Monday, May 31, 2010
Thomas Clothes
Liam and I stepped out onto the porch today to check the mail and found that although it was raining the air felt warm and soft. I thought Liam would like to walk around in the rain, so I put his swim suit on him and we headed out. By that time it had gotten somewhat cooler, but Liam still wanted to go. We walked up and down out walk and driveway in water that was deep enough that Liam said, "Splish splash! Splish splash!" When we got inside we changed out of our wet clothes, but Liam was still pretty excited about his "Thomas clothes." There are pictures of Thomas the tank engine on his swim suit.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Weaning
Well I may have nursed Liam for the last time - yesterday afternoon. We have been gradually cutting back on the amount of nursing he's been doing. Since Thursday night Allen has been putting him to bed. Yesterday morning and this morning when he woke up at five in the morning Allen gave him milk to drink and got him to go back to sleep. So yesterday we were down to just nap time. I decided to tackle that one this afternoon and managed to get him to sleep without nursing.
I feel both happy and sad about this. Nursing has been very hard on me physically. I wanted to nurse Liam longer, but he had started taking two hour "marathon nursing naps." I didn't get any rest to speak of during those times and was getting way too tired. Also, I've really been wanting to eat some chocolate, which I've been avoiding while nursing in case it kept Liam awake. And then there's my hormones, which I would like to get back to "normal."
But on the other hand, this seems like another step in the end of the "baby" stage for Liam. I don't think I can handle having another baby, so yesterday was probably the last time I will nurse - ever. I feel kind of sad about that.
I think Liam is adjusting to the change pretty well. I thought he would be very fussy when he woke up from his nap this afternoon, but he did pretty well. It helps that he's still really excited about the cars and "shovels" we got yesterday!
Liam is still sleeping in our bed with us. Well we try to get him to sleep in the crib and he's doing that more and more, but tends to scoot over into bed some of the time. I managed to get him to sleep this afternoon by going into the other room, which has a futon in it. Maybe he will start taking naps in there, which would be a step toward having him sleep on his own.
Why sleep in the crib when you can stretch out on the bed? Caught Liam in this pose the other day as he was just waking up from a nap.
I feel both happy and sad about this. Nursing has been very hard on me physically. I wanted to nurse Liam longer, but he had started taking two hour "marathon nursing naps." I didn't get any rest to speak of during those times and was getting way too tired. Also, I've really been wanting to eat some chocolate, which I've been avoiding while nursing in case it kept Liam awake. And then there's my hormones, which I would like to get back to "normal."
But on the other hand, this seems like another step in the end of the "baby" stage for Liam. I don't think I can handle having another baby, so yesterday was probably the last time I will nurse - ever. I feel kind of sad about that.
I think Liam is adjusting to the change pretty well. I thought he would be very fussy when he woke up from his nap this afternoon, but he did pretty well. It helps that he's still really excited about the cars and "shovels" we got yesterday!
Liam is still sleeping in our bed with us. Well we try to get him to sleep in the crib and he's doing that more and more, but tends to scoot over into bed some of the time. I managed to get him to sleep this afternoon by going into the other room, which has a futon in it. Maybe he will start taking naps in there, which would be a step toward having him sleep on his own.
Why sleep in the crib when you can stretch out on the bed? Caught Liam in this pose the other day as he was just waking up from a nap.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Two dollar bag day!
I've been seeing signs for a garage sale at the fairgrounds, so I decided this morning to go - with Liam. We'd already been up since 6:45 and it was time for a change of scenery anyways. So we put the stroller in the trunk and headed off.
The first signs I saw for a garage sale led to a small sale - nothing exciting or very enticing. I managed to find a few kid's books, but I was thinking, "They opened up the fairgrounds for this?" The nice man at the cash register gave Liam a hippo key ring, but that didn't really make it worth the trip.
As we were heading back toward the car I spotted people coming out of another building with bags in their arms. I investigated and found the Wood County Humane Society garage sale. It was two dollar bag day! So we bought a bag and headed in. Clothes and kitchen items didn't interest us much, but we found some toys and games at the back. Filled a bag and took it out to the car. But I still hadn't made it over to the books, so I bought another bag and headed over. They weren't great, so after we'd taken the good ones we headed back over toward the toys. Liam was begging to get out of the stroller by this time, so I put the bag in the stroller and let him walk. Went pretty well until he started crawling around on the floor pushing cars. Dirty floor. We even got to say "Hi!" to our friends the Yu's.
When we got home we headed straight out to the back deck to wash the new toys (mostly cars and "shovels"). I took Liam's pants off him so they wouldn't get messed up. It's a good thing. His bottom got wet and grime from the deck rubbed off on his diaper cover. But we got the toys washed and brought them in the house. Finally Liam was free to PLAY! Had to stay in the kitchen, though since some of the cars were still wet.
The first signs I saw for a garage sale led to a small sale - nothing exciting or very enticing. I managed to find a few kid's books, but I was thinking, "They opened up the fairgrounds for this?" The nice man at the cash register gave Liam a hippo key ring, but that didn't really make it worth the trip.
As we were heading back toward the car I spotted people coming out of another building with bags in their arms. I investigated and found the Wood County Humane Society garage sale. It was two dollar bag day! So we bought a bag and headed in. Clothes and kitchen items didn't interest us much, but we found some toys and games at the back. Filled a bag and took it out to the car. But I still hadn't made it over to the books, so I bought another bag and headed over. They weren't great, so after we'd taken the good ones we headed back over toward the toys. Liam was begging to get out of the stroller by this time, so I put the bag in the stroller and let him walk. Went pretty well until he started crawling around on the floor pushing cars. Dirty floor. We even got to say "Hi!" to our friends the Yu's.
When we got home we headed straight out to the back deck to wash the new toys (mostly cars and "shovels"). I took Liam's pants off him so they wouldn't get messed up. It's a good thing. His bottom got wet and grime from the deck rubbed off on his diaper cover. But we got the toys washed and brought them in the house. Finally Liam was free to PLAY! Had to stay in the kitchen, though since some of the cars were still wet.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Where to start
The problem with getting out of the habit of posting to a blog is that when you want to start up again you have to figure out where to start. I have no idea, but here goes....
Allen's parents, Jeremy and Phyllis visited us for two weeks. They left last Saturday. Liam warmed up to them quickly He called them "Dad" (for Grandad) and "Carpone" (which somehow translates to Grandma.) He gave them lots of hugs and enjoyed hearing extra stories and having more help building train tracks.
Before that we had a nice picnic with my family at a park near upper Sandusky. It was by a river and when Liam saw it he took a deep breath and said, "Delish!" He spent a long time throwing handfuls of sand into the river. He got sand and water all over him. I wasn't worried because we had a change of clothes in the diaper bag. It would have been more convenient, however, if the diaper bag had been in the car, rather than back at the house. Thankfully Aunt Cindy had some clothes she could lend us.
We enjoyed seeing baby Ben as well as Granny and Grandpa, Grammy and Grandpa and Liam's two uncles - Isaac and Titus. The day started out a little cold, but turned out to be beautiful.
Allen's parents, Jeremy and Phyllis visited us for two weeks. They left last Saturday. Liam warmed up to them quickly He called them "Dad" (for Grandad) and "Carpone" (which somehow translates to Grandma.) He gave them lots of hugs and enjoyed hearing extra stories and having more help building train tracks.
Before that we had a nice picnic with my family at a park near upper Sandusky. It was by a river and when Liam saw it he took a deep breath and said, "Delish!" He spent a long time throwing handfuls of sand into the river. He got sand and water all over him. I wasn't worried because we had a change of clothes in the diaper bag. It would have been more convenient, however, if the diaper bag had been in the car, rather than back at the house. Thankfully Aunt Cindy had some clothes she could lend us.
We enjoyed seeing baby Ben as well as Granny and Grandpa, Grammy and Grandpa and Liam's two uncles - Isaac and Titus. The day started out a little cold, but turned out to be beautiful.
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