Patrick spent most of last week home sick. Although, he spent too much of it working and not resting imo. Soooo, kiddo and I are now sick. I feel like complete total sh**, sore throat, runny nose, congested, headaches ..the whole gamut. Of course I feel worse for my little man then myself. I’d be sick any day if he didn’t have to be. I feel helpless for him cause I know he’s not feeling good. He’s so clingy, whimpers and is a very fussy lil man. I am trying to baby him as much as I can but that doesn’t seem enough at times. I’m keeping him hydrated, have our humidifier on, giving him saline drops for his nose (which he hates). Not much else I can do but hope we get us both over this cold asap.

Here are a few pics of the wall we just painted last week and it turned out pretty good. I’m slowly trying to get pics of rooms that we are almost done with or done with. (of course we are leaving some areas just untouched until we figure out how we want to do them / buy new furniture in the future etc) I had a few rough days of my web page. Upgrading my gallery to a newer version was a pain in my arse to say the very least!!! I got it working but not exactly how I want ..but it’ll do for now!

Enjoy and hope that everyone else is feeling ok and not coming down with this crud. I think half our block has it or just got over it.

Kitchen nook area: (someday replacing that table for a nicer nook table, we used this in our old apt. way back when but we do have our nice dining room set to use for more formal things)

Munchkin is 6 months old as of this last Saturday. We had his doc. appt. yesterday, got himself 4 more shots Never easy that’s for darn sure!

27 1/2 inches long – 90% (tall and skinny like his dad)
just short of 15 lbs. – ~15 % (dropped a little, to be expected doc said as they start becoming more active ie. crawling)
16 something head – 25 % (staying the same %)

He’s a healthy little man and eating solids happily. I’m still making his own food and have quite the mixture in different freezer bags atm: sweet potatoes, avocados, applesauce, bananas and have carrots in the fridge ready to go.

The doc said that if he didn’t know better, he’d have thought this was a 9 month visit because Braysen is meeting all his 9 month developmental milestones already!!! He’s crawling / cruising, he’s sitting up by himself straight / getting to sitting by himself, and the big shocker really is he’s pulling to a stand against furniture by himself. (something the doc was really shocked by!)

All in all a good visit. I take him in again Nov. 2nd for a flu shot and then won’t be seeing him until 9 months.

Life at home is chaotic to say in one word. Patrick is sick and working too much imo. Kiddo is going through a growth spurt and his eatting / sleep routines are a nightmare. We are in the process of a few different painting jobs, hanging up things still, getting stuff unpacked, trying to clear space for the cars to park in the garage, getting ready for a housewarming party and a whole slew of other things. We are also watching his parents dog for 2 weeks while they are up visiting his brother in Wisconsin.

~sigh, need to get kiddo from the swing into bed

heather

Jul 01, 2003
Why does it seem that when a woman argues or feels strongly about something that people turn into this “she’s a girl, she’s bitchy, she’s whiney” thing?

Why is that men can speak up, bring forth ideas and also argue about points without being put down instantly? They are in fact most of the time applauded for standing up for something or respected for speaking out.

I’m tired of being put down for an idea I have being called a whiner for thinking that things should be addressed that are concerning me and other people.

One might say grow up…but on the other hand I ask that maybe you grow up and be mature about a woman voicing her own thoughts and opinions. Sometimes I truely believe that men think that what they say is the end all, be all, all knowing fact.

/sighs
Heather