keeping the boy down

Not an easy task. Griffin is used to being on the go and used to playing outside, at the park, etc. He has been less than pleased about being housebound. We are getting through it though. His pox are coming on strong now. Torso mostly covered, a few trickling down his legs, and his neck is getting a good bunch as well...that part makes me itchy when I look at him. His face seems relatively untouched at the moment. Such a different pattern of appearance than with Paisley...hmmm...they are always so different :)

Tonight we went for drive through custard and a drive in the metroparks with Gudrun. Griffin is insisting non calling her Great Grammy. She's ok with that...that makes 4 names for a woman that got rid of all her names except her first ;) Gudrun, GG, Ami, and Great Grammy. I think she'll live but we all might get confused. lol.

pox, an old bag, and lots of working

hee hee. the old bag is in reference to my lovely sweet 80 year old grandmother who just moved to Lakewood. She is far from an old bag but sometimes calls her self that or "the old lady"....at any rate I don't really think of her as that. She's my grandmother and my friend :) We have had a nice time in her first week "alone" in her new home.

Work has been busy and I've been productive yet there is always more to do. The house is the same way....never ends, eh?

Pox..he woke with more this a.m. Keeping him down is proving to be more difficult than it was with Paisley. He doesnt' seem sick at all. I caught him rubbing his arm across his belly as though maybe it itched but he didn't do it again. there are definitely more this a.m. I feel bad for him if they come out in full force soon but luckily his sis sailed through so I have high hopes for him as well. Only thing of note: bit of a temp. (nothing concerning) and he is clingy to me.

more pox

just for record keeping...G showed first signs of pox tonight. 2 that are fluid filled, a bunch just popping up small still, he seems unphased.

will try to catch up soon...been crazy busy and distracted around here.

A new perspective

I needed to get one so we headed out of the house. I always do better with the kids out of the house, with friends especially but just out of the usual. I'm wondering if it's because then I don't feel the need to "do" things since I"m not home and I can just focus on them or if it's because I tend to take them places out of the house they will enjoy so then I'm not as annoyed by them??? who knows but at any rate we left the house. We headed to bay n play which is a wooden playground in bay village. We met up with Nat, Dave, and Mary and then my relatives. We stayed about 2 hours and it was definitely what G man needed to tucker him out. He was a good boy, actually listening, and then did quite well once we were home. The only other diff? I was alone, no Lee....I really would like to be able to parent together...it makes it easier I would think but in our case it really hasn't been. ugggh.

I need more patience...

Do you think I can buy some somewhere? off to google...

haha. jk.


no really Griffin is a good boy but MAN he is stubborn. He has a plan and he wants to stick with it even when it 1) makes no sense 2) at times is dangerous and 3) isn't what I want him to do.

I have got to figure out a way to better pre-empt his demands...the strange part is that when (at least for the most part) either of us, Lee or I , are alone with him he is not too difficult. As soon as he sees us distracted he plays us off each other. It's soooo difficult.


Paisley has really started exploring other people. She is now grabbing, pinching, pulling hair, pushing a little. None of it seems sinister but she has a devilish grin as she does it. Griffin finds it hysterical which I'm sure is feeding her doing it. Since she adores him!

Have I mentioned I"m tired? yeah, still tired...

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GREAT DAY!

We had just a an absolutely great day. We first met Aunt Meredith, Daniel and Julia at the beach with GG. Mary, Nat, and Tamara met us as well. Then the first bunch went off on their merry way for some lunch and the rest of us crossed over to The Coffee House for some lunch. It was yummy and the kids played. Then Mary and Nat parted ways with us so they could go home. We continued on to Lake Erie nature and science center, to the creek near their to wade through the water (OMG Griffin was in heaven and so was P). Lastly we stopped back at honey hut for some ice cream. He was just so pleasant all day and for the most part well behaved (I mean he is still 3 y.o.). Days like today make me long for him to never be older than he is this minute...that maybe makes no sense. I guess I just want to squeeze this memory into a bottle. I"m exhausted so I"m probably making little to no sense....nighty night. tomorrow is indeed another day and a busy one at that.

Decluttered

Today I gave or threw away:

old camera
old walkman
3 candle holders
some new in box shampoo/conditioner that I will not use
ipod covers I will not ever use


this is going well so far...

Houston we have a tooth...

Poor kiddo gets no teeth for nearly 9 months and then gets her first one while having the Pox. she is still in such good spirits considering all. poor babe.

bottom right 1st tooth at just shy of 9 months.

pox timeline

for my records:

Tuesday 12th: P woke with cold
Wed evening: noticed two spots...hmmmm
Thursday: more spots, suspicious, Griffin woke with same cold
Friday: definitely pox
Saturday: she officially has them all over her body, still in good spirits and doesn't seem itchy. no word from Griffin
Sunday: still popping up, filling with fluid, and some are scabbing. she is definitely acting a little more irritated today but no fever. FIRST TOOTH DISCOVERED AS WELL...poor kiddo cannot win

We got the Pox

Well, paisley does. I'm pretty sure Griffin is working on them but so far nothing. Paisley has the sweetest, cutest baby pox ever and she is still smiling. What is with this child? I know she just wants more siblings. lol.

Big Trouble Griffin

Seriously, the kid is just being defiant. I think it probably is more just extreme curiosity and exploration in his mind but he is destructive, stubborn, and defiant when we reprimand him. Today we all took naps, well, except we 3 fell asleep while Griffin quietly escaped from his room, tore apart the bathroom, dumped hydrogen peroxide all over, including all over my hair dryer, dumped the q-tips and bandaids across his room. Then he went into Paisley's room and anything he could tear apart he did. Then he dragged a toy from his room to P's room and used it to scale the t.v. stand in order to pull down a toy that is Lee's (thankfully the new in package was not harmed). He also took all of his clothes off the hangers, out of the drawers, and off the shelves. I'm not certain of the above order of his destruction but seriously?? Insanity. He should have been exhausted too which is just part of the problem. He didn't nap the last four days at home! It's not looking good for my sanity. haha. This is going to be a long next 6 months I believe in that department. So, here it is almost 9 p.m. and he is still awake in his room and I can hear him messing around again. What's a mom to do....grrrrr.

On a pleasant note we took a family trip to Huntington beach today. It was sooooo gorgeous. I didn't want to leave to tell you the truth. I could have stayed there all day and let G man play. it was just really really nice.

Sewing...

I just have to learn to do this. I know that I have the potential to learn. I have done a decent job in the past, I can follow direction well for lessons, and now I have the desire ;)

So, I think that's what I want for xmas. A sewing machine. We don't really have the room but I remember my mom using the dining room table so why can't I do it too, right? It's the same dining room table, anyhow.

I just keep seeing all these projects that I want to do and I bet I could do many of them, even if poorly at first, if I had a machine. Plus, I have been racking my brain for something "green" (I know I'm vogue-lol) to put on a wish list since I really don't "need" anything. My families will not take that for an answer. This way, maybe we can all be happy. This is all said with complete naivity as I have no clue how much sewing machines cost..might be just way too much money.

A really great day

We all had a pretty great day today. It was typical in that Griffin still acted very much like a 3 y.o. and Paisley acted very much like an 8 month old and they both generally drove me insane. It was not typical in that I handled it much better than I have been handling it. I'm not sure why other than I wanted to enjoy the day, we were outside for most of it and well, it just was a good day :)

First I got my haircut while the kids stayed with their little sitter. She loves them, they love her...harmony.

Then we dropped sitter back at home and went to the Nature Center to meet a friend and her little boy. We walked the trails and ran around the nature center. Griffin was quite enamored with the little boy and wanted to show him everything. It was adorable.

Then home for a nap. While Griffin napped Paisley ate watermelon and I made stuffed cabbage. This was an experiment for me and although it all smelled wonderful going together I feel weird trying it to eat. I will for lunch tomorrow but man, I'm chicken. I know, I'm a weirdo.

After nap, dinner and then we heard from lee that he would be home late. Auntie Tamara was playing sand volleyball tonight so we decided to go watch her play. It was a lot of fun. Griffin ran up and down the hill, playing with me, paisley, himself this game of throwing and/or kicking the ball and running after it. It was pretty hysterical and I think he loved it. Then we sat by the lake while Griffin threw rocks and sticks into the tide. Paisley loved the canadian geese (maybe ducks? but I think they were geese). After the games we got a bit of food, played more on the playground, and then home. Bath for both, met up with Lee, and finally bedtime. It's 11:15 and they both just recently went down. I'm soon to follow.

A good day.

A couple side notes. Kids have been exposed to chicken pox. I have had chicken pox twice before. I have mysterious itchy spots appearing on my body. Kids have none. what is going on???

Griffin went down for his nap pretty easily or so it seemed from the lack of sound. I went to make sure and found no sign of him in his room. I thought, "oh crap. he's in the baby's crib messing around." nope, not there either. "oh crap, he's in the bathroom." nope, no Griffin. not in my room either. Then I thought I must have just missed him in one of the rooms. Nope, nowhere. slight panic was setting in, but only slight. How do you lose your own kid in your house? Big box in the hallway. I check it thinking he's sleeping inside. No Griffin. More panic is setting in....WTF? He's under his bed, fast asleep. Goofy, scary child.

Off to bed. I'm quite tired after our day. A good tired though. I bet I used the word good a LOT in this post. oh well. good good good. goody goody goody. 1 week 1 day until goody moves here!!!

Mommy Time Out

It's been an up and down weekend. Not all bad but rough and I'm glad to end on a high note. A friend took me (and Paisley) for ice cream this evening followed by a great talk. I love her :) It was just what I needed and apparently what P needed as well. Griffin did great with Lee at home for the evening and all is back in harmony---at least slightly.

off to another week. Let's hope it's a good one, right?