Category: Family news/Updates

Well Michigan was hit with its first big snow storm.  We actually didn’t get that much snow, however, some politicians decided that the best way to save a little money was to cut road crews for winter… I don’t even need to comment on that one.  So of course it took me two and one half hours to get home.  Excellent.  The worst part of the drive however was not the road conditions.  It was the fact that I have this terrible sore throat and cough and was unable to talk on the phone!  2.5 hours of prime talking time wasted!  Oh the horror!

Speaking of horror.   Ajax’s temper is getting a little out of control, his tantrums are just ridiculous.  I’m hoping we’re doing the right thing but gosh are they tough to deal with.  Word on the street was that he was quite the little monster for my Aunt today, poor Aunt Terri!

Today is Dave and mine’s 4 year wedding anniversary, crazy eh?  Dave sent me flowers at work, stargazer lilies (my favorite) and they were just lovely.  They gave my office a happy air with the cold weather outside.  I seem to have picked up a nasty bug going around because I feel just horrid.  I’ve taken some Sudafed and hopefully it will kick in so that I’ll be in top form in no time.

Thought I’d do one more update before my weekend comes to a close!  I still think Ajax has pink eye, however, Dave now has his doubt as the eye isn’t really all that pink.  Oh well, we shall let the Doctor decide tomorrow.  Because we were unsure if it was in fact pink eye we stayed home today… so no visiting, no shopping; it’ll be a shame if it’s pink eye as we have friends visiting from Boston and family in from England.

This was a mellow out weekend after the holiday rush.  Only I left the house on Saturday (as I wanted to check out the after xmas sales… not much to report there) for an hour or so, Dave and Ajax never even got dressed, and we just ate and played all day!  Ajax just wants to walk around the house and demands that you hold his little hands so that he can explore.  He was very excited about the dishwasher for some reason.  Also, if I’m walking him, he also wants to “find” Dave or have Dave follow him.  This makes for a very sore back.

It also appears that Ajax may have pink eye.  I have no idea where he would have picked it up, but I noticed it yesterday and this morning I’m pretty sure it’s pink eye.  Of course it’s Sunday and the Doc. isn’t open.  Great.  I tried to put a warm compress on it and honestly you would think I was torturing the baby.

Ajax got one of those learn and grow tables that sing and make noise and light up.  He loves it!  Thanks Aunt Liz.

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Well Ajax had his first Christmas!  He is now a present opening pro!   For Christmas Eve we had people over our house- eight in total, plus our three,  making for a very crowded little house, but oh so much fun.  We had my family and my aunt Liz’s family over for dinner.  My mom and Dave cooked, so dinner was fantastic!  It was very nice for everyone to come to our house, making it so much easier with Ajax.

On Christmas Morning Ajax opened his presents and honestly he was so excited we couldn’t get him to nap all morning.  He just wanted to play and play.  After going to my grandpa Nader’s house for an hour we came home, fed him lunch, and he crashed for over two hours.  We then headed to my cousin’s house for our second Christmas event (my dad’s side of the family).   Ajax did so well over my cousin’s home.  He played with the other children and smiled at everyone.  We got home about 8:30  and just got him into bed and he is out like a light!  Merry Christmas!

Yesterday Ajax and I met Dave at his work for lunch.  Dave took Ajax on a tour of his office and introduced him to all his coworkers.  Ajax was very good and smiled at everyone.

We also had a taffy pull over my grandpa’s house with a few of my cousins.  A little bit about my mom’s family- she’s number 9 out of 15.  All 15 siblings have at least one child, and the majority of those children have at least one child.  Till Ajax, I was the oldest grandchild without a child of my own!  In total I believe there are 90 plus grand and great-grand children in the Nader clan… we’ve lost count.

Dave’s friend Jamie also stayed over last night on his way home from VA.  They stayed up late and made it to level 5 of Mario Bros. 3.  Very exciting!

Because I had the day off  I was able to take Ajax to his baby class.  It was great and we had a ton of fun.  I was introduced to everyone as “Ajax’s momma” which was just so cute.  I guess I’m officially known as “Ajax’s mom,” welcome to the rest of my life eh?   The other parents were very nice and Ajax played well with all the other kids, though he was a little clinging… or maybe I was, I was just so happy to be there with him.

Ajax is the youngest in the class though he’s almost as big as the other kids who range from a year to 18 mos.  I don’t often see Ajax next to other babies, so it surprises me when I see him next to other kids and realize that wow, he really is very tall!   My cousin and her family are also in from England so they too were at the baby class, which just added to the fun!

After class Ajax and I crashed at home.  We then had a friend over for dinner who was visiting from Chicago.  My dinner was a bit off, I just couldn’t coordinate the cooking of all the pieces to the dinner – the broccoli was a little overdone, the meatloaf could’ve cooked for a few more minutes, and the biscuits were just right, though I almost let them burn.   My friend, Kristen, said that everything was great!

I have to pull a photo from the stock footage of Ajax… I was too busy having fun playing with him today to take any!

Dave has a Wii and on it you can apparently purchase the old Nintendo games we used to play as a kid (think early 90s).  Dave recently bought Mario Bros. 3 and we’ve played it a few nights after putting Ajax to bed.  It’s amazing how much I remember about this silly game… yet don’t ask me anything regarding geometry or physics that’s been pushed to the way side.