ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...

... it's over, Christmas is over. I'm not so sure I actually enjoy Christmas anymore... that's sad. I love buying stuff for people... I get so excited over finding that perfect thing for someone. But all the work that goes into getting stuff in order, wrapped and taken to it's final destination... it just is too much and I get sooooooooooooooo tired that all I want to do is sleep. Not to mention working in retail just wears you down to a little pile of nothing at this time of year! And of course I guess Santa knew I was bad this year because he has brought me another sinus infection!!!! Oh well. I will admit the boys were fairly well behaved today, we decided that we better have Santa bring one present for under the tree for them each that went well and then we opened everything else at Grandma's. Now it's time to curl up with a book and go to sleep!

someone dropped the ball

So I had to be at work early this morning... why might you ask... because whichever DVD/movie publisher did the mummy and MAMA MIA (one of the most anticipated film to DVD releases this year) neglected to actually ship them out of their warehouses to our warehouse which meant we didn't get them, and I had to find 62 copies at Walmart bright and early. Yeah the dude at the register just looked at me a says what do you what me to do... uhmmmmmmmmmm ring them up so I can get on with my job! Fun! Then for an extra bonus we discovered that someone had graffiti-ed the men's restroom and it wouldn't come off, so guess who got to paint, in the stinky boys bathroom!

Grandma's payback x 2

So among they ways one does not want to be awaken, here is one to add to the list! "mama he drank something and he's sick", followed closely by a dry heave/gag which is coming from your 3 year old who is standing over you and upon further instant inspection smells really good... really good like a fragrance oil for a reed diffuser. After about an hour of panic, you finally figure out that the little man thought it would be a great idea to tell his little brother to drink this stuff. I just bought the little man this shirt that says Grandma's Payback on it... yeah I think perhaps it was a bad omen buying it! I surely am getting far more than I ever dished out, which admittedly was a lot!

I slept for the rest of the day... to much panic and stress for my little body, thank goodness for Daddy coming to the rescue!

Winter Vacation

Well winter vacation has started for my little man, and school ended yesterday with a sing-a-long for the 4year old classes. It was very cute... my only problem was trying to get the little guy to stay with me, he didn't understand that he could not go and sing with his brother... we actually had to leave because he started a tantrum. Merry Christmas!

So Santa won

Yes I told the boys that Santa was just story, and they just fought me to death over it. I tried, I really tried not to tell that little white lie, and I won't be signing any tags from Santa, but yes Santa lives on in the Morris household. So along with Santa comes Elf on the shelf... or Elfie as the boys have named him. Elfie has a story, he goes each night and reports to Santa about the boys and each morning he comes back and is placed in a new location. It's a book that comes with a hideous stuffed Elf that us parents have to move about the house. So far it is working to my advantage and the boys love finding him in the morning.

We got an invite to do a long survey about the little guys new medicine... and it pays... who'd a thunk!

yeah Kuvan

Blood test number two confirms that things are going great in the PHE lowering in the little guys blood/brain. He is happy as can be that he can eat a lot more of the things he enjoys... 3 servings of peas and more french fries and chips! He is still gaining weight, still showing an increase in hunger, and knock on wood we've had no weird side effects. He is a bit scary when he gets his blood drawn... no cries, no flinching as a matter of fact he watches and when the blood starts flowing into the tubes he gets excited and says "here it comes"... crazy crazy boy!

never again

Okay for some reason Target brings out the evil in my children... I know they aren't angels, probably some gigantic parenting issue of ours, but on average they are only slightly more annoying then the average kid... except when we get to Target. I'm not sure but I think it might be all the red bringing out some kind of aggression in them. Or maybe they imagine a bulls eye on my forehead where the arrow is actually a meltdown or tantrum. All I know is that Target is now off limits until they grow out of this phase, and I like Target. Thank god we don't get groceries there! Also having a huge anger management problem with my little man. On Wednesday he strangled a girl in school, well the girl is horrible, and he said she pushed him out of the block area in the playroom... so we punished him by a day spent in bed, but kinda dropped it after that. Over the last two days though it has become apparent he has some anger issues. The little guy now proudly wears teeth marks on his forehead and pinch marks on his arms and the little man has spent a lot of time in his bedroom and has had lots of toys disappear. I've now decided that a behavior chart is a must... we will start today!

I'm pretending it's Monday

So I was suppose to send the package to the in-laws out on Monday or Tuesday... it will happen today... IT WILL!!!! I guess I was hoping that we'd get the requested grandchild picture from one of the sister-in-laws, that way each child would be represented for Big Pop but alas no. Still the frame is great with lots of pictures and now it will have a small scrapbook "page" saying something sappy about grandchildren!

So in the spirit of everyone else in the world I'm reading Beedle the Bard. So far it's interesting, not content but how it's written. I'm curios when miss jk came up with the idea... seems to me that it was rather thought out, so I'm thinking she had it in her brain several books ago as a fun side project.

I've also got Belly Fat to Belly Flat on the bedside table to read, it had some yummy recipes and I thought the premise behind this weight lose idea was interestingly different, more a hormone imbalance... I'll read it, see what I think, I have to admit the recipes were well balanced.

I hate the holidays

Everyone is so NICE... NOT! Work, the job I like, is not going well at all, surprisingly the customers I've been dealing with are great but my co-workers have the office politics going on and I'm just the lowest person that the poop rolls down too... makes for a very unpleasant experience! Oh well, only 20 more shopping days left until x-mas:)

On a much better note, the Kuvan is working... the little guy is responding to it, his PHE levels have dropped and his appetite has increased... which wasn't supposed to happen and maybe it's just coincidence but we will take it. He is actually asking for food and his "milk". Since his PHE levels dropped over the week we are allowed to increase his PHE intake... which means he gets extra of those much loved peas! We go back next week to Johns Hopkins and then we can go to the PKU clinic here in town, the following week and hopefully that will be the last visit this month. His nutritionist is very pleased with his progress. Unfortunately we parents are in a bit of trouble as we still let him have a bottle for his "milk" and we still puree his food. I can't help it that I don't do vomit and he hates textured food and has a hyper gag reflex! We will have to work on that and the Binky but after the holidays and the potty training! The potty training is going good as long as he is naked, a pair of roo's seems to encourage peeing... I might be tempted to get some feel and learn pull-ups. The sofa will thank me!

Other good news... down a whole 10 lbs. I had kinda tried to diet a bit, and being so miserable at work with chocolate on site wasn't really working for me! But now I have drastically changed things. Trying to avoid fat! I've gotten several munchie foods that have no fat, I bought flavored coffee... mmmmmmmmmmm... that's my candy/chocolate, trying to drink at least 32oz of water a day, and I'm writing everything that I eat down... puts things more in perspective, like on Tuesday I nearly doubled my calorie intake with a latte from Starbucks... but pumpkin spice lattes are sooooooooooooo yummy. I also got my bike on the trainer and have been doing 4-5 miles each time I get on. I have a spin cycle class DVD that I've used as well... wow talk about kicking your butt! On the days that the hubby and I are home we will be using the weight system together. Sounds like a balanced plan, and it seems to have started to work! Only 35lbs more to go!