Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Today is cold
and I'm taking this opportunity to let Zachary sleep on me as long as he likes. The post will be short cause it's hard to type with one hand. I'm off to play mafia wars on facebook.
Friday, January 9, 2009
A bit too much
On a day that hasn't gone as planned....probably because I tried to do too many errands...Dylan and I are having fun updating the blogs while Zachary naps. (This also means that Dylan isn't taking one)
It all started when I went into get the list from my first delivery. I locked that doors, left the car running (with the kids in it) and walked into the entry way. After I got the list (I was literally gone 1 min.) I tried to unlock the doors with my remote.....it didn't work. And to make matters worse, I left my cell in the car. So, I'm sitting outside the building with my car running, children inside and no way to get help.
Since I'm so smart, and there are social workers who have offices in the building, I asked one to use their phone. Thankfully, Tricia was able to come straight over from work (we were only 1 mile away) and unlock the door. I was able to finish the job and get going on my way.
Another note, it's sometimes a good idea to warm frozen breast milk on the dashboard. Today was not one of them. As I was driving in the snowstorm, I periodically took the tube of milk off the dashboard and shook it. Most of the time, and I've done this before, it works fine. But this time it spurted all over the place. Needless to say, I wasn't very happy.
Then, off to REI to pick-up an exchange. I think, oh a quick pit stop for a diaper change and window shop while Zachary drinks his bottle. I didn't realize that today was the largest sale day of the year. Cars everywhere! It took me 20 minutes just to wait in line and pay for the item I had shipped there. Not to mention the time it took for me to keep Dylan away from the flaming Frisbee toy that he pesters me about. Zachary's diaper change was annoying not because they didn't have a changing table in the men's bathroom, but because they left a toilet plunger in the handicap/baby changing stall.....and guess who played with it and threw a fit when I made him stop. Any other day of the week I can walk in and out without a problem. I didn't buy anything except two Clif bars (one pumpkin pie and one chunky peanut butter flavored) because someone was hungry and ate all of the snacks I packed for him. He didn't like either. So I ate them.
Beer pick-up at Frank Beer was uneventful.
Dylan ate a good lunch and playing quietly in his room. My stomach is full of Clif bars and feeling funny. Zachary is sleeping(and recently moved to me to finish it).
It all started when I went into get the list from my first delivery. I locked that doors, left the car running (with the kids in it) and walked into the entry way. After I got the list (I was literally gone 1 min.) I tried to unlock the doors with my remote.....it didn't work. And to make matters worse, I left my cell in the car. So, I'm sitting outside the building with my car running, children inside and no way to get help.
Since I'm so smart, and there are social workers who have offices in the building, I asked one to use their phone. Thankfully, Tricia was able to come straight over from work (we were only 1 mile away) and unlock the door. I was able to finish the job and get going on my way.
Another note, it's sometimes a good idea to warm frozen breast milk on the dashboard. Today was not one of them. As I was driving in the snowstorm, I periodically took the tube of milk off the dashboard and shook it. Most of the time, and I've done this before, it works fine. But this time it spurted all over the place. Needless to say, I wasn't very happy.
Then, off to REI to pick-up an exchange. I think, oh a quick pit stop for a diaper change and window shop while Zachary drinks his bottle. I didn't realize that today was the largest sale day of the year. Cars everywhere! It took me 20 minutes just to wait in line and pay for the item I had shipped there. Not to mention the time it took for me to keep Dylan away from the flaming Frisbee toy that he pesters me about. Zachary's diaper change was annoying not because they didn't have a changing table in the men's bathroom, but because they left a toilet plunger in the handicap/baby changing stall.....and guess who played with it and threw a fit when I made him stop. Any other day of the week I can walk in and out without a problem. I didn't buy anything except two Clif bars (one pumpkin pie and one chunky peanut butter flavored) because someone was hungry and ate all of the snacks I packed for him. He didn't like either. So I ate them.
Beer pick-up at Frank Beer was uneventful.
Dylan ate a good lunch and playing quietly in his room. My stomach is full of Clif bars and feeling funny. Zachary is sleeping(and recently moved to me to finish it).
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Zachary & and Grandma Johnson
This may seem strange to many of you but I've been convinced for awhile that Zachary's been seeing ghosts. And after our experiences over the past few months, I'm sure we know whom, My grandma Johnson. In the hospital Zachary would smile (not just any smile a huge smile) at random areas of the room. As he got older it happened less but on X-mas eve it happened again and I'm convinced.
We went to X-mas eve service at the church where my dad's family (my great grandparents, grandparents) were charter members. Anyway, I didn't think about it initially but Zachary was constantly looking over his shoulder smiling and giggling. I thought he was making faces at the lady three rows behind us but most of the time, she wasn't paying any attention to him. I also noticed that he was waving less like Zachary waves (hand over mouth and saying ahhhhh) and more like my grandma used to wave(like you're making a shadow puppet on the wall). That's the way he was waving and he hasn't done it since.
Needless to say I wasn't quick to believe this but I got to thinking....my grandparents always sat 1/2 way up on the left side of the sanctuary and we were right in front of that. It gets a little more peculiar, I have a bookmark with my grandmother's eulogy and photo printed on it that I still use. Tricia showed it to Zachary the other night and he got a huge smile on his face, like Tricia said at the time, it's the smile he gives when he recognizes someone. The next night, we tried it with different pictures of relatives on the wall (some he knew and smiled at and others he didn't and we got no reaction)
As a child, I remember her playful nature, and as I got older watching and seeing her affinity for children. I can think of no better place for her to visit than a house of god and playing games with children.
We went to X-mas eve service at the church where my dad's family (my great grandparents, grandparents) were charter members. Anyway, I didn't think about it initially but Zachary was constantly looking over his shoulder smiling and giggling. I thought he was making faces at the lady three rows behind us but most of the time, she wasn't paying any attention to him. I also noticed that he was waving less like Zachary waves (hand over mouth and saying ahhhhh) and more like my grandma used to wave(like you're making a shadow puppet on the wall). That's the way he was waving and he hasn't done it since.
Needless to say I wasn't quick to believe this but I got to thinking....my grandparents always sat 1/2 way up on the left side of the sanctuary and we were right in front of that. It gets a little more peculiar, I have a bookmark with my grandmother's eulogy and photo printed on it that I still use. Tricia showed it to Zachary the other night and he got a huge smile on his face, like Tricia said at the time, it's the smile he gives when he recognizes someone. The next night, we tried it with different pictures of relatives on the wall (some he knew and smiled at and others he didn't and we got no reaction)
As a child, I remember her playful nature, and as I got older watching and seeing her affinity for children. I can think of no better place for her to visit than a house of god and playing games with children.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
at walgreens
Dylan informed me today, right before we got out of the car, that if I bought him one more car from Walgreen's it would be his last. "then, I'll be done with cars", he said. DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? DONE? That's hilarious! I was laughing at his proposal and trying to tell him that it's not nice to tell lies to get your way.
He's manipulating me.....or is he? Maybe it's true and I won't get to buy more cars for Dylan. Wait there's still Zachary, no problem, bring on the action figures!
(I don't have any witnesses because Zachary was sleeping in the car and in the teeny tiny shopping carts that they provide. So, I figured that I would make anyone that reads this a witness. Also, I didn't buy him a car with the hopes that he will forget about forgetting about cars.)
He's manipulating me.....or is he? Maybe it's true and I won't get to buy more cars for Dylan. Wait there's still Zachary, no problem, bring on the action figures!
(I don't have any witnesses because Zachary was sleeping in the car and in the teeny tiny shopping carts that they provide. So, I figured that I would make anyone that reads this a witness. Also, I didn't buy him a car with the hopes that he will forget about forgetting about cars.)
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
On the status of life.
Well, I'm back from the holidays, and a bit sad to see them go. Why? It marks a new year and I'm going back to work. Not full-time or even enough to be part-time, (it's every two weeks on the weekend) and yes, I'm still operating my business out of my home. It's the principle that with the state of everything, and we're all feeling it somehow, we need a bit more money coming in.
So that's gonna complicate things a bit. Hey, what would life be without loads of everyday tasks to muddle your progress and make you feel unable to read a book, talk to yourself(uninterrupted), see your wife, talk to your wife (when there's time, energy, and something besides the logistics and/or strategies of parenting), have sex(this is a joke, if I can't talk to my wife how the hell will this occur), and think. It's amazing to me how I can stare off into space(or at a car, tree, the wall) and be completely entertained by my thoughts or the complete lack thereof.
(I just stared at the computer screen and nothing, yes nothing, went on in my head.)
Child update.
Dylan is watching a movie at Auntie JJ's. He's learning how to argue a point. Last night after he was informed that he wouldn't be taking a bath because Zachary was too sleepy to join him, he responded by stating this fact. Before we had our baby, I used to take baths by myself. Good point, I said, but you're still not getting a bath. At some point, because I said so, isn't going to work anymore.
Zachary is sleeping. He is crawling, munching on graham crackers, and standing while holding onto semi-stationary objects. He gets very upset when the objects move or when he tries to free-stand. Until recently, he was averaging one dead man fall per day, but those seem to be lessening due to his increasing coordination.
So that's gonna complicate things a bit. Hey, what would life be without loads of everyday tasks to muddle your progress and make you feel unable to read a book, talk to yourself(uninterrupted), see your wife, talk to your wife (when there's time, energy, and something besides the logistics and/or strategies of parenting), have sex(this is a joke, if I can't talk to my wife how the hell will this occur), and think. It's amazing to me how I can stare off into space(or at a car, tree, the wall) and be completely entertained by my thoughts or the complete lack thereof.
(I just stared at the computer screen and nothing, yes nothing, went on in my head.)
Child update.
Dylan is watching a movie at Auntie JJ's. He's learning how to argue a point. Last night after he was informed that he wouldn't be taking a bath because Zachary was too sleepy to join him, he responded by stating this fact. Before we had our baby, I used to take baths by myself. Good point, I said, but you're still not getting a bath. At some point, because I said so, isn't going to work anymore.
Zachary is sleeping. He is crawling, munching on graham crackers, and standing while holding onto semi-stationary objects. He gets very upset when the objects move or when he tries to free-stand. Until recently, he was averaging one dead man fall per day, but those seem to be lessening due to his increasing coordination.
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