Super Weekend

We had a busy weekend and we got out of the house quite a bit which was fun. We went to Dos Charros for Mexican food on Friday evening which was a nice change. It's a good place here in Wylie. I've never enjoyed cooking on Fridays (even once I stopped working). I normally go and pick up something to go from Dickey's BBQ or Chili's and bring it home. It's never as warm as the dishes would be if we were eating them at the restaurant. I fed Sawyer his cereal before we left and he munched on Fruit Puffs in his booster seat while we were able to enjoy a hot meal. It was almost like old times.

Saturday we finally made it to IKEA in Frisco. It is the only one in the Metroplex and it opened in December. We've been trying to get there for over a month but something would always come up or we'd be out of town. We wanted to get some bookshelves for the study and Sawyer's room. We've never been to IKEA before and it was insanity! I couldn't believe how many people were there! I'd like to go back when I could take more time to look around. Lorne's not much of a shopper/browser and more of a let's-get-what's-on-the-list kind of guy. I normally am too, but this store is just awesome.

We had Mexican food again Saturday at Manny's while we were in Frisco. This great place is off the beaten path of the traffic and booming new developments of Frisco. I would have never even known it existed if I hadn't heard about it from a friend from grad school. We were skeptical at first because when most people comment on how good a Mexican food restaurant is they usually mean the taste of the margaritas or the happy hour deals. We were happy to discover that this place is definitely worth the drive. Lorne loves that the enchiladas are made with the same kind of gravy as the restaurants where we grew up. It's hard to come by this far north much to his chagrin.

I gave Sawyer another bottle starting on Saturday and cut the nursing sessions to just the nighttime one. It's going to take some adjusting of his schedule since adding more formula is causing him to be able to stay full longer. I think that I'm going to just give him cereal with his fruit in the morning and just baby food at lunch and dinner to ensure that he will take the 24 ounces of formula that he's supposed to be drinking.

I can't remember if I have mentioned his yeast diaper rash. He has had some form of it for at least two months. Looking back it seems like it started after his round of antibiotics at Thanksgiving which makes sense the more I read. It would just be a red patch that would come and go so I pretty much ignored it and chalked it up to regular diaper rash. A few weeks ago I took him to the ped because it looked like he had a ringworm. Dr. Darrow said that it was yeast because at his age he doesn't really have the opportunity for exposure to ringworm apparently. She said to use Monistat and to let him air dry. I went back a few days later because I thought it was spreading but she said that it was actually healing. We went BACK last Thursday because IT'S STILL THERE! The first thing she asked was if I had been limiting the fruits and I was frustrated because I swear that's the first I've heard of doing that. Sugar feeds the yeast so limiting the sugar should help kill the yeast. I wanted to get a prescription-strength cream with the hope that it will finally go away. It's obvious that it isn't bothering him but it drives me crazy because "something" is wrong with him. I'm sure that seems stupid but it's just how I feel. However, my wonderful cousin Lorie is teaching me how to not "let the little things get in the way of the big picture." I'm making that one of my resolutions that's for sure. I am able to put this stubborn diaper rash in perspective and I am thankful because it could be an ear infection or some other illness that he could be battling instead. I'm not going to let a little yeast get the better of me by golly! I started feeding him YoBaby yogurt, adding acidophilus granules in one of his bottles, slathering on the Monistat, and letting him "air out" on a disposable changing pad on the floor as much as possible. It *seems* to be clearing up but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. All I know is that the next time he's on antibiotics I will be sure to push the yogurt and try to be more preemptive about the whole situation.

We went to a Super Bowl party Sunday at Jesse and Laura's house. Lorne and Jesse are office mates and I enjoy spending time with Laura, even though she's a Teasipper. :) It was our first "kid party" as parents. It pretty much went like I figured with the guys all watching the game and the moms running around tending to their kids and talking with each other. That was fine with me. I lost interest once Peyton's team lost anyway. There were seven kids and eight adults there so it was pretty crazy. I think that it went really well considering. Sawyer did great and we were able to stay for the entire game.


Lorne actually managed to snap a shot of both kids smiling.


Denise, Sophia, and Jeremy.


I like to get a picture of the three of us together every chance I get.

I think my favorite part was deciding what to make. I've always wanted to have a Super Bowl party so that I could create football-themed snacks. Lorne limited me to bringing one dessert and one appetizer since it wasn't my party so I had to make a tough decision on what to bring. I decided on a cheesefootball and football cookies. I am SUCH a dork! :)


I made the cheeseball and Lorne shaped it to look like a football. It looked more like a sledge hammer when I tried. :)


We went through many prototypes, but here is the finished product: football cookies.

I'll close with a picture of the star of the show:


Here's my Punkin'!