Wednesday

Today is a Wednesday, which means it is inventory day, which means i have to be at work at 7, which means i am off early, which means my mom gets to watch Sawyer.  I put him in his "what happens at Grandma's, stays at Grandma's" because my mom gets a kick out of it, and she appropriately got back from Vegas last night.  Here is a picture for her, though you cant see his full shirt as well as i'd have liked, and it was cold out and didnt want to leave the already sick baby outside for a "good" picture.  The light indoors was awful, and outdoors was golden, so i picked a crappy outside one with his shirt wrinkly. Here mom:

It is nice to get off early once a week to relax.  Especially after this nasty cold I have (it has migrated from throat, to nose, to chest).  I do love my job though.  The job itself isnt that exciting, but hanging out with funny people all day is a pretty sweet thing to get paid for.  Yesterday we were discussing how hilarious it would be to invite people over for dinner, and casually leave a Natural Harvest cookbook out on the counter. I think i will do that actually. I wonder what people would do? "Ummm i think i left my curling iron on, gotta go." That book has provided hours of laughs. I like how the book says, it is available at "most homes and restaurants". Um someone call the health department. 

Anyway, i have one more picture. It didnt capture the cutest moment, but Sawyer kept crawling up Andy's arm.

Fair part dos

My brother Erik was in town from Pullman (he goes to WSU) this past weekend, and Destiny (his wife) got a few fair tickets from her work (if you can't follow that, it is because she lives over on this side, not in Pullman) so they invited us to hang out at the fair with them.  We agreed because 1. we wanted to spend time with them and 2. if there is a chance to get another earthquake burger, i'm on it :) It was fun! We walked around briefly, got earthquakes (we passed on the fries this time and Andy's friend worked there so we got a free coke so it was only $13 this time lol) and then just plowed through everything quickly.  We got there at like 12:30 and they had to be back by 2:30 for Cooper's visit. (His mom gets to take him 3 hours every Saturday and a guy comes to pick him up from Destiny at 3:00)  It was nice though because this time it was SUNNY! Last time it rained on us lol. Here are a few pictures from the day:

Andy and Erik pushing the babies down the hill (Des lives like 1/4 mile up the hill from the fair)

Monsons 

Destiny and Erik

We found a secret shady nook to feed the babies

Erik and Coop at the little nook

Andy took this from the nook

Ponytails and Pacifiers

I found a pacifier on the coffee table last night. It was almost bed time.  I went to put it in his bed since it seems like we can never find one when it is time for bed.  There was already one in there.  I went to set it down, and I also saw 2 on my night stand and 1 on my dresser. Hmmm. Why does it seem like whenever we dont need one, there are tons (he has 2 orange ones, 4 little blue ones, 2 green ones that are next size up of the blue ones, 2 nuk ones from the hospital, and 1 gummy one from the second hospital trip), but the second we need just one, there are none of them around and i cannot find them anywhere- even in the usual spots (his bed, diaper bag, and top of car seat head rest).  I noticed this same phenomenon with my ponytails and bobby pins.  When i want my hair down they are EVERYWHERE.  I've bought like 4 packs, each having like 30 rubberbands, so i know they exist, but when i want my hair up all i can find are 2 super stretched out ones. I think the same little gnome things that take your 'other sock' are the ones stealing my ponytails and Sawyer's pacifiers. :(


Part 2: We got a bill from the place that tested Sawyer's hearing in the hospital.  UGH. $230!!! All they did it see if he responded to beeps.  I KNEW he could hear because when someone would make a noise he would jump.  And what if he couldnt hear? I would teach him sign language.  I think i know enough sign language to cover him until he is about 4.  I definitely would not have approved if i knew i had to pay that much.  So lame :( I also think it is weird that insurance doesnt cover that.  It seems like a normal "check up" thing to do which is normally covered 100%. I am also annoyed that i still have the bill from his 'circ' to pay because insurance covered NONE.  That one is really dumb because the health org (whatever its called) suggests it because it reduces the risk of STD's and almost eliminates the infection that can be caused if you dont. You think they would cover at least a little bit :(  I havent received anything from his second hospital visit though so i'm hoping my "out of pocket" limit was maxed so i dont have to pay anything...i'm not holding my breath though.


Part 3: Here is a picture i took this morning when we got to Megan's to drop him off at 'daycare'. He was sleeping like this! He has been so tuckered out since he has been sick all week.  I am now too and it definitely sucks.  Neither of us can breathe and i am sure he has the same drowsiness and headaches that i have.  Poor guy. 

Sleeping like a baby

Hmm. It looks like they have a new picture uploader.  Well, here I am trying it out.  I took a couple pics of the soy bean at my parents house today sleeping.  I think he has the right idea, I have been so tired lately.  Not due to having an infant, but the fact that i go to bed at midnight and wake up at 7 when i am used to 10 hrs of sleep at night.  My fault though :)

Sawyer, 3 months

Sawyer turned 3 months old on Monday, so it was time to take his 3 month pictures.  He has grown so much!  I realize the dimensions are off because i rotated them all to be vertical,  but here he is at 2 weeks (newborn), 1 month, 2 months, and 3 months.  The romper is 18 mos. and I thought it would fit him for a year, but I might have been wrong- he is filling it out quickly!

Close-ups of his face:

Full-time

My first full-time day= complete! Yuck. I do not like being at work 8.5 hours after being used to having half days/2 months off. It was nice just sitting around or playing with Sawyer all day. I have to keep full time though because i pay $80/month for medical/dental for us and if i went to part-time it would be a couple hundred :(!!!! Maybe it will be cheaper when Andy is a teacher. And now, since i pretty much finished the "make up" work that everyone screwed up while i was gone, work will be REALLY boring. I guess i will start playing words with friends (iphone app) again. Username: MonsonAC if anyone plays lol. And you will definitely see me on Yahoo!Answers for hours. I'm pretty negative today, but i'm tired so I have an excuse. Plus Sawyer is a little sick, he's had a lot of mucus lately and he chokes on it and sniffles. I feel like i need more vacation already lol.  I think we will go visit Erik in Pullman soon at WSU...apparently they have good ice cream there (we missed their hours last time) and maybe watch some Cougar football (they might actually win this year).  G'nite errbody!

Fish Fry

Today we went to Aunt Kandi and Uncle Dennis's house because my Aunt Linda and Uncle Ron were in town (they live in FL) recently returned from a big fishing trip in Alaska and brought a ton of fish.  Since my cousin got married, my Aunt Barb and Uncle Tom and her son Peter that rarely makes it over here from Spokane, and her other son Tommy from AZ was also in town- meaning all the "kids" in my mom's family could be there.  It was pretty much just a ton of salmon, but it is tasty and fun. Again, Murphy's law of "what can go wrong, will" happened when it came to Sawyer. He managed to get his first outfit wet, and have a blowout in his second (and only) other outfit.  This ONLY happens when it is inconvenient at other people's houses or in public lol.  My theory is that when other people change him, they dont tighten the diaper well enough because he has only had 2 blowouts up his back and they have both happened in other people's care lol.  Luckily after the blowout, the first outfit had dried up the little circle of wetness and we just put that back on to go home :) (As the hospital said, "urine is sterile" lol)  We then came home and went to Winco.  I <3 Winco.  We got an entire cart of groceries full for $130, and a lot of those items were full meals in themselves.  We also used their coupons and got (with NO catch) a gallon of milk, a jug of apple juice, a loaf of bread, and a box of honey nut cheerios FREE. We didnt even have to "buy one" or spend a minimum of a certain $ amount. Nice.  We got home and gave Sawyer his SECOND bath of the day lol. Normally he gets 2 a week so he doesnt get dried out.

People on the porch

My Aunt Irene (bean's "graunty") and Sawyer in outfit #1

My mom, my grandma, destiny (brother's wife), and Rob (family friend)

Sawyer in outfit #2

My momma and Sawyer

Cooper and Irene

Everyone watching Cooper and Lilly play (Lilly and her grandma Irene match shirts on accident lol)