Headless Chicken

I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off. For the past two days I have been so busy running errands and just doing stuff around the house and kid stuff and I am pooped.

Yesterday, I didn't sit down until 3:05 pm and that was to feed Joseph and then I left the house at 3:25 to pick Samuel up at mother's day out.

I did make an awesome dinner last night. I made a Chuck Roast. It was one of Barefoot Contessa's recipes called Company Pot Roast. It was delicious, but the recipe called for too much salt, so next time I won't use as much. It took about an hour or so for the preparation which took me about an hour and a half because I had to stop and take care of Joseph. I will make this again for sure.

Today we have been super busy as well. Last night Joseph slept for 6 and a half hours (this is the third time in two weeks). However, when he woke up at 3 am he was really restless until about 6:30. He had been really congested, but this morning he was coughing a lot. I got a little nervous because I was worried that his cold had moved from his head to his chest. I called the doctor and they wanted me to bring him in just to listen to his chest and check his ears. I was able to get Joseph to take a nap and I got Samuel to watch some cartoons in my bed and I jumped in the shower. After the shower we got all of our stuff together to go to the doctor. I gave myself enough time to run by Starbucks because I desperately needed a Chai Tea Latte.

So we got to the doctor and everything is fine with Joseph, he just has a little cold. I feel like I have been overreacting or super cautious with Joseph, but I don't want to take any chances. Since Samuel seems to get every cold possible, I want to make sure that he doesn't pass it along to Joseph. Anyway, after the doctor we headed to the park for a little over an hour. Samuel desperately needed some serious running and jumping time to wear himself out. Thank goodness we did that because when we got home Samuel ate a quick lunch and then he was off for a nap. I am really trying to get Joseph to start sleeping in his crib, so yesterday and today I am trying to get him to nap there. He has been up in his crib for about 45 minutes now and I have gone up twice to try to calm him down. I think he is finally asleep, but we will see how long that lasts.

Here are some cute pictures of the boys. I love taking pictures of them together:

Dave and Joseph:

Look at those big huge eyes. He is 7 weeks now:

Samuel really hates eating bread. But, I just discovered this morning that he loves Matzo, especially with peanut butter and honey. By the way, Happy Passover everyone!!!

Some more pictures of Samuel and Joseph this morning. Here they are trying out new dance moves (Megan, check out that shirt, that one is for you!):

This Samuel giving Joseph his big hugs. You can see Joseph's eyes about to bug out of his head because Samuel squeezes so hard. I have to keep an eye on Samuel.

One Video

Hopefully this video will come up. I got Joseph really smiling yesterday. He found his thumb on Friday for the first time, but he hasn't sucked on it since then. He also started laughing on Saturday morning. He really is starting to focus. He gets really excited when he sees Samuel coming up to him. It is really cute. I can't wait for them to really start interacting.

We bought a new running stroller on Friday. We bought the BOB Revolution. Dave said that it was awesome to push. We did a 5K race on Saturday morning. It was cold but a lot of fun. We did it with Jonathan and Laura and it was to benefit Colon Cancer research, the Undy Race. It was actually a really great race because there were lots of strollers and people brought their dogs. Some people had their dogs in undies and people ran in their underwear.

Joseph is taking his first really good nap in his crib this morning and I have to get him up in about 30 minutes to leave and take Samuel to school. I don't know if he will even last 30 minutes in his crib, but if he does it will be amazing. I had been planning to transition him from the cradle in our room to his crib at night about a week ago, but one night he woke me up because he was gagging and it sounded like he was choking and I totally freaked out. I called the pediatrician because I was worried about him choking to death in the middle of the night. They wanted me to bring him in, they wanted to check him out and make sure that there wasn't really anything wrong. They thought it was probably just acid reflux. Since we were going into the doctor I decided to also have them take a look at Samuel because he had been putting his finger in his ear and he wasn't sleeping great at night. There wasn't anything else wrong with him, but I thought it was strange that he kept putting his finger in his ear. I kept asking him if his ear hurt and he said no, but I figured I would get it checked out anyway. Turns out his ear was full of puss. I know that sounds gross, but I can't believe he had a terrible ear infection and didn't even really act sick.

So Samuel had a ear infection and they said Joseph probably just has acid reflux and he will be fine. Well, it turns out that night Joseph started to get a really stuffed up nose and is just full of snot. He has had lots of snot since last week and has been breathing with difficulty at night and I just haven't felt comfortable putting him in his crib. Hopefully by the end of this week he will clear up and I can move him into his crib. He is actually sleeping pretty well and I don't hear his noises at night, so it doesn't bother me that he is in our room.

Have a great Monday!

Pictures

I finally got some pictures of Joseph smiling this morning.

Here are also some pictures of Samuel finger painting, not only the paper but himself:

I will post some videos later.

In a Funk

I don't know what the deal is but I am in a funk and I am not in the mood to do anything. Joseph has been sleeping much better at night. Sometime sleeping for 5 hours at a time. His normal bedtime routine wears me out though. He is eating non-stop from about 6 or 6:30 to 9pm. I am not kidding you, if I stop feeding him he starts screaming. Then he passes out around 9 and sleeps until 1:30 or 2, I feed him again for about 15 minutes and then he sleeps again until 4:30 or 5, then I feed him again and he sleeps until 7:30 or 8. His sleeping is getting better at night only. He isn't really napping at all during the day. I am trying desperately to get him on a schedule and it is working kind of. The problem is when he goes to sleep during the day, he only stays asleep for about 10 to 15 minutes. Every once in a while he will get in an hour or two nap, but that hasn't happened very often.

I am just worn out. Completely worn out because I have to constantly deal with him or Samuel during the day with no break at all.

Joseph is waking up right now and I got in only a few minutes of downtime. Samuel is also waking up.

Samuel is truly in his terrible 2's. He is testing all of the limits and my patience. The funny thing is when he knows he does something wrong I tell him he needs to go into time out and he just walks right over to his "time-out spot". Or if I tell him he is misbehaving and I ask him if he needs to be put in time out, he just walks right over and sits down, then starts crying.

Okay, I have to go. Both boys are up and starting to cry.

Recovering

I guess I needed about a full week to recover from all the sickness in our house. I have been exhausted all week and super busy. I don't really feel like I have had a minute to myself. Actually, I just remembered that one time last week both Samuel and Joseph took an afternoon nap that lasted about 2 and a half hours. It was absolutely wonderful, but I was so busy trying to catch up on things I haven't gotten done around the house that the two hours just flew by. I am still looking around the house thinking about how much stuff I need to do.

Dave left on Thursday for a golf outing weekend and my mom came on Wednesday night. I can't imagine being here with the kids by myself. We are both so exhausted and it is the two of us. I don't know what I would do without my mom. It has been nice to just hang out the two of us as well. We don't get much just mother-daughter time. The only problem is that by the time Samuel goes to sleep at 8pm and Joseph anywhere between 8 and 9 and I am exhausted, so we don't get much downtime together.

Overall the weekend has flown by and we haven't really tackled much on my to do list, but oh well. It is just nice to be able to hang out and try to relax.

Tonight I am going to go out with one of my friends for dinner (at 8:30pm), hopefully we can get Samuel down and I can get in some good feedings for Joseph, so he can last until I get home. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can have a nice dinner and evening out.

Joseph is going to be 6 weeks tomorrow. I can't believe how quickly the time has flown. Maybe my days are running together because of lack of sleep and the fact that I normally function in a cloud for the beginning and middle of the day. I can sometimes barely form a coherent sentence. Life has definitely changed with two kids.

Here are some pictures from the last week or so:

Samuel always wants to lay right on Joseph. Poor Joseph, I guess he better get used to his big brother.

Samuel discovered these shorts in his closet and lately he refusing to take them off. He actually slept in this exact outfit last week because we couldn't get him to take off the shorts.

A couple of really cute pictures of Joseph:

What a weekend

We had one hell of a weekend. When I said on my last post that Dave had the bug 5 times worse then me, I changed my mind, he had it 100 times worse. He was super sick. His lasted about 48 hours or so. My sickness was terrible for about 6 hours and then I just felt like I had the flu for another 24 hours or so. My body ached and I couldn't eat barely anything. We were quite a mess this weekend, plus the weather was so terrible that I couldn't even take Samuel outside to burn off all his crazy energy.

On Saturday, my parents who were in town for a wedding came over and took Samuel out of the house for a couple of hours. We didn't really want them hanging around our house with the virus still lurking. Then on Sunday, Dave was able to take Samuel on a few errands for about 3 hours. It was so nice to have a little break. I feel like I have been hit by a Mack Truck. Samuel and Joseph have been super needy and with Dave being out of commission on Friday and Saturday, I am just wiped out.

I am feeling overwhelmed at the moment. I have so much stuff to do around the house, bills to pay and thank you notes to write and I can't seem to get anything done. Our house feels so gross to me too because we have been stuck inside and it just seems messy and dirty.

My goal in the next few hours is to clean all the bathrooms, clean up messes, workout, shower, bathe Joseph, write all my thank you cards, send out a few emails and get it all done before I have to pick Samuel up at 3:30. Joseph isn't really with this plan today. He won't stop crying and wants to be held continuously. He only stops crying when I feed him or hold him.

Time to go, he is screaming again.

We are all sick

I got sick last night around 11 and just started feeling a little bit better about 30 minutes ago. Dave has it really badly. It is amazing that I can be home with Samuel all day throwing up and throwing up all over me and Dave spent about 2 hours with him and has this thing at least 5 times worse then me.

I just put Samuel down for a nap and I am going to head upstairs myself. I need a break. It sucks being sick when the rest of the house is too because even though I feel like complete shit, I am taking care of everyone. A Mom's life.

I hope no one else get this virus (So sorry for the families of Nicki, Sylvia and Paula who already had this sucker). It is truly terrible.

I am just keeping my fingers crossed that Joseph doesn't get it.