Monday, May 7, 2007
Johnny Jump to Sleep?
We spent Saturday morning wandering through the Tangletown neighborhood garage sale with friends. A $5 Johnny Jump Up seemed like a deal too good to pass up. We decided to give it a try yesterday afternoon as Eric was doing some work and I was hoping to get a few dishes done. After 5 minutes of giggling, jumping, and looking like a little leprechaun, I look over to see this...
Solid food... here I come!
While Archer still isn't quite ready for all the yummy stuff Grandpa Jim thinks he should try (ice cream, pizza, Makers Mark...), we had our first successful rice cereal meal on Friday night. Tell me this face doesn't have "YUMMY" written all over it. After 4 1/2 months, the little guy was probably thinking he would have nothing but mama's milk forever... and then he had a taste of rice cereal with bananas... whoo hoo!
Friday, May 4, 2007
Holy Cr@p!
So it's been a while... I've thought nearly every day about the fact that it has been (fill in the blank) days since the last time I posted anything here. I just looked down at my phone to realize that it's been a month!
Life's been crazy (I know...excuses, excuses). I'm amazed how fast every day flies by. I feel like from the moment I wake up in the morning to the second my head hits the pillow is now filled with all things mommy. Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no complaints (who could complain with a cute little mug like this looking up at you?).
But, I'm really unsure what I did before Archer came into our lives. My hands are becoming scratchy and yucky from endless bottle cleaning (you pump, you empty into daycare bottles, you clean today's daycare bottles, you clean pump bottles -- repeat a million times), the washer and dryer have been running constantly (Eric and I admit that the warmer weather is causing us to go through twice as many clothes each day -- he hasn't figured out a way to mow the lawn in a business suit without making a mess), a then there's the basic clean and organize that never seems to be quite "finished." Last night I had a burst of energy (undoubtedly due to the handful of chocolate covered espresso beans that I devoured) and managed to get the kitchen looking a bit more "ooh" than "eww". I keep thinking that one of these weeks I'll get caught up and the daily upkeep will be less... but that day hasn't arrived yet.
Anyway, enough domestic dribble... Archer (that's who you really want to hear about, right?) is great. We're now well into week 3 at "Miss Kendra's" (a.k.a. daycare). Part of the reason I waited to post about daycare was because the first week was a bit rough (read: Jen sobbing like a crazy person at work) and I didn't want the world to think that we were leaving our child with someone horrible. We've all gotten a little more comfortable with the arrangement and I now feel completely comfortable with Kendra's ability to take care of our little man. Although a huge part of my heart aches every time I think that I'm dropping my child off for 9+ hours of nurturing each day by someone other than Eric and I, I'm realizing that it's an unfortunate thing that many/most families deal with. Some day, we may be able to change it, but for now, it's what we must do.
I digress... Archer (again) is great! Each day I'm amazed that he's more fun than the day before. He's getting to be very vocal and has definitely figured out Eric and I. He's now completely aware that a little cough/cry/squeal will cause the two of us to drop whatever we were previously doing to tend/play/coo to him. As if we weren't wrapped around his finger enough, he's now playing baby-mind-games too (smarty pants)!
Archer's also gotten pretty good at rolling over. I'm sure scooting and crawling are only a few weeks away, so we're enjoying our "immobile" time. We've really enjoyed the return of warm weather and have started taking a nightly walk (which more often than not ends at our neighborhood Dairy Queen). Grandma & Grandpa Dunlap helped us out by buying a super fun three-wheeled stroller that allows us to tackle the curbs and sidewalk cracks much easier than our little "mall stroller".
Eric and I are trying our hands at officially being homeowners and have taken up gardening and lawn care. So far, it's been a fun way to get outside and we haven't managed to kill anything (yet).
Would love to hear from everyone... I've thought about all of you as much as I've thought about adding another post to this blog... one of these days I'll get it all figured out! Looking forward to seeing some of you over Mother's Day weekend in the Quad Cities. Until then, I promise to not let another month go by!
Life's been crazy (I know...excuses, excuses). I'm amazed how fast every day flies by. I feel like from the moment I wake up in the morning to the second my head hits the pillow is now filled with all things mommy. Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no complaints (who could complain with a cute little mug like this looking up at you?).
But, I'm really unsure what I did before Archer came into our lives. My hands are becoming scratchy and yucky from endless bottle cleaning (you pump, you empty into daycare bottles, you clean today's daycare bottles, you clean pump bottles -- repeat a million times), the washer and dryer have been running constantly (Eric and I admit that the warmer weather is causing us to go through twice as many clothes each day -- he hasn't figured out a way to mow the lawn in a business suit without making a mess), a then there's the basic clean and organize that never seems to be quite "finished." Last night I had a burst of energy (undoubtedly due to the handful of chocolate covered espresso beans that I devoured) and managed to get the kitchen looking a bit more "ooh" than "eww". I keep thinking that one of these weeks I'll get caught up and the daily upkeep will be less... but that day hasn't arrived yet.
Anyway, enough domestic dribble... Archer (that's who you really want to hear about, right?) is great. We're now well into week 3 at "Miss Kendra's" (a.k.a. daycare). Part of the reason I waited to post about daycare was because the first week was a bit rough (read: Jen sobbing like a crazy person at work) and I didn't want the world to think that we were leaving our child with someone horrible. We've all gotten a little more comfortable with the arrangement and I now feel completely comfortable with Kendra's ability to take care of our little man. Although a huge part of my heart aches every time I think that I'm dropping my child off for 9+ hours of nurturing each day by someone other than Eric and I, I'm realizing that it's an unfortunate thing that many/most families deal with. Some day, we may be able to change it, but for now, it's what we must do.
I digress... Archer (again) is great! Each day I'm amazed that he's more fun than the day before. He's getting to be very vocal and has definitely figured out Eric and I. He's now completely aware that a little cough/cry/squeal will cause the two of us to drop whatever we were previously doing to tend/play/coo to him. As if we weren't wrapped around his finger enough, he's now playing baby-mind-games too (smarty pants)!Archer's also gotten pretty good at rolling over. I'm sure scooting and crawling are only a few weeks away, so we're enjoying our "immobile" time. We've really enjoyed the return of warm weather and have started taking a nightly walk (which more often than not ends at our neighborhood Dairy Queen). Grandma & Grandpa Dunlap helped us out by buying a super fun three-wheeled stroller that allows us to tackle the curbs and sidewalk cracks much easier than our little "mall stroller".
Eric and I are trying our hands at officially being homeowners and have taken up gardening and lawn care. So far, it's been a fun way to get outside and we haven't managed to kill anything (yet).
Would love to hear from everyone... I've thought about all of you as much as I've thought about adding another post to this blog... one of these days I'll get it all figured out! Looking forward to seeing some of you over Mother's Day weekend in the Quad Cities. Until then, I promise to not let another month go by!
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