my little guy likes to say "it's bootiful, mommy". he has said this about flowers as well as bananas! i think it is sooo sweet. we were brushing our teeth together this morning (well, i was brushing, he was playing with his toothbrush...it was in his mouth, but i'm not sure how much brushing actually got done!!) and he wanted to brush my hair. he is so sweet sometimes, it kills me!! he says funny things and gives me the best, most intense kisses. he likes to grab my face/head with both of his hands and kisses me with full force for about 10 secs or so. it's quite funny. he is very affectionate. oh, and by the way, it is a beautiful day, here in texas...sunny and (unfortunately) cold.
i am planning on actually planting my seedlings into the ground this weekend, either sat or sun. probably sunday as the weather is supposed to be a little warmer. i plan on making a cvs run before i pick up my son from daycare...i will post my goodies and total later. this cvs thing is turning out to be pretty fun, mainly since i can get stuff for nearly free, weather i want it or not. for example, this week a lip treatment, called lypsil i think, is 2.99 per tube, but you get 2.99 back in ecb to spend on something else...the limit is 5 per card...so, i will get as many as i can...and so it goes...i don't really NEED them, but what they hey, they are "free" and you can't beat that with a stick! i also have a coupon for a $30 gift card with any transfered scrip...you bet i am gonna transfer something!! actually, two somethings...hubby alergy meds need to be filled! lucky us...i will "earn" $60 for something we were going to buy anyway. COOOOL!!!!
have you watched dr. phill lately? i don't often watch it..i am usually busy at that time or at work...well it is more sensationalistic than helpful. when he first came on 6 years ago, i really enjoyed it and felt like he was really helpful...now it just seems kinda like montell williams or something...kinda sleazy and just out for ratings. i catch oprah about as often and i really like her show. i watch them maybe once a month...i would like to watch more, but i find that i just don't watch that many shows anymore. i watch the news at 9pm most often, and tom and jerry and curious george and dragon tales (see rant below about me being to lenient!) you know you watch to many cartoons when you are singing the theme to one of them and you little one is no where in sight! HA!!
well, it looks like baked potatoes for dinner tonight. last night was tortilla soup, which is so incredibly easy and yummy..i need to make it more often. nate loves soup...he is great at getting the spoon to his mouth and he only spills a little, we just need more practice. last night while i was getting his soup into his bowl, he was asking "can i have a tortillia in my hand" and he says it so cute, just like i spelled it, except in that sweet little boy voice. i have my o.b. apt tomorrow, and another ultrasound. the baby is breach, i can always find his head. i am praying that he will flip, but God knows better than i do, and maybe this baby needs to come out by c-section...we will see. i have never had surgery before, and i am not looking forward to it. the only "good" thing is that it will be planned, and we won't have to worry about nate should i go into labor at some odd moment. i do have a friend coming to stay with me to help us out, so we don't have to worry to much about nate, and he will still be in daycare, but i'm a mom, and of course i worry...it's in our blood! as soon as you have a child, you worry about everything...i don't think that ever goes away!
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well...the boy is finally over his fever and very much back to his normal, hyper-active self. i am so glad!! it is so nice to have my little boy back and running around, screaming, chasing the cats and so on...this past week has taught me a few things about him, though...i have been far to lenient in raising/training him. he has a lot of freedom here, and that means he has freedom everywhere we go, in his mind at least. he is, for the most part, very compliant, he just doesn't obey well...at all. for example, if i tell him it's time to pee-pee, he throws a very small fit, but once we go to the potty, he goes and is happy (candy or no candy!). if we are at the store, and he runs from me (all the time) i have to get him, and keep him by me physically, and he doesn't like that at all...this is where we have the most trouble with him. public outings are kept to a minimum. i plan on "tomato staking" him once i quit my job and i have more time to devote to training him. i know things will slack for a little bit once the new baby is here, but i have decided that we HAVE to get him under control....i feel like we have little control over him now. the book, growing godly tomatoes, is where i am getting my inspiration from. i have got to be more vigilent about how i raise him and not let him get away with acting out. i know, he is only 3...how can i be so mean? it's not mean, it's my God given authority to train him to be a great child, and later adult. a friend said to me that if you don't want him talking to you like that when he is 10, then you have to stop him from acting that way now...(she was actually talking to her husband and related the story to me, but the point has stuck with me)
anyway, rant is over. we (hubby and i) are planting a small garden in our small backyard this year. he tilled up an area that i had dug/pulled out lots of weeds and mulch from. we did this yesterday, and our son helped us...it was quite fun. we put gloves on him and he proceeded to "help" pull weeds and pick up mulch and put it in the trash bags we had out. then, he started to take the weeds and mulch back out of the bags...we had to stop him several times, and then hubby just tied off the full bag! we went to home depot and bought some extra soil, miracle grow, and some grass seeds and a tiller attatchment for his lawn tool thingy. this morning, he tilled while nate and i went to church. i was planning on planting my seedlings (cilantro, onions, tarragon, basil, brocolli, lettuce, green onions and carrots) that i started a week ago, but the weather isn't so great, and i think it is going to rain like crazy tomorrow. i will start some more seedlings instead. i bought some more lettuce, bell pepper, cucumber and something else to grow...oh, and some already started strawberry plants, two of them. those alone ran me 7 bucks, but i have had no luck with strawberries before, so i thought i would take the easy way and start with starter plants. i have no idea what i am doing, by the way, just thought i would try it out, and see what happens. it will be lots of fun for nate, i think he will enjoy watching the garden and helping me out with it this summer. this year will help me figure out what to do for next year...
tomorrow, life gets back to normal and i plan on spending some time scrapbooking and reading while hubby naps and kiddo is at daycare...daycare does have it's advantages, but for the most part i don't like it...a necessary evil for a little while longer!
as my little one likes to say, fevers. he is so cute and sweet, even though i know he feels like crap. he has had fever since sunday night. he was acting funny at dinner, extra cranky, and wouldn't eat...which is rarely an issue, esp when it comes to noodles and meat! anyway, we took his temp, and he was running 100.3, and it has only gotten better since...we topped out at 104 last night around 9, and i couldn't give him anymore motrin until 11! so, off came the clothes and out came the wet washcloth and cold water...to which punkin replied, screaming, "NO WIPE ME MAMMA!!" again and again and again. it really was making me cry...i hated having to do that. hubby did it last time, this time was my turn, and it was awful cause he was cold and hot at the same time. well, after about and hour, his temp was down to 102 and i only had to wait another 40 mins to give some motrin. after that, he perked up and wanted to play, which he did until 1am in the morning!!!! ugh~ at least he is feeling better. today, his temp has stayed away for longer periods, but comes back, like after his nap, with a vengence..another 104.5 reading....he likes high fevers, that one.
we actually went to the grocery store today...had to, no food in house, and that is not good for a toddler, much less a prego! i told him before we even got out of the car that i wanted him to sit in the small seat by me (he usually sits in the bottom part were all the food goes) and that he couldn't try to get out or stand up...and that he had to have good manners. i made him say "yes, ma'am" (which means he has heard me and understands me). i must say...that is the best shopping trip we have had in two years!! (ever since i havn't been able to keep him strapped into a car seat!). i have been reading child rearing books and my latest one, growing godly tomatoes, is the best one....i have been using some of her tips, and plan on using the rest once i quit work...can't "tomato stake" part-time! you can see the book at the website www.growinggodlytomatoes.com and read the book for free, or you can do what i did and just buy the darn thing and read it without having to be stuck behind a computer. my fave new time to read is during my son's bath time...he plays in the water for 30 mins, while i read and talk to him and tell him not to splash water, and not to pee pee in the tub and various other no-no's
other than the fever, my child has been ultra sweet, wanting lots of kisses and hugs and love. i can say nothing is finer than your baby asking you for a big and a big kiss, and then wanting another right away, and then telling you he love's you!!! what a blessing he is to me...how lucky i am to have been given this child!
