I Ended So Abruptly

Wow, my post yesterday afternoon sort of just ended...didn't it? We had plans to go to PF Changs for dinner last night. But then Easton only napped for 45 minutes so we moved our reservation up (we were hungry!!) and I had less time for my blogging. Oh well.

So, back to all that yesterday. After my mom and sister (Lauren, 15) babysat so I could go to J's gig, Lauren spent the night with us. She likes to stay here from time to time. Easton really enjoys her so that helps. Her and Jason have a cute bond too. Not to mention I like her as well. I took the cutest picture ever of Easton and Lauren and we all passed the camera around so we could see it. Seriously...it was an adorable picture...but, something went wrong and now it's gone. I was so bummed. I still am. It was a great picture of each of them. Lauren was sitting on the floor and Easton unprompted came up behind her and put his arms around her while he peeked out over her shoulder. We all loved it and now it's gone gone gone. Here is the second cutest, it is a distant second mind you:
Hey, I tried to change my profile picture...is it showing up for you guys? It shows up for me if I click on "view my complete profile" but otherwise I see either the old picture or the Photobucket error logo. Hmmmmm...blogging can be a tricky business for me.

I'm also changing my "Same Time, Last Year" picture. No video this time 'cause there really isn't one. That's surprising, huh? Anyway, the picture is from when Auntie Jesh and Uncle Tony came to visit from Texas over last Memorial Day weekend. That is my sister Jessica in the picture with E. She is 2 years younger and about 100 pounds skinnier than me. Okay, so that's obviously an exaggeration. But, she's thin. Sometimes she gives me her fat pants. Why am I even talking about this? I don't know...I'm done.

Okay, so back to the whole weaning thing. Easton is doing really well. I continue to offer him my milk when he wakes at 6 but I don't think he's really getting anything from me anymore. However, I do enjoy the snuggling and that it helps him go back to sleep...currently. That will end soon too. It always does. The bad thing we've noticed without me nursing him regularly is that his eye with the clogged tear duct is doing worse. I used to massage it during nursing sessions since that was really the only time he'd let me. Now, without the massage his eye is starting to get all gooby and gross again. We're going to have to figure something else out. J was surprised at how much of a difference the massaging made. Not that it helped to open the duct...that looks like it'll require surgery. Darn. But, it did keep his eye looking cleaner most of the time. Now we're thinking we might attack the eye during TV time. Who knows?

He is eating really well lately. Perhaps its due in part to the weaning or perhaps its due to getting over his illness. All I know is I like it. Well, it's kind of annoying since he just likes to graze all day and it's hard to find suitable foods for him to graze on. I mean, if the kid eats any more goldfish I think he'll turn neon orange. He likes bananas but refuses to feed them to himself now. Yogurt can get messy...See!? It's hard. Oh, funny story though, the other day while I was getting my haircut/make-up done Jason was giving Easton some string cheese and E ate a ton of it! The trick? Jason would put a piece of cheese on one of E's toy trucks and then he'd roll it to him, E would eat it and roll it back for a refill. How hilarious is that? I thought it was great! Leave it to my boys to think of such things. Whatever works, right?

Okay, so to wrap things up, yesterday the family that is giving me my "job" came over to see our house and go over a few details for Baby John's care. It sounds easy enough although him and Easton may be on opposite napping schedules and it sounds like Baby John isn't always the best napper (like E). We'll just see how it goes. I start Tuesday at 7 or 8...I can't remember. I think they changed it to 8. Good thing I'll be home anyway, right?

Our dinner at PF Changs was delish as usual. I ran out of food for Easton like a dummy...I forget about this newfound appetite. He ate maybe 2 grains of rice and 2 bites of my Mongolian beef. He couldn't have any of J's Kung Pao Shrimp due to the peanuts (which we still aren't giving him). He really enjoyed the cheesecake later, though. We all did. Mostly he ate the strawberries that came with it and then he mashed up my fortune cookie (still wrapped) so he enjoyed eating little bits of that as well. Here is some video from our dinner last night. Hopefully this is a less abrupt ending to my blog. I hated leaving it that way yesterday but that means I'm way too obsessed with this blogging thing. Anyway, enjoy the rest of the weekend!