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Weekend Review (11/16 – 11/18)

Posted on November 19, 2007 3:31 pm by TheAngelForever

It is hard to believe that the weekend before Thanksgiving is already over. Time just keeps flying past me and I need to remember to stop and enjoy it while the boys are still little.

Friday night we were all exhausted from a busy week post visit to Uncle I, Aunt M and SG. JL and I actually went to bed at 9:00 to warm up and watch television. We fell asleep quickly and were rudely woken up my JSL at about 11:00. He was hysterical. JL rocking him did not work. I nursed him and he was not too thrilled with that. Each time JL would get him to sleep and get him into his crib he would wake up. His head would shoot up and he would start ~~bitch~~ -er chatting loudly. We were afraid he would wake NHL up. Fast forward numerous attempts to when we tried to get him to sleep in our bed. HA! The little monster would pop his head up, scootch over to me, pull up to my face on the pillow and LAUGH! I kid you not this is what my 6 month old did. After a second nursing attempt JL was finally able to get him to sleep and put him into his crib at about 2 in the morning.

Of course NHL was up at 6:30 and woke his little brother up. JL and I were walking and talking zombies. My parents offered to have us go to their house for lunch. They said they would watch the boys so we could nap (never happened). Thanks to little sleep two nights in a row we canceled going out to dinner with friends.

PJ status remained until close to 11:00 when we finally moved our rears to go to the library. My copy of Deceptively Delicious was waiting for me there. We wanted to check it out to see if we wanted to purchase a copy (we did). Before getting dressed JL read to the boys. Here are some photos of this boy bonding time.

Everyone concentrating on the book:

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Notice who was flirting with mommy and the camera:

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After the library we went to Nana and Papa’s house. Here they had a fun new toy for NHL to use with the cars at their house. Here is NHL setting up some cars:

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Ready to race the cars again:

Lunch was really yummy (and nutritious too). Our friends actually stopped by and we chatted with them for quite some time before they left to shop. At about 4:30 we left and went to the grocery store. We got lots of things and were home at about 6:00 when we had to figure out dinner. Thankfully the boys slept nicely the rest of the evening.

Sunday morning we took the boys to the craft and story time at temple. This month was all about Chanukah since it starts December 4th. Here is NHL with his craft (the candles come off and on to "light" ):

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After this we ran a bunch of errands (lunch, Kohls, Target, BJ’s) and then went home to make pumpkin pancakes with a secret ingredient!

JSL had a rough evening thanks to teething and still refuses to eat solid food – *sigh* He will tolerate Cheerios and the Gerber sweet potato puffs, but cries and clamps his mouth shut to rice cereal, oatmeal and even butternut squash. I am calling it quits for a little while. A nice plus is yesterday JSL finally figured out how to nurse without the shield and is very happy. So my poor body will now have issues after 6 months that new mommies go through. All I can say is I will cope and thank goodness for teething tablets.

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Meeting Cousin SG – weekend update

Posted on November 15, 2007 11:38 am by TheAngelForever

It only took us 7 weeks to get out west, but we finally made it to meet Cousin SG and visit Uncle I and Aunt M. We were leery of the LONG roadtrip, but much to our surprise the boys did really well not only going, but coming home as well. We did the trip in under 5 hours both times. Not too shabby and almost makes me have less fear of road trips for the future.

Thursday morning JSL and I were busy, busy, busy. We left the house early and went to get new tires put on my car. While they did that we went on a cold walk to Toys R Us and the book store. We bought a new bib for JSL to eat solids that can just be wiped off and a few other things. By the time we got back to the tire store they were done and we were on our way to BJ’s. Here I bought baby essentials – diapers and wipes. Then we went home where I panicked about not being packed and needing to pick NHL up. JL called and said he was heading home. He went to get NHL at school and then picked up a quick lunch. By the time they were home I was packed and ready to go, after eating.

We were packed up and on the main road at 2:40 and got to our destination at about 7:30. NHL was so happy to see Uncle I and Aunt M. Cousin SG was sleeping in her swing when we arrived. NHL forgot how tiny babies can be since JSL has grown so much in 6 months. SG is 4 months younger so she has lots of time to catch up.

My parents and grandmother arrived about an hour after we did. At this point it was WAY after NHL’s bedtime. We all stayed up to hold SG and talk for a while. Then we finally settled on sleeping arrangements and made beds. NHL slept on a mattress on the floor with my parents. My grandmother had her own room with a bed. JL and I were on our queen sized Aerobed in SG’s room, where JSL slept in her crip. That left Uncle I, Aunt M, and SG (along with Cousin Zoe cat) sleeping in their room. NHL was SO overtired he was still up long after midnight. He finally crawled into bed with my parents and was so giggly.

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The yummy cookies that Mimi brought with her:

Here are some photos of JSL sleeping in SG’s room:

The next morning we got up, took turns in the shower and eventually went out to lunch. We had thought about going to Chuck E Cheese, but NHL was not cool with that. Instead we went to Dave & Buster’s. We do not have one of these by us and it was amazing. Many of us had a yummy salad. After eating NHL went with Uncle I, Papa, and JL to play some games. Then they traded in tickets for a prize. (I so wish I had taken my camera out, but I did not think about it at the time.) Then it was time to head back to the house to rest before the big night at temple for SG’s naming.

Here are the babies after the adventure:

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Uncle I & Aunt M relaxing for a few moments before the big night:

SG was also kind and let her "big" cousin JSL share her favorite swing. JSL really enjoyed it. Here is a photo of him in it and some with Mimi.

NHL refused to nap and it was NOT a pretty scene. We all helped to get ready for the Shabbat dinner before temple. Aunt M’s family came over and by 6:45 we were out the door to temple. The service started at 7:30 and they did the naming quickly. The reason to do the naming at the start was that Friday night also was Kristallnacht so there was a lot for the rabbi to talk about.

We did not take any photos of anyone at the baby naming (just do not feel right doing that in a temple). Here are some photos of NHL from various times:

Saturday we slept a little later. Nobody really got moving. We finally decided to head out to lunch and came up with a GREAT place that I wish we had near here. We went to Great Northern Pizza. NHL had macaroni and cheese pizza! After a delicious meal we opted to head back to nap some before going to Chuck E Cheese with Aunt M’s cousins. NHL said he wasn’t tired. When we pulled into their driveway BOTH kids were asleep. We transfered NHL into his bed and he had a nice nap.

Aunt M went to her family to check out the little ones because they were not feeling so great. We all opted not to do Chuck E Cheese. We decided to head to the mall that had a special something for NHL. We shopped and let NHL go on this once to keep him VERY happy:

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We went back to the house for a fun dinner. By the time we got home I was suffering from a really bad earache. I thought it was my allergies (very allergic to cousin Zoe cat) or wind in my ear. By the next morning I felt even worse. *sigh* I felt so bad exposing everyone, but who knew? Of course I should have since someone always gets sick when we go there to visit *wink*

And of course Saturday night was also the night that we learned how many people can fit into a bathroom. SG had her bath and the troops all watched as previously blogged.

Sunday morning came way too quickly and it was time to do kid photo shoots and pack up. Here is the photo shoot of just the cousins. As you will notice SG slept through the entire thing.

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Then while I was pumping milk for the road my grandmother wanted a photo with all of her great-grandchildren. I did not witness this – DARN (note the sarcasm). These are JL’s photos:

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We were on the road at 10:40 and back home before dinner. Now I am catching up on all of the laundry from the weekend after being sick.

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The bathroom story

Posted on November 12, 2007 11:15 pm by TheAngelForever

The answer to the previously asked bathroom question is that at least 10 people (5 adults, a 4 year old, a 6 month old, and a 2 month old) can fit into my brother and sister-in-law’s bathroom.

Why would all of us head into the bathroom (not a master bathroom either) together?

Were we having a party? No, not quite.

We all went in to watch my new little niece S have a tub. Since we are not local all of us piled into the room to witness. As you can see from JSL’s face he was a little confused with why everyone was squishing into the room.

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Here are all of the troops heading into the bathroom. Included in this nice group are of course Cousin S (taking the tub), Uncle I and Aunt M (giving the tub), Mimi (great-grandma), Nana, Papa, JSL, NHL, JL and I.

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Once we all were in I noticed poor NHL wedge in between Papa and JL. Here’s what his view looked like. Do not worry, he soon was able to get up front for a nice view of the tub.

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Here is a mosaic showing just how many ~~dorks~~ of my family members can fit into the bathroom so you can truly appreciate our style of bonding.

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So that is the rest of the story that I teased about the other day. Sorry it wasn’t that thrilling, but we all thought it was pretty funny at the time. Heck it was interesting to see how JL and I were able to capture different point of view with our two cameras. I can not wait to see what my parents were able to get one theirs.

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All boys are sleeping – PARTY!

Posted on November 3, 2007 4:27 pm by TheAngelForever

Right now all three boys (32 years, 4 years and 5 1/2 months) are sleeping!!! Wahoo . . . this does not happen often and likely will not last long.

Party at my house!!!!

When I went in to check on NHL before (he was avoiding sleep like the plague) he finally conked out. Here is what I saw from the door:

From far you could barely see his little butt hanging out from all of the things on his bed. I ventured in closer and took some more pictures. Here you can see a little more hanging out from under all of the pillows and blankets. Only a 4 year old could sleep like this, but remember he was NOT tired!

I went even closer and saw a belly button hanging out and a hint of ear.

Yes, there was definitely an ear in there!

**Update – now the littlest monkey woke up and I gave him to daddy in bed to try to settle. I knew it wasn’t going to last long, but assumed more than 15 minutes. GAH!

Here is what I did with JSL when he and I were up. Mind you to get this one good shot a bunch of others with his hands in his mouth and trying to eat his feet were mandatory.

Here are the other pictures from the photo shoot (remember the mosaic program does crop these funny – I had him perfectly in the shot and didn’t cut off his head in any):

5 1/2 month JSL photo shoot

**Update – All of the boys are napping again. Here’s a photos of JL and JSL together:

Now I am off to get some things done while my three boys nap.

C’est Moi

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Halloween 2007 – Recap

Posted on November 1, 2007 10:27 pm by TheAngelForever

Yes another night of candy, costumes, and sugar highs has come and gone. Halloween 2007 is now in the books. It was JSL’s first Halloween and per NHL’s request he had to dress up to go Trick-or-Treating with his big brother.

JL came home early and we quickly got both of the boys out of the house to head to my parents house. This way Nana and Papa could see them and they could go to a few of the neighbors there. Before heading out NHL had to get into his costume. After his costume was on JL told him to put on his shoes. Without skipping a beat he said the following:

"I don’t need shoes cause I have monkey feet"

We were in hysterics. JL finally was able to explain to him that monkey feet or not the shoes were needed for walking outside of the house.

JSL was not able to get dressed before leaving. Since his costume was a sack he could not be buckled into his car seat with it on. Everyone was ready and we went to Nana and Papa’s with NHL singing his song that he was going serenade Papa with.

NHL got out of the car and ran over to Papa to sing "Trick-or-Treat Smell my feet…." You know the song. At the end of the song he then grabbed my father’s pants and tried to pull them down. Here’s a picture shortly before the pant grabbing event:

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Next we went into the house to get the little penguin ready to go. Here is a photo mosaic of this fun (note the sarcasm). JSL was clearly not thrilled with our plan and let us know. FYI – the program that makes the mosaic cropped some of the pictures a little off, so sorry if parts of people are gone. The full versions of all are on my Flickr album. So without further interruptions I present to you "The Making of a Lil Penguin":

*gasp* Whoa . . . . who knew a certain someone is actually in photos!

After this NHL went onto the ground to pose with his little brother for a few photos. Here’s another mosaic with those pictures:

Finally it was time to head out and about. We went to the people across the street from my parents. Even their little dog was dressed for the day. Here is a photo:

JSL was just taking everything in and sucking on his flippers. Thanks to it being chilly outside, we pulled his little hands in and transformed them into full fledged flippers. Here is the most amazing photo of his gorgeous blue eyes (while eating his own flipper):

Once we went to a few houses and saw the kids that live next door it was time to head back home to go to a few houses by us. Here is a really nice photo of the sky as the sun was going down on Halloween 2007: