Thursday, May 1, 2008

This Past Week at a Glance

~~Sleep has gotten a lot sweeter and life a little easier. We finally got Matthew on a bottle. Actually, I should give Brad all of the credit because I was ready to crack and give into Matty's demands. Matthew has been a horrible sleeper and still wakes up every 2-3 hours in the middle of the night and eats like he is famished. My pediatrician suggested supplementing formula to see if it would help but Matty would not take a bottle. After 7 hours of fighting the bottle he finally gulped it down and has never looked back. Now he is sleeping 8-9 hour stretches a night and takes 2-3 hour naps. Hallelujah!!

~~Doesn't this face look like the face of a sweet, innocent angel?? It is safe to say we have entered uncharted territory with this child. She may not look like it but she is very mischievous and constantly looking for trouble. This week I fished more toys out of the toilet, taped more ripped books, cleaned up more thrown food and ignored more emotional tantrums than I could have ever imagined with Will. I know I am not on top of my game with her since I have 2 others kids to keep my eye on. She just seems to find the perfect moment to create mayhem and is always keeping us on our toes.

~~Salt Lake is moving up in the world. We now have a mass transit passenger train from Ogden to Salt Lake. It opened this past week and offered free rides until the end of April. We, and thousands of others, decided to take advantage of the free fare. My parents, my brother Bones and the kids and I took the train to Ogden to have lunch. In all my years of living here I have never visited Ogden. We sat down at this quaint cafe and ordered lunch only to then discover I had left Matthew's formula on the kitchen counter. We left without eating and got back on the train to head home. Oh to be nursing again!!

~~May 1st and it is snowing. I thought April showers brought May flowers not another round of snow. Along with the snow I have sick kids yet again. Will it ever end??

~~Today is my kickoff for training for the Park City half marathon. I am trying to get into running again so I can run the New York Marathon some time in my life. Now, I need to talk someone into running it with me. Any takers??