Monster and Me Monday

This afternoon it was just me and the little monster. I love my son to death, but let me tell ya....he can really wear a girl out. Vic made me promise to call him if I needed him, with the mysteriously horrendous round ligament pain, but for the more part Ryker was pretty good this afternoon. Then, I took him out of the bath. I don't think I can adequately explain how much this kid loves bath time. He goes nuts for it, and he goes REALLY nuts when you try to get him out of the tub and in pajamas. So, right after the picture he lost his  mind about wanting to eat a second dinner, which wasn't going to happen, so he may have gone to bed a bit earlier than planned. He's in that awesome toddler phase where he screams at the top of his lungs when he doesn't get what he wants. We've yet to find a good way to stop this wonderful new behavior besides putting him in his crib for a couple of minutes. Today, he conked right out so I guess he was ready to call it time to go night-night!

This weekend he was actually a very well behaved restaurant toddler at a super tasty Sunday brunch date that my boys and I had! Have you had the Bruleed French Toast at Cheesecake Factory? Holy cow, it's delicious. I've been obsessed with a local breakfast spot around here that has pancakes with this unbelievable citrus glaze, but their line was too long so we wound up at the Cheesecake Factory. I tell you what, you can count on some damn good french toast there and we never have to wait!

It's going to be an early night for this girl, I'm officially at my limit of being uncomfortable for the day and if I don't get into bed soon I'll be stuck on the couch until Vic gets home to help me. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to feel like this after having such an easy pregnancy with Ryker! Who'd have thought that round ligament pain could be so horrible? It was never like this with my first pregnancy. It took me half an hour, but I very slowly walked a little over a mile today in an effort to still get in some sort of activity, it's supposed to help...fingers crossed! 

Oh! Before I forget, you should check out this recipe for Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate cookies, I made these last night and man, they are too good! You can find the link here. I have a ton of pumpkin leftover from fall and for some reason I stocked up on a lifetime supply of oats a month or so ago so these will probably be a staple in our house for a while. I hope your week started off great, happy Monday!