Mommin' It Up!

February 29, 2008February 29, 2008

Sneakin’ Around

Tonight I met a friend for coffee after dinner and then went to the grocery. When I got home, around 10:20, the house was silent. Everyone was in bed – husband and kiddos, and guess what I did? Nothing! (Well, I put the groceries away. And of course I took a picture of them first so I can show off my couponing skills in my Super Savings Saturday post!) Then I popped open a Coke and got my laptop and sat on the couch and actually watched some non-PBS Kids TV! I didn’t go upstairs and check on anybody. And I don’t think I will, not until I’m too tired to stay up and be by myself anymore. As long as I feel appropriately guilty about it, and I do, I think it’s acceptable behavior. 🙂 I get so little time to be by myself, just me, I’ve got to take it when I can. I love being with my family but it’s great to just be alone for a few minutes, with no one needing or expecting anything from me.

Of course my family is never far from my mind even when I’m along, so since I have a few minutes on my hands here, I want to share this photo of Sophie with you that I took this afternoon. THIS is what her hair looked like when she woke up from her nap today:

You can also see in that devilish grin that she now has two teeth on top (one on the bottom too – and MAN is it sharp! Ohh I REALLY gotta wean her now!) What am I gonna do with this girl?

And here’s my super-cute 4-year-old boy having fun at our local children’s museum yesterday on his birthday!

Well, I’m finally tired of myself…so, good night friends! I hope you caught a few minutes with yourself today too.

February 27, 2008February 27, 2008

Happy Birthday, Joshupants!

Four years ago today at exactly 9 a.m., my baby Joshua entered this world. He was small and warm and breathtakingly beautiful. We immediately nicknamed his “Joshupants” and we still call him that! He has brought so much joy to my life – Bobby and I don’t know what we ever did without him! He was always the sweetest baby and he is still a super-sweet boy. I am so very proud of him, and I cannot believe that four years have passed since I became his mom! I love that he is so much fun now, so smart and so hilarious, but I long for the days when he babbled and chattered and sang “Who Are the People In Your Neighborhood” all day long without embarrassment, and didn’t know that he could tell me “no” or talk back!

But time marches on…so if you will, indulge me and take a moment to go back and read, or read for the first time if you are new here, some of “Joshua’s Greatest Hits”, if you will – some of my favorite Joshua moments that I’ve blogged about!

There’s the one where he spelled a dirty word with magnetic letters (unintentionally I swear!), the one where he said my arm fat looked like, well, something very embarrassing, the one where he emptied out the mall playplace, and my personal favorite, the one where he made me throw in the towel on potty training!

Hope you all enjoy “Joshua’s Greatest Hits” – I enjoyed being there while he was making them! I can’t wait to see what else my funny boy will do. Happy Birthday Joshua, I love YOU and I love being your Mommy!

If you know Joshua and have a Joshua memory you’d like to share in the comments, feel free!

February 26, 2008February 26, 2008

A Sure Sign it’s Wean-her Time

I’ve mentioned a few times that my 15-month-old daughter is still nursing with fervor, and that I’d like to wean her realllly soooon. I have promised myself after I get through Joshua’s birthday parties (one down – more on that later!) that I am actually really going to get a plan and try to ~~weiner~~ wean her.

I was assured this was the right thing to do the other day when a little incident occurred while Sophie was nursing. Now Sophie nurses when she gets up in the morning, before her nap and before bed, and whenever the heck else she wants to. So, you know, about 87 times a day. At this particular time, she was just having a little snack, you know, for the fun of it, and had only been nursing for about a minute when she stopped nursing and climbed down off my lap.

“Are you all done?” I asked.

She looked up at me angelically with her big blue eyes, farted loudly three times, climbed back up on my lap, and started nursing again.

Uhhhhh…so. Um, yeah. It’s Wean-her Time!