I was reading one of my parenting books and it specifically says that eating cereal does not make your child sleep through the night. But I would really like to write the author and tell them that my child had rice cereal for the first time last Sunday, and it was also the first time he slept through the night. Incidentally, he's also had cereal every night since then and he's also slept through the night every night as well. Correlation perhaps? I don't believe it to be a coincidence... Obviously, Monday was a big day in the Anderson house. Waking up at 6:30, not in the middle of the night, was glorious. Well worth the trouble of scraping each bite of cereal off of Eli's face and putting it back in mouth about five times. But since then, he's really started eating better- opening his mouth and swallowing and everything! I'm just so surprised that my son is a successful eater. Oh wait.... I think he may come by that honestly :)
Other random tidbits and things that have happened lately:
~Saw the new Harry Potter movie. I was very excited that Ali came up to see it with me and it was probably the best Harry Potter yet. I had just reread the book previous to seeing the movie. So I obviously knew a lot was left out. But overall it was good. I just wish they wouldn't have added in a whole new scene that wasn't in the book. If you don't have time to include everything in the book, why add new stuff???
~I recently read The Count of Monte Cristo. I'd been wanting to for quite a while. And since it's one of my favorite movies, I had high expectations for the book. However, I think that for the first time ever, I prefer the movie to the book. Don't get me wrong, it's a good book. I just thought the movie's ending was better than the book's. Quite surprising.
~Aaron and I are going to play in a co-ed softball league that starts this Sunday. I'm pretty sure we're going to be terrible. But it's more for the socialization. So it should be fun.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
There's No Place Like Home.... Except Colorado
Eli and I have successfully survived our first "vacation." I use that term loosely bc although it was technically a vacation, Nebraska and Colorado wouldn't necessarily be my dream vacation. Fun places to visit, but I'd maybe opt for the Caribbean.... Anyhow, we went with my parents to visit both of my brothers. Neither of them had met Eli yet, and my parents try to make the trip once a year or so. And they invited us, so I figured we'd tag along. I mean, hey- who wouldn't want to take a 4-month old on a 14 hour car ride? :)
To summarize the entire week would take a whole lot of typing. So I'll just hit some of the highlights.
-Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes were so much fun, as always. It doesn't seem to matter how many times I've been there. It's always different from previous visits. This time we saw lots of elk, a couple caribou (or so my dad claims they were. I could only see the antlers), and one of the most beautiful rainbows I've ever seen. It was a double rainbow that you could see in its entirety (see photo above). It truly was a once in a lifetime experience that more than made up for the rain we had to endure earlier in the day. I only wish the picture would do it more justice.
-Eli did great in the car. He didn't really fuss at all until we hit McPherson on the way home. I think by that point in time, he was pretty sure he was tired of his carseat. And I couldn't really blame him. I was very tired of being in the car myself.
-It was great seeing family and getting to spend time w/ my brothers who I rarely see anymore.
-The weather in Colorado was BEAUTIFUL and really made me miss living there. 70's with a nice breeze was wonderful! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see any of my old friends from Denver bc we only drove through it on our way back. And it was at 10:30 in the morning on Wednesday. Not the most ideal of times to meet up with people.
-My baby niece, Brooke, is absolutely adorable. She has such a fun little personality and is seriously cute. Her "monster face" made me laugh every time and really made me look forward to when Eli is 9 months and doing more fun things.
-I braved driving while in the park while it was pouring down rain. Normally I don't mind driving in the mountains, but I really don't enjoy driving in the rain. But seeing as how my mom doesn't even like riding in the car at high elevations and my dad was riding w/ my brother, it was either me or Eli. I thought I might be the safer bet :) Anyhow, it went fine and we didn't fall off any cliffs. Even if my mom thought we were going to. Her job was to sit in the back and entertain Eli. But since he slept for the majority of the day, I'm not too sure that she didn't get the better end of that deal....
But even though I we had a great time, I was definitely ready to be home. It wasn't really difficult w/ Eli. He really was good. Just a change in his normal schedule, which any parent can appreciate. And I was ready for him to sleep in his own crib and me in my own bed. Plus, we may have missed Aaron a little. I know he was ready for us to be home. He claims that Eli put on several pounds while we were gone. And while that is most definitely an exaggeration, he is quite a bit "huskier" than b
efore we left. His little legs are starting to get pudgy!
To summarize the entire week would take a whole lot of typing. So I'll just hit some of the highlights.
-Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes were so much fun, as always. It doesn't seem to matter how many times I've been there. It's always different from previous visits. This time we saw lots of elk, a couple caribou (or so my dad claims they were. I could only see the antlers), and one of the most beautiful rainbows I've ever seen. It was a double rainbow that you could see in its entirety (see photo above). It truly was a once in a lifetime experience that more than made up for the rain we had to endure earlier in the day. I only wish the picture would do it more justice.
-Eli did great in the car. He didn't really fuss at all until we hit McPherson on the way home. I think by that point in time, he was pretty sure he was tired of his carseat. And I couldn't really blame him. I was very tired of being in the car myself.
-It was great seeing family and getting to spend time w/ my brothers who I rarely see anymore.
-The weather in Colorado was BEAUTIFUL and really made me miss living there. 70's with a nice breeze was wonderful! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see any of my old friends from Denver bc we only drove through it on our way back. And it was at 10:30 in the morning on Wednesday. Not the most ideal of times to meet up with people.
-My baby niece, Brooke, is absolutely adorable. She has such a fun little personality and is seriously cute. Her "monster face" made me laugh every time and really made me look forward to when Eli is 9 months and doing more fun things.
-I braved driving while in the park while it was pouring down rain. Normally I don't mind driving in the mountains, but I really don't enjoy driving in the rain. But seeing as how my mom doesn't even like riding in the car at high elevations and my dad was riding w/ my brother, it was either me or Eli. I thought I might be the safer bet :) Anyhow, it went fine and we didn't fall off any cliffs. Even if my mom thought we were going to. Her job was to sit in the back and entertain Eli. But since he slept for the majority of the day, I'm not too sure that she didn't get the better end of that deal....
But even though I we had a great time, I was definitely ready to be home. It wasn't really difficult w/ Eli. He really was good. Just a change in his normal schedule, which any parent can appreciate. And I was ready for him to sleep in his own crib and me in my own bed. Plus, we may have missed Aaron a little. I know he was ready for us to be home. He claims that Eli put on several pounds while we were gone. And while that is most definitely an exaggeration, he is quite a bit "huskier" than b
efore we left. His little legs are starting to get pudgy!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Long Weekend
Well it was back to the daily grind for Aaron today and back to normal for Eli and me. Luckily, Aaron had Friday off so we had a three day weekend today first. Got lots of stuff done around the house on Friday- all the normal weekend chores, grocery shopping and whatnot. That way we could come back from my parents' on Sunday and just relax. Turns out, it was a great plan. Bc we were both exhausted by the time we got home!
We drove down to my parents' early Saturday and spent the day at my grandparents' pool. Saw lots of family and friends and really had a good time. The only bad part was that Eli didn't really feel like taking a nap for a majority of the day while we were there. Turns out 3-month olds aren't really fun to be around when they haven't napped all day. Who knew? I was so looking forward to playing in the pool with him too. But he was NOT having any of that. Aaron tried to put him in and he just screamed the whole time. Thankfully, Grandma Sherry was nice enough to take care of him for quite a while so I could relax by the pool while Sumre, Amanda, Ali and Ross were there. Thank God for Grandmas!
Unlike Saturday, Eli did great on Sunday. We got up early and went to church and lunch. And he blabbered a little during communion. But no real crying! He was, of course, kidnapped for a while by the Hazeltons. I pretty much plan on never having him for an entire service while I'm at my church at home. But that's fine by me. That's what church family is for :)
Also, I forgot to report last week that Eli and officially rolled over. He went from his stomach to his back last Monday. And today he rolled from his back to his stomach. Both of these were fairly accidental and have yet to be repeated. But at least he's strong enough to accomplish it once! I'm a little scared for when he's able to do it at will..... That's all for now. Not much planned for the week. But the weekend will be interesting since I'm hitting the road w/ my parents to visit my brothers. Please pray for us as we'll be traveling MANY hours in the car w/ Eli.
We drove down to my parents' early Saturday and spent the day at my grandparents' pool. Saw lots of family and friends and really had a good time. The only bad part was that Eli didn't really feel like taking a nap for a majority of the day while we were there. Turns out 3-month olds aren't really fun to be around when they haven't napped all day. Who knew? I was so looking forward to playing in the pool with him too. But he was NOT having any of that. Aaron tried to put him in and he just screamed the whole time. Thankfully, Grandma Sherry was nice enough to take care of him for quite a while so I could relax by the pool while Sumre, Amanda, Ali and Ross were there. Thank God for Grandmas!
Unlike Saturday, Eli did great on Sunday. We got up early and went to church and lunch. And he blabbered a little during communion. But no real crying! He was, of course, kidnapped for a while by the Hazeltons. I pretty much plan on never having him for an entire service while I'm at my church at home. But that's fine by me. That's what church family is for :)
Also, I forgot to report last week that Eli and officially rolled over. He went from his stomach to his back last Monday. And today he rolled from his back to his stomach. Both of these were fairly accidental and have yet to be repeated. But at least he's strong enough to accomplish it once! I'm a little scared for when he's able to do it at will..... That's all for now. Not much planned for the week. But the weekend will be interesting since I'm hitting the road w/ my parents to visit my brothers. Please pray for us as we'll be traveling MANY hours in the car w/ Eli.
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