New Philosophy

I haven't caught up on the laundry in weeks. I don't watch much tv anymore from 6-9 pm. My house isn't as clean as it used to be. I don't use my elliptical machine as much as I should. I haven't cropped in weeks or months. I need to go shopping for new clothes and haven't done it. I didn't make any homemade valentines. I eat frozen dinners for lunch and supper. My blog rarely gets updated, and I have had the same music on my iPOD for the past month. But from 5 - 9:15 every night and all day every weekend, a sticky, noisy, loud little soul has my full attention. He is happy and thriving. And so am I. Everything else can wait. He won't be a little boy forever.

Show Us Your Bellies!

Ryan & Tony - 2 Happy Boys

CREEPY!!!!

Last night Todd was home and had been in bed since 4 pm. I turned out all the lights in the living room and got into bed at 11 pm. I specifically remember that I turned them all out because I couldn't see a darn thing when I tried to get into bed. I woke up 15 minutes later and the 3-light lamp in the living room was on and Todd was still sound asleep. All 3 bulbs. CREEPY!!!!!!!!

Today Todd took the laptop upstairs to hook up to the internet. When he got up there, the internet cable was already unhooked from the main computer and was just lying on the floor waiting for him. I never unhooked it, and I am the only one that uses that computer. CREEPY!!!!

Tidbits

It's been a long time since I blogged. Here are some random thoughts/updates.

- Sometimes I can be a genius. I spilled a pop and it filled up both cup holders in the Jeep. I stuffed a diaper in them, and it sucked up the pop in minutes.

- You know it's cold when a jar of (spaghetti of course) baby food explodes in your diaper during the 15 minute drive to Rachel's house.

- A 15-month-old boy and a 18-month-old boy can not be expected to share their toys.

- Poker last Friday night was fun, but I only won one hand. I was having a hard time concentrating since it took me until 11:30 to get Ryan to sleep! He was up bright and shiny at 7:30 am Saturday morning.

- I continue to be addicted to the prison shows on MSNBC on Friday nights. I am also now addicted to Crime and Punishment and The Real Housewives of Orange County. Now there's a lot of silicone on that show. I am also addicted to Flip this House. I prefer the San Antonio version. That Armando is a real ass. I guess I am really into watching bad tv after Ryan goes to bed!

-Mediacom is a bunch of morons (like I didn't know). I haven't been able to get my new DVR box to work since they installed it. I finally called, and it turns out they didn't install a DVR box, they installed an HDTV box. Why???????????????

- I am a wuss. I can only do about 7 minutes on my new elliptical machine before I collapse.

- Why do I crop? Is it so I can be perfect or so I can keep a record of the important things in my life? I need to just start slappin' it down.

- I thought Todd and his parents were crazy, but the Macaroni and Cheese Pizza at Cici's is AWESOME!

- Don't cheat and eat all the bread pieces out of a giant bag of Gardetto's before you go to bed. You will dream that a toadstool grows out of your left eye, and when you pull it out your eye totally rots out and you have to take chemotherapy pills while you walk around with a brown mushy hole where your eye was.

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!

His Favorite Gifts - Tent and Vacuum

Tooting My Own Horn

I am going to toot my own horn a little. I was the only person in my Optifast group not to gain weight over Christmas. In fact, I lost 0.5 pounds, which is amazing considering all the goodies I snitched!

I will have to update you on Christmas later. Back to the cleaning.

Missing My Baby Boo

I didn't know what to do with myself tonight. My Baby Boo is not here. He is in Osky with Grandma and Grandpa. Daycare was closed today, so they agreed (leapt at the chance) to babysit today. They came and picked him up last night and are bringing him back in the morning. I really have no idea what to do with my time. I am taking down the Christmas stuff and cleaning - all those things that are much easier to do without a toddler around. I am hoping that he wasn't looking around for me to pick him up tonight and that they figured out that he has to hold his pacifier in his left hand while he drinks his last bottle of the day, or else he won't go to sleep. I am never going to make it when I have to go to North Carolina for a week in May!

Tomorrow we have a playdate at the indoor playground with Caleb, Sy, Chaelinn, Caelin, and Cashlin. It should be fun. I haven't seen the Barbours since May!

Hooray!!

Monday we took Ryan to the cardiologist for his 6-month checkup. I am happy to report that both holes in his heart have grown shut! He doesn't ever have to go back to the heart doctor. We are thrilled :)

Poo on the Carpet!!!

A sick cat got into our dining room and pooped green diarreha all over our carpet!
Not exactly. I dropped a jar of broccoli & chicken baby food on the carpet, and it sprayed all over the wall. What a mess! It did look like cat crap though.

Much Better Today

Ryan was naughty, naughty, and cranky, cranky, cranky yesterday, even with a nap. He also has diarehha from the antibiotics. I am feeding him Yo Baby! yogurt (which he loves) twice a day to help with the diarehha.

Two molars more molars have finally poked through, but not all the way, so his gums are still really swollen. I guess I would be crabby too! Last night he fell asleep at 6 pm and slept until 7:30 this morning. It was the miracle cure. He is not crabby today! Hallelujah.

Yesterday I paid the bills, wrapped some gifts, and did a tiny bit of scrapbooking. Today, I have been tidying up and doing laundry. We have let the laundry pile up too long. Ryan has 3 loads just himself! I believe I am on load #5 with atleast 4 more to go. Ugh.

This Pretty Much Explains How Saturday Morning Went at Our House

Like Stealing Candy From A Baby

This is kind of funny. Tuesday Ryan still had a high fever, so I came home at noon from my computer class and assumed my parental duties from Todd. I called the pediatrician and got an appointment within 30 minutes, so I had to hustle to get Ryan ready as the stern nurse insists that you be 15 minutes early for all appointments. Anyway, we got there and waited and saw the doctor and all that. Then I had to get him dressed to come home. I suddenly took ill. I realized that in all the commotion I hadn't drunk my shake, and I was having low blood sugar. I was afraid I was going to pass out, but there was no one outside the door and Ryan was still naked and crying. What was I going to do?


Solution: I stole Ryan's bottle from him and chugged the whole milk. I was better in minutes, but felt more than a little guilty! Ryan just looked confused.