Celebration and new words

Yesterday Samuel was a holy terror. I am so tired in the morning and I just didn't feel like getting out of the house, so I figured we could just play around at home. That was a terrible idea on my part. We can't stay at home. Samuel was into everything. I wanted to kill him. He is also becoming increasingly more difficult to change his diaper. He doesn't want it on, he doesn't want it changed, he would rather sit around in a pee and pooped filled diaper then have it changed. It is gross. I want to put him in a straight jacket and strap him to the changing table. Again I want to hurt him.

I put him to bed early yesterday for a nap because he was on the verge of not seeing his father on his birthday. He took a terrible nap, but woke up in a great mood. We had a great rest of the day.

Then last night after dinner, we got out Dave's birthday cake and Samuel started saying "cake! cake!" He was so excited and we have never heard him say cake before so that was cool. Then we thought about the food words that he actually knows and they are pizza, cake, cheese, fish (for goldfish) and I can't think of anymore right now, but I don't know if it is a good thing that he only knows names for foods that aren't the healthiest. Oh well.

Samuel is starting to pick up a lot more words lately. He just randomly spills them out. I really need to watch my language around him because I know he is listening to everything that I say. For instance, when I spilled that entire bag of coffee beans everywhere, I started yelling "Fuck Fuck Fuck", then I turned around and Samuel was staring at me with a very interesting look on his face, like he was thinking "very interesting, I am going to have to put that new word to use soon.". I am also very bad in the car when there are terrible drivers, so I am sure he has picked up a few creative words.

So last night, we were sitting on the couch. He is completely obsessed with my belly. He rubs it, kisses it, puts his head on my tummy. He signs baby constantly and then kisses my belly. I don't think he really knows what is going on, but it is pretty cute. So last night, Dave and I asked him if he was going to have a brother or a sister. We didn't expect any response, but he said "siser". Pretty crazy. We have never asked him or talked to him about a brother or sister, so it was pretty cute. I still think I am having another boy, but maybe Samuel will be right.

On the pregnancy front, I am still feeling pretty good. I am getting huge, not just my stomach, but my boobs have quadrupled in size. I mean they are just gigantic. At least it makes the rest of my body not look at big because my boobs block out everyones view of the rest of my body.

Dinner tonight: Pesto Chicken Sandwiches with Mozzarella Cheese and sliced tomatoes. Yum! Oh and dinner was delicious last night.

Some pictures:

Samuel is obsessed with wearing hats lately:

Last night when I gave Samuel his piece of birthday cake, he was so excited. If you enlarge this picture you will see how happy he was:

Happy Birthday Dave!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful and amazing husband.

Tonight to celebrate Dave's birthday, he requested Indian food. If anyone else likes to eat Indian food, I found the best spice mixes ever at Whole Foods. They taste exactly like going to a restaurant. They are in the International area of the store. They are called Sukhi's Gourmet Indian Foods, home Chef Collection. You have to cook your meat or vegetable with the spices and water. Then you add coconut milk or heavy cream to some of the dishes, others just require the spice and some oil. I can't describe how delicious it is. I made it last week with lentils and rice (there is a spice mix for lentils too, that is so yummy). So Dave requested that we have it for dinner tonight too. I can't wait to make it all.

I am in a much better mood today. I was so tired and annoyed by everything yesterday. Now I feel refreshed and ready to go.

I haven't posted about the stocking I have been working on in a while. I am still working in it. I took about a week off because I was busy doing other stuff during Samuel's nap, but I think I can have it completed in about another week and a half. It requires so much work and sometimes I just get frustrated. I will post a picture of it as soon as I finish. I will be really happy if I finish it before November starts, so I can try to finish Samuel's before the holidays.

The monster is up, so I am going to get him.

Recovery

We are trying to recover from our long weekend in Vegas. We should have gotten more sleep but we are so accustomed to waking up early with Samuel that we were up by 6:30/7 every morning in Vegas. It was nice to be up early and walk around, eat a good breakfast and gamble early. We had such a great time hanging out together. We also saw our wonderful friends Kate and Patrick and Anabelle. It was so nice to see familiar faces. I miss Kate!!

Samuel had a great time with Oma and Opa. He is sufficiently worn out. Hopefully he will take a long nap this afternoon, so I can get some more stuff done around here. I have tons of laundry and cleaning to do.

Today Samuel and I ran errands from 9 in the morning until a little after 12. We were exhausted. When we got home I was feeding Samuel a little lunch and I was trying to pack food away in the pantry and a huge container of coffee slipped off the shelves and exploded all over the floor. I wanted to cry. I am not in the mood to deal with tiny coffee beans everywhere. Not only did the coffee fall, but my cell phone is not working again. I can receive some calls, but my entire screen is frozen. I can't make calls or texts or anything. I hate this stupid Sprint phone. I want to throw it away. We may have to get new phones soon because I have only had problems with this phone.

I am going to go sulk and do housework. What a day!

TGIF

I truly can't believe that it is Friday. This week has flown by. It rained all day yesterday. Thank goodness we had music class and were able to get out and do something. It would have been a terrible day if we were stuck in the house. I realized that I get really depressed when it rains and it dark for an entire day. I just felt so sad in the afternoon. I like bright fall days where it is a little chilly but a wonderful temperature for playing outside.

Samuel has impressed me all week with sleeping in past 8 am all week. I have been loving it. I get so much done in the morning. For example this morning, I already took the sheets off the bed, put clean sheets on, started a load of laundry (which I am about to put in the dryer), steamed veggies and mopped the kitchen floor and it is only 7:52.

Dave and I leave today for Vegas. Oma and Opa are coming in town to take care of Samuel for the weekend. I had a huge list of things to do yesterday and today and because Samuel has been sleeping in, I have been able to get so much done in the mornings.

We are going to Vegas to celebrate Dave's 31st birthday which is next week. Also this is probably going to be our last vacation for a while. I won't be able to fly in a few months and we need some time to ourselves. I am really excited to be able to relax and sleep and did I mention relax.

Well, I am off to finish doing stuff around the house.

Lastly, good luck to Megan who is running the Chicago Marathon this weekend. You go girl!!!

Some Firsts

Yesterday when I dropped Samuel off at Mother's Day Out, I was in completely awe of how big and mature he is getting. He carried his lunch box into the room, handed it to one of the teachers, gave me a little kiss and took off to play with the kids. When I left he was sitting at one of the big tables playing with some toys. I wanted to cry just looking at him. I can't believe how big he has gotten.

When I picked him up, he was in a great mood and was waving to everyone and I mean everyone. It took us forever to get to the car because he had to stop and wave at every parent coming in to get their kids and he waved at the cars driving by. It was pretty entertaining.

He wasn't in a terrible mood last night, we could just tell he was really tired. At about 6:15, out of no where, he started taking off all of his clothes. First his shirt, then his pants, then his diaper. Right in the middle of the living room. Then he did the sign for bath and took off running upstairs. Dave and I looked at each other like I guess this means we have to give him a bath. So we went upstairs gave him a bath and then he wanted his pajama's on. He played for a while downstairs and then settled in next to me on the couch like we do every night. I started rubbing his head and all of the sudden I looked down and he was fast asleep. He was out cold by 7:15. Dave took him upstairs and when I checked on him before we went to bed, he hadn't moved at all, which is not normal.

It is almost 7:30 and he is still asleep.

He has never taken his clothes off by himself and insisted a bath and he hasn't fallen asleep with me on the couch since he was a little bitty baby. I loved it.

Now, I am going to eat some breakfast and relax until he wakes up.

My parents were in town for the weekend and we were pretty busy. My mom and I went shopping, we went for a long walk, we went to the St. Louis Wine Tasting Festival (or something like that, in Forest Park) with Jonathan and Laura and we cleaned the house for our open house this past Sunday.

I am trying to figure out dinner for the week, so I can run to the grocery store while Samuel is at Mother's Day out, but I am just not in the cooking mood lately. If anyone has good ideas of quick easy and simple meals, let me know.

I did make homemade Buffalo Chicken Wings, this weekend because Dave had been craving them.

Here is the recipe:

20 chicken wings (or legs or both)

1/2 cup butter, melted

1/2 cup red pepper sauce

3/4 cup tomato sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Sounds spicy and smells spicy, but it really isn't. Just a little heat at the end.

1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Bake wings in preheated oven for 30 minutes

3. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.

4. Cover winds with sauce. Shake off excess. Cook in oven 250 for another 15 minutes.

I would suggest broiling the wings for a little bit at the end too, so they turn out a little crispy.

Okay, I am going to go look at recipes online to figure out what to make for dinner.

Here are just a few pictures of Samuel with Savta and Papa.

Unleashed

I am completely embarrassed. No I am horrified, mortified, disgusted and I wish I had more adjectives to describe how completely and utterly mortified I felt about 20 minutes ago. I wish someone had a blanket I could crawl under or a box a could crawl in or just a quick escape.

I am totally that mother of a ridiculously misbehaved child. Samuel usually is loud at restaurants, sometimes at the mall, but never at the grocery store. He is usually great. He loves going with me. Well, today after his music class I had to run to Whole Foods. I knew I would be cutting it close to his lunch time, but I didn't have any other time to go today and since we were out, I thought I would be able to run in and get a few things and leave.

Everything was fine, some guy that worked at Whole Foods actually commented that Samuel was the best behaved baby in the store that day because it seemed like all the kids were in a bad mood. Samuel was waving and smiling and everyone. Then we get to the check out line, Samuel is smiling and waving to the little girl in line in front of us. Finally it is our turn to start loading the groceries onto the belt. Samuel reached for his waffles and I told him no he could have them later.

Then he unleashed the loudest longest scream I have ever heard in my life coming from anyone, including actors in scary movies. He clenched his hands, he face turned red and he had taken in the biggest breath before he began screaming. The entire store stopped in their tracks and stared. I tried covering up his mouth and telling him to stop and be quiet and the screaming continued. It was still quite loud even with my hand over his mouth. I thought he was done, so I let my hand go from his mouth and more screaming continued. He finally stopped after about a minute and I am not kidding you it was about that long. It was like the whole world stopped because his scream was so loud. The guy behind the pizza counter started clapping when he finished screaming and said "Good lungs! Good lungs!"

I was completely mortified. My face turned bright red and I didn't know what to do. I just apologized to the people around me. Some people asked if he was okay and Samuel's response was to wave at everyone with a big smile on his face.

I couldn't have been more embarrassed.

What could I have done? Please give me suggestions, if anyone has any. This is very out of the ordinary, but still, I don't want a repeat performance any time soon. Help!

I am going to relax my fast beating heart and throw Samuel in bed for a nap soon. I don't think I can handle much more of him today.