An Eventful Non-Event, and A Non-Eventful Event

The Non-Eventful Event

Since Claire's birth, I have been putting off the dreaded day when I would put her and Isaac to bed in the same room. Nightmarish visions of my future assaulted my mind: clutching two screaming children in my half-comatose state around 3am, a permanently early wake-up time for Isaac, more awakenings from Claire. But last night, I decided to throw caution to the wind and just try it. After all, she's starting to roll. That makes the basket-on-the-half-bookcase idea increasingly less brilliant. So I made the jump.

And what happened? Nothing.

I put Claire in Zack's room for bed. He said, "Mama?" when I came in. I just told him that Claire was sleeping in his room now. He fell back asleep, and Claire did too. She woke up at 4am to eat, but Isaac didn't budge. She woke up again at 6:30, and again, he didn't budge. She slept on my bed until 9am. Hallelujah! Let's just hope it keeps up. I think this little family is going to make it in this little house! :)

The Eventful Non-Event

Grocery shopping shouldn't be much of an event in my world, but I guess it kind of is. There is the anticipation of planning, the tension of bargaining, wheeling and dealing, and the sticker shock at the end. (okay, maybe that's a little dramatic). Zack has been kind of a grump today, but we were making it through all right, until we got to the dairy aisle.

Zack normally loves to help me inspect the eggs. Today, he was obsessed. We opened and closed the egg carton about 3 times before I finally told him we were all done, and placed the carton on top of my mound of groceries. Note: a toddler with an above-average reach and a full grocery cart are a bad combination. Isaac turned around, grabbed the egg carton by the lid, and gracefully vaulted a dozen eggs into the grocery cart.

Miraculously (I mean that), I did not lose my cool at this point. I remembered that eggs are only $1.88/doz this week, and that one day I would think this was really funny. I retrieved the eggs, cleaned up the goo, and got a new dozen. We went to check out (Isaac had been anticipating this --"goes, 'Beep!'"--all morning), and my son decided he was bored, done, finished, kaput, with grocery shopping.

"Have it! Have it! HAVE IT!" he demanded of every item I put on the belt. Then he threw the angel hair pasta (Irony? I think so) he had been clutching on the floor.

Well, I had had it. I was about to tell him that he would never, ever hold anything in his life again when an angel of mercy stepped in. He was the big, slightly-scary looking man who pushes the carts in from the parking lot. His name is Joe. He was checking out groceries for a handicapped woman, and he decided to help me out, too. He started talking to Zack, showing him pictures from the coupon book, and otherwise enthralling him until I got everything paid for.

"Thanks for entertaining my son," I said on the outside. (on the inside, I said thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!)

The rest of the morning was much better after that. And now I can laugh.

4 months

Claire had her 4 month appointment today. Everything looks good! She's shrinking slightly, weighing in at 15 lbs (a mere 84th percentile :), and in the 52% for length. The doctor says she looks wonderful in every way. She can allllmost roll over from back to front as well, but her shoulder just seems to get in the way. She'll master it soon (which will mean the big jump into her crib in Zack's room. Yikes.). It's hard to believe how fast she's growing...and that I will be feeding her solid food soon. I'm trying to hold on to every moment.

Interview

Just an annoucement: Yesupadam is being interviewed on Janet Parshall's "America" today. Sorry for the late notice, but the date unexpectedly got bumped up. This is a nationally syndicated radio show, so you may have to find out where and when it airs in your area. It will also be on KKMS here in the Twin Cities at 9pm Central Time. If you want to listen in wherever you are, you can tune in here. Just click "Listen Live" on the sidebar.

sweet home carolina (or, our visit in pictures)

Aunt Julie & Aunt Allie lovin on Claire. Only fitting, since Julie & AJ are having a little girl in early September!
The siblings

Granny brought a sombrero to decorate the table. We had lots of big family dinners with all the kids, grandkids, Granny & Merle, Dad, and his fiancee, Deonni.

at the job site. I love this picture :)

too scared to get on the big noisy machine

trying to "help" by pulling dirt out of the bucket

finally brave enough to get on!

Zack and Ava

"hey there, little lady"

The highlight of Zack's trip...the "Big Tractor"

Albert checking out the newest family member

the men (all wearing Dad's shirts & hats) go fishing

the grandparent shot. turned out pretty good, I thought!

roll over! roll over!

Well, she did it! I put Claire down this afternoon, went into the kitchen, and heard a little hand playing with Isaac's toys. Thinking that strange, since I put her on her playmat, I went back to see her flipped over! Way to go, little one! (but she's growing up so fast)

For those who keep stats on these things, Isaac was just two days younger when he rolled from tummy to back. And they weighed just two ounces apart at birth. Freaky.

Sorry I haven't posted since we got back from our fabulous trip to NC...things have been busy. I'm just now getting to the laundry :/. But I'll put up pictures soon!