A sad happy day.

I'll start off by apologizing that I don't have pictures up yet. I need to get Gary to take the pictures off my camera for me.

Well, we finally decided to trade in my Corolla for a more family-friendly vehicle. I've had my Corolla since 1999 (it was a 98 I bought used), and she has been good to me (had over 180k on her, and still going strong!), but she got to feeling cramped once LJ came along. So I'd been keeping my eyes open for about 6 months for a dependable vehicle that I could hope to get around 100k-150k miles out of, and I've looked at several, but none just struck me as "the one." So, for the millionth time, I was checking out auto ads on star shopper and I came across a 98 (go figure, same year as my Corolla) Camry, with only 76k on it (whoa! there are people who actually drive that little???). Being the skeptical pessimist I am when it comes to used cars, I checked out carfax expecting bad news, but to my surprise it revealed it had only had one owner, was locally owned, and was routinely serviced, etc. After I went to look at it, I also found out it had just had a major service done (alignment, timing belt, transmission fluid changed, etc.). So, I gave it a spin, and was shocked at how smooth it drove, braked and ran. No unusual noises, no pulsating or wobbling, drove straight, just to name a few. I had a couple other cars I was intersted in, so I checked them out and prayed about it all before feeling that I needed to pursue the Camry. So I prayed again that if this was the car that was meant for us, for us to be able to work out a price on our limited budget, and we did (I even got several compliments on my haggling abilibies) :o)~...so we now have a new (to me) car. So, now, we're needing to find Gary a truck. If anyone has a 4x4 extended cab Tundra or Double cab Tacoma that you're wanting to sell (or planning to trade in), let us know!

Size Preditions Revised

Okay, after doing more research on infant/children's clothing sizes (why the hell do they have to make it so complicated???) I have to correct myself.

I'm going to skip 12 month clothes for LJ in ONESIES, and anything that is a solid piece of material between the shoulders and the crotch (jumpers, sleepers, etc) ONLY! Onesies, sleepers and jumpers are always small on him, so I'm going to go straight to 18 months for them. For pants and shirts (seperates), 12 month until around his birthday is my best guess, then 18 month until around Christmas time, and 2T (or 24 month) around the first of the year. Just go one size bigger in onesies, sleepers and jumpers.

Random Ramblings

Well, it dawned on me this evening, that I have spent every evening since daylight savings time ended trying to get LJ adjusted to standard time, and failed. Today I found out that daylight savings time begins just 4 weeks from tomorrow. So, with 4 weeks left, I'm throwing in the towel. He can go to bed at 7 and wake up at 5. Afterall, I've been doing it for around 12 weeks now, what's another 4???

LJ was so funny today. Gary was off work so we all spent the day together, and Gary and I both agreed that after LJ's nap this morning, it was like he woke up a new baby. He was playing with his toys and watching Big Bird on TV like he'd never seen any of them before. He was just engrossed in them.

Update on blowing food in my face....

Go figure, the most effective way I've found to keep him from blowing food in my face is simply not to react to it in any way, shape or form. I just keep my composure and continue feeding him. If he continues to do it, it seems to be out of boredom, so I give him something to fidgit with while he eats (it has to be washable, a walmart gift card or "little people" do well).

Clothing size predictions for LJ

SEE EDITED EDITION ON FEBURARY 9!

I've been trying to make some predictions of LJ's clothing size so I can hit some garage sales as soon as it warms up. If any of you are wanting to do any holiday shopping while winter stuff is on super-duper clearance, here's what I've come up with based on his percentile on the growth charts:
At 1 year (in June): probably a 2T or 24 months (although he might fit in 18 months for a short while)
At 1 1/2 years (in December): Probaby just growing out of a 2T and getting into a 3T.

Right now I'm about to put him in 18 months. He's in 6-9 months now, but he's suddenly completely outgrown all of them, and his 12 month clothes are tight on him! So I'm just going to skip 12 month clothes altogether (with the exception of the ones I have), and put him right in 18 month.

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