tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60784725741245114302024-03-18T21:35:02.538-07:00A Day In Z LifeJust a day in the life of our crazy familyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-84681292629895785912012-12-28T10:42:00.001-08:002012-12-28T10:50:13.619-08:00Christmas<p>We had a nice, low key Christmas this year. All the big kids were finally not sick but Alice had a really hard Christmas Eve day and night. Poor girl wouldn't let us put her down and she didn't finally sleep for awhile til 2am. Gave us just enough time to wrap gifts and hurry ourselves to bed. We got a couple hours of sleep before Alice woke up at 5am and went back to sleep just a few minutes before the big girls woke up to open presents. Christmas adrenaline kept Jason and I going for a long time luckily haha </p>
<p>Alice did let us do our traditional Minivan Express which I was so grateful for as it's one of my favorite traditions. The girls open their new pjs, we get blankets, hot chocolate, and popcorn, the girls get their tickets and as they load up into the van, Jason punches their tickets. We drive all over town looking at Christmas lights and listening to Christmas music til the girls fall asleep. </p>
<p>Christmas morning was so fun, I think it's the first year that Audrey and Charlotte really understood what was happening and that was exciting to watch! Paula and her family came over for the amazing dinner Jason had <u>made</u><br>
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It was a really nice day with the family :)
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Time seems to fly by faster and faster with each child. She's been such a blessing to our family! Such a mellow, laid back little baby, very different from all of her sisters! Probably a good thing to be mellow in a house this crazy hahaha She's already sleeping anywhere from 5-8 hours at night, something I was completely not expecting and keep waiting for her to stop! I'm extremely grateful for the sleep though, I have so many other people to take care of, I think I would have lost my mind if I had to be up and down all night like with the others. We've all been fighting sickness over the last month and unfortunately Alice caught some of it. So far, nothing serious, just a bought of tummy grumbles and currently sinus junk. We're all praying and disinfecting like crazy and hopefully we can finally be sick free soon!<br />
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We had a pretty rough 9 day span last week. It all started at the end of November when we had to put one of our dogs down because he became so ill. Shorty had been a very overweight dog for a long time, no matter what we tried. He started not eating and losing weight and then the end of November, he became so ill he couldn't keep down water. We took him to the urgent care vet and they found out he had diabetes, pancreatitis, and Cushings. He was extremely sick. We unfortunately don't have the kind of free income that long term care for all of that would cost. Jason is a diabetic and so we know how much insulin is without insurance. He was 10 years old and had lived a good life, it broke our hearts but we couldn't let him suffer so we had to put him down. The girls did pretty good with it, we really focused on how happy he is in doggy heaven. Naty took it the hardest and we spent some time snuggling and crying together. She's only 5 but she has enough compassion to think through her own sadness and said "I bet Uncle Dan is very sad" (Shorty was technically my brother's dog) and I just thought that was so sweet and wonderful that she could look outside herself and think of him that way. Shorty was a wonderful dog, he was always so protective of our girls. Any time they went out back to play, no matter how hot or cold it was, Shorty always had to be out there with them, watching. He got into food and trash all the time and frustrated us but at the end of the day, he always came and snuggled with you on the couch. We'll miss him.<br />
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So that was Thursday, on Sunday, my mom was out training for her marathon and she fell and broke her arm. Thank the Lord it was her left one. She really did a number on it though, she severely dislocated her wrist, broke a bone in her hand, and broke a bone in her forearm. Her dislocated wrist is so bad that she's having surgery tomorrow to put a plate in so it will stay. This was bad enough on it's own, but Monday Naty had her tonsils out and my mom was supposed to get the other 3 to school and keep Alice for us. My dad took off work to help out. He got the girls to school and we took Alice to the hospital with us. Naty's surgery went very smooth, no complications and we were home after about an hour. She's been doing amazing with her recovery! Only need pain meds for about 4 days and is actually going back to school tomorrow! She misses eating normal food is the only struggle we're having. She has to have soft food for another week. I've been doing my best to cook dinners that she can have to so she doesn't feel so left out every meal.<br />
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Through all of that, we got a tummy bug go through the house, only Naty and Lotty were spared. We've had some sinus/bronchial junk that we've been passing around and around. I've turned into a germaphob and got nuts with Lysol and Clorox wipes at the end of every day. I *think* we're coming to the end of all of it? It would be nice to not be sick for Christmas but I guess we'll see.<br />
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I've been taking pics of the kids like a mad woman so I'll share some of the highlights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice started smiling, it's the best!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our elf, Pixie Stix</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice's disapproving face haha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our sweet Shorty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After her surgery, that's a pillow they gave her hahaha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naty's class made her a Get Well Soon book full of pictures from them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She gave a great smile after one of our rough days</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls have been stealing my pjs lately haha</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-42336432699820417622012-12-09T12:31:00.001-08:002012-12-09T12:31:23.172-08:00Alice's newborn picturesA very, sweet, talented friend of mine gave us a photo session with her as a baby shower gift! She did some amazing portraits of Alice!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-31866831776563726382012-10-21T18:33:00.002-07:002012-10-21T18:33:53.225-07:00Alice Catherine :)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We welcomed Alice Catherine to our family on October 1st at 7:38am! I know, I'm just a little behind posting haha Adjusting to juggling 5 kids has been a process. <br />
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I actually made it to my scheduled c-section date! I couldn't believe it, that was the longest I've ever been pregnant (39 weeks)! It was so weird to walk into Labor & Delivery and not be in labor haha Felt a little like going to the salon, oh I'm just here to have a baby! Haha We checked in at 5:30am (which was ok since I hardly slept anyway), were done with all my admission stuff by 6am so we had over an hour to twiddle our thumbs. About 6:30am the nurse came in and asked if they ever mentioned a heart murmur for Alice. No one ever had, pretty sure my own heart rate doubled at that point. The nurse explained there's a common murmur that goes away after delivery and not to worry. Hahaha yeah right lady!! I spent the next 45mins worrying and texting with one of my good friends who just happens to be a NICU nurse. She made me feel about as good as a mom could about it. By 7:15am things started to move, Jason got dressed in his scrubs and they started to move me to the OR. This OR wasn't nearly as cold as the one with the twins thankfully! We had a lot of waiting around to do, there was only one anesthesiologist and she was doing another patient. My OB even came in ready to go before she got there haha Then the spinal took forever to completely numb me. My last spinal numbed me so much I never felt any of the tugging and pressure everyone is always talking about. Felt it this time! That I must say is an experience I could have skipped. Thank God for calming yoga breathing to keep myself from freaking. Alice wasn't even half out when she started SCREAMING away! :) She was quite unhappy with her rude eviction, she continued to scream the whole time they cleaned her up! It was a beautiful noise! Her Apgar was 8 and 9, my OB called foul on not giving her a 10 since she came out ready to tell us all off! LOL Jason and the nursery nurse finally brought our newest baby girl to see me! She was so cute, 8lbs 5oz 20in, reminded me exactly of her big sister Naty! After a few minutes Jason went back to our room with her to wait for me. After what felt like forever, they were finally done with me and I got to go be with my baby and husband. <br />
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Our hospital stay was uneventful, always good. The morphine made me itch like crazy but I was so happy I didn't get sick coming down off the spinal this time! Alice was a champ at nursing and we seemed to be settling in to a routine already. The on call pedi said she still heard the murmur but didnt think it needed an echo yet and to just have my pedi check it in a few days. When it came time to be discharged the nursery told me Alice had dropped 8% of her body weight which is a lot but since she had wet and dirty diapers, they weren't worried yet, told me to keep doing what I was doing. <br />
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So long stories short, we got home and were adjusting well but Alice was becoming more jaundice and sleeping more and more. Turns out she was also continuing to drop weight. There wasn't anything wrong with her nursing skills, so it was me. I went through this with the twins too. With them we stuck it out 6 weeks trying this, that, and supplementing. I know how this road ends, there's something wrong with me and I just can't get my milk to let down. It's fine, I dealt with the big bad emotions of all that with the twins. So we just switched to formula and within a few days she was gaining weight and you could tell the jaundice was getting out of her system. By one week old her pedi also didn't hear a murmur anymore! Yay! That was great news! <br />
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Alice has been so much fun to have around, all her sisters adore her and want to help all the time with everything! She's a mellow personality who isn't afraid to have her opinion known when she cares, like when she's hungry or objecting to hiccups or pooping LOL She isn't so thrilled with the whole car experience and would prefer if we walked in her Ergo everywhere hahaha She reminds me of Jason's personality a lot so it should be interesting as she grows. ;) <br />
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And now the many pictures, sorry a lot are sideways;<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-85588304674715192362012-09-10T12:46:00.001-07:002012-09-10T12:46:27.824-07:00Creeping closer to a family of 7 Oh that title still makes me queasy I'll admit! Never expected to have 5 children when I imagined our family hahaha But what do I know? Obviously God has bigger, better plans as always and I'm feeling much better about trusting that. I'm 36 weeks now and have definitely slowed way down in general! My c-section is scheduled for October 1st, so I have 3 weeks tops left! I've never made it to 39 weeks before so it'll be interesting to see if I do or not! As much as I'm feeling very done being pregnant, part of me would really like to make it to that date just to try something different with delivering a baby hahaha I've had an epidural, natural, and "emergency" c-section so far, so I wouldn't mind adding the whole walking not in labor into the hospital and having a baby to that list ;) Alice has already proven she's got quite a stubborn streak and will be doing things her way so we'll just have to see how she wants to enter this world!<br />
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We finished our last few things to get ready for her this weekend. Jason put together my new rocking chair and stroller. He also got the new car seat all installed in the van, Kate is extremely excited and proud to be the big sister who gets to sit right by her! Now I've moved past my "getting ready" worries and moved on to the "after baby" worries. I haven't been an overly successful breastfeeder ever, Kate and Naty were both quite small until they started solids and with the twins I wasn't ever able to get my supply up enough and when I quit at 8 weeks I was able to stop cold turkey and never even got engorged if that tells you something. My mom was a LaLeche League leader for years and years and through her and other help, pretty sure I have something anatomical going on because I was doing everything "right" so we'll just see how it goes. Maybe having all the other girls in school will help by giving me more calm, alone time with the baby. I still feel that mother's guilt over the thought of having to use formula, even though I've done it before and I know in my heart there's nothing wrong at all with it.<br />
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The girls are all so excited to meet their new little sister soon! They come home every day from school and are a little disappointed I haven't had her yet hahaha They all discuss how much they are going to hug and kiss her, help me with diapers and rocking her. They even talk about what songs and stories they sing/read to her and all the games they want to teach her! I think it's so sweet and I think I'll have the problem of too many chefs in the kitchen on help with Alice hahaha Good problem to have I suppose!<br />
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Godwilling, this will be our very last baby. I'm really trying to enjoy these last few weeks but after so many babies so close together, my muscles and tendons have so had it and I go through a lot of daily pain. I do my best in those times to think of all the women who would love nothing more then to endure any of the pain I go through if they could be blessed with a child of their own and not feel so sorry for myself, but let's face it, I'm only human and I have my fair share of pity parties and wishing it was just over already.<br />
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I'm now taking bets on how much longer it will be til Alice is here!! ;) hahaha<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-652642388904789512012-08-22T14:07:00.001-07:002012-08-23T09:36:18.533-07:00First Day of school!Monday was the girls first day of school! All my big girls were going this year and it's so hard to believe already! Sunday my anxiety over Audrey and Lotty starting PreK showed up, I hadn't been too worry before. Jason was able to take the morning off work for the first time ever, he missed both Kate and Naty's first day of PreK so he was very happy to be able to come this year! <br />
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Our big 1st grader, Kate, is on the other side of the school from her little sisters so she got Daddy all the herself for drop off that first day. He helped her get all her supplies in her desk and she begrudgingly gave him a picture, apparently we've already reached the age of "Gah my parents are embarrassing!" haha<br />
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Naty, Audrey and Charlotte all share a pod which is really nice! The twins and I took Naty to her class room first. She's such a little pro already, while I was busy putting her supplies where they needed to go, she walked straight to her cubby to put her back pack and lunch away. We helped her pick a seat and then she was ready for us to leave hahaha<br />
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Audrey and Lotty are just across the pod hall from Naty so off to their class we went. They were super excited to find their cubbies and hang up their back packs, it's so cute the pleasure they take in such a little thing just because it's new :) We went and found their seats, their teacher had moved them next to each other for the moment, and got them to sit and color on their papers. Jason showed up about then and so I asked if they were ready for us to leave, Lotty said yes but Audrey told me no with her saddest face. Oh boy, wasn't expecting my boldest child to have a hard time with us leaving. We stood next to them for a few minutes and I asked again, still no, so I told her were going to stand at the back of the class room. We weren't back there more then maybe two minutes before Audrey had come back to us. I picked her up and asked why she was so sad and she told me she just didn't want me to leave. :/ I was standing right by the door so I showed her she can see Naty's class room from the door, Lotty is sitting right next to her and Miss Steinhoff will tell her what she needs to do and when. We cuddled for a minute but then I sent her back to her seat. Lotty came over next, but just to ask if she could play blocks because she was done coloring haha I told her to wait til Miss Steinhoff told she could, just go keep coloring til class starts. <br />
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I felt bad for the teacher, she was Kate's PreK teacher, every year their is always at least one child having a melt down but this year I think she had three going at the same time plus some snifflers. We stuck around longer then I probably would have normally just because I wanted to make sure Audrey wasn't going to start crying. I had to go reassure Audrey again when one little boy next to her started having a complete melt down. Just reminded her that he is just missing his mommy and all the mommies will be back at the end of the day. The second bell rang about then so we finally went over and have final hugs and kisses and told them we are leaving. The look on Audrey's face about killed me but I made myself leave. Almost started bawling the minute I closed the door behind us. Pregnant women should not have to drop their kids off for the first day of school hahaha <br />
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Jason and I went for coffee after that which was a nice way to push off the silent house for a bit plus it was awful nice to go get coffee with my husband without having to arrange for someone to watch any combo of the kids! <br />
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I was super excited to pick everyone up at the end of the day! Everyone had a great day! Audrey calmed down pretty fast and they both were really excited to go back :)<br />
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Second day went super smooth! Kate and Naty walked themselves to their class rooms and the twins had no problem meeting their class in the cafeteria and having me give kisses and saying good bye right away :)<br />
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Audrey came down sick today, third day of school, I felt so bad for her! She seems to be feeling better by this evening so fingers crossed, I expect her to be able to go to school tomorrow. Lotty did a great job by herself at school which made me so happy! That's the longest they've ever been apart! <br />
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Here's hoping for a great school year!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-13968821182515234132012-07-24T09:08:00.001-07:002012-07-24T09:08:02.877-07:00Audrey and Charlotte turn 4!Our little twinkles are 4!! Audrey and Charlotte turned 4 on July 19th, we had a fun little family party them that night with pizza and cake. That weekend we had a bigger family party with everyone in tow. My little girls love dress up and being princesses so we had a princess party for them :) Kate and Naty had great fun picking out gifts for them this year which was fun to see too.<br />
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Audrey is turning into such a people person! She has never met a stranger and assumes everyone wants to know her and what she's thinking hahaha She always wakes up with the biggest smile and I swear she wakes thinking what crazy thing can I do today? Hahaha She's most definitely the more outgoing of the two. She's my little shadow and has been one of my biggest helpers during this pregnancy. She loves helping me with the laundry and dishes! She's definitely a little spot of spunky sunshine! :)<br />
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Charlotte is still my little sweet pea! She's got such a kind, sweet nature to her. Much more quiet then her twin sister, but always right behind her ready for whatever adventure Audrey thinks of (after Audrey has given it a test run and made sure it's safe haha) Lotty loves her accessories! She's always wearing necklaces, bracelets, and something on her head. She also loves her purses, bags, and wagon. Always full to the brim with her favorite toys of the moment!<br />
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I can still remember the shock of finding out we were having twins and I can say 4 years later that I can see what a blessing God gave us and them with our little BOGO pregnancy ;) They melt my heart when I see them hold hands or snuggle together. It helps my mother anxiety that they will have each other in PreK next month since I still think of them as my babies. I hope and pray they will always love and cherish each other so much and take so much joy in their special bond! :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-38190527299499818732012-07-18T12:27:00.000-07:002012-07-18T12:27:21.733-07:00Blog, what blog?Ok can we all just admit up front I've done a TERRIBLE job keeping up with this blog thing? Hahaha Well I'm going to try to do better for my own forget-everything-mommy-brain self! Hhhmm, where to start.. well last school year went great, Kate and Naty had a fabulous year and learned so much! They seemed so much more mature to me at the end. Next month school starts up again! Kate will be in 1st grade, Naty will be in Kindergarten, and Audrey and Charlotte will be in PreK!! Hard to believe all four will be in school! Audrey and Charlotte will be the youngest starting PreK so far, as they will only turn 4 tomorrow, versus Kate who was almost 5 and Naty who was 4.5. 6 months can make a HUGE difference at this age. I think they are completely socially ready for school but academically they want nothing to do with any workbooks or even just learning play that I've tried to do. Hopefully the school environment will help spark that eagerness.<br />
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With all four about to be in school, I found myself wondering what I would do with all my free time I'd suddenly had. I had been making plans to train for a 10k, get more involved in the PTA at school, maybe even take some photography classes and brush up on my skills. God apparently had very different plans for me! The biggest thing that's about to change in our family is we're adding a new member! It came as quite the surprise!! Little Miss Alice will be joining our family in October! I'm going to be totally honest, I wasn't thrilled at first and stupid people comments only added to the anxiety I was having. It took me much longer then it has in the past to be excited about having another baby. There are still some days I'm not quite sure what the Big Guy was thinking either, but I do my best to let go and Trust those days. The idea that I'll be the mother of 5 children still freaks me out a bit too hahahaha The girls have been huge helps so far, they've been helping me more and more around the house as my belly gets bigger and chores are hard. They are all VERY excited about their new sister arriving and tell me daily about all the plans they have to help me take care of her :)<br />
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The summer has been flying by! We try to play with friends as often as we can, the girls go swimming almost daily and we've been having lots of tea parties and movie afternoons to beat the heat!<br />
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Think that's it for now, like I said Audrey and Charlotte's birthday is tomorrow! Can't believe they'll be 4 already!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my beautiful daughters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naty after going down a giant slip n slide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate enjoying water fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey, always the ham!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at 25 weeks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason and all his princesses on Father's Day <3</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-61739972093345829202011-08-26T09:28:00.000-07:002011-08-26T09:28:23.863-07:00New School YearWell school started yesterday (Aug 22nd) Kate is in Kindergarten and Naty is in PreK! Time is really speeding up again! Natalie had been hoping to be with Kate's PreK teacher but I didn't request her so she got one of the other teachers. She was ok with that and so was I. Having 4 kids go through grades back to back like we will, I think giving the teachers a break from the Ziegenbein Hurricanes will be nice LOL I also think it will give them each a slightly different experience so that none of them can say "Oh I did that too" which I know they'll do some stuff the same but no teacher does the same activity the same.<br />
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So the night before school started everyone was very excited and nervous! I was very happy when the girls were asleep by 9pm! I managed to get the nervous stomaches to eat breakfast, we took some pictures (below) and walked to school. I decided to drop Kate off at her class first since I figured she wouldn't feel the need for me to stay. We walked into her classroom and found she had a substitute already. Her teacher had been sick on Meet the Teacher night too. So I helped Kate get settled, didn't talk to the sub much but I overheard him saying to other parents who were bombarding him with questions, "I'm not quite sure of the policy" I just figured, they'll survive, just don't loose my kid. Guess what? He lost my kid! I was a little late for pick-up (it's almost an hour earlier then how ended last year) so I was caught in the mix of first day parents, all ten thousand of them ;). I got Naty from her class, was waiting to get Kate's sub's attention or the teacher with the megaphone calling for the kids, all of sudden I realize the TA from Kate's PreK class is standing in front of me with a <u>sobbing</u> Kate! She explained that somehow Kate had ended up with the Extended Day kids and then tried to go to the cafeteria where the car riders/walker usually come out from, she was just standing in a corner sobbing trying to tell a teacher she didn't know that she isn't supposed to be there. Thank God Mrs. Meyers came up then and was able to scoop her up and come find me! Poor Kate, took all evening to calm her down. I assured her I would come talk to either her teacher or sub, whoever was there the next day. Turns out, someone in the office let everyone go at the same time, they usually call for bus riders, then Extended Day kids, then everyone else leaves. They apparently had kids trying to get on buses who were car riders too, it was a cluster.<br />
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The rest of the week has gone smoothly. Kate's teacher has only been there for 2.5 days, not sure what she has but I feel bad for her! Naty is in love with her teacher and the whole school experience! I think Kate is finally settling in too, she's excited to have a "real" art class this year! Today is her first Art class, so I can't wait to hear how it went! Praying for a good school year! :)<br />
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Audrey and Charlotte are now enjoying some alone time with Mom and I'm enjoying it too! The first few days were a little rough for them in the morning because they are so used to going with their big sisters everywhere that they had a hard time understanding they can't go to school this year. We are waiting for the weather to cool off so we can enjoy doing things like the park and zoo with just the three of us! They have been potty training all month and are doing such a good job! They are having some issues with making it to the potty for #2 but are solid on #1, even sleeping dry all night! I actually threw out the diaper pail today! Big moment for us, we've had one for almost 6 years straight now! Hahaha I know they'll be done with the training soon and then we'll be tackling sleeping without binky ;) That'll be fun :p hahaha<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my girls on the first day of school!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Kindergartner!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PreK!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlotte had to have a picture too haha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course Audrey too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big school girls :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to believe they'll be in school next year!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate in her classroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naty in her classroom!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-8954647694814761682011-08-01T09:22:00.000-07:002011-08-02T08:09:10.538-07:00Uncle Dan joins the Navy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
My little brother, Daniel, joined the United States Navy Reserve a little over a month ago! He left for boot camp then A school training this morning, we probably won't see him for 5 months now, including Thanksgiving and Christmas. We are so incredibly proud of him! In A school, he is going into Construction Mechanics, also known as SeaBees. If you don't know anything about the SeaBees you can go here, <a href="http://www.seabee.navy.mil/">USN SeaBees</a> They are pretty bad ass ;) The SeaBees go in right behind the Marines and set up everything from camp to roads and can fix about anything that need fixing. When he comes back though, he intends to finish school and become a Pharmacist and then go active duty for the USN for at least the remainder of his enlistment time but as been seriously considering going career ultimately. We are very proud of our Sailor, praying he stays safe and has a good time, and we can't wait to have him home!<br />
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Well my babies are 3 today! What an adventure they have taken us on! I had fun with Jason last night reminiscing about "This time three years ago, we were...." Hahaha I was asleep however when the actual time they were born (bright an early at 3:15am and 3:16am) rolled around! Unless God has other plans for us, we are done having children, so they really are my babies and it's truly bittersweet to have them turn 3. They are turning into such fun little girls and they are very much their own people and a tight unit at the same time.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Miss Audrey, she is turning out to be a live life to the fullest at full throttle person! I can see her soon relishing in that 1 minute older thing hahahaha She laughs louder, cries harder and dances longer then any of her sisters! Audrey has never met a stranger and is always going up to anyone who will listen and saying "Hi!" and telling them all about herself and her sisters. We have a running joke in the family that she is running for Congress hahaha She's a big Momma's Girl, the only time she's holding still is if she is snuggling with me or asleep. I love that she will still cuddle with me! She has such an imagination, which she loves to use to tell stories and play games. I'm excited to see what kind of person she continues to turn into, I have no doubt she will be a leader and always looking to include everyone in the fun!<br />
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Miss Charlotte, she is definitely much more reserved and shy then her twin. She is such a sweetheart, always has hugs and kisses for everyone and wants everyone to play together! Her verbal skills have finally started to blossom because up til now she has been very happy to let Audrey talk for both of them. I'm so happy to listen to what goes on in her head hahaha She has the most imagination out of all the girls I think, she is constantly lost in her own world. It can be frustrating at times, especially when trying to get her attention, but it's so to just stand and watch and listen as she plays with her dolls or cars! Lotty is a big people watcher and usually will sit back and watch before joining in anything. She is very much a girly girl! She loves dressing up, painting her nails and having her hair done! I think Lotty will continue to grow up to be a friend to everyone and one of those friends you can always talk to because she listens. :)<br />
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I can't help but think I'm a little sad because I have forgotten so much about the first couple of years with them! It was such a blur! I don't think either Jason or I ever expected we'd be the parents of twins and it has been a constant learning and growing experience! I always get the comment, "I don't know how you do it!" and I always answer "Neither do I!" and it's the truth! I don't know how I manage me life with these beautiful girls, but I can't imagine what my life would be like without them! Audrey and Charlotte have no problems playing with other children, but always check-in with each other off and on and I think that is a great relationship to have! They always call each other "My Audrey" or "My Charlotte" which just melts my heart every time I hear it!<br />
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So HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE!! You make my life doubly as full and interesting every day!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU BOTH!! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last 3 years :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY!!!</td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-33010739718239118872011-07-16T15:28:00.000-07:002011-07-16T15:28:37.238-07:00Audrey & Charlotte's 3rd Birthday PartySo I'm a lame mom sometimes and things that I thought I had plenty of time to plan for, like birthday parties, tend to sneak up on me. It doesn't help when you just ripped your house apart and put it back together hahaha I only realized two weeks ago that I needed to plan Audrey & Charlotte's birthday party, then I forget again. Lame, I know. So I threw together a tiny get together with just our closest friends like a week ago. Can I get an Amen for summer birthdays? You fill up the pool, hook up the sprinkler and boom, you have a party! LOL My dear friend Kerri offered to make them Cars cupcakes since I haz no baking skillz! LOL I think I might owe her my next born child since that turned into a 10 hour crazy-fest at her house! Kerri, you have no idea how much I appreciate you!!! Those cupcakes made Audrey & Charlotte's day, they were so yummy and I can't believe how much you went through to make it happen!! Hahaha THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!<br />
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We had 5 of their friends over and the kids all loved going out to swim, splash in the sprinkler and the greatest fun, flood the sand box! LOL We looked out at one point and they had drug the hose over to the sand box and were filling it! Crazy kids! Audrey & Lotty were in true Birthday Diva form through the party, I think today was a day when they needed a nap. It's gotten so hit and miss with naps with them that I never know when they'll need one. They pretty much took turns being in my arms, my lap, following me, and general fussing. They didn't want to eat anything but their cupcakes, they didn't want to swim, didn't want to play with their friends. Finally with about 30 minutes left they decided to go out and swim and play! I was relieved!<br />
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Thank you to my dear friends who came to help celebrate with us! We are so lucky to have incredible friends like you!! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cars Cakes! As the twins called them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McQueen looks innocent, but he just might be the devil hahaha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So happy with their Cars cakes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason and Asher chillin together</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the kiddos having some food</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday Divas!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lotty's shy face, love her</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-76370053857067116062011-07-11T12:02:00.000-07:002011-07-11T12:02:17.262-07:00It's done!Our new floors are done! Can I get a AMEN?! Jason worked so hard, he did an incredible job! They looks so nice and I am SO HAPPY to be rid of those awful carpets!! The girls love that their cars can drive anywhere now and they are finally not slipping around themselves hahaha One of our dogs Margo, I can't say the same for. She basically Bambi's her way from area rug to area rug! She's not too happy with us but I'm hoping she adjusts soon! Our other dogs, Lucky and Shorty, aren't bothered by them except when trying to sit for biscuits because their fuzzy butts slip hehehehehe It's a little mean how amused we have all been by this ;-) So here is the finished product, I'll only post a couple of pics because I know I've been posting to death about it LOL<br />
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<div>So now we have detail work like base boards, outlet covers, a few light fixtures to replace, and repainting the doors to do still but those will be weekend projects now. Happy, happy, joy, joy! ;)<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-16545499326908168662011-07-07T16:41:00.000-07:002011-07-07T20:47:20.069-07:00Home remodeling and discovering I might be an OCD neat freak just like Grandma always wanted me to be!2 weeks. That's how long this floor remodeling is taking. 2 full weeks. My house has been any combination of looking like a nuclear bomb went off in it and we are all refugees. Craziness has ensued in almost all forms of that word. Send help. Preferably in the form of chocolate cake because I can both indulge in eating it while throwing it in my husband's face (the mess doesn't bother him one bit, neither does getting two weeks off of daddy duty) both of which are fabulous forms of distressing! ;)<br />
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So back up about 15 years (guess I'm dating myself now huh? LOL) My Nana was an old fashion, strict, busy bee of an Italian grandmother. At the ripe age of 13, I was drafted into the most kick-your-ass-learn-to-be-a-furture-housewife school around, AKA Cleaning my Nana's house once a week for $10 (pretty sure illegal mexicans got better pay then me.) This wasn't granny sat in a chair and cross stitched while I dusted for an hour, no this was all day, Nana breathing down your neck, smack you upside the head if you didn't get that dirt in the corner that you had to have super human (or super old lady) vision to see. Brutal. Loved my Nana, but she was brutal. Some friends have fond memories of her yelling things at me down the halls of our church, like the time I took my shoes off while teaching RE, "Christina! If you keep that up, all you're heading for is to be bare foot and pregnant!" Thanks Nana. Sorry that was off subject but hopefully some of you are laughing over that story right now ;) Ok so I repressed as much of that as I could but when I got married and set up house, I would have "fits" where I would become my Nana and clean all day long with a toothbrush and my super human vision.<br />
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Now cut back to the present. Any one who has been to my house up to this point would probably think I was some kind of awful house keeper. We live in the house I grew up in, my parents struggled financially pretty much my whole life, so new carpet was never in the cards. Take 20 year old, builders grade carpet (the super cheap stuff), add over 20 years 7 kids, 4 dogs, 2 cats, 1 rabbit (yes you read right) and you get.... gross. There is no other word for those carpets and linoleum. I could spend all day on my hands and knees and they wouldn't have looked clean. So I've been fighting a loosing battle for the last almost 6 years we have lived here.<br />
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Now over the course of the Remodel-that-never-ends, these beautiful wood floors have been laid. Excited doesn't even cover it! I feel like Steve the monkey from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, "EXCITED!!" But now I feel the Nana waking up. My poor husband has not had to deal with a side of me he only thought he knew! I have been following him around like a crazy person, cleaning, organizing, and twitching. It's still an impossible task at the moment because he is cutting planks (which cause ridiculous amounts of sawdust) and moving the furniture and knick-knacks from one side of the house to other, plus the girls keep bringing toys down because they have been banned to their tiny room until we are done. Loosing battle, but I keep trying!<br />
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Let me just share with a few photos from this remodel-o-doom ride we have been on for 2 weeks....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This took 3 days to get this far.. ugh.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room finally done! Furniture still everywhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family room finally done! Couch un-sitable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how close we are tonight, we are so close it makes me twitch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This has been my kitchen for the last 2 days, I have literally cried over it because I'm so insane!</td></tr>
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<div>Now, now. I know my husband has been doing 1,000sqft of flooring all by his lonesome, and I know I sound ungrateful so let me just give him one lil sentence of props ;) I adore my husband, I am extremely proud he has undertaken this and is rocking at it! He knows I'm crazy and loves me anyway so I know he will totally ignore this entire post as it has crazy juice all over it and he won't be able to read it anyway!</div><div><br />
</div><div>He should be done by tomorrow, which means I still have all weekend for him to resume his daddy duties, take my lovely lil monsters away from me (I adore my children but 2 weeks of them non-stop and trying to keep them out of power tools is a bit much for even Mother Theresa) and I can get lost with my Clorox, brooms, and mops and clean this house within an inch of it's life! It will be heaven, like finally itching that scratch you haven't been able to reach, but crazier.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It speaks the truth!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just another holiday weekend for mommy!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>You know what's fun? Take one massive floor remodel + 4 crazy monkey children + 1 overworked, under paid daddy + 1 mommy trying to keep said monkeys out of said daddy's power tools, and just for giggles, + 1 holiday involving things blowing up! Throw it all in a giant martini shaker and that's been my weekend, I'll take it extra dirty please ;)<br />
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So it took J three days to lay the floor in the living room, mind you working by himself, I think that's pretty good. Pretty sure I was on the verge of loosing my mind from the clutter but I did my best to not let my OCD splatter all over my overworked, under paid husband and simply stick to curling into the fetal position and rocking in a corner at night. One of my very best friends was kind enough to take us in for two days in a row so we wouldn't be refugees, passing out from the heat as we wondered from splash pad to splash pad in the loverly Oklahoma summer heat! Her daughter made a point to tell her mom that if we were going to be there every day, we might just want to move in because it would be easier, LOL! I agree K! My OCD wanted to take K up on that offer, still does Hahaha<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok thanks for invading our home for 48hrs, buh-bye!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The flooring process has slowed dramatically, my husband's hands might fall off at the wrist soon I'm told. I told him I don't have time for that so make sure he has his duct tape handy. The hall and kitchen also have fun angles that my angle perfection, watchmaking, OCD husband is driving himself crazy over. Lay your bets people, do his hands fall off or he lands in a padded room from OCD first?? I'll take that hands because I'll be damned if he gets to vacation in a padded room without me! ;)<br />
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We took the girls to watch the river fireworks, being a sensible people, we didn't sweat it out all afternoon with the entire city population to watch the 30min (disappointing IMO) fireworks show. We got our redneck on and drove to the top of a parking garage and sat in the back of the suburban! The girls were mildly impressed and thought wandering around the dark parking lot would be more fun, so I spent the better part of the show convincing them to stay put and fighting the urge to throw my husband's iPhone off the roof so he would wake up and help. Good times ;) The girls fell asleep on the way home (winning!), we pulled up to the house, went to take out our sleeping angels, our neighbors two doors down set off Satan's firework complete with earth shattering boom, woke up all the sleeping angels who then became overtired devils. Thanks neighbors! (Fail!) Moral of the story though, we got everyone tucked into bed, including 1 very scared dog, they all went back to sleep easily and woke up with smiles on their faces this morning! They had fun and that's all that counts! :) Now anyone wanna come finish my floors today for free??Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-67765373817602289302011-06-20T10:29:00.000-07:002011-06-20T10:29:26.803-07:00Father's Day WeekendWe had a very productive Father's Day weekend! Jason and I spent most of Saturday painting the living room, we got about 2/3 done which is excellent! We'll finish that up this coming weekend so that sometime over the next two weeks while Jason is off work, he can lay the new floors!! I'm so excited! I've been waiting about 4 years for new floors! When we were cleaning last night we found two huge spot of mold on the carpet under the girls' dress up box and toy box! Jason ripped it out and we didn't see any mold on the padding so we are guessing someone spilled something and never told us. So the girls and I had a long talk about when we get the new floors all food and drinks must stay in the kitchen! I told them mommy will be very upset and sad if they ruin my new floors, to which Kate said "Like if someone breaks my new birthday toy? A toy that I just got?" and I said, "Yes! Exactly! The new floors are like a big, giant, huge birthday present for mommy!" Hahaha I think I got through to them because all of their cups have stayed on the kitchen counter all morning without me having to ask :)<br />
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<div>Father's Day didn't go exactly how I planned. First when making breakfast for the girls, I managed to knock something down the back of the fridge cause a tube to come loose and a huge water leak!! So I had to wake up Jason :-/ I had planned on letting him sleep til whenever he wanted but because of my klutziness, he was up 8am. I made it up to him by making him a huge breakfast and the girls gave him his cards and presents! He had been needing some more t-shirts and I found Houston Astros and Houston Rockets shirts for him! (He is from Houston in case anyone didn't know that) Jason finished the edging on the living room and I think he got to relax a lot with the kiddos. We had my sister and her family over for a BBQ and swimming, it was Simon's first time swimming and he loved it! The girls really loved having their little cousin over, each of them took a turn sitting in Simon's baby pool with him! It was a nice weekend and I'm glad we are getting to the end of the first phase of the renovations!!</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simon swimming for the first time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate had a lot of fun helping him play with toys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey had a blast!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lotty just had fun sitting and watching Simon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "cards" Kate and Naty made for Jason</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to surprise Daddy with his presents!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and all his girls <3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate and I at her Mother's Day Tea</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the sweet gifts Kate made me <3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate was asked questions about me, these are her answers LOL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are all things each child in the class said about their mom and we had to guess which one was our child, Kate's is #4</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter buckets so big they could sit in them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also good for being robots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sweet twinesses :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best Friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I absolutely adore this picture of them! Best part, they did it all on their own, this was not staged! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like father, like son hahaha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlotte had to try too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As well as Audrey hahaha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mommy and my snuggler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey was all about having her picture taken!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sister Paula, her husband Jason and my nephew Simon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was Simon's first Easter!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-23237117918571413312011-04-18T17:09:00.000-07:002011-04-18T17:09:10.034-07:00A Light at the End of the Potty Training Tunnel???The last 2 days, Audrey and Charlotte asked to go potty!! (finally!!) They even INSISTED they sleep in panties because, to quote my very stubborn daughter Audrey, "I A BIG GIRL!" Hahaha Who am I to argue with that? So I found them each a pair of those thick Gerber undies, had them wear the plastic covers over them and put beach towels down on their beds! I really wasn't sure they were ready to go all night dry, obviously hahaha They had done really well yesterday! Lotty had only 1 accident but once used the potty once. Audrey decided to use the "big potty" instead of the little one and was doing great! She went twice in the potty but had about half a dozen accidents. So they woke up this morning, pretty wet, but surprisingly they have been wetter when their diapers fail them hahaha Audrey had a rough morning, she went through 5 pairs of panties in about 30 minutes. Charlotte stayed dry all morning!! Just before lunch, I fell asleep on the couch (thank you decongestants) and was woken up by Charlotte shaking me yelling "I DID IT!!" I had pulled their little potties out to the living room and she had taken off her panties and almost filled her potty! I was so proud of her! As I was helping her get cleaned up and empty her potty, Audrey apparently felt left out because the next thing I know, she is running to the bathroom yelling "I DID IT TOO MOMMY!!" Sure thing, she had done the same thing!! They stayed dry all through lunch, didn't need to go potty before naps so I set them up the same as last night. They were only a little wet when they woke up from naps but were in pretty grumpy moods plus we needed to go get Kate from school, so they went in their first diapers in over 24 hours! They have been bouncing around, playing with Kate and Naty so I haven't pushed them to go back in panties this evening. We'll try to go before bed again and take it from there in the morning! I'm very encouraged that they have been the ones asking/wanting to do this finally! I'm hoping that is a sure sign they just need to get their basics down and then they'll be potty trained! *fingers crossed*Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-6599164994788202382011-03-10T16:56:00.000-08:002011-09-29T09:09:55.263-07:00Cute Memories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a friend who recently started a blog and I think she has such a good take on why to blog (at least to me) She said blogging is her fix for a bad memory so she can remember all the things she wants to about her children growing up. I love it and I think it finally gave me focus for this blog. It's what I always meant it to be, but as you know I am an active Facebooker too so I already share so much on there. But it's hard to recall things on there, only pictures and notes are easily accessed so years from now, I won't be able to find that silly story Naty told me or the sweet thing Kate did for daddy. Kate is already 5 and I feel like I've forgotten so many little stories like that. I figure those of you who will continue to read this blog are most likely fellow parents and can understand ;) Ok so on to the real story hahaha<br />
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Audrey and Charlotte are potty training right now and doing really great in my opinion! Charlotte is going pee in her potty pretty constantly already and although we had a poop accident in her panties today, she wasn't very upset about it and I could see the cogs turning in her head as she was figuring out how not to do that again. Audrey has been a slower learner but she is finally peeing on the potty and is enjoying getting high-fives for it and love to go around telling everyone she is a big girl!<br />
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Potty training twins has been interesting but not as big of a challenge as I worried it might be. The only thing I am really doing different this time then when I trained Kate and Naty is we are using the little potties, in the past I have just used the little seat over the big potty. I couldn't figure a way around the inevitable problem of both of them having to go at the same time, so I figure we'll get the basics down then move to the big potty. They have been so funny together, just sitting there waiting for someone to pee so they can celebrate! Their favorite thing to do is have me read Llama Llama Mad At Mama (trying not to read into that ;) hahahaha) or play their "game phones" (old iphones we have loaded with kids games) We have had to get creative a few times to keep them on the potty when I know they need to go! Apparently having to sit so close to each other makes them fight because they have gotten into so many slapping fights! Sometimes you can tell they are playing but then a few, they are serious baby fight club time!<br />
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I keep trying to get a video of Charlotte's celebration when she goes pee because it's hilarious!! She goes around screaming "I DID IT!!" and pumping her fists, giving everyone high-fives and then saying "I a big girl! I go potty!" Love it! Audrey is finally getting excited like that too, but after she went the first time I asked her if she was proud of herself and from behind her game phone she very flatly answered "Yeah." LOL I thought it was funny what a contrast it was to the Lotty parade!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Potty Training Day 1 (and still on a fort kick hehehe)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate came home from school with TP roll binoculars, the girls were so excited<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824500028954402670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078472574124511430.post-22709864875992604982011-03-04T11:35:00.000-08:002011-03-04T11:35:00.501-08:00Pajama Party!Kate's class has been having Teddy Bear week and today is the last day so they are having a pajama party with their bears! She was so excited about it! We let her go shopping for a new set of "pretty" pjs last night. She was pretty funny while shopping, she had to go through both the big girl and baby girl section and carefully examine all her options hahaha It was very scientific ;) These are the jammies she finally chose..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miss Kate is a big Hello Kitty fan</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Because my mom had an early morning meeting, she wasn't here to stay with the little three like normal, so they had to come drop her off. I am not a morning person, so all children not going to school and myself are usually in our pjs most of the morning. That back fired on me today since they knew Kate was having a pajama party and they were in their pajamas, they thought they were going to get to go :( They were pretty heart broken. By some miracle my brain was working today though, LOL, so I quickly told them we could have our own pajama party! We started by building a fort in the living room then popping some popcorn and watching a movie together!<div><br />
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<div>The pajama party is currently outside getting some fresh air, then mommy is hoping we can take a short nap before going to pick up Kate! I doubt that one will work, but a mommy can dream right? ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her poor face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is proudly showing off her spots today! <br />
They are her "puppy spots" as in 101 Dalmatians LOL</td></tr>
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First thing I did was take her jeans off to help her cool off a bit, she then pulled her shirt up and saw this red, spotty rash all over her upper torso. I then followed it and saw it was on her neck and face too! I was home all by myself so as I was taking Audrey's temp (turned to only 100.7 thank goodness) and getting her some ibuprofen, I called my mom at work because my brain tends to freeze up in times like this, so I needed help figuring out what to so because I really didn't want to have to take the other 3 girls to urgent care with me. My dad was on his way home and luckily it turned out my brother was home, so Daniel came and stayed with the girl so I could leave with Audrey for Urgent Care right away. Got all checked into Urgent Care and was told it would be a little over an hour before she would be seen, this urgent care is only about a mile from our house and they keep a schedule so we were able to come home to wait. That was good because I was able to make some dinner for the kids, Audrey ate all of it which was good because she hadn't eaten a lot at lunch. Kate was supposed to have RE at church that night, which I help teach, so she was asking if she could still go. I, of course, couldn't take her but after some discussion my brother offered to take her and pick her up. So sweet and it really meant a lot to Kate :)<br />
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7pm rolled around and I took Audrey back to urgent care, so happy we were able to go when we did originally because there was about 4 kids there when we returned, all of whom got scheduled to come back starting at 9:30pm! We didn't have to wait long, which actually upset Audrey because she was having a great time playing with this giant toy hahaha Audrey hates, hates, hates the little finger thing to take her BP, took about 5mins to get a read. After that though, I was very happy that we didn't have to wait long at all to see a doctor! Doctor looked her over and said she wasn't even going to waste our time with a strep test because she was sure that's what it was and she had a strep rash, aka scarlet fever. Even though I know scarlet fever isn't the deadly thing it used to be, it is still some scary words to hear about your child. Doctor prescribed a round of amoxicillin and said if she doesn't feel better by the weekend to bring her back. Urgent care sent her prescription to the pharmacy electronically so by the time we got there it was ready, which was good because it was about an hour passed Audrey's bed time at this point and she was exhausted! Got home, got everyone in jammies, Audrey took her meds and I tucked them into bed. Kate got home from RE and Daniel took her with him to pick my mom from work since my dad was with my girls, so she got home shortly after that and I got her all changed and tucked in. All the girls went to bed about 1.5hrs late so they were asleep pretty fast, thank goodness.<br />
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Today Audrey is feeling better, she is acting almost normal, she does want lots of cuddles, but that is fine with me :) Everyone is looking pretty tired because even though they went to bed late, they all woke up at the same time so I think naps and early bed time tonight will be in order! Going to have to get my creative juices flowing because all the girls have been asking to do something special since Daddy is out of town but now we can't really go anywhere since Audrey is sick. Maybe we'll make home made pizza or something. We also have supplies left over from Kate's school project so maybe I can think of something fun to make with those. I am very thankful to the Lord that Audrey is fine and should recover without any complications! God is good! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is feeling much better today already though :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Princess Bear that we made during all the excitement!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the hug and kiss Kate had me send to Daddy last night because <br />
he was still on a plane and she couldn't call him, so sweet!</td></tr>
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