I'm just having one of my gloomy days. I know that there is no real reason for me to feel this way, yet I could probably give you a cop-out list. But I won't. I don't like feeling this way, but I can't get myself out of it when I feel this way. We went outside for a little while, but Ethan was quick to get snotty and red eyed. Poor thing. Whatever was in the air today was really getting to him.
Ethan is a very touchy baby. He will reach out and grab for anything he finds interesting. I enjoy watching him when he wants to touch something. You can see the focus on his face. He does get mad when he can't get that object in his mouth though! He has been such a fun an enjoyable baby.
Dylan bless his heart is such a good boy. I know he has his days when he can really get to me, but overall, he is very good. He doesn't really act out when I'm focusing on Ethan. He seems to understand how much attention a baby really needs, and is ok with that. I am so proud of him for being so understanding. He really is amazing.
Not much on the plate for this weekend. Ryan works all weekend. Mom is coming over for lunch on Sunday, but that's it.
Not much of a point to this post really. I'm just waiting on Ethan to fall asleep for a short nap before I get dishes done.

Uneventful weekend. But it was a decent one. Saturday it rained most of the day and Sunday it rained all day. We stayed home all weekend. Sunday felt like such a lazy day, but it was nice. Dylan wanted to play in his room for most of the day, so Ryan and I were in and out of there at times playing with him. Other times he just enjoyed playing by himself. We put him to bed early last night because he had school today. But before bed last night he was running into his room, he jumped on his bed and smacked his forehead on a telephone that he for some reason brought into his room and placed on his bed. He hit it good too. It made a nice goose egg immediately. There was a small cut as well. We put ice on it right away and it went down a little bit. After we left him Ryan and I kept going in and checking on him. I think Ryan even woke him up at 4 this morning to check on him before he went to work. When he got up this morning, the swelling was all gone. All that is left is a bruise. And I think the bruise is getting darker as the day goes on. But he was still ready to go to school this morning. When I picked him up from school today they were all outside. One of his teachers said that they had all been passing a worm that they found around. Yuck. Dylan was muddy and wet on his knees and butt from being on the ground. But oh well, he had fun. That's what matters. He didn't fight me though when I picked him up. He was ready to go. I think he is tired.
I had to replace all of the medicine I had for the boys. There was a big recall on Mortin, Tylenol and Benadryl. No refund in sight either. So I bought Kroger brand stuff this time. Dylan needs that allergy medicine this time of year. No plans for this week. I will try to get out and vote on Tuesday. But that's probably about it.
Ethan slept well last night thankfully, because I was tired. The night before he didn't sleep so well. I swear there is no rhyme or reason behind this kids sleep. I will never figure him out.

It was a nice day outside yesterday. Despite the 30 mph wind gusts, it was so warm. I took the boys out to play. Dylan was of course happy as a clam. I stuck Ethan in his carrier and then onto the stroller. It worked out well this time. I thought for sure he'd throw a fit, because he isn't a fan of his carrier. He ended up falling asleep at some point. I took a few pictures with my cell phone and uploaded them. So the pictures aren't a great quality, but you get the idea anyway!






I personally felt a little better yesterday. The sun and weather helped out a little. Today, for some reason I'm back to feeling crummy. It is raining out and has been since we woke up this morning. It is supposed to continue raining all day and tomorrow as well. I'm really am blaming my mood on hormones. Honestly there is no other logical explanation.

It has been a rough couple of days for me. I guess its the hormones, but I just have been feeling off. Ethan must be picking up on that, because he's been grumpy, which in turn doesn't help my feelings in any way. Today, Dylan and I are dealing with our allergies. I gave him some allergy medicine that normally works, but today it doesn't seem to be.

The swaddle blankets that I ordered for Ethan arrived yesterday. It kept him wrapped nice and tight last night and he slept very well. I think I woke up once and laid another blanket on him and gave him his paci, and that was it until we got up at 7. I swear by swaddling with his kid.

Dylan was ready to go when I picked him up from school on Monday. Since they weren't outside he was ok with coming home. We ran into Kroger to get some icing to put on brownies I made for Ryan for his birthday. Ethan slept.

Most of the day today, Dylan has been standing at a front window watching the neighbors load a semi with beans. The truck has come and gone quite a few times, and Dylan runs back to the window as soon as he sees the truck coming. Ethan finally decided to nap today, so that's helped. Hopefully his mood will improve since he is getting some sleep.

I thought I would put a couple of pictures up. The first one is Dylan around 3 months old. The second is Ethan at the same age.

We didn't do a lot this weekend. Ryan worked on Saturday. Sunday Dylan and I made a trip to town for a few things. Ethan stayed home with daddy. Then for dinner on Sunday, Ryan's parents took us to eat for Ryan's birthday. Today he turns 31. So we tried a new barbecue place in Cincinnati. We really didn't know what to expect. It was very casual, when we walked in, you could smell the smoker working. So good. It was counter service, so you just walked up and ordered what you wanted and they served you right there. I got ribs, coleslaw and potato salad, Ryan had ribs, chicken, collard greens and beans. The meat was amazing. You could taste the wonderful smoke flavor. The meat just fell off the rib bones. The chicken was the same way. That chicken couldn't have been more moist. Ryan said the collard greens were amazing. The potato salad was fantastic as well. It was really an awesome meal. Its called Jim Dandy's BBQ. Out back he had all of the wood stacked up that he uses for smoking the meat. He also had one of is big smokers out there. I would go back again. Very very good smoked meat.
Its cold, windy and rainy out today. Some of the day yesterday was actually sunny and warm, but the afternoon and evening brought the wind, rain and cooler weather. I hate going back and forth like this with the weather.
Ethan didn't sleep all that well last night. He fussed a lot. Before that, the last few nights have been nice. He didn't fuss till sometime after 5 usually, and then I would nurse him and he would go back to sleep. So I'm not sure what happened to him last night. He kicked his legs out of his swaddle blanket, but his arms stayed in. So kept covering his legs up and he'd kick it off, and start fussing. The velcro on that blanket is wearing out. It's not holding anymore. I did get 2 more swaddle blankets ordered on Saturday. I got one the same size as we have now, and then I found one called a graduate swaddler, for older babies. I was so happy to find a bigger blanket. They don't make may swaddle blankets for older babies. I guess because of rolling over. But Ethan will need a bigger one sooner rather than later, so I was thrilled to find one bigger. He just sleeps so much better when he is swaddled. He would never sleep well at night if he wasn't swaddled. His head control is getting better and better. These past 2 days, we have had him in his bumbo seat for a few minutes. He just loves sitting up and looking around. He is so good at holding his head up. He still doesn't enjoy laying on his tummy, so we don't put him there very much. He just screams, so its not helping when he just lays there and cries the whole time. Dylan was the same way. I'm kind of surprised Ethan doesn't enjoy it, because a month or 2 ago, he kind of liked being on his tummy. But I think that since he is more aware and interested in his surroundings, he doesn't like to be limited so much. His favorite position in sitting up, well being propped up so he can look around.
Dylan was ready to go to school again this morning. I just hope he doesn't put up a fight when I go to pick him up like he did last week. Since it is raining they wont be playing outside, so maybe he will be ready to go. No change on his pooping in the diaper. Still happening, only now MOST days he is pooping during nap AND overnight sometime. So I get to clean up a huge mess twice in one day! Yay me.
Today would be such a good day to just lay in a warm bed all day and listen to the rain hit the window. Too bad life gets in the way, haha!

Well Dylan got to ride in the tractor today. And bonus, he got to ride with papaw. Ryan was up planting corn, and his dad was here working ground. Dylan went out first thing this morning and stayed until lunch time. After dinner, papaw took him back out with him. The kid just loves it. He kept saying he was going to go back out with papaw, but I kept telling him maybe tomorrow. I'm glad papaw took him back out. Dylan will go to sleep tonight one happy little boy. Here are a few pictures. I know you cant see in the tractor, but that's ok.

Just like the rest of us, Ethan has allergies. The poor kid. His nose is runny and his eyes are all red and watery. He seems fine at night, but during the day he will sneeze up a storm. He hasn't been awake for very long this morning and has already went back to sleep.
Yesterday when I went to pick Dylan up from school, it was horrible. They were all outside playing. So I walk out there to get him, and he refuses to come to me. He doesn't want to go home. So he goes and hides in a little play house! After almost 10 minutes of trying to get him out on his own, I had to physically get in there and carry him out. Of course he cried the whole time I am carrying him to the car. I was furious. I mean, he has protested leaving before, but nothing to this extent. I know he just wants to play with kids, but it was the whole minding me issue. Thankfully we had to drive home, because that gave me a chance to calm down.
This morning while I was nursing Ethan, I saw something move out the corner of my eye. It was a mouse. Yuck! It was hiding behind the tv area. So when I was done with Ethan and went and got out one of those glue boards and laid it down by the only exit it had. Then I went and got Dylan and made breakfast. Not long after all that, I heard something. Sure enough I caught the nasty thing. At that point is when the cat finally showed interest in the mouse. I had done the work for the cat, so she was ready to take over then. I just took that nasty little mouse outside and took care of it. *Knock on wood* but we haven't seen too many mice this year, or even over the winter. But that's been my morning.
I finally got Ethan to sleep past 7 am too! He woke up around 4:45 this morning so I fed him and laid him back down. He woke again at 6:50, but I was able to stick the pacifier in his mouth and he went right back to sleep until 8. Yay! He didn't fuss as much as he normally does last night. He was quieter, so I got a little more sleep too. He did fuss around midnight, but not much more after that until I nursed him.
These last few weeks we have been having issues with the birds trying to make a nest under the hood of my car. If we want to go somewhere, Ryan had to take the air hose and blow all of the stuff out so we don't catch our engine on fire. Its insane. We will come home from somewhere and within 2 hours, the birds have already started a new nest! So we will pick out what we can reach and then pop the hood. They wont make a nest with the hood up. So we will leave, come back, park, and later we will see birds flying in and out under the car. Pop the hood and sure enough they have started again. I think its been going on for over 2 weeks now. They are persist ant little things. Hopefully they give up and build the nest elsewhere soon! Its frustrating. Right now the car is sitting out there with the hood up to keep them out. They already started a nest when I got home from picking up Dylan yesterday. We got home shortly after 11, and by 1 when I went out there to pop the hood, they already started a nest. I got out what I could and then left the hood up.
I was going to post a picture of Ryan working ground from this time last year, but I don't have one. The only pictures I have are of harvest. So oh well, no pictures this time either. Its supposed to rain this weekend. So that will put a stop to the spring work. Hopefully it doesn't rain much so that they don't have to stop planting for long. Ryan is supposed to start on corn tomorrow and then they will start working ground on the land around the house here. As much as I can, I will send Dylan out to the tractor with daddy. I would love the break and Dylan would love to ride in the tractor everyday. So I am kind of looking forward to that!