2/10/11
Rambles of a sleep-deprived mother
It's update time! The mood hits me every month or so. Or every two months. The Boizelle family is doing great, at least we think so. Jon is usually unavailable for comment due to busy season. Right now he's weathering "snowmageddon" in "snowklahoma." No kidding. That's what the news is calling this storm. Jon is the official driver/snow shoveler for his team because he's the only one who thought to bring a warm coat and sneakers for the blizzard they knew was coming. Not to knock on Texans, but they're crazy. I've barely left our apartment for two weeks because it's icy and snowing. I know how to drive in ice and snow. The problem is that they don't. They're horrible drivers to begin with. Add in some ice, and I have visions of Will and I and our poor little Honda being crushed beneath an out-of-control Ford F-350 with Dualies.
I have decided that single motherhood is not for me. I can probably wait for busy season to be over, but it's going to be a long wait. I'm staying busy sewing my quiet book (it's cute!), and cleaning up after that mini tornado I spawned. I'm also growing a few garden plants and herbs which are currently residing in my living room due to all the frost, ice, and snow. I've been really perplexed because my allergies have been acting up lately. Can you believe it took me almost two weeks to realize that I'm slightly allergic to my mini garden! Outside they go as soon as it's warm enough.
Will, as previously mentioned, is a mini tornado, an earthquake, and a tsunami all rolled into one, then crammed into 27 inches of mayhem. His little antics are so funny. Some of his new tricks include rocking back and forth in his high chair until the real chair starts tipping (heart attack!), sitting in front of closed doors and banging the back of his head on them, pulling all the rubber ends off the door stop sproingers and eating them, and climbing up on everything in sight, including the edges of the tub. He loves to climb up to the spout or talk to himself in that round silver thing set into the edge of the tub. He still doesn't splash, but he crawls around and around and around and loves every second of bath time. He also takes delight in finding every tiny little thing that I leave on the floor and eating it. I've fished door sproingers, pretzels, cardboard, string, pieces of dryer sheets, bits of rubber, and several unidentifiable somethings out of his mouth. He hates it when I steal his prizes. I can always tell when he's got something in his mouth because he crawls up with a huge grin and his jaw chomping like crazy. I think 9 months is going to be my favorite age. He can crawl and be a little independent, but he still needs me around. He's decided that hugs from mom are pretty great, so whenever I pick him up he lays his head on my shoulder and cuddles for a bit. He's also starting to get really interested in books. His favorite book is "Five Little Ladybugs" (seen below). The ladybugs are plastic, so each page has interesting ladybugs on one side and holes on the other. We read this book two or three times per day. When he wants to read it, he grabs it, gives a little cry, and then looks up to see if I'm coming. If not, the cries escalate until I do come.
Gee, can you tell that Will is always around and Jon is never around? Will has a book and Jon has a couple of lines. lol. I post pictures on facebook fairly regularly. Go there for pics. Again, it's much too complicated to get them off my phone and upload them. And yesterday I nearly had a heart attack because I downloaded my videos and deleted them from my phone and when I went to play them, none of them worked. After a mini panic attack, I realized that I was getting audio but not visual. A little research taught me that apparently smart phones record videos in high def which is typically stored in MPEG4 format to save space. Only iTunes has the capacity to play MPEG4 format. Most programs can only play one or the other, audio or visual. We are now the proud owners of a free iTunes download and a host of cute Will videos!
In other news, one of my best friends, Melody, had a baby! It's a boy named David Grant McBride (her husband is the brother of Jon's old roommate, Nate) and he weighed 9 lbs. Yay!
I have decided that single motherhood is not for me. I can probably wait for busy season to be over, but it's going to be a long wait. I'm staying busy sewing my quiet book (it's cute!), and cleaning up after that mini tornado I spawned. I'm also growing a few garden plants and herbs which are currently residing in my living room due to all the frost, ice, and snow. I've been really perplexed because my allergies have been acting up lately. Can you believe it took me almost two weeks to realize that I'm slightly allergic to my mini garden! Outside they go as soon as it's warm enough.
Will, as previously mentioned, is a mini tornado, an earthquake, and a tsunami all rolled into one, then crammed into 27 inches of mayhem. His little antics are so funny. Some of his new tricks include rocking back and forth in his high chair until the real chair starts tipping (heart attack!), sitting in front of closed doors and banging the back of his head on them, pulling all the rubber ends off the door stop sproingers and eating them, and climbing up on everything in sight, including the edges of the tub. He loves to climb up to the spout or talk to himself in that round silver thing set into the edge of the tub. He still doesn't splash, but he crawls around and around and around and loves every second of bath time. He also takes delight in finding every tiny little thing that I leave on the floor and eating it. I've fished door sproingers, pretzels, cardboard, string, pieces of dryer sheets, bits of rubber, and several unidentifiable somethings out of his mouth. He hates it when I steal his prizes. I can always tell when he's got something in his mouth because he crawls up with a huge grin and his jaw chomping like crazy. I think 9 months is going to be my favorite age. He can crawl and be a little independent, but he still needs me around. He's decided that hugs from mom are pretty great, so whenever I pick him up he lays his head on my shoulder and cuddles for a bit. He's also starting to get really interested in books. His favorite book is "Five Little Ladybugs" (seen below). The ladybugs are plastic, so each page has interesting ladybugs on one side and holes on the other. We read this book two or three times per day. When he wants to read it, he grabs it, gives a little cry, and then looks up to see if I'm coming. If not, the cries escalate until I do come.
Gee, can you tell that Will is always around and Jon is never around? Will has a book and Jon has a couple of lines. lol. I post pictures on facebook fairly regularly. Go there for pics. Again, it's much too complicated to get them off my phone and upload them. And yesterday I nearly had a heart attack because I downloaded my videos and deleted them from my phone and when I went to play them, none of them worked. After a mini panic attack, I realized that I was getting audio but not visual. A little research taught me that apparently smart phones record videos in high def which is typically stored in MPEG4 format to save space. Only iTunes has the capacity to play MPEG4 format. Most programs can only play one or the other, audio or visual. We are now the proud owners of a free iTunes download and a host of cute Will videos!
In other news, one of my best friends, Melody, had a baby! It's a boy named David Grant McBride (her husband is the brother of Jon's old roommate, Nate) and he weighed 9 lbs. Yay!
12/10/10
Ok, it's only been a month, not six, but maybe we'll shoot for monthly updates instead of semi-annual. Still no pictures. I am a lackadaisical blogger at best. If you want pictures, look on facebook. I'm too lazy to figure out how to get pictures off my smart phone onto the laptop and then spend forever uploading and formatting them on blogger. One stroke of a touch screen uploads pics directly to facebook. I did the math! :)
Biggest news of the week: my sister Jessica's engaged! She got engaged yesterday to a guy named Dan Earle. I've only met him once, but he seemed really nice. He works for the RCMP, and he currently holds the national sharpshooting record in Canada, even though he's only 22 (I think). He got into the RCMP when he was 19 which is impossible, so he's apparently pretty good. They haven't set any details yet, but I'll let you know when they do. Luckily for us, they're not thinking of getting married until May or June. That's post-busy season for you non-accountants. Jon might actually be able to come. I'm getting rather fond of flying across the country with an infant (not), but I'd rather have him come.
I'm rambling, in case no one noticed, and here's why: Will. He's still got teething pain which means he's not sleeping. He also refuses to drink anything. Juice and water get rejected without even a second glance. Try to force him and he howls the house down while gnashing around with those devilish sharp teeth. Combine lack of fluids with increase of solids and we have a whole new set of problems to deal with. I'm not getting much sleep.
On a positive note, Will's grown to 27 inches, putting him in the 50th percentile for height. He did not gain an ounce (literally) in the last six weeks, so he dropped into the 10th percentile in weight. He currently weighs in at 16 lbs, 8 oz.
I'm working on a quiet book. It's coming very slowly (not my fault). Jon's working and stressed out because he has three audits still open right now, so he has homework every night (several hours of it) which is cutting into his CPA study time. The office Christmas party was a blast. I used to think accountants were boring. :) I laughed really hard at the 2 second pause after every comment I made while the other person processed through the alcohol.
Jon also got called to be the assistant ward mission leader. He's excited. He gets to teach gospel principles and that's right up his alley. Bishop told me they can't figure out where to put me. He actually asked me where I wanted to be put. I think he would have put me there, too, if I had actually suggested something. It's weird to go from holding 5 or 6 callings at once, to holding none. I feel slightly out of the loop.
Biggest news of the week: my sister Jessica's engaged! She got engaged yesterday to a guy named Dan Earle. I've only met him once, but he seemed really nice. He works for the RCMP, and he currently holds the national sharpshooting record in Canada, even though he's only 22 (I think). He got into the RCMP when he was 19 which is impossible, so he's apparently pretty good. They haven't set any details yet, but I'll let you know when they do. Luckily for us, they're not thinking of getting married until May or June. That's post-busy season for you non-accountants. Jon might actually be able to come. I'm getting rather fond of flying across the country with an infant (not), but I'd rather have him come.
I'm rambling, in case no one noticed, and here's why: Will. He's still got teething pain which means he's not sleeping. He also refuses to drink anything. Juice and water get rejected without even a second glance. Try to force him and he howls the house down while gnashing around with those devilish sharp teeth. Combine lack of fluids with increase of solids and we have a whole new set of problems to deal with. I'm not getting much sleep.
On a positive note, Will's grown to 27 inches, putting him in the 50th percentile for height. He did not gain an ounce (literally) in the last six weeks, so he dropped into the 10th percentile in weight. He currently weighs in at 16 lbs, 8 oz.
I'm working on a quiet book. It's coming very slowly (not my fault). Jon's working and stressed out because he has three audits still open right now, so he has homework every night (several hours of it) which is cutting into his CPA study time. The office Christmas party was a blast. I used to think accountants were boring. :) I laughed really hard at the 2 second pause after every comment I made while the other person processed through the alcohol.
Jon also got called to be the assistant ward mission leader. He's excited. He gets to teach gospel principles and that's right up his alley. Bishop told me they can't figure out where to put me. He actually asked me where I wanted to be put. I think he would have put me there, too, if I had actually suggested something. It's weird to go from holding 5 or 6 callings at once, to holding none. I feel slightly out of the loop.
11/10/10
It's been a while...
Yep! It's time for the semi-annual updating of the Boizelle blog! Best two days of my year!
I figured out why I procrastinate though. It's all those stupid pictures and videos I try to upload. They take forever, and half the time they don't work anyway when I do get them up. This blog is picture and video free! I know, lame, right? But at least I updated.
Will and I are in Canada right now, visiting my family while Jon is away on business trips. Yes, we finally made it after all that trouble. I swear the US/ Canada border is the bane of my life. Jon's in Chicago now, and he'll be in Houston next week. It's a bummer not seeing him for two weeks, but it's even more of a bummer for him because Will is teething and almost crawling. It's a toss up to see whether or not we'll make it home before he either crawls for the first time or gets his first tooth. Jon's sad he might miss those momentous moments. I'm just glad I'm here and not at home so that my mom can help me with the grouchy, teething baby.
Will finally had his 4 month Dr visit (on his 51/2 month b-day). He weighs in at a hefty 16.8lbs and measures 25.5 in. He's on the small side of the scale, sitting right around the 35-40th percentile for both weight and height, but at least he's not falling off the charts yet like Jon did. My mom thinks he's scrawny, but he's got cheeks that would provide a convenient hiding place for a squirrel's nut collection.
On a side note, I got my luggage finally, after the airline left it sitting in SLC. You'd think a 4 hour layover would be enough time to get it right, but not this time. I've been wandering around the house without glasses for three days. Not pleasant. Not to mention borrowing my mom's shirts. And Will only has three outfits (we bought him two of those), all three of which he promptly soiled yesterday and there was nothing I could do about it! Hurray for having your own stuff
In other news, Jon and I bought our first car together. It's a used Mazda 3 hatchback in silver with a manual transmission. Jon's in love with the new car. It was the first hatchback we test drove and he decided then and there that it was the car for him! I made him test drive a couple others just to make sure. I seem to have an aversion to buying the first car we test drove. We decided Jon gets to drive it while I drive our Honda, so he's pleased as punch.
That's all for today folks. Don't forget to tune in 6 months from now for the next official blog post!
I figured out why I procrastinate though. It's all those stupid pictures and videos I try to upload. They take forever, and half the time they don't work anyway when I do get them up. This blog is picture and video free! I know, lame, right? But at least I updated.
Will and I are in Canada right now, visiting my family while Jon is away on business trips. Yes, we finally made it after all that trouble. I swear the US/ Canada border is the bane of my life. Jon's in Chicago now, and he'll be in Houston next week. It's a bummer not seeing him for two weeks, but it's even more of a bummer for him because Will is teething and almost crawling. It's a toss up to see whether or not we'll make it home before he either crawls for the first time or gets his first tooth. Jon's sad he might miss those momentous moments. I'm just glad I'm here and not at home so that my mom can help me with the grouchy, teething baby.
Will finally had his 4 month Dr visit (on his 51/2 month b-day). He weighs in at a hefty 16.8lbs and measures 25.5 in. He's on the small side of the scale, sitting right around the 35-40th percentile for both weight and height, but at least he's not falling off the charts yet like Jon did. My mom thinks he's scrawny, but he's got cheeks that would provide a convenient hiding place for a squirrel's nut collection.
On a side note, I got my luggage finally, after the airline left it sitting in SLC. You'd think a 4 hour layover would be enough time to get it right, but not this time. I've been wandering around the house without glasses for three days. Not pleasant. Not to mention borrowing my mom's shirts. And Will only has three outfits (we bought him two of those), all three of which he promptly soiled yesterday and there was nothing I could do about it! Hurray for having your own stuff
In other news, Jon and I bought our first car together. It's a used Mazda 3 hatchback in silver with a manual transmission. Jon's in love with the new car. It was the first hatchback we test drove and he decided then and there that it was the car for him! I made him test drive a couple others just to make sure. I seem to have an aversion to buying the first car we test drove. We decided Jon gets to drive it while I drive our Honda, so he's pleased as punch.
That's all for today folks. Don't forget to tune in 6 months from now for the next official blog post!
7/12/10
They say it gets easier....
...and it does! Will is starting to get really fun. He's a great smiler now and starting to laugh from the sound of it. He spends his days busily developing important skills like blowing spit bubbles, fist sucking, and baby carrier gnawing. In more recent news, he just learned to grab, shake, and chew a toy. His record is one shake and about two seconds, but he's working on it. He's also busily learning to roll over. Here are some of the major events of late:
Will had his two month dr's visit.
Height: 23 3/4 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 11 lbs. 12 oz. (50th percentile)
Head Circ: 15 1/4 in. (22nd percentile)
Our baby is completely average in every way except of course good looks, intelligence, athletic ability, and... head size apparently. That came from Jon too! I have a huge head.
Happy Fourth of July!
Will hated the sounds of the fireworks (especially the screamers), but he sure did love that sparkler...
at least until we lit it! :)
Ward Campout
Our Ward had a campout this past weekend, and we all loved it! Nothing like burning your fingers on molten chocolate as you eat a delicious s'more!
World Cup!
No explanation needed! ;)
6/3/10
Still alive and getting better: 4 weeks!
Jon, Will, and I have made it through 4 weeks together. The first week was awesome, the second unmentionable, and the third and fourth weeks were half and half. Will is just starting to get more interesting as we start to find out his little habits. I took videos because so far only my mom has seen him.
Jon tried to give Will an Eskimo kiss. William will suck on anything.
This is Will's I'm-not-sure-I-really-wanted-this-binky-after-all face.
Jon tried to give Will an Eskimo kiss. William will suck on anything.
This is Will's I'm-not-sure-I-really-wanted-this-binky-after-all face.
Don't judge me for posting this. Will has a funny cry when he gets really hungry and angry. Sorry it's sideways.
First glimpses of a better life and then back to reality.
4/5/10
36 1/2 Weeks
The end is drawing near! Although I'm not feeling any desire to immortalize my whale status right now, I'm sure someday I'll want to look back at pictures of this pregnancy. I might even sigh and think I looked rather cute. Only time will tell. In keeping with that maybe-someday feeling, behold the belly...
A typical work outfit
Jon says some shirts hide the belly more than others, so to be fair I did the same pose with several different outfits.
Words fail me because this dress is just that special.
Regular old street clothes
Now that you ask, yes, yes those are pre-pregnancy jeans and shirt. I'm going to walk into and out of the hospital in those jeans, thank you!
Worst swollen ankles ever! The picture makes them look worse than they were, but still...
A typical work outfit
Jon says some shirts hide the belly more than others, so to be fair I did the same pose with several different outfits.
Words fail me because this dress is just that special.
Regular old street clothes
Now that you ask, yes, yes those are pre-pregnancy jeans and shirt. I'm going to walk into and out of the hospital in those jeans, thank you!
Worst swollen ankles ever! The picture makes them look worse than they were, but still...
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