Friday, April 8, 2011
Katie "flies" and jogs on the Wii
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Beds, diaper changing trickery, and pet store fish
Okay, continuing on from yesterday...
On a side note, we picked up these beds about a week ago but Jake was a little sick (again!) and they've been sitting in our garage just waiting to be set up. So, we get home and I notice that one of the headboards was missing from the garage. Then I realized the mattress and other stuff was missing too. Got in the house to find that John had been busy while we were gone... Katie's new bed was set up and her old bed was in Jake's room! That was just the inspiration I needed. That night I got Jake's room set up and everything in place. It was a relief that everything fit in there and I can now say that space is at a premium in every room of our house.
Now we just need to paint the boys room, sort Jake's clothes, find curtains (that aren't pink - a leftover from Katie's habitation), get another sound machine, figure out if we're going to have issues with Jake staying put in his big boy bed or if he'll be as good a sleeper as he is now...if he's not inbaby jail his crib. Lots to think/worry about.
Oh, Katie was trying to help me the other night. Jake usually does his best to avoid me when I need to change his diaper (I think he thinks it's a game) so I have to be very tricky when I try to catch him because he's faster than me now.
So, the other night, Katie had a toy he likes and was telling him "Jake, come over her and look at this toy! You really like this! It's so fun, see? Isn't it fun? Mommy needs to change your diaper, you should come here and mommy will change you and I'll give you this toy! Won't that be nice?" and so on in her very best big girl/mommy voice. She mentioned the toy, then me changing his diaper maybe 3 times with no luck. He wasn't having it. Finally, she looks at me and says (in what sounded like a reassuring, don't want to hurt your feelings because Jake doesn't want anything to do with you voice), "Mommy, maybe I won't tell Jake you're here, okay?"
So what else... I had my OB visit on Monday. It went well (no shots, no tests, no discomfort... unless you count the weigh-in). Gained 2 lbs since my last appointment TWO WEEKS AGO. Arg. Doctor isn't alarmed since this brings the grand total to 22 lbs gained through the last 7 months. Also, good news. I don't have to add another iron pill to my packed pill holder! The doc looked at my levels and, while they're still down from the last time my hemoglobin was tested, the levels aren't horrible so I'm okay at 2 iron pills per day. Can I just say? What a relief!
Feeling okay mostly. I'm not even that tired... but when I'm ready to sit down, I'm realllllly ready to sit down. And it just seems like I can be right next to the kids all evening puttering around in the kitchen or living room and no one looks at me twice (or acknowledges that I even exist) but when I go to sit down on the couch and just get comfy, it's like suddenly I'm the air they need to breathe, the filling in their pop tart, the glass slipper in Cinderella's story. And they neeeeeed me. Sometimes it's fun to be neeeeeeeeded. Especially when it's a super tough question about how to play a game on Sprout and they're in awe of me because I can figure that stuff out.
Oh, there was also that time at Petco when we were looking at the fish and I was reading the names off of the tags. We were about 3/4 of the way through after having stopped at each tank to admire each fish (lots and lots of fish) and I had just read off the name of the fish. Katie looked at me with wonder and said something about how smart I was. I asked her what she meant and she answered that I knew all of the names of the fish. Ha! I had to tell her that I was reading them off of the card.
(But sometimes it's hard to pull myself up (again) off of the couch for something for the 6th time in 10 minutes.)
And finally, Jake scared us half to death the other day. Dad and John were loading something into the truck and Jake snuck out of the house. (I did say he was outside... but apparently no one heard me.) He took off running down the street and was just over half a block away before John caught him. Luckily his little light up shoes were on so we could see him in the not-quite-dark but I don't even want to imagine how that could have turned out.
Just some other odds and ends... the kids ate sloppy joes and liked them, I made a mexican tater tot hotdish that everyone ate (even the kids had 3rds!), Jake has developed a love of toast to the exclusion of actual dinner foods, I sent the birth certificate requests in for both kids (lucky me... I was picked to do a dependant audit at work and have to prove date of birth, etc. Of course that had to happen.), our hot water heater broke and we had to buy a new one, and lastly, I've got 2 months and 1 days left of pregnancy!
On a side note, we picked up these beds about a week ago but Jake was a little sick (again!) and they've been sitting in our garage just waiting to be set up. So, we get home and I notice that one of the headboards was missing from the garage. Then I realized the mattress and other stuff was missing too. Got in the house to find that John had been busy while we were gone... Katie's new bed was set up and her old bed was in Jake's room! That was just the inspiration I needed. That night I got Jake's room set up and everything in place. It was a relief that everything fit in there and I can now say that space is at a premium in every room of our house.
Now we just need to paint the boys room, sort Jake's clothes, find curtains (that aren't pink - a leftover from Katie's habitation), get another sound machine, figure out if we're going to have issues with Jake staying put in his big boy bed or if he'll be as good a sleeper as he is now...if he's not in
Oh, Katie was trying to help me the other night. Jake usually does his best to avoid me when I need to change his diaper (I think he thinks it's a game) so I have to be very tricky when I try to catch him because he's faster than me now.
So, the other night, Katie had a toy he likes and was telling him "Jake, come over her and look at this toy! You really like this! It's so fun, see? Isn't it fun? Mommy needs to change your diaper, you should come here and mommy will change you and I'll give you this toy! Won't that be nice?" and so on in her very best big girl/mommy voice. She mentioned the toy, then me changing his diaper maybe 3 times with no luck. He wasn't having it. Finally, she looks at me and says (in what sounded like a reassuring, don't want to hurt your feelings because Jake doesn't want anything to do with you voice), "Mommy, maybe I won't tell Jake you're here, okay?"
So what else... I had my OB visit on Monday. It went well (no shots, no tests, no discomfort... unless you count the weigh-in). Gained 2 lbs since my last appointment TWO WEEKS AGO. Arg. Doctor isn't alarmed since this brings the grand total to 22 lbs gained through the last 7 months. Also, good news. I don't have to add another iron pill to my packed pill holder! The doc looked at my levels and, while they're still down from the last time my hemoglobin was tested, the levels aren't horrible so I'm okay at 2 iron pills per day. Can I just say? What a relief!
Feeling okay mostly. I'm not even that tired... but when I'm ready to sit down, I'm realllllly ready to sit down. And it just seems like I can be right next to the kids all evening puttering around in the kitchen or living room and no one looks at me twice (or acknowledges that I even exist) but when I go to sit down on the couch and just get comfy, it's like suddenly I'm the air they need to breathe, the filling in their pop tart, the glass slipper in Cinderella's story. And they neeeeeed me. Sometimes it's fun to be neeeeeeeeded. Especially when it's a super tough question about how to play a game on Sprout and they're in awe of me because I can figure that stuff out.
Oh, there was also that time at Petco when we were looking at the fish and I was reading the names off of the tags. We were about 3/4 of the way through after having stopped at each tank to admire each fish (lots and lots of fish) and I had just read off the name of the fish. Katie looked at me with wonder and said something about how smart I was. I asked her what she meant and she answered that I knew all of the names of the fish. Ha! I had to tell her that I was reading them off of the card.
(But sometimes it's hard to pull myself up (again) off of the couch for something for the 6th time in 10 minutes.)
And finally, Jake scared us half to death the other day. Dad and John were loading something into the truck and Jake snuck out of the house. (I did say he was outside... but apparently no one heard me.) He took off running down the street and was just over half a block away before John caught him. Luckily his little light up shoes were on so we could see him in the not-quite-dark but I don't even want to imagine how that could have turned out.
Just some other odds and ends... the kids ate sloppy joes and liked them, I made a mexican tater tot hotdish that everyone ate (even the kids had 3rds!), Jake has developed a love of toast to the exclusion of actual dinner foods, I sent the birth certificate requests in for both kids (lucky me... I was picked to do a dependant audit at work and have to prove date of birth, etc. Of course that had to happen.), our hot water heater broke and we had to buy a new one, and lastly, I've got 2 months and 1 days left of pregnancy!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Said goodbye to Costco... it was hard.
Took Katie to Walmart this weekend because when I was there last week, I found a pair of knit pants for $2. (Yes. Two bucks. The price tag said $10 but I really needed some comfy pants for work and these seemed to be okay. Got to the checkout and they rang up as $2. I should have gone back right then and picked up 5 more pairs but... I didn't.) I decided I would go on Saturday after I thought about the expense a bit more. Then I was like, what? Think about spending $2 on pants I could wear during the rest of my pregnancy AND after? I'm kicking myself today. Because today, the $10 pants that last week rang up at $2 actually did cost me $10. Each. So I took them out of the cart and just picked up the stuff I needed for Katie's birthday party.
The highly anticipated princess theme stuff.
You know... The princess plates, princess cups, princess napkins, princess tablecloth. Princesses. everywhere. Katie was very happy. She was also in love with this outfit (Tinkerbell) and just exclaimed over how cute it was and that maybe she could wear it on her birthday. It was pretty cute (in other words, it wasn't totally princess obnoxious) and it didn't cost a fortune so I told her we would buy it.
More exclamations over how cute it was and how excited she was to wear it, I decided it was worth the $13 it cost.
However, in the excitement of finding all of my princess party stuff and this cute outfit, I managed to forget that when we were at Target a couple of weeks ago she found a dress that stopped her in her tracks. Literally. She stopped right in front of the rack and just stared at this dress. And tried it on and twirled around in the dressing room and I was totally suckered into buying the "beautiful dress" for her to wear.
On her birthday.
Luckily, Katie has quite a week planned. She's got kids club on Wednesday, dinner out on Thursday, and her party on Saturday so even if she decides to add her purple Christmas dress into the outfit rotation, there are enough events to go around. I'm thinking Tinkerbell on Wednesday and the beautiful dress on Sunday.
After Walmart we ran to Costco toeat samples pick up diapers and wipes and some other stuff I had coupons for. And we shared a hot dog and an ice cream bar (seriously, those nut covered ice cream bars are SO good). And then I *gulp* cancelled our membership.
Costco isn't exactly in my neck of the woods so it wasn't convenient to run over when we were low on something. Plus, I did a little cost comparison and the stuff at Sam's Club (where my parents have a membership) and Sam's Club was actually cheaper by a dollar or two... or three for the things I buy most often in bulk! So I cancelled. I might have been in shock a little but I made it out of the store without any dramatic goodbye scene.
No tears allowed. But sniffles are permitted.
Okay, so just as I was going to hit "publish" I realized that this post was getting VERY long. So I'm ending here for the day and I'll post the rest tomorrow.
Really, I won't forget.
Really. I'm going to schedule the part I copy/pasted to post tomorrow afternoon and I'm going to do it RIGHT NOW. Otherwise I might forget. Like two seconds from now.
Oh, and, as always, feel free to leave a comment... I'm not sure if anyone reads this stuff anymore!
The highly anticipated princess theme stuff.
You know... The princess plates, princess cups, princess napkins, princess tablecloth. Princesses. everywhere. Katie was very happy. She was also in love with this outfit (Tinkerbell) and just exclaimed over how cute it was and that maybe she could wear it on her birthday. It was pretty cute (in other words, it wasn't totally princess obnoxious) and it didn't cost a fortune so I told her we would buy it.
More exclamations over how cute it was and how excited she was to wear it, I decided it was worth the $13 it cost.
However, in the excitement of finding all of my princess party stuff and this cute outfit, I managed to forget that when we were at Target a couple of weeks ago she found a dress that stopped her in her tracks. Literally. She stopped right in front of the rack and just stared at this dress. And tried it on and twirled around in the dressing room and I was totally suckered into buying the "beautiful dress" for her to wear.
On her birthday.
Luckily, Katie has quite a week planned. She's got kids club on Wednesday, dinner out on Thursday, and her party on Saturday so even if she decides to add her purple Christmas dress into the outfit rotation, there are enough events to go around. I'm thinking Tinkerbell on Wednesday and the beautiful dress on Sunday.
After Walmart we ran to Costco to
Costco isn't exactly in my neck of the woods so it wasn't convenient to run over when we were low on something. Plus, I did a little cost comparison and the stuff at Sam's Club (where my parents have a membership) and Sam's Club was actually cheaper by a dollar or two... or three for the things I buy most often in bulk! So I cancelled. I might have been in shock a little but I made it out of the store without any dramatic goodbye scene.
No tears allowed. But sniffles are permitted.
Okay, so just as I was going to hit "publish" I realized that this post was getting VERY long. So I'm ending here for the day and I'll post the rest tomorrow.
Really, I won't forget.
Really. I'm going to schedule the part I copy/pasted to post tomorrow afternoon and I'm going to do it RIGHT NOW. Otherwise I might forget. Like two seconds from now.
Oh, and, as always, feel free to leave a comment... I'm not sure if anyone reads this stuff anymore!
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