Big Boy!!

It's Friday!! (well, technically Saturday I guess) Caleb and I have had such a great week! We've both made lots of progress this week!


We went to the consignor's opening of the Little Treasures sale and I was so excited! I got Caleb quite a good start on his summer wardrobe. Ugh, I can't wait for it to be warm again. Also got him some squeaky sandals for summer and he absolutely loves them! He will just stand in one spot and stomp for fun, it's too cute. He also got an Elmo chair that he loves and a few toys for his birthday. I can't wait to show him the remote control cars... I hope he can figure it out! But on to the best purchase I have made yet: a new (well for us) toddler race car bed! And the best part is that I only paid $36.00 for it.

I picked it up on Wednesday, thanks to the help of Scott and Stephanie, and we have been using it ever since. After almost two years of fighting it, I have finally gotten Caleb to sleep in his own bed all night (without waking up five times)! He hasn't fallen out of it once, and slept in it all night both Wed and Thurs nights, only waking up once the second night and he just laid back down. I am so proud of him! As much as I miss him being a little baby, I am loving watching him grow up. I just wish he wasn't growing up so fast!


Thursday morning I let Caleb play in the bubble bath, his current favorite, while I got to paint my toes. This was a big deal for me! After that, Momma came over and helped me clean for a couple hours. I finally got my kitchen clean and I am going to try and keep it that way. I always put off cleaning it because I hate it so much and it's always such a total disaster. I am so grateful for such a wonderful and loving mother. She's the best I could ever have. Tonight I got Caleb's room all clean finally, with his help of course. Since he hadn't been sleeping in there, it was shoved full of a bunch of random stuff. Now I just have to find some place to store his crib and get it there. His room now looks like a big boy toddler room :( No crib, no changing table and lots of toys. I'll get a picture of it up here once I get the crib stuff out of there.


Play date with Brooke, Brian and their boys was great today. Both Bennett and Caleb slept for the first little while of it, so we got to have some big people conversation lol. It was hilarious that they both woke up really confused for a few minutes. Brayden let me put him to sleep for the first time :D He is such a cutie and a great snuggle bug! We went to Shogun for dinner and it was Caleb's first time. He was very intrigued and I'm pretty sure he loved watching the fire and kept saying "cook." Momma's smart boy. He chowed down on the rice so it must've been good! I forgot my camera on this play date so Brooke has all the pictures... Caleb also held Brayden for the first time. One day he will make such a good big brother. When we proceeded to leave, Caleb decided he wanted to take a dive off the bridge into the little pond they have in the restaurant. And he almost succeeded. I think the whole restaurant heard me scream and thankfully I was able to grab him by his sweatshirt to keep him from falling in. Although it would have been funny to see it, my reaction was just instinct. My child going head first off a bridge into the pond kinda freaked me out lol. The funny part is that Brooke had told me she was waiting for the day that Bennett did this. Ohh I love these kids.


The list of things to accomplish next week:
CPE's (pass, of course)
Finish cleaning up the apartment... my room, bathroom, living room
Show up for class :) haha
Pay my bills
CLEAN MY CAR OUT, weather permitting of course!


Pappy's birthday is Sunday! What are we gonna do for this old man? Hopefully we'll figure out something tomorrow. Probably shopping with Mom in the morning, so maybe she'll be of help.

back to my old self :D

And here we are... what, like three weeks later? Haha. Again, I am not very consistent with this stuff.


It's been a crazy few weeks, I'd say. I feel like my life just flies by and I don't have time to slow it down. But at the same time there are parts that just don't go fast enough. I give up on the 30 day picture challenge, by the way. Don't worry though, you will still be seeing plenty of pictures posted on here!


Caleb developed quite the runny nose for about a week... thought it was just a cold at first, but then it turned into a nasty cough. Thankfully, it never got bad enough to wake him up at night (I don't know how because it certainly woke me up!). After a few days of this, he started running a fever and I finally broke down and took him to the doctor. Turned out he had (a thankfully mild case of) RSV. Needless to say, we didn't have our usual play date last week. We definitely made up for it with the 65 and sunny weather today though! To continue the story, the day after he saw the pediatrician, I started feeling like crap. If you know me, you know I tolerate pain quite well and I try to hold off on doctor's visits to give my body the chance to fight things off for itself. By Monday it was only getting progressively worse... headaches, sore throat, continuous sinus pressure and a cough. So I broke down and went to the doctor. I'm not sure what the cough was all about but turns out it was a darn sinus infection. Got some antibiotics and a decongestant and a few days later finally got to feeling better. Unfortunately in the process I happened to be at the parent's a lot (the family was wonderful about helping me out while I didn't feel well, as they always are) and I passed it around over there :( Sorry family!


Funny how things work out just as they are supposed to. In the moment, it never seems like it. But I've found that through patience and perseverance, things will fall into place. Oh, I'd say about a year or so ago I started looking around for a new counselor... just some to talk to and help me work through my problems. I saw a few different people but never could find the perfect "fit" for me. I had looked online, searching for someone experienced who also took insurance so I wasn't paying out of pocket (been there, done that... very, very expensive). I found someone who I thought I might like and actually wrote the number down but never took the opportunity to follow through with it. About a month ago, the loving mother she is, Mom realized I was really down and just mentioned maybe trying to find this lady again. Nothing big, just a thought thrown into the air. I found it, made the call and I have now seen her twice (Monday will be the third appt). After years of getting nowhere with "working" on myself, I finally feel as if I have found where I need to be and what I should be doing. As the human I am, of course I am constantly trying to better myself (school and all that good stuff). But there is nothing like the feeling of sitting down for an hour and looking at me as a person trying to figure out what I can change, to not only make myself happier and more content, but also the people around me. An entire hour devoted to simply "bettering" myself and my life. Of course, it's also a good feeling to know that I can just walk in there and vent without it going anywhere, as well.


Random: I went through boxes and boxes of Caleb's old clothes that have been sitting in the closet for over a year and decided I needed to get rid of at least some of them. I have a hard time parting from his old things, I'm ridiculous lol. So I signed up to sell them at a consignment they do around here twice a year. I'm pretty sure I used about 50 hangers (outfits) and it took forever to hang them up and price them! But hoping I make at least a little bit of extra cash off them. Which reminds me, I need to file my taxes :D Here's the ad for the consignment sale... it's all really nice stuff, they are very picky about what they take and will sell (ie, no stains, holes or anything). If you have young kids, you should definitely check it out. Brooke and I are super excited to go and shop! Hopefully I can get Caleb some nice and cheap birthday presents and summer clothes there!

So today... I dropped my stuff off there this afternoon. Interesting story, I locked my keys inside my parent's house (was babysitting the new puppy) and Mom had to call my sister out of school to come let me back in. Typical. I'm so special. Needless to say, I was a little late but that's okay. Then I picked up Caleb, visited Mom at work for a few minutes and headed to Brooke's house for our friday play date. It was so nice outside, we took the boys to the park. Christa and Devin even decided to join us. Caleb had lots of fun, as did everyone else I believe. So much that we ran everyone off that was already there. Seriously, there were like 5 cars there when we got there and within like 10 minutes everyone was gone haha! Then Caleb made me carry him the entire way back to the house (a good 15 minute hike).  And everyone wonders why he's a Momma's boy. It's okay, I love it that way. He's only little once, right? We then proceeded to have dinner at O'Charley's and the boys were so good! They are so funny together. They watched elmo and took turns pausing and playing the dvd. I was actually very impressed with Caleb. He did very well for not having any real naps all day long. He's such a good baby and I am very blessed to have him. I figured he would fall asleep on the way home, a good half an hour drive. But he stayed up so we took a quick trip to Walmart (since I found out this morning we are out of toilet paper haha). I also wanted to get him some gel to spike his hair with. We just got it cut a couple days ago and it's short purposely to spike it with! It's so cute! Anyway, here's a few pictures from the day. 

I hope everyone had a good valentine's day! I know I love my little valentine and so far, he's the best one I've had yet! He brightens each and every day of my life, even the times he is acting like a two year old! We went to Chuck E Cheese for valentine's day and had a blast. I took him up in the tunnels and he got to meet Chuck E for the first time. I was surprised, he actually liked him and wasn't scared at all! My boy is getting big too fast!!

I had my first test of the quarter on Wednesday. I did not feel confident walking out of it, but I ended up getting an 89 :D I am so proud of myself and and all of my classmates. I am so thankful for them because as hard as it is at times, we all get each other through it. At this point, I know I can do it. Graduation is July 22 and I plan on working in an office part time as an LPN while I am doing and online RN program. It's crazy to think that I've been learning all this stuff and I actually get to put it to use here soon! I am so excited but will also be sad to leave behind the class that I have gotten to know all too well over the past year and a half.


That's all my thoughts for now... until next time!