Poker Night: The Day After

Last night I hosted a very successful Ladies' Poker Night. Roni and Steph joined our group, so there were 8 of us duking it out. I was the first to go out, very early, and finally at 1 am Stephanie finally beat Alisa to claim the $40 pot. It was a great time with great food and it was nice to have Roni and Steph there. A great night.

The day after has not been so good. After the girls all left, I loaded the dishwasher and went to bed at 1:30. At 1:35 Ryan was up, hungry and wide awake. Finally I went to bed at 3 am. Then Todd came in at 6 am, and we talked until 7:30, and then Ryan got up. He has been alternating between extremely playful and cranky all day because he has only had 2 - 30 minute naps today. Hopefully he is falling asleep while I am upstairs typing this. But, Todd has been home all day so we have had some good family together time, and I made him his traditional box of Saturday Kraft dinner before he left for work.

The other lovely news today is that I woke up covered head to toe in hives. Very itchy. I have no idea why, and I don't think I ate anything unusual last night. I took some benydryl and it seems to be helping, sort of.

Ugh..Back to Work

Well, it was too cold to scrap upstairs at my cropping table, so I sorted and hauled stuff downstairs to the dining room. Despite Ryan taking a 4 hour nap yesterday, I only got 4 pages done! But, I also got his calendar up-to-date and divided all my pictures into scrapbooking or the photo album. I get doubles of ones I have scrapbooking ideas for, and then everything else goes in chronological order into the album. I have space for 6 more pictures in the album. I also made belated valentines to send out with his professional pictures ... so I guess I achieved more than I thought. Plus baby duty! I was trapped at home since Todd was at work and it was too cold to take a baby out.

Ugh..back to work. Having an ugly morning. We all have colds and I spent the night in the recliner so I could breathe. Ryan spent from 10 - 3 sleeping with me in the recliner too. I hate to do that, but I couldn't help it. I fell asleep!

You know it's cold when....

You know it's cold when...the chain on your garage door opener snaps in half!

Mr. Baldy

Tummy time is a flop at the Stein house. It never lasts more than 2 minutes because as soon as you put him on his stomach, Ryan rolls over to his back. This has been going on since he was 16 days old, so as a result he has a huge patch of hair missing on the back of his head (see picture).

This weekend I am going to try to scrapbook. It is going to be too cold to take Smiley anywhere, the house is clean, and the laundry is done, so we are just going to hang out and I will attempt to scrap while he bounces, swings, or naps.

The mirror in the picture is on loan from the Arndt twins. My friend Jeremy from work had twin boys, Collin and Nicholas, in June, and they lend us their toys when they get bored with them. It spices things up for Ryan. Thanks to them and the fast-growing Anthony, I haven't had to buy much for Ryan :)

Mom's Night Out

It was hard, but I let Todd's parents keep Ryan overnight Saturday night. After 3 weeks of being back to work, I am exhausted. It is hard to get everything done every night and take care of Ryan. Plus, I want to hold him and play with him all the time, since I only see him in the morning, and then from 4:30 - 8:30 each weeknight. Todd has been helping about 3 of 5 mornings and on his 2 evenings off, so that is nice. My back is killing me though, from bending and rotating to squeeze Ryan and his car seat into the Cavalier four times a day, and I am in the process of moving my cubicle at work from one side of the building to the other. Whine. Whine.

Friday night after Ryan went to bed I started cleaning the house, and then I finished on Saturday. I got everything done except the dusting. Todd's parents came and got Ryan and left about 4:30. Then, Gilk and Diane picked me up at 6:30. I went with them and some other AZX people to Stein's in Newton. I hadn't been there since September. I had a good time, and all of the employees were took extra good care of me :) I got home at 12:45 and then ate leftover Mongolian Beef and Belgian chocolate ice cream. Talk about your weirdo dreams! I got up at 8:30 and felt like a new woman. I was supposed to meet Mike and Sandy in Monroe at 12:00 to pick up Ryan, but I am enjoying my "break" and getting a lot done, so I called them and they are bringing him here at 3:30. I feel like a horrible mother, but if I get a lot done today, that will be more time to spend with him this week. I might even plan out some scrapbooking pages as if I will ever get time to scrapbook!