Pics of the Day ~ Becca and her Beloved … Ethan and Daddy ~

Still sick. It Sucks.

Becca, Ethan and I had a great day  yesterday. We went to Holly and Jaime’s house to play and dye some yarn! It was fabulous! Once the yarn dries I will take some pics. It totally turned out not as expected but wonderful Got to love the artistic process.

Speaking craft speak … I read a sewing blog, I mostly lurk, drooling over fabric and patterns looking forward to the time in my life that I will have more time to dedicate to crafty creativeness. Well I won a yard of delicious fabric from  Sew, Mama, Sew! I am so excited! (See de-lurking has its rewards!)

I have been knitting, just no time to post about it My knitting blog has not been updated in forever. At the moment, with all the craziness in our lives, I am barely keeping my head above water. There are times where I feel like I am drowning, but I have to keep up. I have to stay happy, busy and occupied. If I stop to think … Ok not going there at the moment … to sick to think … rambling … going to stop now.
Ethan took a bottle two nights ago! I have pumped a couple times now, although we have only tried the one time. It is bitter sweet for me. On the one hand, it is beautiful to see J holding his son, feeding him. Then I get all cranky because that is MY thing. The babies depend on me. No matter what that is MY thing. Silliness. I can share. And when I am this sick, it is nice to share

I am heading to bed if all works out. I have one kid asleep in the sling now to get the other of the potty and into bed … Oh sweet bed …

Pics of the Day ~ The Kids at the Zoo ~

Grrr I am sick. It hurts to swallow, my nose is becoming plugged and I am so tired. I have no time for this. Time is a ticking and I have so much to do.

Yet I am grateful for so much this week (I have been terrible at keeping up with this, me and weekly meme’s never get along!)

1. I am so grateful for my amazing friends. I had a fabulous week spending time with three amazing women, learning about life, kids and everything in between. Not only do I become a better person every time I am near them, Becca has the opportunity to hang out with some amazing kids!

2. Oh that Book Sale! I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to attend it. Books are the one item we have in abundance in our home for our children. I have no guilt about that, but books can be rather expensive.

3. Becca adores the first book I pulled from the book stash. And so do we! It is hilarious! Have you read Skippyjon Jones?! I highly recommend it! I always enjoy children’s books that have pop references that the adults can enjoy!

4. I swoon every time Ethan gives me a smile. He has been handing out a few more this week, however just like his sister one has to earn a smile, he does not hand them out for free!

5. I am grateful that all is healing well and that the OB’s follow up appointment went well. I still need some time to be 100% but happy that it is progressing well.

6. I am thankful for the knitting I have been able to finish, even though the top that I knit up for Becca is too SMALL and I have to rip it out and re-knit it larger!

I am in for another stellar and busy week. Life is really good right now, despite the cold, the uncertainty, and chaos!

Pics of the Day ~ The Ever Cute Becca & Ethan Sporting some Wool Longies! ~

Thanks for all the amazing insight on pacifiers yesterday. I am still very wary of them. J & I are lazy by nature and I totally fear becoming dependant on the little suckers. That being said, it hurts my heart when the little man cries!

Ethan & I spent the day together. It was nice, although I missed Becca so much! First stop on our tour was the OB’s office! I am in awe that I have now went to my 6 week follow up appointment! How has 6 weeks gone by? All is well, I am healing. My doctor is so awesome. He hugged me and thanked me for allowing him to be part of Ethan’s birth! So sweet!

Then Ethan and I cruised to Anaheim for the Scholastic Warehouse Book Sale *~Drool~* It was AMAZING! The most expensive book I purchased …. $5 … I spent like $45 and walked away with nearly 20 books!!! I am going to give some to Becca for her birthday and the rest are going to slowly come out as nice little surprises!!! I can hardly wait to read some of them!

Ethan & I came home afterwards, J returned to work. Becca and I spent the afternoon together as Ethan slept. Beautiful Beautiful Day!

Ooooo! I got MAIL! hehe! The ever so famous Betty sent me some Green Bags! She does not have a machine that sews and two of her bags came with fatal errors! The company was totally cool and sent her replacements but that left her with the duds … I happily obliged to give the bags a new home with repairs to come! I am so excited! Thanks Betty!

Pics of the Day ~ Becca in Palm Springs and Ethan as Strong as CA’s Govenor! hehe ~

Becca, Ethan and I have been extremely busy the past few days. I am exhausted, yet content. You know how I like to stay busy

Monday was play date at Holly & Jamie’s house, always a good time. We had missed two weeks and had a lot to catch up on! Then Tuesday we hit Marina, Chris and Joey’s place. Ok you know how women get all twitterpatted when they are around newborns and start wanting a baby? I get that way around puppies! Both gals have new puppies and oh they are both so adorable!!! I want a PUPPY!

Today was chore day … Yuck! It went well though and Becca was happy to receive the new Wonder Pets DVD! We do not plan on hooking up cable tv once we move so we figured we better get some of her favorites

Tomorrow it is Mommy & Ethan Day! Ethan and I are escaping to Anaheim to a Scholastic Book Warehouse Sale!!! Books … Sale … Drool … Becca the lover of books is going go to work with her Daddy for the morning then J is going to write some papers from home in the afternoon.

Friday we are heading to the Wild Animal Park again to meet up with some friends that were unable to go last time. Some how I will survive this pre-moving dash to spend time with everyone!

Oh so the PARENTING DILEMMA … I would like your advise … Becca never really took to a pacifier. She was given one in the NICU, but once home wanted nothing but the real thing baby … So I am absolutely clueless about the little suckers. I am so not even sure I want Ethan to have one, yet there are times the little guy is crying and I just cannot get there to breastfeed him (aka Bathing Becca, potty time, cooking etc). I am not a “Oooo the kid is crying, whining, made a slight noise so I am going to plug him up with this cute piece of plastic” kind of mom. I realize that most parents (in my ideal world) would never use a pacifier in that manner. What is a Mom to do when there are two beautiful children in need of her?

Did you kids use a pacifier? Did you like it? Did the pacifier become baby crack? How does one get the kid to take an artificial nipple? Please share your thoughts!

Nancy from Are We Having Fun Yet? tagged me for a meme containing 7 random things about me … However I am adding a little twist … I am going to share 7 random things about my kids of the top of my head …

1. Becca likes to sing a little song while taking a poop on the potty. Or she will talk endlessly to herself while taking care of business.

2. Ethan absolutely adores being in the sling. On days when we are home more, he gets a little cranky if I do not wear him.

3. Becca can spend upwards to an hour and a half in the bathtub. She takes with her a collection of plastic animals and plays with them. Sometimes they are fishing, swimming, eating or sleeping. Her imagination is endless with those little animals.

4. Ethan wears cloth diapers 99% of the time. We are still not brave enough to go cloth when out and about. Not sure what the hesitation is since he has leaked in disposables (Huggies no less!) yet only once out of a cloth (that was too big for him!)

5. Becca loves to make elephant noises and is always disappointed when Mommy cannot!

6. Ethan can be starving and totally upset but will calm completely as soon as he is placed in the bathtub. I am so thankful that we found a plain, unstructured tub for Ethan to splash around in.

7. All of Becca’s friends at the moment are boys. She tries so hard to keep up with them (all older than her except for one) which has in turn helped her gross motor skills catch up after becoming a little behind due to her vision problems last summer.

And one more for Damselfly who tagged me for 8 Random things!

8. I have had 9 body piercings (although not all at once). My nose, eyebrow, tongue, ear (tragus), then two lower ear, two upper ear … as a teen my friend & I pierced my belly button but it did not last long (and omg it hurt, we froze it with an ice cube! Stupid!)

After reading a lot of Mother’s Day celebrations, it sounds like everyone was rightfully spoiled! I received beautiful flowers, a Chai Latte from Starbucks, some games for my computer and an addition to my Mommy Tags necklace (now I have Becca and Ethan’s birthdays!) Oh the best part … I organized my closet and took a THREE hour nap … priceless!