I'm in mourning.....

I am so sad to say goodbye to something sacred to my day for the last 3 years. Mason has officially outgrown his nap. I have been fighting him at naptime to stay in bed, stay quiet, go to sleep, etc for the last several weeks. And, we have started having to fight him at bedtime to stay in bed as well. Most nights, he does not go to sleep until 9PM or after. So, today I put the portable DVD player in his room and instituted "quiet time". He can play, read, watch the video or nap - as long as he stays in his room and stays quiet until mommy comes to get him. So far, it is going well. I am glad, but also so sad to know that 1) he is growing up so quickly and 2) my day just got a little longer. Although, he may go to bed a little earlier tonight. That would be nice!
Ran 3.5 miles this morning. Don't remember the time. I know I was slow though.... some days just are slow days, I guess.

M&M Quirks

I know that everyone has their "quirks", but the boys have been cracking me up lately!


Mason is very "type A" - meaning that he likes things in order and has a tendancy to line up things -- cars, books, toys, etc. Check out this picture -- he did this while I was in the shower, so it was totally his idea, impulse, compulsion.




He lined up cars and trains (and a few helicopters and airplanes) from one end of the den to the other. What 3 year old does that????

Miles has been crawling for a while now like any other normal child. Last night, he started crawling a little differently. Watch this video to see what I mean....

Double ear infection

Miles went to the ped this morning. He has been somewhat fussy, still congested, and did not sleep well at all last night. He has a double ear infection. At least this illnes is treatable with medication. Will this ever end????

7 mi run

According to our GPS, I ran 7 mi. According to google maps, I ran 7.3 miles. I'll go with google maps! :) 7.3 mi -> 1:27:23
I just ran 7 miles. Wow! It is tempting to think, wow, I am just now over halfway to 13 miles. I have such a long way to go still and only 5 weeks until the run. My head tells me that I should quit training. That I will never be able to run 13 miles, especially with the little training time that I am able to put in during the week. My legs tell me that they are tired right now. My hips say that they hurt and why do I insist on pounding on them. But, my heart is just really, really proud of me. I have never run 7 miles. Next weekend, I will run 8. I am sure that around mile 2-3 I will start thinking I am crazy, why am I doing this, this hurts, etc. But, I have the next 7 days to be proud of myself and enjoy my accomplishment. I have always wanted to run all the way around White Rock Lake (it is approx 9 miles). In 3 weeks, on my 9 mile run, I plan to do just that. Wow.
Hope you have a great day.
PS... happy 32nd birthday to me!!! :)

He's been accepted!

Mason received his first acceptance letter for school. We are quite excited that Mason will be attending preschool (K3) at Grace Academy (www.graceacademy.com) in the fall. It is a small, Christian school near our home that has K3-6th grade. It will serve for not only preschool, but will solve our elementary school delimma. So, we will be meeting new teachers and visiting his new classroom soon. He will also be going 3 full days (8:15-3PM) rather than the two he is at Mother's Day Out currently. So, big changes are coming for our little boy. I can't believe how quickly time is flying!

Miles is getting over the flu slowly. His fever is gone as of yesterday, but he is still not eating much at all. Normally, he eats 30-35 oz of formula plus 3-4 jars of baby food and other snacks (cheerios, stars, etc). Since last Thursday, we have been forcing him to eat 10-15 oz of formula a day and at least a portion of a jar of baby food. He gets easily choked when he starts coughing and if he has just eaten, he usually loses his food/formula. So, some of what goes in is not staying in. Anyone know how long this might last and at what point I should be concerned enough to call the doctor (I was concerned enough yesterday, but didn't call)???? I know that babies eat when they are hungry and he is still having some wet diapers. But this kid is usually a piggy, so it is hard to see him not eat very much.

Better run. It is bath time soon! k

Still sick

Miles is still battling the flu and high fevers. He was up to 104 again today. Everyone tells me that it is ok, but when he just lays in my arms and moans, it certainly does not feel fine. It makes my heart hurt for him. I hate for either of my babies to be sick.

Mason seems to be staying healthy. I just pray he stays that way. Eric and I are both congested, but according to the tamiflu website, our smptoms are not indicative of the flu. I think our bodies are fighting it off and needing rest. Of course rest is in short supply with a sick baby in the house.

The church we are attending is doing an awesome bible study this year following Paul's journeys. It started in Acts and we are moving on to Galatians right now. When we are finished with it, we will return to Acts until we reach the time when he wrote his next letter to the early churches. I would invite you to join me on his journeys. You sign up and get a daily e-mail with the short passage and a Watermark member's thoughts on the passage. It is awesome... http://www.jointhejourney.com/

I realized that I never posted pics from Mason's very fun train birthday party. Enjoy!

Flu

Took Miles to the dr this morning with 103.5 fever. He has the flu. So much for getting the flu shot this year...... it's an immunity builder, right???

One (ok, three) LONGGGGGG nights

Miles had a terrible last 24 hours. Tuesday night, he didn't sleep well at all. Wednesday morning, I realized he had cut his first tooth. That afternoon, he had a a fever (101-102). Nothing huge when cutting teeth. He also had a really runny nose suddenly. Yesterday, I kept him home from mother's day out because of the fever (still 101 range). He slept a lot of the day, but was not good sleep. He would wake a cry a few minutes and then go back to sleep. After his afternoon nap, he felt really warm. Took his temp and it was 103.8. Long story (and a lot of temp taking) short, he had temps of 103.8-104.5 all evening. Talked to the pediatrician several times and didn't get a lot of help - other than if it made it to 105, we were going to Children's. About 3am, his fever broke and he slept from 3-6. At 6, he took a bottle - the first time he had taken more than 1-2 oz since Wednesday afternoon. I hope that we are in the clear. We are just hanging out at the house and having a movie day. Last night was really scary and I am worn out from it all!

Hope you all are doing well and staying healthy......

Mommy!!!

Last night was another really bad night for Miles. The first tooth continues to push in and I suspect that another one is working its way through as well. So, Miles and I had a slumber(less) party last night in his room. Eric left early to go to a men's bible study at church. When Mason got up, he went running through the house yelling "Mommy!!! We got a new 'frigrator!!! Mommy, mommy, MOMMY!! We got a new 'frigrator!!" Yes, we finally broke down and bought a new stainless (to match the rest of the appliances) refrigerator, and a new washer and dryer. The fridge was delivered yesterday. The washer and dryer will come in another week or so. Mason ws there and watched it being delivered and installed, but he was quite excited about it again this morning. Maybe even more excited than mommy and daddy!

While they were bringing the new fridge in yesterday, Mason was watching intently. He had a couple of his cars (from the movie "Cars") in his hands. These two large men were wrestling the fridge through the den to the kitchen. Mason holds up his cars to one of the men (the larger of the two, of course!) and says "look, I got cars. I go poo-poo in the potty nad get cars!" The guy looked at me (probably trying to figure out if he heard correctly) and started cracking up. Yes, I bribed him to poop in the potty with cars. Yes, it finally worked. He no longer gets cars, but he still sometimes get a little treat for going. I have decided to pick my battles and this is one I finally feel like I am winning. The end justifies the means in this case!

Ok, Miles is taking his second nap for the day (and it is only 1PM... maybe I'll get an extra one out of him today!), so I am going to go chill out myself. Mason will be comine home soon and things will get busy again!

Finally making its debut....

....Miles' first tooth! One finally broke the gum last night (it was a little bit of a long night). It is still cutting through today and he is pretty cranky. He just wants to be held and cries/whines when I put him down. Makes for a long tiring day for Mommy!

Just wanted to share.
Tuesday's run: 3 mi ->32:58