A Very Grumpy Day

Today, the 14th day of rain in a row, (or what seems like at least 14 days) has just been too, too grumpy. Having to be inside most of the day with the boys, (who did go outside when it stopped for a while), is just too much.

Then there was the ant problem. Yesterday, my son took out the trash like he usually does. But instead of putting the trash in the can, he just left the bag on the floor. So today, I went downstairs, and there was a trail of about a million ants from a crack in the garage floor, over to the trash bag. Grrrrrrr. Needless to say, he is now down in the garage, cleaning up dead ants with paper towels. I sprayed the ants with Windex to kill them, but they are still on the floor.

I tried to take a nap today. This was while the kids were outside with the babysitter, who came to watch the kids while I went to the Dr. for my appointment and ultrasound. I had her stay a little while after lunch to play with the boys while Anna took a nap, and I tried to nap. But when it started to sprinkle out again, they came back in and played hide and seek. She tried to keep them on the first floor, but they were excited and made a lot of noise, so I awoke.

So in general, I think I am just flustered with so many rainy days in a row - in June, with school out. We have not used the pool in at least two weeks, have played outside as little as the weather allowed, have been the library, and the McDonalds play place, but we can not go there every day. I am hoping tomorrow is really going to be dry like the weather promised. Otherwise, I might have to check into a mental institution.

Well, one interesting thing did happen today. I saw my new baby in ultrasound. I didn’t find out the sex yet, I am waiting till tonight when my husband gets home. I had the technician write it down on a piece of paper for us to discover together. I am really hoping for a girl, but when she was measuring the legs, I thought I might have seen a boy, but I could be wrong, that could have been the umbilical cord. Well just have to wait and see, hope he is not home to late tonight!

Well, now I am off to the garage to check the ant cleaning progress, and help a little. Just part of my grumpy, grumpy day!

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A couple good things happened recently. This past weekend, Anna started to walk all by herself. She had been doing it holding on to our hands, or furniture, but she finally took independent steps on Sat. and then really got the hang of it on Sunday. She was so excited and happy and proud of herself. And we were so proud of her. Mike and I sat opposite each other, and she walked back and fourth between us. Then we moved farther apart, and she took more steps. Now she is walking all over the house, still with her arms up in the air for balance, it is very cute!

Also, yesterday was the first day she went completely without nursing. I had been gradually cutting down on her nursing for months, and had put her to bed before without milk, but never gone a whole day without nursing. It has been a little hard for her going to bed without the nursing, but she is getting used to it. Tonight she has been having a hard time, but I just gave her some milk in a sippy cup and hugged her some more. It is 8:15 now, so hopefully she will stop crying and fall asleep soon. She is 17 months now, so I don’t feel bad. She is the only child who was learned to walk and weaned at the same time. The boys all walked at much younger ages, but that’s ok. I’m glad she is walking now!