Lately

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life has been busy, and the littlest thing around here is officially and quickly on the move, so there is not a lot of time at the computer for much more than a quick check of Facebook and email here or there. I have messages almost a week old that I still haven't answered, which is pretty rare for me.

Alice got a new bed this week, and I am hoping that she will learn to sleep in it more and more (as opposed to on me), so hopefully I will have more free time and there will not be too much of a lull in posts.

To keep you entertained in the interim, here are a couple of blogs I have started reading lately. You know, in all my spare time. NieNie Dialogues is well known, and you have most likely seen Enjoying the Small Things, too. Enjoy, and hopefully I will have some more up here soon.

Now Alice has toppled the entire stack of Wild Animal Baby magazines and is eating one. Did I mention she was a goat?

Shameless Cuteness

Notice Something Missing?

Jack lost his first tooth this morning. Sunday evening as we were driving home from choir, he told me he had a loose tooth. "The sixth one from this side!" he said. I was doubtful since he'd suspected loose teeth before, but sure enough, it was not only loose, but it was pretty wiggly. He worked it with his tongue all day yesterday, and first thing this morning, it came out, no blood, no tears, no mess.

It seems like just yesterday that tooth was brand new.

It's so tiny, it looks like it might be Alice's tooth.

He called his Nana and Papa and we went by to show Grandpa and Grandma. He told Grandpa that he was hoping the Tooth Fairy would leave him $100, but he was pretty sure that wasn't going to happen. So we know he didn't lose his brain, too.

Something I Just Realized

From time to time, I have heard different people say that their wood floors are so easy to take care of. Just now (3:00 is Swiffer time around here), I realized that a) they have a different standard of clean or b) they are witches and should be burned at the stake.

11 Things I've Been Doing Instead of Blogging

1. Valentine's Day: We don't really do anything, but Jack got a new He-Man toy and Alice got a new puzzle. My mom made heart-shaped meatloaves with the kids' names on them.

2. Reading: I've actually completed two books lately, which is more than I've read in a long time. When Jack was a baby, I was able to read while he nursed. I read so much that I even read a book about doors in Colonial Williamsburg. That's a lot of reading. Alice wants to look at the book, too, though, so it doesn't work now.

3. Cooking: Now that we have another freezer, I'm trying to keep as many meals available as I can. This week I made Chicken Spaghetti. No recipe with Velveeta can be bad, and you know it.

4. Sick Kid: Jack has had a hard time shaking the bug we've all had. I finally took him to the doctor a couple of days ago. He tested negative for RSV and mono and finally has removed the bandaid from the finger prick.

5. Car Repair: I love my Corolla. I could drive one until I die and be happy. If my passenger headlight goes out again, though, you may see the results on the evening news. We've spent a lot of time at the car place lately.

6. Clothes: I have about four thousand items of clothing to prepare for the upcoming consignment sale. I want to cry when I think about it. I was going to participate in a sale at the end of the month, but after the tagging site lost my first round of tags, I decided to wait for the local one next month.

7. Watching Alice: She's not technically crawling yet, but she's quite mobile. This house is more than three times the size of the apartment we had when Jack was this age, so it is much more of a challenge than what I was used to. Also, Jack would wake up from a nap, cry, and wait for you to come get him. If you dash into the room at the first peep you hear from Alice, you'll find her sitting on the edge of the bed or dragging herself across it. She waits for no one.

8. Floors: Always with the floors. Always.

9. Learning: We finished up with bears and have just started learning about the body.

10, Cuddles: I'll just come on out and say it. This kid is spoiled rotten. She gets cuddled all the time. Where do you think she's napping while I type this? Certainly not upstairs. I can't run that fast.

11. Wasting Time Online: Jay found this site and I have been in tears over some of these lists. Warning: Don't read these at work or around your kids. Some are definitely not appropriate. And then your five year old will want to know why mommy closed the computer and put her head on the table and had tears running down her cheeks.

Have a great weekend!

It's Friday

And by the look on her face, I'd say this cat and I share the same feelings about floors.

I've Waited A Long Time For This

Expect to see Alice wearing this shirt a lot in the coming months. I've had to wait six years for her to wear it.

When I was pregnant with Jack, Jay was the only one who knew if we were having a boy or a girl. He went on a trip to San Diego and came back with a present for the baby. I pulled out a pair of boy jeans and was somewhat surprised that he would buy something for one sex when he knew I didn't want to know. I kept digging in the bag, though, and found this shirt.

After Jack was born, the shirt went into the storage boxes with all of the boy clothes, just in case the next baby was a girl. During the five years between the two kids, I thought of the shirt from time to time and wondered if I would ever get to put it on a baby. It's just so cute. And now I get to see it on a real baby.