Wish List Wednesday

Since I now have a giant, unattainable wishlist, I decided to join in with this blog that I read religiously and create a list of things I would buy if money weren't involved.

~ A digital SLR so I could attempt to get good pictures of my cute little guy


~ A bathroom that has nothing to do with bluish green tubs and toilets.

~ An interior decorator to help me out~Another car

~ A garden full of vegetables~ A starbucks....oh small town...
~ And some Bumgenius 3.0 diapers (for Ev, not for me!)


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Wednesdays, Wednesdays

Brian's off at his first day of work today and Ev and I have been toodling around the house. That crazy kid actually went to bed around 9 last night and we had to wake him up this morning (the joys of nursing...). Hopefully we'll get into a better routine soon with an earlier bedtime and a waking time that fits with Brian's.
I've tried unpacking pictures today, but then I got some ADHD and had to look for new pictures to put in the frames. Other random tasks today: I've started spray painting one of our old ikea tables white to match Ev's furniture, we picked out colors for Ev's and our room, I made some foccacia bread, swept the kitchen, and of course, prepared two meals (that's two each for me and Ev), did dishes twice, changed three diapers and one outfit, and fed the cats.
After Brian returns from work, we have to make our third Wal-Mart run in three days (I am so embarassed.) and go get some paint from Ace. Ev's room will no longer be yellow with flower border, but a nice pale blue and our room will go from white to a color called "touch of spring." I'll try to get some before and after pictures.

Our Northland Home

Nope, sorry, no pictures. I just wanted to put up a quick note to let y'all know that we made it up here safely, unloaded and returned the truck, and even have most of the boxes unpacked and in their rightful places. We love our new house (as do the cats, who love to disappear during the day now) and the weather has been fantastic. We have two very large shady trees in our yards that keep the house nice and cool all day. We are currently freeloading some internet from a neighbor who doesn't protect their connection and some cable from the previous owners who haven't turned off their service yet. Brian's currently upstairs patching some nail holes in what will be Everett's room so we can paint it blue this week! Brian also starts work tomorrow, so it will be just me and the babe for the first time in a week. We've already had fun hanging out with family, picnicking, and of course, unpacking and organizing. We've made two trips to Ace, two trips to Wal-Mart, and a long walk to the post office, bike shop, bank, food co-op, and grocery store. I am very excited to learn that as of next month, there aren't really any benefits we miss out on by not being paid members of the co-op and I am utterly thrilled to learn that they sell Ev's yogurt, flours, grains, and oils by the pound, wonderful cereals, chips, and dairy products, and any natural baby stuff I could want! Yay! Now it's time to change Ev and head to the lake!

Last night in (West) Lafayette

I was totally planning on taking cute pictures of Ev amongst all the mess and boxes yesterday and today, but it just never happened. Sorry! We got the U-Haul at 3:30 yesterday, the first helper showed up at 4, and we eventually had 8 lovely Triathlon and lab friends come and they loaded that truck to the brim in 2 hours flat! Then we all went out to Nine Irish Brothers for dinner. Bri and I ran errands, packed more odds and ends and cleaned all day today and now we are just about done. Ev's been exhausted, Mabel's been freaked, and Olivia's been intrigued. Ev is now sleeping in his pack n' play in his old room, Brian's patching some holes in the walls, and I, well obviously you know what I'm doing! Now we just need to pack up our few days' clothes and last minute boxes, fold up the futon and pack n' play, load up the car, make it through our apartment inspection, and we'll be on our way! We're really hoping Mabel won't freak out too much when we try to get her in her carrier, but it's the most likely scenario. She's finally just calmed down and sat on the futon next to me. Now Bri and I are going to watch a tiny bit more of our lovely cable and go to bed! Next time you hear from me, we will be in the northwoods!

Packing

Not much going on here besides packing. I got a lot done yesterday so I am, of course, slacking off today. Busy watching all the Discovery Health and HGTV I can with our newfound cable. Here's Ev this morning (click to make bigger):

Sooo mad? happy? annoyed?

Our TiVo is acting up so we decided to just plug the cable right into the t.v. this evening. It's channel settings were wrong, so we did the auto channel search. It found about 30 channels. What. What? We signed up for the smallest package - 12.50 per month for the regular network channels. We are currently watching Mythbusters on Discovery channel. We move in five days. OMG.

6 Month Shots

Yesterday, I had to take Ever to get his 6 month shots all by myself. He didn't even notice the first shot (very thin needle), but the second - oh boy! He did NOT like that. And of course, they then had to go and stick him again in the other leg. Poor baby.... I only cried a little bit... He tried smiling at the nurses in between wails when they gave him a rattle. Well, I got him into his carseat and sat with him for a few minutes, situating his rattles, blanket, and nuk, and decided we'd go to Target since it would be a longer drive and he could fall asleep. He promptly fell asleep as we drove away and slept to Target, through me getting him out of his carseat and into the sling, through our Target wandering, back out to the car, out of the sling, opened his eyes briefly to say "Where the heck am I!?!" but fell back to sleep with his nuk as I buckled him in, all the way home and onto our bed while I did diaper laundry, and FINALLY woke up after 2.5 hours! Poor boy gets so sleepy after shots. He also slept through our anniversary dinner on the booth bench at the restaurant (very nice of him) and slept ALL NIGHT last night - from about 9-6:30! He's now napping again! and has been down for over 2 hours. I can also see the very tip of his first tooth coming through, so that probably doesn't help matters any.

Ev's loving the addition of yogurt (organic, whole milk, plain yogurt, of course) to his meals and gobbles them up like there's no tomorrow. I also bought him a new plastic bib yesterday because he likes sucking on the cloth ones and they are quickly being demolished.

Packing is a beast. We're doing a couple of boxes a night so far and have all the pictures off the wall and dressers mostly cleared off. We pick up the U-Haul in 8 days - eep!!! We finally got an approval letter from the bank this week and are getting homeowner's insurance today, and then we will hopefully be done with all the stupid tasks...now that interest rates have jumped, of course, but what can you do? Anyways....I better go see if Ev's still breathing in there and maybe he'll be kind enough to wake up soon so we can get to work already!

An Everett description

I wrote this for my online message board and thought it might fit here too:

(DS=dear son, BF=breastfeeds)

DS can sit but only if we put him down that way.  He's getting a lot better with his balance but still faceplants/throws himself backward every now and then.  No idea what crawling is, but he does push up to see the cats better.  He loves chewing/slobbering on everything (including parents) and is currently cutting his first tooth (bottom left). 

He BFs in the morning (around 7), then has 2oz fruit+some oatmeal (around 8), goes down for a 1-1.5 hr nap, BFs, goes to work with me and naps in his sling, BFs again, naps for another hour or so, BFs again!, dinner of 2 oz veggies+some rice, then bath and jammies, and depending on the time, either BFs to sleep or goes to sleep (around 8) and I dreamfeed him before I go to sleep (around 10).  He loves his sippy cup but doesn't quite understand it.  He likes me to hold it and tip it for him!

He loves talking, cooing, blowing raspberries, yelling, and laughing at anyone who happens to look at him.  He loves facing forward in his sling and eating shopping lists.  He freaks out at any type of paper and tries to shove it in his mouth.  The past two weeks were miserable at night and he was waking 8-9 times for his nuk - this week it went back to normal (thank goodness!!!) and he wakes 1-2 times for his nuk. 

The yelling!

Ugh.  Still not sure what it means because I try multiple things every time.  Fed him, changed him, put him down for a nap.  Obviously it was one of those things....or teething...  Also, notice how he smiles when I pull out the camera - this is how I get so many smiley pictures of him.

Park Play Date

Ever and I went to the park this morning to watch the big kids play and sit on a blanket to chew on books with another baby.  Ever had a good time eating his book:

Check this out.  The baby next to Ev is about three months older.  Told you he's giant.

Everett got his hair done today.  He likes it.

And check this out.  You know those 32 oz rubbermaid water bottles?  You know how heavy they are when they're full?  You know how much it hurts to drop a full one on your pinky toe?  I do. (Don't know why this picture is sideways....it isn't that way in windows....)

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Love, Everett

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