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14 Months Old !

Well Miles is 14mos old ! I can't believe that it has been going by so fast! All of my other Mommy friends have been talking about how they grow up so fast and how we aren't exactly ready for them to need us less and less with every passing milestone. Miles is really handling toddler hood pretty well for now, I do know that he has toddler sizes teething grenades of attitude ready to have the pin pulled!

Today I packed away all of his bottles and nipples, not because he's 14mos but he has been drinking from a sippy cup pretty consistently for about a month, so no time like the present! I bought these and these, since he seems to be comfortable with them. I also did it because if the sippy cups are dirty then Daddy would use a clean bottle, I know this cuz we have done it! On to more news, Miles is actually playing with the rocket that his Grandmommy and Poppie gave him for Christmas, before he was just too attracted to the wheels. Naptime is less traumatic, however he falls asleep before I put him down. This is usually where I find him sleeping!

Miles is finally getting over a cold! Yippeeeeeeee. Now I believe that he HATES his Playroom! I know that all last week we tried to put him in there so we all could play and he had a fit. You'd think it was a torture chamber or something. Before he was sick he loved being in there. I will try him on Monday to see if he likes it again. I had so many plans for the room but now I am not motivated to work in a room that torments my son.

On a more Melanie note, I made my first Rachael Ray recipe. It was great if you like it like this! That is so not like me to do that, I re-toasted the bread in the oven and it was great if you like it spicy! The Gyro burgers were great! Oh Janet, maybe Mike can make these cuz I know you don't do the whole hadling of raw meat, however the Greek salad you'd probablly like!

How did you start your Morning?

Well I was soooo tired last nite I decided to turn in early but it didn't happen. I knew that I should have put the trash out, bur Ryan told me not to worry he'd take care of it when he got home in the morning. Well the problem with that is we no longer are dealing with the same trash men as before. Sometimes our trash would be picked up as late as 130pm! Even in the summer. Back in the story, Miles was up at 638am and I got up took care of the yuck mouth. I got him and noticed that he had peed thru everything. I cleaned him up and dressed him and as I was fixing his clothes I heard the rumble of the Trash Truck. I quickly threw on a bra and sweatshirt( I was a vision in red pj pants w/hearts and a grey St. Joes University sweatshirt and red Old Navy flip flops. Oh yeah the pony on top of my head had me looking like Pebbles! I'm running after the truck with like 5 bags of trash! Anyone who knows me knows I don't run after anything! The trash was collected!

A Better Day

Well the snot fountain has seemed to slack off a bit and the coughing has decreased. Yesterday miles was fit to be tied, nothing I did made him feel any better. I would feed him... nothing, I would change his diaper...nothing, I checked his temp...nothing. He just cried and cried and cried. I mean real tears and seemed like he was pissed at me for something. I don't care what room we were in he wailed! Well until we got to the bathroom and it seemed like he was a different child. But we couldn't spend the next 3.5 hours in the bathroom.... or could we? He was insistent upon walking down the hall to his playroom himself ... no tears and as soon as we got to the doorway of the room " down came the rain ..." Oh my gaw what is wrong with my kid? I needed intervention and Ryan wasn't due home for 3.5 hrs! Well once Daddy got home he calmed down. We put him in the tub to relax him for bed and it helped a lil!

Today was much much better! I am glad to report. We started our day @ 6:30am, Ryan was on his way to work and I had to get Miles and myself up and dressed and fed because the plumber is coming to finish his work! Well he called to cancel and I was irritated , it is taking him too long to finish the job. Anyhoo, we were paid a visit by Auntie India and her mother Ms. Connie. They were our first official visitors and got the grand tour and said that they loved the house!
India has told me that she is pregnant and is going to the doctor to really confirm it. She looks it to me! I am happy for her. I let her play mommy and let her change Miles and he wound up peeing on my newly cleaned duvet cover! So she did really good for a newbie! Then she took him into his room and put him down for his nap! 5min people ... that's it 5min was all it took!

Then later on My mother came over to give us our V-day cards ( miles and me and ryan) !

Ryan was supposed to be coming home tonite but he took an overtime instead!

nite- nite!

The Deep Blue Book Nook

Look at Me!

Mr.seewhatIcangetinto!

Naptime

This was Miles' first atttempt at Naptime in his crib It took him 2.5 hrs and then he zonked out!

Naptime Blues

... See my Tabblo>

Snorts, Sniffles and SNOT!

Well Miles has been at war with his mucous and has been losing! This mess has been funning from his nose like one of those meditatiing waterfalls! Needles to say I keep wiping it with whatever I have ie. tissues, tp, my shirt, his shirt, bib, etc. Oh yeah like you haven't done the same. I think mucous is really like the Mucinex commercial, just move in and take over the nasal cavity! I think we have worn out the welcome of that dammned aspirator, I know that no child likes that thing but Miles used to be more tolerant of it. Now anytime he sees that green aparatus he begins to scream bloody murder! That goes the same with the saline nose drops. That was when he learned to call his Da! Yes folks the traumatic experiences of mucous removal has led him to develop a name to call his father!

We all have been looking like a hot bag of crap these days and just as soon as Miles is better we are getting all dressed up , ok at least dressed and take pictures. So stay tuned for those pics.

In other news :
We now have a working doorbell! Ding Dong!
Miles has a new closet rod to hang more everlovin clothes!
Ryan delivered his first baby on the job. It's a girl.
Cousin Jackson is sick with RSV. Get well soon!
Miles is getting better at brushing his teeth, HA !
I bought this and this and love it!

Well That's All Folks!

The Latest News From the Hacienda

Well as everyone knows I have been trying to make sense of our new life in this new house, one box at a time. No new home would feel like home unless you have christened it properly! Well Miles has been snorting and snottin all over this house for the past 14 hours. He has been sneezing here and there and I just figured that it was from all the dust flying around from unpacking and stuff. It wasn't until 6:30 that he was getting all congested and irritable, he even had a low temp. I rubbed him down in baby vapor rub and some saline drops. I hadn't finished our bedtime routine before he fell asleep. At 7pm he was all "lights out". At 10:45 He woke up and UNCOMFORTABLE! He was was soooo stopped up he was breathing like a mad man. I tried to aspirate him but he put up such a fuss you would have thought that I was killing the boy. Miles was up and down til about 12am. Then I put my humidifier in his room and I think that the hum of the machine in combination with fatigue he zonked out, and was up at 6:24 am.

Now I am feeling congested and snotty! I am in for another long nite. Ryan was at work when all of this was happening and will be away tonite as well. We will be taking the Munchkin to see the doctor tomorrow. Keep your tissues handy .....aaaaaahhhhh aaaaaaahhh aahhhh chew!

This is Miles' Playroom! His room is almost done. Here are a few pics of him enjoying his space. He has tons more toys, we have to get containers to put them all in, as well as hang the curtians and pillows, lots ans lots of pillows! P.S. I am going to make them! Ha Ha Ha , no really I am!

All in the Mustard, Trying to Ketchup!

Let's play ketchup!

Well it has been a long time since I have really posted anything worth while, this may not be it but here it goes! Well 2 weeks ago we got our Penske truck the biggest damn one they had and with the help of Philadelphia Fire Fighters we were moved in , in no time at all. I was still battling a stomach bug I had for 4 days(yuck) and still managed to direct the boxes. My mother and mother-in-law were at the new house cooking calzones and pasta for the guys oh yeah and an ass load of beer! They were all so nice to help with the move. They took real good care of all of the breakables! Once they unloaded two trips worth of our crap they stayed and hung out a while.

It was still very surreal to me that we were moving into this house. After all of the junk we had to go through. I have been trying to unpack boxes and keep Miles from throwing everything on the floor. That's is something that he's been doing for about a month and a half. Any and everything has to be on the floor!

APPLIANCES

Anyhoo, we got a new fridge (stainless steel), Convection microwave, King size bed!, a deep freezer, and a dining room table and chairs w/ a server( hasn't arrived from India yet).

PLAYROOM

I have been working on getting Miles' room and playroom up and running. It is a work in progress. I do have a pic of the mural that it is in his playroom. Lindsay of splat designs inspired me to do a mural after seeing what she did for her son Travis.

BATH TYME!

Miles has taken a few baths in the new jacuzzi tub and I must say that HE LOVES IT! He has actually cried because he had to get out. We also got him this for the tub and it came with all these fun shapes that stick to the tub or wall. He also love the bubbles! Oh might I add that he peed like a big boy ( NO NOT IN THE POTTY) in the tub! Anyone got Lysol?

NAP TYME!

I have also taken to break Miles of the swaddle and all the naysayers mind yo damned business!
I have been putting him to sleep in his crib for naptime, since we had gotten used to putting him is his swing. It was tough the first time and I DID NOT CAVE! Nearly broke my heart! It took nearly 2.5 hrs the first fay I tried it. The day after that it took 40min. The day after that 45min. With each time there is less crying, thank God! Once he gets this napping thing down I hope to begin the nite time sleep swaddle free! Keep your fingers crossed!

Teeth!

Miles is currently cutting 2 teeth at the same time and it seems to be a race of who is going cut the gum first. He's handling it well considering. He will have a total of 8 little daggers!

I would show you more pics of the house but it looks about the same as before we moved in. I promise more pics to follow.

STAY TUNED!

Hello everybody, boy do we have stories to tell but not right now. I am currently standing in the basement typing this! I will fill everyone in with the details. Later!

Feel free to call using the number you got in the change of address email. If you didn't get it email me and I'll give you the info.

Love you.

Mel

Here's Your Meme

Here are the directions:
1)Grab the book closest to you
2)Open to page 123, go down to the fourth sentence
3)Post the text of the following 3 sentences on your blog
4)Name the author and book title
5)Tag three people to do the same

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Riley jerked to a stop. He boggled. To his left, Bruce was massaging the feet of a chanting Mitzi.

This is from Reconsidering Riley By Lisa Plumley

**not sure where this book came from!**

If you wat to do this feel free to leave it in the comments!


See Ya later!

We're Moooooooooving!

Well everyone its official, we are in fact moving this Saturday! It has been a long time coming and it is HERE! I am, at this point just throwing crap in boxes to be done with everything and I'll figure it out when we get into the new house. We al ready rented the truck and we have about 10 of Philadelphia's finest Firefighters to help us lift and load! The "mothers" will be providing food for the hungry guys and and beer courtesy of Ryan. I have no idea how to load the truck, since everytime we ever had to move something of mine always breaks! What is that about? Ryan's stuff is flawless! What should go on the truck first? Sofas, beds what? I have no clue. I know some of my online friends have moved recently and anyone else who happens to stumble across the blog please lend your advice!

I do apologize for not having more things of interest on the blog but I've got a one track mind! It'll be better very soon. So I am signing off at this time and will leave you with a meme that I found.

Love,Peace & Hairgrease!

We Too Are Settlers!

The Johnson family will be purchasing their second home on January 12,2007. We have a double settlement, meaning that we sell our house first and then buy our house. Can you all believe that is it finally happening? Do you remember when we started this journey back in August? We would drag the baby around neighborhoods looking for FOR SALE signs and doing drive by's. Our saint of a real estate agent has stuck by us since the beginning! She rolled with every punch and has perfected her "bob and weave". Looking back on the road that lead us here, I remember how excited we were when we saw the first home we absolutely loved. It was a tiny home in in a cul de sac, 3br 1.5ba open kitchen that had patio doors opening onto a newly built deck with stairs. It was very nice but small. Then we had seen numerous homes after that one and at the time nothing seemed to compare to the 1st home. Then we saw the 2nd home, remember it had 3br, office, finished basement listed at 179,000 but seller agreed to 156,000 because it needed work? Then another buyer waived the inspection and pulled the rug from under us. During this time we found 2 buyers for our house and decided to go with the person we knew(big mistake!!! never again!!!) We told her that we were selling our home for $76,900 and she said," I was thinking $72,000". Well needless to say Ryan and I were very happy. When we called our real estate agent, and talked numbers we found out that she wanted her final cost to be $72,000. That makes the sale of this house at 466,000. You do the math! This was all contingent upon a home inspection. At the same time she wasn't as accessible as we need her to be since her father was having surgery and needed to be with him. It took a while to get her home inspection done and when she received her report she was overwhelmed to say the least. She told us on Thanksgiving Day that there were way too many things the matter with this house and she would need us to come down another $20,000 and we knew that we couldn't do that ane be able to pay off the people we needed to and buy the house we wanted. So I told her that we think about it and get back to her(we had a tenative settlement date of December 18th). We told her that there was no way we could do $20,000, then she said okay at least half way at $10,000. So we finally agreed to it and feeling a lil sore if catch my drift! Ten days before we settle she backs out of the deal, oooohhhhhhh I was hotter than fish grease! We couldn't believe that she would pull a move like that and be so freakin' slow about it, not leaving much time to find another buyer. I asked our REA(real estate agent) to contact the original buyers to see if they were still interested ... and they were!

The story was condensed, it is already long as @#$# ! Please refer to this previous post to see the pics of our house!

103.7, No it's not a Radio station!

Miles is sick... again! The first one was after Thanksgiving and caught a cold from his cousin. It lasted a week and a couple of days, it didn't dampen his spirits. This time it started with a fever of 103.7 . WOW! I called hid pediatrician and told me to give him Infant Tylenol and ply him with liquids. We did that and put him to bed. This was Friday and my parents were over to wish me Happy belated Birthday to me. Well Saturday rolled around and the boy still had a fever! It was lower but still a fever(102.9). So we just hung out and drank water and ate cereal and pears. Miles' fever didn't stop his appetite or his playtime! That was the only thing that kept me grounded. He lit up like the Christmas tree we should have had(a whole other story!) when my mother came over to bring me my birthday quiche and gifts! he had a ball climbing up and down his grandmommy. I was so glad to have my mom there and my MIL as well. Ryan started a tour on Saturday an is working a 24 today. I won't see him until Monday morning. I know my grammar sucks and this the worlds longest bloggy sentence but who cares! Anyhoo, Miles is sleeping and has a temp reading from the butt ladies and gents ( drumroll) 98.8. Keep ya toes and eyes crossed that it remains that way on Monday... we are taking to the doctor's office anyway.

Sweet dreams Miles!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Well today is my birthday and I turn 34 years old and I have no issues with that! My day began with the most beautifullest thing in this world ... my smiling baby! It seemed like he knew that it was my birthday. We spent the day riding around town enjoying our city until we had dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse. We had a good time there and then there were those singing servers. Ya know the kind that gather around you r table clapping and singing the birthday song? Well they got too blasted close and loud and traumatized my child yet again. Miles isn't really a fan of bad loud music! But the sentiment was very sweet, since Ryan had orchestrated the whole thing right down to my cards that were given to me by the singers.

Once we left the restaurant, we headed home to put the baby to sleep and it was off to see Dreamgirls! My MIL kept Miles so we could go out. We went to the nicest theater in Philly called the Bridge and we paid $21 jus to see the movie! I know! I was afraid I'd have to put out or sumptin' :)

Well the movie was fab but now its over. We go to the parking garage that we always go to and its FREE! Well not tonite! We slide our stub thru the thingy and the machine said credit card needed to pay $3! We were like Hell to the naw! We flagged down an attendant and asked him what was the problem. He told us we have to pay this $3 fee to park. We told him that we aren't paying to park in a FREE lot. So we went back and forth for about a minute then he just walked off. So I got out of the car ready to pound his punk ass into the ground! I asked for a manager and he got him on the phone and told me that it is the movie theater's fault that we have to take it up with them. So now we are on the phone with the Bridge and they hung up on us twice! The parking manager now comes to the garage along with University of Penn Police. They were of no help. They again kept blaming the theater. I almost got whiplash from how fast they were passing the buck!

Ryan and I are PISSED to say the least and I am on my way to the Bridge to get this crap straight. Oh my stars this chick almost made me snatch her baldheaded. The whole while, I knew she was thinking that here goes another angry black chick showing her ass! I really didn't show my ass but I was ready to! Anyhoo, she sat and blamed it on the garage yet again! Even the movie tix said it was free parking. Needless to say it took us an hour to get out of the garage...


.... Oh yeah and we didn't pay the $3! I am sending emails to their HQ and to the local news!

Christmas 1973 and 2006