Crockpots, Contractions and Co-Sleeping

Yay, Jonny Fashbaugh’s home! Hooray for our family! He didn’t get in until super-duper late on Saturday night, and then he and I stayed up even later catching up. It made for a rather rude awakening on Sunday morning! We had planned on playing hooky, counting on the lack of sleep and the fact that we had friends coming over for lunch pretty early in the day.

Luckily, I had prepared the majority of Sunday’s lunch on Saturday night after Caleb went to bed! I made crockpot lasagna ~ don’t knock it, it’s delish! I also made a german chocolate mousse pie, one of my favorites growing up, and it still holds as fabulous today! Then when Kevin and Christina were ready for lunch, all I had to do was make the garlic bread and the salad, and we were good to go!

Their little Jasmine is such a cutie! She seems SO teeny to me, but I know that Gavi will be smaller. It’s a weird thought that he’ll actually be HALF her size. Anyway, it got me even more excited for the fact that my little guy will be here soon!

When Kevin and Christina left, I went to do our weekly shopping. (Thanks to thegrocerygame.com, I have to do my shopping between Sunday and Tuesday. Since this is going to be an uber-busy week, I decided to get it done early.) Actually, Jonathan was going to go out and do it, but Caleb threw SUCH a hissy-fit when Jonathan said good-bye that we decided they should have some time together! When I got home, I was feeling sick, hot, dehydrated, and I was having superbad contractions. Finally, at seven-thirty, I went and laid down, hoping that they would stop – they did.

But Caleb came into the bedroom with me, so we played and read for the half hour before he should have gone to bed. When Jonathan joined us at eight, he wanted to cuddle and tickle the little boy, too. But we didn’t count on the fact that Jonathan and I were totally exhausted, and both fell asleep probably before Caleb did. Which meant that he stayed in bed with us until after 1:30. It shouldn’t have been so bad, but that kid is a dang cuddly sleeper. At one point, he had his head in my neck and his feet on Jonny’s head, and he was cooing “Daddy, Daddy!” Then he would sprawl over my head and fall asleep that way. I wish I’d had a camera handy!

Caleb and I are on the way to the doc this morning to get another ultrasound, then I thought we’d hit the Cherry Creek Mall. I need Caleb to be able to run around, but I can’t handle the zoo today. I need air conditioning.

Two quickies: first of all, Caleb has really taken to the baby-doll that was a joke from the people at my work. They had a fake baby shower for me three years before Caleb was born due to an April Fool’s Day joke in which I had proclaimed my pregnancy. Anyway, he’ll sometimes cuddle the “bay-bee” as he calls her, and on Friday afternoon, he insisted that she take a shower with him. I didn’t want to make an issue over it, so I stripped her down, and he took her with him. When they were done, I wrapped each of them in a towel, and he held her in hers, and actually re-wrapped the towel when he almost dropped her. I really do think he’s going to be a marvelous big brother!

Also, he’s very consistent in saying “bless you” when someone sneezes. Or coughs. Or makes any noise that even remotely resembles one of the two of those. He is so precious! And his manners are really starting to come through. “Thank you” is the toughest one for him right now, but he’s trying. Please has completely become a part of his everyday vocab, to the point that I get really irritated because he says it so much in a whiny voice. We’re still working on that!