Life has been a bit trying around here, especially for Bennett. First he got the two teeth, then it was the ear infection. Everything was normal for a bit. Until yesterday when the snot started to run. He has picked up what seems to be his first cold. Sneezing and runny nose are the main symptoms at this point and we're hoping to avoid anything worse. His sleeping habits have been erratic. Some nights he sleeps through the night, other nights he wakes multiple times and has to eat. Excitement I tell you. I feel terrible for his sore little nose. I try to wipe it with a lotion tissue as much as possible. He hates that nasal aspirator, but who wouldn't.
He continues to feed himself at almost every meal. He is especially crazy at dinner. The kid just shovels it in. I have fed him some meat, including pork and chicken. I didn't think he liked it because I tried the jarred stuff in the past and that was a no go. But, really, who wants pureed jarred meat? I tasted it and it ain't so great.
I am still training for the 10K in November. I am a bit slow in gaining the distance I would like. The lake by our house has been conquered a couple of time which is my long at this point--3.6 miles. We'll see if I can push it to 4 this weekend. I get bored easily of the same kind of exercise day after day. To avoid that I vary it quite a bit with Stroller Strides, swimming, running, and group exercise classes. Right now my right hip is bugging me, so hopefully that clears up soon.
I am currently watching the season premier of The Office. I have never followed it religiously, but it's so funny when I do catch it.
I am actually hosting a baby play date for one of the meet-up groups I am apart of. I have not been great about getting to the events, but they always seem to fall when Bennett is likely to be napping. We are going to try and get him down to two naps per day once the illness has passed so hopefully I can make it to more. I haven't had too much luck finding people that I have much in common with but more effort may be needed. It seems like I have an increasingly difficult time making real friends as I get older. What's up with that?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Mom's visit
My mom just left this morning. Overall it was fun having her here. We did an entire day of shop till you drop on Friday at the Castle Rock outlet mall. Bernie and Bennett had a daddy day. It was nice to get out shopping without having to worry about feedings, naps, etc. And you should have seen my mom at the & $10 rack at Eddie Bauer. It seemed like all the pants were in a tall, which was perfect for her. I think she ended up with 5 or 6 pairs just from that store. We cooked at home the entire time she was here. Mostly yummy food like steaks and nachos. Bernie and I went to Boulder on Saturday night to have a date-type night. It was a good time and only one opinion-fest occurred with my mother. All in all a successful trip.
A couple of years ago, my mother borrowed my blender to make margaritas. It was of the Kitchen Aid variety and had a glass pitcher. She ended up dropping and breaking it. We haven't missed it much since I like my margaritas on the rocks these days. But she kept saying she was going to buy us a new one and was just waiting for the perfect one to come along. Well, she finally decided and brought a very expensive Vita-Mix to us. I had never seen one of these before. It basically seems like a restaurant quality blender. It came with a huge cookbook in which there are recipes for everything from soup to desserts to fondue. She makes herself a fruit smoothie every morning in it with nothing but fruit and it turns out the quality of something you would get in one of those smoothie shops. So now I have a new toy to figure out...not to mention another item to store on my already crowded counter. We really need a baker's rack or some other method of junk storage.
I decided to hit some garage sales this weekend. Garage sales have never been my thing, simply because I hate to acquire to much crap. But Bennett needed some different toys and I think they are crazily overpriced in the store. We ended up with 4 new toys (including a baby piano, another light up/music toy, a highchair toy, and peek-a-boo blocks for $8. I considered it to be a fruitful venture and will probably go more in the future.
Bennett finally fed himself today! It seems like I have been waiting forever for him to realize that he can put food into his own mouth. He loves to play with and hoard Cheerios. He finally got a couple in his mouth today. He also grabbed his spoon and fed himself some yogurt at the same meal. I'm sure we are in for it now.
Bennett has been feeling much better since the antibiotics. His personality is back to normal and he can actually do something for more than 10 seconds without throwing a fit. The downside is that he is now on his second round of a non-allergic reaction to the amoxicillin. He is covered in red bumps and splotches. They don't bother him at all, but it looks like he has a nasty communicable disease. Luckily the last dose is tonight.
A couple of years ago, my mother borrowed my blender to make margaritas. It was of the Kitchen Aid variety and had a glass pitcher. She ended up dropping and breaking it. We haven't missed it much since I like my margaritas on the rocks these days. But she kept saying she was going to buy us a new one and was just waiting for the perfect one to come along. Well, she finally decided and brought a very expensive Vita-Mix to us. I had never seen one of these before. It basically seems like a restaurant quality blender. It came with a huge cookbook in which there are recipes for everything from soup to desserts to fondue. She makes herself a fruit smoothie every morning in it with nothing but fruit and it turns out the quality of something you would get in one of those smoothie shops. So now I have a new toy to figure out...not to mention another item to store on my already crowded counter. We really need a baker's rack or some other method of junk storage.
I decided to hit some garage sales this weekend. Garage sales have never been my thing, simply because I hate to acquire to much crap. But Bennett needed some different toys and I think they are crazily overpriced in the store. We ended up with 4 new toys (including a baby piano, another light up/music toy, a highchair toy, and peek-a-boo blocks for $8. I considered it to be a fruitful venture and will probably go more in the future.
Bennett finally fed himself today! It seems like I have been waiting forever for him to realize that he can put food into his own mouth. He loves to play with and hoard Cheerios. He finally got a couple in his mouth today. He also grabbed his spoon and fed himself some yogurt at the same meal. I'm sure we are in for it now.
Bennett has been feeling much better since the antibiotics. His personality is back to normal and he can actually do something for more than 10 seconds without throwing a fit. The downside is that he is now on his second round of a non-allergic reaction to the amoxicillin. He is covered in red bumps and splotches. They don't bother him at all, but it looks like he has a nasty communicable disease. Luckily the last dose is tonight.
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