GAWD! Doesn't she ever update this thing!?

No, not really. Apparently.

I think life is starting to get back into some kind of normal. Al is attempting to go back to work today, the kids are back at the babysitter's and I'm at home...wait, What? yeah, I was SUPPOSED to be working today, but H's mom called 2 seconds after I loaded the kids into MY NEW VAN, and cancelled...because she realized that H wasn't home...at 10:43 last night....HUH?? How do you Not know that your kid isn't going to be home for therapy when he's been gone all weekend, and tomorrow is Monday, a regular therapy day??? I'm a wee bit cheesed. But will live. I suppose. ugh.

But, on to more important news!!! You might have missed it in the previous paragraph, but I GOT A NEW VAN!!!! and I am SOOOO in love with it!! We got a 2006 Pontiac Montana SV6. It's White, and it seats 7, and it's low km's, and it's such a smooth, beautiful ride. I just love it. I especially love that it doesn't look like traditional Mini Vans do. It's got a sporty grill, and a sporty rear(don't we all wish for sporty rears?! LOL), dark tint on the windows, and I love it...incase I hadn't mentioned that. Also? DVD System!!!! YAY! Dora in the car!!! Woooo!!! We traded the car in, it was just getting sooo cramped in there, with three kids across one seat. It worked for awhile, when the kids were all smaller and didn't bicker as much, but now that they are all getting bigger, and wanting to bring books and toys and stuff everywhere, the upgrade was long over due. We didn't start out looking at vans, although when we saw the Montana's we both agreed they would be nice...I think we were just in denial. We looked at a bunch of SUV's with various sized back seats. But none felt quite as right as the Montana...who at first we were going to call Tex, and then maybe the Full Monty, but I think have settled on Betty, since she's a quieter, more peaceful van than the other names may imply her to be...also? definitely a girl :) And I love her :) And will keep her until I die...or she dies...which she assures me will not be for a very very long time...also? Extended Warranty :)

Al is well on his way to being on the mend. He still feels very dry, and very congested. But, there is gel up in his sinuses and nasal cavaties to help the healing process and keep everything straight...so that can't be comfortable. He's starting to be able to smell a few things again, and has been able to taste a couple really salty foods. I guess that's the biggest downside to having your nose cotterized! :( It's been very nice to have my husband back...for the most part...he's still a bt cranky at times, but we're dealing with that as it comes along. The big baby. :)

We had Al's niece here for a week to help out with the kids and Al if he needed it. That was... interesting...I don't think she was really prepared for what she got herself into. She's, I'm sure, a very good babysitter, as many others have told me...but at 13?? I think my three kids were a bit too much to ask of her. And, she's 13...what does she want with being stuck with three little kids and a sick uncle all day right? She wants to be at the mall! She wants to be with her friends! She probably wanted to be anywhere but here. But, she was some help, and I saved on my own babysitter costs a little, and near the end of the week she loosened up a bit, and Fun Ashley started to emerge. So, all in all, no one died, and for that we are grateful :)

And I guess that's about that!

~Lisa~

ETA: Betty!

A wee update

Al had the packing taken out of his nose on Sunday. That wasn't too bad. He said that he went in to the hospital at a pain level of between 6-7/10. And when we left, he had no pain! unfortunately, the story isn't quite as smooth as that :)

I had been told by the nurse we had Friday afternoon that we were to be back at the hospital on Sunday at 9:30AM. Nope! At 9:10 on Sunday I looked at the appointment form and saw that it actually said 9:00! CRAP! So, we flew out of here, and off to the hospital. Waited for a few minutes, and luckily, being as they are, the doctor was late (PHEW!). So, Al gets the packing removed, which, yes was gross, but not as bad as I anticipated. Unfortunately for him, the whole thing, plus the Tylenol 3's he'd taken made him feel REALLY nauseous. And unfortunately for me, everything caught up with me, and I passed out :( Just for a couple seconds, and because I could feel it coming on, I had the sense to at least sit down before I lost it completely :( I felt just awful because I was supposed to be there for Al, and instead I was on a stretcher of my own :( And everyone thought it was the grossness factor that got to me, but it really wasn't!! I can handle gross!! Really!!! Oh well...it passed pretty quickly, and I was able to get back to Al.

So the next few days after that were pretty uneventful. Until yesterday when Aidan came down with Scarlet Fever AGAIN! Third time for my poor wee man :(

I'm really tired. I hate to show it to Al and the kids though...but it's really catching up with me. But I don't want to complain :) Hopefully only a few more days and we'll be back to normal...whatever that may be :)

Well, better run, I have to get going to work. Thanks for all the support guys!

~Lisa~

Al is doing well.

So, I've come to the realization that I never told anyone that Al was due to have surgery this month! Well, he was, and he did, and he's done. He had to have his Deviated Septum repaired. It's the cartalidge that runs between your nostrils. His was VERY crooked. It caused his sinuses to not drain properly, thus draining in behind his ears, and causing him to have MANY ear infections from all the blockages the drainage caused. He also got a tube put into his right ear, since it was the one getting infected the most, and the canal had all but collapsed. Had we left it much longer, he would have been deaf in that ear! Luckily for me, now he can't tell me "You never told me that!" When I know darn well that I did, and he just didn't hear me!

I'm starting to think that he would have preferred to deal with the ear infections than go through this :( He's in so much pain still. :'( He goes in this morning to get the packing and tubes removed from his nose. On Friday, his two nurses and his doctor told me that he would be really miserable until the packing came out. Well, they were right. Luckily for me though, he's been a pretty good patient. Which is a little surprising to me, since he's a man and he's in soooo much pain. I wish there was more that I could do for him.

This has been harder than either of us anticipated I think. Blah.

Lisa

My poor Jenna!

(First, I promise that my blogs are not all going to be about pee from now on!!!)

Jenna has a bladder infection :( And I feel so awful, because I have only ever had a minor one, when I was pregnant with Aidan. So I don't really know what she's going through.

She was complaining about a month ago of being itchy, so we lectured on hygiene, stopped the bubble baths, etc. And she stopped complaining, so I figured we had solved the problem.

Unfortunately just before dinner yesterday, when she tried to go to the bathroom, she couldn't. said it hurt too bad. But that she realllly had to go! The poor girl was practically screaming trying to go :(

So, off we went to the clinic and sure enough, she's got a bladder infection. The doctor said Little girls are only allowed to have ONE bladder infection. After that it indicates a more serious problem, and will require more testing. So, hopefully this is it for her :(

At least it's something new...and not scarlet fever again :) right :)

Lisa

I can't even believe it!!!!!!

Holy Cow!!!!!! I was sitting here, waiting for Julie to make her move in Scrabulous, when Mason came up to me, took my hand and started pulling. He was patting his diaper, saying "Pee? Pee?" So, I took off in a hurry, got his shorts and diaper off, put the stool up to the toilet and put him on it. And waited. AND HE WENT PEE!!!!!!! Just like that!! No prompting from me. No previous efforts on my part. He just went. He's not even TWO yet!!!

I am not putting any expectations on this. Because I don't want to be disappointed, and because he's not even two yet!!

But can you imagine if it was this easy????? Like seriously????

I'm still in shock!!!

Lisa

It's not you, it's me.

Man! I can't believe how little time I have to post these days! Or even read! June was such a crazy busy month for us! We had a wedding on the 9th, a wedding on the 16th, Jenna's party on the 22nd, Jenna's 6th birthday on the 25th, and then camping this past weekend. Plus school and work and life thrown in to keep it all interesting!! And there's still no end in sight for July either! This weekend we're at my Mom's camping out with most of my siblings. Next weekend we're heading to Toronto to check out some Van's and SUV's to see about a trade for the car (sob, it's just not big enough for the three growing kids :( ). Then on the 20th Al is having surgery to repair his Deviated Septum, and is getting tubes in both ears! So that puts us down for a week or two. We've been invited to a BBQ on the 27th, but I doubt Al's going to be up to it. But still!! That gets us all the way to August! Where we have a BBQ with my sister and family on the 11th, a trip to Marine Land the following weekend, and a trip up to Timmins the weekend after that! And then we're back in school! Holy crap! I'm exhausted just typing it all out!

My caterpillars are getting bigger and bigger. I managed to get some pictures up on Facebook, and will try to update here as well, but I have no idea when!!

Maybe blogging is a winter sport for me???

Anyway, sorry for neglecting everyone again, but as you can see, it's with good(ish) reason!

Missing everyone!!

Lisa

Can you see them!?

But first, a sad note. The first caterpillar I found has gone missing :( I don't know what happened, but I went out to check on him, and the plant he had been on was kinda pushed over, and he was gone :( I'm really sad. I hope he's okay!! But, for the good news! I found two more this morning!!

I'm guessing from their sizes that the one on the left is about 2-3 days old, and the one on the left hatched sometime yesterday. Can you believe how small they are!?

I couldn't get a good shot :( It was really windy, so i couldn't hold the camera still enough. But I'll keep trying!

Lisa, The Nature Nut apparently!

It HATCHED!!!!!

One of my eggs has hatched!! I can NOT believe how wee they are!!

This is on Day One. See that little hole? that's what he ate that day :)

Found another egg! :)

Day Two!! Notice how much more he's eaten? There's two holes in the leaf now!!

If you click on the picture you'll get to see the Awesome detail!! the pics are huge though!

Lisa

Right under my nose!

So, I was in the back yard with the kids the other day...as we are most every day now that the nice weather is here! I looked over into one of the gardens, and thougt to myself "Hmmm...that looks an awful lot like a Milkweed Plant." Sure enough, when I broke off one of the leaves and the white fluid seeped out, I knew for sure that it was!! Why is this so exciting you ask? Well! remember last summer? When we raised butterflies?! And I told you that the only thing Monarch butterlfies eat is Milkweed?! Well, I have some!!!

So then I thought to myself, "Hmmm....I saw Monarchs in North Bay and one here the other day, I wonder if they are laying eggs yet?" So, off I went to investigate. And I found about 7 of these little beauties!! Right in my own back yard!!

I can't believe how teeny tiny they are!! I'm so excited to be able to watch the process from pretty much day one! The caterpillars shed their skin a few times before finally turning into a Chrysalis...and I missed all that with the other ones we had last year.

So, stay tuned for updates!!!

Lisa

What a wonderful weekend!!

Everything went sooo smoothly!! The kids were great for my Dad and Marilyn, the drive up and home was perfect, the weather was amazing, the wedding was gorgeous, and SOOO much fun. But you know what the very best part was? Being back there.

The college smelled exactly like I remembered. Which is important to me, because I am addicted to smells :) The form a lot of my memories, and if the smell doesn't match the place, it gets kinda ruined for me. So when we walked in to Canadore, and it smelled so perfect, my weekend was set.

Despite thinking that I wouldn't have much fun, because we wouldn't know anyone, I was wrong!! We knew the Matron of honour, and one of the other bridesmaids...and had a BLAST with them and their husbands!! We were pretty much the last ones to leave :) And the Bride could DANCE!! I never knew that about her, but am thrilled to know, since, despite the fact that I have the rythym of a white girl (HA!), I LOVE to dance. I love all kinds of music. Actually, Al and I laughed ourselves silly over the number of crazy lyrics we both know :) My kids are like that too. I often catch them singing songs I wouldn't imagine them knowing :) I love it! But I digress.

So, we took two very important pictures while we were there. First, this one....

This is where it all began. I came through those doors, up the stairs, and that's where Al hugged me. Out of the blue. It was like magic being there again. I almost cried as we were leaving, I don't know if we'll ever be back. I hope to take the kids one day to show them where Al and I met...but that will probably be more for me than them :) We'll see. So, to commemorate the occasion, we took this one(that totally needs some serious photo editing since it's so dark :( )...

It was just like old times. Only better :)

So, that was all the mushy stuff...now for the wildlife adventures! I never knew we would see so many animals on our trip!! It started out with the family of groundhogs under our house...

There were 5 babies in all. SO cute, they would just lay on the path in the sun until someone came by.

Then at the wedding we saw a couple dozen Canadian Geese, and a Beaver! Sorry, so pictures though. After that we hit a lull, until the next morning, when we met this little guy...

Tiniest Squirrel EVER! There were two of them running around. Just after we took this, a chipmunk ran right behind our friend. Like literally right behind his feet! The same chipmunk had previously visited the Brides father and brother in the house they were staying in!! Like, right in the kitchen, and in one of the bedrooms! Yeah, classy joint this college residence!!

On the drive home we saw these....

Two White-Tailed Deer! We kept inching the car forward until they ran back up the hill, hopefully they didn't decide to try to cross again, that's a pretty busy stretch of highway.

And then to top it all off...

Funny eh?

So, that was our weekend. SO much fun. And, we get to go to my cousins' wedding this weekend!!! Another night without the kids, full of fun and dancing. I can't wait!!

Lisa

Looking forward to this weekend. And feeling pretty good.

Friends of our from college are getting married this weekend. And I am SO excited!!! Not so much about the wedding and reception, because I'll only know about 4 people there, and not very well...but because of the location!! They are getting married at our college!!! AND!! Al and I are staying in one of the residence townhouses!!! It's going to be Such a trip down memory lane!

And when I say Al and I, I totally mean NO KIDS!!! My Dad and step-Mom are coming tomorrow morning to pick the kids up, and then Al and I are on our way to North Bay! I am soooo looking forward to a weekend away.

Although, on the other hand, I am TOTALLY dreading it. I've never left Mason over night before. And Jenna and Aidan only once. I'm thinking that might sound a little sad and pathetic, but I just feel more at peace knowing that I'm in the same house with them. I'm hoping that being at my Dad's, breathing in the fresh air, and having them run around outside for HOURS will tire them out so much that they don't fuss over bedtime. Jenna has a hard time going to sleep in anyone else's house, even when I am there. And Mason...well, we all know how well Mason sleeps. HA! Aidan will just follow in Jenna's lead until he tuckers out and goes to sleep. I'm not as worried about him. But still. It's my job to worry about the what-ifs right!?

Now, on to the feeling good part! When Jenna got home today, I emptied her backpack like usual, but this time, there was a little card inside. At first I thought it was an invitation to a party for one of Jenna's classmates...but no! When I turned it over, the front said "In appreciation of Mrs. McAlendin" I was invited to the Volunteer tea! I'm feeling pretty damn special!! I'm not sure I'm going to go, since I don't know if any of the other Mom's I know will be going, but still, it was nice to be asked!

And then!! remember the lady across the street that went after Mason when he escaped? Well, I got a thank-you card, and made the Banana Bread(I love you JJBB!!), and took them over the next day. Today, her husband came over with my container, and inside were three little bags of gummy bears for the kids! How nice is that?! And all these years I've been calling her the crazy neighbour. LOL. Not anymore!! her husband was super funny, and told me that his wife didn't get any of the loaf, because he ate it all!! He said that because she's always on some crazy diet, and since he's a diabetic, he never gets that kind of thing :) I guess Mason escaping wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Well, I guess I'd better get back to my packing. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Love and Hugs!

Lisa

I'm such a bad blogger/blogger friend!

So, I'm totally hooked on Facebook. Like, totally. I'll be sitting at work, and out of nowhere a name will pop into my head, and I think to myself, OH! I totally have to facebook that person! It's crazy!!



So, because of that, I've been neglecting my blog, and your blog and everyone elses blog too :( I've read you all a few times, but haven't posted a comment in far too long, and for that I appologize.



I'm going to try really hard over the next few days to get all caught up on everyone!!! Promise!!



Love and hugs,


Lisa

Today is NOT my day!!!

So, my day started out pretty good. I wasn't late, I even managed to fit in time to grab a coffee on the way to work. Henry had a GREAT morning, and all seemed fine. Until I got home. You see, Al installed a new deadbolt and door handle with lock last night. Well, Apparently, the door handle locks itself when you leave. But only when you have decided that since you're walking to get the kids, you don't need to bring your purse and keys. ARGH!! We have a Really safe house. Short of breaking a window, there is no way in when all the windows are closed! Luckily for me, we had forgotten to close the livingroom window, and I have a skinny 3 year old. That's right. Also lucky that no one has come to take away Ken's old fridge. And that I let the kids on the deck at the little plastic table last night. Are you getting the picture here? Yeah, I moved the fridge over to under the window, moved the table in front of that, put my stool (Which was outside and I don't know or care why) on top of the table and then climbed onto the fridge. Then i got Aidan up there with me, and squeezed him through the window, which last year I had so smartly put a screw into the track of so it wouldn't open all the way so he wouldn't fall OUT of!!! OY!!

After that adventure, we went to Rona to get a new tap for outside because the guys broke mine while making the deck. Aidan was playing with my keys and LOCKED ME OUT OF THE CAR!! It was about 2 annoying minutes before he finally pushed the right button to let me back in.

SO! (Are you still with me?) We get home. Finally. I put the boys in the back yard and run down to Ken's to turn off the water so that I can be super mom and change the tap so the kids can play in the sprinkler when Jenna gets home from school. I couldn't get the damn thing to turn so figure it's time to give up. As I come up the stairs, Aidan is shouting for me, and ringing the front doorbell. Where he is NOT supposed to me. Oh my God you Guys! He was there to tell me that Mason was running away. I didn't know where to run first. Until I saw my neighbour, who I always thought was a grouchy lady and never have spoken to once, on the sidewalk of the main road that T's onto my street. Heading towards Jenna's school. Oh Man. When I think of what COULD have happened, I just feel so sick. I was only gone for about 2-3 minutes. But that's a hell of a long time to a toddler! I am NOT looking forward to telling Al.

I guess I should have known when I was locked out that I should jus give up on my plans. I guess there are a lot of Should Have's in my day isn't there.

Do you think a Thank-You card would be appropriate for my neighbour? After all, if it wasn't for her...who knows right? Thoughts??

The new deck!!

We've been busy all weekend with the construction of our NEW DECK! WOOT WOOT! I love love love it!!

My Dad has the before pictures on his camera, but here are the afters!!

Julie Q!

LMAO! I completely forgot about this until I was looking for another photo! Check out Mason last November.

Oh how I miss those curls :)

~Lisa~

Nothin' New.

I keep thinking I outta have SOMETHING to blog about. But I don't really.

Mother's Day was fine. Pretty low key. Al saved me from a bunch of Mason's meltdowns, and really, all I wanted was a day off...so it was great. I also bought myself some cute new shoes and a BBQ veggie griller thing (JJBB...How do I use it!?). go me. I was supposed to go and get my hair cut, but that didn't work out. Oh well.

We're hopfully starting construction of our new deck this weekend. I say hopefully, because stupid me forgot to call the call before you dig people until yesterday, and I was supposed to call last week. Stupid. I can't say I'm overly excited about the deck. It's going to be really great, and much safer than the broken iron steps we have at the side door now, but still. I was told I would be getting a new kitchen this year. Not going to happen. Then I was told I would be getting all new windows this year. Only getting half. I was told laminate would be Great in the living room this year. Also not happening apparently. I KNOW we have a budget to stick to. I am fully aware, and gladly accept that fact. My whole life revolves around the budget. I just wasn't expecting a deck. Oh well, when it's all said and done, I know I will Love the deck.

I'm getting a Little Tykes basketball net from a freecycler today :) I can't wait to give it to Aidan :) Ever since he was wee he's liked playing basketball. I'm thinking though, that I will probably take a trip out to Wal-Mart to get THREE basketballs for it. I'm not stupid ALL the time :)

See? Nothing to blog about. boring. blah. :) Oh well, sometimes Mundane is a good thing.

~Lisa~

Mason Update

Mason's doing a bit better. He's sleeping much better, which is a huge relief!! He's still waking up between 4-6 to come cuddle in our bed, but that's fine with me, if it means I've had all those other middle of the night hours to sleep!!

Now I just need to work on his screaming/tantrum issues. I swear, I have never seen a toddler throw so many tantrums!! I think that's probably the most tiring thing in the world for me. Getting through all the tantrums in a day. I think his speech is a bit delayed (And compared to Jenna and Aidan, significantly delayed), so I can understand some of his frustration, but dude!! The screaming is outta control! And he is the master of making himself go limp so I can't hold him or pick him up off the floor/driveway/sidewalk. I'm sure the neighbours must think he's regularly beaten :( He's not. It's been tempting, and he's gotten a few swats on the bum, but really, they don't accomplish anything, so why bother right?

He's getting good at taking me by the hand to show me what he wants, so language wise he's doing good...but he doesn't have many words..not labels like most kids his age. He says things that are really unusual. Like clear as day, he can say Thank You, and he's trying to say You're Welcome, but it comes out Me Ma. Which is pretty cool :) But he doesn't label the basics, like Juice, truck, ball etc. I'm probably just over-reacting :) Yesterday he said Sorry (After he whacked me in the face and I pretended to cry) and I'm pretty sure he said Slide after he and I went down one together...so it's coming.

But he's still the funniest, cutest thing :) And he dances like a black man :) Really, the boy has Rhythm!!

So, that's that. He's trying, but I love him :)

Nice

So, I was off today. It was a pretty good day. I went to school with Jenna this morning. Then I came home to clean before I had to get the boys from daycare. I will be the first to admit that my house is alway messy. I just can't keep up. Well, that's not true. I could keep up just fine if I never sat down, and never played with the kids or left the house for any reason. I choose to stay sane thanks :) Anyway, today my house was past messy. It was actually bordering on dirty. Which REALLY bothers me!!!

So, as I set about to mop my kitchen floor, I decided to call my Mom for a bitch-fest. She's awesome, she understood completely about the un-wiped up juice splatters. And the Laundry strewn about. And the kitchen becomming the garage. She even gave me some good advice about it all :) I love her. So, after I got off the phone cleaned some more, then picked up the boys. Mason must have noticed the clean floor, because he immediately spilled an entire (Sealed!) cup of juice! I just took a deep breath and mopped it up.

After all that, we went to pick-up Jenna from school. She walked it, dropped her things by the front door (In the middle of the hall of course) and went into the kitchen. Where she promptly made my day :)

Here's how the conversation went:

J: Wow! you've been busy Mom!

M: Thanks Jenna! That makes me feel better!

J: Why!? Were you upset?

M: Well, I was a little because everything was such a mess, and no one was helping out. but now that you noticed that I worked hard today, I feel better.

J: I'm happy you're feeling better. Thanks for working so hard today.

Seriously!!!! I guess it's moments like that that keep humans from eating their young :) She's awesome that girl of mine :)

~Lisa~

Jumped the gun on that one!

I'm really glad I gave in and made a Doctor's appointment for Mason. It sounds awful, but I'm really happy that he is sick! At least now I have a reason for all this weird behaviour. Just as I suspected, he's got an ear infection. So, hopefully by the end of today, when he's had 24 hours of anti-biotics in him we can get past all this craziness. He only woke up once last night, at 4:30! And, I don't think it was because of the pain. He was just looking for his blankie.

I feel like a somewhat normal person this morning, thank god, because seriously. I was losing it :) I think my doctor saw that, he told me yesterday to "go home and have a few drinks! Doctor's Orders!" I love my doctor, don't you!? He's so funny, when I was describing Mason's moods and symptoms, he laughingly said, "Hmm...Sounds like depression to me" I shot back with "If this doesn't stop soon I'M going to be depressed!" I guess he figured the drinks would help with that :) I didn't have any, too damn tired, and we rarely have any alcohol in the house. I may just stop by the liquor store on my way home tonight to get a bottle of wine. yeah, that sounds pretty good :)

Thanks for all your support. Julie, I am definitely planning on taking you up on your offer of a girls night...just have to figure out when :) Maybe in a couple weeks :)

Oh and about Al, he was much nicer last night. And this morning too. He can be a bine head sometimes, but when it comes right down to it, I love him anyway :)

Have a Great day!!

~Lisa~

Going through a rough patch.

Mason isn't sleeping. Again. Still. Whatever. He's not. Monday night he was up every 3 hours. Tuesday night every 1-2 hours. Last night was better, only up twice. But I am drained. I'm starting to get sick, I have NO patience, no drive, no nothing. I've resorted to sleeping on the couch with Mason. Not my idea of fun. Our couches SUCK!

I was at a point yesterday when I just felt myself turn off. Mason was crying again, and I just didn't care. Didn't want to hear it anymore, didn't want to help him to feel better, didn't want to even be near him. How Awful is that?! I'm his mommy! It's my JOB to care, and soothe and be there for him. But I wasn't. I left. (Al was home, no worries!!) I went to the grocery store. I bought cake :) (And milk!! In my defense!) I truly didn't want to come home. I wanted to keep driving until I ran out of gas, and then walk away from there. I stayed out as long as I dared, figuring Al would need a break I came back.

But no. He didn't need a break, because as far as I could tell, the whole time I was gone, he just played with his tools. I felt guilty about leaving, and came home to a disaster, and still I felt guilty about leaving!! Aidan had been playing with Play-Doh when I left. At the table, where he knows is the ONLY place I allow playdoh. I HATE the stuff, except the homemade stuff, because at least I can get it out of the carpet and clothes. Well. When I walked into the living room, the first thing I saw was playdoh on the couch. When I looked a little farther, I nearly cried. There was playdoh bits all over my carpet. Aidan was sitting right in th middle of it all, and Jenna was Very quick to lay the blame on him...even though she is well aware of the playdoh rule.

I didn't say much. Just asked what they were thinking, and then got out the vacuum. Al finally woke up, and said to Aidan, "I thought I told you to put that away! That's it, throw it in the garbage!" And then went back to playing with some tools while I vacuumed, tidied and started the dishes from dinner.

Now, in Al's defense, he's usually pretty good. Normally if he knows I've been having a bad day he'll help out a whole lot more. So I just don't understand where his head was last night. All I wanted to do was come home, give the kids a bath, put them to bed, watch ANTM, eat my cake and go to bed myself. But no. Instead I had to scrape playdoh out of my carpet. Ugh.

I made an appointment for Mason with our doctor. He felt a little warm this morning, so I'm wondering if he has another ear infection. If not, I am seriously considering Melatonin. He falls asleep just fine, but won't stay asleep. He'll be 2 in a few months, I figure enough is enough. I read somewhere that new mothers lose approximately 700-900 hours of sleep during a baby's first year. That's almost 1400 hours of sleep I haven't gotten since he was born. I guess it's no wonder I'm a little bit looney. No wonder I was considering asking for Depression meds. But then, when my thoughts turned that way, I realized it's probably not depression, just sleep deprevation, which can't be helped until Mason is sleeping.

I don't know. I'm just tired of being tired. And tired of complaining about being tired.

~Lisa~