Sunny 9 for 2007 February 22

My hair is falling out. It took longer with Lily for it to do that, but alas...goodbye to my thicker hair. It was great while it lasted. Of course my hair falling out sooner might have something to do with me dying it recently, but that's ok. Let's just get it over with already.

We went to the Rodeo Saturday night for the Montgomery Gentry concert. After having our babysitter fall through, one of Aaron's nice classmates volunteered to watch the chid-rens. We were running late because we were trying to make the job as easy as possible for Crystal the babysitter, holding out till closer to bedtime. I was happy when she reported it was one of the easiest babysitting jobs she had ever had. Then again she said she used to baby-sit a family of 4 kids, 2 of them being twins.

It is a good thing we got to the "concert" late because someone forgot to tell us it wasn't a concert but indeed a Rodeo. In my defense, I have never been to the "Stock Show and Rodeo" held here every year even though I have lived about 20 years of my life here, but still. The music didn't start until 10:20ish and we left around 10:40 because we didn't want to leave Crystal too long since she was doing this out of the kindness of her heart. Plus the band wasn’t that great anyway. Don't get me wrong though, the rodeo was fun to see. There is something thrilling about watching grown men throw themselves off their horse onto a calf while in a full sprint to tackle and lay the calf down, or the guys ride bare back on a bucking bronco or bull, but in a I shouldn't be watching this because I'm married sort of way. It was just pure raw manliness. Plus I felt sorry for the calves. I think everyone should go to a rodeo at least once in your life though to understand why kickers are kickers. The skills they show really would be and are useful if you are raised on a farm and have to care for livestock. You don't realize how gutsy these guys are until you see it in person.

I am really glad this week is coming to a close. Aaron had an Oral Path test today so all this week he has been gone till after I put the kids to bed. It is the hardest part of the day and when Aaron is not there it makes it all the harder. It is just so busy having to get dinner ready and the kids getting tired so they are more grumpy not to mention Gunnar is being a boob lately and wants to be held all the time. I don’t know what his deal is, maybe it hurts to go through a growth spurt which I feel the 3-month one is coming on since he has been wanting to eat every 2 hours again lately. Plus I am officially moving him onto 3-6 month clothes. He doesn’t really fit into his 0-3 sleepers anymore, and that is on my list of things to do tomorrow is take out the old and put in the new stuff.

The child literally screams bloody murder when I bathe him. It sounds like I am killing him slowly the minute he hears the water running...it is like he knows. He turns red from the upset all the way until 5 minutes after he is dried and his clothes are on. It is actually comical how much he loathes his baths. Poor guy. Then there is Lily who strips anytime she hears the water running and likes to sit in Gunnar’s baby tub with him and "help" me with the soap and water. It's sad because I don't know what's worse: to get upset with Lily for wanting to help and making her feel bad telling her to leave, or to let Gunnar endure her so that Lily doesn't feel left out or that I like Gunnar more than her. I'll let you know when I figure it out.