blogging's not as easy as it seems

i barely have time to shower much less blog regularly. plus, really...who's reading it?



anyhow. i've been busy knitting and rediscovered my obsessive love of all things knit!

a month in to it

elliot brynne was born on october 21st, 2007.



its been a wonderful month adjusting to her and caden. sky. eh. not so much.



i'm having a hard time personally finding time for me which is leading to so much aggravation and animosity between us. he is so "overwhelmed" with teaching, going to grad school, coaching...and two kids. while i'm just in school and staying home. its a "who's is more important" fight in our heads.



and i'm tired. just tired.



that complaint out. elliot is a dream. a wonderful, amazing, calm, laid back, easy easy baby *knock on wood*



so different then caden ever was and i imagine some of this has to do with the fact that we went in this time with a totally different mind set...ease. i mean, hey, we've done this before. we are pros this time around. spit up...whatever. poop...this is old news. crying...so what.



this time i 'm more worried about caden shaking the damn bouncy chair violently to worry about if there is pee on her jumper. life over urine. poo i still change. ;)

the official "how am i going to handle two" post

today was one of the moments you wonder how women did it when they had 5, 9, 13 children. Really. I have one right now, and I felt like I was losing it. Caden's schedule has beena little off this last week because I started substitute teaching. He goes to a sitter at 7am on those days. Normally, he wouldn't wake up on his own until closer to 8:30 or 9. While at this sitter, he eats lunch at 11am (normally noon) and goes down for a nap from noon until 2pm (normally 1:30/2:00 until 4-ish).

On these days, I wake up at 6am. I am completly responsible for getting myself ready and Caden, dropping him off at the sitter, picking him up and then Sky has been coming home and having do do homework, so I've been completly responsible for Caden. I feel like a single mother. I have homework too and HAVEN'T DONE ANY ALL WEEK! SKy doens't even bother to try and help. He just goes about his business like we aren't even awake with him.

It has completly ruined his schedule and on days like today, when we try to do a normal home routine, he is a disaster. He wakes up crying and spends all day fussy and whiny. I had a doctors appointment today where he was a total PIA.

I broke down in tears on the way home. I felt bad because I was yelling at him, yelling at the dogs, and it isn't their fault. I haven't had a second of time for me all week. Why can't some men just step up without having to be asked?

why i can't find time to blog.

i just can't seem to "complete" it. i know i have enough for a newborn and a 2year old BUT there is soooo much I want and no money to buy with. I just started getting into fitteds. Was strictly prefolds, contours and covers (and BumG's) until I got this money for a shower gift and now.... i'm hooked!

i just inventoried my stash and this is where i am at:

(violet colored ones are on the way!)

newborn covers 7 total DONE!

1 BSWW

4 Bummis Super Snaps

1 Stars Fleece cover
1 Tattoo Print WWB

small covers 12 total that I will use DONE!

1 Small Batik Bum Wool Soaker

1 Toile WAHM made

1 Robot Fleece Cover (Caden and Elliot have these matching ones)

1 Nellybeans bug print

1 WWB Cherry Print (one on left)

1 WWB set

Custom made for Elliot! 3 Mudshrimps in prints below!

1 Lambypants Wool Recycled Soaker
CUSTOM MADE JUST FOR ELLIOT!

2 WWB in Etsuko Furuya prints

1 Bumkin (Desperatly want to sell)

1 Dappi (Would willingly give away...)

Med/Large covers 9 Mediums, 4 Large

(All except WWB and Mudshrimp Med. Fit Caden)

May need more Mediums if Elliot grows into these before Caden grows out.

Lets hope not!

4 Med BSWW1 Med WWB "Bloom where you are planted" (on right)

1 Med Mudshrimps Pink and Choc. Roses

1 Large Mudshrimps Lil Pirates

2 Medium WWB Etsuko Furuya print (same prints as above)

2 Large Mudshrimps (One in Goldfish, One Goldfish in Bags)

1 Fleece Cover

ACTION SHOT!

Fitteds

(These go under covers in place of prefolds)

3 NB, 4smalls, 1 Med

Need some building here

1 Loveybum Sherpa Medium

1 NB Batik Bum

1 NB Mutt fitted

1 NB BBH Fox Print fitted

1 Small FMBG Asian Floral print fitted (one on the right)

1 Small Pattynaps Retro Apples and Pears print fitted

1 Small Cloth Etc Leopard Print fitted

1 Sustainablebabyish Pink fitted hemp diaper

Other

15 BumG 2.0 OS

12 Infant CPFs bleached

12 Kissaluv sz 2 contoures

20-ish premium CPF's

24 Infant CPF's unbleached

Still Need: Some more small fitteds. I really want "cute and original" as opposed to normal. I just can't find any i love that are affordable.

a gentle reminder

i was issued a gentle reminder today that i need to update this blog.

my excuse...yes excuse...i'm still working and due in four weeks. school started back. i forgot.

will work on it soon. promise!

more fluff

i'm officially obsessed with diaper buying.

so i got all the goodies in the mail today that i ordered last week! what i'm still waiting on is this for caden:

and this for Elliot:

and I really wish I could get this for Elliot but I told Sky I would stop. So if anyone really wants to get Elliot something *wink wink* here is the link http://hyenacart.com/Mudshrimps/index.php?c=0&p=12492

fluff

so just wanted to share what i've been up to. my new "obsession"

i'm expecting three small Bumkins covers in garden print and Dr. Seuss one fish two fish print. ($20) http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1511676#post1511676

6 small white bummis covers ($40) http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1481465#post1481465

a lot of 3 sm bummis snaps, 2 small bummis snaps and 1 medium bummis velcro ($30) http://web.mac.com/katie_patterson/i...e/Diapers.html

1 bummis nb cover ($5) 1 small toile cover/AI2 and one dappi dinosaur cover both smalls (who says girls can't wear dinosaurs?) ($10) http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195814

one cherry cover...oh so cute in small ($5) http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1533289#post1533289

not bad for such a little bit of money. almost everything was at least half off. i love diaperswappers....sigh...

as i said, we made out way to the zoo yesterday. it was a lat minute trip kind of deal. nothing planned. left in time for caden to nap in the car. stopped at the first metro station in franconia-springfield and caden got to take his first ever subway ride

he was pretty excited about being on a train and kept going "choo choo" the train was above ground for a little bit being that we were coming from the 'burbs.

three trains later and we were there....or at least in the area. we were about a 1/3 of a mile from the zoo where we were greeted by this guy.

first it was off to see the air conditioned visitor center so sky could "take a break". caden was literally on the edge of his (stroller) seat. while waiting we got to see the panda's on the television. real time footage. not as good as the real thing but it passed the time... finally we got to see some animals. we came across the cheetahs first. you can see one in the background (right above the black rail) taking a break from the sweltering heat. you would think cheetahs would be used to it. i hear africa is pretty hot this time of year...

next it was on to the emu. caden loved this thing. he was disappointed because just around the corner from here should have been the zebras...but to all of our dismay, they were MIA.

inside to see the pandas. where caden could barely contain himself.


he kept crawling up on the railing trying to catch a better view.

then there was the bald eagle.

the hippos and elephants...the free range tamarine monkeys. there were lots of warning signs to hide your food. these guys had free range of the park. this is the mama and her 2 month old babies.

the prairie dogs were next. then the BIG CATS!! lions and tigers, oh my!

on to the invertabraes. apes, gorillas, orang utans...then after a stop at chipotle, it was time to head back home on the subway.

for a little peek-a-boo then bed time