Nina's Space

I can hardly believe that Owen is a month old already!!  It’s amazing how quickly time goes by.  He is 10 lbs 16 oz already!  I have had one sleepless night so far; he most of the time lets me sleep from 0100 to 0600 and we take a nap in the afternoon and then bedtime is generally around 2000 to 2100.  Owen does this sort of group feeding where he eats rapidly for about 10 minutes rests for 10 then eats and we go back and forth for about an hour.  This was frustrating at first but now that I know he does it; I am prepared and it’s a good reminder to me to take a break.  Plus it's nice to spend sometime with him just focusing on him.

Preschool is going well; Gage asks to go just about everyday!  I lay out clothes for him the night before and he most of the time he comes out of his room fully dressed.  I can’t believe how much he is growing too!!  We’ve been working really hard on our colors and we are about half way there.  Indigo, yellow, orange and brown are hit or miss but red, green, blue, violet, pink, white and black are solid.  When asked he will repeat the alphabet and numbers after you.  I’ve been trying to just make it part of our regular routine and show him that learning happens anywhere and everywhere.  Anyone know of any good cd’s with kids songs?  I only know a few and can hardly seem to remember them when we are in the car and you can only sing “if you’re happy and you know it” so many times in one car trip.  I know that would require a radio/cd player put in my car but it would so be worth it.  Remember it was stolen when those stupid renters broke the window of my unlocked car to steal the $40 Wal-Mart special two years ago in Feb.  But since I’m doing more driving than just going back and forth the whole 2 miles to my work I can afford to splurge and have radio/cd player.

I’ve also been thinking about how long I’ve been living in my condo and how long I’ve had a ‘real’ job.  I really am doing the whole ‘grown up’ thing and can hardly believe that I am really capable of all this.  I actually kinda thought I’d be lost some where with not much going on, but no I have health insurance and real responsibilities.  Now my dad might not think I’m that grown up but I’m doing the best that I can.  I have a real budget and work really hard to follow it.  Now don’t get me wrong sometimes we spend more than we should and yeah we probably don’t save enough.  I’ve had a few conversations lately with different friends about all the things we say and do and all the things that we learn.  About actually doing what you said you would.  I shouldn’t be surprised that a friend followed thru with what she said but I am.  Sorry cupcake but I didn’t think you would really do it.  Good for you for chasing your dreams.  As my favorite medic would say “we all have to have goals.”  I’m glad that you are accomplishing yours.  Hope it works out just like you plan. J  Guess we all have a list of goals we want to accomplish.  Wish I knew what mine were.  Actually I want a clean house and a nite out with the girls.

I have been in a nesting mode since coming home from the hospital.  Actually I’ve had high energy since Owen was born, after we went from the delivery room to the room I’d be staying in I went down to the cafeteria to eat!  I was up walking around by 1730 and Owen had only been here since 1602.  The nurse gave him a bath and I went to go pig out!  Now that I’m home I want to everything clean and I’m throwing out things that I usually try to hold on to plus I’m cooking and/or baking everyday.  Yesterday I cleaned and reorganized my entry closet and I put 8 YES I SAID 8 purses in a box to donate them.  I put up a little hook so Gage can hang his coat in the closet without my help because I didn’t want him scaling anymore closets.  He climbed up in his to try to reach a toy and fell a few months ago and I’ve been trying really hard to keep it from happening again.  When I told Gage that the extra hook in the closet was for him…. <high pitched and full of enthusiasm> Mommy!  It’s just little, just Gager’s size and I can do it all by myself!  He had the whole face expression with the raised eyebrows and all, such a little comedian.  The couch has become laundry central so there is no TV watching downstairs but that’s fine because we really don’t need to be watching TV.  I’m hoping to sort out the downstairs toys and cut it in half.  We have quite a few summer toys that can be put in the garage for the winter.  We seem to have a clutter issue…every time I clear a space it gets filled up with something else from some other place.  I think that clutter is inherited.  When you see it in your house growing up no matter how small it is you tend to have those same habits and unfortunately the clutter you inherit is bigger than the clutter you saw while growing up.  I think another reason the clutter can not hide is the fact that we only have 824 sq. ft.  But having that closet done feels good and by the end of next week I should be done with the whole house.  I’ve called in reinforcements to help take care of the boys while I am working on cleaning.  Now on one hand I could just have someone come in and clean but that doesn’t work because I am trying to also get rid of things and they won’t know what I want to keep and what I want to toss.