After waking up every hour on the hour (and maybe even the half hour) last night with a little guy who I am guessing has an ear infection, and all of us are a little sniffley to boot. I thought today might be a long day. Especially when five minutes post breakfast we had already exhausted and tired of playing with play-doh and bubbles. I just wanted to thank God for the creator of balloons. The sole entertainment of our day today. Next time though maybe I will blow up a smaller balloon and not one of those large and in charge punching balloons.

Wordless Wednesday

Ok, so there are still words involved.

You know what makes me happy, besides these adorable little guys? The fact that it is (finally) still light out when my prince charming comes home from work.

I really, REALLY, really HATE winter!

But having a little more sunlight in my day is helping, just a little.

Birthday weekend

Can you tell how old I am? Here's a hint it is displayed in part slash marks and part roman numerals. My hubby is that creative :o) I had an awesome Birthday weekend, relaxing and my men made me feel special. Friday night I was treated on a date with my husband. Dinner-Alba: Movie, The Fighter. Both were great! Came home to a house full of babysitters (my sisters and cousin) who also made me a birthday cake.
Saturday, my actual birthday I got up with the boys (Andy was already gone at a meeting) and was making breakfast. Dane informed me that Rachel and Tessha made a birthday cake, then said "Happy Birthday to you, Mommy." How sweet of him :o)
Later, after I picked up my free birthday Caribou Coffee drink, I headed out to an awesome open house with some great handmade items, it was hard to pick out only a few things to purchase, and I am still thinking about the yellow pillow I almost snagged. The rest of the day was spent with my boys just enjoying the day. 0h yeah and I ordered a pair of jeans with a 37" inseam! I get really excited about long jeans that can actually touch the floor. Thirty-seven inches is a bit excessive even with heels and I have a feeling I will be exchanging them, but while I was ordering them they were out of the length I wanted and without thinking I ordered the 37" inch pair, sooo I have a feeling these are going to go all the way to my toes, but I am anxious to try them on.

snuggles

I really do lay him in the center of the bed and he always squirms his little self over to his monkey. Usually I find him with his face burrowed in.

land of pretend

I figured it would happen sometime. Dane is starting to figure out how to pretend play. And yesterday he was been pretending to be a baby. Sucking on a pacifier, giving himself tummy time and in general acting like his example of being a baby. Kinda cute/funny, though the most annoying part was his only example of babyhood is lots of crying. So as you can imagine there was lots of (fake) whining and crying. For instance I walked into the room to find him doing tummy time and he was laying there balancing on his stomach, chest and legs off the floor whining and fussy.

4 months

Has it already been four months? Sometimes in a five minute span he can seem so big to me and yet so small and just recently born all at the same time. He is still pretty small and new yet September seems so long ago, like Cade has been around forever. The boys are starting to enjoy each other a little more. He has started rolling over from his tummy to his back and it won't be too much longer and he will be rolling every where. He is getting more giggly and full of squeals everyday. He is still sensitive and likes things a certain way. He usually needs my hand on his face in order to fall asleep. Lately he has been squirming his swaddled self around in his crib until his face is up against his little stuffed monkey, or pressed up uncomfortably against the crib bars. I am debating on putting up a crib bumper even though now is when they should be coming off.

A phase

Take a good look at that picture, ignore the flowers and admire the clean cleared off counters in the background.
We are in an interesting phase right now. The 'my kitchen is (almost) always spotless' phase. Don't hate there is a good reason. Usually doing the dishes is my most despised chore. I can load the dishwasher but the washing by hand stuff is not for me, I would rather do laundry or clean the bathroom. Everyone has some chore they really dislike that is mine, that and filling the car up with gas. I know that's weird, but that's me. While I really hate washing dishes by hand and yes I will let it sit for days a few odds and ends that is. But I also really dislike having a messy counter. What is one to do?

Right now, Dane's favorite thing to do is to help me unload the dishwasher first thing in the morning and he likes even more to help me wash dishes. So I let him, he stays occupied and is even a little helpful and I get the most annoying chore accomplished first thing in the morning. This happens many times throughout the day. So I take advantage, it is one of the few things where my 'little helper' is not counter productive, undoing everything I just did. And that folks is why my kitchen is almost spotless, most of the day, because we don't do anything else :o) The rest of the house is a different story, at least there is one area that is sparkling.

So he's not left out......