No Excuses

Last time I had a good excuse for not posting for a while but that is not the case now. I have no excuses. I wasn't really in the mood for it and now I have so much to share it's overwhelming. So first, a little about me for a change. I got a new cell phone that I am pretty excited about. My old one would just randomly turn off and on whenever it felt like it so it was time for something new. By the way, that phone was the replacement one because the previous one just started vibrating one day and would not stop unless you took the battery out. No Nokia phone for me this time. I'm getting used to all the features on the new one but I really like it so far. And it stays turned on so double bonus. I went to a meeting that the city was holding for the development of property maintenance standards and it was kind of fun to be in the planning world again and as a citizen this time. Best of all, I got to listen for a while and say what I wanted to say but then I didn't have to stay and listen to the crazies. And I could roll my eyes at them if I wanted to. One lady wanted to outlaw lighter fluid because she didn't like the smell and "people use too much of it to start their barbecues." Wow- that's pretty crazy and I heard quite a lot of crazy stuff in 7 years working in city planning. I miss it, but I love being home with Rex. I was going to try and get on the Planning Commission here but at the last minute decided not to because it's just not the right time for our family. I will one day though- unless I end up working there.

Rob and I had a very nice anniversary. We had to take a picture because it really made us laugh. On Feb 2, 2007, we were in Carmel getting married. On Feb 2, 2008, we went back to Carmel for anniversary. We went to the beach where we were married and ate dinner at the restaurant where our reception was held. This year?



Oh yes- we went to the Red Lobster that is about three miles from our house. AND we used gift cards and coupons. Seriously though, we really did have a nice time and it only cost us 5 bucks. A friend came to the house and stayed with Rex and we had a good time being out and about all by ourselves. It was only the third time we've been out to eat in a restaurant since Rex was born so we enjoy the very rare chance to do that. He hates the carrier so there is no way to take him to a restaurant until he gets just a little bigger and can sit in a highchair and eat with us.

Rex's latest thing is blowing and spitting while he is eating. Super. When I tell him no, he can not do that while he eats, he just gives me the cutest smile and giggles and makes it very hard for me to keep a straight face. I'm sure I will toughen up soon though because I'm getting tired of cleaning it all up. He is not crawling yet but he keeps working on it. He gets his legs going pretty good but just can't get anywhere with it. He has figured out how to roll over on his side and wiggle forward then he rolls back on his stomach. He keeps repeating that to move forward which is a lot of work and doesn't get him too far. Very funny to watch though! He has been drinking out of a sippy cup for a few days now. We tried with water first and he screamed and just got so excited. When we tried to give him water in his bottle, he flipped out and hated it. I guess he was expecting milk/formula with the bottle so that was why that did not work. But he loves water and apple juice out of his cup!



This post has gone on for a while now so I guess I should wrap it up. I'm supposed to host Bunco again tomorrow night since my turn in December got snowed out. So of course, there is snow again in the forecast for tomorrow. I hope it doesn't get canceled again!

Behind The Scenes

I am not a bad blogger- just one busy working on trying to better her blog! I've created a website on my computer but I'm trying to figure that whole process out of getting a domain and then publishing my site. And Rob doesn't want me to spend any money. Hmm. I had one plan and it did not work out. I'm working on the next plan which is pretty labor intensive but I have high hopes. I've never saved any of my 161 postings (now 162) and so I'm having to go through and save them all. I will be saving them all from now on though, I promise, because this is a pain in the butt! Has anybody out there ever "reformatted" their digital camera? If you choose to "reformat" your camera, you will lose all your pictures. You can ask my dad about it- he's done it. Twice. I don't know what I'm doing really and I'm afraid of doing something like that where I end up losing the last two years' work in the process. So.. there's been lots of work going on with the blog, but it's all been behind the scenes stuff!

Here's a picture of Rex from about two minutes ago-



He's doing really great these days. He's totally a pro at rolling over in any direction. He sits up pretty well on his own but you still have to be close by because he will start to lean too far in one direction and then fall over. He hasn't yet grasped the "it's time to stop because I will fall over if I go any further" concept. He does not seem to have any interest in crawling yet which is okay with me. I'm sure he'll be cruising around in no time and I will really have my hands full then! You can see his bottom two teeth in the picture there and he's been working on getting the top two in for the last two weeks. The first two just popped right through but this next set of two are taking forever which has made for one crabby little dude. Not crabby all the time but a little here and there. Rob has been sick the last week- he's feeling pretty good today and seems to be over it- but that made for two cranky dudes in the house. And that made me pretty cranky because I was trying to help them and they would both just crab at me. I'm glad things seem to be looking up today.

The weather was really nice this weekend (highs in the 40s) but it's getting a little cold again for the next few days. Last year, it was just bad-cold all the time. This winter we seem to be getting some nice breaks in between which makes the bad days a lot more tolerable. In the last few weeks since I blogged, we had a record-setting cold day where the low was -29 and it was -45 with the wind chill. Brrr.

Today is our two-year anniversary. It's been an eventful two years, that's for sure! We are very blessed and thankful for everything we have and all the experiences we've enjoyed in that time. As Rob would say, it's pretty cool.