Happy St. Patrick's Day

Tonight we're dining on a traditional feast of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes, a la crock pot for dinner. This is a bit of a treat since we have been trying to economize due to the job situation. Anyway, why would I post text without a baby pic? This was taken by Papa:
 
 I just noticed that Tennisfiend put our little skipper on the ocean wave side of his favorite quilt (Thank you, Helen!). Clever fellow!

Good-bye Aquarium

Since we might be packing up and leaving, I decided to give our aquarium the ole heave-ho. I donated the remaining fish to Petco (Rest In Peace) and spent the rest of the day with buckets of bleach and siphon hose. Tennisfiend  will store the behemoth in th garage until we can find a good home for it. Sigh.

Tennisbaby

 Papa's already showing baby the ropes!

I swear this is the cutest pic! ( I seem to be saying that a lot, eh?) Little Tyoma looks astonished, as if to say, what! Play a game today? With This??

He has the sweetest temperment! We have been working with him to ensure that his sleeping patterns get hard-wired into his little brain. I've been devouring books on sleep and nutrition for the little guy. So "sleep hygeine" is a must. E, Dad and I all have trouble with nighttime sleep, so I'm working hard to keep Tyoma on track.

We have a little ritual of reading we do before baby bedtime. The little guy loves to cuddle and read books. The final book we read is "Fuzzy Bee."

I have the whole story memorized, so I can rock him and tell him the story. The funny thing is that once he sees the Fuzzy Bee book, he starts to cry and fuss since he knows what's coming next!

Kerchief

Cutie-pie

This is the sweetest picture! Tyoma's started to roll over in his sleep and when we checked on him this morning he looked so adorable!

Roots

Still got da flu. Canceled my much needed hair appointment with Rodeo. My bangs will be down to my arse by the time I get over this flu!

I feel so tired and wiped out, it's almost unnatural. Baby is doing fine, looking cuter than cute and mom has been a fantastic help.

Baby Shots

Tennisfiend went with me for Tyoma's six month shots. Everything went smoother than last time when I had the crying/puking spectacle. Actually I was more worried about me doing the crying/puking thing, since my flu lingers. Thank heavens that Mom will be over to help tomorrow so I can get some more rest.



BTW, I can feed Monster Baby lots more solids. A good idea since my boobs are getting tuckered out (off no bf meds).

Da Flu

Headache worse, feelin' pukey/achey. Gotta be da flu. I hope little baby is okay. I'm still pumping out buckets of milk for him to drink, even more with the flu to protect him.

I've given up on breast feeding at the breast ans I am purely pumping now. It is demanding and exhausting. To keep my milk up, I wake up twice a night plus I seem to be pumping non-stop for the rest of the day since the breast pump doesn't do as good of a job as a baby.

Chocolate Martini Headache

Went to see my girl Ewbliette tonight. The boys were playing a game based on the movie The House on Haunted Hill  that one of them had developed.

It was pretty cool, each player builds a section of the house as the game progresses. I rattled on about Famke Jansen and old movies, to anyone who would listen, missing my buddy Ger, a fellow movie nerd.

Anyway, Brotherkurt made me a total of  two sinfully delicious chocolate martinis (my limit!) during the evening. I came home with the worst headeache evah. Blah.

Problems at Work

So, we are on a reduced paycheck for the next few months. I knew we had to watch our money and there are certainly expenses with the little one, but this is sounding scary.

It's not the first time that we have had troubles with E's company. But we had to have a little talk to decide what we are going to do. Just how long are we going to stay at a reduced salary? When do we cut our losses and move on? I want answers to all these questions, but E doesn't have them yet.

It seems like someone decided that now E has bought a house and has started a family that we won't leave the company now. We need make some firm decisions and soon.