Poopymonster

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If you are in the middle of eating or can’t handle stories about dirty diapers… you may not want to read the end of this particular blog entry (last paragraph). You have been warned!

This weekend went by in a flash. It all began with Carrie’s arrival on Friday evening. She stopped over for a while on her way to our Folks’ house to spend some time with Tommy. It’s nice to see them together. Tommy is comfortable with his Auntie and I know Carrie’s going to be a great Mommy when she’s ready. It’s nice for me too when my sister is here. All we do is laugh and have a great time. She’s such a comedian. Who knew you could do so much on a Saturday?? We started out in the morning by attending the Haddon Heights Fall Festival, an Annual Fall Craft and Corvette Show. We met up with my Godparents Wayne & Karen, who were there with their Corvette. Together we walked around spotting the different cars and looking at all of the various crafts from the vendors who attended. It was a lot larger than I expected…several blocks long, with live music, local mascots (*shiver*), various types of food, and lots of Corvette’s all proudly displayed by their owners. There was truly something for everyone. We were able to purchase a half pound of our favorite Spanish cheese Manchego – expensive but worth every penny – at the local Cheese shop. Tony, Wayne, and Karen enjoyed gourmet pulled pork or sausage and pepper sandwiches from Anthony’s restaurant, I was able to buy the cutest little stone (sodalite) bracelet, and someone even gave Tommy a little red balloon. We could have spent the entire day just walking around and purchasing Christmas Gifts. I would like to go back again next year, I truly enjoyed myself.
The afternoon I spent with my cousins, Alina and Lori, as well as my Mom and Carrie. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them… crazy, silly girls! Lots of laughter ensued! Once I returned home we stopped over at my MIL’s house to spend a couple minutes with Josefa and DD. It was just a quick visit, but it had been a while since I’d seen my MIL, and I missed her a lot – so even a short visit was nice! I’m hoping to stop by next weekend and see her a little more. Then, Saturday night my “cousin” Becca and her boyfriend Bill stopped over for a couple drinks after the baby went to bed. It was great to talk about weddings, and babies, and vacations with them, while sipping a glass of wine (or two). I don’t think we’ve done so much on a Saturday in a long time. Thankfully… we mostly sat around in our pajamas and did some chores on Sunday. The only time we left the house was to visit Walmart. We found Tommy’s Halloween outfit, and stopped at Burger King for dinner. (I know, I know… but we haven’t had junk food in SO long!) While we were eating our dinner Tommy kept trying to grab my cheeseburger. I wonder if he remembered the smell from when I was preggo and I craved were fast food burgers. (And I wonder why I gained so much weight during the pregnancy lol). I think Tommy would have eaten my burger if he was able to digest meat… well, that and chew.
Yesterday was rough. The baby was cranky ALL DAY. He hardly napped at all, and when he was awake he was whining and crying. I felt so bad. He hadn’t pooped much all weekend, and I think he was a little constipated – Ah the joys of introducing new foods! So… last night Tony and I had to take turns passing the baby back and forth to one another while we ate dinner. Just after we ate dinner we decided to start his bed time routine early. Tony went to pick up Tommy who had been sitting on his lap, when his hand sort of “slid” on Tommy’s back. He turned him around and we immediately saw why…. Tommy (who usually grunts to let us know he’s pooping, but failed to do so this time) had diarrhea. It was DISGUSTING. We rushed him upstairs, stripped him down and proceeded to give him a bath. I have never seen so much poop before. We were both gagging while we cleaned him up. Poop was Everywhere! Tommy went to bed shortly after the bath, but Tony and I were up for several hours afterwards feeling sick to our stomachs. Even now I feel a little sick writing about it. I’ve seen some pretty disgusting diapers before…but this one was just wrong.

Hair-tastrophe

So um... does this look like "Ultra Natural Blonde" to you? I looked cool enough on the box. Just a shade more "natural" blonde than my hair already was.. ya gotta go darker for the fall right?? Well... after about 10 minutes on my head the goop started looking a bit purplish. The instructions had me waiting 10 minutes more, before I rinsed it out... and when I did... this is what I got. It actually looks worse in person than this picture shows. When the light hits it it has some brown, some purple, and some grey going on. YUK!! I'm not sure what I'm going to do... other than keep washing it. Ugh... you try to save a little money and do something yourself... and you end up with "Eggplant" hair (Thanks Tana hahaha), an itchy scalp, and wrinkly wet fingers. On a brighter note… Tommy can sit on his own!!! I’m so excited!!! I thought maybe it was a trick that I wasn’t really seeing him do it, but last night I showed Tony and its true. He can’t hold himself up for more than about a minute before he starts falling to the side or to the front… but he’s got the basic concept. I took a picture. He started falling to the side just as I snapped it… but here it is. Tommy was so happy to see his Daddy last night. I think they really missed one another. I’m happy Tony’s home too. Love you honey. We had very special visitors today. Elliot and his Mom stopped by. Tommy kept staring at Elliot and smiling. Elliot's a couple months younger than Tommy. It'll be so cute to watch them play together when they are a little older. Tommy found the other baby fascinating. He’s too funny… at one point he picked up Elliot’s hand and tried to put it in his mouth. I swear my kid will eat anything lol!

“Buzz Your Girlfriend…Woof!”

That’s right, me and the babes were Home Alone. Tony had to go to Virginia for work. I really hate sleeping in the house by myself. I admit it…I am afraid of being home alone in the dark – especially with a five-month-old. To save me from being totally pathetic and whimpering all night, my wonderful sister-in-law stayed over. She’s the best!! Thank you D-D!!
I am in a good mood. It’s October!!! While I am not a fan of the cooler weather, I do really like the color changes of the leaves, and I really look forward to three months of “Holidays”!! I can’t wait for Halloween to arrive. I don’t like the idea of people dressing up…my Girlz know about this particular fear (it’s the masks). And I don’t care about the candy. BUT I LOVE decorating, I LOVE scary movies, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that Tony and I are going to start thinking about how we’re going to set up the house for Christmas.

I can’t wait for Tommy’s first Christmas. I might have to keep Tony (somehow ha ha) from getting the 10 foot tree he wants to fit into our living room… but otherwise we’re going to go all out and really make the house festive (both inside and out). It’s nice that Tony and I are both into setting up the Christmas lights and making the house twinkle for the holiday season. I always look forward to driving down our street at night and seeing how all of our neighbors are just as into Christmas lights as we are. It’ll be extra special this year. I can’t wait to see Tommy’s eyes light up when he sees the twinkling bulbs.

Speaking of my Girlz… a Girls Night In is in the works and I am so excited for it. I agree with those who say that sometimes you just need some time alone with your Girlfriends. The girls in particular I’m talking about are those I met in college (though I luv all my other girlfriends muchly too!). Most are my sorority sisters. Whenever we get together, much silliness and laughter ensues. We reminisce about Immaculata, and both the random & delightful experiences we’ve had together since. I get together with them and enjoy every moment, then I go home and feel like a part of myself has been refilled with the luv and sisterhood I get from these amazing ladies. I am really looking forward to seeing them.

Monday Monday

We had such a good time on Saturday night. We were able to meet up with a ton of Tony’s fraternity brothers. I had fun hanging out with the other ladies who were there as well. It made me long for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner… guess we’ll have to get on planning that!

Here’s a couple pictures from Sat. night with Monkeybus. It was great to see them up on stage again. Thanks for a fun night guys!! (And thank you to my Mom and Dad who watched the baby so we could go out!)

I have to post this picture. It was from this morning. I went in to check on Tommy and this is how he was sleeping in his crib. Seriously adorable!!!

New Blog Name

Yes - you've come to Bobbi's World... only... its not going to be called Bobbi's World anymore. I've decided to change the name of my blog... change a bit of the page...and just try something a bit different. I hope you like it!