Illness
I get sick like everyone else. A couple of colds a year, normal stuff. I discovered this week that my body hates me, I think it's punishing me for exercising. The day I started getting my appetite back after having the stomach flu I get a sore throat, loose my voice, stuffy nose, cough. I got it all. So I started feeling better yesterday, still stuffy and I have that really annoying tickle cough but at least I have my voice back so I can yell at the kids again. Then my body decides to get back at me even more, I got my period two weeks early! I'm never going to the gym again!! I'm actually supposed to be there right now for a personal trainer thing but I rescheduled it. Body 3, Cathy 0.
My girl is growing up!
So the blog put them on in the wrong order, but you get the idea. The swing picture is from April of '03, the striped shirt is from Feb of '04, red pj's is Feb '05 and the other one is from french toast night a few weeks ago.
No and Yes
So the #2 kid has learned to shake his head yes and no. He is using it well. Are you a yuck butt? Yes. Can Mommy change you? No, then he laughs and runs away. Wonderful.
He was being really cute at breakfast today. He was eating out of the box of Kix(much to the enjoyment of Brewser). I got the camera to take a picture but as soon as I started to take it he walked away. When I told him to go back so I could take his picture he shook his head no. Brat.
My Sweet Husband and Sister
Here are the Roses that Patrick and Chrystal got me. Patrick got me the enormous ones for v-day and Chrystal got me the little sweetheart ones for being a sick.
Patrick was a little confused when I got flowers and he didn't send them. So was I.
Valentines day vomit
So I caved. Went and bought the cute little outfit to surprise him, and what did I get? Before I could even wear the damn thing I came down with the stomach flu!! It is the first time I have vomited in over ten years! Right before I started I actually thought "the mucus is here". I guess that's what I get for caving.
On the (sort of) bright side Patrick showed up with roses. Just like he got me for our first valentines day. All different colors. He called off work yesterday and took really good care of the kids(and me). Naps, meals and a bath for both kids. Now I'm just paranoid that all three of them are going to come down with it. They of course will all get it at the same time. How many days until I can stop worrying? Seriously, how long does this thing live inside you before you get sick?
Four things
Four jobs I have had
1. Restaurant prep cook.
2. Book store clerk.
3. Salon Coordinator.
4. Mom.
Four movies I can watch over and over
1. Princess Bride
2. Love Actually
3. Big Trouble
4. French Kiss
Four places I have lived
1. Oxford
2. Cincinnati
3. Maineville
4. Nelsonville
Four TV shows I love
1. Friends. I'm watching it now
2. Dr Phil. I know, I know, so shoot me.
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Grays Anatomy
Four places I've vacationed
1. Gatlinburg, TN
2. Oxford/London, England
3. Kelly's Island, Ohio
4. Crystal River, Florida
Four of my favorite dishes
1. Cheese
2. Chocolate
3. Pizza
4. Dessert
Four sites I visit daily
1. My Yahoo
2. my blog
3. hotmail
4. other blogs
Four places I would rather be right now
1. in bed
2. on my couch
3. in bed
4. on my couch
Five people I am tagging
I think most everyone has done it already, so I'm going to tag Kristy and Angie. Get to it.
For Kristy
This is for Kristy, my wonderful friend who recently made a list of all the bad things that come with pregnancy and kids because she had uterus throbbing for one. Everyone knows that it sucks at times, lots of times actually but you have to remember this:
1. Knowing that you have a life growing inside you. It's powerful.
2. Feeling it move for the first time. Sure, you wonder if it's gas and it probably is.
3. The time that you feel it move for the first time and you know that you're really feeling it.
4. Not everyone gets morning sickness.
5. Stretch marks fade in to silver lines that you have to be pretty close to see. I still wear a bikini(ok, the a tankini) and I wear my stretch marks as a badge of courage!
6. Episiotomy. Ok you've got me there. They suck, but it's part of it, you get over it. After a couple days they stop hurting.
7. There are some things that come with pregnancy that just sound worse than they actually are. Mucus plugs and linea negra for example.
8. Don't worry about breastfeeding. It's scary. It can be really easy or you can have a crap time like I did, but I got help and it was SO worth it. My kids have NEVER been on antibiotics(knock on wood). When you go somewhere you don't have to carry all the extra bottle stuff. That's a good thing because you have so much other crap to carry. I won't lie to you, your boobs will never be the same, but it's like the stretch marks, you get over it. FYI- I have never squirted milk when someone else's baby cried.
9. There will be poop and there will be pee. It sucks. BUT both of my babies first smiles were while I was talking to them while changing their diaper.
10. Patton has never peed in my mouth or on any other part of my face. I just lay something over his little peter and it's all good.
11. Poop, pee, vomit(I have no stomach for any of it and try to avoid at all costs), spitup(different than vomit, trust me)and snot. It really is different when it's your kid. No matter how much you love someone else's kid, it's not the same. The same goes for crying.
12. The snot sucker. They don't work that well anyway.
13. As for being selfish. It's just something that changes, I was the same way.
14. Sleeping. You've got me there, I hear that there are babies that sleep through the night, mine don't. I look forward to it soon.
15. Here's the thing about restaurants and travel. Get them used to it, teach them to be part of your life. My kids sit quietly in restaurants and if they don't we leave. They have been to wineries, on planes(without crying) and on long car trips and to baseball games. They are like this because we include them.
16. Travel fund vs. College fund. Get a good financial planner, it just so happens that I know one.
So this is where I have to end this, mostly because nap time is over. There is so much more that I could say, reread January 27. It says a lot. Don't short change yourself because once upon a time you said you didn't want kids. It's not against the law to change your mind and don't feel guilty if you do. Remember that by the time you decide to have kids it might be too late. Do it while you're young enough to enjoy it. BUT don't do it on a whim or to make others happy. Do it because it's what you and TJ want.
Week recap
Monday-Patton swim lessons
Tuesday-Isabella swim lessons
Wednesday-satellite install(we have DVR! I love it!). Discovered too late that I didn't put my sheer leopard print bra ($3.74 at Target, that's why I own it) away. Nice.
Thursday-Mall with Katie. SO much fun. Katie and I knew each other when we were young, single and stupid. Now our girls hold hands and run around together and we talk about potty training and other mom things.
Friday- Tried really hard to eat healthy and I went to the Y. I worked out and after two and a half minutes thought I might have a heart attack, pushed through to five minutes and then did a fast 20 minute walk on the tread mill. Took the kids swimming. Had window's on the way home, thought about the fact that I worked out for nothing. I really want a Coke and pretzels with onion dip, or a Reeces cup.
Pattonfish
So we had the first class today. What they didn't tell me is how tired I was going to be! I'm spinning, pulling him back and forth and jumping on one leg(with him sitting on the other knee), singing songs while we do stuff to them(I am so tone deaf, I'm afraid it's going to damage the poor kid). I feel like I'm in the water aerobics class.
I'll put a picture of him in the water after I take one of Isabella in the water, I just have to figure out how to cut me out.
Curious Patton is a curious little monkey
With the new movie coming out there is Curious George stuff everywhere. There was an ad in my PEOPLE and he got all excited. He went nuts at Walmart last night when he saw George, he was wiggling in his seat and trying to grab toys off the shelf. He has NEVER done this before. I think he relates to George.
"It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A."
So we went and signed up and took our tour, the place is enormous! Through most of the tour Isabella kept asking when we were going swimming and was very upset when we left without swimming. I signed both kids up for swimming lessons, but I have to go with them so on Monday and Tuesdays I get to put on a swimsuit. I am so excited(please note the sarcasm here). Maybe I'll learn something too since I suck at swimming.
Later when Isabella was supposed to be taking a nap I heard thumping coming from her room, so I decided to investigate and discovered her going through all her dresser drawers looking for her bathing suit because she wanted to pack her swim bag. I think she might be excited.
Miscellaneous events
-I have a new favorite movie. "Love Actually". I'm not sure how it did at the box office but then again sometimes the movies that do really well I think are stupid so it doesn't really matter. It has replaced "French Kiss" the movie I have loved almost forever! FK is still a close #2.
-Patton discovered his Penis, he also discovered that if you pull or pinch too hard it hurts.
-I've been cleaning my house like a crazy person, every day while the kids are napping or after they go to bed I bust out a clutter spot. I've also made sure to really keep up with the dishes and getting the kids to clean up their toys after they are done playing with them and before bed. Anybody who really knows me knows first, how much I hate to clean and second, that I come from a LONG line of pack rats and this goes against every instinct that is in my body!
-I almost got one of the puppies that I emailed everyone about. I was too late, they were all gone in four hours! It made me decide that I want another dog, a bigger dog that people will be unsure about when they come to the door. Especially since Patrick works evenings. I love Brewser, but who is really afraid of a 15 pound Dachshund? People used to step off the front step when I opened the door when I had Ripley, they laugh at Brewser when he barks at them! Brewser also needs a friend to take some of the Monster attention off him. It's a good thing that he is a patient dog, I would have bitten Patton by now! He just follows Patton where ever he goes, it's really cute.
-My psycho neighbors are moving back in. God help us all!!!! This is a future blog topic. They might produce many because that's how psycho they are!
-We are joining the YMCA today. I am so excited because it is one of the best in the country and with the membership I get two hours of free child care a day. I might use it to exercise or I might go sit at their coffee house and read or maybe I'll go sleep in the locker room. TWO HOURS!!!
Carpet Flick
So I bought this to clean up after the kids. As it turns out they love it! I haven't even used it. I just made it smaller by not using all the poles that came with it. Now if I can just get them to scrub the toilets!
I just heard Isabella downstairs laughing like a crazy person so I went to see what she was laughing at, it was the part in Shreck where the Princess makes the blue bird explode. Nice.
DOWN WITH VALENTINES DAY!!!!
So I agree with Jodi about V-Day. It is a Hallmark holiday and it is stupid for us to go out and spend a whole bunch of money because someone tells us that we should. I know Patrick loves me, hell, he works 70 hours a week(or maybe it is to get away from me) and he know that I love him.
The whole day is like a big test/show off. Test#1: Does the one you love remember? Test #2: Did they get you something nice? Test#3: How nice? Do you have to put out even though all you want to do is go to bed because your children are evil brats sent by god to punish you? Test#4: Will he be mad if you don't put out? After all it's V-Day, to men that's a guaranteed night.
Then there is the show off part, maybe this is only something that I have encountered, after all my last job was working at a salon with 30 other women not to mention all the other women that came through in a day. It's all about who got the best gift, the most expensive, most elaborate(one woman I worked with had an act coming in every hour, barber shop quartet, magician etc and then her husband showed up after work to take her to a dinner where diamonds were involved). It's all a bunch of crap!!
Here are my fears. Will Patrick really ignore the day if I tell him to? He might. Will a little part of me be disappointed if he does? I truthfully don't know, I'd really like to say no. I guess there is only one way to find out!
Here's an other thing, if Patrick gets me something I want him to get it because he really wants to, not because a calendar tells him to and vise versa!
So who else is on board with Jodi and I?
