Window Looking

Today we took the boys downtown to see the holiday windows at Marshall Field's. The theme this year is Cinderella. Big mistake. Big Cubby was not impressed. Little Cubby did not like the cold. It was very cold today.

We took them over to the main library and let Big Cubby look at books at the library. He got grouchy and did not want to check out any books so we left.

The ride down on the El was fine. Big Cubby is so into trains so he really enjoyed watching everything out the window. On the way home both boys fell asleep on the train. It was a nice quiet ride.

We haven't gone and visited the big guy, Santa yet. Maybe this weekend we might take the boys. I have yet to put up any Christmas decorations. I need to go by a new tree.

I have decided to stop stressing over Christmas. I have been making myself sick worrying about our budget and whether or not we can afford anything. I just read a story about an infant dying over in Pakistan because it is winter and there are a lot of homeless people due to the earthquake they had. I realize my babies have a warm bed to sleep in and have food to eat.

I have decided not to get caught up in the materialization of the holiday. We are staying home so it will be just the four of us and I have decided to make it easy and stress free.

I didn't even cheat!

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Stuffed

Well everybody I am back. We had a good Thanksgiving. We went down to southern Illinois to visit Hubby's family. We had a good time.

The drive down wasn't too bad. The boys did pretty well for the six hour trip. We stayed with Hubby's parents. Hubby's brother and sister-in-law came over to visit as well. They really enjoyed playing with the boys.

Thanksgiving dinner was awesome. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, veggies and cranberry jello dish with cranberries and nuts in it. We had pumpkin pie for dessert. We totally stuffed ourselves.

Friday, Hubby and I went on a date and saw the movie Just Friends. Oh my god this was funny! We just laughed and laughed. I love Ryan Reynolds. Anna Faris is so funny. We had a great time and it was a nice break from the boys. I can not remember the last movie we saw together. It has to be at least two years. The boys had fun playing with their Nana and Papa.

We came home on Saturday and the drive was painful. Both boys were grumpy. Big Cubby was upset because he wanted to stay at his Nana and Papas. Little Cubby was crying and whining for two hours on the trip because he wanted out of his seat. We could not wait to get home.

Little Cubby's sleeping was horrible. I would nurse him and lay him down at home he would go back to sleep.Well, on the trip he started with crying when I laid him down. We tried everything but nothing worked and we got little sleep. Last night at home he was up all night again. There was heated exchange early this morning between Hubby and I. Lack of sleep sucks.

I don't know what is wrong with Little Cubby. Not sure it is his teething because when he is up at night he wants to be held or he wants to play. Not sure how much we can take.

Overall, the trip was fun. We had a nice visit but I am glad to be home. Going back home makes us realize why we left in the first place. I can not stand area. It is really hard to explain but I know I could not live there again.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving

I am going to be on a little break the rest of the week so I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope to have a few stories to tell you when I get back.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Of course I am this

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Update and Stuff

Little Cubby's lip is a lot better. It is not as swollen now. My husband calls him bruiser because he is always falling down and getting hurt.

Little Cubby has two molars breaking the gum line and he has kept us up for the past two nights just wanting to be held. We have gotten maybe a total of 6 hours for the two nights.

I can not wait until his teething is done!

Big Cubby quote " Daddy, I love when you say no" referring to when Little Cubby gets told this.

We have been working with Big Cubby on his alphabet. He can say it but has trouble pointing them out on a page. He is getting better but has trouble with N, R and L.

Big Cubby is all ready for Christmas. He keeps looking at catalogues pointing out the stuff he wants. He can not wait to visit Santa and tell him all the stuff he wants. Boy, I should have been saving or buying all along.

That is all the exciting stuff this weekend. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Poor baby

Poor Little Cubby had a bad day today. He was very grumpy and sleepy today because he was up a lot last night. He also had little accident today.

We have wooden gates that block off our front door and bathroom and another one that blocks off our kitchen. I guess Big Cubby knocked the one loose by the bathroom when he was climbing over it. Little Cubby was leaning on it and it fell over. He bit his upper lip pretty badly. It bled a lot.

Poor baby was so upset. We put ice in his Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder and that helped him a lot. Now he has a fat lip.

Life with two boys is never dull. I know my future will consists of little heart attacks every time one of the boys do something to get hurt but will I ever get use to it.

I worry sometimes about the future. I know I am a freak and there is nothing I can do now but I read all these stories of boys doing stupid things that get themselves or someone else hurt or killed. Just recently in the news there were four boys out driving and they came to a section of the road that has a railroad crossing and a hill. I guess kids try to go airbourne on it. Well these boys did and hit a tree. Two of the boys died. I see shows like Jackass and the Wildboyz and I am afraid.

I know I will raise my sons to make smart choices but that doesn't guarantee they will make them.

These are the things I worry about.

To the Doctor we go

Yesterday Little Cubby and Hubby went to the doctor. Little Cubby has been coughing and we wanted to make sure he was ok. The last time he was sick we did not know he was. He was smiley and playing. He had two ear infections and bronchitis. So I took him in yesterday. Good news he is ok. He has a little cough and it looks like he is getting over it. No bronchitis! The doctor was surprised I brought him in. He had no fever, no loss of appetite, and he has been active. Hubby just wanted to make sure he was ok.

Hubby on the other hand has severe bronchitis. He had to have a chest X-ray. He is on antibiotic. The can hardly breathe without his lungs hurting. The doctor wanted him to take a few days off from work but he can't because he is on deadline and he is one of two people on his staff.

So fun day at the doctor's office. I hope we can all get healthy before Thanksgiving. We are traveling and it would be a bitch if anyone of us was sick.

How are you guys staying healthy?

14 Months

Yesterday Little Cubby turned 14 months old. I forgot to post something so here it is today.

Little Cubby you are 14 months old. Where do I begin?

After wondering how long you might wait to walk—being so proficient at crawling—You have taken off walking and in one month you are a pro. You can turn and change directions instantly and while you still fall now and then, it happens mainly you’re walking and not paying attention to walking.

You love music and will start to move with music whether sitting down or standing, doing a little dance. You, like your brother, enjoys car commercials for the loud music, fast movement and bright colors.

You eat books. You only recently learned to open the pages and look at the pictures.

You do this wonderful surprised look at every little thing where you open your eyes quite big and say “oooooooooooooohhhh.”

You love to take the TV remote and see your handy work by moving channels or turning off the TV altogether.

We have given you some of our food—a bit of burger or pieces of other things now and then—and now you are very interested in what we are eating at all times. You love bananas and crackers.

You are learning to gesture at things you want, but you do this the same way you say hi or bye, with an extended arm and a rapidly open and closed fist. Your grunting is taking on more of a communicative tone and you are starting to sound out vowels and other sounds.

Generally you are good natured, but when you’re mad you let us know. Loudly.

You are also strong. Stronger at this age then what your brother was. In fact, you might be stronger at 14 months than your 4-year-old brother.
You can repeatedly squat down parallel to the ground and then stand back up as if doing exercise squats.

You do not like your diaper changed nor to get dressed or undressed. Though you like to walk around naked.

You love chocolate milk. You won’t drink much else.

You like playing with your older brother, to a point. You have become frustrated enough with him that you taken a swing at him. Should prove to be interesting in another year.

We love you Little Cubby!

It never fails

It never fails if Little Cubby sleeps a long stretch then Big Cubby will get up in the middle of the night.

Last night Little Cubby was sleeping a good long stretch. I actually had a dream which means deep sleep it was great. Wouldn't you know it Big Cubby wakes me up around 3am to tell me he had an accident. So I get him cleaned up but him on the couch and go into his room to clean up in there. It is dark in there with only a night light on. I quickly step in a puddle of pee. I kid you not a puddle. I get everything cleaned up and head to bed.

I think they plan it because I really have been needing a good nights sleep for weeks because I am trying to get rid of this cough and cold I have. It looks like that is not going to happen.

Tonight I am sure Little Cubby will be up a lot tonight. That is how it always happens.

I hope everyone has a good weekend!

Yipee

Oh this makes me so sad. ;)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank everyone for their advice and support for this. I have talked with Hubby about the comment and we have worked everything out. Let's just say he has offered to feed Little Cubby every night this week so far. I don't know if he agrees with me but at least he knows how I feel.

Thanks again everyone!

tagged again

I was tagged by LammyAnnLife and this meme is writing about each hour in a 24-hour day and explain why that hour is significant to me.

OK I am too lazy to come up with something for each hour so I will give the few times that are significant to me.

11:30pm-My first son was born.
12:30pm-My second son was born.
3:00pm-The time I got married.
12:00pm-I graduated college.
6:45am-I was born.
7:00pm-My husband was born.

There you have it. Sorry for being so lazy but I don't think I could have come up with anything for every hour.

Enjoy!

It turned out good

Last night we watched Emeril Live where Emeril and Elmo cook a healthy meal. The food looked really good so I went online and printed out the recipes.

Today I decided to make the Powered Packed Spinach Salad. OK you are thinking what is so hard about making a salad well it is the dressing that I was worried about. I am not a good cook. When I follow a recipe it always turns out tasting bad. I don't like to cook probably because of the reason I just mentioned.

So I make the salad and then I make the dressing. I followed the recipe so I was a little afraid. I gave a bowl of the salad to Hubby and let him try it. He could not believe it the dressing tasted really good. I actually made something that turned out right.

I was very happy. I am planning on trying the Lean Mean Turkey Loaf and the Pasta Primavera.

Wish me luck. I still don't care to cook but maybe with a few more successes I might be persuaded to cook more.

Excuse Me

My husband just did the biggest no no. I got Little Cubby's dinner ready and brought it in to my husband so I could get Big Cubby's dinner ready. As I brought Little Cubby's chair to him he says "Is this your way of telling I am feeding Little Cubby?" I said yes I need to get Big Cubby his food. He says"You could have at least ask me to feed him"

Excuse? I have to ask you to feed your son? Nobody askes me if I want to do the laundry, clean, go grocery shopping, feed, dress, bath the kids.

This really pissed me off. Am I wrong here?

What I am worth

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What I love

I love when I hold either one of my boys and they put their arms around my neck and lay their heads on my shoulder and just cuddle. The love I feel is overwhelming.

This is what I love.

Sorry

I was having trouble with a link and I did not realize that I posted it. Sorry it was a mistake.