Wires, Mr. Cranky Pants, & Ear-Pulling

Week 34

Week 34 had ups and downs.  The ups were that Ty is officially taking at least a one hour-long nap a day!  Most of the time it is 1.5 hours - but he will stir at about 45 minutes and I have to pick him up and sway with him for about 10 seconds and then I can put him back down.  I don't mind this at all, because anything beats the 30 minute nap!!!!  The down part of this week was that Mr. Cranky-Pants was back.  I don't want to keep crying wolf with the teething thing, but it HAS to be it!  Ty is happy ALL the time (a far cry from the early days) but this week he has been very needy, clingy, and fussy like crazy.  It has to be the teeth - he has been gnawing on everything in sight, especially his own fingers, which he has never really done before.  But I look and feel in his gums and I'm not impressed by anything there...  So I'm just not sure!

He looks a tad ticked off here!

Friday started Week 34 out with me having to be away from my boy all day.  I had a CEN (certified emergency nurse) review class from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM.  The CEN is a test to say that you are specialized in emergency nursing and it is a wicked hard test.  I'm not going to say when I'm taking it... just in case I fail, but it is soon!  Anyways, so that is why Sonia came over and stayed the night, since I had to leave very early and obviously Heath had to go to work.  Sonia told me the funniest thing when I called to check in on them.  She said that she had Ty sitting on the table in his bumbo to feed him lunch.  He started staring at our Bose player (that plays our Ipod).  He was just fascinated with it and wouldn't stop staring at it.  He would look away, but then he would go right back to it.  Then, all of a sudden, his lower lip pouted out and started to quiver.  Then he started crying.  He would look away, then look back at the player and start crying again.  It was so bad, that Sonia had to move him into the family room to finish his lunch.  And he stopped crying as soon as he went into the family room!  Crazy!  Scared of the Bose player????  Well, I went right to the Edwards from Manchester to save myself some time and Heath and Ty rode with Sonia.  I got there first and was able to take about a half hour nap before they arrived - something I never get to do!  That was heavenly!  I was concerned about Ty sleeping in the pack n' play again at the Edwards.  This is the bigger one that we had left there.  The last time we were there, Ty had the huge meltdown and slept horribly.  Well, this time he slept on the bottom (for the first time in that pack n' play) and slept through the whole night without needing the binky once!!!!!  Infact he was so tired, that when I woke up at 4AM (probably from habit now), I checked the monitor and Ty was in the exact same position as when he went to bed!!!!  Now Ty is the the most restless sleeper in the world and travels all over the crib in a million different positions during the night.  So my heart stopped when he was in the same position hours later.  I jumped out of bed and moved him to make sure he was still breathing.  And he was so tired that he didn't even wake up!

He is always sleeping on his side!

Sabbath we woke up a bit late and did not make it to Sabbath school AGAIN.  I fed Ty his breakfast for the first time in a high chair.  Sonia had gotten a high chair and a really, cool walker that looks like a Jeep, at a yard sale.  He still is a bit too small for the high chair and kept sinking down, but it worked.  We went to church, had potluck, and then headed over to Uncle Jay & Aunt Amelda's house for an open house.  It was their 50th wedding anniversary and the church was putting on a get-together.  It was a very nice time and we got to see lots of friends we haven't seen in a while.  We got back to the Edwards and got Ty to bed on time!  He went right down and slept the whole night again without needing the binky.  I'm like, What the heck?  I guess we'll have to move to the Edwards so he can sleep better!  After Ty was in bed, we showed the Edwards "The Next 3 Days", which they seemed to enjoy.

Sabbath picture all dressed up

Enjoying flying airplane with Daddy!

Doing what else?  Trying to crawl!

Sunday was Heath's first Father's Day!  Ty gave him a card which he had addressed and signed (with a bit of Mommy's help)!  Heath went over to Saco again with his dad to help on a couple things at the school.  I got a ton of studying done while Adam and Sonia watched Ty.  Ty had a blast!  Sonia kept taking him outside and he just loved looking at the garden, all the flowers...  He even touched a butterfly that flew right over to him!  Ty picked a daisy for me and brought it inside and gave it to me.  And then he proceeded to bang it on everything and teared it to pieces!  Ty's new food for the next 4 days was cherries.  This came in the form of Apples & Cherries together.  Again, seemed to love this new food.  Towards the end of the afternoon, Ty became pretty cranky.  I thought it was a fluke, but no, this was the crankiness that continued for the rest of the week!! )=  When Heath and Keith got home, we packed up and headed to Pizza Barn on the way home.  It was the cutest thing!  They have a little arcade there and Heath saw a father win a stuffed animal for one of his kids.  Next thing you know, Heath is going through quarters like there was no tomorrow to win one for Ty!  It was very sweet.  And lo and behold, by the time we left, Ty had a new, blue stuffed elephant.  Ty was too tired to show much appreciation, but I thought it was great.  Sunday night at home we were back to waking up at 1:30 AM and 4:00 AM for the binky.  What are you going to do?

Ty presenting me with the flower (the only good pic had his face covered)

Ty destroying my flower - look at how angry he looks!

Monday was our big pick-up day after the weekend and couponing.  Deals this week included making $1.50 on Zantac, making $1 on a bag of Hershey chocolate, Pantene shampoo & conditioner for $.98 each, and $8 off Ty's formula.  Great week overall!  One thing that is definitely came to light is that Ty is obsessed with wires.  He seems to be drawn to them wherever he is.  Not a good thing at all.  He had been playing with Sonia's laptop wire on Sunday and then he grabbed at the wires that come out of the PS3/VCR from his... I don't know what to call it, a stationary toy center?  So we have to keep a major eye on this wire thing.  Monday night my dad came over, since I hadn't been able to see him on Father's Day (not without me trying my hardest).  We took him out to Thai food and Ty took his Daddy out too!  It was some good eating, we haven't gone to Thai in ages.

"Give me that wire!"

Tuesday we laid low and I studied every waking minute that I could.  I don't remember if I had written about Ty suddenly not wanting his oatmeal anymore.  Well, I outsmarted him.  I figured out that if I gave him his tofu and veges first, he would not touch his oatmeal.  I think this is because his loves his tofu so much that he wants more!  So if I just give him his oatmeal first every meal, then he eats all his oatmeal and then all of his tofu and yogurt!  Sucker!  Not much else to tell you about Tuesday except that Ty had a horrible night of sleep and was up about every hour.  He ALWAYS does this the night before I have to work!  It's like he knows that I'm abandoning him and wants to make me pay!

How could I ever abandon this guy?

Wednesday, yes, I worked and my mom agreed that Ty was not himself.  I found out this information at about 9:30 PM at night.  Wednesday was my first shift that I did not have to pump.  Since Ty is only nursing in the morning, I nursed him before I left and then I don't need to pump anymore.  So that was nice, since I feel guilty having to leave to pump, but it was horrible because my pumping break was always when I would call my mom and check in on Ty.    I was really busy the whole shift and did not get a chance to call.  Wednesday night, same sleeping problem again...but up about every 2 hours.

Picture taken by Noni

Thursday I was kind of runned down from Ty's sleeping and we laid low again and I worked on studying.  Ty had a blast rolling, creeping all over the floor playing with his toys, while I was on the laptop.  I had to run upstairs to go to the bathroom and I made a quick sweep of the room before I left to make sure there wasn't anything that he could get into or WIRES that he would strangle himself with.  I ran up there and usually as soon as I leave the room he will start fussing, because he can't see me!  But he didn't and he stayed quiet until I came right down.  I thought that was weird.  He was sitting on the floor looking at his hand that was closed tight in a fist.  He was right by his basket of toys.  I forced his hand open and there was a piece of bark that he had pulled off of the toy basket.  He could have put that in his mouth and choked on it!  But instead he had been inspecting it all over.  Thank goodness.  Seriously, I can't leave him for a second!  Then we were sitting on the couch and the puppies were right beside us.  Ty was grinning and talking to the puppies as usual.  I was trying to get the perfect shot with the camera when Ty leaned over to pet Snickers and grabbed her ear instead!  Ty had a death grip on Snicker's ear and wouldn't let go!  I yelled at him and he still wouldn't let go!  Poor Snickers looked very distressed and I was afraid that Snickers could nip at Ty.  So I didn't have any choice, but to smack Tyson's little hand.  He finally let go and Snickers hadn't attacked Ty, so I was relieved.   But, oh my, Tyson has turned into a real terror.  What was a positive thing was the 2 hour nap he took in the morning!  Whoo hoo!  Ty started Spinach for lunch in the form of "Gerber's Garden Vegetables" (peas, carrots, and spinach) and I was worried he wouldn't like it, but he gobbled it right up.  When Heath got home we headed down to Concord for our night out.  For the first time in months, it was just us!  My dad was on-call, Shannon & Sean were in Oklahoma visiting relatives, and Adam just didn't feel like going out.  Ty talked our ear off during the whole ride down to Concord.  He was just like he was having a real conversation with us!  So we did some regular errands, including going to Petco for dog food and tried to show Ty the animals, but he was too zoned out and tired to care.  The highlight of the night was that Heath bought a Samsung Galaxy tablet.  It just came out and he has been waiting and waiting for it.  It's very nice, but I still love my Ipad.  But at least I don't have to fight Heath for my own Ipad anymore!

"Snickers I love you so much, I can't let you go!"

Time at the OG just the 3 of us

Have a great week!

AM Nursing, Creeping, & "Da-da"

Week 33

Week 33 had some interesting developments.  First of all, Tyson has officially weaned himself down to only 1 nursing session per day.  He will only nurse in the morning.  I still offer the breast, but I don't kill myself when he straight out refuses.  I don't understand why he will nurse fine in the morning.  Is it because he is just waking up and more cuddly?  At any case I am saddened about this fact, but I can't do anything about it.  At least he will still nurse in the morning, but I will be very sad when that is over.  The other thing that is over is his constipation.  For the past week he has been having 3-4 major soft poops a day, with some blow-outs.  No more pebbles for Ty!  The other new thing is he can sit up perfectly now.  He hardly topples over at all anymore!  And he has been creeping all over the place!  I'll put him down on the floor in one spot and he will creep and roll all over the room!  He is still trying to crawl and has graduated to rocking on his hands and knees, but has not officially crawled yet!

He crept over to his toy basket and dumped it out to see all the toys!

Last Friday started Week 33 off with a full day of cleaning.  I had been gone the past 2 days for my trauma class, so I spent most of the morning picking up in preparation for the cleaning.  Ty did not cooperate with his naps well, so he had to follow me around room by room while I cleaned.  He did fairly well, but I still did not get all the cleaning done on time.  When Heath got home, we headed to Walmart for some supplies and then hit up Dairy Queen before sundown.  And that was pretty much our Friday.

What a good helper!

On Sabbath, I had to work and Ty spent the day at home with Daddy.  Heath reported that Ty had taken another 1.5 hour nap - but of course it didn't count because it was in Heath's arms.  They were both sleeping actually!  Ty started a new food and it was strawberries.  It was a combination baby food - strawberries, bananas, and apples.  I totally expect him to love strawberries since his daddy does so much!  I am almost happy to work the weekends because at least I am working 7a-7p and I can put Ty to bed when I get home.  I hate when I work Wednesdays and get home at 10 pm and Tyson is already in bed.  I totally miss him when I get home!

 Ty loves it time in Daddy's arms!

Sunday brought another day of work and Ty was home with Daddy again.  Not much to report except a scare we had on Sunday night.  Heath had made chocolate chip cookies (what a homemaker) and I had taken 2 of them and brought them to the couch.  I ate one and then I was saving the last one for after I finished a chapter I was studying (for my ER certification).  It was about midnight around this time and Tyson started crying.  I ran upstairs to give him the binky before he fully woke up, calmed him down, and then I decided to take a shower.  When I got out of the shower, my heart stopped.  I had ran upstairs and left the chocolate chip cookie on the end table with both dogs still awake.  I flew downstairs and my worst fears were realized when the cookie was gone.  I knew it was Reeses - because she knows where every morsel of food is and Snickers is oblivious.  I read up on the internet about chocolate poisoning, hoping that it was really an old-wive's tale, but it is not.  Baker's and semi-sweet chocolate are more toxic and the cookie was made with semi-sweet chips and chunks.  It all depends on how much chocolate they ingest in correlation with their body weight.  That really got me freaking out since they are so small... but the bottom line is there is not an antidote.  So I went to bed sobbing thinking that I killed my dog.  But I would have to wait for the peak of the chocolate toxin and that would put us at 5:30 pm on Monday...

Heath messing around with Ty on Sunday (what they are doing, I have no idea)

To put you all out of your misery, Reeses was fine.  No symptoms at all.  What an answer to prayer!  I was so thankful.  OK, back to our recap...  On Monday morning Ty and I went couponing and made $4 on Zyrtec, got toothpaste for .44,  and I can't remember what else...  Now on Monday, Ty started refusing to eat oatmeal.  What the heck?  It's not like he was full, he ate his yogurt right afterwards without any problems.  So I tricked him.  I took a scoop of oatmeal and dipped it completely in the yogurt, and then he ate it!  Ha, ha!  Gotcha!  Monday night, I had been cooking supper, while Heath was planting the garden.  I had music playing and Ty had been in his walker.  I went to pick up Ty, so we could go out and tell Heath it was time to eat.  When I picked him up, I felt wetness on his back.  He had the biggest blow-out he has ever had!!!!  He had pooped up to his neck!  Disgusting!  That bought him a trip to the bath tub immediately.  Oh, that's the other new thing.  He is now taking his baths in the real bathtub!  Still in his infant seat, but in the tub because he splashes so much!  Monday night was a great night because the Bruins kicked some Vancouver butt in game 6!

 Ty wearing his Bruins colors and trying to break the swing by grinding the gears!

Tuesday there was not a library group, so Ty and I stayed home and did laundry and finished cleaning the house that we didn't do on Friday.  In the morning I had noticed a rash that looked like pimples to his back.  Definitely not an allergic reaction - no rash anywhere else.  I initially thought that it was a skin reaction to the poop that had been on his back - since he was not used to that, but then it hit me.  We have a major ant problem right now and I googled ant bites and it looked identical!  Those dang ants biting my baby!!!!  They are looking better, but it made me so mad.  On Tuesday afternoon, Pam, my Jehovah's Witness friend came by and I had every intention of breaking up with her.  And I did partly, but not completely.  I just told her that I couldn't do Bible studies every week and I told her that I was born a Seventh-day Adventist and I would die one and that I didn't want her to waste her time anymore.  She said that she loved coming to talk to me and that she didn't feel like she was wasting her time at all.  She said, "Don't you get anything out of our discussions?  Doesn't it reaffirm your faith?"  I told her that it did, because it's true.  She said that she was not born a Jehovah's Witness and became a believer from reading the Bible.  I really realized that maybe I can truly help HER.  So the first of every month we are going to get together.  That is much more doable for me.  We'll see how it goes.  Pray for me that I am able to reach HER!

 He isn't bothered by the rash at all!

Wednesday I worked and Ty had his day with Noni.  His new food he started that day was corn.  Again it was a combination baby food - with sweet potatoes.  Wednesday night was great and I watched the Bruins win the Stanley Cup!!!!  That was really exciting.  In my lifetime I had seen the Red Sox, Patriots, and the Celtics win it all, but I hadn't seen the Bruins win the Stanley Cup.  Very, very cool.  What wasn't cool is that I didn't get to bed until 1:30 AM and that came to bite me bad...

 I love corn!

Thursday morning, Ty was up for the day at 4:45 AM.  So I had gotten about 3 hours of sleep after working a horrible 12 hour shift.  Let's just say, I was not at my best when he started to pull this.  I don't want to create a monster and bring him in bed with us - so I told him in no uncertain terms that it was the middle of the night, that he was NOT getting in bed with us, and that he needed to go back to sleep.  Well, that did NOT go over well at all.  He kept screaming and I let him cry.  I would get up and comfort him in 15-20 minute intervals, and he would fall asleep in my arms when I would go console him, but then he would wake up as soon as his head would hit the crib.  He finally fell back asleep at 6:00, when Heath ended up getting up and rocking him.  I'm going with the theory that he had tired himself out - not that Daddy could get him right to sleep!  He slept until 8:15, so that was good.  I can't help but wonder if he does this to punish me for leaving him the day before????  Shannon came over and spent the morning/afternoon with us.  She was able to entertain Ty while I tried to get some studying done.  Then Heath came home and Adam came too and we went out and did errands.  Then Sonia met up with us and we headed to El Jimador (the new mexican restaurant).  Ty was so funny while we were there.  He started talking non-stop very loudly, and it concerned me that the people beside us were going to be bothered!  The talking continued when we got home and that is when he said, "Da-da" for the first time!  He has absolutely no idea what he said or what it means, but he said about a million times, "Dada, Dada, Dada, Dada" over and over again.  And then he changed to "Baba, Baba, Baba, Baba..."  He is really starting to make the different sounds!  He's a growing boy!

"Please Mama.  Let me sleep with you! "

Have a great week!

Chunker, Longer Naps, & a Loss of a Friend

Week 32 

OK, I am getting so sick of not being able to write the blog on Fridays, but it is just going to continue.  This coming Friday I have a class all day long, so I know that I'll never get the blog done that night! It's just frustrating writing about talking about the weekend and it was actually 2 weekends ago!

Friday (2 Fridays ago) was a day for the record books.  First of all, I checked my weight first thing in the morning for the first time in awhile.  I was pleasantly surprised that I was only 2 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight!  I'm sure it has to do with the fact that Tyson is weaning himself from breast-feeding, but I couldn't help being thrilled.  I decided to try the pile of jeans that has been collecting dust.  I was psyched to find out that I could fit them!  Not that I am saying they are comfortable (since I don't think my hips are going back) but at least I could button and zip them, when it wasn't even close before!  One of the other firsts was that Tyson started bananas for the first time and seemed to love them.  But the big thing that happened was on Friday afternoon when Ty, Shannon & I went to the grocery store.  We were walking by a guy that was giving out wine samples (I resisted).  He said, "That's a cute baby."  I told him thank you and he said, "How old is he?"  I told him and he proceeded to say, "What a chunker!"  I just about died.  First from excitement...Tyson is now an official chunker in the eyes of the public! (Who are we kidding, he is still a tiny 7 month old)  But secondly, who tells someone that their kid is fat?  Well, as we got to talking I started to realize that I think he was a bit... how do I say this politically correct?  I don't think I need to say it, you get the picture!  The other thing that was major was that I decided that I couldn't have the infant seat and the walker in the kitchen together - it is just too crowded.  I decided to put away the infant seat.  Since he tries to flip it over and fall out of it anyways, it seemed like a good idea.  I brought it down to the basement and as I was setting it down I hit the button by accident and the music started playing.  I just started sobbing.  I remembered all the times that Tyson was in that infant seat, how he would fall asleep there, and how he would sit in it in the kitchen while I made supper.  I just can't believe that he is growing up so fast!  I want to freeze him in time and stay my baby forever!  Anyways, we had Shannon & Sean over for supper Friday night and had a nice visit.  I put Ty in a heavier sleep sack and he slept better on Friday night until 8 AM on Sabbath morning. 

 Ty getting his first taste of watermelon

My 2 boys passed out together

Sabbath we headed up to Conway and only made it again for the last 15 minutes of Sabbath school.  I don't care what time we get up or what we try to do, we can never make it to Conway's Sabbath school on time!  Someday, we will get there!  Something new happened during church with Tyson.  He went absolutely beserk.  He would not sit still for one second!  He was all over the place, touching everything, squirming all around... I could not wait for the "quiet bags" to arrive!  Our church has these bags they pass out to the kids with books/toys to keep them quiet during church.  And Tyson definitely needed that bag!  I know, I know... it's only going to get worse, but the difference in 2 weeks was astounding!  We went to my parents for lunch.  Shannon had to work, Devin was helping someone move, and Leigh and Mia were busy getting ready for Mia's dance recital... so it was just us, Mom & Dad, and Sean.  Heath got Ty sleepy in the afternoon by holding him in my parent's hammock.  Ty went right to sleep - it was so cute.  What was even cuter was that both dogs decided that they needed to join that situation and jumped on.  I guess that extra 13 pounds did it in, because it was the funniest thing.  I was taking a picture of how cute they were, when the little strings that hold the hammock up started to break one by one.  It was like a movie... ping, ping, ping - we didn't want Tyson to wake up but we didn't them all to land on the floor too!  I grabbed the dogs and Heath , holding Tyson, got up quickly, just before the whole thing fell in!  I can't believe Ty didn't wake up from us laughing so hard!  In fact, Ty took a nice hour and 20 minute nap and that was awesome!  After Ty woke up, we had strawberry shortcake and headed to Paradise Falls.  We thought it would be a nice thing to do on Sabbath afternoon.  Well, you can forget it!  This is why I don't go outside in May and June in New England.  The misquitos and black flies nearly killed us.  We did NOT stay long!  Heath, Sean, and Reeses went swimming in the arctic water.  Reeses was by accident - she fell in, poor baby.  Ty had a great time looking around, despite the bugs.  He actually did not get bit, which was a miracle.  He has had 2 bites already, just going from our car to our house!  OK, so we went to Friendly's on Saturday night to meet Devin, Leigh, and Mia (Shannon & Sean, of course, had to go to bed) and we had a good time.  Ty got a green balloon and was enthralled with it.  We all went back to Mom & Dad's and watched the Bruins lose again. I've got to stop watching the game at my parent's house.  Seriously.

 Passed out again in Daddy's arms!

Just before it all came tumbling down!

Our protection from the bugs worked!

Ty thought that Daddy was crazy to go swimming in the freezing water!

Saturday night/Sunday morning, Ty had a rough time.  He was up at 1, 2, and then cried nearly non-stop from 5a-7a, even while in bed with us!  What in the world?  He seemed to have a bit of gas, I became worried about constipation from the bananas he had been eating.  But that notion was dismissed by 1 pm, when he had had 3 huge poops, including a massive blow-out.  Heath went to Saco, Maine to help at his mother's school (they are building an addition), while Ty and I hung out at my parent's house.  Ty loved going on a walk with Noni and slept in her stroller for about 30 minutes, but of course as soon as she stopped, he woke up!  Devin & Leigh came over later in the afternoon and I ended up showing them a few videos of Tyson.  Leigh was holding Ty at the time and he thought that the videos of himself was the best thing he had ever seen!  He was grinning, and cooing, and laughing!  I'm sure watching videos on the computer is just as bad as watching the TV - but I turned a blind eye for awhile!  So Ty and I headed back home to meet Heath on Sunday night and Ty was good and slept the whole way home.

The "twins" on Sunday

Monday I decided that we would start feeding Tyson an actual breakfast.  Forget just nursing and the bottle.  Our pediatrician told me that Ty should be on 3 meals a day by 8 months - and that is in a couple of weeks.  So I decided to go for it.  I'm just giving him a small amount of oatmeal, fruit, and yogurt.  He took to it without any problems, so that was good.  Ty and I headed couponing right after breakfast and got a free battery-operated toothbrush, free mouthwash, $4 off our formula, and a Gillette Pro-Glide razor for $.89!  Ty slept 35 minutes in the stores and then took a 2 hour nap in his crib in the afternoon!  Yeah!  I think he is sleeping a bit longer in the afternoons now is because he is so active all the time!  He is running himself ragged.  Speaking of which, he will be moving all around in that walker sooner rather than later!  He figured out how to move the walker backwards on his very tippy toes and can actually move the sucker!

Every time I put him on his back in his boppy, he turns over and tries to crawl!

Very excited about a stuffed moose I brought out for him!

So this is where my notes end.  And that is because last Tuesday is the day that changed our family.  Shannon & Sean's dog, Shelby was hit and killed by a truck.  This happened under some sketchy circumstances, but I don't want to get into it, so I'll just say it was when she was in the care of their neighbor.  Shannon & Sean were naturally devastated.  Shelby was their baby.  As Shannon said, "Our whole world revolved around her."  Shelby was 16 months old, still a puppy.  She was such a good dog.  I just want to say some things that I will always remember and miss about Shelby.
1)  She had the most beautiful, soulful eyes
2)  She was wicked clumsy and was always running into everything
3)  She loved to lick you to death with her enormous tongue
4)  She was a real scaredy-cat, despite her big size - everything scared her
5)  I loved her "heart-shaped butt" - her coloring at her butt that looked just like a heart!
6)  She was super happy, go-lucky and always looked like she was smiling
I've never had a dog that I was close to and really love die tragically before, so this has been hard for me too.  I don't want to go on and on about it, since Shannon & Sean are the ones who are really mourning here, but I can't seem to stop crying.  For some reason, Tyson thought it was very funny to see me crying on Tuesday.  He had never seen me cry before - he must of thought that I was laughing.  Not even close.  Bottom line is Shelby was very loved and will be very missed.

Wednesday and Thursday I had a Trauma Nursing recertification class all day both days.  Fun, fun.  Noni watched Ty two days in a row and by Thursday, she said that she needed Friday to recoup! (=  We went out to the Outback with Mom, Dad, Shannon & Sean on Thursday night.  I was glad that we were able to convince Shannon & Sean to come out with us.  It is good to keep them occupied these days.  And that just about covers the sad week.   

Noni got Ty to go into the pool!

Early Mornings, Trying to Crawl, Grammy's Sleepover & Lovin' the Tofu!

Week 31

This week was a bit tiring for me.  For some reason Ty wanted to get up at 5-6AM every morning.  That is tough when you are used to 7:30-8!  Especially when you go to bed at 12:30-1AM.  And every time that you go into his room to get him in the morning, he is on all fours trying to crawl.  He is desperately trying, but still not there yet!  His entire sleeping situation was kind of difficult this week because of the weather.  It was so hot during the day -80-90's and wicked humid.  So Tyson would go to bed sweating to death, but then at some point during the night he would become cold.  So it drove me crazy, do you put him in a onesie, a light sleeper, without or with a light sleepsack, with the fan on or off, with the windows open or closed?  I know that he was up early a lot of these mornings because he was too cold.  The wintertime sleeping is easy!  Bundle him up to death!  I miss that...

Trying to crawl - he's going to do it!

 Thank goodness he hasn't figured this out on his own yet. This pic is thanks to Daddy & Auntie Shannon!

Friday started week 31 (and Memorial Day weekend) off with Heath being home.  It was a dang shame that I had to go to work for a few hours for more mandatory education.  What are the odds that it would be the same day?  Heath was busy packing for a backpacking trip while I was gone.  Then I got back and it was sweltering.  Heath had gotten Ty a mini-swimming pool at Walmart, so we tried it out!  It was a definite no-go.  We did let it sit out for a few hours, but as hot as it was, it did not heat up the pool much at all.  It was freezing and Ty was not impressed.  Then I had to run to VIP (again) because I had a nail in a tire.  That is my second one in 8 months.  Then we treated ourselves to some ice-cream at a new place we wanted to try and it was good!

 Having fun in the jumperoo naked because it was so hot!

Not hot enough!

Sabbath I headed to work and Heath headed on his trip.  He was going to be gone until Monday afternoon, so Sonia (Grammy) came to baby-sit and sleep over.  She said he had a great day and they went to Norma & Paul's house to visit and Uncle Alan came over too.  I got home and then we packaged Ty up and went to the Mexican restaurant.   Again I was able to get him from his car seat to his crib without him waking!

Sunday he was up at 5:45 and he got to get into Grammy's bed!  I worked and then headed back to Ty.  Sonia went home, since I would be off on Monday.  I think that was the first night of just Ty and I home alone.  I resisted the urge of having him sleep with me from the get-go, but I wanted to!

 He would rather sleep with me anytime!

Monday was Memorial Day, but it was just another Monday for Tyson and me.  We headed right to the pharmacies for couponing.  The highlights were making $2 on a "certain personal wipe" (that's all I'm saying) and free M&M's and Snickers at CVS, and free shampoo & conditioner (on a rain check) at Rite Aid.  I would have had a couple of money-maker items at Walgreens but they were all out!  That was a real bummer.  Corey called me while I was at Walgreens and she had just left a Walgreens and we commiserate on the deals.  Tyson had tofu for the first time on Monday afternoon.  He definitely was not sure about it at first.  I did some research on it and I was shocked to find out that you really don't have to cook it at all.  So Ty has been having the silken tofu mixed with his vegetable and now he can't get enough!  Well, Heath got home from his trip late at 7PM and all of my hopes and dreams of doing a few things on the house got dashed.  But he had a great time, so that was good.  He had taken the puppies with him and it sure wasn't the same having them gone!  But Monday night all was right again in the Edwards' household.

Tyson was overjoyed when Daddy and the puppies came back!

Tuesday was library and laundry day.  Ty had fun with all the kids at the library.  I keep meaning to check our town library for a story-time, but I keep forgetting!  Tuesday afternoon Tyson finally got "I'm gonna get you!"  I've been saying that to him quite a bit and going to tickle him, but he has been stone-faced.  But Tuesday, he broke out into grins and giggles over it!  It was just so cute.  What was also cute was when Heath brought home a walker for Ty from John, from work.  He keeps showering us with gifts and it is just great!  The unfortunate thing about the walker is that Tyson is too short to use it!  We have it on the shortest setting and he still is about 4 inches off the ground!  That was a major bummer.  But at least he likes all the toys on it and he loves to be pushed around the kitchen in it!  A positive note to end Tuesday was the fact that Tyson nursed with me all 4 sessions (at least some of the time)!  That hadn't happened in awhile.  He usually will refuse at least 1, if not 2 sessions, out of 4.  So I was pleasantly surprised this day.

 Tyson at the library - still trying to crawl!

Tyson loving his new walker, even though he can't move it!

Wednesday I worked, so let's move to Thursday.  We had another girls' day and went Goodwilling.  We went to two different Goodwills and got some cute stuff for Tyson and BGF (baby girl Frost).  Shannon usually hates the Goodwills, but now that she knows the sex of her baby, she is game now!  Tyson took a 2 hour nap while we were shopping and that was great!  Then on Thursday night, we went with Mom & Dad and Adam to the Mexican restaurant (twice in a week for me!).  It was fantastic, as usual.  I think we are doing a stand-up job of keeping it in business!

Have a fantastic week, y'all!