Ok, so the books were "too orange" too me, I had to switch it.
Purple is a bit bright, don't you think?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Long night. :(
Last night, Christian was up for 3 hours. Yes, 3 hours.
I tried to put him to bed as late as I could, so around 10 pm, I fed him and put him into bed at 10:15. I told him, "I don't want to see you until at least 6 am, ok Christian?"
Haha, 12:45 I hear him crying. So I go in there and put his pacifier back in and he doesn't calm down, so I go back to bed and every 10 minutes for the next hour, I am back in his room trying to get him back to sleep, but I don't pick him up.
About 1:45, I realize that he can't suck on his pacifier or even breath because he has a cold, so I decided to put him in his bouncy seat. That didn't work- he just screamed louder! I stayed in there for awhile and ended up laying on the floor and just having my hand on him to know that I was there. Eventually he calmed down, stopped crying, and closed his eyes...is he sleeping??
Shortly after that, Matt comes in and says, "Do you want any help?" and sneezes! Christian wakes up and screams and I am in tears, mostly mad because I had been doing this for an hour, he was asleep, and it was all ruined!!
Matt got the humidifier out of the closet and hooked that up, so that was all very distracting to Christian, but I know it will help him. Matt then brings up the fact that he has a sure-fire way of getting him back to sleep. I had no idea what he was talking about, but I said, "What is your idea?" Mind you, it's about 2:30 am and I have been doing this for almost 2 hours now.
He said, "I'll go get the TV and he can watch it." I said, "Go get it." He did and I went back to bed, I needed some sleep. He got it all hooked up, turned it on, and got Christian settled down. Pretty soon Matt comes back to bed and all is well.
I asked him awhile later, "Did you put the bar up on his bouncy seat?"(this reclines it a little bit more and I like it up while he is sleeping or his head falls forward.) He said, "No," so I went in there and put the bar up. That was not a good idea! He sees me and starts to cry all over again!
Now it is about 3 and I say,"Sorry kid, you're going to have to cry it out!" I went back to bed and about 3:30, he finally stopped crying. The TV had shut off and he was finally out. I went in at 3:40 to make sure he was out and all I heard was him breathing with his stuffed up nose.
Finally bed!
He's been taking good naps today, so hopefully he will catch up on his sleep and he will let Matt and I sleep the ENTIRE night tonight...
I tried to put him to bed as late as I could, so around 10 pm, I fed him and put him into bed at 10:15. I told him, "I don't want to see you until at least 6 am, ok Christian?"
Haha, 12:45 I hear him crying. So I go in there and put his pacifier back in and he doesn't calm down, so I go back to bed and every 10 minutes for the next hour, I am back in his room trying to get him back to sleep, but I don't pick him up.
About 1:45, I realize that he can't suck on his pacifier or even breath because he has a cold, so I decided to put him in his bouncy seat. That didn't work- he just screamed louder! I stayed in there for awhile and ended up laying on the floor and just having my hand on him to know that I was there. Eventually he calmed down, stopped crying, and closed his eyes...is he sleeping??
Shortly after that, Matt comes in and says, "Do you want any help?" and sneezes! Christian wakes up and screams and I am in tears, mostly mad because I had been doing this for an hour, he was asleep, and it was all ruined!!
Matt got the humidifier out of the closet and hooked that up, so that was all very distracting to Christian, but I know it will help him. Matt then brings up the fact that he has a sure-fire way of getting him back to sleep. I had no idea what he was talking about, but I said, "What is your idea?" Mind you, it's about 2:30 am and I have been doing this for almost 2 hours now.
He said, "I'll go get the TV and he can watch it." I said, "Go get it." He did and I went back to bed, I needed some sleep. He got it all hooked up, turned it on, and got Christian settled down. Pretty soon Matt comes back to bed and all is well.
I asked him awhile later, "Did you put the bar up on his bouncy seat?"(this reclines it a little bit more and I like it up while he is sleeping or his head falls forward.) He said, "No," so I went in there and put the bar up. That was not a good idea! He sees me and starts to cry all over again!
Now it is about 3 and I say,"Sorry kid, you're going to have to cry it out!" I went back to bed and about 3:30, he finally stopped crying. The TV had shut off and he was finally out. I went in at 3:40 to make sure he was out and all I heard was him breathing with his stuffed up nose.
Finally bed!
He's been taking good naps today, so hopefully he will catch up on his sleep and he will let Matt and I sleep the ENTIRE night tonight...
Monday, November 29, 2010
Results from the Dentist
After having pain in my mouth for four days and thinking that I lost my entire temporary filling on my root canal, I found out today that it was not as bad as I thought!
When I bit down on a very nice and sweet piece of caramal last Thursday, I did break off a little bit of temporary filling, but nothing major! I thought they were going to have to pull my entire tooth out! ( I was kind of paranoid about it.)
He said I just broke off some blood vessels that were healing and that I bruised my tooth! He said it will take a couple of days to heal, but I should be fine. Wonderful!!
I am going back next Tuesday to finish my root canal, so hopefully we can be done with this all!!
When I bit down on a very nice and sweet piece of caramal last Thursday, I did break off a little bit of temporary filling, but nothing major! I thought they were going to have to pull my entire tooth out! ( I was kind of paranoid about it.)
He said I just broke off some blood vessels that were healing and that I bruised my tooth! He said it will take a couple of days to heal, but I should be fine. Wonderful!!
I am going back next Tuesday to finish my root canal, so hopefully we can be done with this all!!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Not fair! I want to sleep too!
Mr. Christian went to bed at 8 last night. I little earlier than usual, but he was ready. (We're usually in bed about 10 because he will only sleep solid for about 8 hours).
And sure enough, my theory proved true!
I saw him from 4 til 5, 6, and 7! Finally at 7, I brought him into my bed, fed him, and let him play while I continued to "rest my eyes." About 8:15, I look at him and he is sitting up with his eyes closed. Are we tired??
I lay him down and he's out!
Not fair, I want to go back to sleep too!
No rest for the weary! Off we go- church and then another family party back home!
And sure enough, my theory proved true!
I saw him from 4 til 5, 6, and 7! Finally at 7, I brought him into my bed, fed him, and let him play while I continued to "rest my eyes." About 8:15, I look at him and he is sitting up with his eyes closed. Are we tired??
I lay him down and he's out!
Not fair, I want to go back to sleep too!
No rest for the weary! Off we go- church and then another family party back home!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Party Weekend
4 days of this holiday weekend = 4 parties
We're halfway done!
(3 thanksgiving/ family parties and one 80th birthday party)
We're halfway done!
(3 thanksgiving/ family parties and one 80th birthday party)
Friday, November 26, 2010
No more Blue!
When I started my blog, we had learned that we were expecting a boy, so I made my template blue.
Enough of the blue, let's make it what I want!
Books! I love it!
By the way, my teeth hurt all night. It's not my tooth with the root canal, it's my front ones and ibuprofen is not taking away the pain. We might be calling the dentist again later today! I might also have to take a nap today, I'm so tired this morning!
Enough of the blue, let's make it what I want!
Books! I love it!
By the way, my teeth hurt all night. It's not my tooth with the root canal, it's my front ones and ibuprofen is not taking away the pain. We might be calling the dentist again later today! I might also have to take a nap today, I'm so tired this morning!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Never-Ending tooth saga
We had a great day out at Matt's parents's for thanksgiving today, but of course, silly me, wasn't being too careful with my root canal and I popped out my temporary filling! Now I have a hole in my tooth!
I called the emergency line tonight and they said it was fine, but to avoid chewing on that side (how many times have I heard this in the last year??).
They said to take ibuprofen for the pain and if it gets worse this weekend, to call them back.
I have to go in Monday and get it filled up again. Ugh! Will this ever end????
I called the emergency line tonight and they said it was fine, but to avoid chewing on that side (how many times have I heard this in the last year??).
They said to take ibuprofen for the pain and if it gets worse this weekend, to call them back.
I have to go in Monday and get it filled up again. Ugh! Will this ever end????
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Logical Friday!
Today is logical Friday because it is the end of the work week for everyone.
No work tomorrow, no school, nothing, except the start of the thanksgiving parties around here!
Actually, yesterday was logical Friday for Matt. He took today off of work to work on the plumbing in the basement, which lasted for about 1/2 a day. Instead, he decided to do something fun with Courtney. They went and saw "Tangled", the new Rapunzel movie. It was rated PG, which is usually a bad sign for our girls, but Matt said it was very good. He got by lucky too, I found a $25 AMC giftcard in my wallet, so him and Courtney blew the entire thing! Oh, he did have to pay $1.50 for popcorn and pop....on top of the $25!! Those movie theatres know how to get you!!
In the mean time, I went and picked Megan up from school and headed to Wal-Mart to get groceries. What a zoo! And of course, Megan hasn't been grocery shopping in a long time and wants to push the cart, so she is constantly in the way, heading towards people, etc. It was not a fun time for me! Christian was fussy, but there wasn't much I could do. I eventually took over the cart-pushing duties and Megan rode on the front. We eventually buried Christian in groceries, so he was stuck. Once I gave him pacifier, he quieted down and went along for the ride.
After spending $150 there, we headed over to Old Navy. My mom had bought her a pair of jeans for her birthday, but they didn't have enough elastic on one side to make them as tight as the other side. Very wierd! So, I was hoping to do an even exchange at Old Navy and be done. But no, they don't do even exchanges. They said they would refund me money, but they would have to send me a check in a week or so. I said, ok, fine. But knowing we were going to get money in the mail, I decided to take Megan back to her section and thought maybe we could find jeans that fit her, we would buy them, and be done. Again, didn't work out the way I planned.
We tried on 7 regular- not enough elastic (again), too big, we tried 7 slim- too tight!, we tried 8 regular and again, too big around her waste. They had enough elastic, but they were still too big. Crazy!
Actually we were in the dressing room so long, the employee came knocking on our door to see if we were doing ok! In the end, Megan ended up with a really pretty white sweater and a long sleeve t-shirt. She was happy. I really wish we could've found jeans, but now I know not to go there for jeans again, until she grows a little in the waist!
Now we're home, groceries are put away, Megan is modeling her new clothes and Christian is ready to go down for a nap.
Let the holidays begin!
No work tomorrow, no school, nothing, except the start of the thanksgiving parties around here!
Actually, yesterday was logical Friday for Matt. He took today off of work to work on the plumbing in the basement, which lasted for about 1/2 a day. Instead, he decided to do something fun with Courtney. They went and saw "Tangled", the new Rapunzel movie. It was rated PG, which is usually a bad sign for our girls, but Matt said it was very good. He got by lucky too, I found a $25 AMC giftcard in my wallet, so him and Courtney blew the entire thing! Oh, he did have to pay $1.50 for popcorn and pop....on top of the $25!! Those movie theatres know how to get you!!
In the mean time, I went and picked Megan up from school and headed to Wal-Mart to get groceries. What a zoo! And of course, Megan hasn't been grocery shopping in a long time and wants to push the cart, so she is constantly in the way, heading towards people, etc. It was not a fun time for me! Christian was fussy, but there wasn't much I could do. I eventually took over the cart-pushing duties and Megan rode on the front. We eventually buried Christian in groceries, so he was stuck. Once I gave him pacifier, he quieted down and went along for the ride.
After spending $150 there, we headed over to Old Navy. My mom had bought her a pair of jeans for her birthday, but they didn't have enough elastic on one side to make them as tight as the other side. Very wierd! So, I was hoping to do an even exchange at Old Navy and be done. But no, they don't do even exchanges. They said they would refund me money, but they would have to send me a check in a week or so. I said, ok, fine. But knowing we were going to get money in the mail, I decided to take Megan back to her section and thought maybe we could find jeans that fit her, we would buy them, and be done. Again, didn't work out the way I planned.
We tried on 7 regular- not enough elastic (again), too big, we tried 7 slim- too tight!, we tried 8 regular and again, too big around her waste. They had enough elastic, but they were still too big. Crazy!
Actually we were in the dressing room so long, the employee came knocking on our door to see if we were doing ok! In the end, Megan ended up with a really pretty white sweater and a long sleeve t-shirt. She was happy. I really wish we could've found jeans, but now I know not to go there for jeans again, until she grows a little in the waist!
Now we're home, groceries are put away, Megan is modeling her new clothes and Christian is ready to go down for a nap.
Let the holidays begin!
Maybe he's growing?
Wow, we really go from one extreme to another around here.
Put Christian to bed at 10 pm last night.
I saw him at 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 5:30, and 6:30. Finally at 6:30, I brought him into bed with me and he fell right back asleep.
Megan got up at 7:30, so he woke up a little bit, I fed him, and he went right back to sleep. It's 9 am. Who knows when he will wake up for the day!
What happened to my kid???
Put Christian to bed at 10 pm last night.
I saw him at 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 5:30, and 6:30. Finally at 6:30, I brought him into bed with me and he fell right back asleep.
Megan got up at 7:30, so he woke up a little bit, I fed him, and he went right back to sleep. It's 9 am. Who knows when he will wake up for the day!
What happened to my kid???
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sleep does a body good!
We are on a roll here. After waking him up at 5 pm last night to feed him before piano lessons, Christian was in a great mood until bedtime. ( I would be too if I slept for 2 1/2 hours!)
He was wide awake yet at 9, but about 9:15, you could tell he was ready for bed. I fed him and he crashed. I put him back in his bed instead of his bouncy seat. He has napped in his bed fine, so why not?
I didn't hear him until 2:50 this morning. I went in, put him pacifier in, and he went back to sleep. Wonderful!
5:00 same thing. This is usually when he wants to bed fed, but again, he went right back to sleep and I went back to bed.
I thought for sure I would see him at 6, but nope. Not until 6:50!!! I could hardly belive it. I bet I could've gotten him back to sleep again as tired as he looked, but I got him up and fed him. We have to get out of here early this morning, so I wanted him taken care of before I had to get the girls ready.
We're off to the Children's Museum today with all our friends- it should be a fun time!
He was wide awake yet at 9, but about 9:15, you could tell he was ready for bed. I fed him and he crashed. I put him back in his bed instead of his bouncy seat. He has napped in his bed fine, so why not?
I didn't hear him until 2:50 this morning. I went in, put him pacifier in, and he went back to sleep. Wonderful!
5:00 same thing. This is usually when he wants to bed fed, but again, he went right back to sleep and I went back to bed.
I thought for sure I would see him at 6, but nope. Not until 6:50!!! I could hardly belive it. I bet I could've gotten him back to sleep again as tired as he looked, but I got him up and fed him. We have to get out of here early this morning, so I wanted him taken care of before I had to get the girls ready.
We're off to the Children's Museum today with all our friends- it should be a fun time!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Another sleep story...
Christian and sleep do not go together. I have known this for quite awhile now, but today has been very interesting.
Here is how this morning went:
4:30 Christian crying
4:35 I go in, put pacifier in his mouth, and settle him down
4:50 back to bed.
5:05 Christian awake again
I decide I am not going to listen to him cry for an hour until six, so I break down and feed him. For 20 minutes.
I was hoping to nurse him back to sleep, put him down, and not see him for another three hours.
Wrong! Christian decides to poop while nursing, of course, right?
So even though he is sound asleep, I need to change his diaper, and when this happens, he wakes up. And he is wide awake, now it is 5:30 am
I decide I'm not going to try to get him back to sleep, he doesn't even look tired.
I put him in his bouncy seat (where he has been sleeping because he has a cold), give him his pacifier, and let him be. I leave the hall light on.
I go back to bed.
5:45 I don't hear anything, so I go check on him. He is still sitting there, wide-eyed, sucking on his pacifier. I determine that he is still fine and go back to bed.
6:00 Still don't hear anything and thing maybe he has gone back to sleep by now, so I go check. Nope, still sitting there wide awake, so I go back to bed again.
6:05 Christian starts to cry. I let him cry it out for about 15 minutes.There is really nothing I can do and I don't want to leave my bed again.
6:20 I don't want to listen to him anymore, so I take him downstairs to Matt (this is what usually happens). Matt was in the living room watching the news and eating breakfast. I put Christian in a bouncy seat and put him in front of the TV. Good plan, right?
Go back to bed, again.
6:45 Matt comes up and says Christian is sound asleep in front of the TV and he doesn't think we should move him. I tell him to bring him upstairs and put him in his room. He should stay sleeping. Matt goes to work.
7:05 Christian is awake! AHHH, so I go get him and put him into bed with me! He falls back asleep almost instantly.
7:30 I get up with Megan and get her out the door at 8:25
I come back inside from taking her to the bus and Christian is awake. It is ok though, it's been 3 1/2 hours and he needs to eat and we need to get to the mall.
We go to the mall, have fun, come home at lunch time. Christian eats and takes a short nap. Great! About 2:15, he starts getting fussy, so I get his pacifier and off to bed we go.
2:20 Christian is in bed sleeping
It is now 4:57 and Christian is still in bed sleeping. Of course, he has been up every half an hour, but I've always managed to get him back to sleep.
Apparently somebody is tired today, I hope he wakes up soon because he hasn't ate since 12:30 and I have to give piano lessons at 5:30. I hate to wake him up, but I might have to.
Can we have a 3 hour afternoon nap everyday??
Here is how this morning went:
4:30 Christian crying
4:35 I go in, put pacifier in his mouth, and settle him down
4:50 back to bed.
5:05 Christian awake again
I decide I am not going to listen to him cry for an hour until six, so I break down and feed him. For 20 minutes.
I was hoping to nurse him back to sleep, put him down, and not see him for another three hours.
Wrong! Christian decides to poop while nursing, of course, right?
So even though he is sound asleep, I need to change his diaper, and when this happens, he wakes up. And he is wide awake, now it is 5:30 am
I decide I'm not going to try to get him back to sleep, he doesn't even look tired.
I put him in his bouncy seat (where he has been sleeping because he has a cold), give him his pacifier, and let him be. I leave the hall light on.
I go back to bed.
5:45 I don't hear anything, so I go check on him. He is still sitting there, wide-eyed, sucking on his pacifier. I determine that he is still fine and go back to bed.
6:00 Still don't hear anything and thing maybe he has gone back to sleep by now, so I go check. Nope, still sitting there wide awake, so I go back to bed again.
6:05 Christian starts to cry. I let him cry it out for about 15 minutes.There is really nothing I can do and I don't want to leave my bed again.
6:20 I don't want to listen to him anymore, so I take him downstairs to Matt (this is what usually happens). Matt was in the living room watching the news and eating breakfast. I put Christian in a bouncy seat and put him in front of the TV. Good plan, right?
Go back to bed, again.
6:45 Matt comes up and says Christian is sound asleep in front of the TV and he doesn't think we should move him. I tell him to bring him upstairs and put him in his room. He should stay sleeping. Matt goes to work.
7:05 Christian is awake! AHHH, so I go get him and put him into bed with me! He falls back asleep almost instantly.
7:30 I get up with Megan and get her out the door at 8:25
I come back inside from taking her to the bus and Christian is awake. It is ok though, it's been 3 1/2 hours and he needs to eat and we need to get to the mall.
We go to the mall, have fun, come home at lunch time. Christian eats and takes a short nap. Great! About 2:15, he starts getting fussy, so I get his pacifier and off to bed we go.
2:20 Christian is in bed sleeping
It is now 4:57 and Christian is still in bed sleeping. Of course, he has been up every half an hour, but I've always managed to get him back to sleep.
Apparently somebody is tired today, I hope he wakes up soon because he hasn't ate since 12:30 and I have to give piano lessons at 5:30. I hate to wake him up, but I might have to.
Can we have a 3 hour afternoon nap everyday??
Saturday, November 20, 2010
I love Saturdays!
I get to sleep in! Nobody needs to go anywhere, everybody can do their own thing.
Why can't we have Saturdays more often??
Why can't we have Saturdays more often??
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Little Sleep Required
Christian was awake at 5:30 am, I just put him down at 9:30 pm.
Naps: 15 minutes at 9 am
30 minutes at 11:15
60 minutes at 2:45!!! (I never get an hour nap out of him!!)
no nap at 6:45
Really? You were awake from 5:30 am to 9:30 pm with probably less than two hours worth of naps. Do you really need that little of sleep? I need more than that! (Hence, I let you cry this morning at 5:30 because I was soooo tired and you wouldn't go back to sleep. Wait, you never did go back to sleep!)
My new theory: the later I put him to bed at night, the later he will sleep in in the morning.
When I used to put him to bed at 7:30-8, we were getting a wake up call at 4.
Lately, I've been waited til 8:30-9 to put him to bed and we're making it until 5:30 or so.
I am refusing to feed him in the middle of the night, so we're trying this out.
Again, I don't know what is worse. 1. Putting him to bed earlier and then getting up at 4 and battling him for an hour to get back to sleep only to see him at 6:30 again. 2. Staying up later with him at night and seeing him at 6-6:30, but then he is up for the day.
I think he can only make it 8 hours at night.
Why can't he sleep in like the girls?? Why is he such an early bird?? I'm so thankful that Matt takes him in the morning while he is getting ready so I can continue to sleep! Then when he is ready to leave, it's time for me to get up anyway and he hands Christian back to me. Kind of works out nice.
Naps: 15 minutes at 9 am
30 minutes at 11:15
60 minutes at 2:45!!! (I never get an hour nap out of him!!)
no nap at 6:45
Really? You were awake from 5:30 am to 9:30 pm with probably less than two hours worth of naps. Do you really need that little of sleep? I need more than that! (Hence, I let you cry this morning at 5:30 because I was soooo tired and you wouldn't go back to sleep. Wait, you never did go back to sleep!)
My new theory: the later I put him to bed at night, the later he will sleep in in the morning.
When I used to put him to bed at 7:30-8, we were getting a wake up call at 4.
Lately, I've been waited til 8:30-9 to put him to bed and we're making it until 5:30 or so.
I am refusing to feed him in the middle of the night, so we're trying this out.
Again, I don't know what is worse. 1. Putting him to bed earlier and then getting up at 4 and battling him for an hour to get back to sleep only to see him at 6:30 again. 2. Staying up later with him at night and seeing him at 6-6:30, but then he is up for the day.
I think he can only make it 8 hours at night.
Why can't he sleep in like the girls?? Why is he such an early bird?? I'm so thankful that Matt takes him in the morning while he is getting ready so I can continue to sleep! Then when he is ready to leave, it's time for me to get up anyway and he hands Christian back to me. Kind of works out nice.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Pictures
Ok, I said I would post these, so here you go.
1. Megan playing kickball and Christian is "holding" the ball for her.
I wish you could hear him laughing after she did this! It was hilarious, he loved it!(Yes, I know she could kick him right in the face, but she wasn't!)
We do have video of it, but I'm not sure how to upload it yet!
2. The girls got ahold of lip gloss and decided to paint their faces.
Not as much fun as kickball, but they still laughed and giggled while they were doing this to themselves. They were having fun, so I let them do what they wanted. They weren't doing any harm, it just didn't come off very well!
I cut Megan's bangs.
Yes, I did it.
I cut Megan's bangs this morning.
She has pictures this afternoon and this morning at breakfast, I realized they were in her eyes. So I decided to cut them.
I figured that I watched my mom cut hair for 33 years, maybe I can do it too.
And, they actually looked straight. I'm sure my mom will let me know how I did, right mom?
I am not going to make a habit of this, but I really want to get her pictures done today!
I cut Megan's bangs this morning.
She has pictures this afternoon and this morning at breakfast, I realized they were in her eyes. So I decided to cut them.
I figured that I watched my mom cut hair for 33 years, maybe I can do it too.
And, they actually looked straight. I'm sure my mom will let me know how I did, right mom?
I am not going to make a habit of this, but I really want to get her pictures done today!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Ten on Tuesday
I saw this on a freind's blog and thought I would give it a whirl!
Ten randon thoughts for the day:
1. I just LOVE my new dining room!! As somebody this weekend said, it takes about 10 years to get a house and to build up to a dining room. I am so excited for this! We ate in there for the first time as a family tonight!
2. When you get married and you stash everything away that you "will use someday," remember where it is stashed! It was sure fun getting stuff out of storage that we received 10 years ago for our wedding. We got some very nice glass bowls and vases and we brought them upstairs and put them in our china hutch! We also put our glass goblets in there! Wow, I forgot I had all this stuff.
3. I am not good at interior design. I bought two different sets of dishes because I couldn't decide- I did take one set back today. I want to get placemats and cloth napkins, but not quite sure what to get. I'd also like to get a picture on the wall, but again, unsure of myself.
4. Enough about the dining room, why does my son wake up at 6 am and go to bed at 9:15 pm? Does he not need sleep?? And to add, he's probably had under two hours worth of naps today and surprisingly, he's not cranky. I just don't think he needs sleep!
5. Mr. Christian has decided to stop waking up at 4 am, now we're usually up about 10-11 pm and then we sleep until about 6. Not bad, but these 6 am wake up calls are going to get old really fast!
6. I am going to Portrait Innovations to get Megan's seven year pictures done tomorrow and I do not want Nichole to take them. I had her when we did Courtney's in August and she was very rude to me! Is it bad that she answered the phone tonight when I called and made the appointment? Can I request not to have her tomorrow??
7. Megan sure has a great time entertaining Christian in the evening! Last night, Christian was laying on the playroom floor holding a ball. Megan decided that it was time for kickball, so she would kick it right out of his hands. Christian laughed and laughed and laughed! And yes, we know this could be dangerous, but we were watching her! I need to post my pictures tomorrow.
8. Tonight the girls got ahold of some lip gloss and decided to put it on their faces. I thought I had a football player and a kitty in our house. I wonder how old that stuff is...again, pictures tomorrow.
9. I love it that Megan can now write out her own thank you notes.
10. I am very thankful for our health. We found out the other day that one of Megan's classmates mom has lung cancer. She has four children and three of them attend Megan's school. She is a real estate agent, so she is self-employed. There is a benefit on Friday night, but I am unable to attend. I just want to send them a check, even though we've had enough bills of our own this year. Please pray for her health if you get a chance, her name is Renee.
That's all for now!
Ten randon thoughts for the day:
1. I just LOVE my new dining room!! As somebody this weekend said, it takes about 10 years to get a house and to build up to a dining room. I am so excited for this! We ate in there for the first time as a family tonight!
2. When you get married and you stash everything away that you "will use someday," remember where it is stashed! It was sure fun getting stuff out of storage that we received 10 years ago for our wedding. We got some very nice glass bowls and vases and we brought them upstairs and put them in our china hutch! We also put our glass goblets in there! Wow, I forgot I had all this stuff.
3. I am not good at interior design. I bought two different sets of dishes because I couldn't decide- I did take one set back today. I want to get placemats and cloth napkins, but not quite sure what to get. I'd also like to get a picture on the wall, but again, unsure of myself.
4. Enough about the dining room, why does my son wake up at 6 am and go to bed at 9:15 pm? Does he not need sleep?? And to add, he's probably had under two hours worth of naps today and surprisingly, he's not cranky. I just don't think he needs sleep!
5. Mr. Christian has decided to stop waking up at 4 am, now we're usually up about 10-11 pm and then we sleep until about 6. Not bad, but these 6 am wake up calls are going to get old really fast!
6. I am going to Portrait Innovations to get Megan's seven year pictures done tomorrow and I do not want Nichole to take them. I had her when we did Courtney's in August and she was very rude to me! Is it bad that she answered the phone tonight when I called and made the appointment? Can I request not to have her tomorrow??
7. Megan sure has a great time entertaining Christian in the evening! Last night, Christian was laying on the playroom floor holding a ball. Megan decided that it was time for kickball, so she would kick it right out of his hands. Christian laughed and laughed and laughed! And yes, we know this could be dangerous, but we were watching her! I need to post my pictures tomorrow.
8. Tonight the girls got ahold of some lip gloss and decided to put it on their faces. I thought I had a football player and a kitty in our house. I wonder how old that stuff is...again, pictures tomorrow.
9. I love it that Megan can now write out her own thank you notes.
10. I am very thankful for our health. We found out the other day that one of Megan's classmates mom has lung cancer. She has four children and three of them attend Megan's school. She is a real estate agent, so she is self-employed. There is a benefit on Friday night, but I am unable to attend. I just want to send them a check, even though we've had enough bills of our own this year. Please pray for her health if you get a chance, her name is Renee.
That's all for now!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Do mommies make pink milk?
I was holding Christian earlier and he spit up a little bit of pink milk.
Odd, I thought, but then I realized that Courtney had strawberry syrup on her ice cream and she had seen me give Christian a little bit of ice cream, so I asked if she gave him any. "No" she said.
Ok, maybe it was just a fluke. Then she said, "But mommy, you drank pink milk for lunch."
Do you think I make pink milk if I drink pink milk for lunch???
Odd, I thought, but then I realized that Courtney had strawberry syrup on her ice cream and she had seen me give Christian a little bit of ice cream, so I asked if she gave him any. "No" she said.
Ok, maybe it was just a fluke. Then she said, "But mommy, you drank pink milk for lunch."
Do you think I make pink milk if I drink pink milk for lunch???
Birthday Week is OVER
After celebrating Megan's birthday three times, we are done!!
We took her out for supper on Tuesday, had a friend party on Friday, and then had her family party yesterday, it is time to put all the decorations away until next year!
I love it and all, but it's a lot of work, plus my poor laundry is suffering. :(
We had over 30 people over yesterday and went through lots of food, but didn't go through my birthday cupcakes! Ahh, I don't need 15 cupcakes to eat this week! I just finally lost all my baby weight!
Megan had a good time. She got some great presents including some new art supplies and new books to read. Unfortunately, she only got one pair of jeans, so now we need to go shopping, she needs 2-3 more pairs! I think she had a great time having all her friends over and seeing people who haven't been over in awhile.
The best part is though that during the party Christian slept for 1 1/2 hours (which he NEVER does) and I think we wore him out becuase he slept all night!!! Yay for Christian, about 8:30-6:30. I was up at 4 though wondering where he was. But since he has yet another cold, I could hear him breathing from his doorway. Good enough for me, I went back to bed and didn't worry about him!
Next Birthday: Matt, November 20th!
We took her out for supper on Tuesday, had a friend party on Friday, and then had her family party yesterday, it is time to put all the decorations away until next year!
I love it and all, but it's a lot of work, plus my poor laundry is suffering. :(
We had over 30 people over yesterday and went through lots of food, but didn't go through my birthday cupcakes! Ahh, I don't need 15 cupcakes to eat this week! I just finally lost all my baby weight!
Megan had a good time. She got some great presents including some new art supplies and new books to read. Unfortunately, she only got one pair of jeans, so now we need to go shopping, she needs 2-3 more pairs! I think she had a great time having all her friends over and seeing people who haven't been over in awhile.
The best part is though that during the party Christian slept for 1 1/2 hours (which he NEVER does) and I think we wore him out becuase he slept all night!!! Yay for Christian, about 8:30-6:30. I was up at 4 though wondering where he was. But since he has yet another cold, I could hear him breathing from his doorway. Good enough for me, I went back to bed and didn't worry about him!
Next Birthday: Matt, November 20th!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Rules for Christian
Now that Christian is five months, I have made some new rules for him, especially in reference to bedtime.
1. Bedtime is around 8-10, whenever he gets cranky and needs to go to bed. I will feed him before he goes to bed and say good night.
2. If he wakes up in the middle of the night, I am not going to feed him anymore. He's been stuck at 4:30 for about three months now and I would get up to feed him, but I know he really doesn't need this feeding, it just puts me and him back to bed faster.
3. When he does wake up, I will go in and put his pacifier in his mouth and give him his blanket. I wil touch his face or whatever I can do to calm him down, but not pick him up.
4. If he doesn't go back to sleep, I am going to leave the room for 5 minutes and then come back and put his pacifier back in and try it over again. He needs to learn to sooth himself back to sleep and really, this is working. He is getting much better at going back to sleep in the middle of the night.
5. I know he is an early riser, so I will not try to get him back to sleep after 6-6:30. I will go get him and feed him, but then he needs to stay awake for awhile. This is where we start our schedule for the day. Usually an hour and a half after I feed him, he is ready to go back down for a nap. If I put him back to bed after I feed him right away in the morning, it messes our whole day up!
6. Throughout the day, our schedule is eat, awake time, nap. I cannot put him down for a nap after he eats, no matter how tired he is! (Thanks "Babywise"!) I need to stick to this!
We've been on this schedule for about 2 months and it is really helping. He is sleeping better during the day and at night and he is very predictable. I can get out of the house during his awake time and be home before his next feeding. I am realizing that Christian's sleep is precious, but is hard for him to get to sleep and stay asleep. I think I'm finally getting him figured out.
Yes, he has been our most challenging baby, especially in regards to sleep!!!
1. Bedtime is around 8-10, whenever he gets cranky and needs to go to bed. I will feed him before he goes to bed and say good night.
2. If he wakes up in the middle of the night, I am not going to feed him anymore. He's been stuck at 4:30 for about three months now and I would get up to feed him, but I know he really doesn't need this feeding, it just puts me and him back to bed faster.
3. When he does wake up, I will go in and put his pacifier in his mouth and give him his blanket. I wil touch his face or whatever I can do to calm him down, but not pick him up.
4. If he doesn't go back to sleep, I am going to leave the room for 5 minutes and then come back and put his pacifier back in and try it over again. He needs to learn to sooth himself back to sleep and really, this is working. He is getting much better at going back to sleep in the middle of the night.
5. I know he is an early riser, so I will not try to get him back to sleep after 6-6:30. I will go get him and feed him, but then he needs to stay awake for awhile. This is where we start our schedule for the day. Usually an hour and a half after I feed him, he is ready to go back down for a nap. If I put him back to bed after I feed him right away in the morning, it messes our whole day up!
6. Throughout the day, our schedule is eat, awake time, nap. I cannot put him down for a nap after he eats, no matter how tired he is! (Thanks "Babywise"!) I need to stick to this!
We've been on this schedule for about 2 months and it is really helping. He is sleeping better during the day and at night and he is very predictable. I can get out of the house during his awake time and be home before his next feeding. I am realizing that Christian's sleep is precious, but is hard for him to get to sleep and stay asleep. I think I'm finally getting him figured out.
Yes, he has been our most challenging baby, especially in regards to sleep!!!
Birthday Party/ Mishaps from Friday
I stayed busy this week with my root canal and getting ready for Megan's party. I swear it takes me a week to clean my house because I spend half my day caring for Christian. Courtney and I didn't do anything wyith our friends on Thursday or Friday, we stayed home in the morning, got things for Megan's party in the afternoon, and spent time with the family at night. (AKA, finished the dining room).
Yesterday afternoon had to return about 30 books we had here to the library, I don't think the girls ready half of them. I'm not checking anymore books out for awhile.
Then we were off to Walmart for groceries. This actually goes really well lately with Christian. Since he can hold his head up now, I just prop him up in the seat with blankets, buckle him in, and off we go. Of course, I take the sanitize wipes and clean the cart off thoroughly!
Anyway, Courtney wanted to ride in the back of the cart too, so that was nice. I didn't have to constantly say, "Come on!" Unfortunately, by the time we were done, she was buried in groceries, but she didn't want to get out!
I have a love-hate relationship with Walmart. I love it because I can take ads from other stores and get items at those prices, I hate it because I am forced to go there because it's cheap.
Milk is something I always look for in the ads and for about every week for the last two months, it's been on sale somewhere. Yesterday, it was a half gallon for $1. Wonderful! While I'm there, I picked up 6 half gallons of milk (3 gallons). This usually lasts us a little under two week. For some reason though yesterday, I didn't look at the expiration dates. I just assumed it would be good for about 2 weeks like it usually is. I just grabbed 6 half gallons and put them in the cart. Little did I know, four of the six half gallons expire in 4 days!! Do I take them back and get new ones? Do I freeze them? What do I do with 2 gallons of milk in four days? I was kind of mad at myself when I realized this!!
Last night we had Megan's friend birthday party. All went well! I told Megan she could invite six friends, so she did and five we able to make it. It was much easier to control seven little girls (ours included) than 15 last year! I just did not feel like having a big party this year!
Megan wanted chili to eat, so I made that for her. Two of the girls didn't like chili, so we made them peanut butter and jelly. (I felt responsible for feeding them.) After they had half eaten their sandwich, they declared themslves done. I wasn't surprised because I've seen these two eat at school. About two minutes later, they tell me, "We ate at home. We had soup and chicken nuggets." What? You could've told me that before I made you sandwiches!
Then we decorated some mugs for hot chocolate and played a game of pictionary with the easel. It was pretty fun. I had just come up with some simple nouns for them to draw, but we were getting answers like palatypus and toaster. The girls were getting a little crazy towards the end of the game- I think it took longer than their 20 minute attention span.
We then opened presents and had cupcakes and ice cream for dessert. I went to put seven candles on Megan's cupcake and Matt said, "You're really going to do that?" "Yes I am". I will post a picture of her little cupcake with seven lit candles!
Then I just let them play the last 15 minutes until the moms came. It was a much simpler party and it was nice having Megan's friends over and seeing how they all interact. (Of course when the moms came, they were all covered in snow because we were getting our first snow fall of the season!)
Christian though, being his usual self, was kind of a pill during the party. He should've went down for a nap at 5:30, but that was a half an hour before the party started and I had a lot to do yet, so I just put him in my front pack and carried him around. He never did get a nap, I fed him at 6:30 while the girls were decorating their mugs and he was sooo tired, but I didn't lay him down, I just went back to the party. Well Matt ended up holding him all night and by 8:15 he was in major meltdown mode, so off to bed we went!! We let the girls stay up until about 9:45, I told them "Mommy needs to go to bed, so you do too!"
We have our family party on Sunday, so hopefully the house will stay clean and I can get everything ready today. Then birthday week will be over!
Yesterday afternoon had to return about 30 books we had here to the library, I don't think the girls ready half of them. I'm not checking anymore books out for awhile.
Then we were off to Walmart for groceries. This actually goes really well lately with Christian. Since he can hold his head up now, I just prop him up in the seat with blankets, buckle him in, and off we go. Of course, I take the sanitize wipes and clean the cart off thoroughly!
Anyway, Courtney wanted to ride in the back of the cart too, so that was nice. I didn't have to constantly say, "Come on!" Unfortunately, by the time we were done, she was buried in groceries, but she didn't want to get out!
I have a love-hate relationship with Walmart. I love it because I can take ads from other stores and get items at those prices, I hate it because I am forced to go there because it's cheap.
Milk is something I always look for in the ads and for about every week for the last two months, it's been on sale somewhere. Yesterday, it was a half gallon for $1. Wonderful! While I'm there, I picked up 6 half gallons of milk (3 gallons). This usually lasts us a little under two week. For some reason though yesterday, I didn't look at the expiration dates. I just assumed it would be good for about 2 weeks like it usually is. I just grabbed 6 half gallons and put them in the cart. Little did I know, four of the six half gallons expire in 4 days!! Do I take them back and get new ones? Do I freeze them? What do I do with 2 gallons of milk in four days? I was kind of mad at myself when I realized this!!
Last night we had Megan's friend birthday party. All went well! I told Megan she could invite six friends, so she did and five we able to make it. It was much easier to control seven little girls (ours included) than 15 last year! I just did not feel like having a big party this year!
Megan wanted chili to eat, so I made that for her. Two of the girls didn't like chili, so we made them peanut butter and jelly. (I felt responsible for feeding them.) After they had half eaten their sandwich, they declared themslves done. I wasn't surprised because I've seen these two eat at school. About two minutes later, they tell me, "We ate at home. We had soup and chicken nuggets." What? You could've told me that before I made you sandwiches!
Then we decorated some mugs for hot chocolate and played a game of pictionary with the easel. It was pretty fun. I had just come up with some simple nouns for them to draw, but we were getting answers like palatypus and toaster. The girls were getting a little crazy towards the end of the game- I think it took longer than their 20 minute attention span.
We then opened presents and had cupcakes and ice cream for dessert. I went to put seven candles on Megan's cupcake and Matt said, "You're really going to do that?" "Yes I am". I will post a picture of her little cupcake with seven lit candles!
Then I just let them play the last 15 minutes until the moms came. It was a much simpler party and it was nice having Megan's friends over and seeing how they all interact. (Of course when the moms came, they were all covered in snow because we were getting our first snow fall of the season!)
Christian though, being his usual self, was kind of a pill during the party. He should've went down for a nap at 5:30, but that was a half an hour before the party started and I had a lot to do yet, so I just put him in my front pack and carried him around. He never did get a nap, I fed him at 6:30 while the girls were decorating their mugs and he was sooo tired, but I didn't lay him down, I just went back to the party. Well Matt ended up holding him all night and by 8:15 he was in major meltdown mode, so off to bed we went!! We let the girls stay up until about 9:45, I told them "Mommy needs to go to bed, so you do too!"
We have our family party on Sunday, so hopefully the house will stay clean and I can get everything ready today. Then birthday week will be over!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Root canal
I survived my root canal today, it wasn't so bad as everybody made it out to be.
Good thing they numbed me up...now, 5 hours later, the numbness is still hanging on.
I go back in a month to finish it, along with getting two cavities filled, and then I should be done.
I think I've seen the dentist enough this year. :)
(And given him enough of my money!)
Good thing they numbed me up...now, 5 hours later, the numbness is still hanging on.
I go back in a month to finish it, along with getting two cavities filled, and then I should be done.
I think I've seen the dentist enough this year. :)
(And given him enough of my money!)
Monday, November 8, 2010
Birthday Week
This week we get to celebrate Megan's 7th birthday!
Everyday we are reminded how many days are left until her birthday. She is excited!
To top it off, we are having a little friend party for her on Friday night and then a family party on Sunday afternoon.
I have to kick it into gear, I don't have any plans for either of these parties!
I also need to clean the house this week, it may take me all week!
Everyday we are reminded how many days are left until her birthday. She is excited!
To top it off, we are having a little friend party for her on Friday night and then a family party on Sunday afternoon.
I have to kick it into gear, I don't have any plans for either of these parties!
I also need to clean the house this week, it may take me all week!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Floor Accomplished!
Matt worked almost 12 hours yesterday to get the new wood floor down in our dining room. He had to rent a nailer from Home Depot and said he used about 1200 nails on it. Wow!
He laid about 4-5 rows last week, so he had some done before he started, so here he is starting where he left off.
Getting some more done!
Megan's drawings:
Courtney's drawings:
He laid about 4-5 rows last week, so he had some done before he started, so here he is starting where he left off.
Getting some more done!
Before Matt put the wood door, he put down this red paper to help protect the floor (or something like that). We thought it would be fun to have the girls draw on this paper and when they pull the floor up in the future, they can see their cute drawings.
Megan's drawings:
Courtney's drawings:
Finished! The floor anyway :)
Next step: the woodwork.
We debated today whether to put the old woodwork back on or put new woodwork on. I think in the end, Matt is going to put new woodwork on around the floor and quarter-round. Our old woodwork was scuffed up and didn't look very nice by the new floor. The new woodwork doesn't match exactly, but we think it is close enough.
Hopefully he can get this done before Megan's birthday party next week- that's his goal anyway.
Then we can move in our new hutch and new dining room table! As for now, they are in boxes in my piano room.
We already tore into the box on the left hand side, I wanted to see my hutch again!
I have piano lesson tomorrow night, so I need to figure out what to do!
Look for future updates later this week! We should have a completed room by next Sunday!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
New Floor
Matt's mission for the day is to put the new wood floor down in the dining room.
The kids and I are leaving this place later, I don't want to listen to sawing and nailing all day long!!
We went and picked up our hutch and dining room table last night, so that's here ready to be put in the dining room.
It's painted with new paint, has new curtains, and a new chandalier.
I can't wait until it is done- I'm excited because I've never had a dining room before!
The kids and I are leaving this place later, I don't want to listen to sawing and nailing all day long!!
We went and picked up our hutch and dining room table last night, so that's here ready to be put in the dining room.
It's painted with new paint, has new curtains, and a new chandalier.
I can't wait until it is done- I'm excited because I've never had a dining room before!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sick day for Megan, Courtney, and Matt
Now that the nasty virus has attacked all 5 of us, I think it can go away and never return!
This is how we ended the day:
Christian- whiny all morning and constantly wanting to be held, he still has some nasty diapers, so after he went about noon, we had a happy baby the rest of the day!
Courtney- woke up great, playing, laughing, having a great time. Around 3, we sat down to watch a movie and by 3:30, she was asleep in my lap. Poor thing didn't wake up until 7:30!! I hope she sleeps tonight!
Megan- Woke up dizzy and couldn't function very well. Matt carried her downstairs and she laid on the couch almost all day. She slept from 12-2. About 3, Matt went out and got some children's ibuprofren because she was running a 102 fever and looked awful! (why don't I have any ibuprofen in the house??) We gave it to her and within an hour, we had our old Megan back! She got off the couch and was ready to face the world. Megan and I sat in the kitchen and colored and talked for a couple of hours while Courtney slept. I feel fortunate that I got one-on-one time with her, that doesn't happen very often.
Charla- I was fine all day, trying to hold down the fort!
Matt- Well, it eventually hit Matt today. He didn't throw up, but I think his stomach hurt pretty bad. He had quite a bit of pepto-bismol today. Towards the end of the afternoon, he came down with an occular migraine, so in addition to his stomach, now he now had a headache.
So, Megan is in bed and hopefully will be ready to go back to school tomorrow.
We'll see if Matt goes back to work.
Courtney, Christian, and I have MOPS in the morning that I would really like to attend. (Heck, I stood in the kitchen today making 6 packages of mini muffins for MOPS tomorrow, I even loaded all three kids up at 7:30 pm tonight to take them to church because I knew I wouldn't get there early enough tomorrow).
Tomorrow I also need to finish the laundry and continue to get things back to normal around here!
Things I've learned from this whole ordeal:
1. You need at least one functioning parent to take care of everybody while everybody else is sick.
2. Always keep gatorade and children's medicine in the house- we had to make trips to Baker's today to get these items.
3. Train children early to run to the bathroom to puke.
4. Thank heavens for water-proof mattress pads-we would've had to buy Megan a new mattress after last night!
5. The more people you have in the family, the more it's going to spread.
6. Have plenty of new toothbrushes available so you can throw the old ones out. (Like the one Megan used right before she threw up last night!)
7. Have lots of baskets for dirty laundry! Yikes, I don't even want to know how much laundry we did this week!
8. Know how to get puke off of walls, blankets, stuffed animals, carpets, linoleum, side railings for beds, and pillows
9. Oxi-clean is my friend
10. Be ready to apologize to whoever you spread it to and didn't realize it. yikes!
This is how we ended the day:
Christian- whiny all morning and constantly wanting to be held, he still has some nasty diapers, so after he went about noon, we had a happy baby the rest of the day!
Courtney- woke up great, playing, laughing, having a great time. Around 3, we sat down to watch a movie and by 3:30, she was asleep in my lap. Poor thing didn't wake up until 7:30!! I hope she sleeps tonight!
Megan- Woke up dizzy and couldn't function very well. Matt carried her downstairs and she laid on the couch almost all day. She slept from 12-2. About 3, Matt went out and got some children's ibuprofren because she was running a 102 fever and looked awful! (why don't I have any ibuprofen in the house??) We gave it to her and within an hour, we had our old Megan back! She got off the couch and was ready to face the world. Megan and I sat in the kitchen and colored and talked for a couple of hours while Courtney slept. I feel fortunate that I got one-on-one time with her, that doesn't happen very often.
Charla- I was fine all day, trying to hold down the fort!
Matt- Well, it eventually hit Matt today. He didn't throw up, but I think his stomach hurt pretty bad. He had quite a bit of pepto-bismol today. Towards the end of the afternoon, he came down with an occular migraine, so in addition to his stomach, now he now had a headache.
So, Megan is in bed and hopefully will be ready to go back to school tomorrow.
We'll see if Matt goes back to work.
Courtney, Christian, and I have MOPS in the morning that I would really like to attend. (Heck, I stood in the kitchen today making 6 packages of mini muffins for MOPS tomorrow, I even loaded all three kids up at 7:30 pm tonight to take them to church because I knew I wouldn't get there early enough tomorrow).
Tomorrow I also need to finish the laundry and continue to get things back to normal around here!
Things I've learned from this whole ordeal:
1. You need at least one functioning parent to take care of everybody while everybody else is sick.
2. Always keep gatorade and children's medicine in the house- we had to make trips to Baker's today to get these items.
3. Train children early to run to the bathroom to puke.
4. Thank heavens for water-proof mattress pads-we would've had to buy Megan a new mattress after last night!
5. The more people you have in the family, the more it's going to spread.
6. Have plenty of new toothbrushes available so you can throw the old ones out. (Like the one Megan used right before she threw up last night!)
7. Have lots of baskets for dirty laundry! Yikes, I don't even want to know how much laundry we did this week!
8. Know how to get puke off of walls, blankets, stuffed animals, carpets, linoleum, side railings for beds, and pillows
9. Oxi-clean is my friend
10. Be ready to apologize to whoever you spread it to and didn't realize it. yikes!
Further Evaluation
Megan- has a 100.4 temp, dizzy, can't walk, still very pale, can talk fine, drinking gatorade and keeping it down
Corutney- can walk, no temp, drinking gatorade
Christian- fine
Charla- not 100%, but good
Matt- hopefully not getting it, but has a stomach ache. But lucky him, he can take pepto bismol where I couldn't
I have a feeing we're going to be sacked out in the living room watching movies all day again!
Corutney- can walk, no temp, drinking gatorade
Christian- fine
Charla- not 100%, but good
Matt- hopefully not getting it, but has a stomach ache. But lucky him, he can take pepto bismol where I couldn't
I have a feeing we're going to be sacked out in the living room watching movies all day again!
Another one bites the dust
Ok, so it was too late to post last night but just as we were helping Courtney throw up about 10:30 last night, we hear Megan start to gag. Matt says, "She's just fine," but then takes off. He meets her in the bathroom...after the damage had been done.
When Matt and I put her to bed, we both asked her if she felt sick and she said no. Just in case, I cleaned all the barbies out of her bed and all the little toys and books. I left the stuffed animals and blankets. She told me if she was going to throw up, she would do it where her barbies were and then not get her stuffed animals dirty. Why do I listen to a 6 year old?
When she gagged, she threw up full force in her bed! I mean, it even splattered on the wall. She got it on her blankets, stuffed animals, sheet, mattress pad, pillow, and bed rail! She said she tried to throw up toward her bed rail but just couldn't! In the middle of this, she got out of bed and raced to the bathroom, leaving a trail on the carpet. When she got to the bathroom, she threw up again and it was all over thefloor, toilet, and the wall. I think it hit her hard and came out of nowhere! She definitely gets the award for making the biggest mess!! (And of course, we ask her again, "Did you feel sick when you went to bed? She said, "yes". Megan!!!)
With Courtney already sacked out beside our bed on her sleeping bag, we put Megan on her sleeping bag in our master bathroom (close to the toilet). She was up about 2-3 more times throwing up. We put towels on the floor underneath her, so she usually got it on those first and then made it to the toilet. I think Courtney was done throwing up by 11, where Megan was still going at it at 2.
To top the night off, Christian decided to be up at 1:30, so I let him cry for awhile, I think it took 25 minutes to get back to sleep, but of course, he woke everybody up. Then he was up again at 4:30, I fed him just to get some sleep. Then we all crashed! I woke up at 7:50 because Christian was crying AGAIN and I looked over and he woke both girls up. NO! I raced in to get him and shut our bedroom door. I need them to rest.
Now Matt is complaining that his stomach hurts and probably isn't going to go to work for awhile.
I called the school and Megan will not be attending today.
Courtney, Christian, and I will not be going to our MOMS Club meeting today. We're staying right here.
Now that everybody has had it, let's get this virus out of our house and get life back to normal!!!
When Matt and I put her to bed, we both asked her if she felt sick and she said no. Just in case, I cleaned all the barbies out of her bed and all the little toys and books. I left the stuffed animals and blankets. She told me if she was going to throw up, she would do it where her barbies were and then not get her stuffed animals dirty. Why do I listen to a 6 year old?
When she gagged, she threw up full force in her bed! I mean, it even splattered on the wall. She got it on her blankets, stuffed animals, sheet, mattress pad, pillow, and bed rail! She said she tried to throw up toward her bed rail but just couldn't! In the middle of this, she got out of bed and raced to the bathroom, leaving a trail on the carpet. When she got to the bathroom, she threw up again and it was all over thefloor, toilet, and the wall. I think it hit her hard and came out of nowhere! She definitely gets the award for making the biggest mess!! (And of course, we ask her again, "Did you feel sick when you went to bed? She said, "yes". Megan!!!)
With Courtney already sacked out beside our bed on her sleeping bag, we put Megan on her sleeping bag in our master bathroom (close to the toilet). She was up about 2-3 more times throwing up. We put towels on the floor underneath her, so she usually got it on those first and then made it to the toilet. I think Courtney was done throwing up by 11, where Megan was still going at it at 2.
To top the night off, Christian decided to be up at 1:30, so I let him cry for awhile, I think it took 25 minutes to get back to sleep, but of course, he woke everybody up. Then he was up again at 4:30, I fed him just to get some sleep. Then we all crashed! I woke up at 7:50 because Christian was crying AGAIN and I looked over and he woke both girls up. NO! I raced in to get him and shut our bedroom door. I need them to rest.
Now Matt is complaining that his stomach hurts and probably isn't going to go to work for awhile.
I called the school and Megan will not be attending today.
Courtney, Christian, and I will not be going to our MOMS Club meeting today. We're staying right here.
Now that everybody has had it, let's get this virus out of our house and get life back to normal!!!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
3 out of 5
Yes, 3 out of our 5 family members have now gotten the 24 hour puking/ diarhea bug.
fun. fun.
Courtney threw up at church just as they were finishing her class. We got her home and she puked two more times.
She's sleeping in our room tonight.
Matt or Megan...who's next??
fun. fun.
Courtney threw up at church just as they were finishing her class. We got her home and she puked two more times.
She's sleeping in our room tonight.
Matt or Megan...who's next??
Found!!!
I was putting away some bibs in a storage container and in the middle of the stack of bibs was the baby brother shirt!!
I used to have these bibs stacked in Christian's closet, so I bet I threw his t-shirt on top of the bibs and then didn't realize it was there when I packed them away.
Do you know how many times I have been in this container getting things and haven't noticed his t-shirt?
The sad thing is, it won't fit him anymore. :(
I still want to do big sister, middle sister, and baby brother pictures. I was waiting until Christian could sit up, so hopefully I can do them for Christmas pictures this year. I will probably just have to make Christian a new one.
Matt also found some of Christian's socks stuck in the washer yesterday.
Maybe I don't really have a black hole in my house eating all my clothes. :)
Doing Better!
I'm so glad I don't feel like puking anymore!!
But I am weak and shaky this morning, but hopefully it is just dehydration/ low sugars from not eating much yesterday. I'm hoping to get this under control and get back to normal.
Today I head to the dr. to check out my high thyroid numbers. I have to pull Megan out of school to get there in time to do paperwork, ugh. I would've printed them off here and not had to pull her out of school, but our printer is out of black in and I don't think the dr. office would appreciate paperwork in blue, red, or yellow!
A big kudos to Matt for helping out so much yesterday!!!
I swear I AM going to take a shower today and I am NOT going to turn the TV on!
But I am weak and shaky this morning, but hopefully it is just dehydration/ low sugars from not eating much yesterday. I'm hoping to get this under control and get back to normal.
Today I head to the dr. to check out my high thyroid numbers. I have to pull Megan out of school to get there in time to do paperwork, ugh. I would've printed them off here and not had to pull her out of school, but our printer is out of black in and I don't think the dr. office would appreciate paperwork in blue, red, or yellow!
A big kudos to Matt for helping out so much yesterday!!!
I swear I AM going to take a shower today and I am NOT going to turn the TV on!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Sick Day..for mom:(
This morning, about 1:30 am, I woke up and felt like I had to puke! My stomach hurt so bad. At 4:30 Christian woke up to eat and when I stood up, I felt like I was going to fall over. I woke Matt up and asked him he would go get him. Matt brought him to me, I fed him, and then Matt put him back to bed. I couldn't move.
At 5:30, Matt was up. At 6:30, I heard Christian crying again (this is his normal routine). I stand up and I must've felt ok because I went and got him. Since Matt was in the shower, I know it would be awhile if I waited for him.
I fed Christian at 7 and in the meantime, I talked to Matt about what our plan was for the day. I still felt terrible so obviously I couldn't take care of the children. Matt had a work event this morning, but he said if I got Megan out of bed and started, he would come home around 8 and get her off to school.
While Megan is on her way into my room at 7:30, Christian pukes in my bed! All that good milk, so obviously, I wasn't the only one sick. I left the blankets (because I had no energy) and got Christian's clothes changed. I got Megan downstairs and got her breakfast. It is about 8 by now and her bus comes at 8:25!
Matt got home about 8:10 and we kept getting Megan ready. I sat down in the chair and let Matt take over. We saw the bus drive by at 8:25 and Megan was still getting her shoes on. Matt just put her in the car and took her to school.
Matt had originally planned not to go downtown to work today, but instead to go to Microsoft event at Sogeti- this is what he had to get started at 7:30. I asked him if there was any way he could stay home and he didn't even blink an eye. I think he knew I was in bad shape!
For the entire morning, I didn't get out of the recliner. My stomach hurt and I was a little cold and dizzy. Luckily, I was able to take care of Christian and Courtney (who didn't get up until 9:45!)
Around lunch time, Matt got him and Courtney lunch and I continued to hang out in the chair. I was getting tired of watching TV already, but there really wasn't anything else I could do! Around 1, Matt decided to go to his office to work, so Courtney and I watched "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Then I turned the TV off!
Eventually Megan got home and we hung out as a family tonight. There would be times when I felt better, but other times when I felt worse. The girls and I did some puzzles and played some games instead of watchint TV.
As for supper, you know mom isn't feeling good when the rest of the family has a Tombstone pizza and eat it on TV trays in the living room while watching "The Biggest Loser"!
Eventually I got Christian to bed and Matt got the girls bathed. Ahhh. The day is almost over and I didn't do anything! Matt did quite a bit though, he took care of the girls and washed all the blankets/ sheets on our bed from when Christian threw up. He also did the dishes! What a great guy!
Hopefully I can snap out of this overnight and have a more productive day tomorrow! I see the endocronologist at 3, so I need to feel better!
PS Since I was feeing sick, I never did go vote! Matt did though!
At 5:30, Matt was up. At 6:30, I heard Christian crying again (this is his normal routine). I stand up and I must've felt ok because I went and got him. Since Matt was in the shower, I know it would be awhile if I waited for him.
I fed Christian at 7 and in the meantime, I talked to Matt about what our plan was for the day. I still felt terrible so obviously I couldn't take care of the children. Matt had a work event this morning, but he said if I got Megan out of bed and started, he would come home around 8 and get her off to school.
While Megan is on her way into my room at 7:30, Christian pukes in my bed! All that good milk, so obviously, I wasn't the only one sick. I left the blankets (because I had no energy) and got Christian's clothes changed. I got Megan downstairs and got her breakfast. It is about 8 by now and her bus comes at 8:25!
Matt got home about 8:10 and we kept getting Megan ready. I sat down in the chair and let Matt take over. We saw the bus drive by at 8:25 and Megan was still getting her shoes on. Matt just put her in the car and took her to school.
Matt had originally planned not to go downtown to work today, but instead to go to Microsoft event at Sogeti- this is what he had to get started at 7:30. I asked him if there was any way he could stay home and he didn't even blink an eye. I think he knew I was in bad shape!
For the entire morning, I didn't get out of the recliner. My stomach hurt and I was a little cold and dizzy. Luckily, I was able to take care of Christian and Courtney (who didn't get up until 9:45!)
Around lunch time, Matt got him and Courtney lunch and I continued to hang out in the chair. I was getting tired of watching TV already, but there really wasn't anything else I could do! Around 1, Matt decided to go to his office to work, so Courtney and I watched "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Then I turned the TV off!
Eventually Megan got home and we hung out as a family tonight. There would be times when I felt better, but other times when I felt worse. The girls and I did some puzzles and played some games instead of watchint TV.
As for supper, you know mom isn't feeling good when the rest of the family has a Tombstone pizza and eat it on TV trays in the living room while watching "The Biggest Loser"!
Eventually I got Christian to bed and Matt got the girls bathed. Ahhh. The day is almost over and I didn't do anything! Matt did quite a bit though, he took care of the girls and washed all the blankets/ sheets on our bed from when Christian threw up. He also did the dishes! What a great guy!
Hopefully I can snap out of this overnight and have a more productive day tomorrow! I see the endocronologist at 3, so I need to feel better!
PS Since I was feeing sick, I never did go vote! Matt did though!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Finally!
Today I left Christian on his back and I left the room to do something, I came back, and he was on his stomach. That's not how I left him!
Christian can finally roll over...let the fun begin!!
Christian can finally roll over...let the fun begin!!
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