Sick Days

Sick day #2 around here. Ike caught a cold that seems to be really concentrated in his head, lots of snot, gooey eyes, headache. He might have pink eye, we're not sure but have decided to treat it as such. He's contagious until tomorrow, hopefully the rest of us (especially Woodrow) can avoid it. In the meantime...it's too much TV. Luckily there are some good tame show and movie options on Netflix, and we also have some DVD's from the library. It's the best way to get a boy who never stops moving to stop moving!

I'm also preschool shopping which is proving pretty difficult. Have some tours lined up next week and will need to see what options we like and can afford (so expensive). I'm excited for Ike to start preschool in the Fall, I really think he'll enjoy it. We are hoping for 3 or 4 half days a week at a Montessori school. We'll see what we come up with.

In Woodrow news, he rolled over for the first time yesterday! Big boy!! I left the room with him on his tummy and came back to him on his back! Then I made him do it over and over for me which he wasn't thrilled about, but it's so cute when they meet milestones like that, so I had to see it many times :)

Here are some pictures:

Visiting a friends farm

Serious work at the Children's Museum

Future piano prodigy

Angels sleep too

Slim in all black ;)

Tired & happy

Momma!!

My momma came for a visit!! Travis ran away to Denver for a weekend (and stayed with the most lovely hostess in all the land, sweet Robin. She and Brad took such good care of him, they're really the best!), and when Southwest had a sale for the same dates, my mom couldn't resist coming to help me out :) Thanks, Momma!! So appreciated :)

I put her to work holding the baby, waking up early with the big boy, going to grocery stores, restaurants, museums & parks. We also re-upholstered furniture! I'm not sure she went home rested, but we're never rested around here, so when in Rome..! 

At The Forestry Center

Forestry Center big truck

Cool masks!

New Seasons

Valentine's Day Breakfast

It is

Tryon Creek State Park hiking & visitors center. A very nice day :) 

Special date

Ikey and I had a special date last weekend, we got dressed up and went to the theatre. Oregon children's theatre was putting on Geronimo Stilton: Mouse in Space. It was great, my dramatic little dude said he'd like to do that one day (what the actors do), but first...we'll need to build a stage! He's very excited to see the next play, Bad Kitty, in March.



He really geeked out over this banner :)

Running to our seats

He brought his book with him, sat down for a recap right after the show :)

Struggling

1-3 in my house is really, really hard. I'm almost always in tears at some point. 1-3 is naptime/quiet time and I can't seem to get it right. We are pushing for quiet time, but the behavior and the common occurrence of falling asleep after alllll the negative behavior comes out says that he probably still needs that sleep. Whatever I do, however I mix it up, we end up with a 3 year old antagonizing his mom and his brother resulting in a baby who can't sleep and a momma who is very frustrated. This will pass, I know that to be true, but in the moment it is hard. Very hard. Hard to know myself as such a frustrated person and not the calm and patient person and mom that I strive to be. I have a fear that in ten years I will look back and remember my frustrated times instead of the amazing times and the times that I am calm, cool and collected. I don't want to take this for granted, I don't want to feel like I wasted it.

This speaks to me

Lucky lucky lucky

Two sweet boys. What a handful. What a dream. 

Been awhile (post from October 2015)

(I can't change the post date, but this one was meant to be posted in October, it seems out of order here so thought I'd clarify)

I haven't blogged in a bit. Mostly because I got a new phone and so had to re-sign in to a bunch of apps, and I didn't think I remembered my password for Blogger. All this time and all I actually had to do was click "sign in" and it hooked me right up, no password necessary. 

No baby yet. My due date was yesterday. Anxiously awaiting... So ready to go into labor, my body is tired of all this extra weight. 

I was pretty grouchy about no baby on Saturday, but decided to turn it around today and just deal. Soak up my one kiddo time that I have left. Here's some pics of my little dude.

Apple Festival 

Pumpkin Patch 

Celebrating his buddy Ryder's 3rd birthday.

Goofy smile with Nanny.

He will only put face paint on his eyebrows.