Bloggy frustration

Okay, so I decided to import all the posts from my old blogs, and I was able to do it for the three blogger ones but I can't seem to get the xml file from wordpress to upload properly. Those were some of my favorite posts! There are only 71, so technically I guess I could cut and paste them over here but is there maybe something I'm doing wrong? The other ones were so easy!

**edit: it's Blogger's fault, because they don't import from other sites. Bah to you, Blogger. I got 55 moved over tonight, and I'll finish the rest of them tomorrow.

Not enough of any one thing

I don't have enough to say about any one thing to make a proper blog post, so here's a bit of a list:

• If my son poops in his pullups one more time on purpose I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. That's twice today. I put a diaper on him, sort of hoping to shame him into being a big boy but I think it's going to backfire.
  


• My husband took today off for the release of Fallout: New Vegas. Of course, with two kids at home I'm not sure that I know what to do with the toddler while a graphic video game is played in my living room (and also it means that I won't be able to play said video game, which is one of the very few I care about). He also took a Tuesday off in a couple weeks for the release of Grand Turismo.
  


• Because of his one day off, he worked last night until 2am. That's right. 2am.


• He's still asleep, and I've fed both kids, had a mushroom omelet, bacon and coffee


• Now he's up after hearing me argue with Spencer about eating his waffles (he asked for them and then proceeded to eat my breakfast).


• Henry and I had a play date with a couple girlfriends and their newborns. I made grilled chicken salad and shared a bottle of wine with the other non-breastfeeding mom (okay, I drank 2/3 of the bottle, but hey, I wasn't driving!) We talked about babies for almost the entire time, and it was a lot of fun!


• Henry ate at 4:30pm yesterday, stayed awake until about 8pm, slept until 1am, ate again and slept until 6am. It was a dream.

Out if the mouths of babes

Buzz: careful, you don't want to be in the area when my laser goes off.

Spencer: okay buzz lightyear.

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Happy 2 month birthday, Henry!

My little turtle is 2 months old today. I can't believe how time flies. He's so aware and so happy. Right now he's in his bouncy seat kicking to high heaven because he's realized that if he kicks hard enough he can get the lights and sounds to turn on. His arms are flailing, because he's realized he can hit the bird and make it spin. He's not upset, he's just learning.

I don't think he realizes I can see him. If he noticed me, I think he would fuss so I'd pick him up, and then my kitchen would never get clean. I'm just marveling at how smart he is.

Menu Monday

The problem with spending $35 on groceries several weeks in a row is that eventually you run out of everything you need to make a decent meal (yes there was still food in my cupboards, but I would have had to make a list and asked you to come up with my meals because I have no idea what I would have made). So this week, $147 dollars later I was able to put together several meals and have some extra items in the freezer and pantry for when I can't get it up enough to cook. I also had to spend $80 at BJs for meat, apple juice and diapers but that got me 12 meals of meat (chicken, ground beef and pork chops) 2 gallons of apple juice (ick) and 264 diapers. So I think that's a win.

Last week's menu:
Monday: Pesto salmon and dried fruit couscous (oven, not grilled - I was out of cedar planks)
Tuesday: roasted vegetable minestrone - awesome
Wednesday: Wine. Red wine. Much needed, not enough of it (water main break)
Thursday: stuffed shells (fantastic, thanks MamaFuss!)
Friday: date night at Maggiano's - bottle of wine, fried zucchini, rigatoni D, banana pound cake, coffee ... yeah, I didn't lose weight this week either.
Saturday: Red Robin - we were supposed to go for a family member's birthday, but he didn't end up coming and we all decided to go anyhow. Guacamole Bacon burger - yummy!
Sunday: falafel - it was delicious! The recipe made an insane amount of them, but I took half the leftovers to the wife of the family member who bowed out of said birthday dinner, as she is a huge falafel fan. I also made homemade tahini sauce (hubby didn't like, but I loved) and some tzaziki sauce, and got a cilantro and thyme flatbread from Target to stand-in for pita. Seriously tasty.

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This week:
Monday: Plum-spiced chicken with roasted zucchini
Tuesday: Stuffed pork chops with steamed broccoli
Wednesday: Out to dinner with Stacy since I missed her birthday dinner last week
Thursday: Dijon chicken with rice
Friday: Corn and Chicken chowder with garlic cheese biscuits
Saturday: taco salads

No good very bad day

Spencer slept in this morning until 8am

From 9 until 10 he ate breakfast - cheese eggs, banana, toast with jelly - and watched Barney (blegh)

By noon: S had emptied half a bottle of medicated lotion all over my bedroom floors, rug, tv, alarm clock, a speaker, his hair, various toys and other various places. He then peed on the hallway floor and rug.

By one: S pooped in his Pullup (for the second time today), dropped a kiddie chair on my foot, ate a PB&J sandwich had two time outs and blew his nose on my kitchen hand towels.

By two: climbed in his closet to try to get his skates, emptied out his bin of balls and distributed them all over the house (the best hour of the day so far).

For the lotion incident, I've barred him from his "shows" for the rest of the weekend. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'm punishing him or me. Here's to hoping I get through the rest of the weekend.

Buzz wings

Sneak peek - the front of the wings are done, now I just need to do the back part that you can see and affix them to his back.

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