It's Ok Thursday

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It's so very ok that....

1. I didn't get paid a full paycheck today
2. We lost 2 formula WIC checks containing over $100 in formula yesterday
3. We went into the store last night intending to spend $50 and spent $130, we just kept remembering things we needed :O
4. I have a pretty bad UTI right now
5. It's like 65 degrees in here, I am wearing two jackets and I am still freezing
6. I miss my baby and want to go home but the day isn't over for 7 more hours
7. My leg kinda hurts
8. I am nervous about Anthony's mom coming over for two days next week
9. We have to go to Kissimmee this weekend to get our couch
10. Once we get our new couch we won't have anywhere to put the old one
11. My house is a wreck
12. I cut my self really bad a few nights ago trying to slice and onion
13. I feel like this blog post is very complainy

8 Weeks Old!

Today Bear is 8 weeks old! Is 8 weeks old 2 months or is he not 2 months until the March 3rd (he was born on Jan. 3rd)? I wonder this all the time. Never the less...

Personality: Bear seems a lot more spunky this week! He is starting to cry with different tones now. He has a cry for when he needs something, when he wants something, when he is cranky, and when he hurts. He is also becoming more playful. He is alert for many hours of the day and loves to be held and talked to! He loves to look at toys and watch Elmo too.

Growth: Bear has definitely grown! I am sure he gained weight since the last time we took him to the doctor (about 1.5 weeks ago). It is getting hard for Anthony to carry him in his car seat now and my arms hurt after just a few moments of holding him but I'm a weakling lol. He is now wearing quite a few size 0-3 months outfits and I think we may even need to go up to size 2 diapers the next time we buy them

Health: His health has been good other than the fact that he seems to be spiting up more frequently now. Last night we had to change his clothes about 4 times in one hour because he kept spitting up. His cry did sound raspy for a few days too like he was getting a cold but nothing came of it so we think we are in the clear for now.

How Anthony is adjusting: I see Anthony falling in love with Bear more and more each day. And Bear loves his daddy so much too. There are times that I will be holding him and he won’t stop crying for anything, and then I will hand him to Anthony and he will stop. He does the same with me as well, he is forming two very strong bonds as well as one big one with the whole family. He really binds us tight together.

Eating: He is still eating the same amount about 6 oz every 2-3 hours. He is getting very angry when he does not have his milk too! He will scream so loud you would swear he’s in the worst pain but when you put his bottle in his mouth he instantly stops. Boy loves his food. At times he will take just 3 oz and then stop and want to play for about 30 min and then drink 3 oz again, this is a new thing he just started doing

Sleeping: Bear is definitely doing better with the sleeping! He gets cranky at around 8-9 PM every night if he is not all ready asleep. We have to swaddle him and give him his binky until he falls asleep. Once he is asleep he will stay asleep until around 1 to 1:30 AM when he will wake for a bottle. He will then go back to sleep and sleep til 5-6 AM and get up for another bottle then back to bed. Then he will wake up for the day at around 8-9AM. So he is doing really well! We are thankful and glad that he is now on some form of schedule.

 

Looks: Bear is getting darker! YAY! I started noticing this in some of the pictures that I took he is now darker than I am (but then again who isn’t lol). I can’t wait to see if he gets as dark as his daddy! He definitely looks a lot more like Anthony at this point than he does me.

You Know What Grinds My Gears?

Everyone has them, things that drive them up the wall crazy! Things that make you want to pull your hair out and run screaming into the night! I am a laid back person so I do not have many things that do drive me bonkers. I have noticed that they change all the time as well, I guess that is probably due to the natural maturing process. When I was in high school one of the things that annoyed me the most was when people watched TV while that ate. Now I don't like eating without the TV... go figure. People change so much, it's pretty wild to think about.

Any-who, here is what's been currently driving me crazy:

1. ....... So I went to type number one and realized well.... there is not a single thing that has been driving me crazy. (well other than the normal stuff that has always bothered me). Hmmmm.... I think that this is a good thing, even though it just ruined this blog post. Kinda.

Suppose I will tell of the things that have always bothered me.

1. When people leave hangers hanging in the closet that have no clothes on them. - I know this is petty but I HATE it when the closet gets full of hangers with no clothes because then when you go to take some clothes down some of the empty hangers fall and they all get in the way and BLAH I don't even want to think about it lol.

3. <---- Yes I skipped step two, I just had a total brain fart there lol The saying "Hey, you". HATE it! Not so much when by itself like if you are calling someone from across the street. The way it bothers me is when people say it in a friendly way like "Hey you! I have missed you!". Just doesn't make sense to me at all.

4. When people that claim to be Christians (or have any other religion with a God) say "I hate my life". Now come on people! Don't you think that's kind of like a slap in God's face? After all he has blessed you with and done for you, you go and say you HATE it? Blows me away.

5. When people who are broke spend money on stupid stuff. Like my father for example. The man has barley enough money to pay the bills, well in fact he doesn't have enough money to pay the bills because he used to (before I myself became broke) ask me for money to help him pay the bills all the time. He (well mainly his wife really) like to have fancy dinner parties! Like COME ON! You can't afford to pay your electric bill and yet you are going out and buying loads of food and party favors too give out to your friends just to make you look good? What are you trying to do? Fool them into thinking that you aren't broke? Eye, eye, eye!

6. Moochers. Leeches, people who latch on and suck others dry. Example: When I had roommates... there were two of them. The one that went to work and the moocher. The moocher (a guy) sat at home all day and watched TV. LITERATELY I know because he was using my Netflix account and they have online logs of all the stuff that is watched. They lived with me for something like 9 months. He did not work but maybe 5 days those whole 9 months! The worker (a girl) went to work and paid for his part of the rent and everything else for that matter. Well except for food because he got food stamps... buy LYING to the government and saying he was homeless. And when I asked him about why he did that his response was "Well I basically am homeless". When you have a house to live in and watch TV in all day you are NOT homeless. Can't believe some people I really can't.

Then there is the other kind of moocher.... The kind that mooches from a distance. Example: my ex's mom. She has not worked since she was a teen and she is now 54 years old. So where does she get money you may ask? From her ex husband! She got him good for alimony in their divorce and is taking over half his check every month. So all she has to do is sit at home on her rump while someone else pays for all her bills and anything else she may want. RE-DIC-U-LOUS! And her son isnt any better! Guess he learned from mommy, he actually went online and looked up how to fake being skitzofranic (no clue how to spell that) and then went to a doctor and got him to diagnose him as a skitzo. Then he applied for SSI from the government... and he got it! So he sits at home while the government pays for all of his living expenses.

7. When people take their baby out in public naked. A baby is a person, just like you. Would you go to the local Wal-Mart naked? Didn't think so. Some may argue "But she has a diaper on!?".... in that case, "Would you go to the local Wal-Mart in your panties or boxers?" NO! so don't take your kids there naked either!

8. When people get pets and don't take them to the vet.  Don't get a pet if you don't plan on taking care of it! It's that simple. Example: Right before my roommates moved out one of their cats got sick. She lost 90% of her hair was VERY skinny and was puking everywhere all the time. When I told my roommate about it she said "Yea shes sick".... I then asked her "Are you going to take her to the vet?" Her response... "Probably not". Crazy.

Then there are the people like my dad. He has HAD cats. He gets these cats and just basically throws them in his yard. Doesn't give them flea meds, attention, doesn't take them to the vet to get shots or spayed/neutered. Doesn't even feed them cat food! Instead he just gives them his old leftovers. When asked why he does this, he says something along the lines of "It's a cat!!! no need for all of that!" Makes me want to bang my head into a wall. He recently had three cats, one ran off one day (lucky cat best choice he prolly ever made!), they found the 2nd one dead in their yard a few months later. And the third... he got sick started loosing his fur went blind, wouldn't eat, just laid there and cried. And he didn't take him to see someone until he was literately laying in the yard barley breathing unable to move! And even at that he took him to the clinic that charges a few bucks to see whats wrong then more to fix it. He told me if the "more to fix it" was even a little high he wasn't going to do it because he... CANT AFFORD it! that goes back to #5, if you can not afford a cat... DON'T GET ONE! This isn't rocket science!

EEK. That's enough of venting about what drives me nuts for now :O

Baby's First Smile (Caught on Camera)

In the great pursuit of capturing Bear's smile on camera... I won!

Bear has been smiling A LOT for about 2 weeks now but I was just now able to catch his smile on camera!

These pictures are not the best because I could not make him pose or anything I just had to grab the camera when he was smiling and snap away but even though they are the greatest quality, I still got his smile! The pictures go in order of when I was taking them.

Anthony thinks he looks like he is crying here. I see what he means but I can tell it's a smile. This one was taken 30 minutes before the rest and is better quality because it was taken by my camera which died after I took this pic. But he started smiling again so I pulled out the cell phone and got these too!

:D

Looks like a banshee scream but its a really big smile lol

This is working up to a bigger smile.

This one is my favorite :]

And last one. Little cutie. He was so happy :]

Getting Stuff Done

Last weekend we got a lot of stuff done! And I took pictures too :]

We made smoothies in our new blender. Ok so I made smoothies lol Anthony did help me eat them though :]

We got our washer and dryer all set up after about 4 failed attempts. WOO! It literally felt like Christmas morning.

And then I did 6 (SIX) loads of laundry! It had been stacking up for weeks. But never again! Cuz now all I have to do is throw it in the wash whenever I need to do a load rather than waiting til the weekend or when I have money to do one. Oh happy day!

I assembled Bear's high chair. (even though he won't use it for like another 3 months). I get overly exited about things and jump the gun sometimes. But it sure is a whole lot prettier to look at than a big ol' ugly box.

And my sister and her boyfriend came over and helped us put together the crib! They actually put it together kinda backwards so we had to take it apart and re-do it the next day but it was okay because they showed us how to do it. Funny thing too this crib didn't even come with the proper screws! We had to go to Lowe's and buy some. You would think that they would double check things like that!

His miss-matched bedding set. I still think it's cute though :] We are going to paint the walls green too. I can't wait!

I feel so accomplished! Even though I have like 5 times more to do still like give the house a good scrub down, steam the carpets, set up the rest of Bear's room, paint Bear's room and the living room, and finish assembling Anthony's desk. Maybe this weekend.