Adventures in La La Land

What a terrible, disgusting week. 1. The flu/stomach bug descended on our house on Sunday. We went to church as usual, spent our afternoon as usual, then I went to a movie with my sister. I got a text from Justin as I was leaving the theater that said, "Lucy just puked her guts out." It's not totally unusual for Lucy to puke just because she ate too much or coughed too hard, so I wasn't overly worried. But she puked again before I got home, and then for about every 20 minutes between 11 pm and 3 am. I finally brought her downstairs and let her sleep on the towel-covered couch. I curled up on the love seat and held the puke bucket under her chin every 20 minutes. 2. I was hoping Lucy got whatever Levi was recovering from and he'd be in the clear, but he threw up twice Sunday night and then a few more times throughout Monday and Tuesday. He handled the flu like a man, though, and acted like his normal self most of the week. Lucy, on the other hand, spent a few d...

1. I didn't read any books this week! I've been obsessed with watching Hawaii 5-0 on Netflix instead. As I texted my sister one day this week, Steve McGarrett is a beast and I love him. (And my husband kind of looks like him, so it's ok for me to say that.) 2. Lena had preschool testing this week. I didn't even know that was a thing. Is it like a pass/fail thing? Do you have to know stuff before you actually go to preschool? Isn't that what preschool is for? She was not happy about it and did not want to go until the morning of the testing. All of a sudden, she couldn't stop talking about how excited she was. When it came down to it, it took a tiny bit of coaxing to get her to go down the hall with the teacher (without me), but she did awesome. If I can ever get her potty trained, she is going to love school. 3. I got to catch up with some long lost friends on Tuesday. Kristy, Karen, and I have a tradition of meeting at El Burrito Loco a couple times a year ...

1. On Monday, I went to Bible Study for the first time in a couple weeks. Up to that point, I'd been nursing Levi once in the morning and once before bed. But Bible Study is at 7, and he doesn't go to bed 'til 8, so I wasn't sure what to do. I decided just to skip the feeding and see how he did. He slept all night! So I tried it again on Tuesday and the same thing happened! Woohoo! Down to one feeding a day, now.  2. We had a crazy wind storm this week. Our whole area was under high wind warnings, but because we live in the middle of a field, we feel it even more intensely. It was insane. I could hardly walk out to my car. Lucy legitimately got knocked down by the wind trying to get into the house after school (it was traumatic). I couldn't get my car doors open. And things were blowing everywhere! This is our neighbor's silo that blew across the field! 3. So it was pretty inevitable that we'd lose power. It went out at 11:30 am on Wednesday. The kids...

1. I did something spontaneous this week and got a perm! Haha. I've been so annoyed with my hair and wishing I was more adept at curling it. But I don't want to put the time into actually doing it. So I decided to just stuff my worries and get my hair permanently curled. I had a perm in high school and loved it, but was worried about looking like I came straight out of the 80s. So I requested a "wave" perm. And I'm very happy with the results! Channeling my inner teenager with the peace sign. (They probably don't call it that.) 2. I read four books this week. Most of them were pretty average, but they all kept me up way too late. I am entirely incapable of spreading a book out over more than one day. I have to read it all in one sitting. My favorite of the four was An Aria for Nick by Hallee Bridgeman .  I started it at 9:30 pm, thinking I'd just read a few chapters before bed (Seriously - do I not know myself better than that by now?) I finished it ...

Yeah, right! I'm not wearing this sticker! Ok, I've put off writing this entry long enough. It's time to admit that my baby is one and write his update. Stats He had a doctor appointment this morning. He weighed in at 18 lbs, 8 oz. (10%) and measured just over 28" long (4%). He's just starting to grow out of his 6 month clothes. Haha. But most of the 12 month stuff is still too big. He has 4 teeth (although his 5th is so close to popping through) - 2 top and 2 bottom. Eating  I've weaned him down to nursing just twice a day - once in the morning when he wakes up, and once before bed. I was done nursing the girls by this age, but I'm not in a hurry with him for some reason. #lastbaby? I'm going away for a weekend at the end of the month, so I'll be done by then. I'm kind of dreading the pain on my part and the crying on his, so I'm putting it off. Haha. He loves to eat table food. He's not a big breakfast eate...