My parents are here for Maddox's birthday. We had him dedicated at church yesterday and then we had a little birthday party with my parents, Kyle's mom and some friends of ours from church who have 3 kids. Everybody seemed to have a great time and Maddox sure loved his first cupcake! He gently ate the frosting off the top and then smashed the cupcake and ate it. I think he was pretty happy with his first real taste of sugar :-)
On a side note, today is my first day off of wheat. I'm trying to cut it out for a week and see if it's the root of my skin problems (I have lots of eczema-really dry skin). If it's not, I'm off to a natruopath to see if he can help. I thought I'd try to self-diagnose before pouring tons of money into it.
February 11, 2008
February 10, 2008
4:30am
4:30am is not morning.
4:30am is the middle of the night.
4:30am is not a time that Mommy wants to get up for the day.
4:30am is a great time for Grandpa to get up with a boy because it's really 5:30am in his head because he's on Boise time.
4:30am is the middle of the night.
4:30am is not a time that Mommy wants to get up for the day.
4:30am is a great time for Grandpa to get up with a boy because it's really 5:30am in his head because he's on Boise time.
February 8, 2008
Yippee! I Won!
Thanks to all of my hard work entering drawings, I won two things! The first was a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble from Michelle and Life's Accidental Journey. The second is a Yoga Mommies DVD from Angela at Seven Dogs and a Baby. Both are items that I REALLY, REALLY wanted! Thank you very much for offering the great giveaways! Next time I around I hope to offer something myself, I just didn't have time, this time around.
Work Frustration
I work part-time for the church doing the bookkeeping. It requires all of about 15 hours of my time a month and I'm well compensated for my time and I get to do it from home. I enjoy doing it because it challenges me and uses a part of my brain I fail to use most of the month (that part that has to look at numbers a lot). I went to reconcile the check book yesterday afternoon during nap time and instead have spent 6 hours trying to troubleshoot a problem. Usually, reconciling takes about 15-30 minutes.
Oh no, not yesterday. I found the problem, but not after many, many frustrating hours. All you have to do it make one little teeny tiny mistake and it can take HOURS to fix. It was a little mistake I had made months ago and I thought that correcting the problem would be no big deal, instead, it messed up reconciliations for pretty much the whole year! Oh well, it's done and now I'm happy.
Oh no, not yesterday. I found the problem, but not after many, many frustrating hours. All you have to do it make one little teeny tiny mistake and it can take HOURS to fix. It was a little mistake I had made months ago and I thought that correcting the problem would be no big deal, instead, it messed up reconciliations for pretty much the whole year! Oh well, it's done and now I'm happy.
February 7, 2008
6am
6am is early.
6am is too early.
6am is too early for my Monkey to wake up.
6am is way too early for Monkey to wake me up.
6am is too early for Monkey to wake me up 3 days in a row.
6am wakeup calls are not something that I like very much, but him waking up happy is most appreciated.
630am the time I put Monkey back to bed this morning whether he wanted to or not, yes, I'm that mean.
6am is too early.
6am is too early for my Monkey to wake up.
6am is way too early for Monkey to wake me up.
6am is too early for Monkey to wake me up 3 days in a row.
6am wakeup calls are not something that I like very much, but him waking up happy is most appreciated.
630am the time I put Monkey back to bed this morning whether he wanted to or not, yes, I'm that mean.
February 6, 2008
Singing the Flu
We don't have the full blown flu, but Kyle and I are definitely not feeling well and haven't been for a couple of days. Hanging in there and praying really hard that it doesn't turn into the icky throwing up for a week gross flu that is going around the church. No thanks, I'll pass.
I really don't want to get super sick because A) I have a house and son to take care of and B) my family is coming on Saturday to celebrate Maddox's birthday and that would stink to be sick then.
So, we're resting LOTS! We've watched almost the entire first season of 30 Rock and have watched all of Season 2 in the last 3-4 days. Yes, we're losers.
I really don't want to get super sick because A) I have a house and son to take care of and B) my family is coming on Saturday to celebrate Maddox's birthday and that would stink to be sick then.
So, we're resting LOTS! We've watched almost the entire first season of 30 Rock and have watched all of Season 2 in the last 3-4 days. Yes, we're losers.
February 5, 2008
One Year Ago Today
I was huge.
I was grumpy.
My ankles were swelled up like balloons.
Little did I know, I still had 8 days left.
This is actually my 36 week picture because my full term shot is on the other computer.
I was grumpy.
My ankles were swelled up like balloons.
Little did I know, I still had 8 days left.
This is actually my 36 week picture because my full term shot is on the other computer.
February 4, 2008
Randomness
Yesterday, we had a Superbowl for our youth group. It was actually a really good game, despite the fact that I really don't enjoy much about football. It was a long, exhausting day, though and when we got home at 8:30 we pretty much crashed. We went to bed, but watched about 5 episodes of 30 Rock, putting us asleep around 11. So much for going to bed early.
Today, I get to go shopping! It's been awhile since I've been able to leisurely go shopping with a girl friend. In fact, I can't remember the last time I did this. Please don't pity me, but I really don't have many friends where we live, so any time that I can spend with a friend is greatly enjoyed. I've been spending a lot of time with my friend Heidi lately, her husband used to be the Associate Pastor at our church, but resigned a year ago to pursue his doctorate in counseling. Since he's in school and working as a private counselor, she's lonely, too. So, we've been getting together for coffee about once a week and this week we're going shopping and later this week we're going to make chocolate muffins (she's pregnant and craving them:-)
Kyle and I had a really nice time on our date the other night. We haven't had many opportunities to go out just the 2 of us since Monkey entered our world almost one year ago. We went and got appetizers at a restaurant in town, went and saw Juno and even had enough time to stop and grab a cup of tea at Starbucks for about 30 min. before picking Monkey up at our friend's house. We were able to have a really good talk at Starbucks, so that was awesome.
Like I said, randomness.
Today, I get to go shopping! It's been awhile since I've been able to leisurely go shopping with a girl friend. In fact, I can't remember the last time I did this. Please don't pity me, but I really don't have many friends where we live, so any time that I can spend with a friend is greatly enjoyed. I've been spending a lot of time with my friend Heidi lately, her husband used to be the Associate Pastor at our church, but resigned a year ago to pursue his doctorate in counseling. Since he's in school and working as a private counselor, she's lonely, too. So, we've been getting together for coffee about once a week and this week we're going shopping and later this week we're going to make chocolate muffins (she's pregnant and craving them:-)
Kyle and I had a really nice time on our date the other night. We haven't had many opportunities to go out just the 2 of us since Monkey entered our world almost one year ago. We went and got appetizers at a restaurant in town, went and saw Juno and even had enough time to stop and grab a cup of tea at Starbucks for about 30 min. before picking Monkey up at our friend's house. We were able to have a really good talk at Starbucks, so that was awesome.
Like I said, randomness.
February 3, 2008
Movie Thoughts: Juno
Have any of my readers seen this movie?
Kyle and I went and saw it last night, we weren't impressed. The overall message was VERY disappointing.
What are your thoughts?
Kyle and I went and saw it last night, we weren't impressed. The overall message was VERY disappointing.
What are your thoughts?
February 1, 2008
I'll Take a 2 Year Old Please
I'd like to put in an order for a 2 year old, please.
Now, I'm not talking about being pregnant for 2 years and 9 months and giving birth to a 2 year old. I'm talking about a normal gestation and then just miraculously having a 2 year old.
Is it weird to say that my almost-1-year-old Monkey doesn't like being the oldest?
I watch a 2 year old 2 Fridays and a month and they're the best 2 half days of my life. Monkey adores having her here. He quietly plays on the floor with her, watches every move she makes, he truly adores her! She shares with him and is ever so patient when he snatches the toy she's playing with. I can get anything and everything done that I want it, it's wonderful! I don't have a bored 1 year old following me around the house whining at me because he wants 100% of my attention.
I'll take a 2 year old, please!
Now, I'm not talking about being pregnant for 2 years and 9 months and giving birth to a 2 year old. I'm talking about a normal gestation and then just miraculously having a 2 year old.
Is it weird to say that my almost-1-year-old Monkey doesn't like being the oldest?
I watch a 2 year old 2 Fridays and a month and they're the best 2 half days of my life. Monkey adores having her here. He quietly plays on the floor with her, watches every move she makes, he truly adores her! She shares with him and is ever so patient when he snatches the toy she's playing with. I can get anything and everything done that I want it, it's wonderful! I don't have a bored 1 year old following me around the house whining at me because he wants 100% of my attention.
I'll take a 2 year old, please!
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