I forgot to wear breast pads this morning. I realized this after I had been at work for about an hour but luckily there were no ‘mishaps’. Unfortunately I didn’t have any spares in my purse or my pump bag. Fortunately I had a panty liner in my purse. I’ll spare you the details. Please don’t be jealous of my life.
Monthly Archive for May, 2008
I got the chance to spend some good, quality time with Cameron this weekend. Not that I don’t spend quality time with him every weekend but we are often out doing things as an entire family and there is not a lot of time for one on one interaction with him. This weekend was different and I got to see exactly how big and busy my little guy is becoming.
It started on Friday morning when I realized that I had a plugged milk duct. Not fun. This happened to me once before when we were at Disney World in December. That one wasn’t nearly as painful though and only lasted about 24 hours. There was a point on Friday that I really thought this was going to turn into mastitis which is really not something that I want to deal with…especially since we’re leaving for a long vacation in just a few days. Anyway, Friday basically sucked and I ended up going to bed at 8:30. I was up several times over the night to nurse Cameron in hopes that the plugged duct would resolve itself. And then, of course, the chills kept me awake. Nothing quite like laying in bed with four blankets on an still shivering. Despite the crappy night I woke up on Saturday feeling a little better. Jason and Lily headed north to see the Backyardigans show with Grandma Mary Beth (or, Wesley Grandma to Lily). We had all planned to go but I opted to stay home and nurse (literally!) my wound (and by ‘wound’ I do not mean Cameron).
Let’s just say it was a good thing I was feeling better because Cameron DOES. NOT. STOP! He is the busiest little guy ever! I put him on the floor with a pile of toys and 20 seconds later he’s across the room playing with the heater vents. I put him back with the toys and before I know it he’s crawling to the bathroom to play with Lily’s step stool. Next he heads to the dog bowls chattering and blowing ‘blueberries’ the entire time. I can’t believe how much time I spent herding him back to appropriate play things. Not only is he constantly on the move, but he is always trying to stand up. Everything is a means for him to practice standing. Sometimes he doesn’t realize he can’t walk yet and just lets go of whatever is holding him up (shoebox, table, chair, toy) and then promptly collapses to the floor. Does he cry? Not much. Tumbles like these would have sent Lily into hysterics at this age (except for the fact that Lily hadn’t even started CRAWLING at this age) but Cam doesn’t seem too phased by them. He’ll whimper a little but gets up pretty quickly and starts trying again.
We’ve started placing bets on when he’ll take his first steps. I’m guessing in about 6 weeks!
Me: Sheesh…I’m tired!
Lily: Well, you should go to sleep!
Sure thing, Lil. I’ll get right on that. Thanks for the words of wisdom! If only it were that easy.
Lily has started to understand rhyming words. Last night she and Jason were playing with an octopus toy that says various colors in English, Spanish and French. When they got to ‘red’ in French (rouge) Lily said, “Just like bruise!” Yes, rouge and bruise kind of rhyme! She’s been doing this with other words too but of course I can’t remember what now!
I’m amazed at how much her verbal skills have changed and advanced recently. I remember when we used to have a mental list of what words she knew. That was easy when she knew less than 15 words! Sometimes we say that now she knows ALL the words!
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This morning after some drama involving Lily going to potty after she woke up I asked Jason this question:
“Did you ever think you’d go pee on command just so your kid would stop flipping out about not getting to flush the potty herself?”
Jason made the fatal error of flushing Lily’s potty instead of letting her do it herself. 98% of the time she doesn’t care about this….today was one of those 2% days. And she couldn’t just flush the potty for the sake of flushing. There had to be a purpose, hence the question above.
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Also, I’m amazed at how big Lily’s clothes are getting! We did a bulk purchase at Target last weekend to finish off her summer wardrobe and did a small fashion show last night so she could try on everything. I realized that probably within a year or so we’ll be able to move across the aisle at Target and start buying some of her clothes in the ‘big kids’ section. CRAZY! She’s wearing 3T for the most part right now but we did buy some 4T shirts/dresses if a 3T wasn’t available.
I want a do over on the morning. I’m tired because we stayed up until after 11:30 watching the Survivor season finale. We got started late since we didn’t get home until about 9:00 last night. Is it just me or did Parvati seem pretty smug about how much control she had over the game? Ugh, why do we still watch that show? I’m less interested in it each season but I can’t look away. It’s like I fear that something amazing or dramatic will happen and I won’t be in the know.
Anyway, I’m tired and feeling sluggish. The morning wasn’t too bad except for about a 10 minute stretch after we dropped the kids off. We were half way to work and I realized I didn’t have my bottles or ice pack. So we turned around to get those. As I walked in the door I was greeted by Bear who hadn’t been zipped into her crate. She’s sneaky. She goes and lays in the crate as soon as she comes inside and we forget to zip her in. Luckily, she’s a pretty good dog. The worst she might do is shed on the couch. Also the kitchen light was still on and we almost forgot to close the garage door when we left. Let’s hope we didn’t leave the iron plugged in, the stove on and the back door wide open!
OH. AND…the first time I tried to post this the site flipped out and lost it! ARGH!
AND…I was all ready to pump this morning when I noticed that my pump parts smelled a little funky. I had to close up shop and go wash them and then come back and pump. BAH!
I don’t think I’ve ever been what would be considered ‘high-maintenance’ in the hair/makeup/clothing, etc department. Lately though I have felt like I want to freshen up my ‘look’. Afterall, I’m 30 years old probably shouldn’t be wearing my hair in a pony tail to work every day. So, this begins my attempt at cleaning myself up!
1. I am making myself spend money on decent clothes and shoes from now on. I work in a professional office in a leadership (scary!) position and should present myself as such. Not that I’m totally frumpy and dumpy but I could do a lot better. I actually ironed a pair of pants one day last week and was amazed at how much more comfortable they were and how nice they looked. GAH! I am AWFUL at this kind of thing… you know, dressing myself!
2. I have actually dried my hair every morning this week! I KNOW! Major stuff, right? Next week I hope to actually straighten it at least twice. Baby steps! The nice thing about straightening my hair is that I don’t have to wash it the next day so it’s like a two-fer! Despite this buy one get one aspect I seldom take the 10 whole minutes to actually make the effort. I also plan to start getting regular haircuts (rather than once every 4 or 5 months) and in a couple of weeks I’m even getting COLOR! I fear that the gray hairs are starting to outnumber the brown hairs so it’s time to start fighting back.
3. I am going to introduce myself to the world of *gasp* MAKEUP! I think the only time in my life I have actually worn makeup was early in high school and I’m SURE I did a bang up job of applying it. I’ve just never really taken the time to learn how to use makeup correctly but I think it’s high time I did. This will probably be my biggest challenge! I’m seriously going to have to go to the makeup counter at Macy’s and say “Hi. I’m a makeup virgin. PLEASE help me!”
4. I recently purchased THREE necklaces for myself. This is totally out of character for me since the only accessories I ever wear are my wedding rings and the black elastic hair tie around my wrist. However, drastic times call for drastic measures and I am VERY excited for my purchases to arrive so I can start dazzling everyone with my bling!
5. I am currently wearing contacts for the first time in about 5 years! We’ll see how that goes. It’s kind of silly but I think one of the main reasons I’m trying contacts again is so I don’t have glasses glare in every single picture of me. That’s a decent reason though, right?
Geez. Reading back over this makes me sound like a total mess! Ah well, I don’t think all hope is lost yet!
