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January 23, 2001
I can't believe that January is almost over with already! Where the HELL
does the time go??? I've also realized that it has been about 3 weeks since
my last entry and I am really sorry for that. Tyler was sick again this
past weekend, but I'm attributing it more to teething than anything else.
His temperature ran about 101.3 and didn't get any higher than that. But, it
was high enough to make him uncomfortable and very cranky. The doctor
didn't seem to worried about it, although her lack of worry didn't ease mine
much. I'm just like that I guess. The doctor can tell me a million times
over that all is FINE, but there will still always be just a little ounce of
worry in me. Guess I'll be dealing with that from now on! Tyler is VERY
bothered by his teeth lately and I've taken to calling him Tyler the
TEETHING MONSTER. At this very moment he is working on cutting SIX teeth.
Yes, SIX. I think there are 4 new ones on the bottom and 2 on top. Guess
it's catching up with him since he was such a slow teether at first. But,
his crankiness has really made me just want to rip all my hair out, although
I have refrained from doing that thankfully. Not sure that I would look all
that great bald. I do feel bad for my poor little bear, but Steve and I are
extremely tired because his teeth have been interrupting his sleep. I'm
praying that these teeth cut through and give us a F@*KING break! PLEASE!
Maybe I should stop complaining now! You're all probable reading this and
saying, "God Erin, SHUT UP!!" LOL Oh well, you all know what it's like and
I'm sure you understand. Tyler is up to so much lately, even amidst the
teething terror. He is practically walking and we are getting so excited.
When I say practically walking, I don't mean that he's really taken any
unaided steps, but he's getting damned close. He has one of those Fisher
Price activity walker things and he cruises around every room of the house
with that thing. Runs in to walls, furniture, toys, etc but he keeps on
truckin'! He'll also stand on his own for a minute and then he'll just sit
on his butt. It's getting so exciting and I'm getting so anxious. I think
that he's getting frustrated though because he just can't quite do it on his
own. He's become quite clingy too and I think that is all a part of it. I
guess babies just get a little scared before they get all the independence
that comes with being able to walk. I'm hoping that in the next month he'll
be walking, we'll just have to wait and see!
Oh my baby is getting so big and is really developing a voice of his own,
and when he speaks he means to be HEARD BY EVERYONE!!!! His vocabulary has
really ventured beyond mama and dada and moved in to "baby", "poo poo" (who
taught him that one???), "big bird" (sounds more like "beh bor"), and "na
na" for night night. If only you could hear him! It's so cute, especially
when he says baby. He has several books with pictures of babies in them and
he loves to yell "BEEBEE" when he sees them. Sometimes he calls everything
baby. I think he just loves the fact that he knows that word. I think it's
fun for him to say or something. But, I think it's true, my baby is growing
up and I get more and more sentimental with each day. I'm trying to make
sure that I remember everything about his babyhood so I can tell him all
about it when he gets older. I want to be able to picture all the things he
does in my mind when I'm 80 years old. Think my memory will serve me that
well???
Enough about growing old though, I thought that I would share something with
you all. I joined a gym. Yep, I took the plunge and have even been
attending step aerobics classes 2 nights a week and I plan on bumping that
up to 4 nights a week once I get in to the swing of it. I've gone to the
actual gym a couple times, but I really love the classes. I feel so
energized and like I actually DID something. I just was NOT happy with the
way my body has been looking lately, so I decided that this would be my
resolution for the year. And I hope to improve my eating habits too. Just
to show you that I really am set on following through, let me tell you what
I did the other day. As a gift, someone gave me two GIGANTIC Toblerone bars.
I'm talking the 1 pounders here. I took one little bite of one of the triangles,
then told Steve to take the rest of it to work. Now, doesn't that sound
devoted? (Come on ladies, need a little boost here!!! )
When I joined the gym I also planned on trying out the Kid's Gym and seeing
if Tyler would stay there while I worked out. Well, that was a disaster.
Guess I came at a pretty busy time and there were a LOT of kids in there.
It got pretty loud and I think he got scared. I had sat with him for about
10 minutes before I put him in the little play area for kids his age. He
was playing happily with one of the girls there and I snuck out to go do my
workout. I think I was on the treadmill for 10 minutes when the girl came
and got me. He was crying so hard and when I picked him up he just hugged
me tight and didn't let go. I felt horrible for putting him through that.
It broke my heart and I really don't want to put him through that again. I
was thinking about going when it is slow and maybe that would help, but now
I'm really leery about doing it. I don't want to put him through something
that he really doesn't have to do. Does anyone have any ideas that I might
be able to try? I think that for now I am just going to go in the evenings
for my classes, which are an hour long, an get on the actual equipment when
I get the chance. It just broke my heart to see him like that and the
blubbery fool that I am, I almost ended up in tears too!!!
Well, I better get going. Tyler is napping and I didn't get much sleep last
night because of those MEAN MEAN MEAN TEETH!!!! I'll attach Tyler's one
year photos (which won't be posted with the entry for a day or two) that I had done at Sears at the end of December. Enjoy and have
a WONDERFUL WEEK!!!
Erin
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