Party Weekend

Saturday Lexi and I headed up to Massachusetts for my friend Laura's daughter's first birthday. Because I was making the round trip in one day, I decided to leave the boys at home with Luis since 4 hours in a car is not something I wanted to subject them to. Lexi slept almost the whole ride up and immediately got busy exploring Laura's house once we arrived. Abby was in her Halloween costume (a peanut, which is what they call her), as were some of the other kids. I knew Lexi wouldn't have kept hers on for very long, so I didn't even bother trying.

We stayed a couple of hours, but once Lexi started getting tired, headed out. We stopped at my parent's house for a few minutes to visit, but my mom was feeling really sick (was actually in bed when we got there around 1:30), so we didn't stay long. Luckily, Lexi slept almost the entire ride home as well.

The boys went to visit Lou's folks while we were out, so they had a good time as well.

Today the boys went to a birthday party for one of the kids in Jackson's Preschool room. They had it at MyGym and the kids had a lot of fun. I stayed home with Lexi while she napped and headed to BJs for a shopping trip once she woke up. The boys were full of excitement and stories when I returned so I got to hear all about how much fun they had.

Both boys acted up quite a bit all weekend, for reasons that escape me, but I'm hoping they were just a little overtired and that they will be back to normal soon.

Reconnecting

Mastitis. I have it. Bah. Antibiotics for the next week for me.

In more interesting news, Luis and I went to the "Meet the President reception" for Babson College held at Tunxis Plantation tonight. Free drinks and dinner, and I was curious about the new college President. I was pretty impressed with him and the food was delicious. I ran into a woman I played volleyball with (she was a freshman when I was a senior) and discovered that she actually lives across town from me and has a 3 year old. How awesome. So, we are hoping to get together for a playdate soon. It was nice to reconnect with someone who I haven't seen in about 15 years! (Yikes).

Animal adventure

Although the weather was nice today, we got a little bit of a late start since Lexi took a really good (meaning long) nap this morning. So, instead of heading to the Apple Festival, we decided to go over to Robb's Farm where they have a animal petting area (mostly goats), bouncehouse and warm apple fritters (yum). On the way we stopped at a nearby elementary school to check out the playscape. It was the only one we haven't been to before and the boys were thrilled to find a "new" place to play. Even Lexi was able to go down the slides a few times.

Avos had taken a drive to buy some chouriza and met up with us at the farm for a little visit. We walked around and saw the different animals (goats, pigs, emu, donkey, cows, rabbits, chickens) and ate apple fritters (my favorite!). The boys of course had a blast in the pumpkin bounce house and were thrilled to see a momma cow nursing her calf. Then we all headed to our house for some grilled chouriza (well - the kids just had sandwiches and so did I). It was nice to see Avos and I was glad to see that Vovo is feeling a lot better from the surgery.

WTF???

So it SNOWED today. Yes, my friends, I said SNOW. It started out innocently enough around 1:30 today and started accumulating as the day went on. After eating dinner, Luis and the boys went outside to play in the snow, since we had probably 1/2 inch or so. They were very excited to let me know that they made a snowman. Yes - we had enough snow for a snowman.

It is just WRONG to have enough snow in early/mid October for a snowman. I have a feeling this is going to be a very long winter.

And to top it all off, I brought Lexi in to have her ears checked and sure enough she has a DOUBLE EAR INFECTION. Damn, damn, damn. And there is still a nationwide shortage of the preventative antibiotic. So, onto another round of antibiotics for her and hope that once she is done taking them we can get a hold of the preventative medicine soon.

I knew it

For months Luis has been telling me how much Lexi needs a haircut. And although she does look shaggy, I've been trying to be patient while her hair grows out. Unfortunately, she doesn't let me put any clips or ponytails in her hair, so it is always in her face.

I finally caved and made an appointment for all the kids to get haircuts, although I still wasn't sure how they would/could cut Lexi's hair since the part that is falling into her face/eyes is not her bangs, but the longer hair that is in the middle of her head. So the hairdresser takes one look and says the best she could do is trim Lexi's bangs and then we'd have to pull the rest back until it grows longer. Which in reality wouldn't really change anything since the part that falls into her face would still fall into her face. So, after talking to her I decided to wait a little longer. I did buy another hair clip in the hopes that she'll be more amenable to wearing it. The boys got cuts and look ever so handsome now. Two out of three isn't bad, right?

A Night Out

Today our friend Kevin got married in Kent, CT at a place called Club Getaway. Since it was about a 2 hour drive from our house, my parents were nice enough (for the THIRD weekend in a row!!) to spend the night so that Luis and I could stay over. We had a little cabin with a couple of twin beds (haha - the one night of the whole year that we have uninterrupted and we are in separate beds!). The wedding was outside which was a bit chilly, but it was a very quick wedding, even though it was actually a double wedding (the bride and her brother both got married). The reception was in a heated tent (thank goodness) and we had a lot of fun hanging out with our friends and dancing. After the reception, we changed into warmer clothes and headed down to the bonfire they had (complete with a guitar-playing singer to entertain us). We headed to bed around 1am to get as much sleep as we could before heading out to breakfast and then to head home. Tons of fun.

A few people had brought their kids and while I did miss our kids, it was nice to not worry about who needed what at any given moment.

Happy Birthday dear Lexi!

I cannot believe how fast this past year went by. I remember like it was yesterday (no, really, like it was yesterday) pushing out my beautiful baby girl. And here we are four teeth, lots of hair, walking, talking, year later. Totally amazing.

And what did I do to celebrate this wonderful milestone? Took Lexi for her 1 year checkup where she got 4 (yes 4!) shots and a finger prick to check her blood for lead. Bad mommy. Not exactly the nicest of things to do on one's birthday. Luckily she is young enough that she won't remember.

Her ears are nice and clear. She does have a yeast infection (man, I am getting good at this diagnosing stuff) and is now weighing in at 20 lbs 5 oz (25-50%), 29 3/4 inches (75%) and a head circumference of 46 1/2 (75-90%).

On a more serious note, my mother in law is having surgery today on her thyroid. The surgery wasn't until late this afternoon, and so I think it is still going on as I write this. Hopefully the surgery is going smoothly and she will have an easy recovery. We are keeping our fingers crossed for her. We love you Vovo!!