It's 8am already?

So I started to feed Jr rice cereal in his bottle at night. I have also gotten into the habit of "topping him off" at around midnight. Now normally he wakes up around 3-4am...even with the extra milk at midnight. Last night however, he didn't wake up.
Yeah, imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning all confused. I mean, I was well rested and I actually WANTED to get out of bed at 8this morning. That hasn't happend since...well since before we had kids. Even then it was a stuggle.

I went in to check up on him to make sure all was alright..yup, you guessed it, I woke him up. Yeah, that will be the last time I do that. I mean we have a monitor for a reason, so that things like this don't happen. Then Beanie heard me walking around and she decided it was time to get up as well.

So today I am ready to go and full of energy. There are so many things I want to do with this new found energy before it goes away like.....finish a knitted doll I made for her ( she likes to throw her plastic one at people and her brother) hang some pictures, clean ( i never volunteer to do this) make a few outfits for the plastic baby, and post all the pictures I have been to lazy to post.

Oh the things I can do now. Hopefully from now on he will be sleeping through the night...now the hard part is over. well, except for potty training. That will be next and I have to say I am looking forward to it. One less diaper to change or smell for that matter. Who knew bananas could smell that bad! ha ha ha

now, I am going to go start my day of fun and cleaning and organizing and playing...lots and lots of playing!

Kisses and the rain

So I caught beanie kissing her brother as only a sister can. It was a moment that I am both awed by and joyful for because I did catch it on film.
it may take a moment to get there, but just watch!

She was so proud of herself for being nice to him. I wish I had caught the smile, but she didn't do it until she was next to me. What an amazing big sister she is turning out to be. I am so proud of her!

Here is a video of the rainstorm we got...Mainly this is for my mom who loves thunderstorms. I ahve to admit, the ones down here tens to scare me as they always come with warnings: tornado, flood, hurricane...ya know, those type of warnings! ha ha ha Enjoy!

AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

So normally I can deal with the day to day issues of being at home with 2 kids. One wants to sleep, the other wants to play...with her brother. Not so good. I re-direct her away from her brother and we continue playing.

Today I have hit my limit. I had the kids all day saturday, most of sunday, all day monday, today and I will have them all day wednesday-saturday night as Michael has a lot of work things to do.

I need a break. a very very long break. I need mommy time. Uninterupted time to do what I want without being bothered. I now understand how some moms get depressed. Especially when they are running on so little sleep.

6-18-08

Today seems to be a bit better, though i am over tired and our toaster broke last night. No waffles for breakfast today. So I get to go to Target and do some light shopping...and I can't wait. Though I will have both kids in tow, beanie like to look around at things and people and when we get home, she takes her 3 hour nap....that equals to mommy time...if Jr stays asleep.

So what have i done for me time? I bought a book to knit or crochet toys for both beanie and jr. A doll for her (so she can stop throwing the plastic one at her brother) and a turtle for both of them. When he gets older...i will make him a boy doll. Yeah...something for them...but it helps me relax and de-stress for a few hours. That and I have taken to reading while I am pumping in the middle of the night. I have a wonderful book light that is just bright enough to get the job doen. When I am done pumping, I go to bed....I get the best of both worlds and I am multi-tasking! yay me!

Solo Flight

After reading this you may think I'm nuts...and after this I just might be. My highschool reunion is coming up August 1st and I plan on being home for the event. This requires me to fly home...with both kids.......alone.

Yes, I am going to brave the airlines with 2 kids under 2. Before you freak out (yes, Suzanne, I hear you sreaming loud and clear...now stop laughing) I have a direct flight from Ft Lauderdale to Buffalo. This is the only way I could go. I can't have both kids sitting on my lap for the flight...as much fun as that may sound!

I am looking forward to the challenge, but I am also scared to death. Now I just have to figure out which kid gets the carseat...too bad they can do rock paper scissors to figure it out. Ug!

Check back at the end of July to find out how things went!

End of the Rainbow

I have found the end of the rainbow...and it wasn't pretty. In other words...the crayons that beanie ate have passed. YUCK!

I took both kids to the mall today so that beanie could run around in the play area and there are a few things I realized about people.

Why, as a society, we complain that our children are not getting enough excersie when we as adults don't get up and get moving? Why do we complain that our children are not getting the nutrition they need or eating large amounts of junk food while we are doing just that? Eating bad food. I saw a 3 year old drinking Pepsi from a vending machine that his mother handed him. This kid will have the rest of his life to drink that stuff...why start him out on the wrong foot of drink choices.

I am just as guilty...but not in the way you might think. Beanie drinks milk and water...eats fruits and veggies and almost everything she gets is baked, grilled or is a sandwhich. So basically, she eats all the right things and usually gets a balanced diet while I eat chocolate, fried food and pasta late at night. I should take a lesson from what I'm feeding beanie. DUH!

On the lighter side...I had a duh moment when I put her down to bed tonight. I kept seeing this light flash "outside". So I pull back the curtains and I tried to find out where the light was coming from, then I saw it out of the corner of my eye in the hall way and I thought that something was on or tht the smoke detector was having issues....are you ready for what I found?

Yeah, you're gonna love this....it was my bluetooth blinking. The blue light that blinks to let yo kow that it's on and working correctly was bouncing off the wall that I was standing oh so close to. I was catching the blinking out of the corner of my eye. DUH. ha ha ha

The sleeper, dreamer, screamer and snore-er

So Logan has, over teh last few nights, woke up and screamed like someone stole his diaper and bottle. This causes both me (the dreamer) and Michael (the snore-er) to trip over eachother to see what his issue is. The problem is...Michael always goes to the wrong room. The last two times he has gone into beanie's room instead of Jrs. Yeah, after I figure out that he just wanted to snuggle with someone, I laugh at Michael for going into the worng room.

The sleeper (beanie) somehow manages to sleep through all this commotion. I still can't figure that one out. How can she sleep through something as loud as Jr? Heck, I can hear him from downstairs with the tv on...loud and clear. That child is amazing.

And no, no sight of any rainbows in unusual places...as of yet. Yuck!

Non-Toxic

So I found these great crayons made for toddlers. They are round and the crayon comes out of the top. I thought this would be a great idea, until I turned my back to check on Jr...this was what I found when I looked back......

Yeah, she ate the crayon and not just this one. She ate both the blue and green one. I don't want to be the person that changes that diaper. To make matters even more funny, when she smiles, you can see the crayon stuck in her new top molar. Yuck. Lesson learned.




This was BEFORE she discovered that crayons tast so good. Look, all sweet and innocent and cute. Yeah, she had me going too. I thought she was harmless with crayons...guess I was wrong.

Yes, I have taken them away...yes I am still in awww. I have to wonder if she will be one of those kids that eat glue. Can you buy glue in bulk? just kidding!

On another note, we had a thunderstorm come through this afternoon and just like my mom did with me, i opend the slidding glass door and watched. Even Beanie was entranced with the storm. The dog of course couldn't get close enough to me. It was great. She even laughed a few times at the lightning.

So I started aerobics as Michael's office on Mondays and wednesdays. Yeah...try walking up the stairs after an hour of leg squats, marching and running. Not so easy. I feel great, but oh the pain the next day. I had no idea I had that many muscles, but then again I didn't do too well in biology. I am sure i was warned about those muscles in class.

oh...over th weekend we took both kids to the park. Beanie learned a new trick...how to climb UP the slide. Yeah...she went the worng way and loved it and she did it all by herself. I have never seen our child so happy.
Imagine our surprise when she crawled to the top of the slide. I guess she doesn't like going down as much as going up. Logan had such a good time he slept the entire time we where there, though he kept one eye open to keep an eye on Beanie. I don't blame him for that. She's scary. You have no idea is she's going to be nice to you or throw something at you. Can't wait for that phase to end.

Oh how I need some sleep, followed by more sleep and a good book in a hot bath followed by another nap.