tuesday tidbits

** the heat and humidity have returned.

** bean has returned to his regular scheduled sleeping habits.

** this means no more crying it out.

** he still takes a bottle in the middle of the night.

** i wonder if he is getting too old to take a bottle in the middle of the night.

** should we start phasing it out?

** thoughts?

** i deposited a check into my checking account via my iphone.

** how cool is that?

** i bank at chase bank.

** if you are curious.

** the red velvet cookies are divine.

** and ridiculously easy.

**i am ready for fall.

** i picked up my knitting needles again.

** i did not forget how to knit.

** i am working on a baby gift.

** rejection stinks.

** i did not get into second storie.

** but am trying to get into another craft show.

**we will see.

** have a great day!

weekend snapshots

road trip

saturday we went on a family road trip to ithaca.

we visited cornell, ph's alma mater.

it is a beautiful campus.

i see why he loved it.

lots of green space.

cool architecture.

and its an ivy league school.

this trip was a trial run for our upcoming trip to greece.

ph practiced getting the bob up the stairs.

we repeatedly told the bean 

"we are almost there."

we dined out.

changed diapers in small spaces.

were flexible with the schedule.

and found creative ways to keep chace entertained.

does eating lunch on an ivy league campus increase

your chances of attending an ivy league school?

does it make you smarter?

it was a fun outing.

a nice change of pace.

we survived 

were no worse for wear.

and are looking forward to our 

next family adventure.

i want to know....

why little boys ALWAYS have the longest eyelashes?

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and for those of you who want to know how bedtime was last night, bean screamed for 20 minutes before falling asleep. we went in after 5 minutes, 5 minutes and then 10 minutes to tell him we loved him, put his pacifier in his mouth, and rub his back. he also slept through the night. we will see how tonight goes.

the inevitable

i knew this day would come. 

it was inevitable.

despite knowing it was looming,

i hoped we would be spared.

not a chance.

bean has woken up the last two nights,

30 minutes after going to sleep.

this is not normal bean behavior.

the first night i thought maybe he was hungry.

so we fed him.

he went to sleep.

last night we had a repeat performance.

we tried to let him work it out.

ph was stronger than i.

but we finally caved and fed him.

he went to sleep.

and slept through the night.

despite sleeping through the night,

i was beginning to see a pattern take shape.

so, i sent out a mom s.o.s this morning,

including a call to the pediatrician's office.

and the response was the same.

he needs to work it out himself. 

even if it takes him two hours.

oh give me strength.

parenthood is not for the faint of heart.

last night i made cookies to distract myself.

i can not do that every night.

perhaps i will start drinking bourbon.

or maybe i will just sew alot.

i need something to distract me.

tuesday tidbits

** the weather was really nice over the weekend.

** but it didn't last, its back to hot and humid.

**i know i do not complain this much about winter weather.

** do i?

** bean is sitting up.

** he has been able to roll from his front to his back for some time.

** he has just figured out how to roll from his back to his front.

**up next... crawling.

** the child wants to move.

** this is no surprise. i walked at 6 or 8 months, depending on who you talk to.

** either way, i was an early walker.

** i started a new quilt.

** it requires me to cut out 500 3x3 squares.

** it may take me forever.

** but it will be worth it.

** i have been trying to make these cookies all week.

** maybe today will be the day.

** college football starts in one month.

** i can not tell you how happy this makes me.

weekend snapshots

** disclaimer. ph did NOT get a harley davidson. he wishes he did. this is his uncles bike. he was trying to convince me he needed one. i was not buying it.