Okay, I had no idea it had been almost 15 days since I posted!!! Ooops! Where have we been? Well, we've been here. I just don't know what happened to my blogging. Well, actually I do. I haven't been on the computer much lately. It just sucks my time away it seems. I get sidetracked looking at blogs I follow, looking up recipes, etc.etc. So, I've tried to limit myself. I will have to do better about updating the blog and that's it! :-) I'm sure no one has lost any sleep over the lack of blog posts, but I know I always check the blogs I follow daily if I'm on the computer, others may do the same.
Oh, and I do realize that I STILL haven't taken down the Christmas pics. Here's what's going on now, I need a cord for my camera to be able to upload my pics. I have some cute ones from the zoo and Easter, so once I order and get the cord, I promise the Christmas pic will come down. Maybe by 4th of July, knowing me? :-) Kidding!
Speaking of the zoo, our entire family went to the zoo a few Saturdays ago and it was so much fun! The kids LOVED it! It was great to spend time with their cousins and see the animals. I am thinking we'll get a zoo membership so we can go whenever. Me, Carson, Emmy, Henry met the rest of the group there- Amanda, Wayne, & Hunter, my cousin Kristen, her hubby Zach, their kids Morgan & Dylan, my Mom (Boo-Boo), my step-Dad, my friend Nicole, and Dottie a.k.a. Grammy to the children (Zach's mom). It was so nice and we are planning to do more family trips like that. We took a picnic lunch which was yummy and worked out well with the kids, better than fighting them at a restaurant because by the time we ate, the kids were all DONE. Carson's favorite part was seeing a "john deere gator" that a worker was driving and seeing a lizard at the trash can that had nothing to do with the zoo! Emmy loved the "raffe"s, which surprised me since she is afraid of all dogs, yet a HUGE giraffe was okay with her, she even fed them. She really just liked it all, that's her. Oh, and Carson loved the train ride. The monkeys were fun too, because I always call them my monkeys.
Henry is great- I realized I didn't update from his 2 month check up-sorry! He weighed 12 lb. 9 oz. and was 23 inches long. He was in 85th percentile for weight, 50th for height and head circumference....I think. He got shots, and did great. He didn't even get feverish afterwards or irritable. He is truly the BEST baby! I wasn't being strict with him about naps or anything, but the past few days I've been more intentional about putting him down for a morning and afternoon nap and it's worked really well. I hope to keep him on the schedule....someone's gotta nap around here.
The twins have not been napping good at all. We decided against the t.v. in their room, so we are just dealing with it. I lay with them when I can, and sometimes they fall asleep, sometimes they don't. Carson usually does, Emmy not so much. If they don't nap, I put them down by 7:30 or 8 at the latest, and they are usually ready to go to bed then. It gives me some time to get a few things done and I've been trying to go to bed earlier myself. I feel tired a lot lately, I definitely need more sleep. I am having a hard time letting go of some things...like leaving a sink full of dishes and just going to bed. I am trying to realize the housework is not as important as #1-my rest or #2 and most importantly-spending time enjoying my babies. I think all moms struggle balancing everything.
I am getting better about saying "no" to some things. I am not doing VBS this year, I just want to enjoy Henry this year and I can't commit to being there at a certain time because I just am not able to do that right now. It's hard to get three littles ready for anything and out the door, loaded, and somewhere at a certain time. I'm getting used to it.
I am doing Relay For Life this year, but I won't be on the committee next year, I'll just do our team.
I hate to give up stuff that I enjoy, but my kids do come first. When I feel things taking up too much time from family, I have to take a step back.
One thing we aren't giving up is dance. Emmy is signed up for the summer, her teacher and I agreed to have her take the Creative Movement class again this summer, then we'll decide about fall-whether to keep her in Creative Movement or put her up in Pre-Ballet and Tap. It would be nice to have a break for summer, but she loves dance, so we are going on with it. I really don't mind it-I get some time to just relax while she's in class. :-) Rare! I did take all 3 by myself this week and it was disastrous. Carson cried the entire time for his "sissy". To the point that we had to wait in the car. I asked another mom to just bring Emmy out for me, but then he got better so we went back in and he cried again! It was his first and last trip to dance!!! We are really busy with dance right now, pictures are tomorrow, and recital is in 2 weeks. I can't wait to see Emmy in recital, she has been practicing forever and she is very animated. It should be interesting!
Amanda, Brandy, Kristen, Ashley (our cousins) are having a yard sale tomorrow as well, so I'm double booked again. I hope we make some money to make it worth our while. I don't have as much stuff as I hoped to, but my car is full! When we moved 2 years ago, I got rid of about 2 trailer loads of stuff....so I don't have too much clutter right now (in my opinion....hehe. My family would probably disagree!).
Oh, I almost forgot- potty training! Carson is pretty much fully trained, except at night of course. He does #1 & 2 in the potty most of the time. Every now and then he gets busy and goes in the pull-up, but if he keeps on through the weekend, I am going to try him in underwear next week. Emmy is doing okay, but she just goes occasionally. Whenever she thinks about it, whenever it's HER idea, not mine. I feel like we are almost there though, because given her personality I think she's just gonna declare herself trained one day and be done with it. I'm waiting for that day! I am so PROUD of Carson though! He's proud of himself too. He's really done this all on his own, I haven't pushed him at all. He told us he wanted to potty and he hasn't looked back. It's one thing he's done before Emmy-yay!
His speech has also grown in leaps and bounds. He talks non-stop and does big sentences now. He was doing small ones before, but he really talks now to where you can understand him. He was telling me tonight he wanted to watch the "Fresh Beat Band" (a show on Nick Jr. for those of you who aren't in the cartoon circle). They both love that show now and it's not even a cartoon really. We also are obsessed with Dora right now, Ego (Diego), and all our regular ones of course. Mostly we are outside if it's not too hot though-or at a ball game! Emilynn loves going to ball games and asks to go all the time. She also likes going to the store.
Well, I am off to rest for the yard sale tomorrow. I will update more soon, not in 15 days I promise!!!
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