Spies Like Us

I found a video baby monitor at a consignment sale last fall and Wayne and I finally set it up. I hope I can capture some of the feed to post here, because watching Miles "fall asleep" this week has been hysterical. About three seconds after we leave the room, he pops up and starts arranging his pillows, bears, trucks, blankets, whatever. He shoves most of the items under the covers by his feet. He rolls the trucks down the mattress. He'll sit there playing and mindlessly call out "Mom-my, where ARE you?" over and over. Finally he'll just lay down and call out a few more times. We were cracking up.

It's a good thing he still stays in bed, though, as I can no longer pick him up to put him back. My back is in massive protest over carrying another child around. I'm no longer Igor, but the pain has migrated around to right around my tailbone. I called the O.B. and they had me come in just to make sure nothing was happening - like, oh, labor. All was fine there. Her professional treatment opinion? Go get a massage. Um, I can do that. Of course it will take a few days to get one on the schedule. Since my next stop was the mall (to replace all Miles' high-water 2Ts with 3T pants) I made a detour to Brookstone, and without any shame plopped down into the chair with the iNeed and iSqueeze. Ahh! It was sweet relief, but alas, only temporary. By the time I made it through Gap Kids and Children's Place, I was achy again. Oh well, nothing that having a baby won't cure.

What other big excitement is happening? Hmmm... New Hampshire? the other Nicole? my newest must-read? oh yeah, it's my birthday! Thanks so much for all the cards, calls and e-mails, everybody made my day so great. I was even serenaded three times! Once by my niece and nephew, Aunt Elizabeth and YaYa, later by my dad, and finally a few times by my wonderful boys. Miles drew me a pretty card and gave me some beautiful roses. Daddy (Wayne) cheated on our "the kitchen counts for everything" deal and gave me a beautiful amethyst necklace - baby girl's birthstone! Wow! And I didn't even hit one of the milestone years.

No offense honey, but probably the best gift of the day - at least the one that made me shriek with joy - was from a total stranger. Kitchenaid is replacing our oven!! It shorted out upon installation over TWO weeks ago, but they wanted to try and repair it first, despite my concerns over the unit's safety. A part needed to repair is on backorder, so they called and said they wouldn't make me wait and would arrange for the dealer to get me a new one!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!! Okay, yes that made my day because now I can quit stressing over it. I'd been on the phone all day yesterday with a bunch of people, even e-mailed a friend who works for Ferguson in Detroit to get on their case.

This is getting long, but I have one last quick thing - we had to toss out an entire baby name book tonight because I found the entry Dijonaise in it. No lie. The "meaning" was given as "Condiment; combination of Dijon and mayonnaise." Seriously, that nullified every other entry in the book. Sheesh!