you take the good, you take the bad...

Today started out pretty good. Sawyer ate breakfast, got dressed in time, and Harrison slept until 8:2oAM...oh, and Mommy got a shower for once. After dropping S off at school, H and I headed to his doctor's appointment. His ear tubes looked good. Seems he pulled at his stitches too much, though. He is going to have a nice scar there, but it is healing, so that's ok. The BEST news was that his hearing is in normal range for 2 of the 3 tests that need to be administered. The third test is the ABR...we go back on 9/24 for that one. He has to either sleep or sit very still for that one, or we will have to schedule a sedation test. Crossing my fingers that he will be very, very sleepy. Harrison and I met Daddy for lunch after his appointment. Adult interaction in the middle of the day? Gorgeous! Harrison is in the cute "flirty" stage. Almost everyone we saw wanted to talk and smile at him today. Have I mentioned how much I am loving this age?

What I am NOT loving is kindergarten...luckily, even though he had a pretty bad week, Sawyer wants to go back. I want to simultaneously hug him and knock him upside the head :). I do think he is trying...we just all have to be patient with him. He is still so loving...always kissing and hugging me...telling me how much he loves me. I just want to gather those long colt-like limbs into my lap and hold him, and tell him that it is all going to be ok. I am looking forward to spending the weekend with my boys, even if we have to do a lot of homework. Stupid kindergarten. Who needs it?

Bah. Time for bed I think.

domestic

Today has been filled with laundry, vacuuming, and cooking. So far I have made banana blueberry muffins with blueberries that were about to go bad...they are awesome if I do say so myself. H helped...by sitting in his bumbo seat and supervising. There is 15 bean soup cooking on the stove for dinner. I got the fabric in the mail for my quilt. Days like this are strangely satisfying. If you would have asked me 10 years ago if I saw myself in this role, I would have laughed...but I am happy. So, so very happy :)




This morning I dropped Sawyer off at his friend's house, and Harrison and I went for a walk at the canal. It was awesome, and I think he enjoyed it too. We are in the sleep battling stage. Last night he slept in his room until 2:30AM, only waking up twice after I put him down at 7:30PM. Not bad. I am determined to help him sleep better than Sawyer did!

Can I keep it up?

With my boys growing before my very eyes, I realized that in the hours that I spend aimlessly surfing the internet while nursing the boy, I could be documenting our crazy life.
So, where to start?

Sawyer-
My "interesting" boy...Gregg went to his kindergarten welcome night last week, and when he asked Sawyer's teacher how he was doing...she said that he was "interesting". When G asked her to elaborate, she said something about him having trouble with large motor skills (i.e. he is afraid of heights and monkey bars). I immediately made plans to pull him out and homeschool until he left home, but I squashed my inner lioness and have made peace with my son being "interesting"....because, honestly, he IS! I do not know any other 5 year old that hordes socks and clothes so that they don't have to be washed which means he wears the same 2 "not favorite" shirts on endless loop, will only eat 2 flavors of
yogurt, has to have his feet/hands/legs on you at all times, etc, etc. BUT, he is interesting in good ways...like when he had every army man he could find paired up with it's own car yesterday...wish I had taken a picture. He loves manual labor...he gets excited about yard work. He and I planted 4 mums this weekend...the front yard looks so nice! And he is just about the sweetest thing ever...he tells me about 10 times a day that he loves me more than anything...that he loves me more than I love him...I tell him that is not possible. He also adores Harrison. ADORES him. And every day he really, really tries. We went to the park on Saturday, and he asked G to help him learn the monkey bars. Right after this picture was taken he feel flat on his face and there was much wailing...but he still tried!

Harrison-
What can I say, I am just LOVING having a baby in the house. I told G last night that it's not that I loved Sawyer any less...but I am just enjoying this stage with Harrison more, probably because it's not as scary! We started H on a schedule on Friday night. He did great the first night...bath, massage with lavendar lotion, Goodnight Moon, lights out, music, nurse, rocking char, bed. He was out in 20 minutes and slept in his own crib until 5AM. He has not done that well since, but it's a start :). His ear is healing up nicely after his little surgery a week ago. We go to the ENT on Friday for him to check his ear tubes and possibly do a hearing test to see if everything is normal. I am confident that he can hear us...
Right now, he is laying on my lap, nursing, napping, and holding his new taggie blanket that I made for him. If I ever see any sun today, I will take a picture of him with it. It is SO SOFT! I am trying to get him attached to a "lovie" for naptimes and bedtime.

I have a million loads of laundry to do. We were all caught up on Friday...oh well!