5.18.11

Showing off his kissy lips (he just started doing this, and kisses EVERYTHING, including the floor?) and his haircut! He did great, sat nice and still. :)

5.17.11

We went out for ice cream tonight - as excited as Wyatt gets when we go, he never, ever finishes his ice cream, even a kids size. Tonight, he just ran his spoon across the ice cream and licked off the bottom of the spoon. He maybe had 2 tbsps total. This is my kid, right? :)
Tomorrow he gets a haircut, we're in dangerous mullet territory in the back.

5.16.11

Wyatt wanted to "help" Josh study for his Level 1 firefighter class tonight. Immediately after I took the picture, he started driving his Matchbox cars all over the textbook, so you can imagine how helpful it really was.

Today was my first day on maternity leave, and I actually got almost everything done I wanted to before the baby comes. Got the tire fixed on the van (there was a nail stuck in it!), applied for mat leave benefits, and washed all the bedding for the crib and bassinet. I even dug out my old baby blanket (it was given to me at the hospital when I was born). :)

And a Blogger Q: anyone else using IE 9 unable to publish posts? I have to save them, then open Firefox to retrieve and publish them.

5.15.11

Since Blogger was being a jerk for a few days and not publishing anything, I doubled up on pictures. :) We spent most of the day outside today (with me mostly sitting in a lawnchair like a hick) and Wyatt had a blast. His feet suddenly reach the pedals on his trike, but he still prefers to be pushed, or just push the trike himself.

It was a busy weekend over here, I had lunch and coffee dates on Saturday, but ended my day in the hospital, thanks to my blood pressure which just refused to come down. They kept me there for about 5 hours, ended up giving me medication and sending me home. The medication is bringing my blood pressure down, which is good, but the drop is making me a little woozy and light headed....and the meds give me a tingly scalp which is driving me completely NUTS. Here's hoping things stay pretty relaxed around here until Baby Girl finally makes her debut!

5.11.11

It's been so rainy and wet out, that we've taken to blowing bubbles inside. :) I know the picture is blurry, but it very acurately captures just how much Wyatt loves bubbles. He tries to catch them, but hasn't quite figured out that they pop very easily.
Josh had to put in some overtime at work tonight, so it was just Wyatt and I. I didn't realize that he knew how to "make believe" already - he wanted to look for his phone, so I was digging through toy bins, looking for an old cell phone he (very rarely)plays with. I turned around and he had his "phone" (his hand) up to his ear already, talking to daddy (no doubt trying to negotiate a way out of bathtime).
A few days ago, I was going through Wyatt's old toys, trying to figure out if there was anything I wanted to take back out for the new baby. I found his rubber ducky (the one with the temperature dot on the bottom), and now Wyatt has a new best friend. Ducky eats with him, drinks his milk and gets a bath at the same time. Ducky also gets a lot of "owies" for some reason, so I find myself kissing that yellow duck more than I kiss anyone else in this house. I'm just waiting for Ducky to start drawing on the walls or dumping milk onto the floor. ;)

5.10.11

That's Wyatt inspecting his nails - I had painted my toenails (don't ask how I did it, at 37 weeks it was not easy), and so he wanted some "paint" too. Instead of trying to explain to a 2 1/2 year old why boys don't usually wear nail polish, I just gave him a little black on one fingernail and pink on the other. He was pleased as punch, and was still admiring them as he fell asleep. I figure the black is pretty bad ass, but we'll probably still take it off tomorrow morning (mostly because he's developed a habit of sticking his hands in his mouth as of late).
Josh got the carpet into the nursery today, and all the trim. SUCH a huge relief for me, I was really starting to panic that things would not get finished. Josh has so much on his plate this month, I had hoped this reno would be long done by now. But we're getting there, just some caulking and painting, then bringing in the crib, change table and wardrobe. And putting away the piles and piles of clothes that I somehow (very quickly) acquired. :)

5.09.11

I didn't have the heart to tell Wyatt he was a day late with his Mother's day present. ;) After this picture, he very carefully showed me how to sweep the flower with the rose! It survived, thank goodness.
I attempted to put Wyatt in a pair of underwear today after supper. He wet himself twice and still refused to change his pants! I can see potty training being a thundering success. :P I suppose it's just another sign that he's not ready yet (that, and the screaming and crying when he sits on his little potty).