Muffins

All is well on the Weber front! We had a great afternoon yesterday with little to no crying (me or the kids).

We are up and all slept well. I could have gotten a little more sleep but we have a baby who loves to grunt and eat every two hours.

Chuck and I are about to make some muffins to start off this rainy Saturday.









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On my own

I'm totally not complaining just nervous as h-e-l-l. I know in my head I make it worse than it really is!

Dr. has gone to work and its my first real weekend alone with the boys. It will be just fine. We are going to hibernate and maybe get some time in the backyard on Sunday. It was 70 here but some friendly cold front rolled in about 30 minutes ago so tomorrow it will be in the 50s.

Mostly I'm concerned about my sanity. Chuck lets me know that Smith crying is too loud. Unfortunately, Smith loves to be held. I have started figuring out the schedule he's put himself on so that is nice. However, Smith has a witching hour.... Chuck never had one. Smith starts it up around 5:30 which is dinner and bath time. Luckily, Smith gets a bath while Chuck is in the tub and it calms him down. It's just a matter of him screaming while you get Chuck dry and dressed. Then, Smith can be rocked to sleep.

The sleep issue makes me want to cry. Chuck was yelling for me every hour and a half last night for some reason. Smith was wanting to eat every hour. Ugh. I was looking forward to a nap today while Chuck was at school but Smith wakes up in the morning and doesn't want to go back down until 11:30 so by then, I had my fifth or sixth wind and really needed to get ready for Chuck to get home from school (make sure dishwasher was empty, clothes were folded, trash cans were empty, etc).

So here we are. Survival of the fittest once again.

Oh yeah, for some crazy reason I think it's a good idea to really wrap up our potty training this weekend. Bribes are ready and I think Chuck is on board. Now, I gotta make sure I remember that he is in undies and make sure he doesn't pee on my couch.... Again :).

~Smith getting to know the rest of the fam.




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Mrs. Sam

Chuck's teacher stopped by today to bring Smith a gift.

How genius is this.... A hand towel sewn on to a towel to make a hooded towel! Brilliant.




Here's daddy and his boys watching our nightly show before we get in bed.




The past few days, Smith has insisted on being held constantly. We are not looking forward to dad going back to work in two days because Smith will not get to be held 24/7. Daddy is the official "baby holder".


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One month

Smith is one month old today!

Happy month day Ooga Booga!




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Chuck's room

I have had several people say they wanted pictures of the house. The majority of rooms have one or two things that still need to be done.

Chuck's room is pretty much done. I might add some type of cornice over his window but that is just a random idea floating in my head right now.

Chuck's room is reds and browns/natural.










None of Chuck's furniture was in the old house except his desk. The desk was white and was my desk in the sunroom/kitchen. Drew painted it red with chalk paint.

The small chair came from Chuck's great grandfather's medical office! The trunk under his desk also belonged to a great grandfather during the war.


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Aunt Koko > (is greater than) Mommy

Well Chuck has gone with his Aunt Koko and his cousins for the weekend. It is going to be a great chance for me to try and get this chubby baby on a schedule!

Smith is still eating ALL THE TIME but last night he actually slept between feedings. That was not the case the night before. In fact, Chuck added to the mix by waking up at 5am. Chuck started banging on the bedroom door while I was awake feeding Smith. I wanted to go back to sleep but neither of them did! Alas...

As Chuck was leaving today, I apparently was being too mommyish by making sure he was buckled and had everything he needed and Chuck said "Go away, Mommy." My baby is a big boy I guess!

Here are some pictures!








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Holy Moly

Lets just say that once I had Chuck I wasn't sure I was cut out for being a mom like I once thought I was. With two, it is just reinforcing all that all over again!

I would have gotten my tubes tied on Monday if there was an appointment!

I did figure out after the past two nights that actually cooking dinner is not doable with two kids. The meat was on the grill, Smith was crying and I was trying to get Chuck on the potty and in the bath. So I have learned that if I don't have help, dinner will be take out or crock potted.

The other night Smith stayed up from midnight until about 5 and then Chuck woke up at 7. This would have been just fine except it was a weekend. By the middle if the afternoon I had fallen asleep
On the couch. Luckily after just five minutes Chuck smacked me in the head with his soccer ball and woke me up.

Needless to say, Smith and I are napping during the day while Chuck is at school sooooo, no we don't get anything done! It has been over a month since the house has been cleaned. I am dying to vacuum but just can't find the energy or time.

This child eats 24/7. He's already over 11 pounds and almost 1 month old. I not complaining too much because I have 10 more pounds to lose before I'm back to my "pre pregnancy weight" and of course I was fat when I got pregnant because I still had Chuck's weight so will have another (about) 25 to lose.

I am looking forward to feeling like a normal human being again and maybe starting to exercise. I am holding Dr. to my tropical vacation once all the weight is gone (without kids ! Yes, babysitters will be needed!)

As crazy as this house is, Chuck is IN LOVE with his brother. I have to tell him to stop kissing him. First of all, he practically smothers and suffocates the baby and I am getting a little panicked about this flu going around.

I've been trying to keep Chuck relatively busy after school. I'm dreading this 3 day weekend coming up!

Chuck coloring his train that his teacher brought him over Christmas break.



Chuck actually built a car with a hammer and painted it. (His favorite color is green.)



Chuck working on scooping and transferring with Rice Krispies.



Chuck making green cupcakes.



Our pillsbury dough boy.



Daddy and his boys.




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