So, being a sleep deprived mom of a 19 month old who is heading into his 'terrible twos' early and a 5 week old, sometimes it's hard to keep things in perspective. This too shall pass, right... Anyhow, Isaac has helped me have one of those, yep this really is all worth it moments.

Tuesday was a trying day with Isaac. He's normally a very nice boy, but that day he was hitting, biting, screaming, pinching, dumping two pound bags of animal crackers on the floor...you get the picture. On top of that, I've had a pretty bad cold.

Justin always calls to check in on us throughout the day, and I just cried telling him all about my terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. When he got home from work that night, he had a little talk with Isaac, telling him that Mom didn't feel good, we don't hit Mom and he needed to be nice to me.

So, Wednesday comes. Isaac was nice all day. No fits or violence of any kind. I got to rest and we had a wonderful day. During dinner that night Justin asked Isaac what he had done that day. He responded, 'Ikes nice Mom.' Who would have thought he would remember or understand something like that. It melted my heart.

We enjoyed a nice evening together and then came bedtime. I told Isaac it was time to put some of his toys away and get on his 'dinosaurs' (aka PJ's). Which he promptly did. After we got his dinosaurs on I said, 'lets go find your milk and binkie.' To which Isaac replied, 'and kiss Dad.'

Two way cute, this is all worth it, moments in one day. What more could a mom ask for.

Paddington

Did Grace get furry or does IJ have a new friend?  It's IJ's new friend, Paddington.  Diana and IJ left to run errands in the stroller and took Paddington along. I had to post the picture, with it being Paddington's 50 year birthday today.  You can read about the world's favorite illegal immigrant by clicking here. 

This is no ordinary Paddington, this is MY Paddington.  According to rumor, as a young child (3?) I refused to leave a local furniture store until my financially-disabled parents purchased an overpriced stuffed bear.  They caved and bought the bear.  And I still have it, that is if I can wrangle it away from Isaac.

  

As I put in my earbuds for my walk home from work, what do I find waiting for me? A family! We enjoyed the weather and walked the long way home, stopping by 'The Pie' for dinner.

Diana decided to come down because Isaac spent the day insisting "up Dad work hug." The problem was that I left without a hug goodbye, which under normal circumstances would be unthinkable. But this morning was no normal circumstance. Both kids woke up at 5:00 a.m. -- a plan they must have hatched the night before. So we played tag team: Diana fed Grace and I took Isaac. After an unsuccessful attempt at rocking him back to sleep, I retreated to the family room, hoping that an early morning presentation of Barney would lull him back to sleep. Well, when I woke up at 7, I had Grace on my chest on the recliner and both Diana and Isaac were snoring in our bed. Go figure. So I basically dressed in the dark, put Grace in the basinette by our bed, and snuck silently out of the house -- thus explaining no morning hug.

Why Isaac Needs a Toddler Bed

I guess he was ready for a bigger challenge than wiggling out of his car seat and scaling the baby gate. By the way, this is the same crib Diana slept in as a baby!




We took this video with our camera, sorry about the quality.

Picture for Grandmas Who Need Pictures