Over the Weekend

We didn't do a lot this weekend, mainly because I had another stomach 'attack' early Saturday morning that but me back on the BRAT/soft foods diet. This one wasn't as bad but still dibilitated me some. So when I go to the doctor for my physical tomorrow, I'm going to ask about it again. Hpefully, it's nothing major!!!

Since I was down and out on Satuday, I couldn't go do my sale/bargain shopping but John took Blay out for daddy/son time. Their first stop was at Lowe's. Every month they have a workshop just for kids and the kids make things. Last month it was a fire truck. Saturday, they made a Frankenstein Magic Trick. Here are a couple pictures of Blay on Saturday.





After Lowe's, they did some WalMart shopping for a few things where Blay acquired a newer, bigger backhoe. This is added to his collection which is rapidly growing. I'd say he has about 10 now. I've never seen a kid so obsessed with one particular toy! After WalMart, they stopped and got a pumpkin. The pumpkiin is still awaiting our carving, which we are going to try and do tonight.

Yesterday John and Blay when to church while I rested some more. I got enough energy to finish the laundry and do a little cleaning. Blay and I spent the day in the house since I didn't get to see him much on Saturday.

Daycare is going great for him. He goes in now without a problem and I think he's even acquired a little girlfriend. He said her name this morning when we got there with a smile! Young love.....

Good deal, I think...

Okay, so after I wrote yesterday that Blay is awful in the afternoons, he wasn't. In fact, yesterday was the best afternoon we have had with Blay since he has started daycare. I was very happy about it.

He didn't eat dinner very well but I found out the main cause why this morning when we dropped him off at daycare. He had 3 servings of spaghetti for lunch!!! And, still ate his afternoon snack. So much for trying to make the kid eat. He's getting a little belly on him now and it's soo cute. He needed to gain a little weight though so I'm not going to complain.

One good thing today, he went in this morning and gave John and myself both a hug and kiss and told us bye. Thanks to Ms. Stacie for being able to help us get his truck from him before we left. It would of been disasterous if one of us would of had to do it. He gave it up willing for her!! The joys of parenting! :o)

Okay, so two good things so far today. I just finished shopping a little on lunch at the JBF consignment sale in East Ridge. Great that I work two minutes from there right now! I got some really cute things for Blay at great prices. There was a special 25% off some items today and I just happened to pick up things he needed that were an additional 25% off. HOw great was that? Here's a quick run down:

J Khaki Red Cableknit Sweater $4.50 (was 6.00)
Cherokee tan Basketball Shirt $1.50 (was 2.00)
Levi's Navy Corduroy Pants $3.00 (was 4.00)
Voit Blue Windsuit $3.75 (was 5.00)
Kid Connection fleece hoodie w/ truck $3.00 (was 4.00)
Baby Gap orange/navy striped thermal shirt $2.25 (was 3.00)

Overall, I don't think that was such a bad trip! He still needs a few more things but they just didn't have them. I will just have to keep looking.

I know, I know

It's been a while and just when I was starting to get 'better'. If you even want to call it that. We have been very, very busy lately, especially since I have returned back to work. Talk about a drastic change in our household.

I get up at 530, get ready, Blay gets up at 615 and eats, we go to work and school, come home, eat dinner, play for about 1 - 1/12 hours, Blay takes a bath and he is in bed by 830. Then I start preparing for the next day whether it be our dinner for the next night, my lunch, etc. or I clean a little bit. All the time with Blay is precious.

Blay is coping well with daycare. The first two weeks were a little rough on all of us because he would wake up soon after I would and not go back to sleep. He has adjusted better this week and we've actually had to wake him up. He is also going into school a lot better now. He isn't clinging and crying for one of us. He goes straight for the teacher or the toys, usually a loader or bulldozer.

He hasn't adjusted well to the afternoon yet because he is starving by the time we get him in the afternoon. That's one of the reasons I try to have dinner prepped or something quick and easy laid out to make so I can feed the little guy. He's getting better but some days are worse than others. Wednesdays are the hard days because he doesn't go home until after we get out of church so he goes to bed about an hour or so later.

We went to Kingsport not to long ago to go see Pops. We hadn't seen him since he and Nanaw returned from Korea, for good!! Yea!!! He is 'retired' but not officially until sometime in November. We are all so proud of the almost 40 years he's spent in our country's military. The same weekend, we also went to a family reunion in VA. We had a good time, but it was really cold and windy that day.

Pops and Nanaw paid us a visit last weekend. Pops had never seen our new house so they decided to come down and spent a couple days. We all had a good time together.

Well, I need to go now, I need to run to CVS and spend my ECB's before they expire today. That's just free money I can't let go to waste!!!

Poo news!!!!

I guess I could say with poo...yep, poo. Blay went poo in the potty on Sept 25th for the first time. He was so excited! He got to flush and everything! For a reward, he got some M&M's. He was soo excited, he went back and did it again a few minutes later! More M&M's for a reward. Those are his favorite so that's what I use to coax him. What helped? I believe the 'Once Upon a Potty for Him' video I purchased at Toys R Us that day. In the second round of watching it, he made poo!!!! Way for videos.

Has he done it since? Yes, once, while we were on vacation in Florida. He made small poo but all the same, it was poo, in the potty. He was very, very excited to of done it, especially on vacation! He was spoiled all week so there really wasn't much to give him when he did that because he had already had everything.

We had a good time in Hollywood, FL. Blay absolutely loved going and his favorite part was the swimming pool. We went to the beach the first day but he did not want anything to do with it. He wanted to go back to his pool. So we did and he turned into my little fish. I worked with him Monday-Wednesday trying to teach him different things about swimming. He can't swim but I got him started on some small things like jumping, kicking his feet, and blowing bubbles with his nose on top of the water.

John was there for a conference with work so Blay and I spent the mornings in the pool, had lunch then naps, and if possible, went back to the pool. He was crazy about it. We drove around some in the evenings towards Miami and South Beach and then up to Fort Lauderdale.

Since then, I got sick, Blay started daycare, and then I got to start my new job. So far so good for all of us. We are still trying to adjust, Blay more than anyone. I don't know if he likes his new wake up time but I know he likes his new bedtime. He's out like a light in just a few minutes. He'll eventually get the hang of it, I hope.

I will post some pictures, and a cute video of my dancing Blay soon. I also will update the Picasa site soon with pictures from over the summer, etc.