By the way, did anyone else catch Scrubs last night? I like that show, but I don't schedule my life around it (unlike The Office and 30 Rock). However, I did catch it last night and I found myself laughing SO HARD when Turk and J.D. took their respective babies to the park and J.D. and Turk were talking for their kids, Sam and Izzy. And then J.D. decides to make Sam hit on another baby at the park. It was brilliant and I haven't laughed that hard all week. Making babies (and pets) do funny stuff makes me laugh, anyway, but Turk and J.D. are really funny together. I'll kinda miss that show when it's gone, b/c whenever I do catch it, it's pretty darn funny.
Here's the episode clip from nbc.com. The part that I love is from 2:11 to 3:29. You'll have to put up with an annoying ad. I couldn't find this on YouTube. Oh, the breastfeeding bit at the very beginning is pretty funny, too.
http://www.nbc.com/Scrubs/video/episodes.shtml#vid=189820
ek
Friday, November 30, 2007
Goodbye for another year, November
I'm so excited for December 1, which is of course tomorrow. I really love December. Besides May, June and October, it's my fave month. It's just so cheesy and full of cheer that I look forward to it. Plus it sometimes snows in December, and I'm ready for the snow. Bring it on.
So this whole putting Gus to bed completely awake is working well. We started putting him down completely awake, after he has a sippy cup of milk and plays a bit. I'm even putting him down a bit earlier, around 7:30pm, and so far it's great. He does cry a bit when we first leave the room, but his crying spells are much shorter every night. I hate not rocking him, but it's for the best. Our babysitter, Annie, had no issues whatsoever with him on Wednesday when we went to the KU bb game. In fact, he went to bed for her with no issues, barely even crying. Annie is our lucky charm. She is such an awesome babysitter. She is so good with Gus and has such a calm but really fun nature. I found out she's going to be at KU for at least another year or two, so selfishly that makes me very happy.
My work email is acting weird this morning so I'm having a hard time remoting in. Annoying, but kinda nice, too. I have a real reason not to work. Gus looks hilarious today. He's wearing these great pants that Kelly and Alex got for him in Malaysia, but they just recently became way too short. So he's still wearing them right now b/c they are so cute, but they are total high-water pants now. And I even pulled them down below his pot belly, so they are definitely low rise pants. My kid is stylin'....helllzzzzz yeeaah. You don't really realize how much your kids grow until you put clothes on them and they are too short! He's totally grown a couple of inches since he last wore them, which was not that long ago...maybe a couple of weeks? Crazy. It's funny, though, b/c I was looking at him last night in his crib when he was sound asleep and I thought he looked much longer. He loves snuggling with his stuffed animals at night. We kept the crib free of stuff until he turned a year, but he now loves sleeping with a blanket and his stuffed frog (Fred the Frog), monkey (Marty McMonkey) and fox (Frannie the Fox, or Mr. Fox, depending on who you ask...me or Andy).
Well, I'm off. Have a great Friday and keep your fingers crossed that Oklahoma beats Mizzou tomorrow in the football game. Otherwise, we'll have to endure the fact that Mizzou will play in the National Championship game, which is about as humiliating and disgusting as North Carolina winning the NCAA championship when Roy decided to go back there. But I must admit, Mizzou winning the football championship wouldn't bite as hard as the North Carolina NCAA championship. That was a depressing year for me...seriously...not kidding at all. I hate to remember it. I hate North Carolina so much. Have I mentioned that? Not bitter at all. Whatevs.
So this whole putting Gus to bed completely awake is working well. We started putting him down completely awake, after he has a sippy cup of milk and plays a bit. I'm even putting him down a bit earlier, around 7:30pm, and so far it's great. He does cry a bit when we first leave the room, but his crying spells are much shorter every night. I hate not rocking him, but it's for the best. Our babysitter, Annie, had no issues whatsoever with him on Wednesday when we went to the KU bb game. In fact, he went to bed for her with no issues, barely even crying. Annie is our lucky charm. She is such an awesome babysitter. She is so good with Gus and has such a calm but really fun nature. I found out she's going to be at KU for at least another year or two, so selfishly that makes me very happy.
My work email is acting weird this morning so I'm having a hard time remoting in. Annoying, but kinda nice, too. I have a real reason not to work. Gus looks hilarious today. He's wearing these great pants that Kelly and Alex got for him in Malaysia, but they just recently became way too short. So he's still wearing them right now b/c they are so cute, but they are total high-water pants now. And I even pulled them down below his pot belly, so they are definitely low rise pants. My kid is stylin'....helllzzzzz yeeaah. You don't really realize how much your kids grow until you put clothes on them and they are too short! He's totally grown a couple of inches since he last wore them, which was not that long ago...maybe a couple of weeks? Crazy. It's funny, though, b/c I was looking at him last night in his crib when he was sound asleep and I thought he looked much longer. He loves snuggling with his stuffed animals at night. We kept the crib free of stuff until he turned a year, but he now loves sleeping with a blanket and his stuffed frog (Fred the Frog), monkey (Marty McMonkey) and fox (Frannie the Fox, or Mr. Fox, depending on who you ask...me or Andy).
Well, I'm off. Have a great Friday and keep your fingers crossed that Oklahoma beats Mizzou tomorrow in the football game. Otherwise, we'll have to endure the fact that Mizzou will play in the National Championship game, which is about as humiliating and disgusting as North Carolina winning the NCAA championship when Roy decided to go back there. But I must admit, Mizzou winning the football championship wouldn't bite as hard as the North Carolina NCAA championship. That was a depressing year for me...seriously...not kidding at all. I hate to remember it. I hate North Carolina so much. Have I mentioned that? Not bitter at all. Whatevs.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Happy Hump Day
So, it is Wednesday, and I am back at work. Gus is having more issues with his eczema, so I am going to call a dermatologist, per the recommendation of his pediatrician. Hopefully we can resolve the issue once and for all. Arrrgghhhh (that's the sound of me being frustrated).
Otherwise, just getting through the end of November. I feel like it should be December already. Usually time flies, but lately it seems that the end of this month is creeping by.
I am excited because Andy scored free tickets to the KU bb game tonight. I was afraid we would have to pass because of the late notice, but our lovely friend, Annie, said she could come over tonight and watch Gus. May the gods bless you, Annie, for passing up free tickets (even if they are nosebleed seats) to a KU bb game is just a shame. We considered taking Gus, but I was afraid the noise in Allen Fieldhouse might be a bit too much. Plus, the game starts at 7pm, and his bedtime is around 8 or 8:30pm, so that would not work. So, thanks, Annie! Hopefully he will go to sleep for her tonight. Sometimes, with a babysitter, Gus refuses to go to sleep. It is kinda funny, because I did that when I was little, but I think I was older than 1! Sometimes he seems like he is 4 years old or something...he cracks me up.
Speaking of sleep, we have been trying to put Gus down awake (but tired) at night so he can go to sleep completely on his own. I imagine most people with 15-month old babies have been doing this for some time, but we are just starting to really enforce it. Up until now, I have honestly really enjoyed our bedtime ritual of rocking him to sleep (after he drinks some milk). I usually put him down when he is super drowsy, but I never really make him go to sleep completely on his own. So we'll see how it goes. He is really good about going back to sleep by himself in the middle of the night. We've done the whole "cry it out" thing before, and it has worked on him. If he wakes for any reason and is upset, he pretty much immediately goes back to sleep (unless he's sick or really teething or something). But when he first goes down to sleep, he is just used to snuggling with me. Selfishly, I'm going to miss that time with him. He's growing up and it makes me happy but sad, too. But it makes me more happy than sad. :)
I'm excited b/c this weekend we are having a holiday party with our Lawrence friends, hosted by Jim and Hannah. They have a 18 month old, Ash, and all our Lawrence friends will be there with their babies and whatnot. This year we've all decided to get gifts for a low-income family in Lawrence (set up through Ash's daycare facility) instead of getting each other gifts, so it'll be awesome to give everything to this family. It feels good.
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Otherwise, just getting through the end of November. I feel like it should be December already. Usually time flies, but lately it seems that the end of this month is creeping by.
I am excited because Andy scored free tickets to the KU bb game tonight. I was afraid we would have to pass because of the late notice, but our lovely friend, Annie, said she could come over tonight and watch Gus. May the gods bless you, Annie, for passing up free tickets (even if they are nosebleed seats) to a KU bb game is just a shame. We considered taking Gus, but I was afraid the noise in Allen Fieldhouse might be a bit too much. Plus, the game starts at 7pm, and his bedtime is around 8 or 8:30pm, so that would not work. So, thanks, Annie! Hopefully he will go to sleep for her tonight. Sometimes, with a babysitter, Gus refuses to go to sleep. It is kinda funny, because I did that when I was little, but I think I was older than 1! Sometimes he seems like he is 4 years old or something...he cracks me up.
Speaking of sleep, we have been trying to put Gus down awake (but tired) at night so he can go to sleep completely on his own. I imagine most people with 15-month old babies have been doing this for some time, but we are just starting to really enforce it. Up until now, I have honestly really enjoyed our bedtime ritual of rocking him to sleep (after he drinks some milk). I usually put him down when he is super drowsy, but I never really make him go to sleep completely on his own. So we'll see how it goes. He is really good about going back to sleep by himself in the middle of the night. We've done the whole "cry it out" thing before, and it has worked on him. If he wakes for any reason and is upset, he pretty much immediately goes back to sleep (unless he's sick or really teething or something). But when he first goes down to sleep, he is just used to snuggling with me. Selfishly, I'm going to miss that time with him. He's growing up and it makes me happy but sad, too. But it makes me more happy than sad. :)
I'm excited b/c this weekend we are having a holiday party with our Lawrence friends, hosted by Jim and Hannah. They have a 18 month old, Ash, and all our Lawrence friends will be there with their babies and whatnot. This year we've all decided to get gifts for a low-income family in Lawrence (set up through Ash's daycare facility) instead of getting each other gifts, so it'll be awesome to give everything to this family. It feels good.
ek
Monday, November 26, 2007
Back to the grind
So, it is the day after the Thanksgiving break and I am depressed about going back to work, but that is to be expected, I guess. Thanksgiving was nice this year. We drove down to B-game for some home cooking, courtesy of Shee-wee (thanks, mom...it was yummy!). I made the green bean casserole and my bro-in-law made the stuffing. Other than that, it was all my mom, and she did it up. We totally pigged out and then I ate more that night and the next day. And then Andy made turkey salad and we had more and more and more. I still feel rather lethargic.
It was a good and bad weekend for KU sports. KU lost the football game to Mizzou (that was hard to type) but the basketball team won in overtime last night against Arizona. That game freaked me out a bit. But it is good to play a close game early on, I think. We do not want to get big heads, which we tend to do...because we are SO GOOD! :) That half-court shot that Rush almost made at the end of regulation play was amazing...but overtime is good for us...we need to get used to fighting for a win.
Enough about that. Gus is doing well. His face rash was finally diagnosed as eczema (sp?), so we have been applying a prescription cream to his face that seems to be working really well. The only problem is that we cannot use it for more than 2 weeks at a time because it is pretty potent stuff, so he is on hiatus right now. We also finally got a humidifier for his room, which has been working, and we have been moisturizing the crap outta him all day! We are always applying lotion to that kid. He has been in great spirits, though. His temper is shining through more and more each day. I think he definitely got that from my side of the family. Ouch. But otherwise he is the sweetest little guy. He really is. He just goes from 0 to 60 really fast! But he loves to blow kisses (he ends up spitting a lot) and he loves to wave to people right now. Every time he hears the car start or the garage door open, he starts waving to Andy. He associates that with Andy leaving for work. It is pretty funny. Oh, and he covets his legos right now. He cannot get enough of them! We pick them up about a billion times a day, which is a workout in and of itself...seriously.
That is it for today. Until later...have a manageable Monday!
ek
It was a good and bad weekend for KU sports. KU lost the football game to Mizzou (that was hard to type) but the basketball team won in overtime last night against Arizona. That game freaked me out a bit. But it is good to play a close game early on, I think. We do not want to get big heads, which we tend to do...because we are SO GOOD! :) That half-court shot that Rush almost made at the end of regulation play was amazing...but overtime is good for us...we need to get used to fighting for a win.
Enough about that. Gus is doing well. His face rash was finally diagnosed as eczema (sp?), so we have been applying a prescription cream to his face that seems to be working really well. The only problem is that we cannot use it for more than 2 weeks at a time because it is pretty potent stuff, so he is on hiatus right now. We also finally got a humidifier for his room, which has been working, and we have been moisturizing the crap outta him all day! We are always applying lotion to that kid. He has been in great spirits, though. His temper is shining through more and more each day. I think he definitely got that from my side of the family. Ouch. But otherwise he is the sweetest little guy. He really is. He just goes from 0 to 60 really fast! But he loves to blow kisses (he ends up spitting a lot) and he loves to wave to people right now. Every time he hears the car start or the garage door open, he starts waving to Andy. He associates that with Andy leaving for work. It is pretty funny. Oh, and he covets his legos right now. He cannot get enough of them! We pick them up about a billion times a day, which is a workout in and of itself...seriously.
That is it for today. Until later...have a manageable Monday!
ek
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Be careful what you ask for
It's Thanksgiving eve and it's sleeting in Lawrence (snowing in Kansas City, I believe). I like it, but I guess I didn't realize the change in weather would be so dramatic. It was over 70 degrees yesterday and now it's around 30 degrees. But it's fun to break out the winter coats and whatnot.
I just ran a few errands during my lunch period. After my run to Target and home to eat some soup (and watch Days of our Lives, of course), I stopped to get gas. While I was in line to pay for a coffee at the gas station, this woman comes in and goes to the front and asks the cashier if they sell glass smoking pipes at the store. The cashier was so mad, I thought she was going to go after this woman. I think she was a mega-Christian or something, b/c it really pissed her off and offended her. The woman who asked for the pipe seemed really jacked up on something (I thought that before I heard what she asked for), but good lordy, it was funny more than anything. Maybe she just wanted to smoke a little weed before the big holiday? Hilarious...but maybe it was for meth. If so, that's just sad.
Anyhoot, on that note, happy Thanksgiving, people!
ek
I just ran a few errands during my lunch period. After my run to Target and home to eat some soup (and watch Days of our Lives, of course), I stopped to get gas. While I was in line to pay for a coffee at the gas station, this woman comes in and goes to the front and asks the cashier if they sell glass smoking pipes at the store. The cashier was so mad, I thought she was going to go after this woman. I think she was a mega-Christian or something, b/c it really pissed her off and offended her. The woman who asked for the pipe seemed really jacked up on something (I thought that before I heard what she asked for), but good lordy, it was funny more than anything. Maybe she just wanted to smoke a little weed before the big holiday? Hilarious...but maybe it was for meth. If so, that's just sad.
Anyhoot, on that note, happy Thanksgiving, people!
ek
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Almost turkey day!
Today has been nice so far. I worked all morning and then Gus and I went to KC to my nephew's Thanksgiving lunch at his elementary school. My sister and brother-in-law couldn't make it, so we went. It was really hilarious and fun. The kids helped make stew and corn bread desserts, and we ate lunch and looked at the different Power Point presentations the kids created. My nephew's presentation was about the weather. It was really good, in my opinion. He was so mad at himself for getting one word wrong in the presentation and he kept talking about it. I told him I think he deserved an A+, but it seriously was a really good presenation. His friend's presentation was also awesome (about water). Seriously, I didn't know half of this stuff when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade.
Earlier today I watched some old Electric Company clips on YouTube with Gus. My older sister and I LOVED that show...holy cow, I had forgotten how amazing it was. So 70's! And Morgan Freeman was so amazing in bellbottoms. But Gus loved it...maybe not quite as much as I did. Now I'm going to look to see if "Picture Pages" with Bill Cosby (from Captain Kangeroo) is on YouTube. I imagine it is!
Well, that's about it. Just gearing up for turkey day this week. We're going to my parents, so that'll be fun. I'm really looking forward to the turkey, mash p. and stuffing + gravy. That's all I need to be truly happy.
ek
Earlier today I watched some old Electric Company clips on YouTube with Gus. My older sister and I LOVED that show...holy cow, I had forgotten how amazing it was. So 70's! And Morgan Freeman was so amazing in bellbottoms. But Gus loved it...maybe not quite as much as I did. Now I'm going to look to see if "Picture Pages" with Bill Cosby (from Captain Kangeroo) is on YouTube. I imagine it is!
Well, that's about it. Just gearing up for turkey day this week. We're going to my parents, so that'll be fun. I'm really looking forward to the turkey, mash p. and stuffing + gravy. That's all I need to be truly happy.
ek
Monday, November 19, 2007
Gas leak anyone?
So last night I swear I smelled gas in our kitchen. Andy said he smelled "something weird" but he couldn't tell if it was gas. We have an antique Chambers stove (gas), so it freaked me out that we had a possible gas leak. Let's just say that going to bed last night was interesting. I think I went in the kitchen at least 5 times to check for strange smells. Andy slept like a champ; I tossed and turned all night. What can I say...I'm a bit of a worry wart.
So this morning Andy came in the bathroom while I was getting ready and asked me to smell the kitchen. I did and all I smelled was the coffee brewing (the best smell in the world, I think). But once it stopped brewing we BOTH smelled gas. So we called the gas folks and the woman on the phone was very dramatic (I know she's trained to be that way) and told us to immediately go outside and don't stop go and don't collect $200. We didn't do that. The gas dude showed up about 15 minutes later and took apart our old stove, checked everything he could and said there wasn't a gas leak. Our stove is so old (1920's) that the pilot light was dirty and was letting off a foul gassy smell. So we need to clean the pilot lights or this smell is going to continue. Good thing we don't have a gas leak. That would've sucked big time.
So, now we're considering selling this antique stove and getting a nice, brand new stove. We're not sure yet, and if we even do it, it won't be for awhile. I really love old stuff that still works--the aesthetic value is priceless. But now that I have a kid, practicality rules and I think a brand new stove would just be easier to deal with. And, Gus won't be able to mess with the handles on the stove (this old stove wasn't designed with little toddlers in mind).
That's my story. Fun Monday morning so far!
Oh, Gus update! He is really into handing us books to read to him. And what's even better: he likes to then position himself in our laps so he can read along with us (in his own little language, of course) and turn pages. We need to record his "language" b/c it is hilarious. It would be a nice keepsake to have recordings of all our kids when they spoke their own fun gibberish.
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So this morning Andy came in the bathroom while I was getting ready and asked me to smell the kitchen. I did and all I smelled was the coffee brewing (the best smell in the world, I think). But once it stopped brewing we BOTH smelled gas. So we called the gas folks and the woman on the phone was very dramatic (I know she's trained to be that way) and told us to immediately go outside and don't stop go and don't collect $200. We didn't do that. The gas dude showed up about 15 minutes later and took apart our old stove, checked everything he could and said there wasn't a gas leak. Our stove is so old (1920's) that the pilot light was dirty and was letting off a foul gassy smell. So we need to clean the pilot lights or this smell is going to continue. Good thing we don't have a gas leak. That would've sucked big time.
So, now we're considering selling this antique stove and getting a nice, brand new stove. We're not sure yet, and if we even do it, it won't be for awhile. I really love old stuff that still works--the aesthetic value is priceless. But now that I have a kid, practicality rules and I think a brand new stove would just be easier to deal with. And, Gus won't be able to mess with the handles on the stove (this old stove wasn't designed with little toddlers in mind).
That's my story. Fun Monday morning so far!
Oh, Gus update! He is really into handing us books to read to him. And what's even better: he likes to then position himself in our laps so he can read along with us (in his own little language, of course) and turn pages. We need to record his "language" b/c it is hilarious. It would be a nice keepsake to have recordings of all our kids when they spoke their own fun gibberish.
ek
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