we're off to plant our garden....
here's the run down.
16 roma tomatoes
4 grape tomatoes
12 green pepper
4 banana pepper
2 zucchini squash
2 yellow squash
2 buttercup squash
2 cantalope
4 broccoli
4 cabbage
6 swiss chard
and lots of onion.
and we bought oregano and basil herb plants to put in a box and have here at the house....
garden, how we love you! it's probably one of our favorite things to do in the summer. today is plant day. and we get to hang out with some friends while we do it, what's better than that?
on a separate note. we cried it out last night. round one 50 minutes. we decided we wanted him to wait 8 hours to eat. he ate at 8, so 4 was the magic number. he cried from 2-2:50, fell asleep. i of course was so keyed up from the whole thing, i didn't fall asleep until 3:30, he woke up at 4.. so we went ahead and fed him, and he's back down. it's good for him, and it's good for us, but man, that kid can scream!
it'll get better. that's what i keep telling myself.
30 May, 2009
29 May, 2009
28 May, 2009
4 months
why hello there!
i'm 4 months old, did you know that?
i'm successfully rolling over all the time.
i love to try to grab at things that mom is holding
exibit A.
i'm still not sleeping through the night. i think it's fun to get up, but i think mom and dad are getting sick of it. but seriously, how can they not LOVE this face in the night? come now... i'm ridiculously cute and i always remind them of that at 2 in morning. it helps plead my case. i stare at them with these eyes..
see it kind of gets ya does it?
however my dr. said that i should be sleeping through the night so mom says she is going to try the cry it out method. i'm not so sure how i feel about that.
i love and by love, i mean love with everything within me, to chew and stuff everything i can into my mouth.
today at my dr. i weighed in at
14lbs 5 oz and 26 inches long. which explains why mom can't find any clothes that fit me well..
and she said i could start cereal... we already have. :)
thanks for stopping by to check on me!
i'm 4 months old, did you know that?
i'm successfully rolling over all the time.
i love to try to grab at things that mom is holding
exibit A.
i'm still not sleeping through the night. i think it's fun to get up, but i think mom and dad are getting sick of it. but seriously, how can they not LOVE this face in the night? come now... i'm ridiculously cute and i always remind them of that at 2 in morning. it helps plead my case. i stare at them with these eyes..
see it kind of gets ya does it?
however my dr. said that i should be sleeping through the night so mom says she is going to try the cry it out method. i'm not so sure how i feel about that.
i love and by love, i mean love with everything within me, to chew and stuff everything i can into my mouth.
today at my dr. i weighed in at
14lbs 5 oz and 26 inches long. which explains why mom can't find any clothes that fit me well..
and she said i could start cereal... we already have. :)
thanks for stopping by to check on me!
27 May, 2009
rainy mornings
This morning we woke up to rain.
Per usual morning routine, I walked downstairs to put away some dishes, get coffee, you know the drill.
However, as soon as I walked downstairs, everything inside of me, said BARAKEL. A little odd, I thought, why was I thinking about camp at 6:30? Maybe because workshop starts this week?
Then it dawned on me.
We mulched our front porch area a couple of weeks ago. The smell of the rain, combined with the woodchips, triggered my many memories of camp, because you see, Barakel has woodchip paths EVERYWHERE. I really do mean everywhere. So apparantley everytime it rains this summer, I'll be thinking of Barakel. I guess it'll be nature's way of reminding us to pray for their summer of camping ministry.
Per usual morning routine, I walked downstairs to put away some dishes, get coffee, you know the drill.
However, as soon as I walked downstairs, everything inside of me, said BARAKEL. A little odd, I thought, why was I thinking about camp at 6:30? Maybe because workshop starts this week?
Then it dawned on me.
We mulched our front porch area a couple of weeks ago. The smell of the rain, combined with the woodchips, triggered my many memories of camp, because you see, Barakel has woodchip paths EVERYWHERE. I really do mean everywhere. So apparantley everytime it rains this summer, I'll be thinking of Barakel. I guess it'll be nature's way of reminding us to pray for their summer of camping ministry.
26 May, 2009
Levi =.....
Right after Levi was born we were um... well sleep deprived.
When Levi wakes in the night to eat, Mike's job is to get said kid from crib and bring him to me to feed him. There were many funny moments, at least they are funny now, right after he was born. What we quickly discovered was that Mike does NOT do well on lack of sleep. You see, Levi has become several inanimate objects in the middle of the night.
He was a...
alarm clock
dvd remote
a pillow
a blanket
etc etc
Mike would always hand me things he thought was Levi, except said kid was screaming in the other room, meanwhile, Mike was gently, ever so gently, handing me the remote which of course I um... nicely, or rather not so nicely, informed him was NOT Levi. Mike hasn't handed me anything but Levi in a long time, except for last night.
Levi started crying, and I rolled over and nudged Mike to wake him up, and he got up... walked around the bed, turned off the baby monitor and walked back around and crawled into bed, as if to say.. I made it stop.. let's go back to sleep.
Yeah, that didn't fly for me or for the kid.
and speaking of Levi... he's awaking from the other room...
so today's lesson is this...
remember that your kid does not equal a remote!
When Levi wakes in the night to eat, Mike's job is to get said kid from crib and bring him to me to feed him. There were many funny moments, at least they are funny now, right after he was born. What we quickly discovered was that Mike does NOT do well on lack of sleep. You see, Levi has become several inanimate objects in the middle of the night.
He was a...
alarm clock
dvd remote
a pillow
a blanket
etc etc
Mike would always hand me things he thought was Levi, except said kid was screaming in the other room, meanwhile, Mike was gently, ever so gently, handing me the remote which of course I um... nicely, or rather not so nicely, informed him was NOT Levi. Mike hasn't handed me anything but Levi in a long time, except for last night.
Levi started crying, and I rolled over and nudged Mike to wake him up, and he got up... walked around the bed, turned off the baby monitor and walked back around and crawled into bed, as if to say.. I made it stop.. let's go back to sleep.
Yeah, that didn't fly for me or for the kid.
and speaking of Levi... he's awaking from the other room...
so today's lesson is this...
remember that your kid does not equal a remote!
25 May, 2009
first foods
alright fellow mamas.... i am at my wits end.
levi has been doing incredibly well at sleeping, but in the last few weeks we have seriously backtracked. he was basically down to waking up once a night, we would put him down around 7:30-8, he'd sleep til about 2-3, eat, and then sleep until around 8:30.
the last couple of weeks he has been getting up 2-3x a night. when he wakes up he is definitely hungry. he is up to eat, he sucks it down no question there. everything i read says when they start to backtrack it's time for cereal.
so.. we started cereal, it hasn't helped, but i dont' know how much to give him, or when to give it to him. i try to give it to him around 7ish. but i have NO clue how much to give him. the box is not helpful at all. i don't want to overstuff the kid, but i want him to be full. he seems to like the cereal and he gobbles it up with no problems.
maybe it's a growth spurt, i don't know. i just know that mike and i are exhausted. this morning he slept from 4-9. that was his longest stretch.. he was on his stomach when he woke up at 9, i don't know if perhaps he sleeps better that way?
any thoughts on what to do, or how much cereal to feed this kid?
levi has been doing incredibly well at sleeping, but in the last few weeks we have seriously backtracked. he was basically down to waking up once a night, we would put him down around 7:30-8, he'd sleep til about 2-3, eat, and then sleep until around 8:30.
the last couple of weeks he has been getting up 2-3x a night. when he wakes up he is definitely hungry. he is up to eat, he sucks it down no question there. everything i read says when they start to backtrack it's time for cereal.
so.. we started cereal, it hasn't helped, but i dont' know how much to give him, or when to give it to him. i try to give it to him around 7ish. but i have NO clue how much to give him. the box is not helpful at all. i don't want to overstuff the kid, but i want him to be full. he seems to like the cereal and he gobbles it up with no problems.
maybe it's a growth spurt, i don't know. i just know that mike and i are exhausted. this morning he slept from 4-9. that was his longest stretch.. he was on his stomach when he woke up at 9, i don't know if perhaps he sleeps better that way?
any thoughts on what to do, or how much cereal to feed this kid?
23 May, 2009
and they all rolled over. part deux
we awoke as usual to levi at 3 this morning. mike staggered into his room in his groggy state... came back and said.. um... levi was on his stomach?
so, apparantley we're flipping both ways now, though i don't think he did it intentionally, he often sleeps on his side, and i'm guessing he did that, and then somehow flipped to his tummy in his sleep, but man oh man was he mad when he woke up and realized he was on his tummy.
levi does not equal tummy time love! :)
i did get a video of him rolling over, i'll post it soon. but for now, i need to get moving. we are heading to mike's parents for the weekend, a family reunion of sorts is in the works...
i promise to post videos of food and rolling soon!
so, apparantley we're flipping both ways now, though i don't think he did it intentionally, he often sleeps on his side, and i'm guessing he did that, and then somehow flipped to his tummy in his sleep, but man oh man was he mad when he woke up and realized he was on his tummy.
levi does not equal tummy time love! :)
i did get a video of him rolling over, i'll post it soon. but for now, i need to get moving. we are heading to mike's parents for the weekend, a family reunion of sorts is in the works...
i promise to post videos of food and rolling soon!
22 May, 2009
and they all rolled over....
We've got a roller!!
I put Levi on his tummy this afternoon, and he just flipped over like...
Mom, I've been doing this forever, what's the big deal?
Next step, back to tummy.
I tried to video it.. that resulted in screaming.
oh well. :)
I put Levi on his tummy this afternoon, and he just flipped over like...
Mom, I've been doing this forever, what's the big deal?
Next step, back to tummy.
I tried to video it.. that resulted in screaming.
oh well. :)
talk to the animals
Last night was one of my final Spring Concerts at a local school. Every year the director does a "theme" program where the kids can sing pop style songs, provided it's in the theme. Well, last night was the middle school program and the theme was "Talk to the Animals" The kids brought in tons and tons of stuff animals to decorate the front of the stage, and then they were being donated to the women's AWARE shelter after the concert. They song numerous songs all of which mentioned an animal of sorts... like Close to You, by the Carpenters, All things Bright and Beautiful, Longer etc etc....
So, I was perusing the stage, chuckling at the GIANT snow leopard that was lounging on the grand piano, when I spotted it. A small monkey, with a familiar looking shirt. A animal about the size of what I knew so well. I went and pulled it out of the blow up palm tree, and true true.. it was exactly that.. A small monkey with a Camp Barakel shirt on it! I was thrilled. My mind raced to all of those stupid, ahem i mean silly animals i bought as a kid growing up.... What kid goes to Camp Barakel I thought? So, I looked on the back of the animal (if the kids didn't want to donate their animal they could put their name on it so they could get it back).. there it was.. LARISSA... I went and asked the director who Larissa was, because well, there are 100+ kids, I don't have a CLUE who it is. If you're lucky, I"ll know you're name when you're a senior. :) So, Bill, points her out and says, Larissa, Mrs Youngman wants to talk with you. Poor kid, she looked scared stiff. WHY does Mrs. Y want to talk with me? She walks up to stage, looking like perhaps she had met her death sentance.
And then I begin the questioning...
you've gone to camp barakel? summer? winter? how long have you gone? i grew up going there? yup, i was a counselor there. that place has been a part of my life for as long as i can possibly remember... I was practically ready to burst into Camp Barakel Camp Barakel we're glad to turn again... the kid was just staring at me looking bewildered then slowly, ever so slowly...relief crept across her face and she said... oh, i thought i was in trouble. :) poor girl. all i wanted to do was grill her about camp.
turns out. she's gone once, she said, it was only one night and it was "cold, really cold". winter camp, i said? and she just shrugged her shoulders as if to say, i just followed the crowd onto the bus mrs. y i have no idea. my excited talking quickly subsided and i encouraged her to go to summer camp through her church if she could. she walked back to her seat, i'm sure relieved to not be talking to said crazy piano lady any longer.
So, I was perusing the stage, chuckling at the GIANT snow leopard that was lounging on the grand piano, when I spotted it. A small monkey, with a familiar looking shirt. A animal about the size of what I knew so well. I went and pulled it out of the blow up palm tree, and true true.. it was exactly that.. A small monkey with a Camp Barakel shirt on it! I was thrilled. My mind raced to all of those stupid, ahem i mean silly animals i bought as a kid growing up.... What kid goes to Camp Barakel I thought? So, I looked on the back of the animal (if the kids didn't want to donate their animal they could put their name on it so they could get it back).. there it was.. LARISSA... I went and asked the director who Larissa was, because well, there are 100+ kids, I don't have a CLUE who it is. If you're lucky, I"ll know you're name when you're a senior. :) So, Bill, points her out and says, Larissa, Mrs Youngman wants to talk with you. Poor kid, she looked scared stiff. WHY does Mrs. Y want to talk with me? She walks up to stage, looking like perhaps she had met her death sentance.
And then I begin the questioning...
you've gone to camp barakel? summer? winter? how long have you gone? i grew up going there? yup, i was a counselor there. that place has been a part of my life for as long as i can possibly remember... I was practically ready to burst into Camp Barakel Camp Barakel we're glad to turn again... the kid was just staring at me looking bewildered then slowly, ever so slowly...relief crept across her face and she said... oh, i thought i was in trouble. :) poor girl. all i wanted to do was grill her about camp.
turns out. she's gone once, she said, it was only one night and it was "cold, really cold". winter camp, i said? and she just shrugged her shoulders as if to say, i just followed the crowd onto the bus mrs. y i have no idea. my excited talking quickly subsided and i encouraged her to go to summer camp through her church if she could. she walked back to her seat, i'm sure relieved to not be talking to said crazy piano lady any longer.
20 May, 2009
oh what a beautiful morning....
I Love Mornings where....
1) I get a whole cup of coffee to drink while it's still warm
2) The windows are open and I hear birds chirping at sunrise
3) My kid slept from 8:30-3:30
4) I can open all the windows because it's not blazing hot
5) I get to head out for the day to a job that I love
6) It's Wednesday, which means half way through the week. :)
7) dinner is in the crockpot cooking already
8) I've gotten ready for the day, things around to leave, and my kid is still sleeping...
9) I got a chance to blog :)
perhaps time for another cup o' joe?
2 sub notes..
a) Levi is officially eating cereal, I'll post about that later. :)
b) One more week of crazy working then it's SUMMER break! Hallelujah!
1) I get a whole cup of coffee to drink while it's still warm
2) The windows are open and I hear birds chirping at sunrise
3) My kid slept from 8:30-3:30
4) I can open all the windows because it's not blazing hot
5) I get to head out for the day to a job that I love
6) It's Wednesday, which means half way through the week. :)
7) dinner is in the crockpot cooking already
8) I've gotten ready for the day, things around to leave, and my kid is still sleeping...
9) I got a chance to blog :)
perhaps time for another cup o' joe?
2 sub notes..
a) Levi is officially eating cereal, I'll post about that later. :)
b) One more week of crazy working then it's SUMMER break! Hallelujah!
18 May, 2009
sunshine, sunshine in my soul today
When Mike and I began looking into cloth diapering, we weren't sure what we wanted or how we wanted to approach it, but we knew 2 things.
1) it would save us a ton of money
2) we felt we needed to be good stewards of our environment, and part of that meant not throwing away a zillion and a half diapers.
after hours and i mean HOURS of research, we decided to go ahead with BUM GENIUS. Yup, that's the name. The names out there are ridiculous. Fuzzi Bunz, Happy Heiny's, Kissaluvs.. yup. It's kind of crazy. Anyway, we have our trusty diapers, and have I mentioned I LOVE them? I mean, love. We thought when we began our cloth diapering adventure, that we would probably use disposables here and there, trips, church, etc etc. However, the more and more we use our cloth, the less and less we use disposables.
A couple of weeks ago we went to Cincinnati for the weekend. We decided to go with sposies since we were traveling. Well, over the course of 2 days, we had probably 3 blowouts, we never have blowouts in cloth. Levi never has diaper rash, we put him in disposables for 2 days, and guess what he had? yup.. diaper rash.
Anyway, all that to say that we have really enjoyed cloth diapering, despite the comments, and the looks when we tell people we do. It's not all that bad, and you know what's great for diapers?
Hanging them outside on a BEAUTIFUL sunshiney day to bleach out the stains.
1) it would save us a ton of money
2) we felt we needed to be good stewards of our environment, and part of that meant not throwing away a zillion and a half diapers.
after hours and i mean HOURS of research, we decided to go ahead with BUM GENIUS. Yup, that's the name. The names out there are ridiculous. Fuzzi Bunz, Happy Heiny's, Kissaluvs.. yup. It's kind of crazy. Anyway, we have our trusty diapers, and have I mentioned I LOVE them? I mean, love. We thought when we began our cloth diapering adventure, that we would probably use disposables here and there, trips, church, etc etc. However, the more and more we use our cloth, the less and less we use disposables.
A couple of weeks ago we went to Cincinnati for the weekend. We decided to go with sposies since we were traveling. Well, over the course of 2 days, we had probably 3 blowouts, we never have blowouts in cloth. Levi never has diaper rash, we put him in disposables for 2 days, and guess what he had? yup.. diaper rash.
Anyway, all that to say that we have really enjoyed cloth diapering, despite the comments, and the looks when we tell people we do. It's not all that bad, and you know what's great for diapers?
Hanging them outside on a BEAUTIFUL sunshiney day to bleach out the stains.
16 May, 2009
Long Overdue
These are some pictures that April took at Easter...
My favorite is the one in his sling...
My favorite is the one in his sling...
15 May, 2009
Jesus and Groceries
This is our car seat.
I really LOVE it. It's one of the highest rated seats on the market, I feel like it keeps him safe, I love how deep he sits in it. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Now, I have only attempted grocery shopping one other time by myself since having Levi. It just scares me. So, today I was feeling brave enough to go at it again. See, the thing about the aforementioned lovely carseat? It's so deep, that it doesn't fit on the top of carts, I have to put it in the basket which makes shopping, well. difficult.
No worries though, right? Remember Meijer has these carts with built in car seats? I'll just take Levi in and put him in that. So, I unbuckled him, we traversed into the store to find out that oh.. we don't have those anymore, ma'am. um.. okay. I was a little annoyed at the situation, but there wasn't much I could do.
Thankfully, I had my sling (thanks to my friend Liz, which by the way she makes and sells them) in Levi's diaper bag. I pulled it out and grocery shopped with him in the sling. He did pretty well, and eventually fell asleep. As a side note, I think the looks you get from people when you wear your kid are about the funniest thing there is. They all say.. wow that's such a neat idea, and I always feel like saying.. uh yeah... it's been around for a while, ever been to a 3rd world country?
Anyway, I finished shopping, checked out using the self scan because the actual lines where you speak with a real person had about 5 people per line. We managed okay, the meijer employee helped me bag some of my groceries...anyway, i finished and headed to the car. I passed a woman loading her grocery and we exchanged smiles, I've noticed people pay a lot more attention to you when you have a baby. I unlocked our van and proceeded to get things organized, because I've got said kid strapped to me soundly asleep. I was trying to figure out, unload kid then load groceries, or load groceries then unload kid, when, this lady came over to me, and said, can I help you load your groceries? now that, friends, is Jesus at the grocery store. She kindly loaded all of my groceries, and took my cart back to the chorale thing for me.
That lady blessed my heart today....
and I only hope that someone blesses her today as well...
So what about you, where have you seen Jesus today?
oh and a total side note.. i made hummus today from ths recipe
i am in love.
I really LOVE it. It's one of the highest rated seats on the market, I feel like it keeps him safe, I love how deep he sits in it. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Now, I have only attempted grocery shopping one other time by myself since having Levi. It just scares me. So, today I was feeling brave enough to go at it again. See, the thing about the aforementioned lovely carseat? It's so deep, that it doesn't fit on the top of carts, I have to put it in the basket which makes shopping, well. difficult.
No worries though, right? Remember Meijer has these carts with built in car seats? I'll just take Levi in and put him in that. So, I unbuckled him, we traversed into the store to find out that oh.. we don't have those anymore, ma'am. um.. okay. I was a little annoyed at the situation, but there wasn't much I could do.
Thankfully, I had my sling (thanks to my friend Liz, which by the way she makes and sells them) in Levi's diaper bag. I pulled it out and grocery shopped with him in the sling. He did pretty well, and eventually fell asleep. As a side note, I think the looks you get from people when you wear your kid are about the funniest thing there is. They all say.. wow that's such a neat idea, and I always feel like saying.. uh yeah... it's been around for a while, ever been to a 3rd world country?
Anyway, I finished shopping, checked out using the self scan because the actual lines where you speak with a real person had about 5 people per line. We managed okay, the meijer employee helped me bag some of my groceries...anyway, i finished and headed to the car. I passed a woman loading her grocery and we exchanged smiles, I've noticed people pay a lot more attention to you when you have a baby. I unlocked our van and proceeded to get things organized, because I've got said kid strapped to me soundly asleep. I was trying to figure out, unload kid then load groceries, or load groceries then unload kid, when, this lady came over to me, and said, can I help you load your groceries? now that, friends, is Jesus at the grocery store. She kindly loaded all of my groceries, and took my cart back to the chorale thing for me.
That lady blessed my heart today....
and I only hope that someone blesses her today as well...
So what about you, where have you seen Jesus today?
oh and a total side note.. i made hummus today from ths recipe
i am in love.
12 May, 2009
I think I can
today we got this in the mail...
a FREE book!
Thanks to a program by Dolly Parton, any child can receive a free book each month until they turn 5, if you have the program in your county. (that unfortunately is the catch).. but if you do.. you're eligible, it doesn't matter your income, it doesn't matter if it's kid #3, you can sign up for books, and today we received our first book.
So tonight, Levi and I read the little engine that could together...
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
a FREE book!
Thanks to a program by Dolly Parton, any child can receive a free book each month until they turn 5, if you have the program in your county. (that unfortunately is the catch).. but if you do.. you're eligible, it doesn't matter your income, it doesn't matter if it's kid #3, you can sign up for books, and today we received our first book.
So tonight, Levi and I read the little engine that could together...
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
07 May, 2009
may
walking, first birthday parties, cake, balloons, mothers day, levi...
these are a few things that have been on my mind the last few days. may holds a varied amount of emotion for this family. may held a promise of something new and exciting. when we found out in september we were elated and quickly told friends and family of our news.
then came october, and our lives were rocked to the core.
"i'm sorry but the news isn't good" those words still echo in my mind.
so here we sit, another year has passed. our little guy would have been a year old now, or close to a year old. he would have been toddling around full of giggles and fun. we would have been planning his first birthday party filled with fun. I often sit and snuggle Levi and wonder how he is different than the baby I once carried. I wonder how our lives would be now if we had a 1 year old running around.
But yet.. I'm incredibly thankful for our son who brings us indescribable joy each and every day. He is the little light of our lives, He is the guy who can make me smile with his smiles at 3am. He's the guy who is currently fast asleep in his swing with his thumb in his mouth. But most importantly, he's the man that God has entrusted to us to raise to be a godly man, to be a man of faith, to be a provider and protector for the family he will one day have.
what an incredible mission that we have been entrusted with, and for that, I'm grateful.
these are a few things that have been on my mind the last few days. may holds a varied amount of emotion for this family. may held a promise of something new and exciting. when we found out in september we were elated and quickly told friends and family of our news.
then came october, and our lives were rocked to the core.
"i'm sorry but the news isn't good" those words still echo in my mind.
so here we sit, another year has passed. our little guy would have been a year old now, or close to a year old. he would have been toddling around full of giggles and fun. we would have been planning his first birthday party filled with fun. I often sit and snuggle Levi and wonder how he is different than the baby I once carried. I wonder how our lives would be now if we had a 1 year old running around.
But yet.. I'm incredibly thankful for our son who brings us indescribable joy each and every day. He is the little light of our lives, He is the guy who can make me smile with his smiles at 3am. He's the guy who is currently fast asleep in his swing with his thumb in his mouth. But most importantly, he's the man that God has entrusted to us to raise to be a godly man, to be a man of faith, to be a provider and protector for the family he will one day have.
what an incredible mission that we have been entrusted with, and for that, I'm grateful.
03 May, 2009
cincinnati
well, we survived our trip. this was our first big road trip with levi, and to say we were a little nervous is an understatement. he does like riding in the car, but 5 hours is a long time, especially when they are stuck in those confining little seats.
friday morning, we headed to the school at 7am. we waited around for the kids to get organized and everything. our plan was to follow the buses, so that way, if levi did have a meltdown and worse came to worst, i could always pop on a bus and mike could move slower with levi. we ended deciding to ride ahead of the buses, so that way when we needed to stop and feed him, we would hopefully just be getting back on the road as they caught up to where we were. the first time we stopped, we fed him, and we're getting organized to head out again, and all of a sudden in pulled our buses. they were stopping for a potty break at the handy mcdonalds we were sitting in. so, that worked out really well.
the director seemed quite annoyed they were stopping. i didn't get why he was so mad they had to stop so the kids could use the restroom. well, later on i found out, they had stopped, and turned the wrong way. it took the driver a while to find a place to turn around. he finally did, and had to back into this driveway. it had a small "ditch" on either side, we're talking less than a foot. well, he backed into the ditch a little bit, but certainly nothing a giant school bus couldn't handle. well, per usual kid stuff, they screamed thinking they were dying or something. well, one kid got on their cell phone and called their parents saying " the driver just drove us into a ditch". said parent called the district, where it proceeded to make it's way up the chain all the way to the superintendant, who then called the head of the transportation department. moments later, the drivers phone rang, and it was his boss saying.. uh.. are you okay? so yeah, the director wasn't too happy at mcdonalds. thankfully no one was in trouble.. except for maybe the crazy kid in the back of the bus....
anyway, the rest of the trip was uneventful. the kids did a great job. i've yet to hear how they placed, but i'm sure they did fine. mike and i headed back saturday morning. our plan was to hit the toledo zoo on the way home, however levi was not doing all that well by that point in the trip, so we decided to just get home. so no zoo this time, but definitely a trip later this summer.
i will make a mental note though that a just under 5 hour trip, with a 3 month old took 7 hours. it was a long drive, it did however make us glad we made the following decision. my sister and her hubby has asked us to go with them to the adirondack mountains the end of may. we really wanted to go, however it is a 15 hour car drive, and after much talking, we decided with levi, it probably wouldn't be the best. so, figuring that a 5 hour trip, turned 7 hour,a 15 hour trip, would have turned into a 21ish hour trip. yikes! so, even though i'm still sad thinking about the fact that we aren't going, i know it's for the best.. and i'll just chalk it up to one more reason, i really don't like nursing...
have i mentioned that recently? i don't like nursing. nope, nada. i've tried, believe me i've tried to like it. but i don't. maybe it's because i'm working,and pumping takes everything i have, maybe it's because i feel like i'm stuck going to another room to feed him every couple of hours, maybe it's because i missed a trip to new york, a day at kings island, and oh yeah, a trip to the mountains this spring because of it... but it's really not something i enjoy. will i continue to do it? yes, because quite frankly it's free. it's not even the it's good for him factor that keeps me doing it.. it's free, that's what i keep telling myself. free.free.free.
anyway, cincinnati was really fun. it was nice that mike got the day off and was able to come with me, that always makes trips more enjoyable.
friday morning, we headed to the school at 7am. we waited around for the kids to get organized and everything. our plan was to follow the buses, so that way, if levi did have a meltdown and worse came to worst, i could always pop on a bus and mike could move slower with levi. we ended deciding to ride ahead of the buses, so that way when we needed to stop and feed him, we would hopefully just be getting back on the road as they caught up to where we were. the first time we stopped, we fed him, and we're getting organized to head out again, and all of a sudden in pulled our buses. they were stopping for a potty break at the handy mcdonalds we were sitting in. so, that worked out really well.
the director seemed quite annoyed they were stopping. i didn't get why he was so mad they had to stop so the kids could use the restroom. well, later on i found out, they had stopped, and turned the wrong way. it took the driver a while to find a place to turn around. he finally did, and had to back into this driveway. it had a small "ditch" on either side, we're talking less than a foot. well, he backed into the ditch a little bit, but certainly nothing a giant school bus couldn't handle. well, per usual kid stuff, they screamed thinking they were dying or something. well, one kid got on their cell phone and called their parents saying " the driver just drove us into a ditch". said parent called the district, where it proceeded to make it's way up the chain all the way to the superintendant, who then called the head of the transportation department. moments later, the drivers phone rang, and it was his boss saying.. uh.. are you okay? so yeah, the director wasn't too happy at mcdonalds. thankfully no one was in trouble.. except for maybe the crazy kid in the back of the bus....
anyway, the rest of the trip was uneventful. the kids did a great job. i've yet to hear how they placed, but i'm sure they did fine. mike and i headed back saturday morning. our plan was to hit the toledo zoo on the way home, however levi was not doing all that well by that point in the trip, so we decided to just get home. so no zoo this time, but definitely a trip later this summer.
i will make a mental note though that a just under 5 hour trip, with a 3 month old took 7 hours. it was a long drive, it did however make us glad we made the following decision. my sister and her hubby has asked us to go with them to the adirondack mountains the end of may. we really wanted to go, however it is a 15 hour car drive, and after much talking, we decided with levi, it probably wouldn't be the best. so, figuring that a 5 hour trip, turned 7 hour,a 15 hour trip, would have turned into a 21ish hour trip. yikes! so, even though i'm still sad thinking about the fact that we aren't going, i know it's for the best.. and i'll just chalk it up to one more reason, i really don't like nursing...
have i mentioned that recently? i don't like nursing. nope, nada. i've tried, believe me i've tried to like it. but i don't. maybe it's because i'm working,and pumping takes everything i have, maybe it's because i feel like i'm stuck going to another room to feed him every couple of hours, maybe it's because i missed a trip to new york, a day at kings island, and oh yeah, a trip to the mountains this spring because of it... but it's really not something i enjoy. will i continue to do it? yes, because quite frankly it's free. it's not even the it's good for him factor that keeps me doing it.. it's free, that's what i keep telling myself. free.free.free.
anyway, cincinnati was really fun. it was nice that mike got the day off and was able to come with me, that always makes trips more enjoyable.
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