It's February...You Know What That Means

Darn it...my "fixed" blog was short lived. I posted that post, went back to edit a typo and it was "broken" again. Boo hoo. I hate this. It really grates on me even though it shouldn't.

In happier news, our son will be born this month! We are now guaranteed a February baby. This means an amethyst birthstone. Yuck--pale purple for a boy? Yay for me, though! However it presents a bit of a dilemma. I have a special "mommy ring" with Easton's garnet birthstone:

So, now I should have something with Deuce's amethyst, right? I wear Easton's ring all the time. My wedding and engagement rings are always (almost always) on and if I've got those on then I'm also wearing my mommy ring on my right hand. Well, one finger with rings per hand is enough for me, thanks. And I don't always wear earrings or necklaces so now I don't know what to do for my next "mommy" piece. Ack! Such little things to "worry" about, I know. But still...anyone have any GOOD ideas? :)

Sorry if yesterday's post was a bit TMI for some of you. I guess I forget that not everyone is as excited about being 35 weeks pregnant as I am. But, no comments on the blog so maybe Jason was right and it *was* a little too much info? Who knows? I tried to be somewhat discreet while still filling you all in. Anyhoo...

We did end up doing "pah doo" yesterday after nap. That means Play-Doh. We were at it for a solid hour, I'd say. I got a little bored but not E. Opening up the Dohville Diner:

And making the hair "grow":

And I made Easton a watch and a ring...he's holding up the ring he ripped off:


And today we went to Circle Time instead of Kindermusik (since it's over). We had the doctor's appointment during yesterday's Circle Time session. Easton did pretty well. The CD player was broken so we couldn't do our "patting song" but it was okay. He was quiet but not too still for the first story and then he was totally paying attention to the second story: "The Five Little Chicks". He kept making chicken and duck sounds, saying "Yellow!", saying "Mama!", saying "Eat!". I like to encourage him to be attentive like that, just maybe a little more quietly attentive. Oh well. It's toddler story time. No one expects too much. After the songs and stories the kids did a craft:

Then, Easton picked out a sort of freaky book called "Baby Angels" and I read it to him before his nap. Kinda weird. Oh well.

We went to Target after Circle Time and Easton was in a "mood" again. He normally likes for me to hand him the items and he drops them nicely in the back of the cart. Today he'd fling them back over the top of his head, I don't even know if he wanted them to land in the cart or not. A few times he'd fling them on the floor but I could never be quite sure if it was intentional or not. As we were checking out he threw our box of "orange noodles" on the floor and I know that was on purpose. I matter-of-factly picked them up and put them on the cashier's conveyor belt and he threw a huge, embarassing fit. He snapped out of it just as quickly as he went into it. Then was sweet as can be the whole rest of our time. What a weirdo. Jason and I were thinking he's almost like a different kid lately. Maybe it's just that he's 2 now but it seems more to us like it goes along with the iron supplementation. But, that's strange too. I guess it's just a phase but I'm ready for it to end already. At least before #2 gets here. Eek!

We bought Deuce another pack of diapers today and some of his own butt supplies. You don't want to share butt creams with your brother, you know. Target was also having a sale on shorts and tee shirts 2 for $7 so I had to take advantage of that as well...for E. I have yet to try the shorts on him. Maybe after nap. Then I don't know what our plans are. It is downright frigid outside at a whopping 18 degrees. Lows for tonight expected to be -5!!! Plus more snow. I cannot remember ever having a more snowy and cold winter here in Colorado. This is insane and better end with Groundhog Day tomorrow. Good thing it sounds like our newborn might have some meat on his bones to help him not freeze this winter. Sheesh!

Anyway, that's all she wrote, folks...bye!