jude and i heart the maya wrap, yo.
grocery store
February 6, 2010
jude and i heart the maya wrap, yo.
i'm a mom, alright?!
February 5, 2010
over the weekend jon and i were out somewhere with the jude running some errands. we had dashed out to the at&t store (CURSE YOU) to pick up a phone charger for jon because we had misplaced his regular charger and his phone had been dead for a week or two. (which, it turns out, i found his charger the next day in the basement on top of a box of hats. WTF? but you can bet your ass we'll be trying to return that car charger and save $30). anyway, we had dashed out to the at&t store partly to get the phone charger and partly because jon knew that at&t is right next to BW3s and he could totally talk me into some teryaki wings. jon went in to get the wings and i stayed in the car because jude had just fallen asleep. and we listened to some music in the dark while i checked twitter obsessively on the flying dutchman. and then for no reason jude woke himself up and he was completely inconsolable. so i crawled into the back seat and held him. but this was SO NOT ADEQUATE, WOMAN so eventually i gave up and nursed him in the back seat of the car. and it had been, i don't know, thirty minutes? a long ass time. but finally jon came out with the delicious and beloved wings and we drove home.
and, to get to the actual point of this story, while i was driving us back home i suddenly turned to jon and said, "i just forgot if i was wearing underwear. but yes, i am." and jon is all, what the hell?? because while i had been driving, piloting a vehicle going 60 miles an hour i had been thinking in my head, "hmmm, these jeans feel kind of stabby in the crotch area. am i wearing underwear? i don't know. i don't know! i was wearing underwear earlier and then i changed pants and... yes, i must still be wearing underwear. i never took the other ones off." aren't you glad i had to think that one through? but then not 5 minutes later i suddenly shouted out, "OH NO! i forgot to snap jude into his car seat!" and jon turned around and checked him out. and, no, he was strapped in just fine, like normal.
what i'm saying is, i think i'm a little tired right now.
and, to get to the actual point of this story, while i was driving us back home i suddenly turned to jon and said, "i just forgot if i was wearing underwear. but yes, i am." and jon is all, what the hell?? because while i had been driving, piloting a vehicle going 60 miles an hour i had been thinking in my head, "hmmm, these jeans feel kind of stabby in the crotch area. am i wearing underwear? i don't know. i don't know! i was wearing underwear earlier and then i changed pants and... yes, i must still be wearing underwear. i never took the other ones off." aren't you glad i had to think that one through? but then not 5 minutes later i suddenly shouted out, "OH NO! i forgot to snap jude into his car seat!" and jon turned around and checked him out. and, no, he was strapped in just fine, like normal.
what i'm saying is, i think i'm a little tired right now.
on all things eatery and sleepery
February 3, 2010
life with jude right now is... ah! it gets more challenging by the day and i love it more every day, increasing simultaneously in opposite directions.
teeth are on the move. the only proof i have of this is the constant drooling and jamming of various toys and hands (his or other people's) into his mouth and the faintest feeling of a white cap on the lower right side. he's been acting teethery for a month or so though, so i can't help but wonder when his first tooth will finally make it's dreaded appearance- tomorrow? a week from now? could there be months more of this before we greet its little white presence? time will tell. he is generally not too upset about it, though last night was a particularly cranky night where he woke up every hour or so screaming and jamming his hand into his face.
ever since he overcame his cold (that bronchiolitis got TOLD) he has been eating an insane amount. and this is coming from the kid who already ate every two hours and weighs about 2 lbs more than his peer group. even his babysitter has noticed it and i've had to start sending extra milk with him because he chugs down the first 8 oz by 10am. is he growing? i don't know, when is a baby NOT growing? they're always growing! so it's hard to decide if i would really call it a "growth spurt" or "an extra additional growth spurt on top of constantly growing".
these two above factors = not sleeping well. he didn't sleep well when he was sick because duh, he was sick. but even after he got better it has stayed with us. oh how i long to go back in time to months 2 and 3, when he would sleep for 5+ hours at a time. we are back to square one most nights; every. two. hours. but please don't consider this a complaint. it's been the norm for so many nights now that i don't even remember what regular sleeping would be like. this is just... how it is. and i don't think it's a situation where he needs to "cry it out" or something. he wakes up, eats, and is back asleep in no time flat. he's not having trouble falling asleep at all or even putting himself to sleep by himself in his bed. he just wants to eat. eat eat eat. and i'm not talking about comfort nursing, he full on EATS every time. so, that's just how it is right now. it's hard work to be so small and to be learning so many new things at once. i try to remember this in the middle of the night when i'm waking up to feed him... again.
they're only small once. enjoy it. be patient.
but despite all the tricky situations that get more complicated as he gets grows i love this more and more, being the mama. i love watching his brain puzzle things out. i love waking up one day to find he suddenly has a new skill and watching his personality bloom. encouraging his efforts. human growth is fascinating. and i feel more confident in us, together. as a unit. it's pretty incredible.
{morning time update- when we went to pick jude up from the babysitter yesterday she said he had eaten all SEVENTEEN ounces that i sent plus FOUR from the emergency freezer stash. i was only gone for 8.5 hours, people. i used to only send twelve ounces! what the HELL kid?? stop eating your feelings! at this point i'm pumping and nursing so much that i feel like i'm wasting away like a skeleton. the better news is, sleeping has marginally improved for the time being.}
teeth are on the move. the only proof i have of this is the constant drooling and jamming of various toys and hands (his or other people's) into his mouth and the faintest feeling of a white cap on the lower right side. he's been acting teethery for a month or so though, so i can't help but wonder when his first tooth will finally make it's dreaded appearance- tomorrow? a week from now? could there be months more of this before we greet its little white presence? time will tell. he is generally not too upset about it, though last night was a particularly cranky night where he woke up every hour or so screaming and jamming his hand into his face.
ever since he overcame his cold (that bronchiolitis got TOLD) he has been eating an insane amount. and this is coming from the kid who already ate every two hours and weighs about 2 lbs more than his peer group. even his babysitter has noticed it and i've had to start sending extra milk with him because he chugs down the first 8 oz by 10am. is he growing? i don't know, when is a baby NOT growing? they're always growing! so it's hard to decide if i would really call it a "growth spurt" or "an extra additional growth spurt on top of constantly growing".
these two above factors = not sleeping well. he didn't sleep well when he was sick because duh, he was sick. but even after he got better it has stayed with us. oh how i long to go back in time to months 2 and 3, when he would sleep for 5+ hours at a time. we are back to square one most nights; every. two. hours. but please don't consider this a complaint. it's been the norm for so many nights now that i don't even remember what regular sleeping would be like. this is just... how it is. and i don't think it's a situation where he needs to "cry it out" or something. he wakes up, eats, and is back asleep in no time flat. he's not having trouble falling asleep at all or even putting himself to sleep by himself in his bed. he just wants to eat. eat eat eat. and i'm not talking about comfort nursing, he full on EATS every time. so, that's just how it is right now. it's hard work to be so small and to be learning so many new things at once. i try to remember this in the middle of the night when i'm waking up to feed him... again.
they're only small once. enjoy it. be patient.
but despite all the tricky situations that get more complicated as he gets grows i love this more and more, being the mama. i love watching his brain puzzle things out. i love waking up one day to find he suddenly has a new skill and watching his personality bloom. encouraging his efforts. human growth is fascinating. and i feel more confident in us, together. as a unit. it's pretty incredible.
{morning time update- when we went to pick jude up from the babysitter yesterday she said he had eaten all SEVENTEEN ounces that i sent plus FOUR from the emergency freezer stash. i was only gone for 8.5 hours, people. i used to only send twelve ounces! what the HELL kid?? stop eating your feelings! at this point i'm pumping and nursing so much that i feel like i'm wasting away like a skeleton. the better news is, sleeping has marginally improved for the time being.}
and the award goes to...
February 2, 2010
my friend Ky from Two Pretzels nominated me for an award! i feel so honored that you thought of me and i'm especially excited that i seem to have made a new friend. it's so hard to make friends these days, don't you think? check out her blog here and be sure to check out her latest photos of her little girl, jude's future girlfriend.
and now here are the award rules:
1. thank the person who nominated me for this award
2. copy the award & place it on my blog
3. link to the person who nominated me for this award
4. share 7 interesting things about myself
5. nominate 7 other beautiful bloggers
seven
when i was little i thought the toilet was a monster so would flush and RUN away. or not flush, because the sound was too scary.
along the same lines, i played bloody mary too many times when i was a kid and i am still afraid of mirrors. still. i'm always looking over my shoulder and afraid something will BAM appear there looking at me. bathrooms are very scary places you know.
i'm obsessed with starbucks but i don't drink coffee. i only drink chai. it's like a big glass of spicy milk, and i love it. every time i try a fancy latte with actual espresso or coffee in it i think yuck, because i like the sweet stuffs.
my hair is falling out. i knew it would, post pregnancy, which is normal. but this is out of control; i pull out fistfulls of it daily. i worry that my hair is starting to look thin. it's rumored to be a side effect of the mirena. strike two against you, mirena.
i have developed an eyelid twitch. google says it's because i'm overly tired and i should try to get more rest. google can go to hell.
i have really really really REALLY bad eczema and i have since... forever. i usually try not to mention it, but i avoid wearing shorts and skirts because my legs are so badly scarred.
i have a really ridiculously low tolerance for spicy foods. plain salsa? too spicy for me. it drives jon crazy.
and now i'd like to show some lovin to:
Whisker Biscuit- for the mutual love of tom selleck. and because one time 5 years ago i named a stray cat whisker biscuit. see? it was destiny.
Faultlines- my sister-in-law is an incredible writer. really, really compelling. and i don't even like teh jesus, she's just that good.
not that you asked- because she was nearly molested by an LA hipster on a plane once and she cracks me up.
How I Became a Tattooed Mommy- to share some love to a new find
Junket Juice- that damned junket!
It's a Wonderful Life- congratulations on the birth of Henry
The Adventures of Lactating Girl- because i'm also brave on the internet and not in real life. and gooooooo breastfeeding!
official announcement: the movie closet challenge
February 1, 2010
in our house, we have a special door
and inside this door, there is a magical place
the movie closet.
we have a little bit of a problem with buying movies.
yet we can never find anything we want to watch. we watch movies on the internet. we watch cable. we argue about what to watch. and yet we own, i don't know, a couple hundred movies. what can i say, we like movies
so, today is the first day of the movie closet challenge (or, MCC).
we are going to watch every single one of the movies we own beginning tonight. i like to think of it as our own personal TBS and TNT, if a movie is ON... eh, we might as well watch it. and there's always a movie on.
the rules:
1. we must watch the movies in order, starting from top left and moving across the rows then down, ending with bottom right.
2. we don't have to watch duplicates, just each movie once. and yes, there are duplicates, and yes, i realize how insane that is.
3. there is no rearranging of the movies. the order today is the official order. they are mostly alphabetical by genre- the genres include: vhs (yes, that's it's own section), seasons of tv shows, horror/suspense, action, western, drama/romance, comedy, and kid-friendly.
4. nights off are permitted based on really good tv, like tuesday when i will probably make jon watch the lost premier even though he hates lost, especially since charlie died. RIP, charlie. boo.
the goal? we might discover what it was we liked about these films enough to buy it in the first place. we have amassed all these movies and we might as well watch them. or find out that some of them still really suck. we'll see. there are definitely parts i am NOT looking forward to: godzilla 1-6. or demetia 13, or slapshot II, or... showgirls, for example. but there are also sections i am REALLY looking forward to, like ben hur, team america world police, CLUE!!, the mel brooks box set, and mystery science theater 3000 the movie.
if we watch, let's say, one movie per night, it will take us... {clickety clackity calculator calculations} ...251 days. and that isn't adjusting for the added time of watching tv seasons. holy. shit. that means we'll finish doing this... {clickety clackity calculating} ...September 17th, 2010.
it's going to be intense. i've added a little guide at the top right showing what movies are up next and i may comment on them as needed. and feel free to chime in if you hop by and notice one that strikes your fancy, good or bad. all i have to say is i better find a copy of dawn of the dead before we get to the horror section. what zombie fanatic doesn't own dawn of the dead? but we own land of the dead, it's incredibly crappy sequel. and boy am i not looking forward to watching that.
so tonight, MCC movie number one:
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
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