Megan talked her dad into letting her take dance this school year, so we start today.
It is at the same place and with the same teacher that she took a dance camp from this summer. I thought she did great and Megan really loved it, so we're going back to her (plus she's very reasonably priced!).
So now every Saturday from 2-3 pm for the entire school year, somebody will be trotting Megan to dance class.
So the taxi service begins...
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Another Visitor Last Night
Courtney was in our room again this morning at 5 am because she said there was a bug in her room. Matt took her back to her and her room and she showed him the bug. It was a nail in her wall! Matt took it out and let her see that it was not a bug. She went right back to sleep. :)
Will she be in my room tomorrow morning at 5 am?
Will she be in my room tomorrow morning at 5 am?
Friday, August 6, 2010
The Joys of Motherhood
I was wondering this morning, can the joys of motherhood come at 5 pm instead of 5 am??
I was up 4 am this morning feeding Christian, which is fine. He is usually up at this time and he usually goes right back to sleep.
This morning was a little different. It took him awhile to get back to sleep and about 5, he starts his grunting. Seriously, can this boy just poop and get it done with? No, it takes him til about 6:30 to get his job done. And he's grunting almost this entire time, right beside me! (but sleeping, of course). So of course, I am half asleep/ half awake.
In the middle of all this (probably around 5:45-6), Miss Courtney decides that she doesn't want to sleep in her room anymore because there is a fly in there. I wake up to somebody tapping me on my arm. I look over and it is Courtney wanting to know if she can sleep in our room. I say fine and tell her to lay down on the floor. Well, the floor is too cold, so I give her a blanket to lay on. Not settled down yet, pretty soon she is up to go potty. I hear a thunk and a scream from her bathroom so I go running in there. Another fly! For the thousandth time, I tell her that flies will not hurt her! I put her back into our room on her makeshift bed. Pretty soon I hear, "Mom, there's a fly in here! Can I shut your door?" I told her no, but she could surely go back to her room and shut her door, so she did.
Being about 6:45, I don't think there's any way I was going back to sleep because Matt is ready to leave, the sun is coming up, Christian is awake because he has finally done his business and needs to eat, I'm starving and have a headache. I give in and get Christian up and get myself some breakfast and some advil!
To top it all off, when I picked Christian up to feed him and change him, he had pooped through his sleeper and onto his sheets. Lovely. Now I'm doing laundry at 7 am too.
I'm warning everybody, I might not be a happy later with lack of sleep.
(I didn't get to bed til 11 last night, so 5-6 hours of sleep for me!)
I was up 4 am this morning feeding Christian, which is fine. He is usually up at this time and he usually goes right back to sleep.
This morning was a little different. It took him awhile to get back to sleep and about 5, he starts his grunting. Seriously, can this boy just poop and get it done with? No, it takes him til about 6:30 to get his job done. And he's grunting almost this entire time, right beside me! (but sleeping, of course). So of course, I am half asleep/ half awake.
In the middle of all this (probably around 5:45-6), Miss Courtney decides that she doesn't want to sleep in her room anymore because there is a fly in there. I wake up to somebody tapping me on my arm. I look over and it is Courtney wanting to know if she can sleep in our room. I say fine and tell her to lay down on the floor. Well, the floor is too cold, so I give her a blanket to lay on. Not settled down yet, pretty soon she is up to go potty. I hear a thunk and a scream from her bathroom so I go running in there. Another fly! For the thousandth time, I tell her that flies will not hurt her! I put her back into our room on her makeshift bed. Pretty soon I hear, "Mom, there's a fly in here! Can I shut your door?" I told her no, but she could surely go back to her room and shut her door, so she did.
Being about 6:45, I don't think there's any way I was going back to sleep because Matt is ready to leave, the sun is coming up, Christian is awake because he has finally done his business and needs to eat, I'm starving and have a headache. I give in and get Christian up and get myself some breakfast and some advil!
To top it all off, when I picked Christian up to feed him and change him, he had pooped through his sleeper and onto his sheets. Lovely. Now I'm doing laundry at 7 am too.
I'm warning everybody, I might not be a happy later with lack of sleep.
(I didn't get to bed til 11 last night, so 5-6 hours of sleep for me!)
Thursday, August 5, 2010
New Post
Ok, I have a bunch of blog ideas floating around in my head. I just need to sit down and write them out.
1. Recap of the Dodge County parade and time at Grandma's-pictures included
2. Why I will miss Megan when she goes back to school in a week.
3. Update on Christian
4. Something about Courtney
I wanted to let everyone know that Megan can officially tie her shoes now! Matt and I are making her get tennis shoes with ties for PE this year. Megan and Matt sat down last night and he taught her how to tie and today, she did it all by herself. She said to me, "Mom, write it on your blog that I can tie my shoes now!" So, here it is! She is pretty proud!
1. Recap of the Dodge County parade and time at Grandma's-pictures included
2. Why I will miss Megan when she goes back to school in a week.
3. Update on Christian
4. Something about Courtney
I wanted to let everyone know that Megan can officially tie her shoes now! Matt and I are making her get tennis shoes with ties for PE this year. Megan and Matt sat down last night and he taught her how to tie and today, she did it all by herself. She said to me, "Mom, write it on your blog that I can tie my shoes now!" So, here it is! She is pretty proud!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Mr. Cranky Today
I haven't had a cranky baby for about a week, but today it seemed like we were back to square one! From about noon til 7 tonight, Christian wouldn't stay asleep and the later in the afternoon it got, the fussier he became. I had him to sleep quite a few times, but he would not stay asleep. He was soooo tired, but just would not settle down and when he would get to sleep, he would wake up screaming at me in about 10 minutes. This is what happened before I put him on the Prevacid. We were doing so good! I had a baby who would sleep and was happy! I'm not sure what happened today. (I have been giving him his medicine twice a day for the last two weeks, so we didn't skip a dosage to make him act like this.)
Finally about 7 tonight, I gave him some more Prevacid and he acted better almost immediately.
Tonight, I gave the girls baths and Matt was taking care of Christian. When I was done, he was sleeping on Matt's shoulder. I have a feeling he is going to sleep for a VERY long time tonight.
Finally about 7 tonight, I gave him some more Prevacid and he acted better almost immediately.
Tonight, I gave the girls baths and Matt was taking care of Christian. When I was done, he was sleeping on Matt's shoulder. I have a feeling he is going to sleep for a VERY long time tonight.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Quite the sight at the store today
Today, I told the girls we had to get groceries and school supplies for Megan to start school next week. This involved taking all 3 kids to Walmart. Last time we went, things went well, so I thought I would try it again.
A couple of times ago, when I just took Christian, I put his carseat on the top of the cart and he was fussy the entire time (probably because of his reflux). Last time, I put Christian's carseat in the back of the cart, but then he got buried in groceries. I needed a new plan.
My new plan today was to get two carts. While I still have Megan home during the day and she's always begging to push the cart, I thought I would get one cart to put Christian in and another cart to put groceries in. So we did and it worked great! I put Christian's carseat in one cart, faced him forward so he could see everything, and put Megan in charge of him. I got another cart and filled it with groceries. We had a very pleasant trip. As long as she kept him moving, he was good.
As I said, we had to be quite the sight at the store today! It really helped to give Megan some responsibility, she took taking care of her brother very seriously and did very well (as long as she wasn't blocking the isle and driving into people)!
A couple of times ago, when I just took Christian, I put his carseat on the top of the cart and he was fussy the entire time (probably because of his reflux). Last time, I put Christian's carseat in the back of the cart, but then he got buried in groceries. I needed a new plan.
My new plan today was to get two carts. While I still have Megan home during the day and she's always begging to push the cart, I thought I would get one cart to put Christian in and another cart to put groceries in. So we did and it worked great! I put Christian's carseat in one cart, faced him forward so he could see everything, and put Megan in charge of him. I got another cart and filled it with groceries. We had a very pleasant trip. As long as she kept him moving, he was good.
As I said, we had to be quite the sight at the store today! It really helped to give Megan some responsibility, she took taking care of her brother very seriously and did very well (as long as she wasn't blocking the isle and driving into people)!
Funny way to put kids to bed!
We were at my parents' last night for supper and got home pretty late (10:30)
Here's how we dealt with putting our kids to bed last night:
1. Megan stayed awake the whole way home. When we got home, she put on herr pajamas, brushed her teeth, Matt sangs songs/ said prayers, and she went to bed.
2. Courtney fell asleep on the way home. When we got home, Matt put her right to bed. Pretty dress and all (no, this is not the first time we have done this.) Usually when she wakes up in the morning, she will come into my room and say, "Somebody forgot to put pajamas on me last night!". But this morning, she didn't even realize she still had her dress on. She did not brush her teeth or songs/ prayers.
3. Christian was asleep before we even left grandmas, I think it was about 7:45 when he fell asleep. He had his pajamas on and we put him in his carseat. He too slept all the way home. When we got home, I just put his carseat in his bed and let him be! (If he would've been our first kid, I probably wouldn't have done this!) He slept there until 4:44 this morning! That was a long stretch, except I kept waking up and checking on him because he wasn't up at usual times to eat.
I fed him then and he was awake a little bit. At 5:30 he went back to sleep for about another 1 1/2 hours, then he ate a little bit more, slept a little bit more. He did this until Courtney came into my room at 8:45 am.
Now we are all up for the day. We only have about another week of sleeping in until Megan has to start getting up and going to school every day. Hopefully Christian will start sleeping through the night pretty soon and I can get a good night's sleep again! I'm tired now the way it is, I'm going to need naps or coffee to keep me going through the day in about a week!
Here's how we dealt with putting our kids to bed last night:
1. Megan stayed awake the whole way home. When we got home, she put on herr pajamas, brushed her teeth, Matt sangs songs/ said prayers, and she went to bed.
2. Courtney fell asleep on the way home. When we got home, Matt put her right to bed. Pretty dress and all (no, this is not the first time we have done this.) Usually when she wakes up in the morning, she will come into my room and say, "Somebody forgot to put pajamas on me last night!". But this morning, she didn't even realize she still had her dress on. She did not brush her teeth or songs/ prayers.
3. Christian was asleep before we even left grandmas, I think it was about 7:45 when he fell asleep. He had his pajamas on and we put him in his carseat. He too slept all the way home. When we got home, I just put his carseat in his bed and let him be! (If he would've been our first kid, I probably wouldn't have done this!) He slept there until 4:44 this morning! That was a long stretch, except I kept waking up and checking on him because he wasn't up at usual times to eat.
I fed him then and he was awake a little bit. At 5:30 he went back to sleep for about another 1 1/2 hours, then he ate a little bit more, slept a little bit more. He did this until Courtney came into my room at 8:45 am.
Now we are all up for the day. We only have about another week of sleeping in until Megan has to start getting up and going to school every day. Hopefully Christian will start sleeping through the night pretty soon and I can get a good night's sleep again! I'm tired now the way it is, I'm going to need naps or coffee to keep me going through the day in about a week!
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