Beware...venting

This is what I did (last night and) today...

1.  Went to bed at 10:30.  Got up SEVEN times with sick and/or hungry kids.

2.  Got up at 6:30 this morning with Brayden.  Nursed him.

3.  Got dressed.  Got both kids dressed.

4.  Gave Logan breakfast.

5.  Ate breakfast.

6.  Swept the kitchen floor.

7.  Vacuumed the family room floor.

8.  Put Brayden down for a nap.

9.  Changed Logan's poopy diaper.

10.  Put together my new carpet cleaner.

11.  Changed Brayden's poopy diaper.

12.  Nursed Brayden.

13.  Did three loads of laundry.

14.  Washed dishes.

15.  Put Logan down for a nap.

16.  Change Brayden's poopy diaper.

17.  Put Brayden down for a nap.

18.  Ate lunch.

19.  Worked on lesson plans.

20.  Gave Logan lunch.

21.  Washed more dishes.

22.  Nursed Brayden.

23.  Changed two kids' diapers.

24.  Put two kids' car seats in Todd's new car.

25.  Got two kids dressed and ready to run errands.

26.  Went with Todd and the kids to return his old car.  Went to Best Buy with Todd and the kids.

27.  Did another load of laundry.

28.  Nursed Brayden.

29.  Changed two kids' diapers.

30.  Got dinner ready for Logan.

31.  Ate dinner.

32.  Made sure Logan finished eating his dinner.

33.  Gave Brayden his cereal.

34.  Cleaned up from dinner.

35.  Gave Brayden a bath.

36.  Gave Logan a bath.

37.  Nursed Brayden.  Put him to bed.

38.  Put Logan to bed.

39.  Showered.

40.  Finished cleaning up Logan's toys.

41.  Graded papers.

42.  Went to bed - hopefully by 10:00.

This is what Todd did (last night and) today...

1.  Went to bed at 9:00.  Got up twice with Logan (after I had already been up with him).

2.  Got up around 4.  Showered.

3.  Went to a Detroit casino with some guys from work.

4.  Came home.  Ate lunch.

5.  Went to his parents' house to talk to his dad about his winnings at the casino.

6.  Cleaned out his old car.

7.  Laid on the couch and watched TV.

8.  Went with the kids and me to return his old car.  Went to Best Buy with us.

9.  Laid on the couch, watched TV, and played on the computer.

10.  Went to get us dinner.

11.  Ate dinner.

12.  Laid on the couch, watched TV, and played on the computer.

13.  Helped Logan clean up his toys.

14.  Went to bed at 8:00.  Poor baby didn't get a nap today :(

Call me crazy but I don't think these two days are even CLOSE to being comparable.  I believe my exhaustion and resulting bitchiness today were completely justified.

Loganese Volume #5

Not a lengthy list, but it's been a while since I've posted and an even longer while since I've posted one of these little doozies...Happy reading!

1.  (Oct.) - Todd's mom was reading through Logan's Let's Go Blue! book with him.  Logan knows the story almost by heart, so he can fill in words as you read along.  He knows when to say, "Let's Go Blue" and when the quarterback says, "Touchdown Michigan."  He was filling in all of these words as Todd's mom was reading.  When she got to the page about the marching band, she read "At halftime the Michigan Marching Band performed on the field.  The little fans watched the band form the Michigan M and sang..."  Logan was supposed to fill in "Hail to the Victors," which he knows to say at that point; however on this day he filled in the song "Happy birthday to you!"
2.  (Oct.) - Logan wanted some toys out of the basement, so I told him he could go down there and get them by himself.  He wanted me to turn the light on when he went down there, so I did.  When he came back upstairs, instead of asking me to turn the light off, he said, "Mommy turn the dark on."
3.  (Oct.) -  I was sitting on the couch holding Brayden, and it looked like he was nursing even though he wasn't.  Logan lifted up his shirt and said, "Brayden eat Bubba's boobs?"  I laughed and told him that Brayden couldn't eat from his "boobs" because he didn't have any milk in them.  My mistake...he picked up his milk cup and attempted to pour milk into his "boobs!"
4.  (Nov.) - Todd asked Logan if he wanted gel in his hair.  He never actually put it in, but all day Logan kept asking for "jello" in his hair!
5.  (Nov. - Thanksgiving) - Logan was sitting on Troy's lap at the dinner table.  Troy tried to give one of Logan's matchbox cars to Brayden and Logan responded, "NOT COOL TROY!"
6.  (Nov.) - Logan was sitting at the kitchen table with me while I ate breakfast.  He was looking at all the letters on the lid of Todd's laptop and telling me what each letter was (we have a Toshiba).  I asked about several letters, and he pointed to each of them, but when I asked where the I was, Logan pointed to his eye.
7.  (Dec.) - We were in the middle of Brayden's baptism, which Logan calls a bath-tism.  Logan kept asking if Brayden was going to go in the baptismal font.  Then when the priest put the oil in Brayden's hair, Logan yelled out "Put jello in Brayden's hair!" (see #4 above)
8.  (Dec.) - Todd, his mom, and I were coming home from doing some Christmas shopping at the mall.  Logan asked if we were going home and then told us, "No go home!"  When we asked him where he wanted to go, he replied, "TJ Maxx!"
9.  (Dec.) - Logan and I were eating lunch.  I was trying to get him to eat a little more and asked why he wasn't eating his mashed potatoes.  He said, "No potatoes," so I tried to get him to finish his banana instead.  He took his fork, took a bite of mashed potatoes, and said, "It's not too bad!"
10.  (Dec.) - When Logan woke up in the morning, he noticed that I had painted my fingernails (something I rarely have time for these days and haven't done in a while).  He looked at my hands and said, "Mommy got new fingers!"
11.  (Jan.) - As I was finishing up feeding Brayden one night before bed, Todd was getting ready for work and Logan was just hanging out, wandering around our upstairs and taking turns talking to each of us.  Todd told Logan he needed to go get something downstairs, so Logan said, "Bubba go downstairs with Daddy?" and Todd told him, "Ok, let's go."  Logan then replied, "Vamanos!"  Can you tell we are avid Dora watchers?  I love it!
12.  (Jan.) - Todd was snuggling with Logan in his bed, and suddenly I heard Logan tell him, "Get your hands off of me!"  (and then he laughed)
13.  (Jan.) - Todd and I were talking to Logan about going on the potty.  We keep telling him that he has to start going on the potty if he wants to go to school next year.  I told him that they won't let him wear diapers at school, and he asked me "Only the butt?" to which I replied, "Yes, honey, you can only wear the butt."

New Year's Resolutions

I have three this year:

1.  This one is a continuation of last year, with some minor improvements to be made.  I am vowing to send every single person in my family a birthday and anniversary card for the entire year.  I was really close this year - I think I missed one anniversary and two birthdays.

2.  Keep going to church.  Logan and I started going a few weeks ago after my family was in town for Brayden's baptism.  I hadn't been since before Logan was born because I couldn't quite find time and I didn't know what to do with the kids.  Logan goes with me and loves it!  Brayden stays home with Todd.  It's working, and I want to keep doing it.  If only I could get Todd to come, too...

3.  This one will be the hardest.  I really want to try to be a more positive person this year.  I confess, I am a complainer, a whiner, and an overall moody person.  I hate that I'm that way, so this is the year I'm going to try to change that about myself.  I figure I started a new decade by turning 30, so why not make myself a better person for the next year, 10 years, or the rest of my life, right?!