OMG!

Ryan is actually taking a nap!! On a Saturday!!! Time to crop! The blog will have to wait.

Poker

For all you poker ladies - I'm still waiting to hear back from a few people, but it looks like it will either have to be Feb 2 (Super Bowl weekend), or we will have to wait until March.

Toddlers!

This toddler business is not for the weak. Ryan is CRAAAZY. We had wedding receptions to go to both Friday night and Saturday, and of course Todd was at work Friday and in the wedding on Saturday, so I was on Ryan patrol. That boy can move fast. Saturday Ryan could not comprehend why he couldn't go be with Daddy on the altar (Todd was best man), so he and I spent the ceremony in the Sunday School Room. Then we were at the reception (at Stein's) before he fell off a barstool head-first and wen Splat! facedown. I looked at him and then I looked up, and it was like everyone in the room had frozen and all had these horrid looks of shock on their faces. I was more worried about someone turning me into DHS than I was about him I think. How did he manage to fall when I was less than 6 inches away? He ended up not being hurt, but he was already feverish and sleepy, so we went straight home. Some wedding. Sunday we went to Walmart and he kept trying to get out of the cart, and Monday we went out for supper and he wanted out of the high chair the whole time. He has also been in timeout again (he's only 15 months!) and knocked his head 3 times in the past 2 days and keeps climbing out of the bathtub.

He isn't that bad though. He does funny stuff too. Last night he poured and entire container of fruit puffs onto the carpet, then laid right in the middle of them, shoving them in his face as fast as he could. He kind of rolled in them too. Very funny!

He has also started breaking my heart. He now cries and tries to escape from the high chair every time I leave him at daycare, and Terri says he cries when the other kids' mommies pick their kids up. I wish I didn't have to send him to daycare...I just keep reminding myself that everyday I go to work I am getting free health insurance for my family, and that alone is worth something.

Ryan Says Happy New Year!

Ryan Update

It is fun watching Ryan develop into a little person. He has a new word this week - dog, and he now says very clearly 'Wake Up Daddy! Wake Up!'. He has been getting new teeth like crazy. Tonight I counted and he has 15. 8 on top and 7 on the bottom. He still won't touch much meat or any noodles, but he feeds himself peaches, bananas, and green beans. He is still obsessed with lights and light switches. Last night was the first time I ever put bubbles in his bath, and he was terrified! He kept trying to scrape them off his legs - crying the whole time.

Today he was put in timeout for hitting. Apparently all the other kids were being naughty and whacking each other, and he copied them. Terri Anne said she had so many kids in timeout today that it was more like a prison yard than a playground! I guess the time out worked and he actually sat there for the whole time. Terri Anne has a rule - You Hit, You Sit, That's It!

He still wants to be rocked to sleep, but is getting too big to get comfortable. Tonight he wriggled around and finally slid off my lap walked over to the middle of the living room, laid down, and was asleep in 5 seconds.

Some Good News

Well, some finally some good news regarding my purse. Our homeowner's insurance is going to pay to replace the contents of my purse and purse (wow, a whopping $15 for the purse) and up to $200 in cash. So, I will be able to get another cell phone and iPOD. My health insurance is going to pay 80% of the blood sugar machine. It is just irritating to replace all this stuff. I still have no driver's license because I need a copy of my birth certificate with an official raised seal, but I can't order one over the phone from the courthouse in Audubon because I have no credit card or checks, and I have to go to the doctor to get a prescription for the blood sugar machine even though I already had one. Ugh. Also, I went to pick up Todd's prescriptions today and I had to leave one there because I didn't have enough cash on me!

Also, between the time my purse was stolen and I called Wells Fargo, the thief made one charge using my debit card. It was for $2.25 for Auntie Anne's Pretzels at the mall. What the heck?

Happy !@#$ing New Year

New Year's Eve was not a good day. I was grumpy because my newspaper was wet, my vacuum cleaner won't suck, my email wasn't working, and my husband was gone. Little did I know it was going to get worse.

About 3:30 Ryan and I went to K-Mart to buy an elliptical machine. First I returned three pairs of pajama pants for which they gave me a gift card. Then we shopped. A lady in the curtain section asked me a really weird question and asked me to help her, then disappeared. I thought it was strange, but nothingelse. So, we finally get up to the counter and I unload my stuff, and I HAVE NO PURSE!!! That lady distracted me with the question, and then must have stolen it. It was between Ryan and the back of the seat!!! The store manager looked all over, to no avail. In the meantime, Ryan had pooped and I was crying, so I took him home and changed him, called Wells Fargo and Verizon Wireless, then went to the police department and filled out a report. I finally got home at 6:30. I lost my license, insurance card, debit card, checkbook, new iPOD that I got for Christmas, my cell phone, my blood sugar meter, the Kmart gift card, the Starbucks gift card I won in the Halloween cooking contest, and A LOT of cash. I never carry that much cash, but I was going to spend it in the store and then take the rest to the bank.

There is no good side to this story, but at least they didn't hurt Ryan and I had my keys in my pocket so I was able to drive home. I have been doing laundry today and just trying to enjoy being home with Ryan. I don't have to worry about finding time to pay bills (they closed our account and it will be 10 days before I get checks) or dowload music onto my iPOD, so I have lots of time on my hands!