It's been so long since I've posted anything with substance it seems! I think I'm in a blogging slump. I've had the time to blog, just haven't felt like it. I've either been curling up with a good book in the evenings, or else wasting the night away doing other things like facebook stalking :) or plopping myself in front of the TV (Monte and I are both hooked on HGTV currently). I
really want to start playing a game with Monte every night again, last winter we played Scrabble every night, we need to start doing that again!
Speaking of evenings, we have them completely to ourselves (thus the free time). Jaymes still goes to bed for the night between 5:30 and 6:00 and Isabella is almost always in bed by 7:00! She gave up napping about two months ago, but she still lays down and "rests" everyday for about an hour. Since giving up the nap, she always asks to go to bed by 7, therefore I'm not too upset about the not napping, and am thankful for 4 years of great naps from her.
Jaymes will be 6 months this Saturday!! How did that happen?! I'll probably do a separate update on him soon. He is SO much fun, I just can't even stand it!! I swear the child sleeps more than a newborn. I always write down his nap times and how long he slept, otherwise I forget. I was surprised to learn that when I added up his night time sleep plus naps he sleeps an average of 19 to 20 hours a day! And if he gets that sleep (which he usually does) he is the happiest baby ever! If he doesn't get that sleep, he is quite cranky! That means we don't get out too much, as he sleeps the best in his crib. Another milestone - he learned the fine art of self soothing about 5 weeks ago. It's wonderful to just put him down in his crib, and have him fall asleep peacefully on his own, versus having to walk and "bounce" him around every time he needed to sleep before. Isabella was always a self soother, so this was new territory for me! He's also been rolling over for about a month now. His first months of fussiness seem like a dream now (or a nightmare!). In typical 2nd child fashion, I missed his first 3 times rolling over! Oh, and his spitting up seems to finally be getting some better, our washing machine is quite happy about that.
I was feeling adventurous and painted our kitchen and dining room about a month ago. I did a dark sage green and tan in the kitchen, and tan in the dining room.
I'm bummed that my wedding ring has not fit since I had Jaymes (actually since I was pregnant with Jaymes). I finally lost all the baby weight, but it still doesn't fit! I kept postponing getting it resized, but I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and get that done soon. Hmm, I wonder if there are finger exercises I could do . . . :)
I've been
mostly sticking to my new year's resolution of working out everyday. I finally figured out that if I don't do it in the morning I won't get it done at all. I've also been sticking to my resolution of being more organized and planning a weekly menu. I have a printed out list of all of my household chores/cleaning that needs to get done on each day of the week (I know, I'm a tad OCD). And planning a menu every week has really been saving us money! I used to do it all the time, then got out of the habit when pregnancy nausea kicked in. I was also committed to stop making desserts . . . that lasted exactly one month. You know, sometimes a person just
needs chocolate.
The weather this winter has been crazy, but then again, it usually is every winter. It seems like we've had way more below 0 days than ever, though. And I swear the interstates are closed at least once a week. Our snow is piled over 6 feet high on the side of our driveway!
Isabella is really enjoying gymnastics, she always asks how many days until she comes again before we even get out of the building. Gymnastics is a big thing in our little town, I didn't want her to start until she knew exactly what it was and could make the decision on her own if she wanted to do it or not, I didn't want to force her into it. Almost everyone starts at age 2 or a young 3, so that's the group that she's in since she just started as well. Thankfully she's not old enough to care that she's older than everyone else! She's a bit um, uncoordinated, but she's improving! :)
Congratulations if you actually made it to the end of this!
