Thursday

Dominic has an obsession with eating paper and plastic. And the more I say NO the more he eats. I'll here a little ripping sound and as soon as I turn my head in his direction, he'll toss the larger piece and hurry to stick the smaller piece into his mouth, in which I go running over to scoop out of his mouth and piss him off. It's an endless battle.

The boy has more toys than I ever knew existed and he's over in the corner trying to eat a hot glue gun that he got out of E's desk.

(I did take it away!)

I thought about using jaesjourney again to keep track of my Weight Watchers. I have to do something, but I don't want to drag it out here. I do like Bloggers format a little better, but I miss my old blog. I still go and re-read some of my old entries. I'll think about it alittle longer.

I have to go back to the mall downtown. The pants I got Eric are too long. It's a late start, but I want to do it today just in case I have to take the new ones back for any reason. I also already have alot to do tomorrow; I'm taking E to work, a 40 minute trip at 6:15 in the morning, so I can pick him up and we can go to a party at his parents house, about an hour and a half away. I have lots to do in between, I just can't think of them right now. Maybe I don't want to think about them.

I wish this wedding was over already. Rude, I know.

Ok, off to the mall!

Happy birthday to meeee!

I turned 32 yesterday. I can't believe that I'm that old, not OLD really, but I've been on this earth for a long time. Time really flies!

I got so many great gifts yesterday! From Eric and Dominic I got a Spa Day: a salt scrub, 1 hour massage, 1 hour pedicure, lunch, hair style and makeup. It will take almost 5 hours for everything and my mom said that she would love to watch the baby so I can just relax. I need to reschedule it, I've got an appointment for the 5th of July, but I think that I want to spend that day with E since we don't get many days off together.

Let's see, what else did I get? Oh yes, a dozen roses from E, my mom came over and gave me a bunch of stamping stuff to get me started, a $25 gift card to Starbucks and $50. My friends Jen and her hubby from next door got me a $40 gift card for the Avenue to buy something pretty. I think I'm going to look for a dress for my SIL's wedding. I felt very spoiled!

Today I actually got on the treadmill for 25 minutes. I really need to get some energy. I'm tired of being tired!

Happy Tuesday.

We're Booked!!!!

My brother is getting married in August in Arizona. That is where I grew up and really love it there. Eric has never been and wants to see the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater so we are going to have a real vacation this year! YaY! I am so excited! I booked every thing last night, the flights, three different hotel rooms and I feel so great to have this done early, I won't be scrambling around to find a room or a reasonable flight at the last minute. I still need to call the car rental place and ask about a car seat (do I have to bring my own?) and I want to make maps out ahead of time so we can be familiar of where we'll be going.

I have a huge family down there and E has only met one of my aunts and my grandparents, and I'm so excited about showing him and D off to everyone and for them to meet my family. I have the coolest uncles in the world and I know that E will fit right in with them.

I haven't been to the Grand Canyon since I was seven years old and I've never been to Meteor Crater so it will be a wonderful experience to be there with my two favorite people. Dominic won't be old enough to know where he's at and won't have memories, but we will take him back when he's older.

I'm a little worried about flying with Dominic. The flight is later in the day (8:30 pm) and my hope is that once we are in the air he will fall asleep, peacefully with no problems. What I'm afraid of is that he will have pressure in his ears and cry the whole time, causing him to puke that horrible smelling milk and we will be banished from flying Alaskan Airlines. We decided not to by him a seat and we would just hold him. The flight is only two and a half hours long and the plane that we will be in has a row of three seats and a row of two. We got seats in the back by the bathroom (OMG, I hope some other passenger doesn't have a horrible case of the trots!) just in case he needs to be changed or cleaned up and picked the row with only two seats so that we won't have to deal with another person and no one has to deal with us and Mr Wrestle (D hates to be still for too long. He tries to wrestle out of our arms.). E will bring his lap top and we are going to buy Finding Nemo and hopefully that will help keep him calm. I love that movie. I know what I'll be doing during the flight!

If anyone has any suggestion or tips about traveling/flying with small children, please let me know, all is welcome! Also, any experiences on traveling, good or bad. I can learn from either!! Thanks!

I am sooo excited!!!

A belated Father's Day

I'm not suprised that Eric is such a good daddy, but the amount of love and affection that he shows truly takes my breath away. He's not shy about hugging and kissing on D, carrying him, and showing him off.

I can tell that Dominic loves his daddy, too, because he has this way about him when E picks him up. He's calm and happy, almost relaxed when they are together. With me Dominic is a little crazy and high strung, but as soon and E comes thru the door and picks D up, he is a whole new person.

I really miss them on the weekends because I'm working, but my mind is at peace with it because I know they are creating a bond that is so strong.

Happy Father's Day, honey. I'm so proud of the daddy you've become and the father you will be.

First birthday

Dominic's birthday turned out to be so much fun. The weather was nice, overcast yet just the right temp, almost everyone showed up and had a good time. In the end we had a huge 6 foot party sub sandwich and everyone commented on it. It was very festive. I made a pasta salad and a potato salad, we had chips and dip, veggies, fresh strawberries, sugar cookies shaped into number 1's and of course the cake. The bottom layer was lemon and the top layer and the little bear was chocolate. My friend next door has started a business making cakes and so she said she'd make the main parts, I made and decorated the bear. You can't really make it out but I used a "hair" tip to make it look like fur.

The colors were light blue, dark blue and yellow and Dominic was the theme. We made black and white photos and put them all around so we could see just how far he had come.

He had just learned how to open gifts and liked the paper way more than any present he got. He did get alot of great stuff, a Radio Flyer wagon, two rider/walker toys, clothes; that's just the highlights.

He is growing up so fast. Not only is he crawling faster than I can run (well, almost) he is creeping around everything, knocking stuff down, getting stuck between things. It is quite amusing to watch him discover the simplest things. I know it is only a matter of time before he takes his first step.

Today we started him on whole milk and P U does it ever reek coming back out. He spit up and it stinks so gross. Do all babies have this reaction to whole milk? Does it always smell this bad? I'll give this a try for another week, but I have this adversions to smells so I may go back to formula if this is the case!

Here are some pictures of the party. Sadly, we didn't seem to take many:

Dominic's first birthday cake. 


What am I supposed to do with this? 


Yum! 

He'd rather play with the paper! 

New toy 

Worth

Maybe weight loss isn't all about getting skinny. Maybe it's about taking care of yourself, feeling better, healthier.

I was talking to my mom and explaining that I have no willpower this time around. She asked me if I thought I wasn't worth losing weight. She told me that I have a wonderful life and a beautiful son that needed me and I was worth the effort. I have been thinking about that ever since she said that.

I'm beginning to feel like I am worth the effort. After all, I do kinda like me.



P.S. Thanks for checking in on me. I will post pictures of D's birthday very soon!