It's over!!!!!

Yay!!!! Justin is done with school! Huzzah! Break out the bubbly!

It's wonderful to think that the endless nights of homework, midterms and finals, and having to worry about tuition are OVER! When Justin is home in the evenings, he's home finally and not having to devote the evening to homework instead of spending time with Liam or me.

On other annoyances, I was trying to get the last pioneer dress done (read: I was trying to get motivated to actually sew the &*%^%$ thing) when I get a call from Sis. Shelly saying that she has fabric for THREE more (grand total is now going to be nine). Well, she's just going to have to chill because I have six bridesmaids dresses to do, and that client has NOT annoyed the heck out of me. I'm hoping that giving her the bill for the six dresses I've done so far will slow her down when she realizes how much she owes me.

Liam learned how to push himself into a sitting position today. It's funny when he's learning to do something, he'll practice it over and over and over again. Also a new trick is that he's sticking out the tip of his tongue. Just the tip. Then he proceeds to tell me his opinion on life, the universe, and everything. I think that he's developing his own sense of humour. When I folding laundry on the floor earlier, he'd come over and tip over my piles of clothes and then laugh hysterically. Then I would laugh which caused him to continue the manic giggling. I think that his eye colour has finally settled on hazel. It hasn't changed much for the past couple of months. I think that it's a beautiful colour and totally unexpected. I thought that he'd have brown eyes like me.


A couple of mornings, I brought Liam back to bed with me to feed. After he was done, he didn't want to go back to sleep so he crawled over to Justin who was asleep. Liam would rock back and forth on his hands and knees and then lay his head down on Justin's arm and try to nestle. He kept repeating his until Justin rolled over and cuddled with him. Liam settled down and went right to sleep. It was very cute and endearing. He's such a daddy's boy!

Book Tag

Book Tag!

Rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages)
2. Turn to page 123
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog
5. Tag 5 people

The closest book to me is Justin's calculus text.

"After learning the Chain Rule, we will be able to write the answers

F'(x) = (2x^2-4x+1)^59(4x-4) and G'(x) = 3cos3x"

I tag Faith, Gwyn, Ken (yeah right), Nathan, and Risa

This week is shot-I'm going back to bed

Well, the fun began in Wednesday when Liam decided to projectile vomit all over my bed, soaking through the blankets, my pillows, the mattress pad and the feather bedding. Then it just got so much better when I got three calls from Sis Shelly and she dropped by twice. The first was to pick up a dress and the second was to come back and tell me what was wrong with the dress. She asked if I could redo the front placket of the dress! I said no, and she seemed to accept that. Then she asked if I wanted the fabric for ANOTHER dress.

The suck-a-paloosa continued when Liam woke up with an 101 degree fever yesterday that made him needy and grumpy. Around nine at night, his temp spiked over 103, so I rushed him to the ER. They checked his ears and throat and said that everything was clear so despite the fever and vomiting all they could do was give him some ibuprofen and send him home.

Then McCalls sent two of the dresses back to be hemmed, which was something that neither I nor the other ladies involved expected. So currently, I have to get a pioneer dress done, have two dresses to hem, I want to get a skirt hemmed, and a bride is coming over tomorrow to discuss six bridesmaid dresses, all through finals and with a sick child. Business is booming!

The day the music died a horrible, horrible death

I'm now boycotting the radio. First of all, there are only about two decent radio stations in Utah and lately, one has gone ultra-alternative and the other has gone ultra-popular. I almost ripped the power button out because I couldn't turn it off fast enough when they started to play Miley Cyrus. I will now have to rely on my somewhat piddling cd book and my somewhat massive MP3s collection.

Mmmmm.....drugs

I'm such a light weight. It's a good thing I don't drink because other than the fact I think I'm affected by alcohol flush reaction, I'd be sloshed after about two sips.

Anyway, so far this week I've gotten my butt kicked by prometrium and clomid. I've been nauseated and had some terrific migraines which have not helped my stomach.

Now that's a drugged look...

How can you stay mad at this face?

I think that baby boot camp is over. 9:00 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday night, all I had to was give Liam a bath, feed him his bottle, hand him a pacifier, and put him down for the night. Two minutes later I'd go in his room and he was already asleep. Not screaming, pulling down his bumpers, unsnapping the bottoms of his pajamas in a Incredible Hulk sort of way. Tonight was the real test because at 9:00, I was still at Target. He started to get really fussy and fell asleep on the way home. However, I changed him in his jamies and fed him, and then put him down for the night. He cried for a little bit, but knocked himself out really quickly. I think the nights of three hour screaming jags are over!

Woohoo! New Doctor Who episodes tomorrow!

Of a sensitive nature

If you don't want to hear about my pregnancy plans, don't read the following.

My "I will get pregnant this month or the next or else atrocities of Biblical proportions will occur" kit includes:

Prometrium
Clomid
Pregnancy test
Ovulation prediction kit - which I so delicately refer to as "piddlesticks"
Cough syrup

Yes, you read that right. Cough syrup. Apparently, it can be used as a fertility aid. I thought that was odd too, but at this point, I'm on the offensive. I'm refusing to repeat my experience of not getting pregnant while EVERYONE else around me is (still luv ya, G). AND it better be a girl. Not because I'll be disappointed if it's a boy, I just only intend on having only two kids, and it would be nice to have one of each. Stay tuned for non-specific updates.

Life or something like it

Lately, I've been feeling slightly manic and antsy with alternating periods that I don't want to wake up. And no, I'm not pregnant.

Some stress add-ers right now are the sewing projects, having to move upstairs, new medication, trying to get Justin graduated.... nothing too major.

The time that I get most active is at night when I notice the house is a mess and I've tripped over the final pair of Justin's shoes, which could be used as boats in case of emergency. I've also been running around the county getting stuff done. Yesterday, I got my nieces' birthday and Christmas presents, Justin's graduation present, shugged through racks of clearance items to find some decent maternity clothes, and then mailed said clothes off to my sister (that should be coming in the mail soon, G). However, around the house, I've really got nothing accomplished due to a recent addiction to freecell. The house is still a HUGE mess despite my best efforts because I have what I so fondly refer to as the "parasite" or "growth".

Speaking of Liam, he's gone through a growth spurt the past two weeks. He's been porking out and eating a ton lately, and he's so chubby right now! That means that he's due to shoot up and grow out of all his pajamas. I've been trying to tempt him with some new foods. I think the only thing grosser than pureed peas (I made my own) is purred peas being vomited up by a seven month old. Also not a success: cheerios, gold fish crackers, and bread. The only solids that he's a fan of is cereal, especially barley. Any suggestions?

Forget cheerios, I want Daddy's pizza!

Tell me that doesn't freak you out too

It must be spring; the creepy crawlies are invading. I trap them under glasses until Justin, the big strong spider smasher, can dispose of them. So far tonight, I've trapped 22 spiders.

Infinitely worse than the spiders however is the centipedes. Not only do they have waaaaaay too many legs, those things are just evil looking. Plus, they can run! I hate the thought of sprinting anthropoids around the house where I can't see them. I'm going to go stand on a dining room chair now.

Just a few words

If nothing much has happened this week, so why do I feel so tired?

Liam is now rolling over back to front and front to back on both his left and right side. Before he was only doing it on his right. As a result, he has discovered that he can roll where ever he wants to go. It's funny to watch him use a combination of scooting, rolling, and "swimming" his way from location to location. He's sitting now with no problems, and being very talkative. When I was at Costco, he started to get fussy, so I took him out of his car seat and put him in front of the cart. He was in heaven! Liam immediately stopped fussing and looked around with great interest. He's also decided he doesn't want to be in the car seat when I use the stroller, so I now put him in the main part. It works out great because he can see where forward when we walk and then I can recline the seat when he wants a nap.

Liam has two teeth now! Both his center bottom teeth have come in and can be seen when he smiles widely or is screaming his little lungs out.

I've got another pioneer dress done which only leaves two more to go and then I can start the skirts. Then I can be done with this woman and start sewing the stuff I want to!

Yum, foot!

McCall's dresses

These are the dresses that I sewed for McCall. It's the same pattern, but different views:

Yay!

Today was a good day. Liam turned seven months today. Can you believe he's that old? He also cut his first tooth today too. It's his bottom right center. Hopefully he will stop being so fussy and hyper. Tonight it only took him about forty minutes of screaming before he knocked himself out. That's a huge improvement over a week ago when it took three hours. I think Liam's getting used to the idea of sleeping in his own bed and sticking to a bedtime.

Today I got an activity blanket hemmed, finished a wall hanging, and hemmed three sheets for Liam's nursery. I also cut out and sewed about half of a skirt for me. I'm thinking that if I get all my side projects done, I won't be so distracted when I tackle the rest of the pioneer dresses. Sis Shelly also didn't get me enough fabric for the skirts, so there's no way I can do the pattern she wanted. I have to call her and ask if she wants me to use a different pattern or forget about the whole thing.

I also made my weight goal today! Yay 125 lbs! I'm just wondering why some of my clothes still don't fit. I'm waiting for when I wean so I can get rid of the two water balloons on my chest. Only five more months!

Tomorrow I turn 23. I think my goals for the next year are to get myself a lot more organized and to be better about exercising and being healthy. I did pretty well this past year, but that's mostly because I was pregnant. Happy birthday to me?

Things I want to do before I die

Visit Europe, especially the Villa de Medici
Write a non-sucky fantasy novel
Learn to decorate wedding cakes
and play polo on the back of an elephant

My war on scales

Today I found out that the average American woman is 5'4" and is a size 12/14. I wonder how they came up with that stat.

I've been trying to lose not only the baby weight, but also some of the 40 lbs I gained after I got married. My goal was 135 by Christmas last year, 125 by my birthday, and hopefully 115 by Justin's birthday in June. It was going great for a while-breastfeeding is the best diet plan ever! However, for the last two months my weight loss has stagnated. I'm only three pounds short of my goal for my b-day, but it looks like I might just actually have to exercise. Dang, have to be healthy.

Yesterday, I finished the McCall dresses (I will post pictures) and made the two hooter hiders. Today, I'm going tackle Liam's bumpers because he's been rolling around in his crib and getting his foot stuck between the slats.

Also yesterday, Liam rolled over, turned 180 degrees around, and crawled/launched himself about three feet to his Duplo box which he turned over and dumped everything out. It took him about 40 minutes to do it, but it was entertaining to watch!