This weekend

Maddy Beggin'





















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Mikel's Truck o' Mulch















Woo Pigs!
















Mikel and "Chicken Wing"














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Dunning has been laughing and talking up a storm this weekend. We took him to Wal-Mart and Sam's Club to look at plants and to the Got Rock? place to get mulch. We were going to go to Razorfest and dressed accordingly, but our allergies were so bad that we changed our minds. We also dog-sat Lindsey's chihuahua, Maddy, this weekend. Lindsey got Maddy when we lived together in college, after her first dog, Jacks, befell a fate unbeknownst us. I.e., he disappeared when our maintenace guy came to fix the large hole in our ceiling from our leaking toilet. Pobre Jacks. Anyways, Maddy is hilarious and Dunning really enjoyed watching her prance around. Mikel calls her "chicken wing" because she looks a little like something you would find in a bucket of boneless buffalo wings, minus the sauce.

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We are doing more landscaping in our front yard this week, as Mikel is home all week on vacation. We are also going to stain the deck. Fun vacation!! Bridget and Jim go to Vegas, we stain the deck! :)

Dunning will be dedicated on Mother's Day and I need help picking out a picture to be shown at church. Post your vote for any of the above or past pics between now and Monday please!!

TIRED

Well last night was eventful. Dunning has some congestion from allergies I think, and he refused to eat more than 3 oz from the bottle last night while I was at Pilates. Mikel got a taste of what his temper tantrums are like. During the night, I woke up at 11:30 to feel something crawling on me. It was a bug, and I thought I brushed it off on to the floor (too tired to get up and kill it!). I figured, oh it's just a bug, I've had worse on me! So after I got up and fed Dunning at 1:30, I got back in to bed and something bit me behind the knee! I reached down, and now being fully awake, felt a bug on my leg - the same bug I thought I had got rid of earlier. It freaked me out because now it was under the covers and not just on my arm like before. I started thrashing around and jumped straight out of bed. Mikel thought I was having a nightmare or a seizure! So he turned on the light and killed the bug for me. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well after that. Then Dunning started crying again at 4:00. I made Mikel get up and rock him to sleep because I was so tired. Still am! He is napping right now, went down very easy for me! Hooray!
He is still rolling over again and again! He's on the move now!

Roly Poly

Today was the first day that Dunning rolled over on his stomach AND didn't cry! He may actually get to enjoy tummy time yet. Now he's a roly poly fiend. I can't put him down without him reaching down for his toes, curling up, then plop, right on to his stomach. He doesn't quite know what to do with his arms yet, which end up getting caught under him, but at least it keeps them out of his mouth so he has to lift his head up - although once he did get them wriggled free. Still not doing the best on nap time. He took a 30 min. nap this morning and cried for the other 30 min. Then he took a nice 2 hour nap this afternoon, with only one small break in it to cry for 10 min. This means I got to nap for about 30 min. today and I feel great! It's amazing what a little power nap can do for the chronically sleep deprived!!

Tonight, I went to Pilates. It's weird to be sitting in a room with other women and they just sit there and refuse to talk to each other while we are waiting on the instructor. I was trying to strike up a conversation, but just ended up looking stupid! Come on ladies! Get to know someone new! I need adult conversations! :)