I miss my bed. I doubt that my children miss their beds, Jordan is sleeping comfortably in her bunk-bed here at my parents' house. Carter is in his pack-n-play, complete with a mini-matress and everything.
Anyway, we had a blast at the farm today. Jordan picked about 4 pounds of strawberries!!! Carter LOVED the animals (Jordan did as well of course, but this isn't anything new). He patted the horse's nose and was squeeling at all of the animals. So cute! Afterwards we went to lunch at Wendy's (fancy, I know!) Then back to my parents' for nap time.
Apparently this morning while I was getting us all ready to go to the farm, my Mom mentioned to Jordan that she was going out to the store and asked Jordan if she needed anything. If you EVER ask Jordan if she needs anything from the store, she will always have a different answer. So, my mom comes home while Jordan and Carter are sleeping, and unloads a basketball hoop from her vehicle. Apparently that is what Jordan needed today...interesting... But she did have alot of fun playing with it before Church tonight!
Dave got suckered into taking her on the playground before church, and they had alot of fun of course. We went to Ledo's for pizza after church, just as we do every Saturday night. We get there around 8:00, and they close at 10:00. So, after we eat Jordan "helps" the waitresses clean up the restaraunt. She got a $1.00 tip today. Jordan LOVES this part of going to Ledo's. We can almost ALWAYS get her to eat all of her dinner there, because she knows that she gets to clean up afterwards.
Tomorrow is a birthday party and swimming....And maybe I'll actually get some pictures up, I forgot to ask Dave to bring up the adapter. This living in 2 seperate places is really tricky!!!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
last day of school
So today was it...Jordan's last day of her first year of school. It was only the 2 year old program, so I don't think it really counts, but I did get all choked up anyways. Next year, there will be children younger than her at the school...she won't be the baby there anymore (And she definately was the baby, they squeezed her in, even though she was just past the birthday cut-off.) She had a good day at school, and drew a GREAT picture. She actually drew something instead of just scribbles. She said it was her at the park, swinging on the swings...I kind of see it.
Carter is saying "Hi" to anyone and everyone today, and attempting to wave. Cute!!! He's getting closer and closer to crawling, still. It'll be any day now.
I took a TON of pictures of them today, but unfortunately my adapter for the memory card is at home. I'll get Dave to bring it up tomorrow, and then we'll have double-tons of pictures to post. We're going to play on the slip 'n slide tomorrow, then go pick strawberries. Nothing any more significant than any of that to report....
Carter is saying "Hi" to anyone and everyone today, and attempting to wave. Cute!!! He's getting closer and closer to crawling, still. It'll be any day now.
I took a TON of pictures of them today, but unfortunately my adapter for the memory card is at home. I'll get Dave to bring it up tomorrow, and then we'll have double-tons of pictures to post. We're going to play on the slip 'n slide tomorrow, then go pick strawberries. Nothing any more significant than any of that to report....
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Busy Day!
Today was incredibly busy!! Jordan had Gymnastics at 9:30, which means we had to leave here at 8:30 to be there on time (this does not mean we WERE on time, but would have been had we left at 8:30.) Jordan is working on mastering her "toe touch" jump. IT.IS.HILLARIOUS. Coach M. Holds Jordan's hips, lifts her as she jumps up and holds her up long enough to get her legs out, back down again, and land. Then Jordan tries...she jumps up, puts her legs out perfectly and leans to touch her toes and then SLAM, she lands on her butt on the ground!!!! (its okay to laugh at this, the floor is VERY VERY padded and springy).
Next, onto our weekly early-lunch at Chick Fil A. Great, as always. Then there's the weekly pointless trip to Target, where I search the dollar aisle for things I don't need but have to have because they're only a $1.00. I cleaned up in there today, coloring book, bubbles, flip flops, hand sanitizer, wipies, travel size tylenol.
Drove home to pick up the double stroller, and on the way both kids fell asleep. Since Carter can't actually go INTO our house (poor guy) Dave came and sat outside with them and I took a much-needed quick shower. Then we were off to the Marine Museum. What a blast! We've been there many times, but for some reason this time Jordan was REALLY into everything. I refuse, however, to be one of those Moms who FORCES my child to learn something at the museum, by stopping at EVERY SINGLE exhibit and reading the little caption. We just read the ones she had questions about and "ooh'd and aah'd" over the rest. My friend who came with us IS one of those Moms...so that slowed us down substantially. I asked Jordan later what her favorite part of the museum was and she said "I can't pick just one favorite, I had lots and lots of favorites." YAY!!! THAT is a successful trip!
Then we went to Ritas, and since this blog is not supposed to really be about me, but about my Children; I will spare the details of the drama that happened there. Just know, it wasn't my fault, my car is fine, and I'm SURE it was a learning experience for the 16 year old girl...
We went home to pick Dave up so we could go have dinner as a family and the contractor was still there. We hung out in the backyard for an hour or so waiting. Jordan lost my car keys out there, so that was a fun "treasure hunt" activity. We found them, in Dave's pocket...I don't have a clue how he got them. Finally we made it to Mexico Restaraunt and had a great dinner. Busy but great day!! Tomorrow Jordan has her last day of her first year of school :-( That went by entirely too quickly. I hope every year doesn't go by so fast...I'm choking up just thinking about that.
...Carter is soooo close to crawling....so, maybe an update about that soon!
'Night!
Next, onto our weekly early-lunch at Chick Fil A. Great, as always. Then there's the weekly pointless trip to Target, where I search the dollar aisle for things I don't need but have to have because they're only a $1.00. I cleaned up in there today, coloring book, bubbles, flip flops, hand sanitizer, wipies, travel size tylenol.
Drove home to pick up the double stroller, and on the way both kids fell asleep. Since Carter can't actually go INTO our house (poor guy) Dave came and sat outside with them and I took a much-needed quick shower. Then we were off to the Marine Museum. What a blast! We've been there many times, but for some reason this time Jordan was REALLY into everything. I refuse, however, to be one of those Moms who FORCES my child to learn something at the museum, by stopping at EVERY SINGLE exhibit and reading the little caption. We just read the ones she had questions about and "ooh'd and aah'd" over the rest. My friend who came with us IS one of those Moms...so that slowed us down substantially. I asked Jordan later what her favorite part of the museum was and she said "I can't pick just one favorite, I had lots and lots of favorites." YAY!!! THAT is a successful trip!
Then we went to Ritas, and since this blog is not supposed to really be about me, but about my Children; I will spare the details of the drama that happened there. Just know, it wasn't my fault, my car is fine, and I'm SURE it was a learning experience for the 16 year old girl...
We went home to pick Dave up so we could go have dinner as a family and the contractor was still there. We hung out in the backyard for an hour or so waiting. Jordan lost my car keys out there, so that was a fun "treasure hunt" activity. We found them, in Dave's pocket...I don't have a clue how he got them. Finally we made it to Mexico Restaraunt and had a great dinner. Busy but great day!! Tomorrow Jordan has her last day of her first year of school :-( That went by entirely too quickly. I hope every year doesn't go by so fast...I'm choking up just thinking about that.
...Carter is soooo close to crawling....so, maybe an update about that soon!
'Night!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Whining (um me, not Jordan)
Let me paint you a picture:
Doctor's waiting room, 3:15pm on a Tuesday. 1 free chair, and me with a toddler, an infant (who looks like a toddler) in his carrier and a diaper bag the size of Texas. Other toddler running around the room is CLEARLY there because he has ringworm on his face. Little boy who looks to be about 5 has croup.bad. Boy beside us' mother says "Just don't let him breathe on your kids." Little girl coloring has run to the bathroom with her mother at least 3 times in the first 20 minutes that we're there. Jordan ran up and hugged ringworm boy. Jordan remained on my lap the entire wait after this.
Carter has a new ear infection, on top of the one that he still has from last week. This managed to happen while he has been on antibiotics (not Ammoxicillan, he was on that a couple weeks prior for something else). SO, he needed a shot of antibiotics. Doctor checks his lungs, and checks and checks and checks for a long time (in my experience with Carter, the longer she checks, the worse it is). He's wheezing pretty good she says. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH. I was realy really hoping that we'd be ready to wean him off of his inhalers, or at least one of them, but NOPE. We have to up the inhalers. Then the basement renovations come up in conversation and she says that very well could be a trigger causing his lungs to get inflamed. Drywall Dust. GREAT. GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT. So, per the dr's suggestion we have vacated the house and will remain out for a week. If he gets better, than we know that is more than likely causing the problem. For now though, we're assuming its some mild Asthma caused by scarring on his lungs from the RSV. (He is such a trooper...)
Okay, onto the shot. Before the shot the nurse came in to "talk" to me because she wanted me to really understand that this is a very painful shot (as opposed to the ones that feel good???) and he would scream for probably at least a solid 1/2 hour afterwards but that's normal. She gave him the shot - he screamed - then he stopped. She looked at me and said "I can't even imagine the pain this little guy must be in from his ears. I have NEVER had a baby not cry after the shot." GREAT. GREAT GREAT GREAT. My poor child who HAS been screaming bloody murder several times a day for the last week, was in a substantial amount of pain, and THAT'S NOT EVEN WHY I BROUGHT HIM TO THE DOCTOR. (There went Mommy of the year. AGAIN.) During all of this, Jordan is talking and talking and talking and talking. And DEMANDING that Carter is NOT getting a shot because "I said No! I telled you NO SHOTS TODAY!" So, I'm trying to listen to the dr/nurse over my 2 year old, and prepare her because if he's going to scream for 3o minutes than you'd better believe she will too. Chair flips over, Jordan screams, I flip out (because its only about the millionth time in 20 minutes I've told her that we don't stnad on chairs). We had to stick around the first floor of the dr's building for 1/2 hour to make sure there's no reaction to the Shot, and Thank God there wasn't.
That's all, that was my afternoon yesterday. re-reading it, I may have just been way too hi-strung yesterday and that's why it effected me the way it did...so here I sit, pale and not at home :-(
Doctor's waiting room, 3:15pm on a Tuesday. 1 free chair, and me with a toddler, an infant (who looks like a toddler) in his carrier and a diaper bag the size of Texas. Other toddler running around the room is CLEARLY there because he has ringworm on his face. Little boy who looks to be about 5 has croup.bad. Boy beside us' mother says "Just don't let him breathe on your kids." Little girl coloring has run to the bathroom with her mother at least 3 times in the first 20 minutes that we're there. Jordan ran up and hugged ringworm boy. Jordan remained on my lap the entire wait after this.
Carter has a new ear infection, on top of the one that he still has from last week. This managed to happen while he has been on antibiotics (not Ammoxicillan, he was on that a couple weeks prior for something else). SO, he needed a shot of antibiotics. Doctor checks his lungs, and checks and checks and checks for a long time (in my experience with Carter, the longer she checks, the worse it is). He's wheezing pretty good she says. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH. I was realy really hoping that we'd be ready to wean him off of his inhalers, or at least one of them, but NOPE. We have to up the inhalers. Then the basement renovations come up in conversation and she says that very well could be a trigger causing his lungs to get inflamed. Drywall Dust. GREAT. GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT. So, per the dr's suggestion we have vacated the house and will remain out for a week. If he gets better, than we know that is more than likely causing the problem. For now though, we're assuming its some mild Asthma caused by scarring on his lungs from the RSV. (He is such a trooper...)
Okay, onto the shot. Before the shot the nurse came in to "talk" to me because she wanted me to really understand that this is a very painful shot (as opposed to the ones that feel good???) and he would scream for probably at least a solid 1/2 hour afterwards but that's normal. She gave him the shot - he screamed - then he stopped. She looked at me and said "I can't even imagine the pain this little guy must be in from his ears. I have NEVER had a baby not cry after the shot." GREAT. GREAT GREAT GREAT. My poor child who HAS been screaming bloody murder several times a day for the last week, was in a substantial amount of pain, and THAT'S NOT EVEN WHY I BROUGHT HIM TO THE DOCTOR. (There went Mommy of the year. AGAIN.) During all of this, Jordan is talking and talking and talking and talking. And DEMANDING that Carter is NOT getting a shot because "I said No! I telled you NO SHOTS TODAY!" So, I'm trying to listen to the dr/nurse over my 2 year old, and prepare her because if he's going to scream for 3o minutes than you'd better believe she will too. Chair flips over, Jordan screams, I flip out (because its only about the millionth time in 20 minutes I've told her that we don't stnad on chairs). We had to stick around the first floor of the dr's building for 1/2 hour to make sure there's no reaction to the Shot, and Thank God there wasn't.
That's all, that was my afternoon yesterday. re-reading it, I may have just been way too hi-strung yesterday and that's why it effected me the way it did...so here I sit, pale and not at home :-(
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Good Day gone Bad :-(
The kids slept in today!!! But Dave called the house at 7, and my mom called at 7:30. Whatever, its still a good start to the day if I wake up BEFORE Jordan and Carter. I really don't know why, but for some reason if I have just a head start on them, enough to pee, and start the pot of coffee brewing before they wake up, it really sets my mood right for the day. (UM, Don't bother trying to edit that sentence, Grammar People...) Anyways, morning started well. Everyone was happy and ready for a great day!!! Then that ALL changed rather quickly this afternoon. Maybe I'm just bitter because I didn't get my spray tan, taco soup, or margarita. Maybe I'm just moody today, so I let little stuff ruin my great start to the day. Maybe my kids drove me crazy by lunchtime? Maybe I found out that I, yet again, will not be getting Mother of the Year? Maybe as I was explaining to my daughter why we don't ride Carter's pool raft off of furniture or stairs, maybe there was a hint of selfishness in me thinking "REALLY? REALLY I'm spending my day arguing with a toddler???"
As I sit tonight blogging, at my parent's house - where we will reside for a week - I smile though, because tomorrow starts fresh. Tomorrow WILL start with hugs, kisses, tickle fights, and more. Today, I learned:
As I sit tonight blogging, at my parent's house - where we will reside for a week - I smile though, because tomorrow starts fresh. Tomorrow WILL start with hugs, kisses, tickle fights, and more. Today, I learned:
- Princesses don't pick their noses, but pirates do, so its okay (!!!!!!)
- Carter likes it when Jordan flips his carseat upside down
- Carter cracks up when I scream and quickly put his carseat rightside up
- Jordan can figure out no less than 5 ways to flip a chair over in the Dr's office
- We have to run after we flush the potty or it'll suck us right down in there to live in poop (????)
- My son has a very high pain tolerance :-( Wish I'd have known this a week ago, I'd have had him into the dr's sooner
I'm rambling because its late, and it really and truly has been one of those days that I will have to process until sometime tomorrow, and then attempt to document it. Good night!
Monday, May 25, 2009
2 Children
Dave and I have 2 kids. Just 2. 2 is ENOUGH. Jordan is 2, will be 3 in September. Carter is 6 months, his birthday is in November. My husband and I feel NO NEED to have more children. I don't harbor ANY guilt about "children I'll never meet," as I've heard some put it. 2 is ENOUGH.
Here are MY reasons that I don't need/want anymore children (in no particular order):
Here are MY reasons that I don't need/want anymore children (in no particular order):
- Pregnancy SUCKS. S.U.C.K.S!
- Labor/Delivery SUCKS
- Recovery SUCKS
- I am a much nicer person when I get 6 hours of sleep...in a row.
- My car nicely fits 2 car seats
- My house nicely fits 2 children
- Our income nicely fits 2 children
- I like my house clean...(not that it IS clean, but I do like it that way)
- I like my husband, and want to continue to be able to spend some time with him 1 on 1
- My kids are healthy (relatively speaking, and I pray that this does not change!) I'm terrified that the more I have, the more likely something will be wrong
- I have my babies ONE AT A TIME, I don't have a litter, and if God wanted me to have more children, perhaps he'd have snuck a few more in the womb in each pregnancy. He didnt. God and I are clearly on the same page on this issue.
We live in a small(ish) town, and have a small(ish) house. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a little fenced in yard. I really don't think I could ask for more! That's it for today, BUT, I have decided to blog daily starting tomorrow...its the only hope my kids have for documentation of their childhood (since I'm still working to complete my wedding album...their baby albums don't stand a CHANCE!)
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