Well, another Thanksgiving has been sucessfully completed. My parents came over from Pendleton for the holiday, and there was much feasting to be had. I have helped cook Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house before, but this was the first time I hosted the meal in my own home. We had all the traditional dishes: stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, olives (which my mom kept trying to get Solomon to stick on his fingers), and of course, a beautfully roasted and deliciously seasoned turkey.
This year boasted another first for me: I went shopping on Black Friday. Peter had to work, so my Dad and I took Solomon out to Costco and Target. Granted, we didn't get up at the crack of dawn to chase after big sales, and we stayed away from the malls, but there were still crowds and I still felt pretty proud of myself. Solomon was such a good boy on the trip that his Grandpa bought him a Lightning McQueen car to play with.
On Saturday, I gave all the boys haircuts, including Sol. It always breaks my heart to snip off his golden curls, but his hair was getting pretty unruly. We collected everyone's hair in a box to help make cleanup easier, and it was amazing how much contrast there was between the color of Peter's and my dad's dark brown hair and Solomon's white-blond hair.
After my parents left on Sunday morning, Solomon started saying that his tummy was owie. We
assumed he was constipated and went to the store and bought him some chewable laxatives. Then we came home and watched the Cars movie and snuggled a bit. He seems to be feeling better now....but still no poopy diaper. So now we're just waiting for that bomb to drop....which will hopefully happen before his nap.
Well, I've finally joined the rest of society and created a blog...now I can feel cool just like everyone else. Do I really have time to maintain a blog? Do we need to be reminded of the MySpace fiasco (checked it twice in three years...received increasingly miffed messages from distant friends...finally decided abandonment was the best plan)? Only time will tell.
My friends assure me that this is the best way to keep family and friends updated on what we're doing, and, more importantly, what my kids are doing. I say "kids" because I do have two of them, even though one of them isn't quite born yet. We're expecting him/her in early June. The doctor gave us a due date of June 3rd, but after my experience of being two weeks overdue last time, I'm trying not to put too much stock in due dates.
So I am 13 weeks along now, and I'm starting to feel less nauseous and tired all the time. That's a big plus! I even had enough energy to take Solomon for a walk on Saturday, which I haven't been able to do for a long time. I'm trying to gain less weight this time around, since the 65 + lb. I gained with Sol was a bit too much (please read the understatement in that sentence).
Peter and I are trying to sell our house and move to Monmouth, where I work. I take Solomon with me to daycare in Monmouth every day, and I'll take the new baby too, once it's born. All our friends live in Monmouth, our list of babysitters live in Monmouth, and hey, we just like Monmouth. So our house is on the market (see our listing here http://www.realestate.com/Property/11181475---Salem-OR-97302-603540.aspx) and we're just waiting for that buyer to come along and make us an offer we can't refuse (meaning any offer at all!).
Solomon has been at "back-up" daycare for the last two weeks because his normal daycare person is on vacation in Disneyland (lucky!). Sol doesn't sleep well at the back-up babysitter's house, so we've been dealing with overtired, cranky, super-silly toddler every evening. Poor little guy. He's such a sweetheart, and he just can't handle life when he's tired. Hey, I know how he feels!
Well, another Thanksgiving has been sucessfully completed. My parents came over from Pendleton for the holiday, and there was much feasting to be had. I have helped cook Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house before, but this was the first time I hosted the meal in my own home. We had all the traditional dishes: stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, olives (which my mom kept trying to get Solomon to stick on his fingers), and of course, a beautfully roasted and deliciously seasoned turkey.
On Saturday, I gave all the boys haircuts, including Sol. It always breaks my heart to snip off his golden curls, but his hair was getting pretty unruly. We collected everyone's hair in a box to help make cleanup easier, and it was amazing how much contrast there was between the color of Peter's and my dad's dark brown hair and Solomon's white-blond hair.
assumed he was constipated and went to the store and bought him some chewable laxatives. Then we came home and watched the Cars movie and snuggled a bit. He seems to be feeling better now....but still no poopy diaper. So now we're just waiting for that bomb to drop....which will hopefully happen before his nap.
