Last weeks 5's.
November 24-28
1. We keep making some great finds at the local record store. We added some Christmas music the previous Saturday.
2. James has come up with some new things to say. One is to tell me I'm a bad mom and he's putting me in time out when he doesn't get his way. The other one was to tell us that he can make a picture on the carpet, if he has a potty accident. Neither one is very enjoyable, but I would prefer being put in time out over urine on my carpet.
3. James has rediscovered his crayons. Lately he's only wanted to paint. This is the picture he made me. He says it is a picture of his brother in my tummy.
4. Thanksgiving day was pretty low key. All I had to do was make stuffing for a potluck dinner we were attending with other graduate students Tracy goes to school with. Dinner was good, but it was hard to keep James entertained as the only kid there and he kept following a dog that was there.
5. We spent no time jumping right into putting up our Christmas decorations. We put the tree up Thursday evening. James put on most of the ornaments so naturally they ended up on the lower branches. I did fix it, so it looked much better. However the ones he still could reach have now moved several times. :) Oh, well, I wasn't going for a perfect tree.
This weeks Friday 5.
1. Monday I woke up in lots of pain caused by a condition called Symphysis Pubis Dysfuctions and or Pelvic Girdle Pain. They are often used interchageably. It mostly only affects pregnant women. Thanks to the hormone Relaxin. (Feel free to look them up, if your curious to learn more.) I just happen to be one of those unlucky ones that develop the condition. I had it with my first pregnancy, but it wasn't ever bad enough that I couldn't do daily tasks or work. This time around it is looking like it is bad enough that I have to be careful of what I do.
Thankfully, Monday's pain was just a flare up and by Wednesday, after two days of doing nothing, I was feeling much better. Not completely pain free and the pelvic bones popping have continued so the pain will still linger on. Lets hope I don't have any more flare ups, but at least now I know to try not to do too much. Wednesday I have my next visit with my mid wife, so we'll see what treatments she'll give me.
2. Since we spent most of the week hanging out at home, we did some arts and crafts.
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| James decorated a Christmas Tree. |
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| He painted ornaments. He also painted a picture in his paint book. I just don't have a picture of it. |
3. It was also raining almost all week too, so it worked out to be a nice week at home. And we did lots of puddle splashing.
4. Yesterday I tried to do a lunch date with James, but he did just wanted to eat at home so we got food to go. I very much enjoyed the big juicy burger from Carl's Jr. and I managed to get James to eat some of his chicken tenders. After lunch I attempted nap time. James played in his room for a short while, then came and woke me up by throwing a bean bad at my head. (This is only a small sample of how our week together has gone. Just was a major struggle for him that I wasn't able to play like I usually do.) With the less than ideal wake up call, I thought I'd give him a fun car track for him to play on while I tried to get a little more rest.
When I finished making it and went to return back to the couch, James very sadly said, "But mom, I like playing with you." Broke my heart and decided sleep wasn't all that important.
5. Today, I did the fun glucose test. Over 8 hours of no food, 2 hours at the lab, 3 blood draws and a bruised spot on my arm later I was done. Tracy and James had fun at the park though. Then we went and got lunch at a yummy fish place called Dot Island Grill.
