4.29.2005
A Few General Rules...
1. Should you decide to pick a nice normal name for you child, such as Logan Michael, don't explain why you picked them if this is your reasoning... "Daddy named our little guy. He picked Logan after Wolverine from X-Men and Michael is short for Michaelangelo... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle".
2. Should you ever decide to take part in a Walkathon don't approach women out and about with their child in a parking lot. Also, if she says no... walk away. No snotty comments needed.
posted at 3:56 PM
by Momma Meghan

Working my butt off...
Literally. I thatched the yard... a work in progress and then mowed the lawn. No fancy lawn mowers here, had to push. Then I spread two kinds of fertalizer. We had gone to COSI this afternoon and I carried Elek around the Titanic exhibit so my arms were already tired. I hope they are back to normal tomorrow instead of feeling like the jelly they feel like now.
posted at 12:48 AM
by Momma Meghan

Deirdre hated the last one that was up so maybe she will like this one better. Aren't they the cutest? 
posted at 12:36 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.26.2005
Where did all the Pictures go?
They will soon be posted on my new site. I bought a .com location. I have decided to passoword protect the new site, so as soon as it is all set up I will let friends and family know the info needed to go and sneak a peek. Now, if anyone can tell me how to set up the password thingy that would be helpfull. Otherwise it might take a bit, I have research to do. The other option to get pictures fast... sign up at www.hello.com and I can send them to you in bulk. I will continue with the Blog until I get it all figured out so never fear, I am still here.
posted at 2:43 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.25.2005


Oh happy day. April 22, 2005 
posted at 11:29 PM
by Momma Meghan

4.21.2005
Congratulations to Deirdre and Rus!
When Deirdre was younger she looked up to me. She wanted to do everything that I did. Because of the curiosity she had in every waking moment of my life I credit myself with her good grades. When we were in High School we fought most of the time but were still thick as thieves when need be. I remember one day after I had graduated she was having a rough time with life in general. I bought her a dozen yellow roses and took them to her at school. I told her she could tell everyone they were from some guy but I just wanted to make her smile. Her response was that she would rather tell her friends how cool her Big Sister was. When we ended up living in separate states we grew even closer. I could have never asked for a better friend and sister. As we grow our roles change. I look up to her as a Mother. I hope she still looks up to me as a Big Sister. I could not be more proud of her. She has strength and determination that is hard to match. She is smart, witty, funny, loving, and kind. Those are just tip of what a wonderful person she is. The fact that she has chosen Rus to be her one and only speaks volumes of his character. I wish I could say I knew Rus well but I know everything I need to know. He is a kind and tender man who loves my Baby Sister with all of his heart and would do anything for her and Mia. He sees Mia as his own flesh and blood. He sees Deirdre as his equal and treats her like a queen. I wish them all the happiness two people can share that lasts for generations. They are building a strong foundation for a loving family and I could not be more proud. I am honored to call Deirdre my sister and friend and to now call Rus my Brother. Welcome to the family. Congratulations!
posted at 10:52 PM
by Momma Meghan

We had luch with Darcie and Mollie and... 
posted at 10:48 PM
by Momma Meghan

I see you. 
posted at 10:46 PM
by Momma Meghan

4.19.2005
Lunch with the girls and Memory Lane...
Had lunch with Christina and Darcie and Mollie today. Elek was back to his old self and happy as a clam. Not one scream. Darcie is still her old self and talks non-stop. So the entire lunch was pretty much about her and her divorce. I guess this is prime time to trash talk but I think I may be growing up, it just isn't in me. I feel bad for her and her situation. Sure she still says things about me but she is entitled to be angry at this stage in life. She is better off without him and I hope she is happier for it. After lunch I drove through Bay. Past the Middle School that is new, the old house, The old school that was torn down, Jenny's old house (where it used to be before it burned down), down Lake Rd. and so on. I remembered moving in and how happy we all were and excited and I remembered riding my bike all over Bay to see Jenny and other various friends. I remembered moving out and how sad it was. They were good times and not so good times. I remember thinking when I left that Columbus was going to be it, things would happen for me there. That they did. I met my wonderful husband and we made a new home and we made a beautiful baby boy. Now I am happy to drive down memory lane and have everything that I have now and no regrets. How lucky can one girl be? In other news, Elek has been rolling over for a bit now but it seems that last night he discovered he can do it ALL the time. He sleeps, he rolls over. I get him dressed, he rolls over. I change him, he rolls over. He playes, he rolls over. He is like a wiggle worm I can't get a firm hold of. Very funny stuff. Warning: I am now on to the subject of Poo. Stop reading if you don't like hearing about this bodily function. There are many things we dothat tell us we are truely a mother. Tonight I had one of those moments of realization. I was changing Elek's wet diaper and when I went to wipe his little butt clean he was "ground hogging". "Ground hogging" refers to a poo that poking out of the hole. He has had poos like rabbit terds lately. They seem to be troublesome for him to get out because they are hard and round. One rolled out of his diaper in the morning when I changed him. So, I left the diaper off and just held his legs up pressed against his belly to help him get them out. He was happy and I was dying of fumes. I am truely a mom in every sense of the word.
posted at 10:35 PM
by Momma Meghan

4.18.2005
Just hanging out...
Saturday we saw Carrie and John and the kids. It was a nice visit. Elek was having a hard day from the shots he got on Friday. Poor thing would scream until he was purple. We ended up leaving so I could let him nap. He never did nap once we got back here. He screamed some more though. He finally fell to sleep around 9p.m. We actually ended up going to Friday's for dinner. We ran into Darcie who is the Mgr. there. Elek was fine through dinner and was pretty good after we got back home. He did scream a few more times though, a signal that the Children's Advil was wearing off. Sunday, we all went to Aunt Terri's for dinner. It was nice to everyone and hang out. I got to hold Allison. She was bigger than Elek when she was born but I honestly don't remember him being that small. Funny how that works, it was only 5 mos. ago but I can't remember it because he got so big so fast. He did his jerking thing again last night, I was hoping it would be over but I guess not. Today we saw Nicole and her husband, Brian met Nicole on his trip to Italy. They have a very nice just around the corner from Sandy. We had tried to hook up on previous trips but to no avail. This trip was the charm. Elek loved to flirt with her and smile. He is in much better spirits today. Tomorrow we are meeting Christina and Darcie and Mollie for luch at the new mall in Westlake. It doesn't feel like I have been gone that long but everything has changed. In other news, Brian is doing well. He was very excited to get a package from Aunt Alyce. He said she sent some very usefull things and some good treats. Packages are like Christmas presents. He doesn't even really care what is in them, he just enjoys hearing his name at mail call and knowing that we all care and think about him. Anyway, Elek is sleeping and I have envelopes to address. TTFN.
posted at 11:49 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.15.2005
Doctor Jolly...
Yep that is her real name. Elek did well. He is 27inches long and 15lbs. 12oz. He is developmentally ahead in regards to sitting and standing and perfect everywhere else. As for the Myoclonic Jerking... we are setting up an appointment with a Neurologist just to make sure. She said she has no worries but she knows how scary the jerking can be and feels it is best for peace of mind. Elek had 3 shots and cried so hard he threw up. He is much better now and very happy. He ate like a pig at lunch and had bananas and apples. Back to sweet potato this week. We will try a different consistancy.
Everything is packed and ready for Cleveland. We will be leaving in an hour or two.
posted at 2:27 PM
by Momma Meghan

4.14.2005
Unattractive kids...
So sad. <http://treets.nbc4i.com/svc/lnk.cfm?l=52009193&t=1>
posted at 2:33 PM
by Momma Meghan

I'm Lovin it...
Elek may have given up the breast during the day but he still likes to breast feed at bed time. I love the bonding. I can handle this. It will be a slow progression away from breast feeding and that is fine by me. I just want him to have the best food possible for as long as possibe, not past 1yr though. Like the doc says... once they can ask for it you know it has been too long.
posted at 12:58 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.13.2005


Welcome to the world baby cousin Allison! Elek can't wait to play with you. Congratulations Katie and Chris, she is perfect! 
posted at 10:25 PM
by Momma Meghan

We all do it...
Myoclonic Jerking. It is how our body reacts when we are going to sleep and get that "falling" feeling.We usually just jerk awake. Elek on the other hand scared the living sh*t out of me today. His entire body was jerking. I could tell it wan't a seizure because his head wasn't involved and he just went right to sleep but I still took him to the urgent care. He is fine he just jerks more than most. In other news, he is giving up the boob. He has decided he is only breast feeding at bed time. So, formula it is during the day. I have been able to pump and mix half and half. He has been working his way off for the past few days and it got to the point where when he was hungry I was still trying to make more milk. My body has slowed down the production. This is a big bummer but there is nothing I can do about it. He has a Doc. appt. for Friday at 11am, just a check up. He is presently around 16lbs. so we will have a better figure on Friday to report.
posted at 1:46 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.11.2005
Banana Sunday!
We tried Sweet Potatoes and we tried Rice Cereal, both were a bust. So we had Banana Sunday. Elek has found something he loves. He helped me feed him nad he even cried when I had to stop feeding him to get another helping. We even ate breakfast in front of the web cam for Daddy today. A few more days of banana and it is on to Carrot Thursday!
posted at 8:08 PM
by Momma Meghan

4.10.2005
So I was thinking...
about how much this current situation sucks, then it hit me... What are the positives... now the list.

1. I can wear Jocky undies.
2. I don't have to shop at Victoria's Secret.
3. I don't have to shave my legs.
4. I don't have to wax my eyebrows.
5. I don't have to worry if my PJ's have holes in them.
6. I can belch out loud anywhere in the house at any time.
7. I don't have to brush my teeth first thing in the morning.
8. It doesn't matter how high my hair sticks up in the morning.
9. I can leave crap all over half of the bed.
10. I can leave the room messy.
11. I don't have to change my shirt right away when Elek spits up on me.
12. Elek can still sleep on the other side of the bed.
13. I can park my car (that is broken) in the middle of the garage.
14. Make-up? What make-up.
15. I can wear shoes and socks in the heat and have smelly feet.

The one reason none of this matters is that he still isn't here. I would give up the list in a heartbeat just to be able to roll over in the morning and kiss him. I love you honey.

Well, I am off to eat a bunch of chocolate and sit on my butt and ignore the mess in my room and the living room and the dining room and the kitchen and drown my sorrows in those sweet chocolate covered strawberries I have. Yummy.
posted at 9:16 PM
by Momma Meghan

Sorry to make you all cry...
But I feel it is important to express the positive of the situation. I get bummed out and sad and depressed and the entire range of emotions one can expect and more. Then, I get an IM from Brian and I am all better. I talked to him today and he was just as he always is... never serious. His jokes make me laugh as if he is right next to me. He is just such a wonderful loving husband I can't help but think of him all the time. He called earlier in the week to let me know he is signed up for school. This will help him to get a higher rank in the military. I know that this also means that he will have to go after he gets back home. It requires anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 weeks to complete. My instant reply was "that means you have to go away again". As usual the conversation got cut short. The next time I talked to Brian he told me that he had thought about school and he wasn't going to go. He didn't want to hurt me that way and leave again. I never meant for him to think that way. I told him to go. He was shocked and demanded the imediate release of his wife. I had to laugh. He wants to stay in and if that is what he is going to do he is going to do it all the way. God forbid he should have to do a second tour but if he does he better do it with a higher rank. He will be much better off that way. There is no way I could ever tell him to not do something that will help him improve himself. Crazy crazy hubby of mine. I love him so much.
In other news, Elek refuses to eat sweet potatoes, and also refuses the rice cereal. Tomorrow is banana day. We will see how that goes. It seems to take him about 2-3 days to truly decide that there is no way he will open his mouth for something. If he could turn his head clear around he would.
posted at 12:42 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.08.2005
Love Being a Mommy...
Babies are so pure they understand love better than we ever will as adults. Elek is so very loved. It seems as if he is fully aware of Brian and what he is doing for him and his future. I love to tell Elek stories of his Daddy and the entire time I talk he just stares at me as if he understands every word. He loves to look at pictures of Brian too, he seems to know that that person in the picture would give his life for him. He won't remember that Brianwas gone, he will remember how very loved he has always been. I read somewhere recently that you can never pick up a crying baby fast enough. The first 6mos. are critical for bonding and learning trust. No problem there. I look forward to the day that Brian is home for good and I can see the two of them together. The bond has already been forged, it will be fun to watch it grow. He will want to be just like his Daddy and do everything he does. I can see it now. I am happier than I could have ever imagined. I have a husband whom I am deeply in love with. He puts family first. I have a son that perfecrt in every way and happy and healthy too. Life doesn't get too much better than this. The only thing I can think of is having Brian here with me right now. Nothing else matters to me like the two special guys in my life do.
posted at 12:20 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.07.2005
Sweet Potato Pie...
Well, sweet potatoes. It was Elek's first food today. I knew it was time when he woke up 6 times last night to eat. He needs more food than I can make. Anyway the really exciting part is that it is on video for Brian and while Elek was eating he laughed for the first time... ALSO ON VIDEO!!! How lucky can I get? Who knows but I am gonna take what I can get.
posted at 1:14 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.06.2005
He didn't notice...
I layed Elek down in his crib when he fell asleep from me rocking him. He has been sleeping there for 30min. now and I miss him. Just goes to prove that it isn't that he needs to be with me to fall to sleep at night, I just like having him close to me. What can I say, he is my perfect angel. I love to have him near me and be able to comfort him right away when he wakes up hungry. I guess I will go look in on him and go to sleep myslef.
posted at 1:31 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.05.2005
I though I had nothing to Post...
As soon as I published my previous post... the one where I searched high and low to find something interesting to post about there was a domestic disturbance across the street and I got to call the cops. We have suspected drugs over there but this time some guy was threatening some lady. So the cops are on the way. After I got off the phone I heard slamming doors and tires squeeling. I post more if it gets interesting but I assume the excitement is over.
posted at 10:22 PM
by Momma Meghan

Teething...
Fun times... Elek is teething and I think it is almost time to start him on foods. He is eating more frequently and it is harder to keep up. He is just getting so big so fast. I picked up a book on baby foods and how to make them. It is really interesting and helpfull.
Other than that not much is going on.
posted at 9:48 PM
by Momma Meghan

The Plan...
I am getting my car back tomorrow. I decided not to have the work done. I will not have a car for awhile. I am still going to Cleveland though. How can this be... you ask. Well, Denny is going to let me use his Lincoln to make the trip. So the only real problem is gas money. I am sure I can scrape enough together though. The Lincoln chugs gas like a dehydrated runner would chug water on a 90 degree day. My car was pretty good with gas. It just figures that I filled the tank the day it died.
In other news, poor little Elek wakes up screaming... he has gas. He will be sound asleep and start crying at the top of his lungs... still sleeping. I just have to pick him up and hold him and rub his back till it passes. I just feel so bad for him. I wonder if it is the ham I have been eating.
posted at 12:22 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.02.2005


Notice the bike. Must be nice. It would be a much faster trip to the phones. Also, notice the guy walking casually away with the HUGE gun haing off his back. I wonder if it will be weird for Brian to come home and not see people walking around with guns.
posted at 3:08 PM
by Momma Meghan

Brian helped to install the new satelite dishes. The ones they had before were the size on one you might see on a house. These help with the internet connections. He has also been able to work on the radios in the jeeps before they leave the base.  
posted at 3:06 PM
by Momma Meghan

We made a blanket for Daddy. Even though it is 90 during the day it gets cool at night. We wanted Daddy to have something warm to cuddle up to at night. Since it can't be us, we made a blanket with tender loving care. Elek sucked on the fabric while I tied the knots.
posted at 2:59 PM
by Momma Meghan

Let's stir things up a bit...
It has been a long while since I posted a rant about something that is going on in the world. This one is brought on by the continuous "breaking news" about Terri Schiavo. The poor woman is dead, let her rest in peace. Her husband has been made out to look like an ass. The good things he has done for her have been looked over so as to make the story sound better. Evil Husband Vs. Loving Parents. Did you know that once she was admitted into the hospital and things were looking grim he put himself through medical school. He took nursing classes and specialized in areas dealing with her situation so he could better understand her health and care for her. Did you know he was offered $1,000,000.00 to turn over all rights to her parents and he declined the offer. Why would he do those things if all he wanted was to see her dead. He wouldn't. He obviously knew what she wanted and tried to honor her wishes. Her parents wanted to keep her around for themselves. What kind of life has she had for all of these years. Trapped inside a body that doesn't work. The noises she made were involuntary, due to her condition. Yea she could look around but what good does that do. I wouldn't want to live like that. God forbid she could actually think and realize what has happened to her. To go from being able to do everything for herself to nothing. The entire time her parents take pictures and video, so as to remember her by. Would you want to be remembered like that? I wouldn't. If she had lived in any other state she would have passed on a long time ago. Instead the government has to butt right in to the whole mess. This is a family decision and her husband was her family. When you marry you separate from your parents, you move on and put your love and faith into your husband. She did this and she expressed her wishes to him. All these people argue from a pro-life stance but how many pro-lifers do you know that have adopted a child. This brings up another rant. They all argue against abortion and go on having their own kids and not helping to make homes for all the kids that were put up for adoption. Instead we have kids here in our country that need homes and they spend their entire lives in the system while everyone that does want to adopt an infant goes to Russia and China. You PAY to adopt out of country but if you adopt here you can adopt for almost nothing when you adopt an older child. While I can understand the desire to want to adopt newborns if conception is a problem for you I can't understand the people that have had babies of their own and insist on adopting babies. A common argument is that an older child would be to "messed up". I say why not give that older child something they never expected in a million years. A loving permanent home. There are no guarantees with infants either. You never know what the mother did during pregnancy unless the symptoms are obvious, like fetal alcohol syndrome and crack babies.
Okay, those are just a few things that bug me. It is late and I am still awake so I have plenty of time to complain. Thanks for listening. For those of you that want to comment. I have previously stated that I, myself am pro-life but it is not my right to choose for others. I respect your stance on these issues so please respect mine. Okay, I had to say that because last time I got nasty comments. There is really no need for that, I am just venting. It isn't like what I say on my Blog is going to change the way the rest of the world sees things.
One last thing, isn't it funny that Blogger's Spell Check does not recognize the words Blog, Blogger, Blogs or Blogger's. Weird.
posted at 2:23 AM
by Momma Meghan

4.01.2005
News Flash...
Elek is sleeping in his crib! Well... at nap time anyway. I'm not ready for overnight just yet. Baby steps... we are getting there.
posted at 4:38 PM
by Momma Meghan

Happy April Fool's Day...
Well, I can't say I am pregnant... not possible. I can't say anything happend to Ruger, Brian wouldn't like that... especially if he didn't get to read my whole site. Not too funny to post about Elek or anthing else for that matter. So I will just post about the latest conversation I had with Brian. He is going to re-sign. I am actually dealing with this pretty well. I wish I could talk him out of it but I realize that asking him to give up the military would be like asking him to deny what he feels is his purpose in life. He would have to decide not to re-sign on his own. Regardless of how I feel I respect his choice. I support him 100%. I know he would do the same if the roles were reversed. He understand he may have to go back and he realizes he may miss more of Elek but he feels that what he is doing is part of a bigger picture. He is helping to ensure that Elek has a safe and happy future. If Brian can be a part of this then maybe Elek won't have to be when he is 18. Wish I could argue he is wrong but I see where he is comming from. They say the hardest job in the military is being a militay wife. I now understand why. I accept my mission and I will make Brian proud.
posted at 2:19 PM
by Momma Meghan

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