Mother's Day 2010

On Mother's Day, I was treated to breakfast out with my two guys. I had a relaxing day followed by Indian food dinner with Ryan's Dima and Dadu. We had a great day!

And Then There Were Four

I knew when I started this blog it would mostly be about Ryan. I quickly realized it was a shared blog, sometimes it was also about me, or Sanjay, or even our friends. The whole purpose of starting a blog was after having Ryan I would write in his baby book and soon found there wasn't a place to write down all of the things I wanted to say about him. This blog became that place. Here I could write anything I wanted to say and didn't have to figure out what category it fit under in our baby book; teething? No! Firsts? No! Milestones? Not necessarily.

Now, this will definitely be a shared blog. It will still be about Ryan, sometimes it will be about me or Sanjay, or our friends, but it will definitely be shared with Ryan's little brother or sister. I am happy to announce that we are expecting our second baby! Although it is still early, I am SO happy to report that I am in my second trimester, 13 and 1/2 weeks to be exact. The first trimester this time around was much different then when I was pregnant with Ryan. I was nauseous pretty much everyday, all day long. My poor husband and Ryan have never eaten so much takeout food (GASP!) in their lives, especially my little guy. As much as I hated watching them eat junky food, there was nothing I could do about it. Thankfully, now that I am feeling better we are all enjoying more home cooked meals.

Last week, I had a pretty extensive, routine ultrasound. I was thinking back to my ultrasounds with Ryan, he would calmly lay there and then jerk and then resume laying. This baby, however, would not stay still for anything. The doctor even asked me what I had for breakfast because he/she was moving so much. You would have thought I had a large ice- blended coffee and doughnuts, which I didn't, but I don't think anyone would have believed me if I said that I just had oatmeal.

Needless to say, all signs are pointing to baby #2 being very different from Ryan. I always knew that Ryan was a good baby and a good little boy. He loves to sleep, he loves to learn, he loves to read, he goes with the flow, and he listens to us. I think we may have a bit of a challenge on our hands with the second. At least I know I have a good helper in Ryan, and he will make a great big brother! In November, we will become a family of four, or make that five if you count our sweet Lucy. And, yes, we will all be waiting until November to see if Ryan has a baby brother or sister. Ryan keeps telling us he wants a sister. We'll see if he gets his wish. Either way, we are just blessed to be able to add to our family and are excited to share him/her with all of you!

Band-aids

I am typically a more reactive person rather than proactive which drives my husband crazy, but generally is not a big deal. However, this presented a problem for us last night. While at the farmer's market, Ryan was running around like he normally does, but this time he took a tumble. I picked him up, but he would not let me check him out to see if there were any cuts or bumps on him. He was off and running two seconds later. My friend happened to see some blood on Ryan's hand. After chasing him I picked him up and realized he had scraped the skin off of the outside of his hand, and it was bleeding. He would not let me look at it or clean it or anything, so I let him play. I figured if it hurt badly he would come and let me "fix" it.

Fifteen minutes later we were on our way home to eat dinner. When we got home, it was time to wash the cut. It was making my stomach turn, so Sanjay took on the job. He held Ryan and gently cleaned his hands with soap and water. Bad idea! Ryan started to scream because I was sure his hand stung. Sanjay carefully dried the cut and put on a generic band-aid. Finally, we were ready to eat dinner. That is everyone but Ryan. He cried throughout the meal saying his hand hurt and refused to eat. It was at this point that I realized we had to go to the store. I knew we needed some really cool band-aids and something to take the sting away from the cut. This is something I should have already had in my medicine cabinet considering I am the mom of a rough and tumble toddler.

It was late, but off we went. Ryan picked out some car band-aids and I got some bubbling, non-stinging antibacterial foam. The band-aids were a huge hit. We could not even put them in the bag, Ryan wanted to carry them out of the store. Whatever made him happy at this point was fine by me. Once we got home, I was able to clean the cut and put on an awesome car band-aid! What made it even better was the antibacterial foam looked like tiny bubbles, which was also a huge hit with my bubble loving little man.

At 2:00 this morning, Ryan woke up crying. Then the cry turned into hysterical screams. I ran into his room thinking something was very wrong. When I got there, through the tears he told me his car band-aid fell off, and he could not find it. I went to the bathroom, got another car band-aid and put it on. Within minutes he was fast asleep. It is amazing what a car band-aid can do for a toddler. Needless to say, I went out and bought more "cool" bandaids today, just in case.