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5.6.18
A couple days ago Aaron watched a video of motorcycle crashes with Alex and then Alex got his bike and re-enacted the crashes. He intentionally crashed his bike, but then carefully got down off of it, got down on the floor, and said 'uh oh.' He kept doing that so I got a video of him doing it. When I showed him the video of himself, he watched it ( Read more... ) -
Weekend and First Haircut
Alex has been thrilled whenever there are other kids at the park and several parents have commented on how social he is. Unfortunately, he's an early riser so by the time other people with kids his age are out and about, we're getting ready to have a snack and wind down for a nap. We tried various activities, but they were all too close to his nap ( Read more... ) -
House Stuff and the New Park
After more than six weeks of spending every spare minute working on the new house, I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and I cannot wait to get our weekends back ( Read more... ) -
House Stuff
Apparently, different people have different definitions of "move-in ready." We are about $6000 into renovations and repairs with quite a bit left to do. Rentals here are plentiful, though, so we took pictures and I listed the house yesterday with a May 1st availability because we wanted to get someone in as soon as it's finished. We got almost a ( Read more... ) -
Happy Easter Fool's Day!
Alex has been getting me up between 4 and 4:30 a.m. the last few days so this morning my body woke me up at 4 even though Alex didn't get me up until 5:30. I'm glad he sleeps through the night most nights now, but my mornings have been at least two hours earlier than when he woke up once or twice. There's always a trade off ( Read more... ) -
Projects
Before Alex came along, I didn't fully appreciate all the time that I had to work on projects around the house or just for fun. This was really the last project that we did before he showed up. I found this cute dollhouse cabinet at a yard sale and I was sure we were going to have a girl so I had to have it. Once we found out that we were having a ( Read more... ) -
3.17.18
Things here have been busier and a little more stressful than usual. We just got through a visit from Aaron's dad, which without fail stresses all of us out. Alex loves his visits, though, and was so disappointed when he went home ( Read more... ) -
Molars and Valentine's Day
When Alex was a baby, people kept telling me that it was impossible to spoil a baby and that I would never regret holding him or nursing him too much. Now that he's older and has a whole new set of needs, I kind of regret not sleep training him and letting him develop more independence and self soothing skills when he was younger ( Read more... ) -
Football & Signing Class
While I had intended to avoid football related things on Sunday, I ended up watching anyway. Alex is obsessed with the football I got him so when he realized that there was a football on the TV too, he was glued to the game. This is the same child who ignores cartoons ( Read more... ) -
Super Bowl Sunday
Time and the way it passes is so funny sometimes. Nights, like the teething hell of last night, can feel like a year and yet years can go by in the blink of an eye. I'm not watching any football today, but I'll always be aware of the Super Bowl and when it is. It was Super Bowl Sunday two years ago that I had to cancel plans to get together with ( Read more... )