Skittles

No, not the kind that you eat. I've been watching, "Make Way for Noddy" with Tad. It's my favorite. Don't know why, but I like it. Anyway they have some characters on there called Skittles. I was wondering why they called them that, but didn't know. Well, then I saw Skittles on another cartoon last night. They did the same thing. Fell down when hit. I decided to google them and I found "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(sport)"

Can someone tell me how to insert one word for the text?? I can't seem to figure it out. Yes, I must be dumb!

Carseats

Tad is still in his infant seat, but we will be buying a convertible one soon. Any recommendations? We have one for B's car. It's an Evenflo Triumph 5. Just thought I'd get some opinions from those with car seats already.

Thanks!

Can the caveman really be that much cheaper??

We decided to switch insurance companies today. We have been using a pretty big insurance company for a long time, but since we had to go through LA Citizens for our homeowner's insurance we decided to go ahead and switch car insurance to someone else. Well, the caveman saved us $850 every 6 months and we have better coverage. Can you believe that? I'm still asking can it be true??

Cleaning habits, am I obsessed?

I'm just trying to figure out if I clean too much?? Okay, once a week usually on Saturday I clean the whole house which consist of

• Scrub the bathroom (tub, shower, sinks, toilets)
• Vacuum and sweep the floors (I have hardwood and tile throughout entire downstairs)
• Dust anything dustable
• Put things in their proper places
• Wipe kitchen counters
• Mop the floors
• Wash and fold clothes - put them away

Now daily I make sure things are put away (shoes, toys, mail). I don't do the sorting through junk drawers, organizing but about every few months. When we cook and eat we wash dishes at that time. We may save a few dishes that don't fit in the dishwasher until the next day, but I really HATE doing that. When I go to bed at night I like the kitchen to be clean.

Even after spending all that time cleaning on Saturday I'm sure I'll do the same thing again Friday before Kristy and Un come over on Friday evening.

I feel like Kristy!

Yes, I'm always on the run too. Let's look at yesterday. I woke up at 7:30, feed Tad, then cleaned for about 2-3 hours. I threw some clothes on and then we ran errands until 12:30. Then I feed Tad, tried to put him in his swing for a nap (didn't work) so that I could plant some new flowers to freshen up the flowerbeds because some died. Well, he was crying inside. Of course, when I picked him up, he stopped. I decided maybe he wanted to be outside with me. I put a blanket down and he watched me outside. He LOVED it. I then showered, we ran to the grocery and then it was 3:00 and time for the guest to start arriving. We partied until about 11:00. In between I cleaned the kitchen and outside and by the time I went to bed, my body ached. I think it was from working in the flowerbeds... I know why Kristy and Alan don't like plants, etc... It is a lot of work, but I LOVE mine.

Today, I hope to be a little less busy!

Yeah!! Tad's feeling better and he slept much better the last two nights!! Yeah!! My baby is back!

Ahh, hah!! We found the problem!

My child has an ear infection. That's why he's been cranky! Yeah! Not that he has an ear infection but now we know better what to do.



Hopefully, I'll have my pleasant child back soon.



We ran into an incredibly rude person today. This lady walked up to me in the store today. She says, oh, my... how much does your son weigh. I say 16.5 lbs. The lady then ask his age, which I tell her is 6 months. She said oh, my... does the doctor fuss at you because he's too big? I proceed to say no, they said he's perfectly fine. I can't believe this lady said that. I know my son's a little chunky, but I don't think he's fat. The doctor doesn't seem concerned and I've asked if he's too big. We don't feed him too much. Believe me, I check the charts and see if he's eating about what he should be and he's actually eating less than they recommend. What am I to do?? I don't like people telling me these things...



Well, tomorrow we are having a barbeque for some of B's family so I'd better get to bed so I can get everything together tomorrow. Clean house, etc...



Nite!

I spoke too soon!!

Last night was horrible. My child did not want to sleep. I think he's teething and maybe that's it. I don't know, but I'm tired today. He fell asleep around 6:30. Then he woke up at 9:30 so I gave him a bottle and he fell back asleep in my arms. I put him back in bed around 10:30 and he was fussy for atleast an hour. We kept trying to get him back to sleep but that wasn't really working. He finally fell asleep. Then around 3:00 it all starts again. After about 30 minutes I just put him in bed with me. At this point I was just tired. He fell asleep in bed with me, so I put him in his pack n play. Up again he was... Then I put him in his swing... he was awake in there too. Crying... He slept for a little while in the swing but was fussy again around 6:00. I sure hope tonight is better...

Sleeping baby...

Last night I got home from work a little late. B picked up the baby. When I got home I feed him sweet potatoes and some pears. (He just started eating vegetables.) While feeding him he was falling asleep and it was only 6:00. I didn't give him a bottle because he was falling asleep. I changed him and then put him in bed. Well, he slept until 12:00, drank a bottle and then fell right back to sleep. (Literally I was up about 10 minutes.) He then slept until 7:00 this morning. I miss seeing him at night, but I believe he must need the sleep because he sleeps all night most nights. He usually goes to sleep between 6:30 and 8:00 and sleeps until about 6:00 and 7:00. I did read a book on children's sleep habits and it said they should be sleeping this much and that you shouldn't keep your children awake at night because you want to spend time with them because you worked all day. I'm sticking to it right now because by keeping him up he'd just be grouchy and that's probably not good. (I can't get this post to go to the next paragraph... guess it will be one long paragraph.

Okay, I got it to work now...

So I should be thankful that he's sleeping because I got a lot done tonight. We are having a family barbeque at our house on Saturday evening for one side of Burnell's family. Well, tomorrow we need to cook enough jambalaya for 60 people for church on Thursday. Thursday night we have to go to church to serve the food and then they are having a concert that night. Friday night we have a wedding... That left no time to clean for Saturday. So tonight I was able to clean the bathroom, clean the kitchen, sweep the floors, clean the upstairs bathroom (it hasn't been cleaned in forever). It use to be the frog's room but the frog escaped. It's got to be dead by now but we've never found it. Scary at first, but I'm not worried now. So I had to get rid of all the frog stuff in there and clean it. We don't use it much but I want to be able to if I need to go to the bathroom while up there with Tad. His room is upstairs and ours is downstairs....

Yes, my baby sleeps upstairs all by himself. He's evidently doing well so we'll keep things how they are. We have a pack n play in our bedroom in case we need to put him in there, but we usually just use it during the daytime when he naps.

I still need to mop, but I want to do that Saturday morning. I dusted today too and washed a load of clothes. Now it's 9:30 and I'm finally resting for the evening. No, I don't like to sit still... That's just not me.

A friend of mine just finished her thesis and defended it today. Now she's a PhD. Yeah!! She's so happy. I'd be happy too!

Off to bed I go...

Father's Day!

Ahh, my baby went swimming with his Daddy for Father's Day. He had a blast!

Tooth extraction

Tomorrow I'm having a tooth pulled. I'm not looking forward to it. Plus, I can't eat after 12 tonight and my surgery isn't until 10:45 tomorrow and I'm sure I can't eat anything good after that. Sucks!!

Last night my baby slept much better again. Yeah!! Hopefully he's back on track. Daycare said he's been fussy this week. He's teething and I'm wondering if that's bothering him. He's not fussy at home so I don't know what to tell them. Strange!!

Last weekend B and I came down with a horrible virus. We rented a hotel room downtown because we had a wedding to attend. Tad was sleeping at my parents and we thought it would be a nice night. Well, I was throwing up all night after the wedding and B was sick too. It really was horrible. All day Sunday I spent in bed. I hate when you get sick on your day off. Sucks!

I spoke too soon!

Last night my child decided he was hungry every three hours throughout the night. Ugk!! He even ate cereal twice yesterday. Oh, my... I'm tired today. He woke up once the night before but I thought it was because he had stayed at my parents' house Saturday night and he was out of his routine. I think he may be teething. Hopefully that's the cause of this craziness!!

To work I go...