Friday, January 16, 2009
Sassy and Pappy Christmas
Lori and Marlin finally made it up here (no more horrible weather blocking them in) to do Christmas with the kids. Unfortunately, a couple pictures into it, my camera battery died. So here are the pictures I did get.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Just a little bit of vanity
Some pictures Laura took of me while she was here. I'll post our family picture once she send it to me.
Tot Spot Cafe
I had the best day with the kids yesterday, in spite of the no sleeping thing. I was sure the day was going to be horrible when Allie came into our room at 5:30am, after I had been up with Adrian all night. I was pleasantly surprised however!
We were meeting a couple of the ladies from my MOPS tables and their little ones at this cafe/kids play place in Woodinville at 10:00am and I was sure Allie was going to have already melted down a dozen times by then from lack of sleep. She didn't however, and we got out of the house at 9:45am with no problems whatsoever.
We spent a lovely 2 hours at this place called Tot Spot Cafe. What a great idea it is! Basically it's a Coffee shop with a kids play area inside with all kinds of toys. The play area has a low wall (so the little ones can't get out without help) with couches inside and is surrounded by tables for the mom's to drink coffee, work on their computer (free WiFi) or do whatever they want while the kids play. The also have several girls working there who will keep an eye and and entertain your kids while you're doing your thing. Allie who is generally very clingy around strangers took right to the workers and basically ignored me for the next 2 hours while she played princess dress up, baby doll and bounced balls around. So I got to visit with my friends while she played.
I finally talked to the ladies about doing a play group outside of MOPS. They are totally interested, which I'm very excited about. I don't know if we are going to start it soon, or wait until MOPS breaks for the summer, but it's a start. Summer will be nice because we can meet at parks as well as each other's houses.
Anyway, to finish my surprisingly good day... The kids and I made it home around 12:30 at which time Allie went straight to bed for 2.5 hours and Adrian napped a little too, allowing me about 30 minutes of sleep (gotta take what you can get!) I don't think Allie and I had one single fight the entire day. That's pretty amazing since she's been miss emotional lately! Jake went climbing for a couple hours, which was good for him too.
We were meeting a couple of the ladies from my MOPS tables and their little ones at this cafe/kids play place in Woodinville at 10:00am and I was sure Allie was going to have already melted down a dozen times by then from lack of sleep. She didn't however, and we got out of the house at 9:45am with no problems whatsoever.
We spent a lovely 2 hours at this place called Tot Spot Cafe. What a great idea it is! Basically it's a Coffee shop with a kids play area inside with all kinds of toys. The play area has a low wall (so the little ones can't get out without help) with couches inside and is surrounded by tables for the mom's to drink coffee, work on their computer (free WiFi) or do whatever they want while the kids play. The also have several girls working there who will keep an eye and and entertain your kids while you're doing your thing. Allie who is generally very clingy around strangers took right to the workers and basically ignored me for the next 2 hours while she played princess dress up, baby doll and bounced balls around. So I got to visit with my friends while she played.
I finally talked to the ladies about doing a play group outside of MOPS. They are totally interested, which I'm very excited about. I don't know if we are going to start it soon, or wait until MOPS breaks for the summer, but it's a start. Summer will be nice because we can meet at parks as well as each other's houses.
Anyway, to finish my surprisingly good day... The kids and I made it home around 12:30 at which time Allie went straight to bed for 2.5 hours and Adrian napped a little too, allowing me about 30 minutes of sleep (gotta take what you can get!) I don't think Allie and I had one single fight the entire day. That's pretty amazing since she's been miss emotional lately! Jake went climbing for a couple hours, which was good for him too.
The Walking Zombie
My nights have been sadly lacking in sleep lately. Last night was pretty typical (lately anyway). It went something like this:
11:00pm Fall asleep about 11pm (I was actually in bed and exhausted much early but for some reason couldn't seem to get to sleep quickly) And I really shouldn't complain too much because Adrian was mostly asleep by 10pm with just a little case of the wiggles. But of course I can complain. This is my blog after all!
12:55am Adrian wakes up, feed and change him then pump (actually I woke Jake up for the changing part because I was pumping... he wasn't very happy with me for waking him from a dead sleep. Oh, so sorry! I must have mistaken you for the father!)
3:15am Adrian wakes up again (You've got to be kidding me!!!) Feed him 6oz
5:55am Adrian awake AGAIN (This is ridiculous!!!!!!) change diaper, feed 3oz, pump all in a state of half zombie
6:3ish Jake's alarm goes off and he turns all the lights on looking for his black belt. If I could have found it I'd have potentially beat him with it.
7:00am Adrian is already squirming for whatever reason. I can't remember what I did with him except I did have Jake put him in bed next to me.
8:00am Allie mercifully slept in this morning... yesterday she was in our room by 5:30am. I wanted to cry!
What this timeline sadly doesn't include is how long I was up each time. If I have to change diaper, feed Adrian AND pump it's a minimum of 45 minutes. So sad!
11:00pm Fall asleep about 11pm (I was actually in bed and exhausted much early but for some reason couldn't seem to get to sleep quickly) And I really shouldn't complain too much because Adrian was mostly asleep by 10pm with just a little case of the wiggles. But of course I can complain. This is my blog after all!
12:55am Adrian wakes up, feed and change him then pump (actually I woke Jake up for the changing part because I was pumping... he wasn't very happy with me for waking him from a dead sleep. Oh, so sorry! I must have mistaken you for the father!)
3:15am Adrian wakes up again (You've got to be kidding me!!!) Feed him 6oz
5:55am Adrian awake AGAIN (This is ridiculous!!!!!!) change diaper, feed 3oz, pump all in a state of half zombie
6:3ish Jake's alarm goes off and he turns all the lights on looking for his black belt. If I could have found it I'd have potentially beat him with it.
7:00am Adrian is already squirming for whatever reason. I can't remember what I did with him except I did have Jake put him in bed next to me.
8:00am Allie mercifully slept in this morning... yesterday she was in our room by 5:30am. I wanted to cry!
What this timeline sadly doesn't include is how long I was up each time. If I have to change diaper, feed Adrian AND pump it's a minimum of 45 minutes. So sad!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
First Solids
As Adrian has turned 4 months and watches us intently as we eat, it was time to try the rice cereal. Like Allie, he wasn't really ready for it. He just spit every bit of it back out and made the cutest gross faces every time I put it back in. Guess I'll try again in another few weeks.
Messy Faces
Why do we, as parents, love to take pictures of our messy kid's faces? They are just so cute (even though we do have to do the cleanup afterwords)!
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