Where art I?

Spell check is not working to if I left a typo then, sorry.

Yes I know I have been absent for a bit. I used to post everyday and now I am lucky to post once a week. Could it be the intense nearness of my due date? Maybe the joy of having J home again? The exhaustion of keeping up with a toddler? Nah, I am just lazy.

Seriously though, all of those things have factored into my disappearacne. The list of projects that have to be done before Lorelei arrives is staggering. I think it was easier the first time around when I did not have anything baby related and just went out and bought it. Now it has to be found, checked, sorted, laundered, assembeled. Then there is the nesting issue. I did not do this with Rory and anyone who has been to my house will tell you that if cleanliness is next to godliness than I have fallen from grace. Not saying I live in a total sty, just that I am not one of those hands and knees, make it glisten types. Lorelei appears to be that type. I have used magic erasers on every wall, baseboard, and animal (j/k). Make the madness stop!

J has been wonderful. He always is wonderful so that may not be too shocking except that he has put up with a bit more than usual. Take for example his hormonal wife. Lets just say I have been a little flustered and stressed. My new hobby was taking chunks out of innocent bystanders. J has a way of making me see how I am acting and laugh it off. Rory has been more than a little attached to Dad. Not quite over that long seperation but he is getting there.

Speaking of the rugrat he is very intrigued with the baby in mommy's tummy. I think he is a bit confused though. If you ask him where the baby is he tries to lift up his own shirt to show you his stomach. He is sure that Daddy and Grandma have one too. He is only two so we try to cut him some slack.

Fire bad

I should have known when Rory was around a year old that he was going to be fire curious. One of my friends was holding him at a party I was having and did not spot the candle on the counter behind her. Rory poked the flame. No damage at all thank the lord. Flash forward about almost a year later and not so lucky. Twice.

Recently Rory was trying to fiddle with something ( I was not present so do not know what the something was) and J had to quickly remove him from danger. Unfortunatly J's quick thinking did not include dropping the lighter he had been using to start a fire in the fireplace. The warm metal tip brushed the top of Rory's ear. The burn was very minor but still hurt like nuts I am sure. We did all the burn remedy stuff and lots of triple antibiotic ointment. Healed beautifully.

The previous Friday night we are all watching television together in the den with a nice fire in the fireplace. Rory was playing and happy and then chaos. The bottom of the fireplace has a decorative grate with a star pattern repeated in it. Rory starts screaming and I am looking his whole body over when I notice said start on the back of his left hand. From his wrist to the middle knuckle on his middle finger was red and starteing to swell. Immediately we set him up with a cold compress (advice I later found that is given by the Mayo Clinic) and some tylenol for pain. To make a long tragic story short we ended up with some little blisters as the most extreme part of the damage done.

Still treating it but he seems to care less what we do. This is what concerns me. I hope he learned something because I do not think my blood pressure can take it. I swear I am that childs shadow now.