Yes I plan everything

So Kendra and I were talking the other day and she had brought up Alden's first birthday. Of course I hadn't thought of it but maybe once. So she got me thinking about it. So I was doing some research on things for his b-day and can I just say they have so much stuff!!!! I think we are going to do an Elmo theme since he goes bannana's over Elmo. They have the cutest stuff ever. Now I am all excited about his birthday, which might I add is only 4 months away :) Now I have another thing I can plan and get all excited over.

Venting

Do you ever meet those people or read something that just pisses you off? I spent the last two days around a bunch of whiny women where nothing was good enough for them (not all just a few) and then I got to hear them all talk about how perfect they are. GRRRR I knew there was a reason I don't get along with all women.

Then I am reading this thing on the web about how women who feel that having a kid is hard at all are weak and aren't doing it right. I'm sorry, but it isn't that easy. It's so rewarding and I love my son and my family more than anything, but it's by far the hardest job I have ever had. I am constantly worried am I doing the right thing, making the right choices, is he eating the right thing, the right amount, am I producing enough, will I ever lose the baby weight. It makes me so mad when people go on and on about how there kid slept through the night at 2 months and they have never had so much as a runny nose. BITE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope your next one dosn't sleep through the night until they are 12. They talk about how women shouldn't be working and that the role for us is to be SAHM. I love working and I think I'm a better mother because of it. I know I am lucky to have a family member to take care of my son. I have a right to choose to stay home or work. Ok, sorry I just had to vent.

Alden is feeling much better. It was hard to be away from him for two nights. The training was pretty good, but I missed my boys. Tomorrow we are doing my mothers day and going to breakfast and the zoo. Then Sunday we are doing mother's day for our mom's. It is going to be a very busy weekend, I'm looking forward to it.

My poor baby

So Alden is really sick for the first time. He has a viral cold and an ear infection. My poor baby. Monday night he slept a total of three hours!!!!! Last night he slept a bit better, up every three hours. I have been up since 5:00 am though and it sucks. It's so hard to watch the little guy in so much pain.

I don't know what we would do without Shirley though. She kept Alden all day and even went to the Dr. with us so that we could nap yesterday. She is such a blessing. To have her come to the house every day to take care of him is so awesome. SHe is so selfless. It's so nice for him to have her and be able to have that relationship with her.

The latest

So after fighting and trying to figure out what is wrong with Rodney's knee they FINALLY did something for him and figured out his a strained LCL & Miniscus. He has to go to physical therapy and he should be fine in the next 6-8 weeks!!!!!! It pisses me off because they couldn't have done this two months ago. Oh well, he will be switching from Group Death during open enrollment.

We booked our airfare for Vegas & California. I am so excited to take Alden to Disneyland. It is going to be a blast. I am trying to buy a ton of Disney movies so that when we go he will know at least some of the characters.

Alden is still not sleeping through the night. I kind of feel like I will never know what sleep is like again. It is starting to wear on me. At least it isn't like it was 2 months ago with him up 5-6 times a night. We are going to try to lay him down in his crib instead of the car seat this weekend and see if that might help. I never realized how precious sleep was.

We need to plan a trip over to Spokane. I am just dreading the drive. We will have to rent a hotel room because I don't want to have everyone have to deal with his terrible night routine. It will be fun, I just need to get over my fear of him being a little terror during the drive.

Heck of a weekend

Wow, can I just say how glad I am that the weekend is over. It was not a very fun one. Alden is being Mr. Crabby pants because he is teething. I feel horrible for the little guy but man can he be a major turd!!!

Rodney screwed up his knee on Sunday skiing. He has to go to an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow. I am really hoping that he doesn't have to have surgery. It's pretty scary. I am not to happy with the assistance he received at the hospital either. When he first hurt himself a month ago they should have checked him out bu they didn't do anything. Then when he went to urgent care they just sent him home. I hope the surgeon will take better care of him. I knew I should have added him to my medical.

With all the drama with Rodney I forgot all about Alden's 6 month appt. Now I feel like a real douche bag for not showing up or calling. I am going to be the mean wife and make him call and reschedule. On the plus side, we had a garage sale and I made a nice chunk of change. Putting it into the savings account for Vegas. We only have a few more months before we are headed down there.

Well it's geting close to bed time and with Rodney's knee I have to get up with Alden so off to bed I go.

First Blog

So I thought this might be a good way for everybody to keep up with us. Since we are so terrible at calling and visiting I thought this was the best way to keep up to date.