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Friday, February 22, 2008

Luke the Linebacker

So let me get you updated on Mr. Chunky Monkey here. When he was born he was 7lbs 14oz. By the time I left the hospital he lost 11oz down to 7lbs 3 oz and I was under strict instructions to feed him whenever he wanted and to not let him go more than 3 or 4 hours without eating even if I had to wake him up. I also had to bring him to the doctor in 3 days to ensure he didn't lose any more weight. HA!

5 months later and the little chunker is 20lbs! The first 2 months of his life he literally gained a pound a week every week from that first appointment (3 days later) on. All the girls in the pediatrician office can't get enough of him and just think he's the cutest (and hugest) thing they've ever seen. Yesterday when I called them to ask if there was anything I could give him for his most recent cold (now that they recalled everything a child under 2 can take to not feel miserable....BTW the answer is nothing.) they asked me for my last name and when I answered they were like.

"OHHH it's Luke! The big guy!"
"LOL yea"
"Awww Luke the Linebacker isn't feeling well?"
"LOL umm no"
"Poor thing. I'll have the nurse call back"

Apparently that's his new nickname, Luke the Linebacker. Every time I bring this kid anywhere people comment.

WOW, how old is he?
OMG he's huge!!!
What are you feeding that kid?

The answer to that last question is always answered with me pointing to my boob. LOL And people reply "What do you got half and half coming out of those things?"

I always say the same thing: The more he gains the more I loose. So lets see.....anyway we can get him to gain another 15 - 20 lbs by summer? I'd like to get into a bathing suit.

Labels: Luke the Linebacker

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

2 yr old imagination

"He-LLO! Hel-LOOO!! Helloooo up there?!"

*look into the dining room to see Allie staring at the celing*
"Allie what are you doing?"

"Hell-OH Hell-OHHHH up there!! Mommy it's up there!"
*points at the celing*

*freaked, I run in and look at the celing seeing nothing*
"What is, Allie?"

"Right there mommy.....my echo.....Hell-OH. See?!"

"Ohhh, yup I see it right up there." *smile*
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"Oh NO mommy!!"

"What?"

"Wipe the box!!!!"

"Huh?"

*runs and points into the family room*
"Look!! Wipe the box!! OH NO!"

"uhh a box?"

"NO!!! LOOK!!"
*points enphaticly at something*

"What? Look at what? Show me."

*runs into the family room and points at the floor infront of a bookcase*
"See! The Box!"

"The Box?"

"NO!!!! LOOK!!!!!!"

"Blocks?"

"NOOOO SEE!!! WIPE AH THE BOX right THERE!!!"

"ohh wait. Swiper the fox?"

"YEA!! There he is right there!
*pointing at nothing* Hurry HIDE!!!"
*Grabs my hand and pulls me behind the slide to hide*
"Here he comes! Ready lets yell!"

*both of us together*
"SWIPER NO SWIPING...SWIPER NO SWIPING...SWIPER NOOOO SWIPING! OHHHHH MAAAAN!!!"

*giggles*

Labels: Althea Raye

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Mom guilt sucks

And apparently this is just the beginning. Great.

All those days that I had to drop Allie off at daycare hysterically crying screaming my name "Mommy please! NOOO Don't leave me!! Please Mommy don't go!!!" was totally heart wrenching. I'd go to work and count down the minutes where I can call and see that she was ok, trying to keep strong.

"She likes going" I'd tell myself. "It's just a little separation anxiety" I'd say. "It's the best thing for her, she learns so much" I'd repeat, trying to hold down my tears. Deep down I felt horrible that I was forcing her to stay in a school with strangers instead of home where she belongs and wants to be.

Slowly (REAL slowly) it got better. She wouldn't cry as much and began to get used to going. We all felt better. Then Luke showed up and she reverted back. She started screaming again, this time worse. I'd count down those minutes till I can call to make sure she's ok, only when I'd call they would say. "She's having a hard time still, she's still crying on and off"

*UGH* There it goes again mommy guilt punching me in the stomach.

Now I'm really horrible. I'm home with the new baby and sending her to school, and she hates it. I could keep her home....I'm HOME. Everyone would say to me "keep up the routine, it's better off" but that guilt wouldn't go away.

Then it got better again, in fact it got so good that she started to love going. She actually asks if she can go now, to "go play with my friends!" When I drop her off she goes right in with a smile and a "Bye mommy, see you later!".

Now, of course Mike and I decided that we are going to try and swing me staying home with them. Great, right? All that guilt about me leaving her gone, right? She'll be home with me where she always wanted to be, right? *sigh* wrong. Cause now she wants to go to school. And now I have to take her out.

*UGH* There's that mommy guilt again. DAMN IT.....can I ever win? You send her, your guilty. You pull her, your guilty.

How do you explain to a 2 and a half year old that she can't go and play with her friends anymore because mommy is going to stay home? You can't. that's how. So instead you just hope that it goes away quietly and attempt to make some new friends for her, and keep trying to be strong.

As my grandmother would say: YOU wanted to be called mom....

Labels: A Day in the Life, Althea Raye, learnin' every day, you wanted to be a mom

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Friday, February 08, 2008

An Old Friend

This blog has turned into that old friend that you haven't talked to in a while even though you want to. You’re not sure who called who last but the longer you go without contact the harder it is to make that call. Even though you think about them daily as random things happen, nothing is really important enough to make a special call. If you were talking all the time if would be no big deal to call to say: OMG know what happened today? LOL But after not talking for months you feel weird to call with something that's not a show stopper.

Unfortunately I've lost quiet a few friends this way. But I'm not about to lose this blog as well. I'm here to say that I need Maniacal Days. I NEED to be able to vent and get all the stuff that's whirling around in my head out and on paper (even if it is virtual paper), especially these days now that I'm home.

I mean Allie is a cute companion who's a real chatterbox, but she just doesn't get how after being really good on a diet and losing one measly pound a week is frustrating. And how much MORE it's frustrating that after one or two bad nights due to a superbowl party you can gain back 3 of those measly pounds. *sigh*

Anyway, I know that after months of inactivity that there is probably no one out there reading anymore (or barely no one), but I'm going to pretend that I don't care and just start writing again anyway.

So...that being said. OMG know what happened today?? Luke slept all the way through the night. And I mean like all the way: 10:30pm - 7:00 am I wanted to scream it from somewhere very high. AND not only did HE sleep through the night, but I did too!

It's kinda almost a showstopper....no? Worth a call to an old friend I think.

Labels: Blogosphere, It's all about me

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