i love my boys!

cooking dinner for my guys. spinach pasta with brussel sprouts and home made sauce with home grown basil. roasting turkey from the farm down the road. j seems to have been born a vegetarian. he doesn't really eat meat which is fine by me and p. we have both been vegetarians in the past and discuss going back at least twice a yr.

waiting for p to get home so I can go to knit night. i love knit night so. but he is stuck in his advisers office trying to figure out his school schedule which is super important of course.
not that my knitting is unimportant or anything but clearly school gets priority over my hobby.

saw more houses today. um is there anywhere to live that's in our budget and fabulous? maybe one will work out but it will need work, lots of work I fear. and uh lets be honest p and I don't know how to do that kind of stuff. our wonderful families would of course pitch in but we can't rely on them to do all of it.

jonah loves music and watching him dance makes my heart happy.

find me a home

So um I'm a total dork. Any one who reads this...all 3 of you....knows this.

I had to break up with my Realtor. There is nothing wrong with her, I just found her completely and uterly annoying. Every time I had an appointment to go see a house with her I dreaded it. Isn't the stress of making the biggest purchase of your life enough without the added stress of having to hang out with someone you can't stand in order to do it?
Ok so by break up I mean I stopped calling her and have been ignoring her calls. A guy once did that to me and I got the message (eventually) I'm hoping she will too.

I decided to go on trial house viewings with 2 new realtors. One yesterday and one today. So here is why I'm a complete dork. I am sorta nervous to meet these new people. I'm spending way to much time thinking about what to wear, what will they think, etc. The fact of the matter is that as long as I buy a house they could really care less which pair of jeans I wear.

Susan, who I met yesterday, was nice and plain spoken. She really seemed like she was trying to get a feel for what kind of house we're looking for. Today I meet Jim.

Maybe one of these days I'll meet the right house cause really that's the point of the whole thing right?

Post Mothers Day Ramblings

Photo of Me, Mom, Peter, Jonah, Julie, Mike, Rosemary, Lauren, Mike, Sofia, and Cali after the Mothers Day Breast Cancer Run/Walk in Philly.

Had the most wonderful Mothers Day Weekend!! Friday my mom came down from NYC. Peter came home with flowers and wine. Love that man!! Had an amazing seafood feast collaborative effort dinner. Rock fish, shrimp, the last of my first homemade pesto, eggplant and sweet potato fries.

Saturday mom and I went to the town yard sale. Scored some major finds. Cast iron corn bread mold, 6 glasses with birds painted on them, 14 kid friendly videos, some pilsner glasses, 2 chairs and a couch!! Photos to follow.
The couch is hideous but i'm hopeful that something can be done to change that. the chairs are outdoor ones that i am going to re purpose into indoor ones. They need cushions and some feet.

Then me, mom, peter, and jonah went to Newark, DE for some errands and walking around. Also a stop by the local fair trade store to celebrate fair trade day with some free fair trade chocolate and coffee. I'm not one to pass up free chocolate or coffee ya know!!!
Mom loved the store. The re purposing is amazing and I may have to splurge on the soda can top purse for Alex and Christina's wedding. I'll justify it by the fact it was made by street children in Brazil.

Then off to dinner at the Yacht Club in Chesapeake City. Ummmmmm so it was AMAZING!!!!! South Beach took a vacation this weekend. Escargot in hazelnut butter for my app. followed by filet mignot smothered in crab royal. which is crab and melted cheese. Did I mention we also got baked brie drizzed with raspberry sauce.
It was a super amazing meal.
We went to bed at 9:30!! Food coma all around.....

Sunday woke up at 4AM. Let me repeat that on mothers day I woke up at 4AM. I've heard that some mothers sleep in and get breakfast in bed on mothers day. But I woke up at 4AM so we could be out the door by 5:30 to get to Philly for the Breast Cancer walk. Lynn and Tom I should have taken you up on your offer to sleep at your house so I didn't have to get up so early. Next yr I'll be there!!
We all got up ate breakfast and were out the door by 6AM. Only 30 min late which for us is pretty impressive. Made it to Philly and drove around forever for parking but got to the walk on time. It was me, mom, peter, jonah, peter's mom, sister, and brother, his brother's father in law and his daughter Cali. Cali slept the whole time. Jonah did not! He did ok in the stroller for the first 2 miles but for the last one was not having it and Peter carried him. It was 40 deg and windy. Not the best weather but we had a great time chatting, walking and being inspired but all the amazing people around us.

Then went to Mike's wife's families house for brunch. Her family is large and welcoming. We have differnt opinions as to what is a child appropriate movie however. For example I DO NOT feel that Step brothers is appropriate and they do. My sweet baby boy heard more curse words in 2 hrs then he has heard in his entire life. And I am certain that _ _ _ _ _ on drums is going to be planted in his subconscious for the rest of his life!

Mom, peter, me, and jonah left and went to Pat's to share a cheese steak. can't leave philly with out a cheese steak, when you've given your diet a vaca that is.

took mom to the train station and left for home. We had all been up since 4, including the j man and we were spent. J and I took a little nap in the car but poor peter had to drive.

Decided to go to sushi for dinner to complete my fabulous weekend. FYI always ask what brand the wine is cause $7.50 for Kendal Jackson pretty much sucks but the sushi was great and the prefect end to mothers day.
Came home and had to cover my garden due to a frost last night. Frost in May, not cool mother nature, not cool. But when I went out this morn to uncover my beautiful garden the watermelon had doubled!! And our first tomato decided to pop out. Its green and adorable. Its supposed to get down to 40 tonight and I may cover again. The strawberries however I don't think are going to make it. That is 2 yrs in a row that the strawberries have died. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but it makes me want them even more.......

So we were all exhausted and delirious. Peter put J down and P and I were in bed at 9. Fast asleep, blissfully asleep. 11:30 screams, baby boy screaming, crying, inconsolable, tears, did I mention screams...the piercing screams of a sweet baby having his gums ripped open by a new tooth. I rocked, I gave milk, I hugged, kissed and snuggled. Ambesol did nothing. Of course we had no motrin or tylenol because of the recall and nothing was working. At 12:15 P ventures out to the all night store to try and get something anything to help our baby. He found one bottle of generic motrin left on the store shelf and raced home with it. By this point I had gotten Jonah quieted down to a whimper by a combination of milk, ceiling fan and the lion king. Peter walked in carrying the meds like a golden egg and we gave it to little man. Then we had a discussion about whether the lion king is an appropriate movie for him to watch due to the hyenas.
If anyone has any thoughts on this topic I am curious. I think its on ok movie, Peter doesn't. And let me say that it did calm j down. But we put in Babe. I was terrified that changing the movie would send him into hysterics but he was fine watched a little of the film and went back to sleep. Then so did we.

But 6AM came and he was back up. That's around his usual wake up time.

And now today is in full swing with laundry and cleaning.

My weekend was wonderful. I didn't change a diaper and Peter did the majority of work.
Thank you Peter and Jonah for such a great Mothers Day!!! And thank you both for making me the mother that I am!!! I love you!!

grateful

things i am grateful for today:
1. my wonderful supportive husband
2. knit night
3. jonah's love of dancing to any and all music including church hymns
4. my garden
5. my laundry line
6. the sound of birds at 5AM
7. other mom blogs
8. my incredible family
9. sushi
10. the view of the water from my house

SC

South Carolina for Collin and Allison's wedding. All was lovely. Food, people, weather, etc.
Got a ton of knitting done on the car ride. I think we should drive 10 hrs every weekend. I'd get so much done! Finished the owl sweater vest and the soaker pants that I made for J. He looked so cute in the vest at the rehearsal dinner. Is it wrong that I love to see him in stuff that I've made him? Now I'm starting to make a bag and then felt it!!

I never feel like I take good pics of the stuff I've made. If anyone has a suggestion I would appreciate it.

Went to the beach. a wonderfully windy day. Flew a kite. J walked forever. He picked up his first sea shell. I immediately made a mental note to pick it up whenever he dropped it and save it forever but after 10 min or so he handed it to me. As if to say "here I know you want this". That little boy knows me so well!

Peter looked great in his suit, J looked adorable in his suit, I had a fun time dressing up in my fancy dress. But after 30 min the heels came off and the berks went back on.

Made hummus for the first time last night. A little lumpy but not bad overall. J and P ate it up.

split lip

Dear Fire House:
I hate you when you decide it's time to test the sirens on your engines at the exact moment I finally have gotten my sweet baby boy to sleep.
But I love you when my baby is gushing blood from his mouth and I only have to run 20 ft to get medical attention.

He split open the piece of skin that connects your upper lip to your gum. No stitches needed. He's fine. I'm not sure about me.

Jonah's a walker, Jonah's a walker. That's right I said it Jonah's a walker!!!

It started last week in earnest and by the weekend he was unstoppable. He is so into exploring everything. Its like he's in a hurry to grow up RIGHT NOW!!! And get super upset when he can't do everything that he wants at the exact moment that he wants to do it.
Now if he stumbles he wails for a few seconds then carries on. Or if he is carrying a big box across the living room and he drops it he acts as if the world is ending for 2 seconds and then picks it back up and keeps going.
We are also having some communication difficulties. I haven't spoken baby in a bout 33 yrs and he isn't quite fluent in english yet. But we're working it out.

He is already smarter than I am.

I am almost done knitting the soaker pants for him. They are super cute. I decided however that I should knit him a sweater vest to wear to Collin and Allison's rehearsal dinner. The pattern is adorable. I just hope I can get it done in time. pictures of both soon................I hope!!