Beautiful weather!

Yesterday hit 80 degrees here in Wimberley....I sat around for a while, then took Logan outside to play. He was having a blast on the trampoline, so I figured I should try to get him to take a nap and then go to the park. It was a success! Imagine that...my son, took a nap, at the same time as Landry! HEAVEN! I realized that Logan's face was a little pink when we finally came inside...we were out there for about 45 minutes....I thought he may have just been hot, but when he got up from his nap he was still pink...ughhhh, the kid has my skin tone! So I made a mental note to put on sunscreen when we went to the park! Logan slept for 1 1/2 hours and Landry slept for 2! It was 4:30 when we left for the "big park". Logan played and played and played. At 6 I loaded them up and went in to San Marcos, so I could stop at Wal-Mart. It was my first Wal-Mart trip since being here in Wimberley...When I realized this I was shocked....considering I used to go at LEAST once a week. One of the irritants/blessings of small town living is that the closest Wal-mart is a good 30 minutes drive! Of course, Wimberley has a grocery store, but its very overpriced!! I have been putting off the trip, but decided I needed to go due to my dad being a little under the weather because of allergies, I wanted to do something nice for him, so I got him a little goody bag of some allergy medicine, powerade, a box of cleanex and a few other little items. I also picked up MORE bottles! I bought a gift box of playtex drop-ins. I bought the package because it was the only thing that had latex nipples. I have now officially bought EVERY type of bottle and nipple known to man! The gift set included 2 4oz. 3 8 - 10 oz bottles, a slow and fast flow silicone nipple, a slow and fast flow latex nipple, an orthodontic latex nipple, some drop in bags for each size bottle, and a pacifier. When I got home, I made the bottle...just 2 oz. and put on the latex nipple, HOPING and PRAYING that it would work...it did not....she playeind with the nipple, she bit the nipple, she did everything except suck on the darn thing! So I gave in after 15 minutes of screaming and gave her the boob! I tried again at her next feeding, which only led to more frustration on both ends! Once again, I gave her the boob! I also decided to give her the binky that came in the set. It is shaped like the bottle nipples, so my thinking was that maybe if I could get her used to the shape and texture, it would be easier for her to take a bottle. She will not allow me to put it in her mouth but she likes to hold it and gum on the sides of it...and finally this morning she started putting it in her mouth. Again, she is just playing with it, but I am hoping it will work! I am just going to have to keep at it, but man it is hard. I mean when you are pregnant, you read in all these books about not letting the baby have a bottle for the first 4 - 6 weeks because of "nipple confusion"....in my case its the same "nipple confusion" its just the other way around! I am really hoping that she gets it within the next two weeks, because at 6 months, I would really like to drop one feed. At 7 months I would like to drop 2. At 8 months, 3 feeds....So on until at a year old, I can completely ween her and have her start on milk. Plus, I would like for her to be able to take a bottle when we are out in public....I am to the point where I am tired of nursing with an audience! Of course, I am always covered up, but still. Not to mention, my parents will not babysit if she isn't on the bottle....well I should say my MOM wont. Not that we go out a lot, but it would be nice every once in a while! If this bottle thing doesn't work, I am moving on....to sippy cups! Hell, by the time I get her used to a bottle I will be taking it away....how aweful is that? I have decided that Landry is HIGH MAINTENANCE! LOL

I dont know if it was the coonstant battle, or all the crying, or the park, or whatever, but Landry went to bed at 9:30 - she woke up at 5:00 for a feed and went back to sleep. We got up at 8:30. Logan went to bed at nearly 11:00 and woke up at 9:30. Now, if I can keep Landry on this schedule, and just work on Logan's......ahhhhhh, I cant even think about how happy it would make me! I didn't go to bed until midnight, which was stupid, but I needed to unwind with a glass of wine! JR lefft yesterday morning at 7:00 am to go to Houston for his friend's bachelor party. We had discussed it, and come to the conclusion that because of the big move this week, it would be more financially responsible for him to only partake in the golf event. So he was supposed to go golfing and then head home. BUT, he called me at 5:00 to tell me that he decided he was going to stay, which meant going to eat at the steakhouse, then pokernight (they had a private room at this steak house and after dinner they had all this casino stuff set up). After the casino games they would be hitting the bars. I was not to happy with the decision he made, and I told him, but I also didn't give him a hard time...I mean, I did specifically ask that he tell me ahead of time if he was going to stay for the entire event....and he told me over and over that he was only going to golf. I asked him several times not to call me and tell me he changed his mind at the last minute and he swore he wouldn't. Somehow, because I know my husband better than he knows himself, I knew I would be getting that phone call. So I wasn't surprised...just irked that he didn't even ask about the kids, or if it was okay, or how my day was going. I am actually just jealous that he can go away for an entire weekend and not have to worry about feeding a baby or entertaining a 3 year old! The truth is I could have gone to Houston as well. Ashley invited me to stay with her, but I chose to stay here, because I wasn't looking forward to the drive...but even if I had gone....I still wouldn't have the luxury of going two days without the kids!

ON a funny note....Thursday night, I got Logan, Isabella, and Isaiah into the tub, and after I had scrubbed them all and gotten their pj's on and brushed Isabella's hair, I settled in to feed Landry. Isabella came down stairs and had her shirt pulled down and had her babydoll nestled up to her bare chest. She announced to the living room that she was feeding her baby just like I feed Landry!!! Hahahahaha.....The memory will keep me smiling for a while!
ONLY 4 more NIGHTS until I am in my OWN home!