cusion castle in the middle of the floor, bathtime after mom gets out, shopping at Kroger, and Best buddies Michael and Kevin. Ithought Michael was taller, but I guess Kevin grew some!

whiny days

Mondays are a toss up. They can either go smoothly, or all crziness can break loose. I think that Michael is on a growth spurt, and so he is tired more. When Michael is tired, the whole world should be able to tell. He gets incredibly whiny and he gets his feelings hurt very easily. I mean you speak to him strongly and he starts glazing up with tears in his eyes. Today was one of those days. I met one of my good friends for lunch today. Who am I kidding, right now she's my only good friend. Anyway, I met layce for lunch eighth her cute eight month old daughter Alexis. Michael and Aiden had a fun time talking to her and staring at her respectively. Michael ate 6, count them, 6 pieces of pizza today. I would see that he was on his lst piece and throw another one on his plate and he just kept going. In fact, I had to go get more cheese pizza for me, because I gave him all of mine!!! Then after that I got him two brownies. That kid is growing. He and Kevin from church used to be the same exact size, and because they have the same hair color when you can't see they're clothes and they are running around, you used to not be able to tell who is who. Now Michael is a good inch taller at least! For now any way.
I am enjoying my (kinda) tow weeks off from Mother's Day Out until the fall semester starts. I am teaching, so I hope it won't be stressful. I think I'll just be nervous when Licensing is there. But I usually preform pretty well in high pressure situations. Who knows, that was before pregnancy hormones. Sometimes now when the fire alarm goes off, I feel like bursting out into tears like a two year old. I am sitting there thinking to myself what to do, and I do it, and then when I get outside, I just feel like falling on the ground and crying. How pathetic is that?? i guess I just want to good for the kids sake. And I hope I don't have any crazy parents or kids. I am not very patient with, shall I say it??, stupid people. I have to take a quote from Kathy Levine, one of the mdo teachers, "God bless the slow." So far I've been pretty blessed to have a teacher that is my equal opposite. Dana was always the take them to the side and be nicey nice person. Then when that didn't work, she would send me in to do the dirty work. Don't get me wrong, I'm as nice as I can be, but I just tell them the truth no one else wants to. That's how I would want to be treated. I NEED to know if my son is being a complete devil that day so that I can correct his attitude. Some parents aren't to that level yet, but I try and help whatever way I can.
I'm excited though about everything. I actually get to work in the same building that my children are in, and then I get to spend the rest of the day with them. I love that. Even when the children that I deal with all day zap me of every patient atom I have in me, I just pray for the Lord to help me, and I go home and try and love on them the best I can. Sometimes I can feel the Lord speak to me. I can't ever really hear it, I just feel it. When I am a millisecond away from screaming at Michael for the 80th time to do what I ask of him, I can just feel this small calm come over me as I take that breath in; and I can tell that he thinks I'm going to yell; and I just smile at him and ask him for a hug. Then I tell him how much I love him and that what he did was wrong, or whatever it might be at that moment. Then he gets to sit in time out or whatever the punishment is for today. I thank the Lord for that every single time. It's like he puts into my head what he would do, and I'm overcome with that desire just to love.
Michael is strong-willed, but he is probably the biggest goof ball of a child I have ever in my life seen. He just makes me laugh at how smart and goofy he is. But today he got his finger smushed at Pappaw's CiCi's. He was over at the car, and stuck his hand in the wring place at the wrong time and got it smushed really bad. He just cried for about 5 min. straight. All he wanted me to do was hold him. but then he had some coke, and it made it all better. The trials of childhood.
I don't know what to do. Aiden is about to not fit in size three diapers any more. I did get the Target brand that aren't as stretchy, so I might just go ahead and get the luvs again. They might fit him for a bit longer. Michael wears a size 5 diaper for bedtime. I guess I could just eventually use those. (sigh) I'm probably going to jinx myself by saying this, but Aiden has slept until 6 each morning now for 3 or 4 days straight. Tonight he went to bed about 8:30 or 9 or something. I think that is around the time he usually goes to bed. We can hope that this sleep pattern stays the same for a while at least. We shall see.
The picture of Aiden sleeping is after last nights cry fest. Then there are my bigger boys at chili's(note the even bigger hole in his pants) and Randi playing with the boys. and then there is Michael with Layce's baby st CiCi's today.
have a great night.

plain jane day

Peter's home! Micheal had so much fun with him yesterday. We hung around here and hada visit from Peter's cousin Marda and her twins Tyler and Ainsely. It again reminds me how much we are going to have to baby proof the house. At least the floor was cleaner this time. I again let Michael play in the sandbox at maybe 8:30 this morning, because it would be too hot later in the day. He played for a good hour or so out there, maybe longer. Then he came in and took a shower. When I went to get him out, I turned off the water first and then opened the shower curtain. Normally he yells no, as he doesn't want to get out. This time he was just sitting and smiling at me, and got right out. I thought something was wrong and so I looked around only to find the razor on the side of the tub, with a bunch of hair all around it. He looked up and told me that he had tried to cut his hair with the razor. I took a good look at his head and thankfully I haven't cut his hair yet. You can't really see anything at all. he has never really tried anything like that before. at least not that I remember, and never ever with a razor. He normally doesn't ever play with things like that. He knows better. I guess curiosity wins every time.
After that we went out to that new ross over at richardson square. It was pretty interesting, didn't buy anything though. Then we came home and hung out for the rest of the night. There was a period where Aiden was really just laughing and laughing at me. I would just talk to him, or do the "boo" stuff, and he just belly laughed. Other than that not much to mention.
I do want to show you some pics I took on Thurs. at MDO. Aiden was at first concerned about little Sierra when she started bouncing up and down and making noise, but then when she turned around and looked at him, he smiled at her. I guess she was amusing.
Goodnight

Tomorrow is wonderful

Today is hump day!! yeah! My hump day only has one day on either side of it, so I guess it loses it's coolness. I am, as of Tues., the official K4 teacher for the fall semester. Can everyone scream with me?? More of a aaahhh scream than a yahh scream!! Don't get me wrong in the least! I am beyond excited about it. Just nervous. I think that it is ok and good to be nervous about something so important though. I think it means I care. Like I told Becky and Joyce, I am fully confident that I can teach four year olds the alphabet and how to write it, and maybe even to read, but I'm nervous about the paperwork issue. I'm a bit more confident thinking that Dana left all of her lesson plans for me to copy. I just want to make sure that I am able to give my class everything that she and I were able to give the class last year. It was fun. It was like being a mom to all of those kids, teaching them how to open their lunches by themselves, and making sure they don't play in the water in the bathroom, as well as seeing how much they improved by the years end in writing their names and numbers. But then I got to send them home to their parents. I guess that would make me more like a grandparent than anything. Either way being involved in other children's lives helped me to grow as a person in a very non-selfish way. It has even helped me to love my own family better.

By the way, here are the pics that I was not able to upload on my last blog entry. And yes, that is a longhorns jersey!!! And yes, my dad was trying to give my mom and I a heart attack.

Peter comes home tomorrow. I asked Michael the other day if he missed daddy, and he said "yes, when is coming home from work?" At that moment it sunk in that I don't think that I had fully explained to him that daddy was on a trip. I know I had told him that daddy went on a trip, but I think I just said it in passing, not a sit down look him in the eye kind of thing. So when he said what he said the way he said it, it made me think that he thought that daddy just went to work and hadn't come home yet. Make sense?? Poor buddy. He talked to Peter tonight before bed and told him all the things that he wants to do with him when he gets back. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. So sweet. When he was done rambling about things we both didn't quite understand, the looked up at me and said, "I am done talking to him now, I want to read books." and that was how the conversation ended.

Last night I was putting him to bed and I had to go get a screaming Aiden. I think he was kind of drifting off because when I walked back in there I acidentally kicked some toys. He poked his head up and matter of factly said to me "mommy I will clean all those toys up tomorrow because this room is so so so so messy, and I don't want you to hurt your feet on the toys, so I will clean them up tomorrow." Then he laid his head back down. All I could say to that was "good idea sweetheart."
I heard him talking in the car to Aiden today, and in a previous blog I mentioned that Aiden just looks over and stares at Michael in the car. Well, I started tuning in on what Michael was saying to his brother, and I thought it was so funny. He was scolding him. He said something to tune of, " when we go to sleep tonight you need to be still and quiet in your bed so that mommy can snuggle me and read me books. So you need to not cry and you need to stay in your bed." How cute is that? I looked at Aiden's face while Michael was talking to him and he just adores whatever comes out of that crazy almost four-year-old's mouth. I put him to bed about 9:30 or so tonight. I was able to read him an extremely long book that I won't be reading again at bedtime because it puts me to sleep before I can get through all of it. I don't like Lyle Lyle, crocadile.
Pray that my pump starts working, I know that is a funny request, but I can't pump because it doesn't work, and I had just gotten my supply up to where I needed it to be. I might just have to go and buy another one tomorrow. Bummer.

Tomorrow is the last day of summer MDO! Next week I have in-service, and then the next I have nothing!! Woohhooo. I am going to get my feet done! Ok Peter?
Goodnight everyone.

I never know what day it is

I never know what day it is. On mondays it is still like a weekend for me, so I constantly forget what I am supposed to be doing. Today the boys and I went over to Grandmother's house, my grandmother, to eat lunch and visit. I also had to teach her a little something new about her computer. Hey, I am the computer generation, but even I still don't get it sometimes. After that I drove over to my mom's house and visited for a few min, then I went back to our house. I made a pizza for Michael for dinner and then we just hung out for the rest of the day.
I told Michael he could play in the sand box at 8:30 this morning because it so absolutely hot out there, I was going to have to tell him no later. At Grandmother's house he went in and out with Pappy and stunk himself up again. Boys stink. Even three year old boys stink!! whew! Michael did have fun playing with his brother in the house though. Let me tell you that the picking on his little brother has already started. I watch to make sure he doesn't do anything to rough but it is actually kind of funny. Today I saw him talking to Aiden and then he put his arm around Aiden and kind of gently rolled him on to his side. It was so cute, and Aiden responds to everything Michael does with a laugh or smile. I did hear earlier these exact words. " Oh! I am sorry Aiden. Shhhh Shhh Shhh. ABCDEFGHIJKL...." on and on. I never can tell what he did to him, but I have a clue that he probably just pokes him too hard or yells too loud or something of that nature. He probably sees Aiden's I didn't like that face and starts trying to make him happy. Aiden kind of rolls onto his side by himself now. He is still so lazy when it comes to being on his tummy, so I don't know when he'll catch up on that end. But he loves sitting in his bumbo and car seat. Here are some pics of the boys playing.
I'll have to them later, it is giving me an error message.
Sorry.

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Sunday's always seem to go by so fast. Have to be at church by 10:20, then get out to lunch about one or so, then go home and shoot the breeze until 4:45 when we go back for adopt a block. We get out from that about 6 or 6:30 and then go home. By then it's time to start getting ready for bed. It's already 9:15! Michael went down fast today. Aiden is in his crib for the fifth time I think tonight. the past couple of nights he's woken up and I would go get him. from that point on he stays in bed with me. But i did take the bold move and put the rocking chair back in his room. Now I need a chair for my room. I might actually make up my bed if I didn't have to sit on it anytime I go in there. Who am I kidding?? I never made it up when the rocking chair was in there. i would like some kind of comfy chair in there though. birthday present anyone? September 11th, remember now.
Aiden fights fights fights going to sleep. He fights it more at night. i do think he had a bit of gas, but otherwise, he still just screams. I think it also has something to do with his antibiotic.

Well, I woke up this morning and realized I hadn't finished the blog from last night. So here it is.

Mowing the yard

Today was busy for me, but I seemed to have more energy. Right now I have a bunch of energy because of my adrenaline pumping. I know, I am a big scardey cat. I hate being in the house alone with two kids. I always have scenarios running through my head about what I'll do in certain situations. It's a wonder how I get to sleep at night. Earlier we had a power surge for half a second. I was laying down with Michael to get him to sleep and all of a sudden we hear a loud pop. Well, I was drifting off, and everything was very still and quiet. As soon a heard that pop, I straight jumped two feet out of bed, literally, I was on my feet and as awake as I would be playing a volleyball game. The pop combined with the beep of my alarm system and every scenario I could possibly think of running through my head, I stood in my hallway ready to get the baby and Michael and run out the front door, or fight, or something, I don't really know. After I kind of gathered my senses and looked around to make sure it wasn't anyone trying to get in the house, I got Michael and left Aiden in his crib and went to knock on the neighbor's door. I asked him if his power was out too, and about one min later a huge GP&L truck came driving down the alley. The power was back on in maybe 5 min or so, but I had to clam Michael back down in order to get him to go to sleep.
That was just tonight though. The day was pretty good, although it started out with me mowing the front and back yard while my mom watched the kids. Besides the oppressive heat I got a couple of painful blisters on my fingers. After that we hung out for a while during which I checked the mail and found that the rings I had ordered for my sling came!! yeah! My mom knows how to sew, so we are going over to Peggy's house sometime tomorrow to sew it up. I'm excited.
i finally have food in the house, as I went grocery shopping today with Aiden. I always forget to not go shopping on the weekend at any time. It is always so crowded. Oh well, it was necessary.
Have a good night.

Catching up.

Oh man. I know I haven't updated this the entire week. I have just been so tired and distracted. I decided I don't want to pay for one of the cool slings that everyone is raving about. So, my mom and I are going to make it. Or at least we are going to try. It should end up only costing me 20 or so to just make, compared to the 60- 70 dollars it would cost to buy it online. crazy huh? It does require some sewing, so that is the only part I am nervous about. My mom said she kind of remembers how to sew. I bet I could figure it out eventually if I really wanted to. I wanted to send a shout out to my wonderful mother-in-law for the "friday night" movie night gift she gave me and Michael. That was so thoughtful, and we really enjoyed being able to sit down and watch that cute movie and eat popcorn and eat candy. So thanks again.
Like I said, this week has been hairy. Nicole was gone and so I had to work with Cassie's sister Brenda in the 2 year old room. I'll tell you what, it is hard to be a teacher. I can't hardly get my kids out the door on time, much less get a craft ready once I get there and the n get everything where it needs to be. I did enjoy the pizza days I had.. two of them!! Michael has recently been just so funny because I'm in the class across from him. Any time he goes to the bathroom, which is in between the two classrooms, he pokes his head in just to talk to me. On thursday, he poked his head in to tell me he needed a wipe to wipe himself and then when he was done playing in the water, he poked his head in and saw me eating a piece of pizza. He got very excited and asked me, more like ordered me to give him some. I did, and he scarfed it down! Then he ate a whole other huge piece. He is hitting another growth spurt. Tonight he ate KFC, thanks to grandmommy, and he ate a WHOLE side of kernel corn and half a side of macaroni, and then ate one and a half of the big chicken strips.
Let me tell you though. He has got an attitude!! woah! I have fought with him today and yesterday only about his attitude. He sometimes, if he catches himself, will pretend that he was just joking right after he said it. Something happened at lunch today. I had several packets of Equal on the table. He was trying to be sneaky and grab one and I had told him not to a couple of times already. Then when I was talking to Olivia, and not looking, I saw him take one. Well, he hid it pretty well, but I also didn't look very hard. My mom said that when I was talking to someone a little bit later he called out out Grandma in a whisper. "grandma! grandma!" and then he held up the packet for her to see. then he said" shhhh. don't tell her." pointing at me. "she thinks they're dangerous." About that time, I turned back around to see him holding up the tortilla and he quickly said "here grandma I was saving this for you for Christmas. And I was saving this tortilla for you for Christmas", as he throws it at her. How sneaky is that little "fella"? Also compliments of Michael. He is nuts!!! He even tried to tell both me and my mom that "Dr. soda, hahahahaha" is healthy for him. He'll pull out the healthy card sometimes when he wants something. Lately it has been water, so we go ahead and give him some. But he tried that with a couple other things as well.
Aiden is doing good. Tuesday I took him back to the doctor because it looked like he was getting sick again. He had eye crusties and he was very very congested as well as runny. Also on Tues at MDO, when I went in to nurse him his eyes looked like allergy eyes, all red and puffy. He was just miserable. Well the doctor said that he had the beginning of another ear infection. That makes officially two ear infections now, at three months old. He seems to be following in mommy's earsteps. (clever huh?) The azthromycin he was on for the first one tore him up and had him screaming for a whole day! So the doctor put him on O-something, It has the generic name on the bottle. It seems to not be hurting his insides bad enough to hurt his outsides. I give it to him right before bed along with a dose of Tylenol so that he will sleep well. I don't think that the antibiotic helps him sleep, but maybe the Tylenol will keep him from hurting. He has been cranky during the second half of the day, around 6:30 or so. He does not like to lay down. He wants to be sitting up at all times so that he can see that crazy brother of his. I tell you what, I don't know what I am going to do once Aidn can move around and follow Michael. Marlee and Makenna made me realize just how dirty my floors were today, and also gave me a reality check of what it is going to be like in just a few short months for me. Can I just start screaming now please? All of the nasty dust bunnies and Macaroni and chip bit that I didn't see on the floor until today will have to be constantly cleaned. I need to any way, but the point is I never realized how big of a mess Michael really makes. Thank you Thank you thank you for opening my eyes. This is the third night in a row that Aiden is in his crib. The first night he went down at 9:30 and I had to wake him up at 8:30. Last night he went down around 9:30 or so and woke up at 4. Not bad. It is actually usual for him to do that. He has one sometimes very short snack and then goes back to sleep. Somehow last night Michael made it into my room and into my bed without me waking up or noticing. All I know is that i woke up and I was snuggling him, arm around him and everything. I must have been tired. I thought it was kind of cute, so I let him stay.
By the way the pictures kind of need explaining. The koala bear Michael said looked like pappaw. And the ones of the boys in th car seats just shows you how Michael entertains Aiden while in the car. His song of choice is ABC's. Aiden loves loves loves to watch him. He even looks over to see Michael when Michael is not in the car. It is kind of sad. He'll look, and than look away and around, then he'll just turn and stare at his seat.
love to all, Goodnight
P.S. By the way Peter, Michael took more of his pretend medicine again, this time with a purple marker. Didn't wash off the first time in the shower, we'll try again later.