Saturday: tired

Something was wrong with Joshua last night.  We ended up sleeping on the couch.  I tried to put him down after an hour or so because my neck was sore, but ended up back on the couch with him.  The second time was more comfortable.  He ended up being out of sorts all morning and sleeping with me again during nap time.  We'll see how tonight goes.

I realized that when I'm tired the control on my eating flies out the window.  I'm hungry all the time.  Everything sounds good.  It's a bit of a problem.

In other news, Isaac had a Dad day.  I tried to get him cook with me, but all he really wanted to do was hang out with Dad.  I've mentioned once or twice that Isaac calls Ben "Dag" and often mentions that he's "ogre" (older).  Imagine our surprise when we found this in Warcraft.

It's Dag the ogre!  I smile every time.

Friday: "He likes me!"

Joshua and I went in to wake Isaac up from his nap.  Joshua started smiling and cooing right at Isaac and Isaac ate it up.  "He likes me!"  "He should sit with me on the couch!"  So I got some pictures.

(Side note 1: Yes, Isaac's pants are too short.  I think he recently had a growth spurt, because the pants that were on the edge are now too short and are slowly being culled from the closet.  I just went and bought some 3T pants.  They're a bit long, but not too much.

Side note 2: I think that Isaac enjoys putting his pants on backwards.  This doesn't help at all with how well the pants fit.)

Isaac really wanted Joshua to watch Mickey Mouse Road Rally with him.  I thought about it a bit, and decided it would be ok for a few minutes.  I got some good work done in those ten minutes too!  (Side note 3: Ben pointed out the other day that Mickey and Minnie's ears always point in the same direction...they rotate around the head as the mice move.  It's kind of weird now that I'm aware of it.)

Lastly, Isaac's tray table arrived in the mail today.  I've been transitioning Isaac to a chair for a few months now, but a high chair has been nicest for dinner still.  But since Joshua will be needing it in a week (a week!) we needed a new solution.

In this picture you can see Isaac on a carpet square.  Ideally he will have to stay on the carpet square until he's done.  You can also see a tiger eating cheese and an airplane (the green duplo).  After the picture was taken there was a big party with all the animals and people and they all ate cheese, except for the horse who ate lettuce.

Thursday: drums

Wednesday: naps

As I put Isaac down for rest time, I said something along the lines of, "Can you please take a nap?  Or at least be quiet?  I am sick and really need a nap."  (About an hour after the day had started I was ready for a nap.)

It worked.  Everyone slept for three hours.  Three hours!  At the same time!

After Isaac woke up he asked me, "Are you feeling better now?"

It pulled on my heartstrings.  And I was happily able to answer, "Yes.  Much better."

Tuesday: colds

A cold is running through the family.  Isaac doesn't seem to have it yet and I'm not sure if Joshua has the same cold that Ben and I do.  But Ben and I are miserable.  In that I-want-to-take-the-day-off-but-don't-think-I'm-really-sick-enough way.

But Isaac nicely played with Duplos this evening.  Joshua was willing to help me do my work.  So it worked.  My cold wasn't too bad until I got home at dinner time, so I'm hoping that the night will give me a good recharge.

And in leaving, I'll give you a poor picture of Flurry.  I had never seen her go in a crib before, but I don't think that Isaac ever had a crib by a ledge.

Monday: 25 weeks

Joshua turned 25 weeks old today!

To celebrate, he last night he slept without his swaddle for the first time.  I was only up one extra time...so he slept about like normal.  I'm still planning on sending it to daycare though, because it is so noisy there. Also, he stuck his tongue out at me a lot today.

His eyes seem to still be very blue.  I don't remember when Isaac's started to change, but it seems as though they had started to change by now.  I'm hoping they stay blue.

Sunday: the boys

Joshua was looking rather alert, although he still has a bit of a cold and is rather snugly.

Isaac got a magnetic zoo.  We spent a lot of time talking about where the animals should go.  Most of them walked ("which way?" "straight" "oh, he bumped into a fence." "turn a bit." "There's a wolf." "Jump over the wolf." "Now which way?" "Right.")  Every animal went to more or less the right spot, except the penguins.  They went to stand upside-down by the lions.