Pictures!!!

Last night he slept through the night again with NO WAKE-UPS!!!! Victory seems to be upon us! Let's pray the trip to KC tomorrow doesn't mess us up too bad.

We've been pretty tired with all the nightweaning, but here are a few cute pictures...

Ronin eating a bagel.
Mom and I in the kitchen.
Mom and I being silly.
Mom and Ronin outside.
Being silly again.

What a month! I’ve been dealing with pregnancy symptoms from H*ll, but am starting to get back to normal again. The first week this month Ronin and I went with friends to Grand Haven, Michigan for almost a week. Nico was supposed to come, but he could not get off of work.

Right before I left, I begged my mother to come to Detroit and help me out. She said she would! We got back from Grand Haven on a Friday and picked Mom up from the airport Tuesday evening. She’s been a big help. She’s taken over all the night weaning duties. She’s been doing all the wake-ups. Let me tell you, he has not been happy about it.

Well, we also promised Dad a trip to Kentucky, but with the flood in his basement things got all rearranged. Anyway, Mom went on the trip with me. Nico stayed home to work. What a whirlwind trip that was. We left Wednesday and got back yesterday evening.

Six hours in the car with a toddler... better than I expected. He LOVED the swimming pool. I couldn't keep him out of it. Too bad he's got my uber fair complexion. He and I both had on SPF 50!

Night weaning is going good. Last night he slept from 9:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. in his own bed with no wake-ups. Two nights ago he also slept through the night, but not as many hours. Please pray this is our new trend. Also, I’m only nursing him 2-3 times per day. My goal is to completely wean him before his 2nd birthday. But I can live with 2-3 times per day for a while.

Tomorrow (Monday) I have another Dr’s appointment and a diabetes screening. Hopefully, I can skip the sugar-free route this time around… but I’m not holding my breath.

Tuesday morning Mom leaves to go back to Phoenix and that afternoon I leave to go to Kansas City. I’m going to need a break from travelling soon.

Pictures soon!

Two words...

Pregnant and exhausted.

I will post more when I can.

Weekend update!

This week went by in a blur. We were invited over to the Navin house for a grill party on Friday night. We had a lovely time, but had to leave with a quickness because someone didn’t get an afternoon nap and turned into a crank-monster. Well, I learned a very important lesson: Ronin still needs TWO naps to be his sweet, shiny self.

Yesterday Roni and I went to the farmer’s market. We bought some veggie starts and a few flowers. While we were running back to our car in the pouring rain, Nico was dragging home another Scirocco. He assures me this one will be disassembled and disposed of properly. We are accepting names for the new car… I suggested “Vinny Vulture” since it’s basically carrion. But what do you think? Do you name something that’s destined to be demolished???

Today we fixed the lawnmower and Nico mowed a somewhat overgrown lawn. Ronin and I put in the vegetable garden. We planted 4 tomato plants, 4 broccoli, 4 peppers, a row of radishes, a hill of zucchini and some herbs. Not sure what this next week will bring.

Roni can say all sorts of words now, including his new favorite things “dump truck”, “loader”, and “elmo”. And he’s only eating meat (okay not ONLY, but mostly eating meat right now, can that be normal???)

Oh the changes around here!

This last weekend we attended a potluck on Saturday. Nico did all the grilling for over 100 people. He actually enjoyed himself! On Sunday we had Nico’s friend Bruce over for dinner. We both agreed it was a great visit with his friend. This is the friend that let Nico live with him for several months before I moved to Michigan.

Monday night we broke the lawnmower. Well it is, like, 50 years old or something. Nico pulled the cord right out of it. He seems to think that he can fix it. In the meantime, we’ll be using the “reel” mower. Last night I had my fellowship group and today Roni and I went to a local craft exchange/play date. I made bacon and eggs. I started to make a second “set” for the exchange but ran out of time. Here’s the prototype of my cookies…

I’m not sure what the rest of the week will bring, but we are going to start looking for airplane tickets for a trip to KC during July and to NYC for the big wedding in October.

Here's a "sillly face" for you...

My Bird Item Swap

My birds have arrived. They are all super cute!!!

Here they are… sorry some of them are super washed out.

My favorite (and I think Roni’s too) is the hat.

Here’s a picture of him in his hat…


Now, what to do with all this rhubarb from my garden? With my Weight Watcher’s efforts, I don’t think that a traditional pie will work… any suggestions?