Crib Recall

I don't know how many of you have heard of the newest recall for babies/kids, but it is for cribs. So far, I have listened and payed attention to the recalls to make sure that I don't have any of the toys. Most of the toys are too old for my boys anyway, until this latest recall. I got to looking at our crib and we have the one that is being recalled. It's a little unnerving to be aware of this. Besides, don't recalled toys/furniture always happen to someone else? At least that's what I've always thought, until now. Today I did some more research on the company and found their website. They made it super easy to order the parts to correct the problem. Kudos to them! So we should be getting the new parts in a few weeks (hopefully sooner) and should be able to fix the problem. (Let's hope that the fixing process is as easy as the ordering process.) If there is a lesson to this, it is to pay attention to recalls since you may have the very item that is being recalled.

The way to my heart

There is the saying, "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." The way to a woman's heart is flowers, chocolate, etc. I like flowers and chocolate just fine, but the real way to my heart is through ice cream. Yep, that's right, ice cream. I know, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal to you, but it is to me. That's because I don't get ice cream very often. It is contraband in our household, due to Samuel's milk allergy.

Last night we were taking advantage of some good discounts in a local grocery store and we walked by the ice cream section. I glanced over at it (to see what I was missing) and Josh asked if I wanted some. I replied that I always wanted some, so he suggested that we get some. The words shocked me so I had to repeat them back to him. He affirmed what he said so we took our time picking out the right kind. Let me tell you, it was WONDERFUL. I don't care if you think that I'm silly, you try dealing with the food restrictions we have to on a daily basis and see how good something tastes after you haven't had it for a long while.

I mentioned in my last post about Darius crawling. He has gained quite a bit of speed since then. He now follows me around the house. When I go into Samuel's room to change his diaper, Darius isn't far behind. You can hear him coming and then all of a sudden he peeks around the door to the room with a smile on his face. He's so proud of himself and so am I.

Right now, I feel like I have a huge to-do list. The list includes cleaning, straightening, storing things, plus reading. The only time I have to do these things are when the boys are down for a nap, which doesn't leave much time. I feel guilty about doing some of these things in the evenings, because Josh is home and I want us to spend time as a family. Arrgghh! I need to make a list of what I need to do and then as I do it, I can mark it off. Maybe then I will feel like I'm accomplishing something. Although, I know that my list will continue to grow. I guess that is a never ending process. Hopefully I can at least not feel like I'm drowning. Oh well, such is life, I guess.

Waking up Jesus, Crying, Crawling and Salsa

Ever since Darius was very little, Samuel has tried to wake him up while sleeping. He likes to hit something with his hand (to make noise) and yell, "Daa" or something like it. He gets in trouble for it, but still likes to do it. He especially likes to try to wake Darius up in the car. We were reading a book (Away in a Manger) and came to the page where, "the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay", part is. Samuel hit his leg and yelled, "Daa" to try to wake him up. Josh and I started laughing. It was so funny that he was trying to wake up baby Jesus. Since then, he has done it a couple more times.

I blogged last week about Darius' crying and attributed it to him teething. Well, he's not teething, it's a phase he is going through right now. Any time you set him down to do some work (or because your arm is tired) and leave his sight for a second (or even stay within sight), he starts crying. He has a really good set of lungs on him. He can scream pretty good. The only thing that stops him is to hold him, which sometimes is impossible. We are getting used to him screaming, otherwise we would get nothing done. Samuel is a good big brother and tries to distract him with toys, but to no avail. I hope that this is a phase that passes quickly.

Darius has started army crawling now. We noticed it on Saturday. He especially likes to go after the things that he can't have (for instance the gardening magazines that Samuel strings all over the floor looking for apples). But he's starting to get faster and between rolling and crawling can get anywhere he wants quickly.

I had a first this weekend. I made my first batch of salsa. We have an abundance of cherry tomatoes and peppers (bell and anaheim). I didn't want them to go bad, so I used my mother-in-law's recipe. It turned out pretty good. I know there are some differences I will do next time, but for my first attempt it's pretty tasty. I'm sure that I will have another chance to make more this summer since our tomatoes and peppers are still producing. I am looking forward to this and hope to perfect the recipe even more.