Curb Appeal

We have been working on the curb appeal of our house for awhile. It's gone through some rough patches and we didn't get everything done at once but I think we are finally there! Recently we had the yard redone so the grass looks nice and today we had the stone veneer repaired. It's looking really good! Now I just need to thin and seperate my succulents and plants in the main bed.

Since we had people working on the house all day we pretty much just stayed home with the exception of a trip to Home Depot for a special drill bit for granite.

Callie was hanging out watching tv with Diego laying with her on the couch. Cute when they get along well huh?

Besides that we played and Callie and I put the fourth side on Ds crib in my room. He's just way to crazy to have it with three sides even if my bed is the last side. I can't leave his side like that so we put the crib together the right way and he is still right next to my bed. This will require me to get out of bed to get him for feedings so I may need to adjust. Currently I just roll over pull him into bed with me and sometimes asleep feed him then push him back into his bed. Maybe this will force me to start working on the night wakings/feedings and getting him down to a reasonable number.

He has also decided he prefers to lay on his side to sleep. I put him down on his belly and he rolls over to his side. He hasn't quite mastered this half roll and occasionally rolls to his back where he is like a beetle, pissed off and can't roll back. So he wakes himself sometimes rolling over and wiggling around. Here he is in his own crib.

Wiggly man

Just this week Diego has started moving around. We put him to sleep on his belly and he moves all around the crib a seven rolls over. Usually when he rolls over its on accident and he cries because he didn't want to roll over. I've had to remove the wedge from under his bed because he just rolls down the hill now. And I think this weekend I'll have to put the side of the crib back on. He wiggles himself into my bed sometimes right over the crack! This morning he was head first creeping his way into my bed. I don't mind when I'm right there sleeping with him but I can't leave him alone upstairs now that he can wiggle his way out.

Ever since I hurt my back bathing Diego in the shower I started putting his bath right on the kitchen counter. It's actually quite nice as it drains right down the sink and I can feed the dogs or pack the dishwasher while standing with him in the kitchen. He loves the bath and is amazed with his feet lately. He holds them and puts them to his mouth. I couldn't get a photo of feet to the mouth or else you had a wide open crutch shot but here he is happy boy.

Grandma's Glasses

Whoa heat wave! It was 101 today and just unbearable. Luckily grandma and grandpa AC got fixed and so we hung out there all afternoon. It was so hot that Callie's school closed early! I took vacation to go pick her up before they closed.

There is no AC in the sunroom where Callies toys are so she had to play in the house only. She got creative! Callie was playing pretend to go on vacation with her pretend suitcase and also was looking at photo albulms from my wedding. She also wanted to wear glasses with Grandma so she got an old pair and took the lenses out so she could match. Diego even got in on the fun!

I'm missing the CT fall weather more than ever right now. Cool crisp apple picking  fall weather with leaves blowing off the trees. Ahh imagery to cool me down.

And even now at 8:30 pm it's still 80 degrees. It's going to be a warm night at our house. Hoping for cooler weather soon!

Go Chargers!

Sunday football day today.i didn't actually see more than 10 minutes of the game as I was busy with the kids, but either way they won.

It was hot hot hot today. In the morning before it was too hot, Callie swam whole D and I played in the shade on the deck. After nap time we just had to. Get out of the house as it was 94 degrees. I guess that was better than the 100 I predicted but still very hot.

We went to the Chula Vista library for the first time as we always went to the County library instead of the city one. It was really great. The kids library is more separate and private so if the kids are loud it's less disturbing. There were a lot of kids there, probably because everyone wanted to be in the AC. They had a pet gecko, cool pirate treasure chest, a boat that holds all the kids computers ( all have awesome kid friendly games like Dora, Calilou, Curious George, Clifford, etc) and a LOT of books. We had a fun time and made friends with another little girl who pretended to read stories to Callie and just played with her. They also had these really cool paintings of Chargers girl and boy where you can put your head through. I'll have to try to get another photo that's less blurry another day but still cute.

After we went to Marshall's and Callie picked out a Halloween costume. I tried to talk her into a bumblebee with wings and a tutu but she insisted on her choice. I will leave you all hanging to see what that is.... She said she wanted to be a tiger, but they didn't have that and sheforgotall about it when she saw this costume. Let's see if anyone has the winning guess. She's already wearing it today, so hopefully it lasts until Halloween or we will have to get another costume!

Then I was brave and took both kids out to dinner at Daphne's. My goal was to be easy and stay cool, but it didn't go too smoothly. D was out of the house too long without a good nap and he had a meltdown while Calliehad to pee twice during dinner so I had to manage both him crying and getting her on the toilet all while stepping away from our dinner. We survived, are fed and stayed cool but I think the other customers probably thought I was nuts. For 5-10 min it was really bad but then it all settled and by the end of dinner everyone was happy and behaving :)

It was a very short one day weekend for me when I am used to 3.5 days usually, but tomorrow I will only work a half day so it won't feel too bad. Hopefully the heat goes away soon as I can't take it. Otherwise we will have to get at least one small ac unit and just hang out in Callie's playroom all the time.

Thank goodness for family

Ive been at a conference all day for the last two days. Thank goodness for family as Nena has watched both kids and fed the family for the last two days. Norma and Mari also came to help and play with the kids and instead of them being upset I had to work they were excited to go to Grandmas house (well maybe not D he doesn't have an opinion yet).

Mari sent me photos today of the kids, doing yoga, making tortillas and just smiling! They had a good day!

Meanwhile I'm off learning and networking as mch as possible. Tomorrow is the last day and I'm ready as they are long long days of absorbing info.

In other news Dirgo has been in zantac for 1 week with no improvement in his reflux. So today I followed up by phone with the pediatrician and are switching drugs to prevacid. Because he's an infant and we need a liquid suspension I had to find a special compounding pharmacy to make the medicine. I ran out from the convention to pick it up and we started tonight. It's melon flavored which is better than peppermint of the last one but he still hates it. He's pretty good at spitting it out so I have to get sneaky to administer it. Hopefully this one works! I'm tired and ready for sleep training but I can't until the reflux is managed. Oh the lack if sleep gets to you... Night night at 8 pm.

Who loves baby laughter?

I think I'll be saving this video for whenever I'm having a rough day. Baby laughter can lighten even the worst days. Enjoy!

Manny and D

I took these photos about a week aloof Manny and D playing on the floor. manny likes to roll on him, lick him and just lay near him on his blankets. d isn't so sure he likes Manny yet and often flinches when he gets licked but tolerates him enough. Here are the two of them being crazy!