This is just about our lives - four cats, two kids, a musician and a preacher.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Wow. It has been a long time since I've written. We've had a steady stream of visitors, and this is just a four day lull here. Nathan shared his cold. Generous baby. He's feeling perky again, but Randy and I are both pooped.
I saw my friend Eva in Owensboro, and she was telling me some of her son's cute stories. He goes to Preschool, and they asked him what his parents' names are. He told them, "Eeeva and Daddyman!" Nathan was nursing when I told Randy that one. He had to stop nursing for a minute so he could test that one out! He likes to say Daddyman, but he likes his version better. It's Mommydaddyman!
Randy's sister Elga visited over Memorial Day weekend. Nathan had a big time playing with her, and has been talking about her all day today. He calls her "Egga" or "Egga boomy." She said kaboom when he fell and bumped his head, and that turned into "aboomy." So now she's Egga boomy (at top decibel level for full effect).
12:20 PM
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Sunday, May 18, 2003
I don't know if anyone wants to read about life's disappointing moments. But it's all I can write about right now. I was just "unhired" from my favorite teaching job of the year. The woman who is running the Louisville Suzuki Institute couldn't find any advanced viola students. (Never mind that I was originally hired to teach viola/violin students in the regular program.) We had our week all planned, and I had turned down several playing jobs that would have covered that car payment.
But here's that silver lining (or about a square yard of it!) - now I get to go to Bowling Green with Randy for his Annual Conference. I think our motel has a pool, and we can visit with cousin Clint and his wife Kim. And my wonderful friend Kerry is talking about setting up Master Classes so I can teach her students!! And faced with being really broke, I finally called and placed an ad for students in a Parent/Child magazine.
11:50 AM
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Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Just an update on the Jay Jay activity at our house. Today Jay Jay and the gang went for a spin in the microwave. Thankfully, Nathan has not figured out how to turn the microwave ON. He just loaded up all of the planes on the turntable and took them for a ride. We got into a tricky spot when Nathan wanted to climb into the microwave, too. But once we had a bucket to load the planes into, everything was alright again. After the planes were dumped in the family room, they took turns driving down Noire's back. All seven of them, one at a time. And Noire didn't seem to notice (bless her 18 year old ancient kitty heart!)
12:45 PM
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Monday, May 12, 2003
I have baby fever again. Everywhere we go, I see these adorable little baby bundles. They look so sweet! But at the same time, I'm not quite ready for another one yet. It's that sleep thing. Nathan woke me up at 5:30 AM on Mother's Day, and didn't go back to sleep until 7:00. At one point he woke up all the way, insisting on Jay Jay.
Jay Jay the Jet Plane. He is ever present in our house. I had these visions of a TV free environment. I still do, but now I know that those visions aren't reality based! I gave in out of desperation. I thought I could sneak one section of the paper and that second cup of coffee if Nathan was interested in the TV. I let him watch Sesame Street. He liked it OK, but it wasn't life altering. Then I turned the TV on early one day, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane entered our home. Nathan was instantly captivated. "Ja Ja" was one of his first words. He would beat on the TV screaming "Ja Ja! Ja Ja!"
We bought some Jay Jay videos for Nathan at Christmas, and had a pretty good Jay Jay library by the time our VCR broke last month. Now we only have one Jay Jay DVD. Randy and I are SO sick of those five episodes. But Nathan still loves them. He likes the Pangaboola Island episodes best. "Inand! Inand!" Tuffy the Towtruck stars in those two episodes, and she just happens to be the most IRRITATING of the bunch.
Nathan has a set of Jay Jay toys. He spends hours with them every day. Lately Big Jake is his favorite. He can have the other six lined up as a Choo Choo, but it isn't right until Big Jake is there to take the lead. Big Jake is the only "adult" plane that is in the set. I don't know why, but they don't make Old Oscar or Savannah toys. Wouldn't it figure that Big Jake is the only one of Nathan's toys that likes to nurse! Big Jake flies up to the nursie and Nathan makes the slurpy nursing noises. Then he kisses Big Jake, then I'm supposed to kiss Big Jake. Cute, but just a little creepy.
12:56 PM
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Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Noire is driving me nuts. She's sitting here bellowing! I've brushed her, offered her wet food, fluffed the dry food, told her that she IS the kitty princess. I think she wants me to go lie down with her. Great - here comes Diego. He likes to lie across my arm while I'm typing.
Nathan likes to feed the cats. He stands in the middle of the kitchen and screams for Hobbes (who is scared of loud noises and small children). Then he takes a plate of wet food to the nearest cat, asking "Ah hunny?" (Are you hungry?). Usually, Noire is the closest cat. She sleeps on the chair, so he puts the plate right in front of her nose. She'll usually humor him and wake up to eat. Diego only ever eats on his own terms.
We went to the Y this morning. Too wet for the playground. Nathan likes to play in the nursery, and surely all of that fitness equipment will help me lose these last 12 pounds. I've lost 60 so far, and I made Lifetime Membership with Weight Watchers. But these last 12 are really bugging me. I feel like I'm starting all over again.
Toddler snacks are killing me here! Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are WAY too tastie. And those cheese cracker snack paks. . .Raisin points add up really fast, too. But it's mainly the peanut butter. WW was much easier before Nathan ate real food. I miss those 10 extra nursing points, too. Even though Nathan still nurses 4 - 7 times every day, I can tell that my body doesn't need all of those extra points anymore. It was truly amazing how much I could eat and still lose weight when Nathan was little! I guess it's time for the next baby.
11:06 AM
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Monday, May 05, 2003
Time for some more sappy Mommy moments - I feel some Nathan stories coming on.
Choo Choo Blanket
I hang a blanket over the end of Nathan's crib to block some of the light from the window. I have no idea if it really helps, but anything for a few more minutes of naptime. When he wakes up happy, he likes to stand up and scrunch the blanket over to one side. Then he pulls it along the side of the crib saying, "choo, chooooo!" It cracks me up every time!
Boogah
This has to be a boy thing. He has an endless fascination with boogers. Last night when he was nursing to sleep, he stopped to whisper to me. He pointed to my face and whispered, "Eye . . . nose . . .boogah." Then he went back to nursing and went on to sleep.
Car in road!!
When we were coming home from Lake Junaluska, we stopped at a rest area to let Nathan run some energy off. He had a big time running down the hill, but then he wanted to run too close to the parking lot. So we told him "No! Cars go in the road! Not Nathan!" It made a big impression. At least 50 millions times every day, he stops what he's doing to yell "CahsinWOAD!" All one word. Delivered with great dramatic inflection. Then he says "No, no, Nay nay." I'm glad he at least talks about not going in the road, because he still tries to run out there.
10:56 AM
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Sunday, May 04, 2003
OK, now I remember that I LIKE teaching kids. I taught as a guest clinician for my friend's Suzuki workshop yesterday, and it felt like coming home. I need to get busy and recruit some students. I love the teaching part, but the business/recruiting part is such a hassle.
Nathan had a big time at the workshop. Randy took him to Creative Movement class. My friend Wayne Krigger is the Pied Piper of Suzuki workshops. On the way home, Nathan would say "Kiggah, Kiggah" and just crack up! Nathan is going to a whole week of Wayne's classes when I teach at the Louisville Suzuki Institute in June.
12:22 PM
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