so if anyone is still around that reads this blog, hello! Life has been really busy. Still posting over at Dessert Lounge occasionally, Xander is now pretty demanding and if it's quiet I know he's either standing on the dining room table or eating something that will make him sick or constipated (ex. blue sidewalk chalk) and I've put together a small play and working on getting that workshopped. I told you, busy.
David is working like crazy and we're keeping our fingers crossed that some good news will come of all this in a few months. There are some top secret projects going on that are really exciting and I wish I could share but I can't. His company is also mentioned in the new Everyday with Rachel Ray for May. Exciting stuff.
Xander is really into music lately. He loves listening to his music class cd's and even sings every once in a while which is really cute.
I'm starting to get a little better but when you are awakened from a Codine cough syrup sleep by coughing, something is just plain wrong. Last night I couldn't take it any longer so I went for the heavy stuff. Some sort of cough syrup that has to be a Narcotic. It said in the directions that it turns off the cough instinct in your brain. I took it at 12:45 am and I still feel a bit woozy at 11:30 am. But I did finally manage to get some sleep.
Xander on the other hand decided to get sick. As a first time parent and knowing nothing and worried when my little hungry Jack wasn't eating and red and hot and the fever wouldn't go down, I made him go to the ER on Sunday night. We had to cancel a babysitter from a sitting service, pay a fee for doing that, miss the party we had been looking forward to all week, wait in an ER waiting room for 1 1/2 hours and then finally get out 1 1/2 hours later for a total of 3 hours, to be told he had a virus and to wait it out and then we got hit with a $350 - $600 bill as we checked out. They couldn't tell us what we owed and we have health insurance. WTF!? And now David is sick. Perfect.
Tomorrow I start rehab on my back and I'm paying for that out of pocket because I'm too afraid that my insurance will drop me because the last time this happened with another insurance provider they then listed me as "uninsurable". The last two months have been really tough physically, emotionally, financially and every other way imaginable. My stress is through the roof and I can't seem to stop drinking coffee. That is probably making it worse but it's my only comfort at the moment. I'd really like to take the day off from my life. Is that possible?
The one good thing is that Xander is now speaking a bit saying, "up" and "bye bye" and he's dancing and clapping whenever he hears music. Even sick, he's really cute.
And during all this sickness I did manage to shoot and put up video of The Flyin' A's.
Interview: Getting to Know The Flyin' A's
Song: Singing their original tune, "So Long"
Song: Singing a cover, "Blue Eye's Cryin' In The Rain"
I hate being sick. I've now been sick for almost four weeks. Bronchitis is a bitch and I wish she would find someone else to bother. Someone that I don't know so I won't feel bad thinking I gave it to them. I also threw my back out on Friday and that sucks ass too. Carrying around 30 lbs. of baby doesn't help, especially when he decides to magically loose his bones when I'm holding his hand. Then it's like a really heavy bowling ball is suddenly attached to your hand and you lurch. It's fun. I tried shaking him off right when he starts to loose his bones but then he just runs away totally defeating my trying to get him to walk in the direction I want him to. This year has not started out very well so I'm hoping it's only up up up from here.
I'm back. Life has been really crazy. Traveling to NYC, getting really sick, stressing out way too much, hurting my back, debunking Freud, the list goes on and on.
I'm now getting out of the house a lot more with Xander. Now that I've trained him to nap once a day (yipee!) we can do so much more. Monday we tried to got to the children's museum but my car died, but we did make it out to lunch with my friend Catherine and her son Milo. Tuesday we went to a new gymnastics class that was way better than My Gym and to the park, Wednesday we went to story time at Book People and tomorrow another playdate, this time with Reagan and mom Dinah, and Friday music class. I'm still stick but hanging in there.
Now that I've got Xander and his schedule under control I need to see some adults without a children. You can have children but leave them at home. The dog can watch them, right?
Christmas went really great. David and I hosted brunch on Christmas morning for my parents and my Aunt and Uncle. Xander got so many presents that we quickly hid two he was oblivious too. David's big present to him was the game "Simon" and my mom played with it. I gave him a small red piano that my dad played Christmas tunes on. I showed Xander how to play with his feet which he really took too and my dad was horrified. I think it's pretty cool and funny. Bugs Bunny played with his feet and ears.
My Aunt, when asked what she'd like for brunch, told me that they are not eating any carbs or sugar, so I tried to make something that would please everyone, she brought a tin of cookies and left two rolls of bread and gave us a gift basket of pasta. Okay. We ate some of the saffron pasta last night and it was really good and of course cookies are always welcomed. Now my pants are on the verge of cutting off the circulation to my legs!
I put away the fake tree, garland and stockings yesterday. It's nice to have the house back but I miss it a bit. I don't miss Xander eating the fallen pine leaves and trying to climb over the baby gate that surrounded the tree. So it came down before the new year.
Hard to believe a new year is upon us. I've been trying to think of a motto for '08 but haven't quite settled on one yet. It's been a crazy year. Moving across the country, David starting up his business, Xander. I wouldn't change a thing.
We made it. One whole year. I can't believe it. Xander is getting to be so much fun and I feel really lucky to have him as my son. He's exploring like a madman and opening doors left and right, laughing at funny faces I make and walking everywhere.
The party, unfortunately, didn't go so great. Xander had both sets of grandparents over and right before the first guest arrived he totally freaked out. Hey, it's his party and he can cry if he wants to. But it was a scream-cry. I don't know if it was his teeth (molars are the WORST!) or if he had cramps (runny poop all week, SUCKS!) or if he just got nervous. But he freaked for about 30 minutes, people started to show up and he was going crazy. My neighbor could hear him at her house.
I took him past all the guests and put him to sleep. When I came down cake was being eaten and the party was in full swing. He slept through the entire party and woke up like nothing had happened. He did manage to say hello to a few guests, Victoria, mom Crystal and dad Mark, and eat some cake. Then he played with the grandparents and felt much better.
All in all it was a great party and David and I celebrated with a toast to our accomplishment of staying sane for most of this year.
