A Rough Day

So my little sleeping darling boy, has not been so sleepy and peaceful today. He has cried more today than the last two months put together. Okay, I'm exaggerating. But when you have a tantrum throwing two year old...it seems like it. I realized today that we leave for our vacation next Thursday. 1. I am not wearing a swimsuit. 2. I have not even started thinking about packing or getting us ready. Considering it takes me all day to finish things, I better start now. (It's hard to finish a whole task when I have to pick up the baby when he starts to cry, or change them, feed them, clean up, etc etc) Anyway, I decided off to Old Navy this morning so I can find some kind of shorts and tank that I can wear in the lake. Oh yeah, the vacation...so this year we are not going on our annual Penticton trip, which C and I are very sad about. However, there are a couple people in his family that for some reason decided it was too difficult to go there, whether it be the long trip, the frustrations with the border, the reservations, having to get your passport or US drivers license. Anyway, whatever the reasons, it is annoying and we wish we were going there. Instead we have a little lake resort motel reserved somewhere on the way to Yakima near his uncle's cabin. I can never remember what the name is. So, we are going Thurs-Sun. I took the kids to Old Navy, got some shorts and a tank and of course TC some clothes since he is not big enough for many of his clothes yet too big for some...I had to compromise with some tees and some pants that I think should work. AM does not want to get in the car to leave. Screaming begins. Wakes up baby, more screaming. I join along after about 5 minutes. Then I turn up Michael Buble. Once we get home, we have some more challenging moments. The worst being when I left AM and her grilled cheese & ketchup alone for 2 minutes and came back to ketchup on the wall, the floor, her shirt, her booster seat, the chair....and luckily it missed Bisou since she just had her bath on Monday. I was so mad I couldn't even say anything. Good thing her plate is plastic because I threw it in the sink, literally. I haven't touched it yet. Right now she is napping, and holy cow, so is TC...in his crib! This weekend is his 2month weekend...it's where tough love comes and he starts sleeping nights without me, in his crib. It's the same age we did with AM, so off he goes. I may be kind of sad though, not only for the fact that I'm sure he'll cry and I'll have to be awake so much more than I have these past two months, but also for the fact that he's so cuddly and I think I'll miss him. He is my last, and therefore, my last 2 months of pure snuggle sleeping with my baby. Wow, that's crazy. But it's true. I'm sure I'll sneak in his room for some rocking and cuddling though. And I'll thank God when he sleeps through the whole night in his own bed :)

2 months old and a trip to the groomer

I cannot even comprehend that TC is already 2 months old. Time has flown by. This picture is from the day he was born...I call it his Elvis picture. He is so big now, well bigger than the 6+ lbs from 5/28..and much bigger than his 5+ lbs from a little later. He had his 2 month check up on Friday and he weighed 10lbs 14.5oz. Up from like the 4th percentile to the 36th. Still not big, but much bigger! :)

Today we went to the park so AM could play. It seems that's what we usually do on Mondays and at least twice a week. It helps the days go by and not seem so boring and it gets her out and helps her use up some of her never ending energy!

We also took Bisou to the groomer today. AM was devastated that we left her there. For the next 20 minutes all I heard was Bia, Bia, Bia (that's what she calls her). I had to explain about 50 times that she was just getting a bath and a haircut and that'd we'd pick her up after lunch. To which AM would say yeah, yeah, Bia baw carcar oomme (translation Bisou bath, car, home). She still looked completely distraught staring out the window whining Biaaa. When it was time to pick her up...she put her shoes right on and told me the whole way there we were getting Bisou. And then the whole way home she said Bia yeah! over and over. It was in all reality, absolutley adorable. Yet still a little annoying to have everything repeated so many times. However, it was a nice break from the usual mommy mommy mommy mommy mommy mommy. Sometimes I wish I had one of those clicker counter things so I could click it throughout the day each time she says my name. I think somedays it could be in the thousands :)

C & I also went to a wonderful dinner on Saturday to celebrate our anniversary. We finally picked to go to La Rustica. A very small italian restaurant on Beach Drive in WS. I have wanted to go there forever and I always forget about it. Luckily we were going to go to Palisades, had the reservation made and then I looked at their menu online and it wasn't my style (which is also Cory's style for the most part). Jasmine recommended a few places and C and I decided something italian would be good and then she reminded me of the little WS treasure...we went and it was sooo good! We had two bottles of wine, which were very yummy, an appetizer (bruschetta) and we each had a pasta dish. Next time I told him even though the bruschetta was sooo good...I'm trying dessert. They had all my favorites, but I was just too full and C isn't a big dessert person (one area we are very opposite :) so he wouldn't share. Next time I will eat the dessert myself! Can't wait to go back...yum!

Have a great week, hope to be back again soon, with some interesting stuff maybe.

the trials and tribulations

Taking a toddler anywhere is hard. I refrained from all stores with both kids since TC has been here, I did make a trip to Target with both on Monday...and AM did very well! Today I ventured to Babies R Us, where she did not as well, but not horrible, not to the point of me sweating and almost in tears. So that was good! She did fall asleep in the car on the way home though, so she is now napping. We'll have to have a late lunch. I must say the only thing that I will kind of miss since I am now going to be addicted to the internet during naptime...it used to be my GH time! I would watch the previous day's show on the dvr. I will have to catch up now!
This summer has been fun, and there are so many things still planned...before I know it, it will be football season once again! I just got TC a little Seahawks shirt at BRUS, so cute! Daddy will love it :)
We're getting pics on Sat..I was just talking to Kelly about timing for pictures. I can only imagine how this will go. Hopefully not terrible!

I'm baaacckk!

Holy goodness, it's been forever! I am sooo excited to be back online....we finally got our new computer and our internet has only been hooked up for 2 hrs. I was downstairs as soon as AM was down for her nap, and thank goodness TC wanted to sleep too. I have spent time uploading pics so people can finally see our new bundle of joy! It's been crazy, fun, and busy. Luckily it's summer so we go to the park and the beach and spend time with friends-makes the days go by much smoother. Kind of wondering what we'll do when winter hits...move to Cal? At least then he'll be older and somewhat easier I think. Today is C and my 4th anniversary! We are going out for nachos and beer when my mom gets here to watch the kids, to the restaurant where we had our rehearsal dinner....how romantic. Saturday we're doing a nice dinner, which I am very excited about. These are our first 2 dates since the baby has been here. Whom I might add is the most adorable little boy in the world. He's definitely a momma's boy already. And he loves to snuggle! I will hopefully be posting more in the near future, stay tuned :) Missed you all!