Weekend Recap

Not much to really say about this weekend except it was way too busy.

Saturday, D and R got haircuts together. D did great sitting on daddy's lap and having me entertain him in the front.

After an early nap we left to go to my mom's so she can watch D as we got our taxes done.

D did great at my mom's. We are storing his old toys there and he was in heaven playing with all of them.

In the evening we relaxed as the weather made us soooo sleepy.

Sunday morning we ate breakfast and then prepared ourselves to see 11 homes. The first 2 homes we took D, then we dropped him off at my mom's. My sister's dog was over there and D had so much fun chasing him around.

R and I came back with no home, hungry and exhausted.

We are looking forward to this weekend, we're leaving Saturday for some water park fun and to celebrate D's 2nd birthday in.....6 days!

Visit

Today, my in-laws brought D to my work for a little visit. He had all the ladies wrapped around his finger.

He enjoyed my desk and of course some kneebouncers.com games that I had on for him.

Here he is plotting how to ruin my career by sending his own emails...just kidding that didn't happen

After a visit to the office we enjoyed a nice lunch with grandma and grandpa before they had to take a tired D back to their house.

Next week they are planning a trip to daddy's work.

As a tribute to my baby turning 2 I have updated the blog background until his birthday.

The count down is...10 more days!!!!

Fightin Irish!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Pardon the annoying voice.

The many faces of a leprechaun!






Hope you all enjoyed some Corned Beef because ours in GONE!!! I ate wayyyyy too much of it.

Weekend Update

Well, it was an eventful last few days.
Thursday, I said "goodbye" to my dear friend who was leaving our company. We had a great time at Uncle Julio's. With a good sangria and some queso (that's Spanish for cheese) things were cheerful but today is a different day. I'm realizing I can't instant message her and it sucks!!!
Friday, R, D and I went to Friday's to get some dinner. We need to do that more often on a Friday night, just the three of us. After that we went to Toys R Us since it was pay day for daddy and it has become tradition for daddy to buy D a car or two that he doesn't need. $50 and an embarrassing breakdown later, we were home.
The thing that caused the breakdown.... pulling D away from the pink Barbie car! He runs to this car every time.
A mom standing next to us with a boy slightly older than D told me her son just stopped doing that his last two trips. :)
Saturday, D had his therapy, after not having it for a month he did great. I have been in another room the last few sessions and he does great with "Dee Dee" by himself. He even said "Dee Dee" (nickname for Denise). Once in a while he'll run away and look for me. We're trying to make up for the sessions that he missed while homeless and squeeze many sessions in but when Dee Dee showed up on Sunday, D waved her goodbye and shook his head no. Eventually he did OK with her.
After therapy we went to a b-day party at Chuckie Cheese. It was a fun time!
D getting ready to leave to the party.
D enjoying some pizza and fruit punch,
playing a game or two with mommy and daddy since he refused to ride any rides, we had to use up our tokens. We decided not cash in our tickets and collect them over time so we can get something decent (we'll need around 3000 tickets for that to happen, only about 2,950 to go).
After the party we were pooped and D took a nap. We cuddled after as it takes D about an hour to "wake up" from a nap. I appreciate every minute of it.
Sunday, D had speech therapy again and afterwards we went food shopping where we sampled good food and bought $20 worth of corned beef. Here it is cooking today. I cannot wait!!!
We enjoyed a walk to the park and around the neighborhood later, but it was a bit windy. We ended the day with playing some bowling on Wii and dancing in the basement/playroom.

Today is back to work and reality. With losing one hour of sleep it feels like a whole day was lost.

What can you do?

I have to admit, I've been a little overwhelmed with stuff lately. Between moving, trying to get settled in, potty training, just being a mom and a wife, it's got me drained at the end of the day. I told myself that I will try to work on getting things done at night to make my mornings less chaotic. This morning however was as chaotic as it gets.

• R woke up with a stomach ache.
• I had to get D his milk, get him dressed, put on his DVD, etc. (Usually R does all of that)
• I rushed through my shower so it was a pony tail day.
• The sitter arrived and D wanted nothing to do with her. It took 5 extra minutes to get him settled and stop pulling on my arm.
• I was stuck in traffic for an hour and 45 minutes trying to get to a meeting downtown.
• My gas light came on while on the expressway. Panic set it and I got off an exit, as I looked around the shady area I pulled away from the gas station and arrived 20 minutes late to the meeting with no gas.
• A full day of meetings left me exhausted.
• I noticed my wipers were DONE and on my way home half my windshield was blurred.
• I also remembered on my way home that my closest friend from work is leaving me and her last day is Friday but tomorrow is her "farewell" and I had to get a card. (Tears will be shed tomorrow).
• I also remembered we have a 4th b-day party this Saturday and I needed a gift.
• I got home, took D on a quick walk with R and then ran errands like a crazy woman.
• I came home with a very crabby baby. I rushed around getting everything prepared for tomorrow.

I'm so behind in my TV shows. UGHGH. I just feel like I can't get ahead. I haven't done a scrap book page since Thanksgiving and I need to get caught up.

OK I feel better now.....I'm sure I could have gotten a couple things done while writing this whining post. Thank Goodness I get to work from home on Friday.

It's Potty Time!

This weekend I decided to get serious about potty training. D has gone pee pee (#1) on the potty a while back but with everything going on with the rental the training took a back seat.
His old potty now has a new home at the Grandparents house and I ventured out to get a new potty OR two. After D and I ran a few errands (post office, Babies R Us, park, lunch at Panera (just the two of us) and Target we arrived home with two potties. Right away a favorite one was chosen (the $30 one, of course) and we began our new adventure.
We started out with your basic bribery, consisting of chips and some water to make things go quicker. He lasted maybe a minute before he ran off.I gave a grand speech or two about being a "big boy", how pee pee and poo poo belong in the potty and not a diaper. I tried making a $30 piece of plastic with no extras (noises, fake flushers, music) sound fabulous to an almost two year old, here is what he thought of it all...a bunch of plastic pieces that looked like fun with no other purpose other than for banging and stacking.
The next morning with a new outlook on the whole potty training business I took it up a notch. I figured out the best time of day for him to really need to go to the bathroom based on his regular schedule and went to work.
After being served a royal Sunday breakfast, I knew it was the right time to try again.
In case you're wondering what that is, I hate throwing out deli meat left over from the week so I usually cut it up and use it with scrambled eggs. That yellow glob on the right is a piece of baguette dunked in eggs and fried. Daniel hates scrambled eggs but he LOVED this.It was time. I sat him on his potty with his belly full of food and gave him a juice box. He rarely gets juice so when he does get it he drinks it until it's gone. Then I gave him gold fish (nacho flavor) and waited. This time I was a little bit more stern about saying "not yet" when he tried to get off. I sat in front of him reading a couple of books and I made a few "sounds" to encourage pushing #2 out and all of a sudden he made #1 and #2!!!!My BIG BOY!!!! He got up looked at his accomplishment and ran away screaming. I tried to make him flush it down but he just waved bye bye to it as I explained that it was going down to the ocean to the fish. I even danced for him. Anyone remember the movie Look Who's Talking Now when Mikey makes pee pee and skinny Kristie Alley and young John Travolta dance and sing for him? I stole it and it works great. Can you sing...Pee Pee in the potty, Pee Pee in the potty??!!!He thought he was the rock star for the rest of the day posing for the camera.


I had to include this picture below as it captures his latest obsession with everything being a "boo boo". He runs to me anytime he hurts his head, finger or toe for me to kiss it even if he really didn't hurt it. What a man!

Wish us luck as we continue to encourage the big guy to use the potty.

We survived move #2

We officially survived move #2. We are slowly trying to get into the swing of things. First night, since we did not put D's crib together we let him sleep with us one last night. Here are my two men taking over the bed. Notice Daniel's foot hanging over the bed, he loves doing that.
We put his crib together and he's been doing quite well adjusting sleeping in it. The crib was quite simple to put together. Each move we make we are becoming pros in putting furniture together, setting up cable, Internet and phone.
Our goodbyes with Grandma and Grandpa M on Sunday was emotional. We all cried. They were so great to us and Daniel loved staying there. Today Grandma watched Daniel after not seeing him yesterday and he just glowed when he saw her this morning. She is such a good sitter/grandma/mom/MIL. We are blessed to have them both in our lives. For the past 3 weeks we have had breakfast, lunch and dinner made, our child watched, our garbage at the old rental taken out, snow shoveled and received the most emotional support I could ever need. We love you guys! We had a lot of laughs too; making fun of grandpa and his food saver (I loved it so much we got it as our goodbye gift :), having midnight conversations with my MIL as all the men were sleeping, having tasty rice pudding with my MIL as all the men were sleeping, having a glass of wine as the men were sleeping, you see the trend?
Their gift was this little cutie pie living with them...it's no wonder they cried. Look at that face! I love what his shirt says, of course. No place like home with mommy.
Thanks for every one's support during this difficult time; with moving and all the drama I personally was ready to have a break down. With time we are hoping to find our home and have a new beginning. Now, I have to get caught up on my Tivo shows!!!