Night out

I won, I won.  I won an item off e-bay.  The funny thing is that I am so excited about it.  Especially considering what it is.  Extra Storage adapters for my bottling system.  Nothing exciting.  However, I did get a good deal, since I got two sets for a total of $15 (including S&H), when 1 set usually runs that much.  I just wish I had them now.  I really could have used them last night and today since I am now 'pumping' at work.  Plus I had to have extra on hand for tonight since....

 

I AM HAVING A GIRLS NIGHT OUT TONIGHT!  

 

Two of my girlfriends and myself are leaving the kids with our hubbies and going out to dinner and a movie!   I couldn't care where we eat or what we watch, I am so looking forward to it!  By the way, we are eating at Olive Garden and watching The Breakup.    Which means that Marc will have both boys for a good stretch of time.  Pray for him. 

 

Side note:  AJ has been accepted in the hospital daycare and will start July 10th.  So we won't have to do the sitter at home AND daycare thing much longer. 

She's baaa-aaack...

Well, today was my first day back to work.  And let me tell you… there was no easing back into the swing of things.  Holy Cow.  It was a super busy day.  There was no catching up, no causal chit chat, no bragging about my new baby… just work, work, work, walk, walk, walk.  Man, I didn’t have time to empty my overflowing mailbox or inbox.   Barely had time to check my voicemail.  I especially had to run in order to fit ‘pumping’ in.  At this rate, my baby weight will be off my Friday. (although I must admit, it was much easier without being pregnant)

The boys did well today.  However, Andrew is now at the point where he knows the daycare schedule without being told what’s next.  So, when I picked him at four (right before playground time), he started bawling as soon as he saw me.  Not a tantrum, but a you-broke-my-heart-I-have-been-looking-forward-to-playground-time-all-my-life.  I almost felt a little guilty.   He did recover very soon, especially once we got back on the shuttle, and the bus driver gave him precious candy.  In fact, Andrew had his first experience with Skittles today.  He was a sticky but happy mess.

AJ was an angel baby.  And our sitter is a doll.  She is so great.  I just wish she were available to babysit more often.  AJ got to go on a walk and took a bottle pretty well.  AND, our sitter put him down in his bassinet awake, and he put himself to sleep and napped for 2.5 hours!    

So now, both boys are sleeping.  Marc is working on laundry, and I just finished paying bills. Nothing to exciting.  But to sum it up, today went fine (I’m not dreading tomorrow, though, I’m not jumping for joy at the thought either).  Hoping tomorrow is a little slower.

Um...Sweetie, I don't have one.

We are slowly in the process of trying to potty train Andrew.  While I was using the restroom yesterday, he walked in on me and told me, “Push it down, mama.”

Trouble in the Making

Bye Bye....SAHM.

*sniff*  

This is my last weekday off work before my maternity leave ends.   And I am bummed about it.   I really don’t have a big problem going back to work and I know that, for now, I need to… but man; I have loved being off with the boys.   And it’s not like I work 12-hour days or anything.  It’s only a part time, 20-22 hour (most of the time, sometimes it’s much more) week job.  No stress.  

However, my shift is from 12-4pm…  Right in the middle of the day.  So, by the time I get us all fed breakfast and ready for the day…. it doesn’t leave much time before we must leave to get kiddos with the daycare/sitter and myself off to work.   And again in the evening, by the time I will have picked up the kiddos and home, it will be time to start thinking about dinner.  

I really can’t (or shouldn’t) complain, but it still feels like the whole day is gone, even though I only work 4 hours.  It still makes it hard to keep up with all the housework and it still makes it hard to get in all the playing/fun/trips to the zoo, beach, museum, etc… in that I would love to do…especially during these summer months.

So this morning, we got up and went to get my coffee and a chai tea for Kari before heading over to her house.  I needed a lesson and parts to use the breast pumps at work.  We visit there before a quick stop at Target before lunch.  This morning, Andrew asked for an Old McDonald Wunch (lunch).   He never asks, and since this is my last day being able to spoil him in that sense, we stopped and got an Old McDonald Wunch.  We brought it home and he ate an entire plain double cheeseburger and ½ a medium fry.  Wowsers.  That’s as much as me!   Now he and his brother as napping.  Nice.

The positive note I keep telling myself about going back to work, is that I walk a ton.  That is a big reason why I think AJ showed up early.  And hopefully this will help me take the rest of this baby weight off.   Skinny butt jeans… here I come.

Not exactly Dr. Seuss, but it'll work.

New Stats: AJ

It’s already been two months since I woke up one morning with mild discomfort.  It’s already been two months since it progressed quickly to the point I thought my body was going to split in two.  It’s already been two months since my littlest one made his way into this world.  It’s already been two months since my Andrew became a big brother.  

And my AJ has grown.  

His new stats are: Height – 23 inches, Weight – 12lbs, 1oz, Head Circumference – 15.5 inches.  And he has incredibly strong neck muscles.  His pediatrician was blown away by his neck strength.   She also confirmed that he has an “angel kiss” on his eyes.  My understanding is that this is the equivalent of Andrew’s “stork bite” on the back his neck.  Both are birthmarks that are hardly noticeable but show up when mad, flushed, etc…   This explains why when AJ cries, his eyes don’t just get regular red from crying but look beet red, like we’ve let him cry for days on end.  

Speaking of crying, the poor kid also had to get 3 shots in his little legs.  So he’s sporting Daffy Duck band-aids on his thighs.  He had his first dose of Tylenol as well.  So since then, he’s been zonked.   Actually, it’s been kind of nice.   Andrew is down for his nap, AJ is sleeping, so I paid bills and now I am actually am typing with two hands and eating lunch in peace.  Well, I am going to take advantage of this time to look into the local Children’s Museum.  I would like to take Andrew before I go back to work and won’t have the opportunity.  Doesn’t that sound fun?!

New Hat

No more tupperware firehat.

Sleeping Boy = Happy Baby

Home on the Range

So, we are all home safe and sound. It was a nice week in Ohio. Andrew got spoiled, AJ got spoiled, and I got spoiled.

But now we are home, and I am exhausted. But I wanted to post something since it’s been a while.

We got home on Thursday evening. Friday morning, I realize we have no food in the house. At least no milk, juice, bread, or anything to feed the boy a breakfast. I need to go get my free coffee, so I decide we’ll just grab a muffin and eat breakfast before getting groceries. Well, we pass Krispy Kreme on the way to the coffee shop, so we stop in and come to find out that it was National Donut Day and they gave us each a free donut. Nice. We got our donuts, my coffee and a muffin to split and head to the airport observation area to eat breakfast before heading to Meijer.

Marc got home from his trip later that afternoon. And he showed up with a dozen roses. Ain’t he a sweetie! We spent the rest of the evening just lounging around, enjoying that fact that we were all home again.

This morning I got an early wake up call from my friend asking if I wanted to go garage sale-ing with her. Um…yeah! So I hop up, get somewhat ready, run and get free coffees for us, get AJ ready (Andrew stayed home with dad) and we headed out. We hit a major neighborhood sale, so it was hours of walking with AJ in my wrap. On a side note, I was a little hesitant about wearing the wrap around thinking I would get weird looks, but I got so many comments on how great it was, how they’ve never seen one like that, how perfect it fit, etc. Most were surprised when I mentioned it was just a piece of long fabric. Literally, someone commented on it at almost every sale. However, I did get one rude lady ask me if I was suffocating my baby. “Yea, lady…I don’t bother to make sure he can breathe.” But he was all snuggled up and slept pretty much the whole time. Anyway, I got a lot of good stuff. A hat, sunglasses, and new-in-package curling brush for me. Then for Andrew, I got 36 matchbox cars with case, 4 veggie tales videos, 1 Thomas video, a fireman hat and a winter coat. All this for less than a Jackson. However after 5 hours of walking with a baby strapped on (and two nights of horrible sleep – AJ had issues), I am exhausted.

We had the Dresslers over for dinner of grilled steak. Marc got a new “recipe” and it was wonderful. Now they are gone, both boys are finally down and I am getting ready to head to bed myself. I wish, I truly wish, that I had been on top of blogging this past week, as Andrew has said some of the cutest things, but do you think I can think of any of them now? I even remember thinking… “I need to post that”. Bummer.