What's been up with us? Lots, and I haven't had a minute free to blog. Mainly because our schedule has changed-again. It seems like every so often we have to adjust to different sleep schedules and things and now the kids get up anywhere from 7-9. 9 if I'm lucky. 7:30 normally. This means I have to go to bed much earlier to get a good 8-9 hours sleep and be ready to hit the ground running when I hear the first little footsteps. I think against my better judgment, I'm becoming more of a morning person out of necessity. I don't LIKE it, but it is okay. Now if anyone calls past 8:30 at night, I think, "who's calling so late?". Maybe I'm just getting old. haha!
I realized I forgot to update with Henry's 9 month stats. I will do that in the next day or so. I don't know them off hand and I can't look for them because I'd have too many extra hands helping me! They are on my desk which is right by all the Christmas gifts I'm hiding from the kiddos.
I do remember he was 50th for everything. He's just your average guy! :-)
Thanksgiving was nice, very quiet and low-key. We didn't go anywhere for lunch, I actually made tacos! We knew we were having turkey for dinner, so it was no point in overloading ourselves, right? We did a bunch of yard work (well, Dustin did yard work, I watched.) and just played with the kids. My favorite kind of holiday-quiet and calm!!! Until Black Friday hit-haha!
Black Friday shopping this year was my favorite year so far I think. Except for the fact that my sisters were on a cruise and couldn't help us!!! Anyway, after dinner Thursday my cousin Brandy and I went to our local Walmart. We got lots of good deals and mainly had fun socializing with everyone! My mom, step-dad, and sister Amanda were there, along with my Aunt Debbie.
After that, Brandy & I decided on a whim to head to the city and do some more shopping at Target & Kohls. We had so much fun, got a car full, and didn't spend all that much money. I got in bed at 4 a.m.! Dustin let me sleep a little bit later than normal, and I was fine. I liked this better for several reasons- first of all, I wasn't gone all day Friday, I was only gone while the kids were sleeping. Secondly, Dustin was still able to hunt later in the day. Thirdly, the grand illumination for my hometown is that night, and I didn't have to rush back for that. Henry's had a cold so we didn't go anyway, but in years past this is a problem.
As far as shopping goes- I am done! I'm so glad. The mailman and UPS guy are coming here everyday, but that's okay! Now, I just need to wrap everything. I also have our cards ready, they arrived yesterday. I just need to address them and get them sent out soon. I panic if I don't have all this done fairly early, mainly because I want to focus on spending time with family and doing special things in the month of December, not shopping. Also, the twins' birthday is in December, so I have to plan that and shop for that, so it can get overwhelming if you wait till the last minute.
I had a flat tire last week with the kids-in my brand new tire! Urrrghh! Thank goodness I was able to get to my sister's work, I don't know what I'd do if I was stranded along the road. Luckily, the place we bought the tires from fixed it for free. They were wonderful all around, we will definitely use them again. The kids were telling me it was "bumpy" riding in the back with the flat tire. The mechanic at Amanda's work hopped in my car to back it up so he could try to pump it up, and the kids started screaming. I guess Emmy thought he was kidnapping them or something. They know him but have never ridden with him. It was funny, of course we comforted her though. I am glad she knows to scream if a stranger gets near her!!!! Carson was still just saying "It's bumpy". I guess it surprised us, we weren't expecting quite that reaction from the kids!!!
Carson and Henry can't seem to shake the colds they've gotten. Mostly Henry. He had an ear infection when he went for his check up. I thought the antibiotics would clear everything up, but no such luck. Henry goes next week to a pediatric neurosurgeon to have his head looked at. He has plagiocephaly, which is a fancy way of saying, a flat spot. Carson had one too and his cleared up on it's own. Henry's may do the same thing, but we aren't taking any chances since it can affect other things if it doesn't round out. We'll cross one more specialist off the list of ones we've tried. We've been to the pediatric cardiologist, urologist, endocrinologist, opthamologist, and maybe one or two more I've forgotten. Thank goodness my kids are healthy!! I'm not even kidding. We ARE healthy.
The Christmas tree is up. I must say, I DO NOT enjoy putting up the tree. I love it once it's up. This year it was especially trying, as I tried doing it all by myself with the twins' help. I finally called my mom and told her to get here quick or we'd have no tree.....she showed up with lights and helped finish it off. The problem was it was a pre-lit one from Nicole, and a few lights didn't work. No problem, I added more lights. By the time I got it to the house from the garage (don't ask me why I thought it would be easier to put it up in the shed first), it fell over and all the shaping I'd done was flat again. Lights were going out right and left on the NEW strands I had put on. I was ready to throw it out the door when I called mom. Thank goodness she enjoys decorating. So far so good on it staying up with minimal touching from the kids. We also did a small John Deere tree for Carson because I already had those ornaments from Hallmark. We will do something special for Emilynn too, I just don't know what yet.
Potty training is still going great! They are dry except some nights. Most nights they are dry, of course sometimes we still have a few accidents. I am so proud of them and I never thought I'd see this day!!! And speaking of potty training, they are playing in the sink now, so I've gotta go!!!!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Pictures Galore!
I have finally, finally been able to load all the pictures off my new camera (well, new to me a year ago!) onto the computer. I had ordered the cable I needed, then I realized I should probably get a power cord, just to be safe. I ordered that so I wouldn't risk having the camera battery go dead mid-stream, possibly causing me to lose pics. I for some odd reason got a notion tonight to do all this, set all the cords up, and could not find my instruction manual. Urrghh...twenty minutes and lots of tearing the house up-I finally find the manual and start loading pics. I had about 1300 or so to load. Yes, I love taking pictures and actually haven't taken that many this year, or it doesn't feel like it. I also loaded all the disks from last Sundays photo session, which was about 1500 pics I think. I've been up to my eyeballs in pictures! I've been able to work on our Christmas card, a few gifts, and change the blog pic-in case you didn't notice! I will have many pics to share in the upcoming weeks-so stay tuned! For tonight, I'm exhausted. I can only deal with so much technology at once. :-) It's just not my "thing." It does feel good to get a task done that I've been putting off forever!!!
And since it's Wednesday already- Happy 9 months to my little baby Henry! Where have the past 9 months gone? He is such a big boy now and growing every day. I will post his new stats tomorrow, as his 9 month check up is tomorrow morning. Another reason I need rest......more later!
And since it's Wednesday already- Happy 9 months to my little baby Henry! Where have the past 9 months gone? He is such a big boy now and growing every day. I will post his new stats tomorrow, as his 9 month check up is tomorrow morning. Another reason I need rest......more later!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting
Today was a special day-a day to get out and vote. I have to say-it's never lost on me what a big deal this is and how many lives were lost for me to be able to vote. I only hope that I can teach my children how important this is. I WILL teach my children how important this right is, and to not take it for granted.
I think it's a teachable moment all the way around. A local election here in our county didn't go how I would have liked, and as a Christian you know that all eyes are on you when things aren't going your way. I don't mean just me personally, because obviously I'M not that important alone. :-) I mean Christians as a whole, all Christians. So, it is important how you react to such things, to others and to your children. The way you react is most likely how your children will react themselves when faced with the same situation in a few years. I know this is true by the amount of times I hear Emilynn say "oh gosh" when something happens, just like me. I know this because Carson puts his hat on his chair when he eats, just like his Daddy. Our children mimic our behavior, right from the start. In a few years they will be able to walk in with us to vote, we just aren't there yet. The nice ladies did send out stickers for them to wear, which I thought was very sweet and helped them feel like a part of the process.
So, as I think about voting and all that goes along with it, I think about what I want my children to learn from the experience.
We will teach our children to pray for all of our elected leaders and their families, no matter what.
We will teach them to respect them, no matter what. It's important and I'm thankful. I'm thankful I had the freedom to go vote today.
I think it's a teachable moment all the way around. A local election here in our county didn't go how I would have liked, and as a Christian you know that all eyes are on you when things aren't going your way. I don't mean just me personally, because obviously I'M not that important alone. :-) I mean Christians as a whole, all Christians. So, it is important how you react to such things, to others and to your children. The way you react is most likely how your children will react themselves when faced with the same situation in a few years. I know this is true by the amount of times I hear Emilynn say "oh gosh" when something happens, just like me. I know this because Carson puts his hat on his chair when he eats, just like his Daddy. Our children mimic our behavior, right from the start. In a few years they will be able to walk in with us to vote, we just aren't there yet. The nice ladies did send out stickers for them to wear, which I thought was very sweet and helped them feel like a part of the process.
So, as I think about voting and all that goes along with it, I think about what I want my children to learn from the experience.
We will teach our children to pray for all of our elected leaders and their families, no matter what.
We will teach them to respect them, no matter what. It's important and I'm thankful. I'm thankful I had the freedom to go vote today.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
A Declaration
I'm almost afraid to jinx myself by saying it....but last Thursday, I made a declaration- Carson is potty trained! Wahoooooooo!!!!!!!! Emilynn is 99 % potty trained as well. Our diaper budget has gone to almost nothing it seems! Diapering one baby is cake compared to three! I can't believe I've had 3 in diapers for 8 months! Unbelievable. I have to say- potty training the twins was the hardest thing I've done with twins so far. Harder than the sleepless nights and feeding two babies by myself, or anything I can think of that was hard. It has honestly worried me to no end. I thought we'd be sending them to college in diapers. I've started training, then had to re-group many times. I've read countless books on the matter. It is hard. If you're a twin mom reading this-know it will be hard.
Not impossible, but hard.
It has also seemed to go on forever. Carson started over a year ago asking to go to the potty. He started this all, I never pushed them. Which maybe was part of the delay, I'm not sure.
Where we are right now is that Carson does great-he asks to go and will stop playing to go. Tonight he did have an accident at my grandma's, but he was wearing bib overalls which he can't get down by himself. I don't think it's a set back by any means.
Emilynn has to be reminded and asked to go potty but she REALLY wants a Dora doll for her big thing for learning potty training. She is so proud of herself when she goes. She was having trouble with #2, but yesterday she did that twice in the potty. I opened the bathroom door, and she was holding her kiddie potty and said "SURPRISE!" holding up poop. It was so cute. Yes, her pooping in the potty made me VERY happy! It's funny what you get excited about as a mom!
I am thrilled to pieces to be starting this next phase of life with potty trained kiddos.
I will also admit, I am a bit sad because they are not babies anymore. They are much closer to big kids than babies. It is a little sad as each phase passes because I desperately want to soak it all up.
So, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little sad to see another phase pass. I am excited about all this opens up for them though. They are so proud of themselves too, and that makes me so proud of them!
In other milestone news- Henry says "ma-ma". It's the cutest thing I've ever heard (of course!). He will lay in bed in the morning and say ma-ma, ma-ma. Oh my goodness it melts my heart. He is such a little cutie pie anyway. And YES, I'm very biased! Haha!
He is also so very photogenic. Moreso than the twins I think. He is just truly the happiest baby. My grandma and others have always said I was such a happy baby and everything made me laugh. I now understand what they meant because Henry is the same way. We did pictures today and got some adorable ones of him. I can't wait to see them and hope we got some good twin pics too. Meme hired someone to come out and take family pictures and it was great. We got so many shots....the girl took like 4,000 pictures and I'm not joking! She said she had never filled a memory card before and she did with our group. That was really before we even arrived to start our family pics. I've always wanted pictures with my sisters, so that was nice to get and also with Dustin, me, and the children.
Oh, and the biggest news of the week was-I'm going to be an aunt again! I am so excited! Hunter is finally going to be a big brother. Our family has had a baby or two every year since 2008. 2008 was Hunter, 2009 was the twins, 2010 was Morgan, 2011 was Dylan, and 2012 was Henry. 2013 will be baby ??? If it's a girl (which I'm pretty sure it is) she will be Paige. I'm sure I'll call her Paigey. It just sounds cute.
Anyway, enough of my aunt rambling.
Halloween was good. I love Halloween for some reason-I just always have. I used to "borrow" Alyssa to take trick or treating so I could go! Dad & Dawn were happy to loan her out because she is the fourth child.....so they had done enough trick or treating.
This year the twins had pumpkin costumes. I had gotten them at Target last year for $1 after Halloween. They are really nicely made, not the cheap-o ones but were 90% off. Henry was the cutest lion you've ever seen. Meme got his costume when the twins were small but it never fit them.
Carson ended up just being Carson because he was sick and not in the pumpkin mood. He perked up when he started getting candy though! We made 6 stops and got a ton of loot! We could have done a few more but it was enough for the kids. It's a lot to get in and out of car seats. We only go to close friends and family anyway. We have a huge tote of costumes that were Alyssa's so the twins were going to be animals like Henry, but then went back to pumpkins at the last minute. They have strong opinions now, so things can get interesting. I was worried once we left they'd want the other costumes, so I brought 4 extra costumes with us. Dustin laughed because all you could see was fur in the back of the car. Anyway, it was a fun time.
Carson then gave his cold to Emmy, then Henry, then Daddy, then me. We are all a little under the weather. Henry gave us a scare Friday. He was projectile vomiting for a while. I called the dr.'s office and a nurse line for our insurance and they both said to watch him for dehydration and give him pedialyte. He wasn't feverish, so that was good. He has been better yesterday and today seems almost normal except a little snotty nose. He was so pitiful Friday though, I've never had a sick baby that small. The twins may have had sniffles but they never got sick like that. I was ready to take him somewhere but he ended up holding down the pedialyte. I haven't gotten much rest this weekend though, and with the time change I'm tired. I know it's supposed to give you more sleep-but tell that to my kids! They were up even earlier today!
Well, I'm off to read and rest.
Not impossible, but hard.
It has also seemed to go on forever. Carson started over a year ago asking to go to the potty. He started this all, I never pushed them. Which maybe was part of the delay, I'm not sure.
Where we are right now is that Carson does great-he asks to go and will stop playing to go. Tonight he did have an accident at my grandma's, but he was wearing bib overalls which he can't get down by himself. I don't think it's a set back by any means.
Emilynn has to be reminded and asked to go potty but she REALLY wants a Dora doll for her big thing for learning potty training. She is so proud of herself when she goes. She was having trouble with #2, but yesterday she did that twice in the potty. I opened the bathroom door, and she was holding her kiddie potty and said "SURPRISE!" holding up poop. It was so cute. Yes, her pooping in the potty made me VERY happy! It's funny what you get excited about as a mom!
I am thrilled to pieces to be starting this next phase of life with potty trained kiddos.
I will also admit, I am a bit sad because they are not babies anymore. They are much closer to big kids than babies. It is a little sad as each phase passes because I desperately want to soak it all up.
So, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little sad to see another phase pass. I am excited about all this opens up for them though. They are so proud of themselves too, and that makes me so proud of them!
In other milestone news- Henry says "ma-ma". It's the cutest thing I've ever heard (of course!). He will lay in bed in the morning and say ma-ma, ma-ma. Oh my goodness it melts my heart. He is such a little cutie pie anyway. And YES, I'm very biased! Haha!
He is also so very photogenic. Moreso than the twins I think. He is just truly the happiest baby. My grandma and others have always said I was such a happy baby and everything made me laugh. I now understand what they meant because Henry is the same way. We did pictures today and got some adorable ones of him. I can't wait to see them and hope we got some good twin pics too. Meme hired someone to come out and take family pictures and it was great. We got so many shots....the girl took like 4,000 pictures and I'm not joking! She said she had never filled a memory card before and she did with our group. That was really before we even arrived to start our family pics. I've always wanted pictures with my sisters, so that was nice to get and also with Dustin, me, and the children.
Oh, and the biggest news of the week was-I'm going to be an aunt again! I am so excited! Hunter is finally going to be a big brother. Our family has had a baby or two every year since 2008. 2008 was Hunter, 2009 was the twins, 2010 was Morgan, 2011 was Dylan, and 2012 was Henry. 2013 will be baby ??? If it's a girl (which I'm pretty sure it is) she will be Paige. I'm sure I'll call her Paigey. It just sounds cute.
Anyway, enough of my aunt rambling.
Halloween was good. I love Halloween for some reason-I just always have. I used to "borrow" Alyssa to take trick or treating so I could go! Dad & Dawn were happy to loan her out because she is the fourth child.....so they had done enough trick or treating.
This year the twins had pumpkin costumes. I had gotten them at Target last year for $1 after Halloween. They are really nicely made, not the cheap-o ones but were 90% off. Henry was the cutest lion you've ever seen. Meme got his costume when the twins were small but it never fit them.
Carson ended up just being Carson because he was sick and not in the pumpkin mood. He perked up when he started getting candy though! We made 6 stops and got a ton of loot! We could have done a few more but it was enough for the kids. It's a lot to get in and out of car seats. We only go to close friends and family anyway. We have a huge tote of costumes that were Alyssa's so the twins were going to be animals like Henry, but then went back to pumpkins at the last minute. They have strong opinions now, so things can get interesting. I was worried once we left they'd want the other costumes, so I brought 4 extra costumes with us. Dustin laughed because all you could see was fur in the back of the car. Anyway, it was a fun time.
Carson then gave his cold to Emmy, then Henry, then Daddy, then me. We are all a little under the weather. Henry gave us a scare Friday. He was projectile vomiting for a while. I called the dr.'s office and a nurse line for our insurance and they both said to watch him for dehydration and give him pedialyte. He wasn't feverish, so that was good. He has been better yesterday and today seems almost normal except a little snotty nose. He was so pitiful Friday though, I've never had a sick baby that small. The twins may have had sniffles but they never got sick like that. I was ready to take him somewhere but he ended up holding down the pedialyte. I haven't gotten much rest this weekend though, and with the time change I'm tired. I know it's supposed to give you more sleep-but tell that to my kids! They were up even earlier today!
Well, I'm off to read and rest.
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