I Have a Predicament...

Let me start by saying that I suggest women only read this post. Trust me men, you really don't care what my predicament is in this case. Anyway, thank heavens, Asa has started taking a bottle again. It was a miracle that all of a sudden two days ago, he had no problems drinking from a bottle even with formula! I had no intention of starting Asa on formula this soon, but I am having some problems that are not allowing me to breastfeed right now. At the moment, nursing Asa is ridiculously painful and pumping is almost just as bad. As a result, I have so much discomfort due to having water balloons for boobs! Argh! I am in some serious pain here! So...I guess my question is...what can I do to either alleviate the discomfort until I can nurse again OR what can I do to make my milk supply dry up?? At this point I am fine with doing formula for Asa. He has had no problems with it at all so far and is doing great with a bottle.

New Car!

Whahoo! Berkeley and I bought a new car yesterday. We used the "Cash for Clunkers" program and traded our truck in. It was a sweet deal. They gave us $4,500 for our '99 Ford Ranger, marked the car down $3,000 and gave Berkeley a military discount of $500. We saved about $8,000 on our new car. We are so excited because our payments on the 2009 Ford Focus are exactly the same as the payments we were making on the '99 Ford Ranger(that I could not drive and we could not put Asa in).





Now friends, there is no need to worry! This gem still belongs to us!! Lucky Berkeley gets to drive this beauty to work now!

Ick.

Solid foods = Nasty poop! Today I put Asa in the exersaucer to play. I went to the kitchen to get some lunch and when I came back in the living room I noticed something in the base of the exersaucer. I got closer and realized that there was a pile of nasty, thick, brown poop that Asa was stomping in with both his feet. I was confused for a second and for some reason poop had not entered my brain until I heard a big toot and then saw more of the nasty poo run down his leg and join the rest under his feet. What a disgusting mess! I pulled him out and washed him from head to toe. Then I had to clean out the base of the exersaucer and the chair thing. Ugh. Sometimes I literally gag when I am up to my elbows in a mess like that! This is the 3rd time I've had to do clean up after a big blow-out. All I have to say is that introducing solid foods has really made things a lot nastier around this place!

25...What a Perfect Age.

I had a birthday shout hooray! Yeah...anyway...My birthday was a lot of fun thanks to my family. Everyone that could make it came to have a bbq and played at the park for the evening. Here are a few pictures from the festivities. Thanks family!

Cat Pee?

I have the cutest little nephew in the world. His name is Ethan. He is two years old and talks so cute. Well, my mom babysat him today and he was in the kitchen crouched behind the table. I overheard the following conversation.

Ethan: "Ganma, I found tap-pee!"

Grandma: "No, I don't think you found cat pee, Ethan. The cat goes pee in the litter box downstairs."

Ethan: "Cat go pee downstairs?"

Grandma: "Yes, the cat goes pee downstairs. It must be water you see on the floor."

Ethan: "Ganma, can I eat the tap-pee?"

At this my mom finally decided to check out what Ethan was talking about. In his cute little grubby hand, he was holding up a piece of TAFFY. My mom had a whole conversation with Ethan about cat pee when really all he wanted was to eat a piece of taffy that he had found. I don't know how old that piece of taffy was, but my mom let him eat it. :)

Tech School

Berkeley got a call from his recruiter today and was told that he will report to tech school on February 14th. I am thrilled. He has over 6 months home still before he has to leave again. The only bummer is that Asa's first birthday is on February 20th...we will just have to celebrate it a week early. Also, what is the deal with the dates of departure? He left for basic training on April 28th...Berkeley's birthday...and now he will be leaving again on Valentines Day. Hmmm. Oh well, I am just glad that he gets to stick around for a while.

So You Think You Can Dance?!