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The website for our house is up, and I have to say, I would buy it all over again! Check it out!

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Alaina Mary Dietrich, August '08

She's such a pensive child and always looks concerned, but at least here's a smirk to go with all the seriousness!
At the height of one of her huge smiles. Her whole body gets involved!
Passed out after some housework in the Beco.

Connor Adam Dietrich, August '08

The other day, Connor refused to eat lunch without his sunglasses.
Baths in the kitchen sink are always more fun! (Notice the molars...he's got 4 now!)
This is what happens when you give Connor a piece of licorice.

Crazy mom moments

Someone on my babycenter birthclub suggested a thread devoted to crazy things you have done in your sleep-induced state. This was my list:

"As a mother of 2 under 15 months old, I have so many of these!

Last night, after my shower, I went to put lotion on my legs and accidentally put shower gel on them instead. I laughed at myself in dismay, then reach for another bottle. Shower gel again! Who knew motherhood would make me illiterate?

I was spoonfeeding my toddler some lunch, and I had to put it down to grab the phone. When I resumed, I couldn't figure out why the baby wasn't opening their mouth...then I realized I had been trying to spoonfeed my 2-mo-old!

My husband didn't put the seat down and I sat down without looking. Yes, I fell in.

I tried to step on the scale (bad idea in the first place) and just caught the edge, so the scale went flying, and so did I.

My husband found that I had put the milk and butter I had used for my breakfast in the pantry...at dinnertime."

Tell me yours!

Such a Good Big Brother!

Connor's beginning to treat Alaina like a person and it melts me. This morning, I was changing her clothes on the floor, and Connor insisted on helping by taking her dirty clothes and putting them on her face. It wasn't malicious at all, and he kept trying to do it over and over again. :) He also gets very concerned when she cries and says, "Azaizia" repeatedly until I pick her up. He walked all the way from the coffee table to the fireplace yesterday (about 5 toodler-sized steps!). I have such mixed feelings about him growing up!

QUICK! While they're BOTH sleeping...!

The kids are getting bigger and bigger! Alaina had her two-month checkup on Tuesday, and she weighed in at 10 lbs 6 oz. She was diagnosed with acid reflux and put on Zantac. She will now actually be put down without breaking into hysterics. The doctor says that it should help with her sleeping habits, too, but that has yet to be seen!

Connor takes steps away from furniture on his own now. He doesn't get very far, but he thinks it is the most fun thing in the world. Yesterday he threw his first tantrum, over licorice! I had given him a little bite of a piece on Tuesday night, then left the piece on the table. When I sat down at the table the next morning to have my breakfast, he crawled over faster than I had even seen, stood up and pointed to the licorice on the table. I said, "No Connor, we do not have licorice for breakfast." He plunked down on his butt and screamed like a banshee. He's his mother's child.

I promise I will post pictures eventually, but Alaina is squawking grunting, hoping to be picked up!

23!

Yesterday was my golden birthday, and I took Mary Ann's advice to have the entire day planned out, minute by minute. Unfortunately, life and mother nature had different ideas.

The day got off to a slower-than-anticipated start, so we nixxed the haircut plans. We headed off to a dollar store (very elusive in Colorado) that I had been wanting to go to for months. We got there, and they were closed SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. You tell me, how does a dollar store stay afloat on three days a week? Happily, there was a Big Lots next door, and I am addicted to that place, even if it only means a get a good deal on a mega can of Lysol.

Next, we continued the thrift-o-rama at the state's biggest Goodwill store. I was so excited to go, because of my fond memories of thrifting at D.I., but it was nothing like that. It was like D.I. rejects! Unimpressed!

We then hit the highlight of the day, the Motherhood Maternity store. After cutting holes in my shirts and trying to adapt regular clothes into nursing clothes, I was happy to find 2 cute nursing shirts - on clearance! Man, I sound cheap in this post.

We then stopped into my former Cheesecake stomping grounds to pass out some thank-you notes for baby gifts, give people updates, and have some appetizers.

After that, we drove to the awesome Imax theatre to see The Dark Knight. We figured that since it was a Wednesday and they had lots of Imax showings, it wouldn't be a problem getting tickets. WRONG! They were sold out for the whole day! Oh well, we got tickets to the regular show, then bided the time next door playing arcade games at Dave and Buster's. We left the arcade 30 minutes ahead of time to walk back next door, and it's a good thing we did...we got some of the last 2 seats together! It was pretty sad to see people walk in with their popcorn and sodas and not be able to get seats together.

About halfway through that LOOOONG movie, I started to get a very uncomfortable, nursing wise. I had been very diligent all day about pumping on schedule, but by the time we got back to the car, I knew something was amiss. We had planned to leave Alaina overnight with Anthony's parents, but I had read all about how clogged ducts could lead to serious infections, so we picked her up at 11:00 pm and left Connor there (never wake a sleeping toddler!). After a painful night, I called the doctor, and my suspicions were confirmed! At least I only have clogged ducts instead of mastitis (at this point anyway).

Wow, what a negative nancy post! Despite all of that, I really did have a great birthday! I can't believe I'm 23!