Monday, March 29, 2010
Springtime is (almost) here!
Hooray for springtime! I'm glad it's a bit early this year.
Little Boy is getting bigger and bigger. And he is just such a happy guy all the time now. He is cutting some teeth right now, we think, but he's still very enjoyable to have around. Lots of smiles and giggles and laughs and all that cute baby stuff. That is the best part. I have been waiting for this part. Where he can walk and talk a bit and be a bit more independent than before. It's a couple of months away from walking at least and same with talking, but you still see the growing and changing and it's wonderful.
He has nearly 99% switched over to table food. We told the new daycare to just try table food with him and he has really taken off. He'll gum down anything we put in front of him, pretty much. He loves peas and chicken; he has eaten pizza (both Toppers and homemade), hamburgers (McDonalds and homemade), fries, brats, green beans, pancakes -- you name it and he's probably tried it. He loves his food!
Little Boy is getting bigger and bigger. And he is just such a happy guy all the time now. He is cutting some teeth right now, we think, but he's still very enjoyable to have around. Lots of smiles and giggles and laughs and all that cute baby stuff. That is the best part. I have been waiting for this part. Where he can walk and talk a bit and be a bit more independent than before. It's a couple of months away from walking at least and same with talking, but you still see the growing and changing and it's wonderful.
He has nearly 99% switched over to table food. We told the new daycare to just try table food with him and he has really taken off. He'll gum down anything we put in front of him, pretty much. He loves peas and chicken; he has eaten pizza (both Toppers and homemade), hamburgers (McDonalds and homemade), fries, brats, green beans, pancakes -- you name it and he's probably tried it. He loves his food!
Monday, March 15, 2010
End of the "30 Day Shred"
So, did I really last all 30 days? No. I would take a break here and there because my knees needed it. And I pretty much blew off the last week, because of needing the mental break.
My results? Mixed. I really haven't lost any weight, based on the scale, but two days ago, the answer would have been different -- I would have lost 4 pounds overall, but I ate like crap the last weekend and I am paying for it now. oops.
Overall, I have lost 15 inches. Now, that's a LOT of measurements: Neck, Bust, Chest, Waist, Lower Waist, Hips, Thighs, Calves, Upper Arm and Forearm. But, there is a noticeable difference in the major ones -- I lost a lot of the extra back padding from being pregnant, so it's a little more good curvy back there. Now, I just need to lose this tummy padding. Stupid C-section.
My overall opinion:
It's a great way to kick start a workout regime for yourself -- if you can do the 30 days, then you can keep moving forward with something else. I definitely have more energy and my knees are doing MUCH better, since they are stronger.
The new plan: Level 3 workout from the Shred every other day, alternating with walking outside at work until we change buildings and I have access to the workout room. THEN, I will probably be working out on my lunch time every other day, along with the Level 3 Shred.
I am still trying to lose about 20 pounds before May 13, which is looming large at this point, but it still doable. I will at least try and that is the part that matters!
Little Boy had bronchiolitis this past week. Stupid RSV. He was fevery, then was a little better, then a cold, then back to fever and coughing and hacking and SNOT like you wouldn't believe! But, there is nothing to be done except to let it run it's course. And sure enough, by Friday afternoon, he was getting better. He's MUCH better as of today, and I am happy because he is sleeping all night again.
He is 10 months old now! I think that he's starting to get testy and frustrated with us, because he wants to do more moving around, but he can't, because he doesn't want to learn to crawl without a major battle and isn't really taking to the standing and holding onto things very well. He just isn't using his arms very well. Hands, yes; arms, not so much. I don't know how I feel about that. I'm going to give him another month and then I might call the office and talk to the other female doctor at the pediatrician, who, coincidentally, I went to high school with. That was definitely weird. I'm not super worried about him, but it's a little odd. He's just my little weirdo. :)
My results? Mixed. I really haven't lost any weight, based on the scale, but two days ago, the answer would have been different -- I would have lost 4 pounds overall, but I ate like crap the last weekend and I am paying for it now. oops.
Overall, I have lost 15 inches. Now, that's a LOT of measurements: Neck, Bust, Chest, Waist, Lower Waist, Hips, Thighs, Calves, Upper Arm and Forearm. But, there is a noticeable difference in the major ones -- I lost a lot of the extra back padding from being pregnant, so it's a little more good curvy back there. Now, I just need to lose this tummy padding. Stupid C-section.
My overall opinion:
It's a great way to kick start a workout regime for yourself -- if you can do the 30 days, then you can keep moving forward with something else. I definitely have more energy and my knees are doing MUCH better, since they are stronger.
The new plan: Level 3 workout from the Shred every other day, alternating with walking outside at work until we change buildings and I have access to the workout room. THEN, I will probably be working out on my lunch time every other day, along with the Level 3 Shred.
I am still trying to lose about 20 pounds before May 13, which is looming large at this point, but it still doable. I will at least try and that is the part that matters!
Little Boy had bronchiolitis this past week. Stupid RSV. He was fevery, then was a little better, then a cold, then back to fever and coughing and hacking and SNOT like you wouldn't believe! But, there is nothing to be done except to let it run it's course. And sure enough, by Friday afternoon, he was getting better. He's MUCH better as of today, and I am happy because he is sleeping all night again.
He is 10 months old now! I think that he's starting to get testy and frustrated with us, because he wants to do more moving around, but he can't, because he doesn't want to learn to crawl without a major battle and isn't really taking to the standing and holding onto things very well. He just isn't using his arms very well. Hands, yes; arms, not so much. I don't know how I feel about that. I'm going to give him another month and then I might call the office and talk to the other female doctor at the pediatrician, who, coincidentally, I went to high school with. That was definitely weird. I'm not super worried about him, but it's a little odd. He's just my little weirdo. :)
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Fever
So, I get a call from Little Boy's daycare (which will be his old daycare as of next week) at 4pm yesterday -- it was the director, letting me know that Little Boy had a fever. Man, did he ever! He was dozing on one of the girls (the one that I don't like! grr...) in the rocking chair in the baby room -- they had me all packed up, so I could just grab him and go. I hadn't given them Tylenol, so they couldn't give him any for me. They just used cool compresses on his head, which I think helped.
I got him home and laid him on the couch and took his temp -- 103! Whoa! That baby got Tylenol and went to bed. He woke up a couple of times between 5:15 and 9, but then was asleep until midnight; then he had more drugs and a bottle. And he slept until almost 6 this morning and his temp was almost normal, which makes Mom happy.
The reason old daycare is now old daycare is because we have found a new place. It's called Nonni's House and it's a mom and a daughter that live in a duplex more toward the center of West Allis. They are awesome! And he can go three days a week and it's only $35 a day. I can handle that! They are really nice, normal people too. And I feel like I know the daughter, but I don't know why...She's only 24, so I don't think it was HS. I am just so glad that we found a place very easily that we both love and Little Boy will get the attention and care that I think he wasn't getting at the old place.
So, I call the director to ask what I need to do to leave the place. Now, three weeks ago, I asked about him coming more days. She told me that she really didn't have anymore room for him -- he could come Thursdays, but not Wednesdays and there was no room really to move him around, because the whole place is full. When I called yesterday, man, had that story changed! Suddenly, there was room for him for more days. Well, lets see $180 vs. $105 a week. Gee, let me think...
So, we've started a new place. LB's Grandma was very, very sad that instead of watching him on Thursdays, she works. I think that she wasn't ready to give up a day. But, she will still see him Tuesdays. And when it's nice out again, we can go to her house more.
Also, this week (on Monday, actually), my friend Julia had her son. She works at a hospital not too far away from where I work, so Tuesday afternoon, I stopped to say hi and see the new adorableness. And both Mom and Dad looked really good -- they didn't have that new parent look to them at all. And her son was very, very cute. I got to hold him for a bit and he was so sweet. You could tell that he knew I was someone different, but that didn't stop me from rocking him back to sleep. sucker! :)
I think that whenever we're monetarily ready, I'm ready again. The monetary part might be a little longer coming here, but the tax returns helped a bunch. I don't feel so strained. I'm hoping we can pay a big old chunk down this summer. Cleaning out the house would also be a good thing. I'm taking off May 13 and 14 for LB's 1st birthday, but I will probably use it to have a garage sale Friday and Saturday. I'll spend the time before that to clean out the whole house and basement. I would like to get rid of 50% of the stuff that we have. That way, we can have a nice playroom that isn't my living room. Actually, I'd love to move the living room around so it's more open to the "dining room" area -- then the toys could go there and you could still see LB playing from the living room.
OH....so many ideas!!! I love spring. Time for some spring cleaning!
I got him home and laid him on the couch and took his temp -- 103! Whoa! That baby got Tylenol and went to bed. He woke up a couple of times between 5:15 and 9, but then was asleep until midnight; then he had more drugs and a bottle. And he slept until almost 6 this morning and his temp was almost normal, which makes Mom happy.
The reason old daycare is now old daycare is because we have found a new place. It's called Nonni's House and it's a mom and a daughter that live in a duplex more toward the center of West Allis. They are awesome! And he can go three days a week and it's only $35 a day. I can handle that! They are really nice, normal people too. And I feel like I know the daughter, but I don't know why...She's only 24, so I don't think it was HS. I am just so glad that we found a place very easily that we both love and Little Boy will get the attention and care that I think he wasn't getting at the old place.
So, I call the director to ask what I need to do to leave the place. Now, three weeks ago, I asked about him coming more days. She told me that she really didn't have anymore room for him -- he could come Thursdays, but not Wednesdays and there was no room really to move him around, because the whole place is full. When I called yesterday, man, had that story changed! Suddenly, there was room for him for more days. Well, lets see $180 vs. $105 a week. Gee, let me think...
So, we've started a new place. LB's Grandma was very, very sad that instead of watching him on Thursdays, she works. I think that she wasn't ready to give up a day. But, she will still see him Tuesdays. And when it's nice out again, we can go to her house more.
Also, this week (on Monday, actually), my friend Julia had her son. She works at a hospital not too far away from where I work, so Tuesday afternoon, I stopped to say hi and see the new adorableness. And both Mom and Dad looked really good -- they didn't have that new parent look to them at all. And her son was very, very cute. I got to hold him for a bit and he was so sweet. You could tell that he knew I was someone different, but that didn't stop me from rocking him back to sleep. sucker! :)
I think that whenever we're monetarily ready, I'm ready again. The monetary part might be a little longer coming here, but the tax returns helped a bunch. I don't feel so strained. I'm hoping we can pay a big old chunk down this summer. Cleaning out the house would also be a good thing. I'm taking off May 13 and 14 for LB's 1st birthday, but I will probably use it to have a garage sale Friday and Saturday. I'll spend the time before that to clean out the whole house and basement. I would like to get rid of 50% of the stuff that we have. That way, we can have a nice playroom that isn't my living room. Actually, I'd love to move the living room around so it's more open to the "dining room" area -- then the toys could go there and you could still see LB playing from the living room.
OH....so many ideas!!! I love spring. Time for some spring cleaning!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Manic Baby
Little Boy has been totally manic the last couple of days. It's amazing. Smiling and happy one minute and crying in abject horror the next. Diaper changes are the worst.
The bucking and kicking and temper tantrums are interesting to witness however.
I'm thinking that the inability to communicate and the lack of mobility are starting to catch up with him. Because I feel like he is trying to tell us something, but what = ??????? I wish he had a word or two that he could use.
Additionally, since tummy time also makes him insane with rage and tears, I have decided to try to start to get him to learn to stand on his own and cruise around on the furniture. It's actually going ok -- you stick a laptop in front of him (real or fake) and he loves to hit it. Which makes him stay up longer. But, like everything, it's going to take some time. So, we can do tummy time and standing time. Gotta do something. He's gotta start chasing these cats around by the end of the summer. I really am looking forward to filming him chasing the cats around.
But, he is definitely my child -- he will not do a damn thing unless he wants to. You can't make him do anything, or he will pitch a fit.
The shred is continuing. I'm on day 14 tonight. I have to wait until Little Boy goes to bed, because I am unable to function for 20 mins afterward. But, I am seeing a change (except for my c section belly), so it's a good thing. That belly is going to hang on forever, I think.
But, it was worth it.
The bucking and kicking and temper tantrums are interesting to witness however.
I'm thinking that the inability to communicate and the lack of mobility are starting to catch up with him. Because I feel like he is trying to tell us something, but what = ??????? I wish he had a word or two that he could use.
Additionally, since tummy time also makes him insane with rage and tears, I have decided to try to start to get him to learn to stand on his own and cruise around on the furniture. It's actually going ok -- you stick a laptop in front of him (real or fake) and he loves to hit it. Which makes him stay up longer. But, like everything, it's going to take some time. So, we can do tummy time and standing time. Gotta do something. He's gotta start chasing these cats around by the end of the summer. I really am looking forward to filming him chasing the cats around.
But, he is definitely my child -- he will not do a damn thing unless he wants to. You can't make him do anything, or he will pitch a fit.
The shred is continuing. I'm on day 14 tonight. I have to wait until Little Boy goes to bed, because I am unable to function for 20 mins afterward. But, I am seeing a change (except for my c section belly), so it's a good thing. That belly is going to hang on forever, I think.
But, it was worth it.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Babies are awesome! and some Birthday related things
I went to a friend's baby shower today and had a really, really good time! The glass of wine prior to lunch helped too. She has a couple of friends that live in town and it does two things: Makes me miss my close friends that all live out of state now and makes me wish that I had close friends in town. :)
Little Boy did not come with me though. I wanted to bring him, but he's either had a couple of off days OR his nap schedule is changing AGAIN (silly babies) and he's eliminating a nap, despite his insane tiredness by 5:30 or 6pm, so the beginning of the shower fell at nap time for him and then I was too tired to have him come down. But, I think once my friend's little man is here, we can have some play dates and such.
I love babies...
In other news, I am trying to set up a birthday part for Little Boy and J, his cousin. I don't know if J's parents will be able to do that, but the question has been raised. I think that the Gary Heyebrau company is going to brew some specialty beer for the occasion. I'm thinking May 22 or 23. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate. I'm leaning towards the Saturday, because then there's recovery time the next day.
Nothing like a good yard/driveway party to lift your spirits!
Little Boy did not come with me though. I wanted to bring him, but he's either had a couple of off days OR his nap schedule is changing AGAIN (silly babies) and he's eliminating a nap, despite his insane tiredness by 5:30 or 6pm, so the beginning of the shower fell at nap time for him and then I was too tired to have him come down. But, I think once my friend's little man is here, we can have some play dates and such.
I love babies...
In other news, I am trying to set up a birthday part for Little Boy and J, his cousin. I don't know if J's parents will be able to do that, but the question has been raised. I think that the Gary Heyebrau company is going to brew some specialty beer for the occasion. I'm thinking May 22 or 23. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate. I'm leaning towards the Saturday, because then there's recovery time the next day.
Nothing like a good yard/driveway party to lift your spirits!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
From Mama's Corner
I'm on Day 2 of the "30 Day Shred" from Jillian Michaels. It pretty much kicks my butt. And I'm only on level 1. 8 more days and I'm on to level 2. 10 days on Level 1, 10 on Level 2 and 10 on Level 3. You're supposed to be able to lose up to 20 pounds, but all anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that you should only really expect 10.
I'm more about the inches. I don't care about weight so much as being able to fit into my old pants. I know that some women have trouble ever fitting back into their pre-pregnancy jeans due to "hippage", but my body did not change shape all that much.
So, 30 days to get rid of the rest of Ryan weight. And, at this point, it's really cheeseburger weight, as apposed to Ryan weight.
I'm more about the inches. I don't care about weight so much as being able to fit into my old pants. I know that some women have trouble ever fitting back into their pre-pregnancy jeans due to "hippage", but my body did not change shape all that much.
So, 30 days to get rid of the rest of Ryan weight. And, at this point, it's really cheeseburger weight, as apposed to Ryan weight.
Monday, February 15, 2010
9 Months Old!
Little Boy is officially 9 months old, as of Saturday!
His Aunt, Uncle and Cousin J came down Saturday to hang out. J is a crazy man, who eats like a horse and lives to climb things. But, he is pretty funny, and it's pretty funny to watch an 8 1/2 month old cram food into his cram-hole until there's nothing left to do. But, he must have rubbed off on Little Boy, because on Sunday, Little Boy started to feed himself his sweet potato puffs (sweet potato flavored rice puffs). We're working on the sippy cup. He's definitely going to be right handed -- that's the dominant hand, for sure.
His doctor appt was very good. He's 28 inches and 19 pounds. I think that he's longer than 28 inches, but that height thing can be a bit subjective. If you don't get the leg straight or get the head line right, it can be skewed. Head size is still 95th percentile. We're transitioning to table foods the rest of the way in the next three months, and should be converted to whole milk and table food by 1 year. He's much better with chewing now too, so that's a very good thing. No teeth about to make their immediate arrival, but they are coming eventually.
I'm amazed that it's been 9 months already! Before I know it, it will be May and I will have to be thinking about birthday parties and such. I'm looking forward to my first Mother's Day -- missed it by three days last year. I'm thinking brunch at Brocach would be amazing. Even Little Boy could eat some eggs and biscuits and whatever else. and I can have myself Mimosas until I can't walk.
His Aunt, Uncle and Cousin J came down Saturday to hang out. J is a crazy man, who eats like a horse and lives to climb things. But, he is pretty funny, and it's pretty funny to watch an 8 1/2 month old cram food into his cram-hole until there's nothing left to do. But, he must have rubbed off on Little Boy, because on Sunday, Little Boy started to feed himself his sweet potato puffs (sweet potato flavored rice puffs). We're working on the sippy cup. He's definitely going to be right handed -- that's the dominant hand, for sure.
His doctor appt was very good. He's 28 inches and 19 pounds. I think that he's longer than 28 inches, but that height thing can be a bit subjective. If you don't get the leg straight or get the head line right, it can be skewed. Head size is still 95th percentile. We're transitioning to table foods the rest of the way in the next three months, and should be converted to whole milk and table food by 1 year. He's much better with chewing now too, so that's a very good thing. No teeth about to make their immediate arrival, but they are coming eventually.
I'm amazed that it's been 9 months already! Before I know it, it will be May and I will have to be thinking about birthday parties and such. I'm looking forward to my first Mother's Day -- missed it by three days last year. I'm thinking brunch at Brocach would be amazing. Even Little Boy could eat some eggs and biscuits and whatever else. and I can have myself Mimosas until I can't walk.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Snowstorm
Little Boy saw his first real snowstorm today. We've had a couple in his first winter, but this was the first one that actually dumped a lot of snow on the metro area.
I think that he enjoyed the snow. Well, at the very least, he enjoyed his Daddy jumping around like a fool while I took a picture.
I think that he enjoyed the snow. Well, at the very least, he enjoyed his Daddy jumping around like a fool while I took a picture.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Number 400; Also, the New Year's Post
Wow -- I can't believe that I hit 400 posts on this thing. Amazing.
I was just going to post my New Year's Post now, because I will be in the car all day Jan 1st and won't be able to fit a post in, I'm sure.
So, here is what I was going for it 2009:
1. Pay credit card down under $3000
2. Lose 20 pounds (why not?)
3. Pay off remaining student loan that is not rolled up into my consolidation loan (stupid loan that I forgot about!)
4. Get rid of all the misc. shit that is cluttering up my house. Okay, I guess that could be, get more organized.
5. Save $500
What happened:
1. A-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAH!!!! Hell no! I'm happy if the damn thing is under 10k right now. Stupid medical expenses and baby stuff.
2. (see crazy laughter above); I am still hanging onto 20 pounds from being pregnant. D'oh!
3. YESSSS!!! Finally! I did do this. It wasn't too bad.
4. Nope, not this either. It's slightly better, but not by much
5. Fail
So, what for 2010? Hmmm....
1. Seriously, lose 20 pounds (which is the remaining baby weight); then I will stop looking 5 months pregnant and my pants will fit again
2. Pay credit cards down under 5k (tax refunds will help this significantly)
3. Save $500 for realz
I think that I'll just go for 3 for now. Maybe I'll come up with more.
I'm sorry that we won't make it to EC for New Year's. Sounds like it's going to be a good time. But, we'll have a fun time with my parents and cousin too. We always do. Maybe next year we'll be able to go.
Have a fabulous night tomorrow! and Happy New Year!!
I was just going to post my New Year's Post now, because I will be in the car all day Jan 1st and won't be able to fit a post in, I'm sure.
So, here is what I was going for it 2009:
1. Pay credit card down under $3000
2. Lose 20 pounds (why not?)
3. Pay off remaining student loan that is not rolled up into my consolidation loan (stupid loan that I forgot about!)
4. Get rid of all the misc. shit that is cluttering up my house. Okay, I guess that could be, get more organized.
5. Save $500
What happened:
1. A-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAH!!!! Hell no! I'm happy if the damn thing is under 10k right now. Stupid medical expenses and baby stuff.
2. (see crazy laughter above); I am still hanging onto 20 pounds from being pregnant. D'oh!
3. YESSSS!!! Finally! I did do this. It wasn't too bad.
4. Nope, not this either. It's slightly better, but not by much
5. Fail
So, what for 2010? Hmmm....
1. Seriously, lose 20 pounds (which is the remaining baby weight); then I will stop looking 5 months pregnant and my pants will fit again
2. Pay credit cards down under 5k (tax refunds will help this significantly)
3. Save $500 for realz
I think that I'll just go for 3 for now. Maybe I'll come up with more.
I'm sorry that we won't make it to EC for New Year's. Sounds like it's going to be a good time. But, we'll have a fun time with my parents and cousin too. We always do. Maybe next year we'll be able to go.
Have a fabulous night tomorrow! and Happy New Year!!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Maybe a long break...
I really have lost my desire to blog lately. I don't know why. I love to read blogs, but I just don't really have much to stay. Maybe I will have to come up with some new ideas.
Anyway, I'll be around...just on an extended break. Until I come up something fresh. :)
Merry Christmas!
Anyway, I'll be around...just on an extended break. Until I come up something fresh. :)
Merry Christmas!
Monday, November 30, 2009
6 months and growing!
Ryan has his 6 month checkup today. He's growing up so fast!
Weight: 16 lbs. 8.5 ounces (which is 25 - 30th %)
Length: 26.75 inches (which is 50th %)
And Head Size: 46 Centimeters (which is 90th%)
So, he continues to be a giant head on a skinny body. But, he's SOOO cute! :)
He loves solids and he gets to start to eat more foods now that he's passed 6 months -- he can start to try meats and more 'stage 2' foods. I'm thinking turkey and sweet potato puree is on tap for Thanksgiving! :)
He still can't have the "allergy" foods -- like fish, shellfish, peanuts (or all nuts), egg white (who knew?). Egg yolk is ok though. He also gets to start 3 meals a day -- the breakfast, lunch and dinner thing. Next month, he can start on cheerios, so he can learn to chew stuff.
Fun times! :)
Weight: 16 lbs. 8.5 ounces (which is 25 - 30th %)
Length: 26.75 inches (which is 50th %)
And Head Size: 46 Centimeters (which is 90th%)
So, he continues to be a giant head on a skinny body. But, he's SOOO cute! :)
He loves solids and he gets to start to eat more foods now that he's passed 6 months -- he can start to try meats and more 'stage 2' foods. I'm thinking turkey and sweet potato puree is on tap for Thanksgiving! :)
He still can't have the "allergy" foods -- like fish, shellfish, peanuts (or all nuts), egg white (who knew?). Egg yolk is ok though. He also gets to start 3 meals a day -- the breakfast, lunch and dinner thing. Next month, he can start on cheerios, so he can learn to chew stuff.
Fun times! :)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Things to do before I die...
See the Foo Fighters live and in person.
Their concert at Wembley Stadium was just on PalladiaHD.
I love this concert. It's so amazing.
I guess another thing to do would be to actual meet Dave Grohl in person too. Add that to the list. I should make a list. A real list. A bucket list, if you will.
I'm 30 now, you know. I'd better get working on that bucket list.
I've been toying with the idea of starting a new blog. One that is more about my life with Ryan, instead of my random crap. Plus, while I do love this blog, there's so much of the time after Branden died. I do want to remember all that stuff, but I did some crazy ass shit then that I would never do. I was broken. Broken hardcore then. Now, much better. So, I'm thinking about leaving this behind and starting fresh. I've got a name picked out for proposed new blog, but I'm still mulling it over.
I would really like our next house to have an office alcove in or near the kitchen. That would be outstanding.
Little boy has been wonderful. He's such a wonderful little guy when he's well rested. And such a cranky little stinker when he's not. Bedtime has been around 6pm for a long time now. And he sleeps close to the whole night, when healthy. When sick, the plugged nose has a tendency to wake him up earlier. But, it's AMAZING how much sleep and sleep deprivation affect you. You get sleep, you are amazing. No sleep and memory really suffers. My memory is still horrible. It's a TON better since he started to sleep through the night, but most of the pregnancy and the first couple of months are just a blur. If I didn't have the blogs, I wouldn't have memory of anything.
So, that's another recommendation. Keep a blog or journal while preggo. Oooh! That reminds me. I had intentions of creating a stuff I loved/hated during pregnancy and baby times. I should work on that. That would actually be a project. Maybe I'd use it for an opening post on proposed new blog.
Hmmm...lots to think about. Now, to finish laundry and maybe some more bejeweled. maybe...
Their concert at Wembley Stadium was just on PalladiaHD.
I love this concert. It's so amazing.
I guess another thing to do would be to actual meet Dave Grohl in person too. Add that to the list. I should make a list. A real list. A bucket list, if you will.
I'm 30 now, you know. I'd better get working on that bucket list.
I've been toying with the idea of starting a new blog. One that is more about my life with Ryan, instead of my random crap. Plus, while I do love this blog, there's so much of the time after Branden died. I do want to remember all that stuff, but I did some crazy ass shit then that I would never do. I was broken. Broken hardcore then. Now, much better. So, I'm thinking about leaving this behind and starting fresh. I've got a name picked out for proposed new blog, but I'm still mulling it over.
I would really like our next house to have an office alcove in or near the kitchen. That would be outstanding.
Little boy has been wonderful. He's such a wonderful little guy when he's well rested. And such a cranky little stinker when he's not. Bedtime has been around 6pm for a long time now. And he sleeps close to the whole night, when healthy. When sick, the plugged nose has a tendency to wake him up earlier. But, it's AMAZING how much sleep and sleep deprivation affect you. You get sleep, you are amazing. No sleep and memory really suffers. My memory is still horrible. It's a TON better since he started to sleep through the night, but most of the pregnancy and the first couple of months are just a blur. If I didn't have the blogs, I wouldn't have memory of anything.
So, that's another recommendation. Keep a blog or journal while preggo. Oooh! That reminds me. I had intentions of creating a stuff I loved/hated during pregnancy and baby times. I should work on that. That would actually be a project. Maybe I'd use it for an opening post on proposed new blog.
Hmmm...lots to think about. Now, to finish laundry and maybe some more bejeweled. maybe...
Monday, October 19, 2009
Apparently, you don't have a lot of extra time when you have a baby...
More so that I am lazy and don't post. I have been reading a lot of blogs recently and kind of wish I was more...I don't know...more entertaining, I guess. More informative. More bloggy, as it were. I have an idea of a post I would like to make, but it's just a matter of sitting down and doing it. The post of "what I used/what I didn't use" for Ryan. A baby stuff post. Although, since I formula fed, my post would differ greatly from, say, Kristine's, but she makes things work differently for her. Which is fine. Just using her as an example of someone who's "goods and bads" would probably be different from mine.
The main thing that I have been doing in the past almost three weeks since I posted: Working my butt off.
Work has been CRAZY! I am just finally starting to catch up on stuff. Hopefully, by the end of this week, I will have caught up all the way. Which would make me very happy. I hate looking stupid at work. And being behind always makes me look stupid. Lots of overtime though. Extra money is nice.
I got my new lappy, got a virus and completely hosed the whole thing in the past three weeks, causing us to have to restore to the factory settings. Which meant we would have lost three weeks of Ryan pictures, EXCEPT for the dumb luck factor. I saved all the pictures onto my Photobucket AND onto a flash drive to take to work. So, the only thing that we really lost was some of the video that we took of Ryan. And the good ones were posted to Facebook, so they aren't really lost. Good times all around. I have decided that one of those times that those fake websites came up that is "scanning" your computer, I clicked in the box, instead of just closing the whole browser. I did it before I could think. Oops. Stupid jerks.
Now, I run AVG.
Ryan has gotten SO big and more grown up in the past three weeks! It's amazing how fast they change. He's eating some solids. He enjoyed sweet potatoes, peas, winter squash, but not green beans. That or he doesn't like the taste of the Gerbger baby food. Near as I can tell, it's just the veggie and water, but he hasn't been as enthusiatic about it as he was with Earth's Best. Either way, I'm going to make my own, because they don't cover many veggies in the baby foods. Lots of fruits. I'm going to wait on the fruit until 6 months, I think. Learn to like the veggies first. Then, fruits.
He's also almost sitting up on his own now. We haven't made much progress in the crawling or rolling area, but that's okay.
And, finally, we have started to ignore him at night, in the hopes that he goes back to sleep. AND...for the past couple of nights, it has worked. I love it, because, even though I wake up, I don't have to get up. Soon, I will be sleeping all night again. At least until the next little peanut comes along.
I love sleep.
The main thing that I have been doing in the past almost three weeks since I posted: Working my butt off.
Work has been CRAZY! I am just finally starting to catch up on stuff. Hopefully, by the end of this week, I will have caught up all the way. Which would make me very happy. I hate looking stupid at work. And being behind always makes me look stupid. Lots of overtime though. Extra money is nice.
I got my new lappy, got a virus and completely hosed the whole thing in the past three weeks, causing us to have to restore to the factory settings. Which meant we would have lost three weeks of Ryan pictures, EXCEPT for the dumb luck factor. I saved all the pictures onto my Photobucket AND onto a flash drive to take to work. So, the only thing that we really lost was some of the video that we took of Ryan. And the good ones were posted to Facebook, so they aren't really lost. Good times all around. I have decided that one of those times that those fake websites came up that is "scanning" your computer, I clicked in the box, instead of just closing the whole browser. I did it before I could think. Oops. Stupid jerks.
Now, I run AVG.
Ryan has gotten SO big and more grown up in the past three weeks! It's amazing how fast they change. He's eating some solids. He enjoyed sweet potatoes, peas, winter squash, but not green beans. That or he doesn't like the taste of the Gerbger baby food. Near as I can tell, it's just the veggie and water, but he hasn't been as enthusiatic about it as he was with Earth's Best. Either way, I'm going to make my own, because they don't cover many veggies in the baby foods. Lots of fruits. I'm going to wait on the fruit until 6 months, I think. Learn to like the veggies first. Then, fruits.
He's also almost sitting up on his own now. We haven't made much progress in the crawling or rolling area, but that's okay.
And, finally, we have started to ignore him at night, in the hopes that he goes back to sleep. AND...for the past couple of nights, it has worked. I love it, because, even though I wake up, I don't have to get up. Soon, I will be sleeping all night again. At least until the next little peanut comes along.
I love sleep.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Decisions, decisions
I've decided that since we will almost certainly be not having a baby in 2010 (I would prefer early 2011), we will bump down on coverage for this year. The company gives us $2000 to use, so as long as we don't go over that, I'm not terribly worried. All Ryan's checkups are 100% covered, because they are preventative. My one that I have for sure next year would be if I do get preggers, I hopefully will not have more than $2000 in maternity appts. I could always go back and re-calculate from this year.
But, like I said, Ryan is covered, because those are preventative and Jake is done with going to doctors. He's had allergy testing, a scope and something else, all that led to the conclusion that he is pretty healthy. Just has tonsil problems sometimes.
I also am still carrying my AFLAC insurance, which is pretty sweet. When the next little one does arrive, I can use it to claim my hospital stay -- and it pays you cash, which is just the same as money! :)
I'm also going with the 7 day elimination STD -- remember all my bitching about that?!?!! They are changing it, so it's not so horrible for people to go out of work for longer periods of time without burning mega vacation. That sucked.
So, now, I can use all the extra funds to pay for daycare. Or part of daycare anyway.
The cold is not so bad. I didn't get hit as hard as I did last year.
We're going to Luxemburg this weekend. Jake has a gig in GB on Saturday night. I am trying to do laundry right now and I'm just tired and want to go to bed. Oh well. Buck up!
But, like I said, Ryan is covered, because those are preventative and Jake is done with going to doctors. He's had allergy testing, a scope and something else, all that led to the conclusion that he is pretty healthy. Just has tonsil problems sometimes.
I also am still carrying my AFLAC insurance, which is pretty sweet. When the next little one does arrive, I can use it to claim my hospital stay -- and it pays you cash, which is just the same as money! :)
I'm also going with the 7 day elimination STD -- remember all my bitching about that?!?!! They are changing it, so it's not so horrible for people to go out of work for longer periods of time without burning mega vacation. That sucked.
So, now, I can use all the extra funds to pay for daycare. Or part of daycare anyway.
The cold is not so bad. I didn't get hit as hard as I did last year.
We're going to Luxemburg this weekend. Jake has a gig in GB on Saturday night. I am trying to do laundry right now and I'm just tired and want to go to bed. Oh well. Buck up!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The joys of having children
means you pick up their illnesses when they have them.
Well, maybe. I do have a tendency to get sick this time of year anyway, so it COULD just be a coincidence, but Ryan has a cold, my Mom has a cold and I am starting to get one. Suckage.
Then, two nights ago, overnight, he coughed like two times and that was the only peep I heard from him from about 7pm until 6:30am. Last night, he was crying a bit at 10:30 and then again at 3:30 and 4:30 and then really going at 5:15. But, nook in his mouth now, he's quiet. So, here I am, waiting for him to decide that he's really hungry and not just needing something to suck on, like the nook.
Oh well, at least the cats are fed. I will be super tired today, however. Not fun.
I saw a super cool idea last night on one of my cloth diaper blogs that I read. Someone took a picture EVERY DAY of their baby for one year. "A Year of *insert baby name here*" it was called (I can't remember the baby's name right now). They put the baby in the crib or on a bed (it was just a plain sheet) and printed out the date -- they must have just printed out the numbers 0-9 and the 12 months and interchanged those. I wish I would have seen that sooner. A totally sweet idea.
So, it's annual enrollment time down at ol' Fidelity. I need to pick what medical plan we are going to use this year. The current one we have is going up $47.81 a paycheck (that's almost $100 a month, if you're playing a long at home). I current pay $243.90 a paycheck, so you do the math. So, I could drop back to the next level, which would save us $4300 over the next year, but we would have to pay more out of pocket that the plan we have now. And we could use that money to pay for his one day of daycare instead of having it be an extra expense like it is now. But, I get nervous. And I would like to have another baby soon. Like, get pregnant again next year. Those appointments aren't "preventative medicine", those are maternity related, which means that we're paying for them until the deductible is hit and then we're paying 20%. Even if we would have the baby in 2011 and I could change insurance types again, would that be more than $4300 in savings? I really have a lot of math to do here.
Jake, of course, just wants to hear the bottom line, even though he always says to me "we can talk about this". As long as it's not money related. I'm a bit concerned with the money stuff. I don't think that paying $500 on one card a month is viable anymore. Which really sucks. Maybe $500 all together. There's more math that I need to do there too.
Maybe I'll just work less today and do my calculations. I also wanted to take a longer lunch and run to Kohl's. I've got 30% off and $10 Kohl's cash. I want to try to find Ryan a winter coat that he can wear all this winter. 12 month coat, here I come!
Well, maybe. I do have a tendency to get sick this time of year anyway, so it COULD just be a coincidence, but Ryan has a cold, my Mom has a cold and I am starting to get one. Suckage.
Then, two nights ago, overnight, he coughed like two times and that was the only peep I heard from him from about 7pm until 6:30am. Last night, he was crying a bit at 10:30 and then again at 3:30 and 4:30 and then really going at 5:15. But, nook in his mouth now, he's quiet. So, here I am, waiting for him to decide that he's really hungry and not just needing something to suck on, like the nook.
Oh well, at least the cats are fed. I will be super tired today, however. Not fun.
I saw a super cool idea last night on one of my cloth diaper blogs that I read. Someone took a picture EVERY DAY of their baby for one year. "A Year of *insert baby name here*" it was called (I can't remember the baby's name right now). They put the baby in the crib or on a bed (it was just a plain sheet) and printed out the date -- they must have just printed out the numbers 0-9 and the 12 months and interchanged those. I wish I would have seen that sooner. A totally sweet idea.
So, it's annual enrollment time down at ol' Fidelity. I need to pick what medical plan we are going to use this year. The current one we have is going up $47.81 a paycheck (that's almost $100 a month, if you're playing a long at home). I current pay $243.90 a paycheck, so you do the math. So, I could drop back to the next level, which would save us $4300 over the next year, but we would have to pay more out of pocket that the plan we have now. And we could use that money to pay for his one day of daycare instead of having it be an extra expense like it is now. But, I get nervous. And I would like to have another baby soon. Like, get pregnant again next year. Those appointments aren't "preventative medicine", those are maternity related, which means that we're paying for them until the deductible is hit and then we're paying 20%. Even if we would have the baby in 2011 and I could change insurance types again, would that be more than $4300 in savings? I really have a lot of math to do here.
Jake, of course, just wants to hear the bottom line, even though he always says to me "we can talk about this". As long as it's not money related. I'm a bit concerned with the money stuff. I don't think that paying $500 on one card a month is viable anymore. Which really sucks. Maybe $500 all together. There's more math that I need to do there too.
Maybe I'll just work less today and do my calculations. I also wanted to take a longer lunch and run to Kohl's. I've got 30% off and $10 Kohl's cash. I want to try to find Ryan a winter coat that he can wear all this winter. 12 month coat, here I come!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
4 (and a half) month checkup
It was yesterday. He did pretty well. He's getting to be a calmer baby -- much calmer. Right now, he's sitting in his rocker chair thingy, playing with a stuffed Pooh bear and rubbing his feet together.
He was 15 pounds, 12 ounces and 25 1/4 inches long. He grew an inch and a quarter in a month and a half. That's a lot of growing. I measured him at 3 months, since he didn't have a doc appt and he was 24 inches then. He did really, really well with the shots this time. I was proud of him.
He had his second week of daycare yesterday too. I was less pleased with them. They must have told the morning baby teacher that I come before 7:15, because she was there already when I showed up. She was a very grandma-type. So, that was nice. But, I told her I was going to pick him up at 2:45. I was a little bit late, but right as I walked in, she was laying him down for a nap -- WHY DIDN'T SHE DO IT SOONER!!!! So, I was a little frustrated by that, because then he missed a nap. So, he's been a tired baby since then.
Plus, he had a cold and probably doesn't feel that great to start with.
Oh well. Poor little Ryan.
But, he's going to start more rice cereal for solids and then by 5 months, we can start to try veggies and once he's into the veggies, onto fruits. So, Jake and Mom will have to start to try those during the day. Which means that I should sew the cushions for the high chair, so he's got a nice place to sit. It's really cute Sesame Street flannel that I found at Hobby Lobby. It's pretty sweet.
Anyway, off to make the baby sleep again. he needs his beauty rest.
He was 15 pounds, 12 ounces and 25 1/4 inches long. He grew an inch and a quarter in a month and a half. That's a lot of growing. I measured him at 3 months, since he didn't have a doc appt and he was 24 inches then. He did really, really well with the shots this time. I was proud of him.
He had his second week of daycare yesterday too. I was less pleased with them. They must have told the morning baby teacher that I come before 7:15, because she was there already when I showed up. She was a very grandma-type. So, that was nice. But, I told her I was going to pick him up at 2:45. I was a little bit late, but right as I walked in, she was laying him down for a nap -- WHY DIDN'T SHE DO IT SOONER!!!! So, I was a little frustrated by that, because then he missed a nap. So, he's been a tired baby since then.
Plus, he had a cold and probably doesn't feel that great to start with.
Oh well. Poor little Ryan.
But, he's going to start more rice cereal for solids and then by 5 months, we can start to try veggies and once he's into the veggies, onto fruits. So, Jake and Mom will have to start to try those during the day. Which means that I should sew the cushions for the high chair, so he's got a nice place to sit. It's really cute Sesame Street flannel that I found at Hobby Lobby. It's pretty sweet.
Anyway, off to make the baby sleep again. he needs his beauty rest.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
So...summer?
That's okay Mother Nature. We didn't really need summer anyway. That week of 90 degree weather in August was good enough.
Putting long sleeves and pants on my child in July because the high was 60 was okay too, I guess.
Whatev, I say.
We passed four months last weekend. The sleeping continues -- there are good nights and bad nights, but that's okay. It's a process, learning how to sleep. The napping process continues as well. he's getting better in the mornings, but the early and late afternoon naps continue to be 30 mins, which means that between 5 and 6pm, he needs another 30 minute nap. And that's okay.
I will say that the sleep deprivation of having a new baby kind of makes you forget exactly how bad you felt. I mean, the two night before last, I got more than 4 hours of sleep in a row for the first time in four months. Do I really have a memory of all that waking up at night, etc, etc? Not really.
I'm thinking of maybe trying to convince Jake to try to have a 10-10-10 baby (which, of course, means January 2010), but other than that, there's no rush. And 1-1-11 or 11-11-11 baby would be sweet too. Or 12-12-12. Then, we're all out of sweet dates until 2-2-22 or 2-22-22. 3-3-33, 4-4-44. 5-5-55, etc. You get the point. "Magic Calendar Days" my HS Latin teacher used to call them.
Work is going ok. The deal that merges my company and another Milwaukee based company Metavante closes Oct. 1. Then come the layoffs. I don't think that I'm really in danger of being laid off, but I'm worried about all of us.
I got a new laptop yesterday, for my birthday next month. Jake lets me use things right away. It's an MSI Wind Netbook and the best part is that it's PINK!!! woot. It's really nice. I'll miss the apple lappy, but this is good too.
Well, Ryan is taking his morning nap, so I should take a shower before he decides to make it 30 mins, instead of the 2 hours that need probably needs.
Putting long sleeves and pants on my child in July because the high was 60 was okay too, I guess.
Whatev, I say.
We passed four months last weekend. The sleeping continues -- there are good nights and bad nights, but that's okay. It's a process, learning how to sleep. The napping process continues as well. he's getting better in the mornings, but the early and late afternoon naps continue to be 30 mins, which means that between 5 and 6pm, he needs another 30 minute nap. And that's okay.
I will say that the sleep deprivation of having a new baby kind of makes you forget exactly how bad you felt. I mean, the two night before last, I got more than 4 hours of sleep in a row for the first time in four months. Do I really have a memory of all that waking up at night, etc, etc? Not really.
I'm thinking of maybe trying to convince Jake to try to have a 10-10-10 baby (which, of course, means January 2010), but other than that, there's no rush. And 1-1-11 or 11-11-11 baby would be sweet too. Or 12-12-12. Then, we're all out of sweet dates until 2-2-22 or 2-22-22. 3-3-33, 4-4-44. 5-5-55, etc. You get the point. "Magic Calendar Days" my HS Latin teacher used to call them.
Work is going ok. The deal that merges my company and another Milwaukee based company Metavante closes Oct. 1. Then come the layoffs. I don't think that I'm really in danger of being laid off, but I'm worried about all of us.
I got a new laptop yesterday, for my birthday next month. Jake lets me use things right away. It's an MSI Wind Netbook and the best part is that it's PINK!!! woot. It's really nice. I'll miss the apple lappy, but this is good too.
Well, Ryan is taking his morning nap, so I should take a shower before he decides to make it 30 mins, instead of the 2 hours that need probably needs.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Will I EVER learn?
So, the instant I mention something about Ryan sleeping through the night, guess what? he stops.
I am hoping it was just a one time set back. He was kind of fussing last night and Jake has this idea that his squacking a bit equals him FREAKING out. That is NOT freaking out. His making goat noises is him freaking out.
So, I went and put the nook is his mouth and rolled his sleeves down and then he freaked out. Also, i was VERY tired and was PIST at Jake for forcing me to get up, when Ryan probably would have gone back to sleep on his own. So, the monitor will be quieter tonight, so Jake can't hear it but I can.
Then, I can make up my own mind about getting up.
However, I am SUPER tired, so I will probably get going to bed shortly.
I am hoping it was just a one time set back. He was kind of fussing last night and Jake has this idea that his squacking a bit equals him FREAKING out. That is NOT freaking out. His making goat noises is him freaking out.
So, I went and put the nook is his mouth and rolled his sleeves down and then he freaked out. Also, i was VERY tired and was PIST at Jake for forcing me to get up, when Ryan probably would have gone back to sleep on his own. So, the monitor will be quieter tonight, so Jake can't hear it but I can.
Then, I can make up my own mind about getting up.
However, I am SUPER tired, so I will probably get going to bed shortly.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
My Sister-in-law's Big Fat Christian Wedding...and the rest of the weekend
This is RUL long...you've been warned.
Well, the wedding weekend has come and gone. And, as always, all of my frustrations leading up to it melted away when we were there, because I was pretty much the only sane person in the car on Friday night, between the rehearsal and the dinner.
Let's re-cap, up to that point.
Thursday -- I was off. I took off because I felt so yucky at the beginning of the week that I couldn't get much done. So, I cleaned up and packed and ran errands, etc. etc. I also took Ryan up to work again, so he could see people and I could drop off the treats I said I would bring for the food day. Once he ate, he was not so fussy and let people hold him. Before that...look out!
Thursday night, Grandpa watched Ryan while Grandma and I went for mani/pedi's. It was good. I got red toes and pink french manicure. They looked good.
Friday -- got up at 6am to finish getting ready (I had several loads of laundry left to do) and finished packing. We were ready to hit the road at 10am, which was excellent. We are usually running horribly late and it drives Jake insane. Drove to Chicago and made it there before noon. It was really easy. The room in the hotel was not ready when we got there, so we had to wait. We went and got lunch with Jake's Dad and hung out in their room for a bit. Ryan hit his breaking point right about the time that the room was FINALLY ready (an hour and a half after we got there -- thank you Hampton Inn for putting us in a room that was occupied before we got it) and we quick had to set up the pack-n-play so he could take a nap. He was better after a nap. I got ready for the rehearsal and dinner and we left Ryan with my parents (they were bringing him to the dinner later). I wish he were more like Jameson and could just sleep whenever and chill. He's so high maintenance.
end re-cap.
So, we drove to the rehearsal with Jack and Betsy (Jake's parents, for those of you keeping score at home). We left the rehearsal at 5:45 to drive the 10 mins to the dinner at Giordano's. Josh and Kristine and Jameson followed in their car. Somehow, we had the wrong one (there are many) and we couldn't get the bride or the groom to answer their fracking phones to figure out where we were supposed to be. And the wrong Giordano's has TWO (TWO!) addresses, so when we entered the next address, it took us in a circle. So, we tried to go back to the hotel and tempers were flaring at this point. The bride and groom still did not answer their cell phones. We were driving somewhere (I don't even remember where we were going at that point) and VERY suddenly, Jack pulled off the road we were on, leaving Josh in the dust. And it took them a while to get turned around and back to us. I took this opportunity to figure out where the hell we were supposed to be going. I called the place we had been at and then asked them where "the one up the road" was (in Oak Brook. we were in Westchester.) I called that one to make sure the dinner was ACTUALLY there. Got the address -- the TOMTOM wouldn't take the complete address and so our destination ended up being the bridge over 294, right by the hotel. So, we went back to the hotel (by now, everyone was really irritated, including me) and FINALLY someone noticed that the bride's ENTIRE family hadn't arrived yet. It was around 6:30 at this point. So, I talked to the groom and said, we're at the hotel, just tell me which way we turn out of the hotel lot.
So, in the end, the directions for the place we were supposed to be at were: Go back to the hotel, go past the hotel on 22nd St, until you get to the place.
I'm still not sure what happened, but I was really irritated that nobody noticed we weren't there by 6:10 and it took another 15 mins to get a call back. Who doesn't notice that the bride's parents are missing at 6:05?
Anyway.
The rehearsal dinner was good. Ryan was fussy and hot in his car seat. Then, he ate and was better. Then, he pooped a bit (and he hadn't pooped in 4 days by Friday), but didn't finish and was still a fuss. We went back to the hotel and he went to sleep. I went to sleep and Jake went out with the guys for the bachelor party.
Saturday:
This is where the big news of the week comes in: RYAN SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT NOW!!!!
He picked a hotel in the middle of Chicago to start sleeping through the night. I thought that he was going to wake up, but he just fussed a bit, took the nook and kept on sleeping. I, of course, could not sleep, for the fear that the instant I did, he would wake up. He slept from 9pm to 6:15am. Jameson on the other hand (poor Josh and Kristine) decided not to sleep until 12 and woke up at 6.
I got up with him a little before 7 and took him in the lobby. J&K were in the lobby getting coffee, all dressed and ready for the day already. I sat there and found a little bit to eat and they started asking me if I was going to breakfast. I said yes. They said to me that it was in 3 minutes. I said, what do you mean -- breakfast is at 8. Basically, they changed it to 7 and I missed it. So, I threw on clothes, left the baby with Jake and went to eat. I had the same breakfast as Brooke -- giant berry pancakes. This would prove to be a mistake later in the day. Breakfast was good, but I was tired and in need of caffeine.
So, I got back, found out what was going on with hair and took a shower. Then, I got my hair done and half way changed my clothes. My hair was really cute and it was off my neck, which made me happy. I barely saw Ryan or my parents or anyone that day though. That sucked. We went to church and got dressed, did pictures, watched Brooke get married. Afterward, Kit told me that he saw me laughing up there. In point of fact, I was either smiling at him, so he would feel better or I was grimacing because my feet were killing me. I was only slightly insulted.
Ryan was CRAZY fussy during the ceremony and the rest of the day. Jake had to stick a bottle in his mouth until right before a picture, otherwise, he was crying. By 7pm, he had had enough and my parents took him back to the hotel, since we couldn't leave. But, by 9pm, we were back, because the reception ended about 8:30. The food was good, the cake was okay and I didn't dance, which I am ALWAYS okay with.
But, Ryan was asleep by 9pm again and didn't really wake up until almost 7. It was good. We got up, had breakfast, got dressed, packed everything up and hung out a bit. Then, we said good-bye, as I wanted to stop at teh Carter's outlet in Kenosha (BTW, just go to Johnson Creek. PP is ridic.) and we had to pick Maggie (YES!) up at 1pm at Mitchell Airport. So, the exit for the outlet mall in PP is ridiculous, as was the mall. But, Jake's mom gave us $100 GC, so I spent about half of it on some winter clothes for Ryan. We got McD's for lunch and then found out that Maggie landed about 20 mins early. I don't think she was waiting too long, but we rolled up and had her hop in the car.
I was SO happy that she came up here to see us. I had a really good time and I miss her to death. Sister from another mother. Yakkers hung out with us on Sunday night -- we made food and watched Grandma's Boy. Yakkers went home about 8 and that was right about when Ryan went to sleep. They played Bubble Bobble on Wii and I played Zookeeper on her DS. I went to bed about 10 and they not long after.
On Monday, we lazed around a bit and then went to the baseball game. The crew lost and there was some jackass from Chicago wearing a Cardinals t-shirt who was yelling stuff and generally being belligerent. He was SUCH a jerk. He had served overseas too and I guess that makes it okay to be a stupid idiot. I will let Jill know that when she gets back. Ryan stayed with my parents and ended up taking a two hour nap at their house. WOW! Then, we went shopping and he fell asleep again in the mall. I got two shirts for $30 at Express and a bra and undies for $26 at VS. Good shopping for me! :) We made more food and watched Beerfest when we got back and then it was bed time for me.
Jake took Maggie back to the airport on Tuesday morning. I wish that we could move down there. I really do. I don't care about being here at all. Seriously. If Jake hadn't gotten any job when we left RF, I would have considered it VERY much. Heck, I consider it all the time.
So, there it is. I don't have many pictures, because I was busy with wedding or Ryan. Too bad. I love to take pictures.
Ryan has continued to sleep through the night since Friday. Which is AWESOME!! I love it!
Bring on fall. It's almost here.
Well, the wedding weekend has come and gone. And, as always, all of my frustrations leading up to it melted away when we were there, because I was pretty much the only sane person in the car on Friday night, between the rehearsal and the dinner.
Let's re-cap, up to that point.
Thursday -- I was off. I took off because I felt so yucky at the beginning of the week that I couldn't get much done. So, I cleaned up and packed and ran errands, etc. etc. I also took Ryan up to work again, so he could see people and I could drop off the treats I said I would bring for the food day. Once he ate, he was not so fussy and let people hold him. Before that...look out!
Thursday night, Grandpa watched Ryan while Grandma and I went for mani/pedi's. It was good. I got red toes and pink french manicure. They looked good.
Friday -- got up at 6am to finish getting ready (I had several loads of laundry left to do) and finished packing. We were ready to hit the road at 10am, which was excellent. We are usually running horribly late and it drives Jake insane. Drove to Chicago and made it there before noon. It was really easy. The room in the hotel was not ready when we got there, so we had to wait. We went and got lunch with Jake's Dad and hung out in their room for a bit. Ryan hit his breaking point right about the time that the room was FINALLY ready (an hour and a half after we got there -- thank you Hampton Inn for putting us in a room that was occupied before we got it) and we quick had to set up the pack-n-play so he could take a nap. He was better after a nap. I got ready for the rehearsal and dinner and we left Ryan with my parents (they were bringing him to the dinner later). I wish he were more like Jameson and could just sleep whenever and chill. He's so high maintenance.
end re-cap.
So, we drove to the rehearsal with Jack and Betsy (Jake's parents, for those of you keeping score at home). We left the rehearsal at 5:45 to drive the 10 mins to the dinner at Giordano's. Josh and Kristine and Jameson followed in their car. Somehow, we had the wrong one (there are many) and we couldn't get the bride or the groom to answer their fracking phones to figure out where we were supposed to be. And the wrong Giordano's has TWO (TWO!) addresses, so when we entered the next address, it took us in a circle. So, we tried to go back to the hotel and tempers were flaring at this point. The bride and groom still did not answer their cell phones. We were driving somewhere (I don't even remember where we were going at that point) and VERY suddenly, Jack pulled off the road we were on, leaving Josh in the dust. And it took them a while to get turned around and back to us. I took this opportunity to figure out where the hell we were supposed to be going. I called the place we had been at and then asked them where "the one up the road" was (in Oak Brook. we were in Westchester.) I called that one to make sure the dinner was ACTUALLY there. Got the address -- the TOMTOM wouldn't take the complete address and so our destination ended up being the bridge over 294, right by the hotel. So, we went back to the hotel (by now, everyone was really irritated, including me) and FINALLY someone noticed that the bride's ENTIRE family hadn't arrived yet. It was around 6:30 at this point. So, I talked to the groom and said, we're at the hotel, just tell me which way we turn out of the hotel lot.
So, in the end, the directions for the place we were supposed to be at were: Go back to the hotel, go past the hotel on 22nd St, until you get to the place.
I'm still not sure what happened, but I was really irritated that nobody noticed we weren't there by 6:10 and it took another 15 mins to get a call back. Who doesn't notice that the bride's parents are missing at 6:05?
Anyway.
The rehearsal dinner was good. Ryan was fussy and hot in his car seat. Then, he ate and was better. Then, he pooped a bit (and he hadn't pooped in 4 days by Friday), but didn't finish and was still a fuss. We went back to the hotel and he went to sleep. I went to sleep and Jake went out with the guys for the bachelor party.
Saturday:
This is where the big news of the week comes in: RYAN SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT NOW!!!!
He picked a hotel in the middle of Chicago to start sleeping through the night. I thought that he was going to wake up, but he just fussed a bit, took the nook and kept on sleeping. I, of course, could not sleep, for the fear that the instant I did, he would wake up. He slept from 9pm to 6:15am. Jameson on the other hand (poor Josh and Kristine) decided not to sleep until 12 and woke up at 6.
I got up with him a little before 7 and took him in the lobby. J&K were in the lobby getting coffee, all dressed and ready for the day already. I sat there and found a little bit to eat and they started asking me if I was going to breakfast. I said yes. They said to me that it was in 3 minutes. I said, what do you mean -- breakfast is at 8. Basically, they changed it to 7 and I missed it. So, I threw on clothes, left the baby with Jake and went to eat. I had the same breakfast as Brooke -- giant berry pancakes. This would prove to be a mistake later in the day. Breakfast was good, but I was tired and in need of caffeine.
So, I got back, found out what was going on with hair and took a shower. Then, I got my hair done and half way changed my clothes. My hair was really cute and it was off my neck, which made me happy. I barely saw Ryan or my parents or anyone that day though. That sucked. We went to church and got dressed, did pictures, watched Brooke get married. Afterward, Kit told me that he saw me laughing up there. In point of fact, I was either smiling at him, so he would feel better or I was grimacing because my feet were killing me. I was only slightly insulted.
Ryan was CRAZY fussy during the ceremony and the rest of the day. Jake had to stick a bottle in his mouth until right before a picture, otherwise, he was crying. By 7pm, he had had enough and my parents took him back to the hotel, since we couldn't leave. But, by 9pm, we were back, because the reception ended about 8:30. The food was good, the cake was okay and I didn't dance, which I am ALWAYS okay with.
But, Ryan was asleep by 9pm again and didn't really wake up until almost 7. It was good. We got up, had breakfast, got dressed, packed everything up and hung out a bit. Then, we said good-bye, as I wanted to stop at teh Carter's outlet in Kenosha (BTW, just go to Johnson Creek. PP is ridic.) and we had to pick Maggie (YES!) up at 1pm at Mitchell Airport. So, the exit for the outlet mall in PP is ridiculous, as was the mall. But, Jake's mom gave us $100 GC, so I spent about half of it on some winter clothes for Ryan. We got McD's for lunch and then found out that Maggie landed about 20 mins early. I don't think she was waiting too long, but we rolled up and had her hop in the car.
I was SO happy that she came up here to see us. I had a really good time and I miss her to death. Sister from another mother. Yakkers hung out with us on Sunday night -- we made food and watched Grandma's Boy. Yakkers went home about 8 and that was right about when Ryan went to sleep. They played Bubble Bobble on Wii and I played Zookeeper on her DS. I went to bed about 10 and they not long after.
On Monday, we lazed around a bit and then went to the baseball game. The crew lost and there was some jackass from Chicago wearing a Cardinals t-shirt who was yelling stuff and generally being belligerent. He was SUCH a jerk. He had served overseas too and I guess that makes it okay to be a stupid idiot. I will let Jill know that when she gets back. Ryan stayed with my parents and ended up taking a two hour nap at their house. WOW! Then, we went shopping and he fell asleep again in the mall. I got two shirts for $30 at Express and a bra and undies for $26 at VS. Good shopping for me! :) We made more food and watched Beerfest when we got back and then it was bed time for me.
Jake took Maggie back to the airport on Tuesday morning. I wish that we could move down there. I really do. I don't care about being here at all. Seriously. If Jake hadn't gotten any job when we left RF, I would have considered it VERY much. Heck, I consider it all the time.
So, there it is. I don't have many pictures, because I was busy with wedding or Ryan. Too bad. I love to take pictures.
Ryan has continued to sleep through the night since Friday. Which is AWESOME!! I love it!
Bring on fall. It's almost here.
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