- I went 12 days past my due date...
- ...only to be blessed with another beautiful homebirth with our midwife, Nancy Spencer, and massage therapist, Katie Greenfield...
- ...where I gave birth to our second SON, yay! We hadn't found out the baby's gender so it was quite a dramatic and wonderful scene getting to find out for myself. I got to cut his cord too!
- We named him William Hudson, and he was 8lbs 9oz. and 20.5" long...my biggest baby by about a pound! He is such a sweet and darling little boy, a good nurser, is just starting to smile socially at me and Isaac, and just last night we moved him to his brand new crib in Johnny's room where he slept from 10:30pm to 5:45am! Good boy :)
- We are adjusting to life with 3 littles here and I think it's going pretty well. I have still yet to figure out how to keep up with ALL the house chores AND keep all 3 kids happy all day, but we're working on it ;) At least the laundry is caught up most of the time and regardless of what the floor looks like, we're still happy here.
- I am enjoying cloth diapering both little ones a LOT. It's been a different experience cloth diapering a newborn (since I started Jeanine in cloth when she was about 8 months), but it has been fully enjoyable and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It was nowhere near as much work as I thought it was going to be.
- John is doing well. He loves William to death, enjoys playing on his computer and looking through books, and is starting to get better at writing his letters which he can now recognize by sight. Fairly soon I'm going to start teaching him all the letter sounds (better than he knows them right now) so that we can get an early jump on reading. He's dying to learn!
- Jeanine has been teething FOR.TWO.WHOLE.MONTHS! The poor girl is a wreck most of the time and sleeps all the time! She's such a sweet and smart little thing and speaks in full sentences now. She and I enjoy being girly sometimes by painting our nails and doing our hair up. Let's just say I'm really glad I got at least one girl in the mix :)
- Isaac is still super busy but enjoying his job on the fire department. He works 48 hours straight at the station and then is off for 4 days. We LOVE this! It's a perfect fit for our family and we're proud to be a fire fighter's family!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
In Case You Hadn't Guessed...
I'm no longer blogging! I have decided that blogging is an aspect of my life that I'm just not that into anymore. Since my last blog post:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Big Girl, Big Bed!
After a lot of discussion and exploring the pros and cons of making a major change, we decided Jeanine was ready for a big girl bed before the baby comes. Might as well take advantage of the fact that she slept in a twin bed at my sister's house last week for a nice long nap, right? So before her afternoon nap today the whole family helped out in changing her crib to a toddler daybed and she couldn't have been happier with the new arrangement! It did take a bit (she got out of her bed twice and opened her door) to get her to stay put and sleep but after she fell asleep on her own with the door closed she slept for over 2 hours!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
January left-overs
"It's cold mom...why can't I have some clothes...and why are you taking pictures of my bum again!?"
Johnny coloring his cardboard house...best $12 we ever spent for Christmas! Still gets colored or played in every day!
Nini just being a total ham!
Johnny showcasing his car at the AWANA Grand Prix
Watching races from the finish line...
At the starting line getting ready to push the button to start his own race!
Our New (to us) Blessing
No, I didn't have the baby yet...that will be a whole different kind of blessing! But, last month we were able to get me another van, yay! In case you don't remember, September 8th of last year my van was smashed to smitherines and we became a single car family for several months. In all honesty it wasn't that bad and we would have gotten by with it for a lot longer than we did, but Isaac's work circumstances made it impossible for me to take him to work and have the car (long story), and being carless much more often than having a car was taxing on all of us. SO...we packed up the family and went out in search of the perfect van for us all. And this is what we ended up with!
It's a light blue 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan! We have lots of room for the 4 of us, new baby, and plenty of stuff that goes along with carting around a family of 5. It's already been such a blessing, though we had some issues with the dealer we bought it from, but that's all fixed and the van is wonderful. I'm enjoying new freedom again being able to get out of the house when we're all stir crazy and need a coffee fix ;) (OK, maybe I'm the only one who needs that, but still...)
It's a light blue 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan! We have lots of room for the 4 of us, new baby, and plenty of stuff that goes along with carting around a family of 5. It's already been such a blessing, though we had some issues with the dealer we bought it from, but that's all fixed and the van is wonderful. I'm enjoying new freedom again being able to get out of the house when we're all stir crazy and need a coffee fix ;) (OK, maybe I'm the only one who needs that, but still...)
Saturday, January 30, 2010
My Little Pony
Jeanine just got her first "real" ponytail today. It took a little while to figure out how wet to make her hair, and how much hairspray would be needed on those fine little baby hairs (as it turns out...A LOT!), but she is such a doll! She looks a lot older (*sniff sniff*)with a ponytail too! Unfortunately she only left it in for 2 hours before ripping out the rubberband...and then I noticed she was breaking out in hives all over her forehead, ears, and scalp (probably from the Suave hairspray I used) so I need to figure out something different to use next time :) Right before her nap I had to submit her to such trauma...washing her hair in the sink! Oh the atrocities!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Feeling Guilty
Yep, I haven't blogged, yet again, in 4 weeks! How does the time slip away like that? Things have been going well here. I've finally gotten back on the housecleaning and "feeling-caught-up" bandwagon (after feeling like garbage pretty much since the beginning of this pregnancy) and it's such bliss lately! The floors are vacuumed, the dishes are done, the laundry is clean and put away, the diapers are fresh and oh so cute! I've even been cooking more than usual, which of course I want to keep up after the baby comes. All this in preparation for as little mayhem as possible whenever #3 decides to make his/her arrival. And NO, we still aren't finding out what we're having and are so excited for such a special D-day this time around! I have my suspicions and some solid name ideas, but my lips are sealed!
I am now 31 weeks along and feeling pretty good lately, probably from the extra exercise just from cleaning the house like I should, lol! Only about 9 weeks to go and I'm so excited to meet this little one who derives pleasure from strategically placed tickly toes in mommy's ribs and perfectly placed jabs to the bladder. I have been getting very regular chiropractic and massage care throughout the pregnancy though and this has kept me sane and in great physical shape so as not to be in constant pain like before.
The kids are doing great! Jeanine is 17 months and full of energy and giggles. She's quite the talker and knows exactly what to say to get what she wants. Today she perfectly pronounced "Coffee" as we walked past the coffee pot in the kitchen...ahhh, a girl after mommy's own heart! If I had to compare this smart little lady to her brother, I'd have to say she's probably on the same verbal level he was at when he turned 2! Guess that's just the difference between girls and boys. She's definitely all girl, if you know what I mean. She loves her tea set, baby dolls, hair pretties, and looking classy! We might even go together tomorrow for a well-earned mani/pedi :)
Johnny is also thriving and having fun lately. He is studiously learning all of his AWANA Bible verses and earning his patches like a pro! We even missed quite a few weeks in a row in Nov/Dec and he has caught up over the last few weeks. The AWANA grand prix is this coming Sunday so Johnny and Isaac have been busy building John's racecar for the big day! He is doing a little bit of "schoolwork" each day in his wipe-clean alphabet book and is beginning to know which letter is which and the sounds they make :) Right now his daily activities include play-doh, vacuuming with mom, building with blocks, dates to the shooting range and Home Depot with dad, and learning to be kind to his sissy...no easy task for a 3.5 year old!
Isaac is also doing well and really enjoying his new schedule on the fire department. He works 48 hours straight at the station and is then home for 4 days. It's so wonderful having him home a lot more lately, quite a difference from what we've ever known! He's also working for Cutco part time as well and is having a blast being 100% unstressed about his work.
OK, that's all for now, I'm having bloggy overload and even though there's more pictures to post, I have no more inclination to do so :)
I am now 31 weeks along and feeling pretty good lately, probably from the extra exercise just from cleaning the house like I should, lol! Only about 9 weeks to go and I'm so excited to meet this little one who derives pleasure from strategically placed tickly toes in mommy's ribs and perfectly placed jabs to the bladder. I have been getting very regular chiropractic and massage care throughout the pregnancy though and this has kept me sane and in great physical shape so as not to be in constant pain like before.
The kids are doing great! Jeanine is 17 months and full of energy and giggles. She's quite the talker and knows exactly what to say to get what she wants. Today she perfectly pronounced "Coffee" as we walked past the coffee pot in the kitchen...ahhh, a girl after mommy's own heart! If I had to compare this smart little lady to her brother, I'd have to say she's probably on the same verbal level he was at when he turned 2! Guess that's just the difference between girls and boys. She's definitely all girl, if you know what I mean. She loves her tea set, baby dolls, hair pretties, and looking classy! We might even go together tomorrow for a well-earned mani/pedi :)
Johnny is also thriving and having fun lately. He is studiously learning all of his AWANA Bible verses and earning his patches like a pro! We even missed quite a few weeks in a row in Nov/Dec and he has caught up over the last few weeks. The AWANA grand prix is this coming Sunday so Johnny and Isaac have been busy building John's racecar for the big day! He is doing a little bit of "schoolwork" each day in his wipe-clean alphabet book and is beginning to know which letter is which and the sounds they make :) Right now his daily activities include play-doh, vacuuming with mom, building with blocks, dates to the shooting range and Home Depot with dad, and learning to be kind to his sissy...no easy task for a 3.5 year old!
Isaac is also doing well and really enjoying his new schedule on the fire department. He works 48 hours straight at the station and is then home for 4 days. It's so wonderful having him home a lot more lately, quite a difference from what we've ever known! He's also working for Cutco part time as well and is having a blast being 100% unstressed about his work.OK, that's all for now, I'm having bloggy overload and even though there's more pictures to post, I have no more inclination to do so :)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Out there...literally!
Me, 27 weeks and 4 days according to the calendar, and MUCH bigger than I was with the 2 previous kids!
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