Friday: uff

Today didn't really go all that well.  The morning was ok, but afternoon then rolled around.  I was tired and wanted a nap.  I thought Isaac was acting tired, so I put him in the swing.

Isaac: I don't want to be here.
Amanda: Let's try the crib.
Isaac: That's ok, but I don't want to sleep here.
Amanda: Ok, you're not tired.
Isaac: No, I'm tired.
Amanda: Let's try the swing.
Isaac: I don't want to be here.
Amanda: Ok, let's join Flurry and we'll both nap on my bed.
Isaac: No
Amanda: How many want to sleep on my bed?  Three.  How many are sleeping on my bed?  Zero.
Isaac: I still don't want to sleep.
Flurry: I'm out of here.
Amanda: So are we.  Let's try the swing.  (And follow Flurry)
Isaac: NO SWING
Amanda: Ben, dinner change.  Let's order pizza.
Isaac: Fine, I'll sleep on your lap.
Amanda: Ben's home early!  Hooray!

He is also 18 weeks.  His cranky and happy extremes seem to be getting more extreme.  Which is lots of fun when he's happy, and significantly less fun when he isn't.

Everything goes in his mouth.

We play with blocks during tummy time.  Er, I play with them.  Isaac watches.  The goal is to make the highest or coolest tower without it falling over.  Since all the blocks are the same size cubes, I have to be rather creative when making new configurations.  I've recently been rotating some blocks 45 degrees.  The photo below isn't a great example, but some of the blocks are like that on purpose.

Thursday: my day

Today started out with me startling awake to Ben's alarm.  (And by starting, I mean anything that happens after 6am).  Before I knew what was happening I was sitting up with my glasses on.  Ben told me to lay back down, so I did.  It was nice that Isaac was sleeping in a bit, although it was only because he woke up twice during the night.

We had our doctor appointments today.  I'm healthy.  My weight actually came in a few pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight, which shocked me.  I thought I was about a pound over.  I think it was because it was a different time than normal and I hadn't eaten anything.  But it was still nice to see.

Isaac is also healthy.  He weighed 14 pounds even (31%) and was 25.25" long (60%).  He is doing everything that he should be doing.  He also got his shots.  He did pretty well for a few hours, and then had a few hours where he was really cranky.  If I moved him he started screaming.  So I didn't move him too much, but he wasn't very happy sitting still either.

We talked to some neighbors by the lake because it was a very nice day out.  I also cleaned under the deck (there is a walkout area).  There were a ton of fishing lures scattered about.  Some with large rusty hooks that scare me.  I hope I got all of them, but I probably didn't.

For our dinner side I made some cornbread from a mix (like muffin mix) in an effort to get rid of food that we've had for a while and haven't eaten.  It was disgusting!  Now I know why it was on clearance when we bought it.

Wednesday: pots and burps

Today I planted some beans and lettuce.  Yesterday I quizzed Nathan on growing stuff in some pot on our porch, and he ended up suggesting lettuce.  It is currently planting season, and since it was a beautiful day I ended up just doing it.  (It meant that I took out all of the growing stuff from Exhibit F, but something bloomed in Exhibit E and everyone agreed that Exhibit G wasn't a weed.)

(Insert imaginary picture of dirt here.  It is currently rather boring so I didn't take picture.)

We had dinner with Dad and Pat.  Pat was teaching Isaac to fake burp and Isaac seemed to be doing it.  Now I'm slightly scared that his first word is going to be burp.

Tuesday: decal

The people that owned the house before us put a few decals on the walls.  Two of them I really like.  But this one...not so much.  The main reason is that the orange doesn't stand out well against the green.  (It says "the essence of life".)  I'm also not sure I love the words.  So we decided to take it down.

At that point Isaac woke up.  I thought, well, I'll try doing it with him.  All the online sites say to warm it up with a hair dryer and then peel it off.  Shouldn't be too bad.

15 minutes later, guess how far I was?



Did you guess?


































I was all done.  While holding Isaac.  It pretty much just peeled off without the hair dryer.  (And the orange was really brown.)  I would be up for putting more decals on the walls in the future.

Monday: 4 months

Guess who is 4 months old?!?

Everything is delicious these days.

I hadn't put a bib on him and during the course of the 10 minutes that I was taking pictures he drenched his shirt.

We were trying for a head up picture

Try 2.  He only rolls over if you've set him up just right.  I'm not exactly sure what that setting is though.

He stared at this elephant for about three minutes straight today.

Sunday: water bottles

We reuse our water bottles.  It results in filling up several per day, and we've been lax about it the last two days.  So almost all the water bottles are empty.  I grabbed the remaining ones from the fridge and had a water bottle family photo shoot.  (Although I lost one at church this morning. :( )

It's kind of funny, but several of the water bottles have stories behind them.

*The middle Nalgene and the Nalgene on the right were a Christmas present to Ben a few years back because Flurry kept contaminating our water by drinking it from our glasses.

*The Metal ones (3rd and 5th from right) were a Christmas present from Mom and Dad Hilldore.

*The two Gaterade ones in the middle were the ones that started the "disposable" plastic water bottle collection.  Ben got them for me when I was sick.

*The one that says Freedom Village (in the middle) was from Aunt C last year when we went up to Cadillac.

*The one with dots on it (6th from left) was from a spa in Las Vegas.

*The one 3rd from left was from a Ladies Night out at Crowne Motors last year.

*The other Gaterade (2nd from left) was from Grandma Hilldore...I think at Easter last year because Ben needed something to drink as we were heading out.

Hurrary for water bottle memories!

Saturday: hi

Hi.