Great Day

Great Day

by | Feb 17, 2012 | mama confessions, Uncategorized

Despite the fact that Mommy has been stricken with some sort of viral infection, bronchitis, laryngitis sort of thing that has made her worn out, we trudged onward and forward to the library for story time promptly at 10:30am this morning.  We had a great time.  Tate and Julian were both in great moods.  The librarian, Miss Andrea, read about house pets and Tate shared with everyone that he had a pet dog named Casi and that she was white.  We meandered around the library for a while after storytime to check out books, let Tate play on the computers and then Mommy promptly went upstairs to the adult non-fiction section to check out some books about raising toddlers.  Gotta be well-equipped.

After the library, we continued on to a little cafe up the street called Star Cafe.  I knew the boys were tired and hungry and making it all the way home would be a challenge, so I made it easy on myself.  We had fun.  Tate and I shared a chicken sandwich and I had thought ahead enough to bring Julian some baby food.  THANK GOD!  We chowed down on the sandwich and then shared a bag of Doritoes (which he and I both love!) and went home.  I thought he would fall asleep in the car, but only Julian did.  Oh well, he was pretty good most of the day. 

At 2pm, Miss Linda came over to watch the boys for Mommy while she got some things done around the house.  Tate was a very good boy and pottied twice for Miss Linda and wore big boy underwear.  I was so proud of him when I got home and heard the news.  Both boys were so worn out after she left that they both fell asleep. 

Even though I had had some much needed breaks built into my day today, I was still unable to come up with a solid dinner plan.  I ended up using up some frozen chicken breasts and cooked those along with some roasted potato wedges.  Tate loved the chicken, but I was pretty embarrassed by the lack of creativity on my part.  Oh well, I guess that goes to prove that what I think is a good meal isn’t necessarily what he calls a good meal.  Note to self!

Julian was a fussy little booger today.  I think he’s just tired, but it made me think he might be getting another tooth or coming down with a bug.  He’s normally pretty jovial, but today he was clingy and whiny.  He’s also going through a phase where he wants to be right in the midst of the action.  He literally gets mad and gets his feelings hurt when we remove him from the action or take away something he shouldn’t have.  It’s a tough phase.  I feel like I’m always taking something away from him.  And if I’m not, Tate is. 

Yesterday, we had a rough time because he was getting into all of Tate’s toys and Tate was feeling especially protective.  He was patient with him here and there, but for the most part, he was pretty irritated.  The irritation finally resulted in Tate kicking Juilan as hard as he could in the head.  This resulted in screaming convulsions from Julian and me wanting to throttle Tate.  I ended up taking away one of his favorite toys and shutting off his favorite show.  He then screamed for 20 minutes until he finally passed out in my arms from exhaustion.  BOY, what a day that was.  Thank God today was easier and better.

There will be good days and bad days, I guess.  Today was good…really good!

The Boys

The Boys

by | Jan 5, 2012 | mama confessions, Uncategorized

Yesterday and today were such special days with my little guys.  Things were so harried before the Christmas break with my Dad’s health condition and anticipating Christmas and all it entailed that I hardly felt like I had a chance to just hang out with my babies and enjoy my time with them.  They are growing so quickly, and it seems like with each new day comes a new developmental milestone, an extra pound or an inch more added to their height.

It’s hard to go back and try to remember everything, but I’ll start from the most recent and backtrack. 

Today, Tate and Julian both woke up around 6:30am.  We played on the floor and Tate proceeded to tell Julian that he couldn’t play with his toys.  Julian is now crawling (since last week) and he’s becoming more and more mobile and interested in Tate’s interesting “big boy toys.”  Uh oh

Daddy made waffles (Tate’s favorite) and we ate breakfast and then got dressed and went to the park to meet up with our German play group.  When we got there, we saw lots of friends we hadn’t seen in a while.  Tate was very excited to see Elizabeth (his sweet little girlfriend) and they held hands and walked around the playground together.  Afterwards, we headed home where we ate lunch and played some more.  Julian is now eating 3 square meals a day of puree and I am making his food from scratch.  He normally loves eating, but yesterday, he was really fussy due to his two new top teeth, so he wasn’t that hungry. He made up for it today!

I kept reminding Tate that he needed to potty in the big boy potty.  We are working on potty training with him, but he still forgets and goes pee in his pull-ups.  If he had it his way, he would only go in the pull up and never go on the toilet.  The only thing that is working in our favor is bribing him with candy.  Once today, when I asked him if he had gone in his pull up, he looked up with a grin and said, “Maybe you’re right.”  what a little nut!

After piddling around inside, we headed outside and walked around the neighborhood.  Tate wanted to walk alongside the stroller rather than get in.  When we got back home, Tate played on the driveway blowing bubbles and drawing with sidewalk chalk while I sat on a chair and Julian slept in the stroller.  It was a really nice, relaxing day.

Soon thereafter, we came in and Tate fell asleep on the couch while I attempted to clean the kitchen floor and cook dinner.  Julian played on the floor and was rather content.  Thank GOD!

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