It’s been awhile so my last update. I think of
good blog stuff everyday, but just haven’t gotten around to
posting. Then I started wondering who was going to bug me about
it first. Thanks Joyce!! ;) Just kidding. Life has been busy
and I’ve been cranky and highly unmotivated to do anything
useful (I did make a fabulous blueberry pie though!!) At the
moment Eve is happy and Lex is sleeping, so let’s see if I can
get something posted!

Eve is doing great
these days. She’s at a really fun age where she’s alert and
social and doing lots of typical baby things, like playing with
her toes, blowing raspberries, and scooching around on her back
and belly. Can’t crawl, but definitely starting to get mobile.

Lex is equally fun, but a little more
challenging. This morning he came over, gave me a big hug, and
said “love you mommy.” Soo sweet! He still has trouble with
naps, and I’ve started getting him up after an hour or so if he
doesn’t fall asleep. Makes for interesting afternoons, but
early bedtimes. :) We got him a new car seat this weekend
because Eve outgrew her infant carrier. We got Lex a seat that
converts from a car seat to a booster seat and then put Eve in
his old seat. He was very happy to help me pick it out and “try
it on” at the store. Then he sat in it all weekend in our
living room. We put it in the car last night and took our first
trip today. He was happy and said, “Lex has a new car seat and
Eve has the old car seat.” The new arrangement presents some
challenges though, since her carrier was very convenient for
shopping, transporting her while asleep, and putting her down
to chase Lex when necessary. Without the carrier I have to wake
her up to get her in and out of the car and carry her in my
arms or in the hip carrier. A little more difficult, but she’ll
be walking and running before I know it, so I’ll treasure these
moments while I can. :)

On the parental
front, I have been cranky lately because I have to find some
form on income and I’m always tired and now I have a canker
sore on the tip of my tongue!! It hurts so bad. I’m going to
buy some Baby Orajel at the grocery store today. I’ve come up
with several income ideas (to be fair my mom came up with most
of them ;) ), but none seem to be “the” job. I was all set to
do daycare with three interested parties, then they all backed
out for one reason or another and I’m kind of back to square
one. I feel like I’m stuck in indecision mode and just waiting
for some sort of sign or something to tell me what is the best
way to proceed. I told Alan last night to just tell me what to
do so I can move on. :) He didn’t. Alan is actually over-busy
himself, working full-time for his salary job and full-time for
his own company. He reached a major push with datdec to switch
locations for his servers, and about that same time one of his
key guys took off for an undetermined period of time. So now
Alan is working serious hours trying to get this server move
done in a timely fashion. Someday life will settle down again.

Eve is no longer happy…. back in a
bit…

She’s so sweet and mellow. Give
her a plug and some snuggles and out she goes. Of course, now
Lex will be waking up in a few minutes. It’s like they have
some sort of connection, when one falls asleep the other wakes
up. So I’m going to add in some pictures and wrap this up. I’ve
been trying to upload a few cute videos, but YouTube doesn’t
seem to be cooperating. Or maybe it’s my new operating system.
Or maybe our new Internet connection. Or maybe just user
deficiency. We’ll see. I’ll get them up someday anyway. And
I’ll try to post a little more often for you folks out there
living vicariously through me ;)

And
there he is… my little ones have this asleep/awake thing down
to a science!