Erika Bonham dot com

September 21, 2007

I suppose things are better around here. We are still surrounded by potty troubles. Every day, multiple times, I pray that he will “get it” and start going on his own, pee and poop and yay, we will be done. He is being very stubborn and I really do think that is what it is. He gets it. He doesn’t like being wet or dirty, he’s just stubborn. So, I will keep praying. He has had a handful of dry nights and most days are dry, wearing undies, so I guess that is pretty good.

Tegan. Tegan slept from 7 to 6:30 today. Yay!! The night before though, she woke up twice. I am still leaving her in her bed and it is still hard. And maybe she is stubborn, too…. I bought her warmer jammies today and we turned the heater on. It was 61 degrees inside which I think is a little too cold for a tiny girl with no blankies. Maybe that will help. I am also giving her lots of formula. After I feed her, I give her formula. Poor girl is constipated and was just acting hungry all of the time. So, we are phasing out mommy soon and will be moving on to formula. Kind of makes me sad, but it is time, I guess. She is liking her peas and carrots. Still despises rice cereal. I am mixing it in with carrots and she is fooled. Heh, heh.

Speaking of vegetables. Ethan has never (well, since we moved on from baby food) been a good vegetable eater. The only thing he will eat willingly is carrots. I have to do the same thing with him-mask the vegies in things. I chop them up and put them in ground meat, in pasta sauce, and so on. Haha, I fool him too. Anyway, yesterday I was eating my spinach, carrots, cheese and parmesan ranch Trader Joe’s salad dressing. Ethan asks for a piece of carrot. I give him some. Ethan asks for a piece of “green” (spinach). I give it to him. It is small and has some dressing on it. I think he will spit it out. He eats it and asks for more. He finishes my salad and I make him his own and he finishes it too. Spinach?? I am shocked. I will be making him more spinach salads.

Tegan is talking. A lot. She found her voice and it is a very sweet voice. Very girly and kind of raspy, but it is precious. She says “dada” a lot and then just kind of makes lots of cute sounds together. It is my favorite.

So, we are hoping to go to the Iron and Wine concert on November 27th. Tickets are on sale Saturday and I am excited. There are also two The Decemberists concerts in San Diego in December and I want to go. But, two days in a row?? And one day is on Ethan’s birthday. We’ll see. I missed the last one. It would be cool.

That is all for now. I think I might be alone tonight and maybe I will be able to be a little creative. We’ll see. I do have to work tomorrow and it is a lot easier to watch TV or read and go to bed than to get all my sewing stuff out and be motivated. I want a sewing corner in my new house I am ordering:)

♥