I have a lot I want to write about but we'll see how long before I need to get back to my "mom-duties."
(Yep, I knew it would take a couple tries to finish this one... I know it's long... but you also don't HAVE to read the whole thing.)
First off... This is my favorite thing I did this week:
I showed Jared these pictures and he said "What? So you took more pictures of Nathan?"
"No, Honey. I took another picture of Nathan and put it next to Drew' s picture."
"Oh, I see now."
Good thing he knew which was which when he looked closer. ;)
Drew really likes his brother. Sometimes he likes his brother too much and shares his trucks too roughly. We're working on it.
So this last Thursday, Nathan finally decided to rollover after many days of attempting and getting frustrated and giving up. He even demonstrated in YW's on Sunday.
He also is a pacifier-kid. (Drew never liked a pacifier even after trying many kinds. He learned to "suck on his tongue" and still does it today when he has is blanket and gets tired.) Nathan seems to always have SOMETHING in his mouth. If it's not his fists or a pacifier, its some part of MY arm or hand that has brushed his cheek.
He has also started to sleep through the night, sometimes, for up to 10 hours! But other times he is up twice a night. I gotta figure out the consistency trick. And if Nathan's sleeping good, then Drew is up with "night terrors" or sleep-walking. Goody. Unfortunately, sometimes Nathan's 10 hour nights don't start til after 11pm, and then Drew is up at 6 sometimes?! No sleeping in for me... I know I need to get used to this.
I'm happy to finally have a new car. We have a 2001 Mazda 626, dark gray. Its a boring, good size, reliable 4-door sedan. I'm VERY happy to report that Jared likes to work on this car and has fixed the little quirks so that I couldn't possibly have anything to complain about. It's nice. The only thing left to fix in the "sunburned" hood. Not hard, just last on the list, because it doesn't affect function.
This last weekend we went shopping for new WARM clothes for the boys. We have all of Drew's old clothes to use for Nathan, but we were living in CA with Drew. We had no long sleeves and pants for this size. Utah seasons change a bit sooner, and its already threatening cold.
Well, Drew hates trying on and wearing new clothes. The poor kid even has TONS of hand-me-downs from CA friends, but again, no long sleeves. Shopping was an adventure to say the least.... But the hardest part of the trip was walking past the newly-opened Halloween stores. We walked past them the first time and he just had a worried stare and clung to my leg. He has a high-pitched voice anyways, and then when he gets upset, its even more difficult to understand him. It took Jared and I a minute to figure out the problem. Of course, we had to pass it again to get back to the car, and Drew lost it. COMPLETE HYSTERICS. He started running backwards. I caught him and gave him a piggy back ride so he could hide his eyes til we were past.
I talked to Lauren the other night. OH MAN do I wish I could go visit her in DC. She is rubbing elbows with some BIG WHIGS! She has one AWESOME internship, and hope she can appreciate it. On top of that, she is right in the middle of MAJOR sight-seeing and political crazies. How can one take it all in? It's just cool.
Oh, and my MAJOR pet peeve of the day:
I took Drew out to our playground this morning. He has is bucket of sand toys/trucks he takes out every time. He's really good at keeping track of them and sharing them with whoever is out there. The other "regular kids" know they are his and are good about giving them back when we need to go inside. Well, this morning there were 3 boys I haven't seen before. I noticed they were walking back to their apartment, but I didn't notice they walked off with some of Drew's trucks for a few minutes. UGH. I walked around the corner to find one boy still outside. I got him to bring 2 trucks back, but there are still 2 missing. I knocked on a few doors, but couldn't find them. Now I don't mind "loosing" some of Drew's trucks. He has ENOUGH. But, I am frustrated because Drew has an INCREDIBLE memory and keeps asking about them. And he will continue to ask for a while.
The same kind of thing happens when we look at old pictures. He tells me he wants to go back to Grandpa Bob's house or Grandma Teresa's house or ride the trains or the boat or the Dustin's Big Trucks or visit Lauren. I told him Lauren has a new house and job REALLY far away, but he still says he wants to go see her at her "new office." Sometimes he'll see old toys, in pictures, that we have gotten rid of or they broke, and he asks for them again. That will happen with these trucks we lost today. I'm sure. How can I make him forget? Or understand they are gone for good? Stop asking me Kid. We CAN'T get them back. They're GONE.
On a happier note... I think we're going to go swimming tonight for YM/YW's. One last hurrah before the weather turns. And maybe go to an Air Show out in Wendover this weekend?? I'm looking into it. And I'm still plotting Kelli's Birthday. tee hee hee. ;) Any spectacular ideas?? I do have some of my own, but I could still change and/or add to it....?? **devilish grin**
This is Drew's "airplane."
And this is Drew posing with his truck and Montana shirt from Uncle Dustin.
