Days 38 and 39...more colossal fail.

So I have started to monumentally FAIL at this keeping up to date thing! It's just so easy to forget, or to put it off. So I'm going to just have to try harder :)

To make up for the day before, I'll just do stuff from both days instead!

I learned that it's far too easy to drink far too much and have too much fun :) We had the girls over for a mom's night out Friday night, and got a little wild and crazy! But boy, was it entertaining...as usual! It was the perfect way to kick off my sober phase :)



I also learned that you can't drink bleu cheese dressing, but it will make a huuuuge mess on a small child's face. It's still super tasty though.



We went to the zoo today...just another February sunburn in good old South Carolina. I learned that no matter how many times you go to the zoo, it's still always a fun experience! Alex still likes the bears and elephants best of all :) The weather was just too gorgeous to stay inside!

Days 36 and 37...first fail.

Whoops, I finally fully missed my first day yesterday! I didn't take any good pictures, and there weren't any good stories. So thus no blog. I need to start creating situations when they don't present themselves naturally!

Today, I learned that when presented with an unlocked door, a small boy will let the dog out and the dog will wander around until finally coerced inside with a bowl of food...

I also learned that it is virtually impossible to do Wii Fit with a small human wrapped around your legs! But once you get him dancing, he'll unwrap himself :)

Oh, and if you let a small human play with your camera, he will mischief it away and you'll spend the better part of an hour searching for it!

No pictures of any of the above, but here he is playing in the sheets...he was grabbing the sheet, pulling it over his face, then flopping backwards. Silly boy!

Day 35....house hunting

Today, I learned that househunting with a two year old is not a fun thing...well, the actual house hunting part isn't that bad, but the realtor's office part is!

We went to Sumter with Matt to try to find him a house...we found a really nice one, but since we BOTH forgot our wallets, he didn't get to do any of the paperwork or anything...but he'll get that taken care of this week!



Oh, and if you give a kid ice cream, he'll sit down and behave...for a few minutes at least!

Day 34...TV is king

Today I learned just how much power the TV really has...Alex was sitting at his desk and one of the songs came on Noggin. It was about toes and noses and thank yous. They'd sing, then look all confused, and say "wait, where is your nose?" and Alex would point to his nose. Joe would then say "thank you", and Alex would say it right back! It was really cute...in a somewhat disturbing sort of way :)



I also learned how easily kids regress to being babies...Alex climbed into the bouncy seat at Tracey's house during the playdate and just hung out there for a few minutes...silly boy!

Day 33...stuck.

Today, I learned just how determined Alex really is! We rigged up a double gate in an attempt to keep him in his room...well, he made his way through one of them and almost made it all the way through! He ended up stuck between the two gates....poor little fella!

We eventually figured out that maybe leaving him in his room with no gate and no door would be the best move - we just hollered at him every time he came into the hallway and he ended up asleep in bed after a few minutes. The true test will be if it works again tomorrow! Only time will tell...

Day 32...Superbowl Sunday!

Today, I learned that football must be ingrained into a boy's system...We came home from running errands and turned on the Superbowl. I handed Alex his plate and he just plopped himself onto the couch, staring at the game, and chowing down on his pizza. But the excitement wore off just about the same time he was done eating....

Day 31...one month down, 11 to go!

Wow, it's hard to believe January is already over! I'm impressed that I've managed to do a daily update...some days twice, but it balances out to once a day, and that's what matters, right?

Alex woke up feeling better, and proceeded to make up for the previous day by being twice as silly. He found some foam stickers and stuck one on his forehead. He started out with a "1", then went to sleep with an "A" stuck on, but it fell off while he was asleep.



He then found a glittery Christmas tree to replace it. I learned just how darn sticky those things are...it stayed on even during his bath! He spent some time snuggling with me on the couch, babbling and making silly noises the whole time.



Then, when I went in to his room to wrestle away his milk after he'd fallen asleep, I found a sticker stuck to the side of his face! It was so cute :)