Wow, I can't believe how fast time flies. Has it really been since January that I wrote on here? Sad. Well tons has happened since then.
First off, we moved--again! Yes, surprise. But really, this is a good move--almost double the square footage. From 1512sf double wide to 2836 sf 6 bed/3bath newer home in Creekstone! No comparison. We just moved in on March 31, and we love it--so much. Especially me I think. I feel like it is laid out really well for our family and of course I love the space and neighborhood. We have not gotten the chance to meet many neighbors or kids yet (much to the kids' dismay), but we will. There is a nice park within easy walking distance, which is cool. We are trying to see if they let us have a dog, but still have not heard anything--even tho their original ad said pets upon approval. Kind of messed up.
We (I?) really want a mini Goldendoodle. There is a breeder in Richland who is willing to do a guardianship for her pup--meaning that we would get this $1500 dog for free under the condition that we won't breed it and will let her have it once a year to be bred. I am so excited--well, at least if we get to do it. They are such adorable dogs and supposed to be really good dogs, smart and easy to train. We shall see...
Azbrielle is doing great in H/S--she is already in her second grade book! She is reading so fantastically and has started "The Call of the Wild"--we will see if she finishes it. That is a pretty hard and long book for where she is at right now, but she wanted to try it. I think if she gets into the story then she will do it, because she will want to see what happens. We are having a Saxon math day tomorrow (nothing else) to catch up on math since they are so far ahead in LA. They are taking a butterfly class for science at school, and they got to bring their caterpillars home today! We get to watch it turn into a butterfly. How interesting--I don't remember doing anything like that. They also started choir this trimester. They both came home singing "hip-hip-hip-hippo-potamus! I think it is an exercise to help them learn how to breathe correctly and control their diaphragm--but it is cute.
Weston is cruising right along too. We are so proud of them both. His reading is fantastic, and he even uses expression when he reads. It is amazing how quickly he picks things up and remembers them when I teach him. Some days I feel like I do a crappy job--not really teaching but just making them do their books while I take care of the babies---but it seems to be working?! They are learning so much about writing and reading comprehension and so on. They just started gymnasatics last Thursday, and they love it. They were both complaining the next day about muscles being sore! I love it! And we don't even have to pay for it. I can't believe we waited so long in the year to start! But I guess life has been pretty crazy with the babies and all...I feel like a bad mom tho.
Brody and Delaney are getting so big--they are eight and a half months old already. It makes me sad in a way, because they are exactly how old our friends from church's baby Emmett was when he died--six months ago. My heart still hurts for them; I cannot even imagine what they are going through every day. I would really like to hang out with Dani, but I don't think the feeling is mutual--so whatever I guess. But I feel bad being even at church, because I imagine it would be hard to not think about the fact that they are the age he was. I kind of feel guilty, even tho I have no control over the situation.
Neither baby is crawling yet, though they are pretty close. They both get up on all fours and kind of rock sometimes. Delaney is stuck in reverse--it is so funny to watch her. She kind of uses her arms and pushes herself backwards. It seems like she is frustrated because she is going away from what she wants, but she does not know what to do about it. Last night she got herself backed into the corner between the bookshelves, and she kept looking back at the wall to see why she could not go more. It was hilarious. She rolls everywhere...and in fact had her first trip down the stairs two days ago--that would have been Sunday the 11th. It was sooo scary! Luckily she went sideways instead of head over heels, so she didn't really hit her head or anything. All the way down she was kind of yelling (not crying) like she was mad that someone was doing that to her! I was so shaky when I flew down to the second to the last step to pick her up--I was so scared. But she hardly even cried at all and was totally fine. Like I said, she seemed more mad than injured. So lucky. We really need to get one of those fixed baby gates, especially before they start crawling. I don't know how she fell that time--I just went to grab their coats from Brody's room, and I don't remember noticing she was that close to the stairs--but I guess she does roll a lot. Now I guess I learned the hard way :(. I am just so grateful that she is okay! My friend Emeth's little girl fell down the stairs on Friday, and she had to go to the ER. She is okay, but she was way more hurt than Delaney.
Brody loves to hold on to us and stand up. His legs have gotten really skinny, but he is still really strong. He kind of scoots forwards sometimes, but not all the time. At least he is going the right direction! He is eating regular food now--not baby food, but regular! Of course it is still all smashed up, since neither of them have teeth yet! I guess I should be grateful since I am still nursing them! He loves real food--so I just use lots of veggies and smash them and mix with Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal or sweet potatoes or regular potatoes or whatever. He is such a potato kid it is scary! And they both love avocadoes! I have been giving them lots of the mixed with veggies, because it makes a good base for food. I have been kind of worried that I should not be giving them this food, but they seem to be doing fine with it and love it. They also loved my turkey meatloaf (one of my new faves!!!)--it is really soft, so I tried it on them. They wanted more, more, more! I am going to blend up some spinach tomorrow and see how that goes. I think they will like it. Brody does NOT like anything sweet (yay!)--he gags and chokes. So no bananas or anything! If I want him to eat something, I have to put veggies in it. Then he chows it down. So weird but wonderful!
The babies are still doing EC, and they are doing great as far as we are concerned. We know we won't catch every pee--we don't even want to try right now. But it is sooo cool to have them (especially Brody) go this humongous pile of poop into the potty chair instead of the diaper! Now that they are eating real food, it is not fun if they poop in their diapers! So we feel good if we have only one or maybe two poopies per week between the two of them--we are just glad we aren't cleaning it up with a diaper on!
Delaney does not eat quite as well as Brody--she seems to have a harder time moving it around with her tongue--although she does get it there. She is just much messier--and then she puts her hands up there and gets it all over her fingers then touches her hair and face and ears--yuck! What a mess. Brody is such a neat eater--it barely goes outside his mouth, and he doesn't even try to touch it! Delaney is getting tons of fat rolls on her legs and stuff tho--so she must be getting enough! They are up to eating meals like 2-3 times a day plus nursing now. I am going to make it a year if it kills me! I love nursing, but it is much harder with twins. My nipples never get a break, and they are so much more sore than I remember before at this age of baby! But I will make it...and I am sure I will be sad to be done at the same time I am happy to get my body back and not have my boobs get bigger, smaller, bigger, smaller!
Scott is doing entries now at work, and he seems to be doing great. They have had a bunch of crap happen down there, so there is not a whole lot going on right now--makes for pretty boring shifts. He is thinking still of going back to school but not totally decided--just found out that CBC has in instrumentation internship program that sounds awesome. I think he is excited about that prospect. Brandon is still keeping his ears open for us about an apprenticeship there, although I am not too hip on moving there--but for that job heck yes! That would be amazing.
I started Body For Life--a fat loss and muscle building program that is 12 weeks long. I officially started March 1, so I am six weeks into it. I guess there is a difference, tho not as much as it feels like there should be when I work my butt off all the time. Cardio intensity training 3x week with weights three other days/week. So six days a week I feel burned out! So tired, not more energy. Scott says I am not getting enough sleep, and I am sure he is right. Actually I should be sleeping now instead of writing! But I wanted to catch some stuff up on here...
Chase seems to be doing okay at Jamie's--he got a nice new computer for Christmas. He says he has lots of friends there and likes the kids better--so I don't think he will come back. But his grades are falling--so he may not have a choice? I don't want to be the mean mom that makes him come back, but C's are NOT okay when he is that smart. His teachers seem to agree that he can do way better than that--I am not sure what his problem is. He has never gotten C's. And he is doing no extra credit or anything. I am worried and talked to his teachers about it. Probalby didn't help that Jamie got him a cell phone (without my permission of course). So time will tell what will happen with that...
We just sold our suburban and used the money to pay for Chase's BRACES--he got them on April 2!! Luckily Dr. Almond did them for half price since I am a hygienist--it was "ONLY" $2185 after the discount for paying cash. Seems like a lot to me, but it could have been much worse!
Okay, I need to go to bed--I am sure I missed some important stuff, but I will try to be on here more often now that we are getting settled in!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
6 months!!
Quick update...our babies are SIX MONTHS OLD ALREADY!! In case that doesn't compute, that is HALF A YEAR!! NO WAY! It does not seem at all possible.
So we had their 6 month visit today. They are both healthy and doing great. Delaney was I think 12 pounds 15 oz, and Brody was 15 pounds 14 oz. So she has gained more than he has this last time...she is catching up! He seems so much bigger than that because he is so solid.
Just yesterday they both started sitting up...only for like 20 seconds at a time and then they would fall over...but better than before! Today Brody sat up by himself without falling for like 3 minutes before he fell over. Delaney was probably about 2 minutes or so...getting there! Before we know it they will be picking themselves up and crawling everywhere...Heaven help me!
We have fed Brody cereal like 5 or 6 times. Now that they are six months, we will probably start feeding them both cereal more often and eventually add to it.
Had a great visit with Mom and Dad this last week--they actually stayed a long time! Well, kind of. From Thursday til Tuesday. We all loved every minute of it--hopefully they did too. Bummer part was that Scott was on days so wasn't here much.
Delaney got her first cold :(. She came down with it like on Friday. She had tons of snot and kind of started getting hoarse on about Monday with a little bit of a cough. She is getting better now, but boy was she hating the nose-sucker-thing!
Then at the same time, Brody came down with some kind of a GI thing! Monday I was getting ready to take him to the gym with me and Mom and Dad were going to watch Delaney since she is sick and can't go to the gym daycare and the other kids. As I am taking him pee before I leave, he PROJECTILE PUKES on me! EVERYWHERE!!! Haven't had that in a while, and it was yucky!! Obviously my trip to the gym was cancelled, and he proceeded to throw up seven times total that day. What a nightmare. When Scott texted me and told me he was going to be late from work that night, I about lost it--of all the days! Thank goodness Mom and Dad had already decided to stay that day, or they would have already been home. Lifesavers. He didn't throw up any more that night or the next day, but then he got diarrhea for two days. I think he is finally over it.
He was regressing a little with pooping in the chair the week before he got sick--I was getting stressed out. But since he has been sick, it seems better! He went poop 3 times in the chair today and none in his pants! YAY! Great job Brody. Delaney is doing very well with EC still, although she did have a poop in her diaper when she was sitting in her play seat. Those blasted seats, seems like it happens most when they are in them--and what a mess it is then!!!
Azbrielle and Weston are doing great in school. They are seriously cruising through their books and seem to be really liking their new classes at MCP. Don't remember if I already posted this or not, but they are taking Piano, Karate, PE, Hands On History, and Salmon in the Classroom at school on Mondays. Grandpa got to take them to a special salmon dissection class last Friday, which was cool. Then Azbrielle got to go to a special Court Club camp for 4 hours with lots of fun activities.
I am going on my 4th week of work--another 7 left---not that I am counting haha! No really, the work is not so bad...I really like the students. But I miss my babies!!! I do like the break, but that is not exactly what I would choose to be doing on my break...but oh well, the money has come in handy. On our Deschutes rental we got hit this month...Scott had to spend his first 3 days of his 7 off replacing the tile in the kitchen with vinyl. Not exactly what I had in mind for his week off. And it was expensive too. And before that, the heater quit working when Scott was on days. So we had to send our neighbor handy man out to fix it--and that was another $300! So I guess we are lucky that we had my paycheck to help out with that.
Chase came a week and a half ago, and it was so fun having him here. I miss him so much. He seems happy and doing well, though...pretty tied to all of his friends on My Space, much to my dismay. But he is such a good kid, and we are really proud of him. We got him a nice King trombone for his 14th birthday, and he loved it. He even looked a little excited!! haha. FOURTEEN! Can you believe it? I can't. So crazy. He is starting to grow into a young man...
Well I have to work tomorrow, so I had better get some sleep to deal with all those girls! Scott is crashed on the couch...so much for quality time or movie or something!? I only wish...
So we had their 6 month visit today. They are both healthy and doing great. Delaney was I think 12 pounds 15 oz, and Brody was 15 pounds 14 oz. So she has gained more than he has this last time...she is catching up! He seems so much bigger than that because he is so solid.
Just yesterday they both started sitting up...only for like 20 seconds at a time and then they would fall over...but better than before! Today Brody sat up by himself without falling for like 3 minutes before he fell over. Delaney was probably about 2 minutes or so...getting there! Before we know it they will be picking themselves up and crawling everywhere...Heaven help me!
We have fed Brody cereal like 5 or 6 times. Now that they are six months, we will probably start feeding them both cereal more often and eventually add to it.
Had a great visit with Mom and Dad this last week--they actually stayed a long time! Well, kind of. From Thursday til Tuesday. We all loved every minute of it--hopefully they did too. Bummer part was that Scott was on days so wasn't here much.
Delaney got her first cold :(. She came down with it like on Friday. She had tons of snot and kind of started getting hoarse on about Monday with a little bit of a cough. She is getting better now, but boy was she hating the nose-sucker-thing!
Then at the same time, Brody came down with some kind of a GI thing! Monday I was getting ready to take him to the gym with me and Mom and Dad were going to watch Delaney since she is sick and can't go to the gym daycare and the other kids. As I am taking him pee before I leave, he PROJECTILE PUKES on me! EVERYWHERE!!! Haven't had that in a while, and it was yucky!! Obviously my trip to the gym was cancelled, and he proceeded to throw up seven times total that day. What a nightmare. When Scott texted me and told me he was going to be late from work that night, I about lost it--of all the days! Thank goodness Mom and Dad had already decided to stay that day, or they would have already been home. Lifesavers. He didn't throw up any more that night or the next day, but then he got diarrhea for two days. I think he is finally over it.
He was regressing a little with pooping in the chair the week before he got sick--I was getting stressed out. But since he has been sick, it seems better! He went poop 3 times in the chair today and none in his pants! YAY! Great job Brody. Delaney is doing very well with EC still, although she did have a poop in her diaper when she was sitting in her play seat. Those blasted seats, seems like it happens most when they are in them--and what a mess it is then!!!
Azbrielle and Weston are doing great in school. They are seriously cruising through their books and seem to be really liking their new classes at MCP. Don't remember if I already posted this or not, but they are taking Piano, Karate, PE, Hands On History, and Salmon in the Classroom at school on Mondays. Grandpa got to take them to a special salmon dissection class last Friday, which was cool. Then Azbrielle got to go to a special Court Club camp for 4 hours with lots of fun activities.
I am going on my 4th week of work--another 7 left---not that I am counting haha! No really, the work is not so bad...I really like the students. But I miss my babies!!! I do like the break, but that is not exactly what I would choose to be doing on my break...but oh well, the money has come in handy. On our Deschutes rental we got hit this month...Scott had to spend his first 3 days of his 7 off replacing the tile in the kitchen with vinyl. Not exactly what I had in mind for his week off. And it was expensive too. And before that, the heater quit working when Scott was on days. So we had to send our neighbor handy man out to fix it--and that was another $300! So I guess we are lucky that we had my paycheck to help out with that.
Chase came a week and a half ago, and it was so fun having him here. I miss him so much. He seems happy and doing well, though...pretty tied to all of his friends on My Space, much to my dismay. But he is such a good kid, and we are really proud of him. We got him a nice King trombone for his 14th birthday, and he loved it. He even looked a little excited!! haha. FOURTEEN! Can you believe it? I can't. So crazy. He is starting to grow into a young man...
Well I have to work tomorrow, so I had better get some sleep to deal with all those girls! Scott is crashed on the couch...so much for quality time or movie or something!? I only wish...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
CEREAL!!
Well, I have to write about this one before I forget. We fed Brody some rice cereal for the first time a couple nights ago, on January 11. At first he wouldn't even really open his mouth, but after a few tastes he started figuring it out and opened up. He really got into it after a couple minutes and got REALLY ticked if the spoon was not right there waiting for him and especially when it was gone! It was so cute. We have never started a baby on any cereal before six months, but he just seems so ready. He practically drools watching us eat, and Dr. Sean actually gave us the okay at his last appt, which was his 4-month well baby visit. To me, that was just too early. I still balked a little at five and a half months, but I guess it is okay...I think I just don't want to fully let go of the fact that I alone can keep him growing with my breast milk! But we haven't really done any cereal since, so it is not like he is having mostly cereal or anything. They are both still nursing really well (usually at the same time). Actually, Delaney ate 12 oz of bottle (her full one plus the rest of Brody's) AND nursed off me the other day at church!!!!! INSANE! I don't know where she keeps it, because she is still pretty small. Maybe she is getting ready to try to catch up to Brody?? Amazing. He hasn't actually been eating that much, at least from the bottle where we can measure it--but he is still such a big boy! I am guessing they get a lot off me, but it is hard to tell.
I cannot believe they are almost a half a year old. That is just not right. Even though I have stayed home this time and have tried to embrace and enjoy every minute of every day, it is still flying by. Not fair at all. I am already missing the baby baby stages...how sad. I love my babies sooooo much---and my big babies too! It is so fun having Azbrielle and Weston home and home schooling them---I feel like it has really made us all closer. Scott says he notices too. How cool.
I had my first day back teaching last Friday--it was okay, but not great. It was hard being away from the babies and totally felt like a lot longer than 6.5 hours! Lisa had them, and of course they did fine. They only had one wet diaper all day between them! They must really have been putting them on the potty a lot! Making me look bad! :) Great job, guys! I think the girls really like having the babies there.
I am so excited--Chase gets to come home this weekend for the 3-day weekend!! Yay! We are going to celebrate his birthday---I really cannot believe that he is going to be 14!!!!!!! That is totally crazy. Now I feel really old...at least when I think about it like that. Otherwise I don't feel my age though. Think we are getting Chase a new trombone for his bday, since he has started playing in band again this year :). I told him that if he sticks with it, we will get him a new, non-dented one with a HARD case so he doesn't ruin this one!
I have started working out at the gym again---not sure if I put that in my last post or not. I am really proud of myself for making it every day, especially when I have to tote the kids around with me. I am usually a few minutes late, but I am just happy to be there at all. I feel better already, although I have a LONG way to go. I cannot believe how bad I have let myself go. I am truly the fattest I have ever been, and it is making me so sick and sad. Yuck. Thinking of trying Advocare to see if I can kickstart myself--but what if I pay $252 to start it and it does not work? NOt like we have much extra money or anything...
Today I did something kind of crazy...while the kids were at the Court Club swimming for their PE with MCP, the babies and I went on a simple little trip to Penneys to return some Christmas stuff. NOt too easy anymore with two babies, no stroller with me, and no car seats to haul them around in. We got them both Britax seats (yay!) but the downside is that they do not come out of the car. So I thought I would put them both in wraps and wear them both. Ha. I put Delaney in the moby first and then was going to try Brody in the Ergo on top--both in front. Uhhhh....NO. Not that way. So then I took Brody off and discovered he was drenched because I forgot to put on the diaper cover on the Thirstie! What a pain in the A__, let me tell you. Thank goodness it was not raining!! Finally got him changed then put him in the Ergo and slid him around back. I have never done that before, so that in itself was an experience. Then I somehow got the Moby on between Brody and me and got Delaney in there. It was actually SOOO cute! Delaney on front and Brody on back...talk about getting looks!! It was really fun, but we seriously had about 6 minutes in the store and then had to pick the kids up. But at least now I know...Moby wrap on first, then Ergo with baby, then baby into Moby! haha. Have my second day of work Friday---ugh. Whose idea was this anyways? Oh, that would be mine....but it is good to hang out with Fran at work though! I will be glad when the quarter is over though...nine more Fridays, not that I am counting!
We are so stinking busy now that I am going to the gym and the kids have their PE and school. And they are not even taking the ballet and gymnastics and Karate that they can take!! I would love to get them into those things. but WHEN???? We have so much going on. We also really want them in swim lessons and maybe some City of Kennewick activities---but when??? I don't know how I even lived when I worked so much, seriously!
Gotta go, late again! I think I remembered everything so far. One of these days I will have to figure out again how to get pics on here.
I cannot believe they are almost a half a year old. That is just not right. Even though I have stayed home this time and have tried to embrace and enjoy every minute of every day, it is still flying by. Not fair at all. I am already missing the baby baby stages...how sad. I love my babies sooooo much---and my big babies too! It is so fun having Azbrielle and Weston home and home schooling them---I feel like it has really made us all closer. Scott says he notices too. How cool.
I had my first day back teaching last Friday--it was okay, but not great. It was hard being away from the babies and totally felt like a lot longer than 6.5 hours! Lisa had them, and of course they did fine. They only had one wet diaper all day between them! They must really have been putting them on the potty a lot! Making me look bad! :) Great job, guys! I think the girls really like having the babies there.
I am so excited--Chase gets to come home this weekend for the 3-day weekend!! Yay! We are going to celebrate his birthday---I really cannot believe that he is going to be 14!!!!!!! That is totally crazy. Now I feel really old...at least when I think about it like that. Otherwise I don't feel my age though. Think we are getting Chase a new trombone for his bday, since he has started playing in band again this year :). I told him that if he sticks with it, we will get him a new, non-dented one with a HARD case so he doesn't ruin this one!
I have started working out at the gym again---not sure if I put that in my last post or not. I am really proud of myself for making it every day, especially when I have to tote the kids around with me. I am usually a few minutes late, but I am just happy to be there at all. I feel better already, although I have a LONG way to go. I cannot believe how bad I have let myself go. I am truly the fattest I have ever been, and it is making me so sick and sad. Yuck. Thinking of trying Advocare to see if I can kickstart myself--but what if I pay $252 to start it and it does not work? NOt like we have much extra money or anything...
Today I did something kind of crazy...while the kids were at the Court Club swimming for their PE with MCP, the babies and I went on a simple little trip to Penneys to return some Christmas stuff. NOt too easy anymore with two babies, no stroller with me, and no car seats to haul them around in. We got them both Britax seats (yay!) but the downside is that they do not come out of the car. So I thought I would put them both in wraps and wear them both. Ha. I put Delaney in the moby first and then was going to try Brody in the Ergo on top--both in front. Uhhhh....NO. Not that way. So then I took Brody off and discovered he was drenched because I forgot to put on the diaper cover on the Thirstie! What a pain in the A__, let me tell you. Thank goodness it was not raining!! Finally got him changed then put him in the Ergo and slid him around back. I have never done that before, so that in itself was an experience. Then I somehow got the Moby on between Brody and me and got Delaney in there. It was actually SOOO cute! Delaney on front and Brody on back...talk about getting looks!! It was really fun, but we seriously had about 6 minutes in the store and then had to pick the kids up. But at least now I know...Moby wrap on first, then Ergo with baby, then baby into Moby! haha. Have my second day of work Friday---ugh. Whose idea was this anyways? Oh, that would be mine....but it is good to hang out with Fran at work though! I will be glad when the quarter is over though...nine more Fridays, not that I am counting!
We are so stinking busy now that I am going to the gym and the kids have their PE and school. And they are not even taking the ballet and gymnastics and Karate that they can take!! I would love to get them into those things. but WHEN???? We have so much going on. We also really want them in swim lessons and maybe some City of Kennewick activities---but when??? I don't know how I even lived when I worked so much, seriously!
Gotta go, late again! I think I remembered everything so far. One of these days I will have to figure out again how to get pics on here.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
It's a new year...
Wow, do I have some catching up to do. And not much time. I will be brief now. I figure that since I did give this blog address out on my Christmas cards, I probably should put something new on here once in a while?! I am so proud of myself this year--this might be the very first year that I have sent my Christmas cards out (with the exception of a very few awaiting addresses) BEFORE Christmas! What a concept! Guess that tells me how crazy my life was when I worked---if I can even do it with new twins and home schooling the other two, then wow.
I think Brody is getting ready to break through O and P! I think I can see them in there, and all of a sudden he is getting this horrible rash on his bummi! I feel so bad for him. And I don't think it is diaper rash, because he almost always goes poop on the potty these days (unless we have one of our bad days and miss one), and we change them like every hour when we take them to the potty. I finally put it together yesterday about the teething---I don't even know why I looked into his mouth to see, but I did--and then he had his rash! Mom says I had rashes really bad when I got my teeth, and I remember especially Azbrielle having HORRIBLE rashes (and I think Weston t00) like blisters when they were cutting teeth. Poor kids. Other than that, Brody does not seem to be acting too much different--yet.
The babies are getting so big so fast! They are grabbing everything with their hands and manipulating it and of course trying to shove it in their mouths. Drooling all the time, as they have been doing for a few months. Growing out of all of their clothes! Time to sell the first lot and move into the next tote of sizes! I can't believe it. They are going to be HALF A YEAR OLD next month! Wait, that would be THIS month! In only 20 days! NO fair! It is going TOO fast, and I am even home with them this time. It seems like we are so busy that life just cruises by, and before I know it the day is over.
I start my first day back at work tomorrow. I am soooo glad I am only doing it this quarter. I am not excited to leave my babies. I feel like I am going to be so behind on everything being gone for the day. I am so grateful that Lisa is going to home school the kids for me; that takes tons of stress off. I know everyone will be in good hands, but it still bugs me. I am looking forward to work, and it will be fun teaching with Fran again--but it just doesn't feel the same. I never imagined I would not want to work--but that is how I am feeling?! I just love being home with them. And seriously I don't know how I ever did anything when I worked, especially 3 and 4 days a week! No wonder I am so unorganized--I simply didn't have TIME to take care of things and organize, so everything just got shoved away together for another day that never came. But it is here now---and it is my goal to have everything organized and filed and put into its' place. If there is no place, then it is going out. For reals. I hate all of this clutter. I want my home and life SIMPLE and CLEAN.
Azbrielle and Weston are still thriving with the home schooling. We had our first consult with Melissa from MCP in person the other day. The kids each read to her and showed her some of their work from their books. She was very impressed and said they are doing phenomenal and that I may want to order the SECOND GRADE curriculum soon!! At the rate they are going, they will be done with the first grade one before the end of the year--even Weston. We are so proud of them! They amaze me with how they learn--Weston reminds me a lot of me when I was young. He can look at something and just remember what it looks like and spell it back. So cool. Hope he keeps that gift. Azbrielle is such a good reader too. We have really been blessed with all of our wonderful children.
Speaking of blessings, Chase was home for a week last week. It was bittersweet. It was so great to have him home and so sad for him to leave. But I think he likes it there, and I have a feeling he won't be coming back (permanently). Scott feels the same way. I mean, I think he misses us here and is lonely there sometimes, but I also think that he likes it enough there to stay and not "have" to go to church and all of that when he is here.
My keyboard battery is dying so I may have to quit mid sentence. We got an iMac! It is the 27" screen, and we LOVE it! It is our TV too, because we got rid of all the others except the little one in our room. The computer has SO much clarity.
Then we got our dream vehicle...a 2000 Excursion with the 7.3L diesel! It is sooo nice for being 10 years old! White with tan along the bottom and tan leather interior--my favorite colors! Just how I would have ordered it! Scott drove all the way to LV to sign at Fibre then back to Ptld in a rental car to pick up the Excursion and then drove back that night last Saturday. What a fantastic guy. He was gone like 9 hours. But we both LOVE it. Now we get to sell our "junky" cars--the Venture and the '96 Suburban--and also my Navigator (not junky). Then we will get one more nice commuter and keep these ones! We are even talking about an older BMW--how sweet! That was Scott's idea, and I love it! I never would have mentioned it, because I wouldn't have thought he would go for it--but heck yes if he wants to, that sounds fantastic! Then we would both have cars that we like to drive, no matter which one we have for the day. Don't know if we have ever really had that.
I am not too hip on living in the trailer park, mostly because of the neighbors a couple houses down. Bummer of all is that Weston happens to be friends with the little boy. Messed up family. Cops there all the time, so sad. Other than that we have not really had any problems, but I have to admit it is hard to tell people sometimes that we live here. Not that it should matter, because our house is nice inside. But you know that stigma--not from anyone else but from myself. Guess when we get to move I will REALLY appreciate it! We are probably going to build, because house prices are going up and we would be paying out the nose to get what we want already done. So who knows when---hopefully sooner than later.
For Thanksgiving we went to Joel's new place in Spokane--great place (that I helped him find on CL!:)). Heidi and her fam were there too. We couldn't stay long cuz Scott had to work, but it was fun hanging out with them. Kids had a blast.
We stayed home for Christmas since Scott had to work 25th and 26th and took next two off. Chase didn't come til night of 26th, so we actually celebrated Christmas on the 27th. It was weird but nice. Kind of relaxing not having a bunch of company and stuff, although I like to be around family so much, so that would have been cool too. Jason and Shannon (no kids) came to stay for a night on the 22nd, which was great. We played lots of Settlers :). Jason really liked it, like we thought he might since he loves strategy games. Nice of them to drive all the way over. He lost his job a few weeks ago, so he is looking now. So stressful.
Health seems to be good with everyone--knock on wood. Scott is liking his mechanic position more I think---some of the guys he works with are not who he would choose to work with, but I guess that is life and you have to make the best of it? What else do you do? Makes for long 12-hour shifts though. I am so grateful to him for letting me stay home with our babies---what a huge blessing. I only wish I would have figured it out sooner with the other kids. And with Chase I never had the chance--- but so wish I could turn back time. I know we would be closer. I miss him so much. But I want him to be happy so bad--I just wish being HERE made him happy. Sniff, sniff.
Better go to bed so I am not late for my first day back! So grateful to Heavenly Father for all of my blessings. I will try to add pics soon--need to take some recent ones of everyone! Weston is trying to grow out a "surfer" do--I told him I didn't think it would work since his hair goes straight forward, but he wants to try anyways. Kind of looks like he just needs a haircut right now! Scott too--don't know if he is growing his out too or just waiting for me to start cutting it (he really wants me t0).
Mom and Dad are supposed to come visit this month; that should be fun. Mark and Jeff are coming to visit in March around Scott's bday, so that will be fun too. Saturday we are headed to Brandon and Heidi's for Madeline's first birthday party; that should be fun. It will be great to see Brandon again and finally get to hang out with Heidi. Hope it goes well. Wow, it's late!!!!
I think Brody is getting ready to break through O and P! I think I can see them in there, and all of a sudden he is getting this horrible rash on his bummi! I feel so bad for him. And I don't think it is diaper rash, because he almost always goes poop on the potty these days (unless we have one of our bad days and miss one), and we change them like every hour when we take them to the potty. I finally put it together yesterday about the teething---I don't even know why I looked into his mouth to see, but I did--and then he had his rash! Mom says I had rashes really bad when I got my teeth, and I remember especially Azbrielle having HORRIBLE rashes (and I think Weston t00) like blisters when they were cutting teeth. Poor kids. Other than that, Brody does not seem to be acting too much different--yet.
The babies are getting so big so fast! They are grabbing everything with their hands and manipulating it and of course trying to shove it in their mouths. Drooling all the time, as they have been doing for a few months. Growing out of all of their clothes! Time to sell the first lot and move into the next tote of sizes! I can't believe it. They are going to be HALF A YEAR OLD next month! Wait, that would be THIS month! In only 20 days! NO fair! It is going TOO fast, and I am even home with them this time. It seems like we are so busy that life just cruises by, and before I know it the day is over.
I start my first day back at work tomorrow. I am soooo glad I am only doing it this quarter. I am not excited to leave my babies. I feel like I am going to be so behind on everything being gone for the day. I am so grateful that Lisa is going to home school the kids for me; that takes tons of stress off. I know everyone will be in good hands, but it still bugs me. I am looking forward to work, and it will be fun teaching with Fran again--but it just doesn't feel the same. I never imagined I would not want to work--but that is how I am feeling?! I just love being home with them. And seriously I don't know how I ever did anything when I worked, especially 3 and 4 days a week! No wonder I am so unorganized--I simply didn't have TIME to take care of things and organize, so everything just got shoved away together for another day that never came. But it is here now---and it is my goal to have everything organized and filed and put into its' place. If there is no place, then it is going out. For reals. I hate all of this clutter. I want my home and life SIMPLE and CLEAN.
Azbrielle and Weston are still thriving with the home schooling. We had our first consult with Melissa from MCP in person the other day. The kids each read to her and showed her some of their work from their books. She was very impressed and said they are doing phenomenal and that I may want to order the SECOND GRADE curriculum soon!! At the rate they are going, they will be done with the first grade one before the end of the year--even Weston. We are so proud of them! They amaze me with how they learn--Weston reminds me a lot of me when I was young. He can look at something and just remember what it looks like and spell it back. So cool. Hope he keeps that gift. Azbrielle is such a good reader too. We have really been blessed with all of our wonderful children.
Speaking of blessings, Chase was home for a week last week. It was bittersweet. It was so great to have him home and so sad for him to leave. But I think he likes it there, and I have a feeling he won't be coming back (permanently). Scott feels the same way. I mean, I think he misses us here and is lonely there sometimes, but I also think that he likes it enough there to stay and not "have" to go to church and all of that when he is here.
My keyboard battery is dying so I may have to quit mid sentence. We got an iMac! It is the 27" screen, and we LOVE it! It is our TV too, because we got rid of all the others except the little one in our room. The computer has SO much clarity.
Then we got our dream vehicle...a 2000 Excursion with the 7.3L diesel! It is sooo nice for being 10 years old! White with tan along the bottom and tan leather interior--my favorite colors! Just how I would have ordered it! Scott drove all the way to LV to sign at Fibre then back to Ptld in a rental car to pick up the Excursion and then drove back that night last Saturday. What a fantastic guy. He was gone like 9 hours. But we both LOVE it. Now we get to sell our "junky" cars--the Venture and the '96 Suburban--and also my Navigator (not junky). Then we will get one more nice commuter and keep these ones! We are even talking about an older BMW--how sweet! That was Scott's idea, and I love it! I never would have mentioned it, because I wouldn't have thought he would go for it--but heck yes if he wants to, that sounds fantastic! Then we would both have cars that we like to drive, no matter which one we have for the day. Don't know if we have ever really had that.
I am not too hip on living in the trailer park, mostly because of the neighbors a couple houses down. Bummer of all is that Weston happens to be friends with the little boy. Messed up family. Cops there all the time, so sad. Other than that we have not really had any problems, but I have to admit it is hard to tell people sometimes that we live here. Not that it should matter, because our house is nice inside. But you know that stigma--not from anyone else but from myself. Guess when we get to move I will REALLY appreciate it! We are probably going to build, because house prices are going up and we would be paying out the nose to get what we want already done. So who knows when---hopefully sooner than later.
For Thanksgiving we went to Joel's new place in Spokane--great place (that I helped him find on CL!:)). Heidi and her fam were there too. We couldn't stay long cuz Scott had to work, but it was fun hanging out with them. Kids had a blast.
We stayed home for Christmas since Scott had to work 25th and 26th and took next two off. Chase didn't come til night of 26th, so we actually celebrated Christmas on the 27th. It was weird but nice. Kind of relaxing not having a bunch of company and stuff, although I like to be around family so much, so that would have been cool too. Jason and Shannon (no kids) came to stay for a night on the 22nd, which was great. We played lots of Settlers :). Jason really liked it, like we thought he might since he loves strategy games. Nice of them to drive all the way over. He lost his job a few weeks ago, so he is looking now. So stressful.
Health seems to be good with everyone--knock on wood. Scott is liking his mechanic position more I think---some of the guys he works with are not who he would choose to work with, but I guess that is life and you have to make the best of it? What else do you do? Makes for long 12-hour shifts though. I am so grateful to him for letting me stay home with our babies---what a huge blessing. I only wish I would have figured it out sooner with the other kids. And with Chase I never had the chance--- but so wish I could turn back time. I know we would be closer. I miss him so much. But I want him to be happy so bad--I just wish being HERE made him happy. Sniff, sniff.
Better go to bed so I am not late for my first day back! So grateful to Heavenly Father for all of my blessings. I will try to add pics soon--need to take some recent ones of everyone! Weston is trying to grow out a "surfer" do--I told him I didn't think it would work since his hair goes straight forward, but he wants to try anyways. Kind of looks like he just needs a haircut right now! Scott too--don't know if he is growing his out too or just waiting for me to start cutting it (he really wants me t0).
Mom and Dad are supposed to come visit this month; that should be fun. Mark and Jeff are coming to visit in March around Scott's bday, so that will be fun too. Saturday we are headed to Brandon and Heidi's for Madeline's first birthday party; that should be fun. It will be great to see Brandon again and finally get to hang out with Heidi. Hope it goes well. Wow, it's late!!!!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Lots of new little happenings
It has been way too long since I have been on this thing. I kind of actually forgot about it for a while..sad. Guess that is what happens then I am homeschooling and have twins and all of that! But I had to blog tonight even though it is late to write a few things down so I don't forget them. So here goes...not necessarily in order though...
As of yesterday, December 8, Brody is officially rolling regularly. He could do it before, but he only did it once in a while. Same with Delaney. BUt now they both roll at lesat a few times a day. And they have hit that wonderl stage where every time I try to change their diaper or take off or put on their clothes, they are twisting and turnign and trying to roll away form me! What a pain. But it is so cute to see them progress. She seems to touch things a little more, like our little touch-feely boook with bunny and baby duck hair in it. She touches the book pages as we are reading them. He does this a little , more and more each day also.
We had their four month well checks last Tuesday ,December 1. B rody weighted in at a whopping 15 pounds 6.75 oz, and Delaney was 11 pounds 8 oz! What a difference! Totally amazing. He is all muscle and bones though; she actually has more fat rolls than he does. And they basically eat at the same time all day...the only difference is that he was waking p in the middle of the night pretty much the whole time and getting an extra feeding. I don't know if this could have made that much of a difference or if he is just built bigger. His feet are so much bigger than hers---length and thickness.
Tonight was a first, I think. Scott is on nights so I am home with the kids alone. I nursed Brody until he was pulling off tired and then carried him in. Usually he cries for anywhere form 2-10 minutes before falling asleep. When I laid him down, he was smiling at me. When I went to kiss him, he opened his mouth like he was trying to kiss me back!!! It was so cool! He did it several times, because I wanted to see if it was a fluke or something--must not have been , because he kept doing it. It made me feel special. Then I held him for a minute in stead of laying him down. Weston and I sang to him a few songs: Twinkle, Twinkle, I am a Child of God, and the song I made up for Weston way back then, "Night night." I laid him down completely awake and walked out, ready for his scream. NONE!!!! He made a few little talking noises but no fussing or anything!!! Wow, amazing. And not last night but the night before, BOTH babies slept in until 8 and 8:30!!! Brody til 8, Delaney til 8:30. Totally fantastic! Maybe now I won't feel like a walking zombie all of the time.
We went to LV to see Chase and M and D last week. The trip was not so great---had to stop 3 times on the way there...for Weston to go to the bathroom! Poor guy had diarrhea and then had to pee like 30 minutes apart! Delaney slept the WHOLE way there! And Brody only woke up I think because we had to stop that third time; this is when he got up and ate and went pee.
We are still doing EC, or Elimination Communication, with the babies. It is so cool how many people we tell about it are open-minded and want to learn more about it. Karla, the MA at our pediatrician's office, tells all of her parents about it. Heck, even our dermatologist tells his patients about it! When Scott was out in his waiting room, he heard Dr. Marshall telling a patient about it as she left, and he did not even know Scott was sitting there! Crazy. But it is so cool. USUALLY we catch the poopy diapers and try not to have any in one day. It seems like the babies both have a pattern of pooping in the early evening, around five or six. They both went at the SAME time tonight! We have even been catching some pees, where their diapers are dry and able to be put back on them. Now that is cool but very hard to do with two babies. But now that I know about EC, I don't think I could NOT do it! It is such a cool thing.
Brody plays with his hands constantly and tries to shove them both (fists) into his mouth! He sometimes gags himself. Lately he has wanted to be held more than usual, especially today. And we are thinking that he is or just was going through a growing spurt? They have both been wanting to eat ore often too-still around 3 hours betweeen. Dr Sean said Brody could start out on solids, but I would rather wait until he is 6 months old.
Weston is so cute. He tries to repeat sayings that he hears us say, but they don't always sound like the originals. Today it was, "Delaney is talking a storm!" What he means is, she is talking UP a storm. But he does that sometimes, and that is so cute. What a great kid.
And Azbrielle is such a loving girl. I love that about her. They are both doing so great in homeschool, even though sometimes they have a hard time staying on task. Not sure why all of a sudden...?! It seems to be getting worse, not better...we will see what happens. But they have started MCP PE and Court Club PE and LOVE it! So hopefully they are getting some more exercise.
Gotta go to bed before Brody wakes up before I even go to bed.
I think tha tis all of the major news so far. Delaney is still such a smiley girl, and Brody makes you earn it! It is almost even more special when he has to study you first for a minute to decide if you deserve a smile or not! He always looks at me and watches me, even if I am talking to or looking at someone else. He especially does this when he is nursing but basically all the time. I don't know if I have ever had a baby do that to me before.
Well we broke down and got an IMac! Wow...what an expensive computer! WE went in to get the cheapest Mac and came out with the biggest and most expensive in the store...ouch!!! But it sure is beautiful and cool. I am still trying to learn all the tricks and how to do things though!
Scott is getting his raises and lots of training in his new mechanic position, which is great. He earns more money there and is building his resume on them. Sweet.
I have decided to go back winter quarter starting Jan. 4 and teach rad lab with Fran on Fridays from 9-3. It is so weird being away from the babies that long...yuck. BUt Lisa said she will watch them, and the kids will help out too I am sure. Scott only works two Fridays a month, so he will have them when he is off. And we are going to join Court Club I think until Gold's is ready. We signed up for Gold's but it won't be ready til summer. Bummer.
Okay good night...try to come back soon and I need to post some family portrait pics that we got taken at Lake Sacajawea last Wednesday by Dave Rubert---fantastic photos! fddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
As of yesterday, December 8, Brody is officially rolling regularly. He could do it before, but he only did it once in a while. Same with Delaney. BUt now they both roll at lesat a few times a day. And they have hit that wonderl stage where every time I try to change their diaper or take off or put on their clothes, they are twisting and turnign and trying to roll away form me! What a pain. But it is so cute to see them progress. She seems to touch things a little more, like our little touch-feely boook with bunny and baby duck hair in it. She touches the book pages as we are reading them. He does this a little , more and more each day also.
We had their four month well checks last Tuesday ,December 1. B rody weighted in at a whopping 15 pounds 6.75 oz, and Delaney was 11 pounds 8 oz! What a difference! Totally amazing. He is all muscle and bones though; she actually has more fat rolls than he does. And they basically eat at the same time all day...the only difference is that he was waking p in the middle of the night pretty much the whole time and getting an extra feeding. I don't know if this could have made that much of a difference or if he is just built bigger. His feet are so much bigger than hers---length and thickness.
Tonight was a first, I think. Scott is on nights so I am home with the kids alone. I nursed Brody until he was pulling off tired and then carried him in. Usually he cries for anywhere form 2-10 minutes before falling asleep. When I laid him down, he was smiling at me. When I went to kiss him, he opened his mouth like he was trying to kiss me back!!! It was so cool! He did it several times, because I wanted to see if it was a fluke or something--must not have been , because he kept doing it. It made me feel special. Then I held him for a minute in stead of laying him down. Weston and I sang to him a few songs: Twinkle, Twinkle, I am a Child of God, and the song I made up for Weston way back then, "Night night." I laid him down completely awake and walked out, ready for his scream. NONE!!!! He made a few little talking noises but no fussing or anything!!! Wow, amazing. And not last night but the night before, BOTH babies slept in until 8 and 8:30!!! Brody til 8, Delaney til 8:30. Totally fantastic! Maybe now I won't feel like a walking zombie all of the time.
We went to LV to see Chase and M and D last week. The trip was not so great---had to stop 3 times on the way there...for Weston to go to the bathroom! Poor guy had diarrhea and then had to pee like 30 minutes apart! Delaney slept the WHOLE way there! And Brody only woke up I think because we had to stop that third time; this is when he got up and ate and went pee.
We are still doing EC, or Elimination Communication, with the babies. It is so cool how many people we tell about it are open-minded and want to learn more about it. Karla, the MA at our pediatrician's office, tells all of her parents about it. Heck, even our dermatologist tells his patients about it! When Scott was out in his waiting room, he heard Dr. Marshall telling a patient about it as she left, and he did not even know Scott was sitting there! Crazy. But it is so cool. USUALLY we catch the poopy diapers and try not to have any in one day. It seems like the babies both have a pattern of pooping in the early evening, around five or six. They both went at the SAME time tonight! We have even been catching some pees, where their diapers are dry and able to be put back on them. Now that is cool but very hard to do with two babies. But now that I know about EC, I don't think I could NOT do it! It is such a cool thing.
Brody plays with his hands constantly and tries to shove them both (fists) into his mouth! He sometimes gags himself. Lately he has wanted to be held more than usual, especially today. And we are thinking that he is or just was going through a growing spurt? They have both been wanting to eat ore often too-still around 3 hours betweeen. Dr Sean said Brody could start out on solids, but I would rather wait until he is 6 months old.
Weston is so cute. He tries to repeat sayings that he hears us say, but they don't always sound like the originals. Today it was, "Delaney is talking a storm!" What he means is, she is talking UP a storm. But he does that sometimes, and that is so cute. What a great kid.
And Azbrielle is such a loving girl. I love that about her. They are both doing so great in homeschool, even though sometimes they have a hard time staying on task. Not sure why all of a sudden...?! It seems to be getting worse, not better...we will see what happens. But they have started MCP PE and Court Club PE and LOVE it! So hopefully they are getting some more exercise.
Gotta go to bed before Brody wakes up before I even go to bed.
I think tha tis all of the major news so far. Delaney is still such a smiley girl, and Brody makes you earn it! It is almost even more special when he has to study you first for a minute to decide if you deserve a smile or not! He always looks at me and watches me, even if I am talking to or looking at someone else. He especially does this when he is nursing but basically all the time. I don't know if I have ever had a baby do that to me before.
Well we broke down and got an IMac! Wow...what an expensive computer! WE went in to get the cheapest Mac and came out with the biggest and most expensive in the store...ouch!!! But it sure is beautiful and cool. I am still trying to learn all the tricks and how to do things though!
Scott is getting his raises and lots of training in his new mechanic position, which is great. He earns more money there and is building his resume on them. Sweet.
I have decided to go back winter quarter starting Jan. 4 and teach rad lab with Fran on Fridays from 9-3. It is so weird being away from the babies that long...yuck. BUt Lisa said she will watch them, and the kids will help out too I am sure. Scott only works two Fridays a month, so he will have them when he is off. And we are going to join Court Club I think until Gold's is ready. We signed up for Gold's but it won't be ready til summer. Bummer.
Okay good night...try to come back soon and I need to post some family portrait pics that we got taken at Lake Sacajawea last Wednesday by Dave Rubert---fantastic photos! fddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Happy Veteran's Day
I cannot let this day go by without a quick posting saying thank you to all of the men and women serving our country and fighting for our freedom and ways of life here in America. I truly feel indebted to them and also to their families who have to live without them for so long---and sometimes forever :(. The people who choose to go into the military truly are brave and strong and sacrifice so much. Thank you again to all of you...and my favorite saying: HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!! We pray for you every day. We have several friends and family members overseas right now, as I know many people do. THANK YOU!
Milestones
Well today seems to be a big day for the babies. Weston and I watched Brody roll over this morning from his back to his tummy--again all he had left was his arm stuck underneath him; otherwise he was all the way there! And then tonight Delaney--not to be outdone--rolled over for the kids and I from her tummy to her back! Just...plop! There she went! It was so cute. Then when I tried to put her back onto her tummy to do it again, she just got mad and laid there and screamed. Maybe tomorrow?! I don't even know if Delaney really realized what she did. Brody seemed to kind of get it and feels some sort of excitement about what he could do with this newfound mobility. But he didn't try it again yet either.
Two days ago, on Monday, Brody discovered his squealing voice! It is SOOOO cute. He gets this high-pitched squeal and does it on purpose. He did it about eight times in the 15 minutes or so that he was interacting with Scott.
Lastly Delaney finally discovered that she has two hands that can touch too! As I was nursing her tonight, she started playing with her hands while she was looking up at me. Brody has this thing where he always "talks with his mouth full" (this is what I call it)--while he is nursing he will start trying to talk and laugh and spit milk all over my face! But how can you get mad at that---it is so adorable. Usually Delaney is not much into interacting while she is eating other than holding onto my hand or my skin; but tonight when Brody was falling asleep nursing, she was actually talking and smiling at me too. They are so sweet and such blessings.
And Azbrielle and Weston---wow they are so fantastic! The best helpers ever and also with the best attitudes about their siblings! I hear, "I love Brody and Delaney" so many times every day from them, especially Weston. Instead of being jealous of all the time and attention I have to give the babies, they just seem to love them even more. Truly amazing. What good kids. They are doing so well with their homeschooling and seem to genuinely like it. They do miss the kids at public school--especially Weston--but that will be better once we start MCP in January. Now that the babies are getting a little older and eat more like every 3 hours instead of every two, hopefully we will start getting out of the house a little more often. I think we are all going a little stircrazy.
I am amazed every day at how smart the kids are and how they soak up knowledge like sponges. We as a society truly underestimate the abilities of children. So Brody and Delaney are hopefully going to be prime examples of how much babies can learn. We are going to order that Your Baby Can Read program here really soon and start that. It will be interesting to see how it works. Before we know it, it will be time to start sign language too! I am sure the kids will be great at helping with that.
Gotta go to bed-it is soo late. And I am afraid that I am getting sick too. Oh, and for some ridiculous reason Brody has regressed to getting up like every two hours in the night the last few nights! Of course it would have to be when Scott is on nights too :(. And now that the babies are sharing rooms with the older kids, I can't exactly let him cry it out. It kind of sucks, and I am not sure exactly how to handle it without waking the other three kids up.
I miss my honey! And it was so good to see my big "baby" Chase this weekend--although I didn't get to see him nearly as much as I should have. He went hunting with my dad on Sat and stayed with Drew and Jake Sat night. It was kind of a bummer and WILL NOT be that way next time!
Two days ago, on Monday, Brody discovered his squealing voice! It is SOOOO cute. He gets this high-pitched squeal and does it on purpose. He did it about eight times in the 15 minutes or so that he was interacting with Scott.
Lastly Delaney finally discovered that she has two hands that can touch too! As I was nursing her tonight, she started playing with her hands while she was looking up at me. Brody has this thing where he always "talks with his mouth full" (this is what I call it)--while he is nursing he will start trying to talk and laugh and spit milk all over my face! But how can you get mad at that---it is so adorable. Usually Delaney is not much into interacting while she is eating other than holding onto my hand or my skin; but tonight when Brody was falling asleep nursing, she was actually talking and smiling at me too. They are so sweet and such blessings.
And Azbrielle and Weston---wow they are so fantastic! The best helpers ever and also with the best attitudes about their siblings! I hear, "I love Brody and Delaney" so many times every day from them, especially Weston. Instead of being jealous of all the time and attention I have to give the babies, they just seem to love them even more. Truly amazing. What good kids. They are doing so well with their homeschooling and seem to genuinely like it. They do miss the kids at public school--especially Weston--but that will be better once we start MCP in January. Now that the babies are getting a little older and eat more like every 3 hours instead of every two, hopefully we will start getting out of the house a little more often. I think we are all going a little stircrazy.
I am amazed every day at how smart the kids are and how they soak up knowledge like sponges. We as a society truly underestimate the abilities of children. So Brody and Delaney are hopefully going to be prime examples of how much babies can learn. We are going to order that Your Baby Can Read program here really soon and start that. It will be interesting to see how it works. Before we know it, it will be time to start sign language too! I am sure the kids will be great at helping with that.
Gotta go to bed-it is soo late. And I am afraid that I am getting sick too. Oh, and for some ridiculous reason Brody has regressed to getting up like every two hours in the night the last few nights! Of course it would have to be when Scott is on nights too :(. And now that the babies are sharing rooms with the older kids, I can't exactly let him cry it out. It kind of sucks, and I am not sure exactly how to handle it without waking the other three kids up.
I miss my honey! And it was so good to see my big "baby" Chase this weekend--although I didn't get to see him nearly as much as I should have. He went hunting with my dad on Sat and stayed with Drew and Jake Sat night. It was kind of a bummer and WILL NOT be that way next time!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I have hands!
Brody discovered the fact that he has two hands and that they can touch each other the other day! It was last Thursday, October 29. Now he has his hands clasped and intertwined more often than not. It is so cute. He also sucks his thumb more these days, which is not a good thing...but the way he does it is so cute. He has not figured out that he can put his fingers down and just have the thumb extended. He basically covers his face with the other four fingers splayed out and awkwardly tries to suck the thumb. I have never seen a child do it; it is so adorable. I will add a pic soon, now that I know how to do it! yay!
We are heading to the other side of the mtns here in a few minutes. We are travelling at night hopefully to make the trip less stressful...I am praying that Scott will be able to stay awake! He is napping now, and I am feeding babies. It will be a long trip--always is--but should be worth it. We get to see Chase and Mom and Dad for about 5 days. Now that we are HOMESCHOOLING!!! we get to take off on Scott's weeks off. How exciting! I will post later this week about how that is going...and I need to remember to email my MCP consultant Melissa too!
Gotta go pump so we can get out of here! Getting late!
Oh yeah one more thing--Brody rolled over last night--we think! He was on the floor on his back right next to Scott's knee while he was taking Delaney to the bathroom. None of us was really watching, but all of a sudden Scott said he rolled over! He was on his tummy with his left arm still stuck underneath him! We tried to roll him back over to see if he would do it again, but he just got mad and started screaming. Pretty exciting though! He seems so young! What a big, strong boy. We love our babies---ALL of them! Miss you Chase!
We are heading to the other side of the mtns here in a few minutes. We are travelling at night hopefully to make the trip less stressful...I am praying that Scott will be able to stay awake! He is napping now, and I am feeding babies. It will be a long trip--always is--but should be worth it. We get to see Chase and Mom and Dad for about 5 days. Now that we are HOMESCHOOLING!!! we get to take off on Scott's weeks off. How exciting! I will post later this week about how that is going...and I need to remember to email my MCP consultant Melissa too!
Gotta go pump so we can get out of here! Getting late!
Oh yeah one more thing--Brody rolled over last night--we think! He was on the floor on his back right next to Scott's knee while he was taking Delaney to the bathroom. None of us was really watching, but all of a sudden Scott said he rolled over! He was on his tummy with his left arm still stuck underneath him! We tried to roll him back over to see if he would do it again, but he just got mad and started screaming. Pretty exciting though! He seems so young! What a big, strong boy. We love our babies---ALL of them! Miss you Chase!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Canteloupe!
Azbrielle cracks me up...We are watching a movie (on our new projector and huge screen!), and there are animals on it. It is the new DisneyNature--(very graphic, sad) and some deer-like animals come on there. She shouts, "Canteloupe! Canteloupe!" meaning of course that she thought they were antelope. It was so cute.
Sis seems like she may be getting sick now too...not again! What a nightmare. Went and bought more masks today at Walgreens because we are out of my DH ones...wow! Talk about expensive! $6.99 for 10 masks! Crazy. But better safe than sorry...too bad we have to keep reminding them OVER and OVER to put them on! They love the babies so much and are always trying to get close to them and talk and sing and play...but they forget to have their masks on and they are sick!! Scott and I are nervous wrecks that the babies are going to get sick. Won't be soon enough to pull the out of public school where all of this sickness is going around. Nightmare. If we didn't have the babies it would not be as big of a deal--Azbrielle and Weston can handle it now. But it is the elderly and babies that can be most seriously affected...we will keep praying for health in our family.
I still have not taken the babies to church..and they are three months old. Now it is the height of the sick season, so I am not too excited about taking them yet either. Scott and I have been trading off halfway in the middle of the second hour when he is off so that we can both at least go to a little bit of church. But tomorrow is a new adventure...Scott will be sleeping because he is on nights, and I have to at least go to sacrament because the kids have their primary program tomorrow! So not only do I have to take everyone by myself, but we have to be early too!!?? Righttttttt. I will do my best.
So I am going to go do a CE class online and then go to bed...hopefully get some sleep so I can drag my bum out of bed in the am! Oh yeah...the last two nights when Scott was home and helping me, the babies slept a lot! Thalaney slept from like 7:30 pm til 11and ate and then til 5:30 or so and then ate and went back to bed til 7:30 or 8, and Brody did the same except from about 12. Then last night I don't really remember the exact times, but again they slept like a 6-hour chunk then got up and went to the bathroom and then ate and went back down til 8 or so! Wow! Now if only they will do that for me tonight when I am here on my own...
And to my Scottie...Miss you honey! Have a safe night and can't wait to snuggle. Love you!
Sis seems like she may be getting sick now too...not again! What a nightmare. Went and bought more masks today at Walgreens because we are out of my DH ones...wow! Talk about expensive! $6.99 for 10 masks! Crazy. But better safe than sorry...too bad we have to keep reminding them OVER and OVER to put them on! They love the babies so much and are always trying to get close to them and talk and sing and play...but they forget to have their masks on and they are sick!! Scott and I are nervous wrecks that the babies are going to get sick. Won't be soon enough to pull the out of public school where all of this sickness is going around. Nightmare. If we didn't have the babies it would not be as big of a deal--Azbrielle and Weston can handle it now. But it is the elderly and babies that can be most seriously affected...we will keep praying for health in our family.
I still have not taken the babies to church..and they are three months old. Now it is the height of the sick season, so I am not too excited about taking them yet either. Scott and I have been trading off halfway in the middle of the second hour when he is off so that we can both at least go to a little bit of church. But tomorrow is a new adventure...Scott will be sleeping because he is on nights, and I have to at least go to sacrament because the kids have their primary program tomorrow! So not only do I have to take everyone by myself, but we have to be early too!!?? Righttttttt. I will do my best.
So I am going to go do a CE class online and then go to bed...hopefully get some sleep so I can drag my bum out of bed in the am! Oh yeah...the last two nights when Scott was home and helping me, the babies slept a lot! Thalaney slept from like 7:30 pm til 11and ate and then til 5:30 or so and then ate and went back to bed til 7:30 or 8, and Brody did the same except from about 12. Then last night I don't really remember the exact times, but again they slept like a 6-hour chunk then got up and went to the bathroom and then ate and went back down til 8 or so! Wow! Now if only they will do that for me tonight when I am here on my own...
And to my Scottie...Miss you honey! Have a safe night and can't wait to snuggle. Love you!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Tooth Fairy
Azbrielle lost another tooth yesterday---it was #Q, her LR lateral incisor. #26 is already coming in behind where Q fell out; I really think there is a good chance she will end up with braces :(. Now #D is getting loose too. She is totally toothless on the front; she lost E and F a few months back. She always waits until they are seriously just hanging there (usually by the front part of the root) and won't let us pull them out. Last night when Fran and Jake were here, she let him pull it out for her with a kleenex. Now she has lost five total and already has 24 and 25 erupted. Go Sis! And she LOVES it when the tooth fairy comes. She actually came on time last night! Woo Hoo. She has been showing up a few days late lately. Maybe we move so much she cannot find us??!! Ha ha but not really.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Oh no, please not the flu!!
Well, I think it is finally happening...the thing we have been fearing. Weston is very sick this weekend. His temp got all the way up to 105 today---if it would not have come down with more meds, he would have landed in the ER. And it is even more scary because of what happened to baby Emmett. I am sure that was just a freak thing, but it obviously happens. Not only are we worried about Weston, who is absolutely miserable with a horrible headache, sore throat, cough, moaning and groaning, etc...but we are also terrified that the babies will end up with it and really have to be in the hospital. It is so scary. All this talk about the "swine flu" and everything--it will be an epidemic, get the vaccine, hurry hurry! NO way will any of us get the vaccine--mark my words, in 10 years people will be sick or dying or something because they got the stupid vaccine and what? Long term effects? You have got to be kidding! Oh, maybe that is because there was not time for research to be done before they approved the shot! Not us...we will just suffer through the sickness and pray for the best. But it is so widespread now that they are not even testing for it anymore last we heard at our peds office. So does Weston have the pig flu? Who knows. We probably never will. But he is definitely pretty sick, and we are praying he starts feeling better soon. I hate seeing him so miserable and hearing him moaning in his bed because he hurts so bad. And tonight he got up (because he had to pee I think) and came out to the living room out of the blue and gave me a hug...what a doll. I kind of thought maybe he was disoriented or delirious or something, just because he almost seemed not all with it. But hey, I will love those hugs however I can get them. Scott went in there with him and got him back to bed. Pray for health in our home...
Weight updates
Holy smokes! Brody is tipping the scales at a whopping 13.5 pounds! Yeah Brody! And he is leaving his twin sister in the dust---Delaney is barely 10 pounds! But that is a long way from the 5'9oz that she got down to, so we will take it! It is so amazing how differently they are built! He is pretty much into 3-6 month clothes only now; he is out of all of the newborn clothes and 0-3 month stuff. Crazy. And he is only 11 weeks old today!
And tonight when he was having his "tummy time" (they both HATE tummy time and end up having a screaming match and we feel like crap but all the parenting/ baby books and doctors say they are supposed to have it!), he actually scooted a little bit. Scott saw it not me, and he said he seriously scooted like 6 inches with his arms and knees. Doesn't surprise me--his nickname is "Moose". Delaney's nickname is "Squeak" or "Squeaky"--give you one guess where that one came from?!
And tonight when he was having his "tummy time" (they both HATE tummy time and end up having a screaming match and we feel like crap but all the parenting/ baby books and doctors say they are supposed to have it!), he actually scooted a little bit. Scott saw it not me, and he said he seriously scooted like 6 inches with his arms and knees. Doesn't surprise me--his nickname is "Moose". Delaney's nickname is "Squeak" or "Squeaky"--give you one guess where that one came from?!
Cheeks
Azbrielle cracks me up. I had Brody on the potty chair tonight, and he was jabbering away. He seems to like sitting on the potty, at least until he is done and ready to get off--which he alerts us to by screaming. But anyways, here he sits just talking and cooing and smiling at Azbrielle. She says, "He's got big cheeks." I said yes he does have big cheeks...to which she replied, "He looks like a grandpa." Cracked me up. I kind of understand what she means though; like our other two boys, he kind of looks like a little man instead of a baby. It was so cute.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Circumcision
A couple nights ago one of my friends who is very into AP (attachment parenting) posted an article/ blog about circumcision on baby boys. I have always just decided to do it without thinking much of it; that's what you do right? Well maybe not...maybe that is our problem of not thinking about it. I mean, it is a permanent thing and a decision we are making for the boys without any input from them of course. And you cannot tell me it does not hurt!!! Like it pointed out in the blog, God does not give us anything on our bodies that does not have a purpose. Low and behold, I guess the foreskin is actually an organ and has many purposes. Great. Now I feel like crap. Since we had Brody circed just 7 weeks ago, I guess it is a little late. But I feel bad---for all of them. I am sorry guys. I am glad of course that we did not have any infections or anything, but I am sorry that I put you through that and also that I took it away from you. I would definitely research more and rethink it if I could...Hey Dr. Sean, can we sew that back on there????
Chase
Boy do I miss him...even with his sometimes bad attitude! Hope he had a good week at school; I am going to call him tomorrow. Sure would be nice if he called me; but I guess that must be "too much" to ask for?! Probably having too much fun to think about us over here...I love him so much and worry about him and pray for him constantly. I hope he turns out okay...and is happy...
Weston
He did the cutest thing last night. He wanted one or both of us to come tuck him in like we always do. I went in there a few minutes after he did, and he was laying awake in his bed with his head on the pillow but his covers down at the foot of the bed. As it is getting mighty cold here suddenly and he only had underwear on, I asked him why he did not have his covers on?! Of course he had the best answer: "I was waiting for you to do it when you tuck me in!" Love that boy...
More about exercise
We really want to join the local gym; the good one around here is supposed to be the Tri City Court Club here in Kennewick. The dues are not that expensive; like $95 or something for the whole family including karate, swimming pool, fitness classes, rock climbing, etc...great! Cool! Sign us up! Wait, what? Daycare? Oh, how much is that? Is it separate? What???!! You mean it would be another $100 for unlimited daycare for three kids under 6 EVERY MONTH?! I think not. Crazy. Sucks. So there goes that idea...guess we have to stick to the treadmill and our kickboxing here--which actually is a great workout when we use the bag out back and hit and kick. It is just that motivation thing again...and making time while we are at home to do it! A girl at church does a great combo class two days a week at the church building; it is just that I have only been able to make it to one session in the last three weeks! Dr. appts or Scott is at work. And next Monday when I should be able to go because he is off, we have a homeschool info meeting at 9, right when it starts! Go figure...
Nic
Well, I am finally motivating myself to get on the treadmill again. It seems like a daily battle, even though I know in my mind that my body can handle it and it will drastically help me in every way. Running helps boost my metabolism (and hence elimination schedule regularity--yeah!! :)), my mood, my feelings of well-being and self-worth/esteem, hopefully my figure at least a little, lessens my chances of getting Type II Diabetes, and is great for my heart and lungs and circ system. I know, I know...it is great for me. It just sucks being out of shape and going through that crappy first two weeks getting back into it. I started last week or maybe even the week before--yeah, I think it was the week before. But then I didn't run maybe only once last week; that doesn't help much! Duh. But I ran yesterday for over half hour and then again for 33 minutes (okay, that included my cool-down too, so I didn't run the entire time!). I think tonight I ran without stopping for 2.5 miles for about 30 minutes and then cooled down. Yesterday I did sprints and got up to 8 mph, which is pretty fast for me. Wonder if I could do 9mph on my 15 second sprint? Maybe I will try it next time; as long as I can reach that stop button if I need it! I just keep praying for the strength to overcome my weeniness and Satan's pull of slothfulness and laziness so that I get my butt out there every day except Sundays. Even one mile a day is better than none! Sometimes I need a break and just need to let my body do only one mile. Maybe it can be an uphill mile?! And actually walking up hills sometimes gets me just as tired as when I run; and it works different muscles more than running. But there is something depressing about walking for me; it just seems like I have limited time and that I should be getting as much distance out of it as I can by going faster. I don't know...that is probably dumb, because like I said walking up steep hills definitely gets me out of breath! Probably I should do it more, because I end up getting lazy and just taking the "easy way" of running faster on 0% incline instead! Oh well...as long as I drag my butt on it at this point that is a start.
Tonight Scott was home to take care of the babies while I was on there, which was great. The last few times I have done it I have been home by myself, and it was really hard when the babies started crying in the middle of my run. Not like I want to stop in the middle or anything...or rather, I do want to stop but not start again! LOL. I told him tonight I was just going to run one mile, that is all I wanted...and I ended up running almost 3! That was so cool. I kind of have to trick my mind I think: if I go into it thinking I am running 3 miles today, I will feel discouraged and like I will never make it. But if I think I am just running one mile (which is really the hardest part, the beginning), then when I get to a mile I think, "Hey, I can do a little more..." and end up doing more. Crazy. It was 46 degrees out tonight when I ran, and it was perfect! Wish I could run in that all the time. I was listening to Avril Lavigne, and it was MY time...kind of nice.
Tonight Scott was home to take care of the babies while I was on there, which was great. The last few times I have done it I have been home by myself, and it was really hard when the babies started crying in the middle of my run. Not like I want to stop in the middle or anything...or rather, I do want to stop but not start again! LOL. I told him tonight I was just going to run one mile, that is all I wanted...and I ended up running almost 3! That was so cool. I kind of have to trick my mind I think: if I go into it thinking I am running 3 miles today, I will feel discouraged and like I will never make it. But if I think I am just running one mile (which is really the hardest part, the beginning), then when I get to a mile I think, "Hey, I can do a little more..." and end up doing more. Crazy. It was 46 degrees out tonight when I ran, and it was perfect! Wish I could run in that all the time. I was listening to Avril Lavigne, and it was MY time...kind of nice.
Catch up: Brody's belly button
I am going to do some catch-up entries on things from the past couple months; so anything from the past will be labelled "Catch Up".
The first catch-up entry is a quick one: Brody's hernia. We were so happy that the babies' belly buttons looked so nice after their little belly things fell off. Such nice little belly buttons. Then about 3-4 weeks ago, Brody's belly button looked like it was growing...and growing...and then it was definitely growing. Wait a minute, belly buttons are not supposed to grow! Then we finally had an idea what was going on: he had a hernia. How scary! You mean all that squishy stuff sticking out is his intestines? No way. Sick. Ouch. Is he ok? When we went to their (first) 2-month visit when they were actually 8 weeks old, he had had it about a week. We asked Dr. Sean, and he said yes it is a hernia. He did not seem too worried or even surprised for that matter. He says it will resolve itself but may take up to a year. A year!? It sticks out way more than his penis! A year?! We are worried about the intestines getting strangled in there. He said that is a rare possiblilty and we should just watch to make sure that it can still push back in. Sure, no worries. No stress. Not!
So now we all push it back in when we think about it---gently of course. He does not seem bothered by it either way. The kids even do it sometimes. It is kind of gross and unsightly, but as long as he is okay I guess it is okay. Dr. Sean says as he develops his stomach muscles the hole will close; you can even feel the hole in there. Our question is how does it close up without squeezing his guts in there? Obviously we are keeping a very close eye on it. We are actually going to us a penny or dime and that wrap stuff that is like an Ace bandage that sticks to itself and wrap it around his belly with a coin pushing the hernia in. Dr. Sean actually told us about it but was not really suggesting it, just said that people in some other country or culture do that. We think it sounds better than letting it all hang out there. I hate to have him cry at all with it, because I am afraid he will push it out even further when he screams. So he has not been allowed to cry much lately...not that he did much before anyways but now he really doesn't.
Okay, I took some pics but have no idea how to post them. So as soon as I figure it out I will get them on here.
So sad...
Tonight is a very sad night. We just found out that a family from church lost their most adorable 8-month old baby boy Emmett. It just doesn't seem real. It is not right. It can't be true. He was just here, laughing and smiling and being the perfect beautiful chubby baby boy. How can that be? What happened to him? All we know at this point is that four days ago on Monday night he had to be admitted to the ER at KGH and then was life-flighted to Children's in Seattle that night. They thought he had ADEM, which is a neurological condition similar to MS in many ways but not long-term; supposedly the patient just went through one or maybe two episodes anywhere from 5-10 days long and then that was it. The scary part was supposed to be how much damage was done during the episode. But no where did it mention in the description that death was an option. That is not fair. I cannot even imagine how they must be feeling...like Scott says, one minute your baby is sleeping peacefully and your life is wonderful with your beautiful family and the next minute your baby is dead? How can that happen? Why?
What do we do for them? How can we possibly do anything that will make a difference? Do you talk about it? Do you just give them hugs? How do you not cry with them? Is it ok to do that? What would I want people to do for me? Talk about it? Or not? I really cannot imagine...that is a parent's truly largest nightmare. And it happened so fast. Gloria from church said earlier today or yesterday that Emmett was out of pain and opening his eyes but still did not recognize anyone. How agonizing. We will pray for them and pray that God will help us know what to do for them. At least we know that Emmett is home with Heavenly Father now...he is the lucky one. Such a beautiful baby boy.
What do we do for them? How can we possibly do anything that will make a difference? Do you talk about it? Do you just give them hugs? How do you not cry with them? Is it ok to do that? What would I want people to do for me? Talk about it? Or not? I really cannot imagine...that is a parent's truly largest nightmare. And it happened so fast. Gloria from church said earlier today or yesterday that Emmett was out of pain and opening his eyes but still did not recognize anyone. How agonizing. We will pray for them and pray that God will help us know what to do for them. At least we know that Emmett is home with Heavenly Father now...he is the lucky one. Such a beautiful baby boy.
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