Monday, July 13, 2009
On the Road Again...
And saw this guy going down the road in the St. Louis area in his vintage Corvette. On his way to a costume party in July? A REALLY big Vikings fan? Looking for someone named Helga? As we originally came up behind him all we could see was the horns sticking up out the T-top, when we passed he was too funny so I dragged out the camera and made Hubby slow down.
In other news of the day Winnie's Litter will soon be relocating to a small town outside of St. Louis on the Illinois side of the river. Seems like a nice little area and Hubby will likely go sign a lease on a little house tomorrow. While the house isn't our dream home it will be a roof for a few months while we settle and decide our next step. We will likely start the move in the next couple of weeks. Sonny Boy is most concerned that we will only have one bathroom in the rental, I'm most worried about some UGLY wall paper border that the landlord said I could change.
The house still hasn't sold and the couple that seemed as if they were going to bite have now stepped back and are going to wait. While they say we are still on the top of their list they are holding off for a couple of months. My real estate agent is pushing them because they are eligible for the 8K first time home buyer credit but to get that you must close by Nov 30, 2009 and if you've bought more than one house sometimes things get drawn out longer than you planned and I imagine there will be a run on things this fall slowing down the process, that's what he's explaining to them. Anyhow even if they don't pull maybe things will pick up as the deadline for the tax credit draws closer and somebody a little more together will make an offer. In the meantime we are going to let the house sit and be a storage for furniture that won't fit in the rental (and keep the place from looking too barren) at least till the end of November and hunt for a renter to supplement the mortgage and hope that the market will improve in a years time and re-list or Hubby's old job will miraculously call him back - I'm not holding my breath on that one.
While in the St. Louis area I took the kids to Grant's Farm. It was a fun day and Sonny Boy enjoyed the animal shows, Igor not so much. Darn blogger won't let me arrange pictures like I want so I'll put them on a separate post.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Get you motor running...
Friday, July 3, 2009
Litter Happenings
Igor is just a bundle of energy lately. I expect him to break into James Brown's "I Feel Good" any minute now. I measured him today and dragged out my old notes and realized he has now grown 5 and 3/4 inches since he's been home and gained about 10 and 1/2 pounds. I can really tell he's been growing as all of a sudden he feels like he's all arms and legs when we cuddle in the rocking chair at night. While I still wouldn't call the kid chunky he no longer looks quite so skinny probably due to the fact that the eating issues are getting better. Igor now will mostly eat a reasonable amount of food at a meal without it being a huge production. Don't get me wrong, he's still REALLY slow but I'm seeing progress. His favorite food that's not junk is oatmeal so it's dosed up liberally with butter, brown sugar and half and half, probably why he likes it so much. We are also slowly walking into the pottie training thing slowly. We should really be more consistent but he has the idea down. I think it would be a simple thing to get him into big boy underwear full time, however I just don't have the energy with my stress levels right now so he's trading off between diapers and pull ups and when I'm really energetic underwear. Igor's speech is really making progress as well, we are starting to get two word combos quite frequently and will copy you pretty clearly when you make him say a sentence to get something. All other aspects are good. We get a typical temper tantrum from time to time and he certainly test his boundries but for the most part he is really easy but energetic. Right now he prefers me to Hubby. Last week when Hubby went in to wake him from his nap he was very confused and upset that it wasn't me. Easy to see since Hubby is gone now so much and he's used to Mom being the one that does everything.
Sonny Boy is his typical self. Right now he's doing swim lessons daily at the pool right behind our house. He is making good progress but the kid sinks like a stone - takes after his dad who cannot float either. Sonny Boy's crawl is looking almost like a swimmer's and he can actually move when he does it, he's not far from saying he can swim. Of course Sonny Boy is still growing just not at the astonishing rate that Igor is. It is hard to believe he will be six in a couple of weeks.
I guess that's the update folks.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Someone suggested I clone myself...
I pulled a good one I scheduled Sonny Boy two weeks worth of swimming lessons that run from 9:10 am to 9:45. No problem except on Wed which is Igor's speech therapy/play group that runs from 9:15-10:15 and is at least a 10 minute drive away. It appears that tomorrow I will drop Sonny Boy off at swim lessons a few minutes early and ask a girl I've sat with at numerous lessons around town our kids have shared to watch him, drive like a crazy person to Igor's therapy, drop him off at therapy, turn right around drive back pick up Sonny Boy and then drive back to pick up Igor. Whew talk about spinning wheels and shuttling kids. I knew SAHM do alot of driving but I didn't think it took all the logistics of an aircraft carrier.
My only hope is that I told Sonny Boy we would skip swim lessons if it was cold again tomorrow. Today it was downright chilly and I wasn't the one wet, actually wore a jacket. The pool is heated so the kids in the water aren't so bad but it's brisk when you get out!
I'm waiting with baited breath, we may have an offer soon on the house, the people have narrowed it down to our house and another and my realtor says our house is much nicer (though it's a little more expensive) we'll see I guess. We've been down to the final two before.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Maybe not the worst camping trip ever....
The view from the backseat.
I should have taken a picture of the mountain very dirty, wet, smelly laundry I did the next day too.






