Melanie ~ look at me with starry eyes...

I'm really proud of Reagan, last night I asked her to take a shower after her breakfast was done. I knew I'd still be sleeping and Tim might be too. She said fine, and I asked if she needed to write herself a note to remind herself, since it's easy to forget and showering is not her favourite thing so it's even easier to *forget*. She said no, she'd remember. Sure enough, I woke up and heard her in the shower! It's awesome because I want to work on her following directions and doing things she may not want to do that she needs to do (without an argument, since we don't need to fight authority on everything, just the important stuff).

Also impressed with my husband who got up, did laundry, made lunch for him and Reagan, and now he's on a ladder cleaning the way over due gutters! (and now mowing!!)

Reagan also made this awesome giant frankenstein out of paper, he's hilarious, holding his brain in his hand with a sword through it. I'll hang it outside on halloween. I want her to make a bride of frankenstein too.

I had to laugh though, a while back I bought these cheap straws at Target because they had umbrellas on them. Reagan was really excited about them and has used them a few times. I didn't really pay attention. Today she came rushing into my bedroom and said "Melanie, did you know that if you take the band off the straw it's AN UMBRELLA???????". Me, "Uh, yeah, that's why I bought them". (trying not to laugh) I just presumed she knew what they were and how to work them. She said she's going to remove one and use it as a hair piece for the bride of frankenstein.

Paxton spent his morning nursing and growing and sleeping and pooping and nomming his entire fist.

I spent my morning boob feeding, sleeping and changing poopy diapers and making my baby smile.

I was SO excited when I woke up at 7:15 and thought he had slept from 2. 5 1/4 hours! After high fiving Paxton a few times I remembered he woke up at 2, but that was just for 10 minutes to nurse. He actually slept so well last night, fell asleep probably around 12:00 or so, and then I tried to twilight nurse him but he decided he wanted to wake enough to nurse off and on till 2 am. Then woke again at 3, but like I said, was quick and then slept till MORNING. I fell back asleep and he just played beside me for an hour till he woke me to nurse again.

Reagan is now supposedly going outside to pull weeds in the front walkway. I'm going to dress Paxton and myself and go join her!

My grass is finally growing! I'm happy we've had a bit more rain than usual, since we pay for our water usage. I've been watering on the days it doesn't rain, and it's finally paying off. The grass that was already there is getting way too long, and will be a pain for Tim to mow, but we want the new grass to be established before mowing.

I scraped the top off my pinkie finger when I was planting. I stood up and scraped it on the patio concrete, and it's amazing how such a teeny little scrape can annoy me so much!


I made smoothies today, with bananas and strawberries, and even though it soured my tummy, I drank half of mine and that's the most fruit I've had in a long time. My indigestion is bad again today, but baby just seems to be stretching up further and further towards my throat. :P

Tim's painting the baby's closet, so the bedroom will be finished and I can start hanging up baby clothes. Yay. Speaking of Tim, I feel so bad for him, his poison ivy rash is so bad, big welts!!

Trying to use this bit of extra energy for things around the house. Folded a load of towels, did some other laundry. Need to strip the bed this afternoon. Stripped the beds. Really really need to attack Reagan's playroom, but also need some shelves and better storage for in there. I think I'm going to put away about half the toys, it's just a big mess because there is way too much to play with.

Went outside and gardened for about an hour. So so close to being done with one bed. They were not well taken care of, so many rocks and weeds, and the onions are bizarre. There are wild onions growing all over the neighbourhood in everyone's lawns! It's stinky when I'm weeding though.

Michael, the neighbour boy who is 12, walked by and asked me why I wasn't inside the house relaxing. I told him I was pregnant, not dead! :P He's the one who was shocked to see me mowing the lawn last summer, and told another neighbour he "had never seen a woman mowing before".

I also went into our marshy backyard and hauled all the broken branches from storms, and brushes into a big pile in the corner of the yard. We need some kind of an ax or hatchet or something, plus a big compost box to put yard clippings in.

It's so weird to be feeling the baby all the time. I keep feeling like I'm going to have to fart, but don't, I just associate belly rumbling with gas but this is all baby. Last night I was pushing down on my belly and felt some really good kicks. It's amazing, such a blessing.