Coffee is not the answer.

I am exhausted after getting up with Evelyn several times last night and decided that if ever I needed a cup of coffee today would be the day. After drinking a cup I realized that it is not the answer as now I am just as exhausted and jittery as well. What was I thinking?

And so it goes...

Evelyn is sick again (see her blog as I am better at keeping it up). Jason insisted on keeping her home from daycare although she has a little wheezing and cough. No Fever or anything else as she seems to have gotten over her runny nose. He took her to the doctor and they said she had RSV. I guess I'm glad she didn't go to daycare.

Go figure

We finally have friends over and Evelyn is sick again. Though she was in good spirits and having a great time playing she was having trouble breathing and didn't want to go to bed. We had a nice dinner listening to Evelyn cry. Our friends left early with a promise to come back when she feels better and Evelyn finally went to sleep around 8 or so. She woke up about every two hours with little coughs and wheezing.

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

one long week

Jason left for Germany last week on Saturday and with amazing timing I was struck with a GI bug. I was supposed to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house but there was no way I was going anywhere that took me away from a toilet for more than 10 min. I did what I could for a while then realized that Evelyn would have more fun playing with Grandpa downstairs than hanging out with me in the bathroom. Thankfully he was willing and came up.

Monday I had a doctors appointment to check on Evelyn's ears to be sure that her infection was gone this time. when I went to pick her up from daycare she was being brought to the front and did not look so good. She apparently just started to vomit . Dr Albert told me to keep her drinking even if she won't eat and that it was a 24 hour bug.

Tuesday we woke up and everything was going well Evelyn was in great spirits considering. she had slept well and only vomited twice after we left the doctor's office. Then around noon or so she got a temperature. By 5 it was bad despite the Tylenol (103.4) the nurse said to try to keep it down and didn't think we needed to come in (I should have brought her in anyway) but of course i had the car seat torn apart to clean the vomit off of it.

Wendsday the Tylenol and Ibuprophen worked somewhat (102.4), Evelyn refused all food and would not do anything other than nurse. Since we had started to ween her I only could hope that I was producing enough milk to support her. We made an appointment to see the doc again to find out that the GI bug had helped to trigger another 2 ear infections. She was given a shot of antibiotics due to her other recent infections. Poor thing was misrable.

Thursday - the shot worked fairly well so she only had to get one more dose then a course of Augmentin. She was definitely was happier this morning and took two long naps during the day.

Friday - Evelyn was still fussy and refusing most food, she did eat a little bit.

Saturday - we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa's house so we could hang out with Aunt Sarah. Evelyn was still not feeling well but was doing much better and played a lot and even ate some of Grandma's apple sauce! Once home however Evelyn woke up frequently until 11 when she finally stayed asleep. J was supposed to come in today around 6ish but the huge storm in DC meant that he was delayed. He didn't make it in.

Sunday - Evelyn was still exhausted and clingy but daddy's little girl (once he managed to get home). It is good to have J home!

A trip to the doctor

Evelyn was supposed to go to the doctor for a check up to be sure that her ear infection was gone. an hour before I came to pick her up from daycare she started to vomit. she vomited several times including once in the car on the way to the doctor. As I am holding her and talking to the doctor she starts to fuss and cry. the doctor and i both look and Evelyn and remark on her suffering. I start to stroke her head and she puts it on my shoulder when she vomits again - all down my front. we continue the conversation about what to do for her then the doctor says "she just spit up". "yeah I know" was my response - really don't know how I could have missed it... as we finished up the advice portion of the conversation and were getting ready to go she very nicely asked me if there was anything she could get us... "a shower" was about all I could think of at the moment. We did mop up some of the mess with paper towels. but i was glad to get us both cleaned up and into bed...

I'm sorry Evelyn for getting you sick.

Thank you Grandpa!

Today was the day that Jason left for Germany so of course I got sick today. I had stomach cramps and some nausea which wasn't too bad really. I'm glad that Grandpa came up to help me out though because Evelyn had more fun playing downstairs with him then in the bathroom with me. what a way to start a week with out Jason around - I hope Evelyn does not get it.

Missing my little girl

now that Evelyn is going to sleep at 6:30 it leaves us very little time to play. I get to see her maybe 3 hours a day and most of that she is eating and let me tell you it is not enough! I miss my happy little girl that used to play with me for an hour after dinner. Heck I'd even take playing with her in the morning if she woke up earlier! I don't know what to do to get her to take longer naps at daycare. all i know is that she is exhausted, poor thing.

the blog

ok so I've been terrible at blogging latley and really I have no excuse as Evelyn is going to bed at 6:30 giving me plenty of time to clean and keep this up and yet even her blog has 10 entries that I haven't finished - yes even after all the updates that I did today. Right now we are just really frustrated with how her adjustment is going at daycare. there were days in the old room that she only took one 1 hr nap and she was NEVER like this. at the end of this week if she hasn't improved I think I will talk to daycare though I don't know what they will do as I think they filled up her old classroom. tomorrow I will talk to them to see what we can do to have their behavior encourage Evelyn to sleep longer. though even at home she slept 1 1/2-2 hrs but that would be better than one. I feel so bad for her right now. us too as we want to have some playtime. I hope she adjusts quickly.

Are you kidding me?

we have been feeding Evelyn in the kitchen over the hardwoods as they are easier to clean up. tonight after she went to bed. I'm on my knees on the floor sponge in hand and Jason walks into the kitchen and says:

"What are you scrubbing?

The room change

I just don't know how I feel about Evelyn's change in rooms at daycare. I'm not entirely sure that she is ready for just one nap, especially after today. I picked her up and she was crying. she cried the whole way home, through what little dinner that she ate and didn't stop until she was nursed and put to bed at 6:30.

messed up scheduales.

Today was about as bad as it can get as fat as Evelyn's schedule is concerned. We slept in messing up her sleeping and food schedule and it was downhill from there try as I might I couldn't get her back on track. I hope I never mess up her schedule this much again as it was a rough day even though she was playful she was definitely off and didn't eat well.

Tomorrow will likely not be much better as we will start the drive back to Rochester. I hope we can be back on track on Sunday though we will not make the trip in one shot, I hope we can do a majority of the drive Saturday.

Happy thanksgiving!

Happy thanksgiving everyone! hope that it was special for everyone.

It's hard to believe...

The little girl that came screaming into our lives is 1 year old already. It has been a crazy year and I wouldn't change it for anything! the little bundle of joy that did nothing but eat sleep and poop is now walking and talking (well a little bit) and doing all kinds of fun things. I can't tell you what I imagined this journey with Evelyn and Jason would be like but what I imagined doesn't even come close to the joys and anxieties that i have felt over the last year. To watch Evelyn bloom into the happy little girl that now toddles around the living room has been a miracle to me, I feel blessed for every secound that we have been together over the last year. I can't imagine what the next year will bring for us and can't help wondering what she will be like at 2.

I want to enjoy every secound and will continue to take tons of pictures because it is all going to fast and I know I will want to look back at them someday with her and tell her what a wonderful girl she was (and I'm sure she still will be).

Time is slipping away...

somehow the days are just blurring together

H1N1

Today I got the H1N1 vaccination. When my doctor called I decided not to wait until work got it in stock as they don't seem to be in a hurry to send it to us. I am glad to have it over with now if we could just get Evelyn in. I hope she doesn't end up with a fever this time. I'm sure my arm will hurt tomorrow but I am fine for now.

I had a great conversation with the nurse regarding the possibility of pregnancy - no I don't think I am pregnant but hey the possibility is always there. I did reassure her that I didn't think I was pregnant and she gave me the shot.

Happy Birthday David!

and many more!

She dosen't even look sleepy!

Tonight as I was going to put Evelyn to bed J said she didn't look sleepy and that we were going to be in for a rough night. brushed her teeth and read her book and put her in the crib with a nuk. she took the nuk and went to sleep with in 10 minutes with little crying. I think she has been over tired when we put her to bed however we do it at the same time every night. She has trouble with nap times so I think that contributes. I just wish she went to bed like this every night. We will keep trying...

So your not sick?

I have been very proud of my postpartum weight loss and excited to be back to where I want to be. Until today when a co worker asked me about my weight. The conversation started well enough with him asking if I had gone below my pre-pregnancy weight. Of course the obvious conversation followed. I admitted that I hadn't been trying hard to loose the weight and exercising when I can though less than before. He asked how I managed to loose the weight considering what I had just told him. So I told him it was probably the nursing that helped out a lot. to which he responded "Oh good so your not sick then!"

as much as I appreciate the fact that he is happy that I am healthy I'm a little worried that he thought I looked sick now...

Moving

ACHC is moving (and eventualy merging with another company). Today was our last day at 87 North Clinton and we spent the day trying to pack while getting our normal work done. It was a fun day to say the least. I count myself one of the lucky ones - most of my work is on the computer and I have very little personal stuff so I didn't have a lot to pack. Mostly I helped my co workers.

loosing ground

Somehow I've lost this blog.

Insomnia

I can't seem to sleep tonight (Evelyn however is doing very well at the moment). I guess I'm wound up. Tomorrow is going to be a very long day, sigh. and though I have managed to get the pictures up on Evelyn's blog I have no motivation to get cought up on this one - Evelyn's is more fun anyway.

my new favorite store...

Today Jason went to walmart to pick up a few things while he was there he over heard a conversation of three women looking for a grow light. Jason being helpfull as alwase went up to them and told them that they would have better luck looking on e-bay...

Woman #1 "do you think the lights on e-bay would work on my pot plants?"
Jason: um - i'm sure they will
Woman #2 "I don't know about buying it on e-bay..."
Jason: "Use a credit card it is safer"
Woman #2 "I don't know it is easy to rip off credit card numbers"
Jason: if you use a credit card you can dispute charges if there is a problem"
Woman #2: I don't know it is so easy to rip off credit cards I know I have done it before...

Single mom day 2

Evelyn still did not sleep through the night but did alot better. She woke up at a;most six but was falling asleep over breakfast so I put her back in the crib. She was sown for the count as I did my morning routine which made life easier and I didn't have to feel guilty about having her in the pack and play.

She was again tired when she got home tonight. She ate well but wanted to be close all night (not that i'm complaining) she again crawled up to me and said mama and stood up - maybe she does mean it! She didn't go to sleep as easily tonight but was out by 8 - not to bad. It gave me enough time to vacuum and do some other cleaning. The house is slowly getting better - it's amazing what happens when you do a little each night. - not waiting untill it's bed time seems to help too...

Single mom day 1

Today J left for parts unknown (ok california) so it is just me and Evelyn this week. The morning was not to bad though Evelyn will have to get used to being in her pack and play and crib for longer durations as I get everything done.

After work life was actualy prety easy - I had leftovers so the kitchen was in great shape. Evelyn was again exhausted early tonight (in bed by 7) So I managed to get alot done. I had some of her food that I had to freeze and others to puree, I also decided that I needed to bake brownies. all this and the kitchen never exploded as it usualy does. I love my husband he is a great coook but I am getting to the point where it is time for him to get the hell out of the kitchen as he does not believe in cleaning up untill the last secound of the day. So either I try to relax knowing there is a big mess or I clean it up and try not to snap at him when he tells me to sit and relax.

At any rate I cleaned what I could but the broom is MIA. he said it is in the basement but I looked three times. maybe after evelyn goes to sleep tomorrow I will just vaccume everything. one of the next times he is out of town I am thinking of taking a day off just to clean - shampoo the carpets ect... we shall see.

ARRRR!

Today was the big ride and it was perfect! The weather was mild and sunny and the turnout was great (about 60 riders for all of the rides). I even had a co worker show up for the ride however he decided to go on the 40 mile rather than the 20, I was a little jealous as I was thinking about switching up but was talked out of it by several people. It was just as well as it was quite a bit for Evelyn who was playing cheerleader with daddy all morning!



I did meet a new friend during the ride (Chris from Fickel) as we were about the same pace. though he did the flat ground better than I did and I did the up and down hill better. it was nice to have someone in sightf or the ride - I hope next year that I get a team that will stick it out together! At the secound rest stop (the first was only after 2 miles!) Jason and Evelyn suprised me by being there. It was great to see them at the half way point as I shoved gatoraid and food in me! as we were off I took off with the two guys from fickle again - Dino took off and was not seen again where me and chris stayed mostly together. I was gratefull to have him around as a witness to the crazy lady that i almost ran into...



Being on a strait away I had the right of way however I notice a car pulling out of a park. I slow down as I alwase do to make sure she is paying atention and sees me. She procedes to pull forward while looking into the back of her car. i stop next to her car (she is now looking down the road away from me) and say "hi". She turned her head clearly supprised and yells " whatch where you are going!" (she was insainly pissed off) I'm baffled but let it slide (I so wanted to yell at her) I pass her and let my anoyance get the better of me and flick her off (though I doubt she saw it made me feel a little better). I'm glad there was a whitness as I couldn't believe the odasity of this woman... no wonder bike riding is so unsafe.

The rest of the ride was uneventfull and I was excited to see my husband and baby at the end. we hung out for a little while and I had some pizza - they need to figure out how to get food for the spectators as well. I would have liked to stay to see Dr M come in but the day was long enough for Evelyn and jason.

Evelyn had such a busy day she fell asleep at 7 pm poor thing was exhausted though I admit i was only a few hours behind her.

patch quilt

This after noon I saw a hitchhiker on the way home from work. or rather a person that clearly lost a bet... He clearly didn't want to go anywhere although he had his thumb out he was holding his shirt up to bare his chest as his friends a few yards over laughed at him...

Reflecting

Going through a person's belongings after they have passed away is just an odd experience especially when you are not blood related. I have done it only three times before (for my Grandmother and Jason's Grandparents) I will admit going through my Grandmother's things brought back memories and though it was hard I am glad that I did it. J's grandparents was just different - I knew them for a little while (not long enough) and both liked and respected them. It seemed in some respects invasive for me to be going through their belongings with the family and at the same time I learned some things about them that I hadn't known.

Going through a friend's belongings (even though it was just her books) was a completely different experience. Going through a Grandparent's belongings you have a lifetime of memories which help to remind you of what a full and wonderful life that they had and as sad as it is the memories are helpful. or maybe it has just been so long that my memory has changed and made it easier. In going through the books I was surprised to see some titles that I recognized that I didn't realize that she read making me wonder what else I didn't know or learn in the short time that I knew her.

My memories were not just of the times that we had together but of the times that we were going to have - the conversations that we had regarding the future that would never come.

Riding alone...

I finally got final word that my partner in the red Ribbon Ride has bailed on me. I don't really blame her as she ended up with a job that started this weekend and will continue for a while but it still sucks. She is usually fairly reliable. I have given up hope to talk another co worker into going so I am going to the event Thursday in hopes that I will meet someone that wants to have the same time as me that I can ride with, if not well they say the trial is well marked and I don't believe that I will be at the end of the pack or to the point that I will loose Everyone. We shall see...

On a happier note I made my goal for fund raising!!! Thanks to everyone who donated and gave me moral support through the process! I appreciate all the encouragement that I have received regarding the ride though I have a small inkling of what my SIL goes through as quite a few people have said I was nuts and I'm only going 20 miles. Hopefully next year If I'm not pregnant I will do the 50 mile ride. I need to start looking now for a partner in crime that I can count on to follow through with this. Looking for someone to train with!

Busy day

today I managed to get rid of most of the dust bunnies that were hiding in our bedroom - there is a bed fraim under our bed making it difficult to be sure that I got them all. The room still needs some work but I managed to get some stuff done. I even managed to unpack from the aborted trip to OH. I have no idea when this will be rescheduled. Unfortunately I moved the bed around keeping evelyn up from her nap so when I was done we went on a walk so she would sleep. It was a great walk - I got to talk to Grandma G! Then I was completly lazy while evelyn slept.

J is doing a little better today -the hives are gone and though the had looked this morning like it was more swollen that it was last night it is looking better now.

I couldn't find my wallet which is a little different than loosing it (in my opinion). When one looses aomething they have no idea where it is. I had a vaigue recolection of where it may be and hadn't looked to hard for it, I knew it was somewhere safe. Jason does not believe in the it will turn up when it is ready philosophy that i had taken and decided tonight we would find it. Which he did - I put it in a bad place then couldn't remember. He was running around in a bad mood and after hefound it he walked into the kitchen and started to talk - I heard only a few words of what he was saying and it didn't make a whole lot of scene. I heard him say focus and let out a big sigh. I got up and turned of the radio and said "If you are going to lecture me can you at least make sure that I can hear you?" as I walk into the kitchen I see he was on the phone... He was apparently talking to my dad presumably regarding the camera or lens. I don't think he heard me and still I feel like and idiot!

Bees

the neighbors have had a bees nest in their garden for a while now they dosed it with bee killer twice and didn't get rid of it. I don't know how much J has complained to them but they just couldn't get rid of it and were unwilling to take away a few bricks to get a better shot at it. well today Jason got stung on his pinky finger. You may be thinking no big deal - I did too as J had never had a bad reaction to a bee sting before unfortunately we would both be wrong. Now in all honesty it was not that bad (It would have been a lot worse had it stung him on the face or neck). But we now know that J is allergic to bee stings. His hand swelled up and he got hives. As of the end of the night I'm not sure that it had stopped swelling despite benadryl and whatever meds the doctor gave him.

the stones were ripped out to get at the bees nest under protest of the neighbor. but with the two cans of bee spray that I saw in the distance (me and Evelyn were not going over to check it out) I hope it is finally taken care of but maybe they should use a third can before they put the wall back up.

Oddly enough I was reminded of the time in Eugene that me and a few friends went hiking and ran into a bees nest. there was a tree down in the path and like idiots two of us went through (all of us were going to but one saw the bees - she is allergic) So two of us were stranded on the one side - the others were in no danger from the bees on the original side. it was not a loop trail though we could have made it back around to the car a different way. but no we decided to go back through the tree. I don't know how many times my friend was stung actualy I'm not even sure how many times I was stung. I'm pretty lucky that I didn't have a bad reaction to the stings just by the large number of stings. Odly they all concentrated on stinging me in the same area of my body I guess they coordinated the attack. It was quite the hike.

Sleep....

Is a wonderful thing and Evelyn is once again feeling well enough to sleep through the night. It was just great to wake up and see the clock saying 5 am rather than well any number of obseard hours. and I ended up going back to sleep rather than the gym though I honestly don't feel too bad for it, lazy yes bad no...

This morning went fairly smoothly despite the fact that we got up at 7. I woke up a little before Evelyn and got some stuff done before she woke up witch always helps. I honestly would love it if she kept waking up at 5 then going back to sleep (as long as she goes back to sleep). Jason refused to set the alarm to 5:15 for me to go to the gym the few times that I mentioned it and there is a slight risk that she will wake while I am gone though she is usually good at waiting as long as it is Jason that is playing with her if it is me all she wants is food!

Happy Labor Day

Today was a day for staying home we had another rough night where Evelyn screamed in pain for an hour unfortunately we had already given her the tylenol and it was not time for a new dose. I ended up sleeping in her room on the couch cushions for most of the night.

During the day Jason continued to do work around the house and Evelyn and I played. Evelyn still didn't want to eat well though she had a much better breakfast than she had the last few days. we napped quite a bit (even I was able to sleep during the day today!) I hope this resolves soon...

Another Long Night.

Last night Evelyn got up at least every 2 hours again I had to rock her to sleep in her car seat and breastfeed her to get her to go back to sleep. at 4:30 I got tired and had Jason get up - she cried for an hour, she got so worked up that even breastfeeding didn't calm her down and get her to sleep. I finally managed to get her to sleep by rocking her in her car seat (she does not like to be rocked in the glider for what ever reason unless she is being breast feed). I slept on the living room floor next to her for the duration of the morning.

We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and again didn't have any luck with nap time, Evelyn had a hard time and I was not able to sleep when she did go down. At least she slept a little and she was not too fussy all day though you could tell she was tired.

Trip cancled.

The trip to OH was cancled due to Evelyn being sick (and probably me being sick as well). She woke up every 2 hours last night (FUN!) We took her to the doctors and she has a double ear infection - ouch. To top it off she is teething. Needless to say she is not eating her solids well but at least she is still breast feeding. We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house today so that I could try to take a nap. Evelyn did not sleep well and I did not get my nap in (for some reason I just can't seem to sleep during the day). I did manage to get more doners couresy of my parent's neighbors. I think I may need to hit up strangers to hit my goal (I am determined). I probably should have slept but I just couldn't so I thought I would get some fresh air and harrass some of my parent's neighbors.

J got alot done today (no he didn't sleep either) but he did manage to move the coffee table and the farmer's rack into storage. now all we have to worry about is the speakers (which I didn't think she could tip but apparently she can) and the stairs (J said he is looking for a baby gate). in the mean time I want to put up the pack and play so I can put her in it when I need to do something in the kitchen as she LOVES to climb stairs and we have no way of keeping her off of them.

And it keeps getting better...

Today was an awful day at work I felt like crap all day and was not too productive. Unfortunitly my boss was not at work and I was unable to reach her to ask her if I could go home. So I stayed and did manage to get some work done. needless to say I was not looking forward to the 5 hour drive this weekend.

When I picked up Evelyn from daycare she was fussy and had been all day. The checked her temp earlier in the day and it was normal. They checked it again as we were leaving and it was 99.0 - not to bad I figured it was just teething... Once I got her home it went downhill from there. I checked her temp again and it was 101.8 and of course it was too late to make it to the doctor's office so we gave her Tylenol and kept an eye on her to be sure it didn't go higher. She went to bed earlie so I did a little fund raising (getting close to my goal!) and went to bed. she woke up at 12:30 and every 2 hours after that. It was a long night.

Getting the junk out of my trunk!

Grandpa came up north today to bring up the pack and play as well as watch Evelyn as I cleaned out the junk that has amassed in the trunk of my car. This is necessary as we are going to meet the in laws half way to their house (in Ohio) so I need to be able to pack the stuff in the trunk. there was lots of stuff in there but it didn't take me too long to clean out - odly enough there were several blankets in there that made up the bulk of the mess. I still count this as a major achievement even though it didn't take me as long as anticipated.

on a side not I have been updating Evelyn's blog I'm just waiting to upload pictures to the sight to post the actual entries so with in the next week I will have most of August up for every one who likes to read about Evelyn's day ;) I appoligise again for my lazyness.

I dream of sleep...

Evelyn has had a hard week and hasn't slept through the night since Sunday and Every time I get suckered into feeding her to calm down so that she will consider going back to sleep. I know that this can not be a habit but it is the quickest and easiest way to get back to sleep. tonight I tried rocking her to sleep in her car seat which usualy works if nothing else does unfortunately she kept coughing and waking herslef up. I ended up nursing her to sleep, sigh. She has a little bit of a cold or what is likely a side effect from the flu shot on Friday. but I am hoping to get some sleep tonight and the same for Jason as we are both getting rather irritable - especially when I see him on the computer at 3:30 am instead of sleeping.

Bake Sale

Today Michelle and I had a bake sale at work to benifit the AIDS Rochester Red Ribbon Ride. I was thrilled at the turn out and responce! we asked others to pitch in and bring a baked good to sell as me and Michelle could only bake so much and although noone but Michelle and Stephanie answered back what she would bring we had several people bring in goodies - unfortunitly I should have stuck to my original plan of chocolate chip cookies as we had 3 people (including me) bring in brownies. oh well we had plenty of other stuff and we made lots of money for a great cause! The responce was the same all around - we need to do this more often!

Just like old times

well sort of. Today since Evelyn woke me up at five (and several other times really) I decided that going back to sleep was not smart so I headed into the gym. It was a great workout though they have odd TV shows on at that time - the usual sheer cover infomershal and malcum in the middle (why that was playing at 6 am i'll never know) though it was alot better than the infomershal.

I got home and Evelyn was still asleep giving me plenty of time to shower and get ready for our day! She was woken up by my voice to find both daddy and me in her room - that has to be weird for her.

After work I got Evelyn's dinner ready and went strait back to the gym where I meet up with an old high school friend for some more arobics and some of the classes that I used to love. I want to do these regularly however I feel guily that I only spent maybe 60 min with her today, sigh. If I can get up at 5 every morning I would be very happy to go in to the gym then we shall see I'm not planing on going in tomorrow morning but will try to work this out. I wish that she would sleep till 7 making it easier for me to go and get everything done, but it is what it is.

MIA

My computer is giving me a hard time again so I have not been motivated to blog. I will try to get better about loging on again.

I had a great sunday including a great workout. I did weights and cardio for the longest workout that I have had in a long time! it was great though my run was not so good. I just can't seem to keep motivated to keep running on the treadmill.

Evelyn only slept for maybe 3o min while I was gone then was fussy. Jason took her for a walk which would have been great if he had left a note or somehting so I didn't just get home and have them gone. not knowing when he would return I locked up the house to shower and he of course came home 5 min later. That's twice this weekend that I have locked him out of the house.

Behind

Again I have gotten behind in the blogging though you haven't missed much. I will try to be better!

Non napper

Seriously I wouldn't mind so much if we were not having trouble getting her to bed. She is clearly tired and needs the naps but just does not want them.

Day 2 with the inlaws

They called at 7:30 just after J and I woke up, I wanted to still be asleep. I jumped out of bed and offered breakfast to J (assuming I would finish about the time they got there) he jumped on the chance and I asked bacon or sausage? His answer both when I actually cooked both I realized that I spoil him. So they started with a good breakfast.

They went to the bathroom and mil and me went to the back to dig in our compost pile and start our garden. My body is going to hate me in the morning and I can’t even take a hot shower paint is drying so cold shower is all I got. So we turn in the compost and run into some roots and after 30 min of struggling (me and the in-laws) we got the root up! So the garden was ready to plant and I was more than happy to take a break in the car to get the vegetable plants. That planted we started on the other side of the fence trying again to get the roots up thank god the worst of it was on the garden side. The good news is the garden looks great and I have another rosemary plant to kill (I killed the last one three times but then it stopped coming back so I needed a new one)

By the time all this was done it was time to make pizza! After dinner J and his dad put the vanity and sink in place and it looks great. The new lighting is up and though it is very bright (he really should have gotten frosted bulbs but he didn’t). I can’t wait to move the stuff in hopefully tomorrow evening. During the day I am going to lay on the hammock and relax.

The in-laws left early and I ran out side to get in the hammock they just brought us for our 1 year. J joined me so we could see if we could balance together it was a nice 5 minutes before he wanted to get back to work. But at least everything is back to normal and the house is passably clean.

Solicitation

I am now team captin of the AIDs Community Health center team for the AIDS Rochester Red Ribbon Ride. Despite verbal interest of a few co-workers I am the only person on the team at the moment. I was a little excited about this ride (20 miles) untill thoes that have expressed interest did not sign up now as I am the only person on the team I feel that I again am waisting alot of time and energy on it. For this bike ride there is a minimum donation of $300 (if anyone wants to help me out go to (www.firstgiving.com) this week they if they sign up it is only $150, I signed up too early so I dont know if I am included in this or not. I am pushing people to sign up this week as I think we will have enough trouble getting $150 per team member let alone the whole amount. As the team captin I was hoping to get a little extra for buffer for the other members of the team (assuming I get any) but I don't know when I will get to go around and fundraise. Thankfully some of my co workers have said that they would donate, we shall see. I hope this works out I think It will be fun (despite Jason being completly negative and unsuportive) if at least one of my coworkers signs up and sticks with it...

Going door to door...

The politician comes to the door just as I am putting Evelyn to sleep tonight luckily for him I have already forgotten his name. but I can only imagine how he felt as I gave him the look of death (she had just gotten to sleep when he rang the door bell if he were a few minutes later she would not have woken up.) and basically told him go away. Normally I don't mind and will listen to what they have to say but this one just had bad timing. I'm sure in hind sight I will feel bad for him but now I am still upset!

House hunting

As the house hunting continues I have begun to really want to build. Why? Because otherwise we will get in to a fixer-upper. I can't stand the idea of renovating another home, It is too dangerous for Evelyn (and our other kids of the future) as Jason is not good at cleaning up after himself until a project is completed (this can take days or weeks). Most of the places that he has seen need a TON of work so we are talking in YEARS. That is years of living in a pigsty as we upgrade the house, YEARS of attention that will go to the house instead of the kid(s). I am also ready to stop worrying about the house and the long list of projects that need to be done. I didn't even live here through most of the work but what I have has been enough (not that I don't love the outcome). I am sick of worrying about the house and ready to think about more important things like my children and maybe even having fun without feeling bad that Jason will not get his stuff done. Jason seems to like the idea to some extent we just need to figure out a way to get enough of our stuff out of this house to have it in "sell able" condition.

Going on a treasure hunt...

Tomorrow is dumpster day at work which is essentially spring cleaning (who didn't figure that one out?). As such we are spending the afternoon cleaning out our desks and the company is getting rid of some of the stuff they have in storage - including some of the artwork that was not auctioned off at the wine tasting and silent auction. I liked two of the paintings (nature sceans and thought J might too so I brought them home (for $10 why not) unfortunately J was not as enthousiastic as I thought he would be. So I am deciding weather to just have him han them in the bedroom and livingroom or to take them back to see if anyone else likes them/wants them. I am thinking of keeping them since our walls have been bare forever and though he was correct in saying that we have otherstuff that we could put up we have not and these are ready to hang. and I think the colors go fairly well. he mentioned that they didn't fit the "decor" um what decor? we have 1 photo (nature scean by Jason) 1 wedding photo and my wedding sampler. that's it nothing in the bedroom to really clash with I guess I should just let them go to another home, sigh.

All dressed up with no place to go...

At work I am part of the "wellness" comity we are trying to put together activities to help motivate everyone to get more active and eat healthier. As we are still in the planing stages we went over ideas for recruitment one of them being recording a short video to show at a staff meeting. Since I had a recorder I offered to bring it in - one of the skits being me running up the stairs and a coworker trailing behind I decided that I would go in "costume" and bring some workout clothing in. I should have waited to change to be sure that we were going to record the skit because it never happened. We did not reschedule so maybe we will just do something in front of the group? I guess there was not a lot of effort involved but I was still disappointed that it did not get done, though I'm not sure why I was expecting it to get done.

I got home and was warm so changed into my workout clothing as today is supposed to be a gym day. Well Thursdays are apparently only gym days if J did not play volleyball at 10:30 last night. Though I think she is asleep now (or at least no longer stranding herself in a standing position and crying) so maybe I'll at least run. but that would be more fun if I could find my mp3 player.

Insurance companys

Have you ever wondered why you get nowhere when you talk to representative of an insurance company? Specifically medical however this may be just as true for the others, I just don't have as much experience there. I should have known I was in for a long afternoon when I tried to do a quick call before lunch and got hung up on. Once I was back from visiting evelyn I saught to start the appeal process for a denied prior authorization. This is sometimes a lengthy process at the best of times. Today I called the number and was given another number (three times) I called the last number and went through a series of prompts (I love the automated system especialy on days where my concentration is down) once through I made what I thought was the correct choices only to be told that i needed to call. I hung up figuring that maybe in my confusion of the 4 diferent numbers that I had I called the wrong one. So I call (again) go through the prompts and get placed on hold then hung up on. and again through the prompts with the same problem so I figure ok I'll try a different number in the promp system. You guessed it I got the wrong person again and instead of telling me that they needed to transfer me they just did (twice!) . I finally got a person that said gave me the phone number that I called and said that I needed to call as she was going to transfer me I told her to wait that I had indeed called that number and was getting nowhere. I then asked her what prompt numbers should I be pressing. She was unsure but said that she would call and figure it out, in to the mgical hold land i went for 10 min. She cam back was somewhat suprised at what she discovered. the two options that sounded the most promising to me (the ones that I tried) #1 got me back to customerservice - the first wrong number that i called and #3 got her back to a co worker (I can only imagine how much fun that call was). Needless to say she was verry placating and understanding of my frustration after all this took place. We ended the call with her e-mailing the department that I needed to speak with and a promise that either her or the other department would call me. The best part is that in a few days when she or the department does not call I get to start all over. Yippeeeee!

It's fixed...

and broken again. Yes already. It took me under 5 minutes. I swear all I did was touch the stupid thing and it freezes up on me. I have a very nice display of my husband and Evelyn on fathers day and no icons or anything else. I can't do anything, Sigh. I had just gotten the website that I downloaded mp3's for the wedding (I even still have a credit) so I was going to give Sarah a list of my music and maybe get some more as it is super cheap. now not only can I not do this I'm not sure it is such a good Idea - I'm not sure I need any extra bugs... I have never had many computer problems - maybe I'm just oblivious. And clearly severely overdue.

No time for bad books...

I have a book that I have been trying to finish for the better part of the month. The reading is very slow because I decided around page 10 that I didn't like it that much. The author is Patricia Cornwell who I usually enjoy so I thought I would keep going and maybe it would get better. I also seem to have a compulsion to finish books that I start. I decided tonight while I was at the library that I just don't have the time to read a bad book.

"you were right"

today while i was playing with Evelyn Jason came up to me and said "you were right". I wish I had a tape recorder. Yesterday I told Jason that he really needed to keep the apple juice in the refrigerator. His response was "nah it's fine. it's pasteurized". So my response was "if you are going to give it to Evelyn you need to keep it in the refrigerator" (I'm such a great wife as I don't seem to care if he gets himself sick but don't want him getting my daughter sick.)

So today he opened the juice to drink some and it had fermented overnight (shock) and he admited he was wrong or rather that I was right (SHOCK!). I doubt I will ever hear these words again so I needed to have them on record.

Trying again

I don't remember posting the title graduating and I have no Idea why I did it. Jason needed the computer for something and since mine is still sick I could not finish any of my thought though why I published is beyond me...

Today was a busy day Evelyn and I went to Grandma and Grandpa's house where I dropped of my little girl then went shopping. I went to the burrito place for lunch since I hadn't had breakfast. The guy that put it together made a comment about me not being able to finish it I wish I could have shown him that I did, I don't know why . He also very nicely tried to get the gentleman behind me to pay for it.

I ate the burrito in the car and went to the Gem lab to try to find a pendent for the stone that Jason bought me for our anniversary. I was not too impressed with what they had (only basic settings really) I did find two things that I liked that were unrelated. both saphires so J may one day get them for me as he loves the stone. one is a bracelet that is a rainbow of saphires I'm not holding my breath on this one. the other was a pendant of Marquise cut blue saphires (the stones were not that great but I'm sure that J could have gotten others, and a dimond that was so small I don't know why it was there. the sales person made a point to make sure I saw it. I wondered why it was there if it can be that easily overlooked.

After getting back to grandma and grandpa's house we put Evelyn down for a nap.

The weekends need to be longer.

I went to bed a little late last night so when Evelyn woke up at 5:30 I was exhausted. I feed her and we played downstairs for a little while. Lucky for me she was sleepy at 7:30 so we both went back to bed and Jason got up for some reason. She hardly cried going down which is a nice change from going to bed.

After her nap we skiped and she had a great time playing with grandma and grandpa hirsch. well that and beating up dads laptop. She has been dancing her "happy dance" alot latley and showed it off for Grandma and Grandpa. It is absolutly halareous - I will have to try to post a video. After the skype we went out and chatted with the neighbor so Evelyn could hang out with masto again we reallly need a mastif... it will never happen.

During Evelyn's secound nap of the day (again she did not cry at all when she went down) I was feeling energetic enough to go to the gym and have an amazing workout. I did 30 min on my favorite machine followed by crunches and 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I was going to keep going but wanted to get home to my girl. Some how I am getting better at running, not only did I not have any problems running but I did it at an incline (only 1 but still) and had 2 * 5 minute blocks that were at a faster speed than I have run before. I may need to find one more 5K this summer so I can try to beat that goal time, I might just make it.

The rest of the day was play time though we went for a short walk. When getting Evelyn into the stroller I accidently pinched her little tummy (poor little girl will be relieved to get back to daycare so she can stop getting hurt!). It was a short walk then a long bath. Then it was bed time where she cried for 30 min before going to sleep. I need to figure out what I am doing wrong when putting her to bed for the night as she usualy does not cry (or does not cry much) for naps. Maybe I will try keeping her up later (I can't get her to bed any earlier).

Graduating

Busted

I share an office with two co-workers, one who has off every Friday and one has a meeting on Friday afternoon off site. occasionally I get lazy and decide since they are both out of the office that I will just use my desk. Today was one of those days unfortunately I started later than I usually do and the co-worker got back a little earlier. I cut the pumping session a little short and am glad that the co-worker can relate and was not upset. I guess I will not be using the office again...

Oh my beloved

gym how I have missed you. I received an e-mail from one of the girls at the gymm asking where I was etc... I decided this meant I needed to make an effort to really make it back to the gym (this was July 15th)

So Tonight I got home and J told me he tried to get home early and cook his dinner so that I could go to the gym but it hadn't worked out. I decided that we were going to make it work out. after he finished his dinner I changed and ran off to the gym. I managed to make it to class only to find a different instructor (two of my other favorites are no longer at the gym). I joined the class despite being late and was glad that I did I liked this instructor as well and will need to see if she teaches at Greece... Though I admit to thinking I can and should do all these exercises at home, as I do have weights that are seldom used. I had a decent workout and caught up with the person who e-mailed me and even managed to run a mile and a half (I really could have and should have kept going but I was hungry). I was going to make an apt for an evaluation before I left and completely forgot as I was running out the door.

Evelyn

Who needs to hear...

Really it's not that important. Jason can warn me when Evelyn is crying and if this does not go away by the time he has to travel I'll just stay on the same floor as her. I'm just not ready to give up breast feeding not even for a little bit It is about the only time latley that she is cuddly and i would miss that too much (a bottle would not be the same!). I figure she will be off soon enough anyway then if it's not fixed we can do the steroids then.

Evelyn woke up again in the middle of the night I think it may have been gas this time but I'm not sure - it was easier to get her back to sleep (though I did nurse her) and I realize that I probably should not have. This morning came very early however Evelyn slept in until we woke her at 7. She was not very happy about it and rolled around the crib for a bit before she would look at us. Since I managed to get everything ready before I woke her up the morning was all about her.

I decided that tonight was going to be the night that i head back to the gym. Jason and I discussed me going on tues and thurs and once on the weekend but other than the first week it has not happened. (my fault I keep pretending that I will go after she is asleep) I had full intentions of going today but am using the massive thunderstorm as my excuse as to why I didn't go. I have become a terrible wimp if this kept me home.

8 months old!

Here is my little 8 month old! We had a great day despite the fact that she woke up at 330 and didn't go back to sleep until 5am. The poor thing had a coughing fit. I ended up nursing her to calm her down but she kept coughing :(. we then put her in her car seat and rocked her until she was back asleep. She still woke up at her usual time though we could tell she was sleepy!

I spent my lunch at the doctor rather than seeing Evelyn as I was hoping for some magic to cure my terrible hearing (It is still worse than normal) she gave me some steroids and told me to take claritin. despite being told to take it right away I waited to see what the pediatrician told me about breastfeeding figuring it would be a no. I am planing on starting in the morning and pumping and dumping.

We had a fun evening of playing outside with Evelyn and even tried to feed her outside for a picnic but she was too interested in everything and didn't eat well so we brought her inside. She still didn't eat well even after I changed the food to give her another option.

After keeping J up with my coughing half the night (I did manage to get Evelyn calmed down after she started to fuss) Jason took Evelyn downstairs in the morning and let me sleep in until 6! (Thanks J!) We skiped with the in-laws. Evelyn really seems to enjoy this and she always is willing to show off for them.

I laid down during her first nap of the day but ended up putting some pictures on facebook instead of sleeping for the most part. Unfortunately Evelyn coughed a lot during her nap which has me worried which was why i was unable to nap. Grandma Kidd came and picked us up so I could run some errands.

Today was my third trip to Michaels to finish up the mothers day and fathers day gifts. After making my return I made sure the frames fit what I wanted before I left the store. They even let me use my coupon taht i used for the original purchase. Then I went to wegmans for some stuff for Grandma and myself. The prices in Pittsford are definitly higher than they are up north.

Once at Grandma's we put Evelun down for a nap and I put everything together for the gifts. unfortunitly I somehow ended up with extra mats so I will need to make yet another run (and I used to love this store!) GRRR. at least I can mail them out. I also managed to get a little farther in addressing Evelyn's birth announcements. I am hoping to get to work early enough tomorrow to finish my family and get them sent out. I will then start harrasing J for his list.

It was a busy day and i'm exhausted!

Anne and Tom

Today Anne and her husband Tom came over as they were in town from California. I worked hard all morning (well ok while Evelyn was sleeping) so that the house would be clean and the laundry done. I did a great job even the kitchen was quite clean untill Jason got his hands on it. The clean kitchen lasted maybe an hour at most then you couldn't even tell that I had been in the room. GRRRRR. Every time I mention to Jason to clean up after himself right away rather than waiting it dosen't happen it seems he has something against it. I guess I could have tried again instead of taking Evelyn for a walk but well I had to get out.

Anne and Tom showed up at the end of Evelyn's secound nap of the day so we got to spend a little time with them before Evelyn came downstairs and stole the show :) I had a great time and I think Evelyn was a hit, though I realised by the end of the night that I am one of thoes parents that really has nothing to say unless it is about Evelyn. Luckily Ann had lots of news to catch me up on. Unfortunitly Evelyn started to Yawn during dinner (It does not matter when we plan dinner she alwase is sleepy at dinner time). Tonight was not one of the easy put her in the crib and walk away nights as she apparently was not content to play and I can't listen to her cry.

She did Eventualy go to sleep and we got to spend some time catching up while the boys played with Jason's lenses. It was an unfortunately an early night as Jason and I are for some reason still tired.

Shopping!!!

Today was a busy day for Evelyn and I. I took my lunch hour to shop for some baby stuff and Evelyn went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the afternoon. I purchased a little more than I should have today and have completely blown by the allowance that I have given myself though I am still below what I normally spend.

During lunch I got the potties to start trying Elimination communication with Evelyn. I am hoping to start this weekend but may try in the evening tomorrow, wish me luck! Since I was at the store I got a few more pairs of tights for Evelyn so that her poor knees will not get rug burn, some sun hats and amazingly enough no toys!

After work I went to Michaels to get the frames and mats to finally finish the mothers and fathers day projects I started on fathers day. at the store I could not find the person in the framing department so I went up front and asked, rather than have me open the frame there the cashier if the frame I picked out would work. She called framing and they said yes. when I got to mom and dad's i tried to put everythign together and the frames were not deep enough again, GRRRRRRRRRRRR. this project will not end!

Chicken!

Today was a cooking day for me as I needed to make Evelyn's food, I had quite a bit to do as we have some new stuff for her (chicken -which Jason cooked with apples in the slow cooker, spagetti squash) and were running out of a few essentials. Today I did the squashes and the chicken and hope to cook the rest on wendesday when I take Evelyn to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Evelyn is officially an omnivore as we gave her some of the chicken today. I don't think she knows what to do with it. She seemed to like it at first but not so much at the end. She ate only half of what I thought she would, we will keep trying to see what she wants. Maybe it will grow on her.

Today was another bad day for bed time. my timing must be way off - usually she goes to bed maybe fusses a little then after we give her a nuck and rub her back alittle she will either play quietly in her crib untill she sleeps or will go to sleep. tonight she cried for 2 hours before she fell asleep and I cheated by nursing her to sleep. while this is not something I hope to become a habbit it is nice occasionaly.

Socialization Overload

Today was a big day for me as I got out more than I have in the last few weeks combined. I had a savings bond that needed to be cashed as it was no longer earning interest which ended up taking three trips to the bank (apparently credit unions do not deal with savings bonds.) So I head to Key bank and realize as I am handing the thing to the cashier that it is in my maiden name, back home for some more ID snd back to the bank. Then back to the credit union.

I also went to the grocery store while Evelyn was taking her second nap. I actually like going to the grocery store usually. I think this stems from my general love for food... I always end up getting a few items that were not on my list and have fun walking around the store. This time I asked for some help picking out fruit and she gave me one nectarine when i wanted a plum and she was off to the next person. then i was turned around in the store I didn't remember anything so it took me longer to get the items that i needed than it should have.

After getting home We went to a graduation party for our neighbor and hung out there for a while until Evelyn's dinner time. Jason hung out with the neighbors and I hung out with Evelyn on the blanket so she didn't have to be still. After the graduation party Evelyn was exhausted so we did a quick bath (she made a mess of herself from dinner again) in her new ducky tub. I think she likes it though not as much as I do :). then I tried to put her down. she was almost asleep and I put her PJ's on her and she woke right up... she cried quite a bit and we ended up takeing her downstairs to see Seth and Amber who came over for a little bit to catch up. We did get Evelyn back to sleep eventualy then I went strait to bed as i was exhausted from a long day.

Fussy Girl

Todaay was a long rough day. Evelyn was fussy in the morning and cried a lot as Jason and I took terns trying to calm her and getting ready. Once in the car she cried to keep from falling asleep. but rested a little at the end and of course woke up once we got there but seemed to be in a better mood.

During lunch she got a little fussy and was acting tired so I tried to put her to sleep while I was there. She didn't do so well with it and did not fall asleep until after she ate again. when I came to get her she was again fussy despite a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. She was pretty fussy and only ate a little of her dinner. after putting her in the air conditioning upstairs she calmed down a little and we called grandma and grandpa kidd. She was mesmarized by the phone but did not talk much. We then skyped with Grandma and Grandpa Hirsh and Aunt Cathy. they had a great time watching Evelyn playing and even got to see her stand using my arms. She is really liking standing now!

After that was bath time (and an unfortunate video on facebook that i wouldn't watch unless you really want to hear me sing) She played for a little while then tried to climb out so out she came. getting her to bed was again more difficult than normal. I hope we have a better day tomorrow.

With all this I almost didn't get her picture today which is why she is sleeping in the shot.

A Standing Craze

ok she only did it once tonight but when sitting in her crib playing with me before bedtime she grabbed the bars and stood up - time to lower the crib.

A new trick!

Today Evelyn pushed to standing for the first time! She was playing with her musical table sitting on my ankle and wanted a better view! the first time she didn't miss a beat then we tried to get it on tape and she tipped over after she got up! She is well on her way to being a mover.

More Family!

The reason that daddy does not dress Evelyn in the morning...

I wonder how he manages to get his own pants on.

Tonight since the Kidds were still in town I decided to bring Evelyn down to Grandma and Grandpa's house to say hi one more time. They were going to go out to dinner but changed their minds when I said I was thinking of coming down (really I think it was Evelyn). Turns out that Uncle Bob had left in the morning and so we had a lot of fun with just the girls and grandpa. With the house being so quiet Evelyn chatted up a storm and had a great time playing with Madison, Shannon and the toy truck (including chewy man) that Bob bought her. We drove home at bed time which was nice as all I had to do was transfer her into the crib for the night. she was so exhausted she didn't wake up with the transfer.

Cousin Madison and Great Aunt Shannon wore Evelyn out!

Play Date!

This morning some of David and Grandma's friends came over to Grandma's house too meet Zach so Evelyn and I decided that we would go down and spend some more time with the family and hang out with the kids. Zach, Ryan and Evelyn had a great time playing together and shared well, with a little help from Angela.







The bubbles were a hit :)

Yesterday we thought taking a picture of two babbies was dificult but it worked out so well we thought we would try 3 for a new challenge! We ended up with some prety funny shots.

Independience Day

Today I was up early with Evelyn to get ready for the Brighton Commerce 5K. I managed to get to mom and dads just in time to leave for the race. Sarah was already there so after a quick check in and trying to prepare mentally for the race (and eating a quick breakfast bar)we lined up for the race. Sarah wanted to start near Angela and David until she asked how fast they wanted to run (I was glad to start in the back) and as we discussed our aversion to running the race and trying to banish the negative thinking I kept an eye out for my co-worker who didn't show :(

Despite the negativity in the beginning we did pretty well, Sarah is good at keeping a pace rather than running as fast as you can and hope that it is over quicker therefore running out of energy at the end. Though I did loose her in the end (I saw my baby then the finish line and just wanted it over) Sarah got a little nauseous so she fell back a little, I should have stuck it out with her.

After the race the crew went to The Bagel Bin and I went home to feed Evelyn (I forgot that I didn't get to go inside to drop the food off and therefore had it with me). This ended up being a good thing as Grandpa got some great bonding time and Evelyn went down for her nap well before the rest of the crew got home. She was one tired baby!


Getting a family picture is rather difficult these days and I will try to post it soon. Even more fun than getting a family picture is trying to get a picture of two babies... Though it is well worth the effort.

Stony Brook

Stony brook is a special park for our family. We went there on our first camping trip with Grandma and Grandpa Grotenhuis and have been going there ever sense. So today despite the 50% chance of rain we decided to take the hour drive and hope for the best. I took the time during the drive to work on Evelyn's cross stitch (I still haven't finished though I am a lot closer...) at one point a car on the highway pulling a trailer lost the wheel of the trailer (it poped and shreaded) and Jason decided to point this out to me as I was peacefully oblivious working on my cross stitch. My first reaction was oh shit however I quickly decided it wasn't worth worrying about as the car pulled over with out incident. Jason apparently didn't like my responce of "oh well" and decided that he needed to tell me that a popped tire can cause rolling or other sorts of car accidents (non of which are good at 65mph), thanks dear I needed the extra anxiety!

We managed to get there with out incident and beat the whole family despite stopping for gass (I need to check my spedometer because Jason is not a speeder). We started out on the playground and although Evelyn was a bit young for most of it we had alot of fun. thankfully we didn't play long before we ate (I was hungry!). The pick nick lunch was great I spent it watching Evelyn sit peacefully on the blanket and everyone else trying to corall Zack. This is Zack and Evelyn going down the slide with a little help from Angela and me...



My anxiety of course kicked in full force during the hike. I realized (about 60 min too late) that I did not bring the baby bajorn as I intended so had to just hang on to Evelyn during the hike. I discussed waiting with Evelyn at the pick nick site while everyone else hiked and he didn't like that idea. So I walked with her in my arms on the muddy and wet trail. It wasn't to bad untill I feed her and she fell asleep as we were waiting for the others to finish up at the third waterfall and stairs respectivly. Somehow cradeling her is a harder position to cary her in and see where I was going.



It all worked out in the end though I don't think I would do that again. We had a great trip!

4 years and counting...

Today Jason and I celebrate our 4 year anniversary! It was a great day we had our annual lunch date at Dinosaur BBQ (we were going to go to Tapas 77 but apparently they do not serve lunch). The food was good as always and I enjoyed spending some time with just Jason as we do not get a lot of time for just us anymore. It was nice to sit down and relax though I really need to teach Jason not to ogle the waitresses... It's just impolite!

In mid sentence Jason goes from looking at me to turning halfway around in his seat and says "oh wow" He then turns back to look at me with drool dripping down his chin and tells me how great the BBQ looks. ;) After lunch we run back to work and I have a super productive day! I love those days when I have all the information I need to actually complete my job!

Evelyn was happy as can be when I picked her up at daycare today and we had a great evening complete with a new food - Avacado. She was not as excited as I thought she would be but she ate some of it, next time I will not keep it in the fridge to see if it was just to cold. She would take a spoon full then kind of start when she tried to swallow. We will try again another time to see what happenes. When I put her in her crib she moved around so that her legs were stuck out of the slats again, so I ended up putting on the new bumper despite the fact that only one piece fits the crib. still she seemed excited when I put it on and I will have to contact the company to see if I can get two of the pieces that i have instead of the set which will not work with the crib. She went to bed happy and I know she is looking forward to seeing the new family (especially) Zack in the morning!

Sold - I think

I'm going to do a little exploring on this site but may do as my sister did and switch out. As much as I have liked LiveJournal I don't or want another site to long in to daily. I am hoping that if I switch over that I will have more motivation to keep up my blog (I do check my e-mail daily). So I will try this for a few days to see if I really like it.