Sunday, March 11, 2012
Iphone magic
Wow technology is fabulous. I'm not holding my breath but having my blog at my fingertips 24/7 might just help me update more often...yay!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Just not my thing
I have realized that as much as i love to read other people's blogs i am not a writer. My life is so chaotic i barely have time to focus my energy enough for the basics and this just hasn't been a priority. While am here i will update you on all the happenings and maybe it won't be 6 mths before i write again...or maybe it will be longer!
Our little man is now 6 1/2 months old and is absolutely heaven. He is a great baby and a wonderful addition to our family! He has just started to learn how to crawl and is getting his 3rd and 4th tooth in as we speak. He is over 18 lbs and has the cutest little leg chunks you would ever see. He still doesn't sleep through the night but i think that is my fault as he takes his bottle and falls right back asleep. He loves crackers and baby food of all kinds(except squash). He is wearing a size 4 diaper and mainly 12-18 mth clothes but can still wear some 6-12 mth outfits and some 24 mth outfits....funny thing is his brother just outgrew most of the clothes/diapers over the summer. Crazy how each of them are so silly. He isn't says true words yet but he likes to wave and it sounds like he says hi. He loves to yell and is practicing his voice frequently now.
Grant is almost done with his first semester of preschool, at 3 years old he is my smarty pants. His teachers say he will be a lawyer because he is so good at arguing his point and always believes he is right! He is still in speech therapy but between his fabulous therapist and preschool he is learning very quickly. He loves sports especially soccer and football. he hopes to play soccer/baseball in the spring if he is old enough. He is addicted to watching netflix shows and loves monster trucks. he was wearing all size 24 mth clothes this summer and he now is in all 4-5s...major growth spurt!
Hailey is in 3rd grade and an honor roll student. Third grade has been more challenging for her as she is having to be more independent and i have released some of my control over her actions. I think it has been just as hard for me to let her grow and blossom. I like control and she likes me telling her how and when to do everything. She was a very organized toddler but not she is pushing all those preteen envelopes and it can be very challenging. She is a fabulous artist and impresses me continually with her imagination. She is wearing size 12 in girls and in some things wears up to an adult small. Sometimes i just can't believe my baby girl is growing up this fast and is so amazing. She loves to talk on the phone with her friends and is good about doing her chores, except her room which is a constant challenge. She is starting to care about how she looks and about what the boys at school think of her. I have been trying to let her know that she is perfect just the way she is and not to worry about those boys but i am not sure she believes me.
My husband has been super busy at work and i have been just as busy with my photography, volunteer work, and the kiddos activities. It seems we are constantly running. In October i had gallbladder surgery and Jason has a health scare and ended up in the ER. We have started focusing more on our family and getting healthier. I think it has been a major blessing in disguise. Other than that i am on the job hunt again and hope to have a position by the first of the year. I am sad to leave my babies after almost 9 years at home but i am very excited to start working outside the home again! Finding a daycare is going to be a challenge as no one seems good enough for our babies. Luckily we have a few friends who stay at home and might be able to watch the kids for us.
I can't think of much else to talk about at the moment as i have a million things to get done around the house before Thanksgiving tomorrow! I'll leave you with a few pictures form the past couple of mths!
Our little man is now 6 1/2 months old and is absolutely heaven. He is a great baby and a wonderful addition to our family! He has just started to learn how to crawl and is getting his 3rd and 4th tooth in as we speak. He is over 18 lbs and has the cutest little leg chunks you would ever see. He still doesn't sleep through the night but i think that is my fault as he takes his bottle and falls right back asleep. He loves crackers and baby food of all kinds(except squash). He is wearing a size 4 diaper and mainly 12-18 mth clothes but can still wear some 6-12 mth outfits and some 24 mth outfits....funny thing is his brother just outgrew most of the clothes/diapers over the summer. Crazy how each of them are so silly. He isn't says true words yet but he likes to wave and it sounds like he says hi. He loves to yell and is practicing his voice frequently now.
Grant is almost done with his first semester of preschool, at 3 years old he is my smarty pants. His teachers say he will be a lawyer because he is so good at arguing his point and always believes he is right! He is still in speech therapy but between his fabulous therapist and preschool he is learning very quickly. He loves sports especially soccer and football. he hopes to play soccer/baseball in the spring if he is old enough. He is addicted to watching netflix shows and loves monster trucks. he was wearing all size 24 mth clothes this summer and he now is in all 4-5s...major growth spurt!
Hailey is in 3rd grade and an honor roll student. Third grade has been more challenging for her as she is having to be more independent and i have released some of my control over her actions. I think it has been just as hard for me to let her grow and blossom. I like control and she likes me telling her how and when to do everything. She was a very organized toddler but not she is pushing all those preteen envelopes and it can be very challenging. She is a fabulous artist and impresses me continually with her imagination. She is wearing size 12 in girls and in some things wears up to an adult small. Sometimes i just can't believe my baby girl is growing up this fast and is so amazing. She loves to talk on the phone with her friends and is good about doing her chores, except her room which is a constant challenge. She is starting to care about how she looks and about what the boys at school think of her. I have been trying to let her know that she is perfect just the way she is and not to worry about those boys but i am not sure she believes me.
My husband has been super busy at work and i have been just as busy with my photography, volunteer work, and the kiddos activities. It seems we are constantly running. In October i had gallbladder surgery and Jason has a health scare and ended up in the ER. We have started focusing more on our family and getting healthier. I think it has been a major blessing in disguise. Other than that i am on the job hunt again and hope to have a position by the first of the year. I am sad to leave my babies after almost 9 years at home but i am very excited to start working outside the home again! Finding a daycare is going to be a challenge as no one seems good enough for our babies. Luckily we have a few friends who stay at home and might be able to watch the kids for us.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Full Term
Well we have finally mad eit to the 37 week mark! I am allowed to go off the turbutaline as i had my last pill last night around 11 pm. I have had some sporatic but strong copntractions this morning but have no idea if they will end up being productive or not. I am nervous about having a baby now even though i know we are ready and if he is ready all is a GO! Our father-in-law starts his vacation on Friday so i am hoping little Evan will stay put until then but i am thinking he might have other ideas. We will see....no matter what we will be induced on Monday may 9th yay! So we have less than 1 1/2 weeks until his arrival.
I am thinking we have everything in order except a spotless house...i planned on cleaning today and then with the contractions i was told by my hubby to relax instead...so i will just have to deal with a dirty house! :) The bags are packed and the nursery is ready to roll....the carseat has been in the van for two weeks now. I am still waiting on the blanket i ordered that matches his carseat to arrive...and i hope we get it this week. It is coming from Canada so i am unsure how long it will take to arrive....maybe he will hold out until it gets here, lol!
I had my SIL take some maternity photos last weekend at 36 weeks and i think she did a great job. I have never been one to document my pregnancies and i felt that urge with this baby especially knowing he is going to be our last, i think! So here it is...hopefully the next time we post i will have some breandnew little baby pics to show everyone! Keep us in your prayers!
I am thinking we have everything in order except a spotless house...i planned on cleaning today and then with the contractions i was told by my hubby to relax instead...so i will just have to deal with a dirty house! :) The bags are packed and the nursery is ready to roll....the carseat has been in the van for two weeks now. I am still waiting on the blanket i ordered that matches his carseat to arrive...and i hope we get it this week. It is coming from Canada so i am unsure how long it will take to arrive....maybe he will hold out until it gets here, lol!
I had my SIL take some maternity photos last weekend at 36 weeks and i think she did a great job. I have never been one to document my pregnancies and i felt that urge with this baby especially knowing he is going to be our last, i think! So here it is...hopefully the next time we post i will have some breandnew little baby pics to show everyone! Keep us in your prayers!
Monday, March 21, 2011
32 Weeks, Preterm Contractions, and Bedrest
Well tomorrow i will be 32 weeks pregnant and i am so grateful to feel so great still. Unfortunately we have had some complications but according to the doctor we are okay and most likely will still have a full term baby boy. I had some preterm contractions in early February and ended up in triage and after a few hours they gave me a shot of turbutaline and the contractions went away. We noted my file and doctor said most likely that was a fluke and no big deal. Then on Tuesday afternoon i started getting a few braxton-hicks copntractions and they started getting more frequent as the night went on, finally by 8 pm i realized they were getting conssitently closer together and not going away. So the doctor sent me back to triage and we went through the process again. This time they gave me another shot of turbutaline and a pill of something that is a smooth muscle relaxer. The contractions did not completely go away but did lessen greatly afterwards so i got sent home in the middle of the night. My doctor wanted to see me the next morning since i was still having contractions very close to menstrual cramps and wasn't comfortable. We checked for signs of cervical change(preterm labor) and luckily everything looked very good so he gave me a prescription for the turbutaline pills to keep the contractions at a minimum and hopefully go away completely. It took a few days on bedrest but finally late friday night they went away and for the past three days i have stayed on bedrest without any contractions. The doctor said once they went away i could start back to normal activity but according to my family normal activity for me is go, go, go which is a no, no, no!
I am grateful that it is only preterm contractions and not preterm labor as it seems to be controlable at the moment with medicine and rest. Also since we are this far along our baby is most likely around the 4 lb mark or bigger which means if the contractions sent me into preterm labor at least the baby would have less complications than if born much earlier. The doctor says we are just working towards 35-36 weeks and that is a huge milestone where if born baby Evan would most likley have a short hopsital stay or maybe even get to take him home right away. Hard to believe that we could possibly have a baby coming home in as little as 3 weeks...yikes!
I have almost all the necessities to bring a new baby home but i am no where mentaly ready for this little one. I keep asking myself what i was thinking wanting a third child why did i feel such a life shattering need to have another child....the past few restaurant and shopping experiences have been pure disasters with them acting like total maniacs but then my son brings me a flower from the yard and a huge kiss and it reminds me exaclty why. I am excited to see how our family dynamics change and what this little boy will do to mix things up. I am wondering if he will look like Grant or completely different. Will he breastfeed for a year like Hailey or will he be a formula baby like Grant? Will he be a content baby or end up with colic? I am looking forward to seeing how we function and cope with being a new family of 5!.
I am having a hard time coping with the fact that our family is now complete. Not sure i totally believe it, even though i know three kids is more than enough for me to handle. I still don't feel in my heart that we are done or our family is complete. I will leave that final decision up to my husband. He was content with two children and i never thought i would convince him we needed a third but somehow he decided it would be so. Now the decision will be up to him again. If he decided this is it-I will be happy with my princess and my two princes, more than happy, overly elated but i have always wanted a house full of girls. I feel a pull for a daughter. Not sure what route i want to try and go to make that possible. Not sure i want to try another pregnancy, change it up and try foster parenting or adoption but i want to leave our options opened for the future, just in case my husband opens his heart to the idea of another child, hopefully a duaghter! ;)
I am grateful that it is only preterm contractions and not preterm labor as it seems to be controlable at the moment with medicine and rest. Also since we are this far along our baby is most likely around the 4 lb mark or bigger which means if the contractions sent me into preterm labor at least the baby would have less complications than if born much earlier. The doctor says we are just working towards 35-36 weeks and that is a huge milestone where if born baby Evan would most likley have a short hopsital stay or maybe even get to take him home right away. Hard to believe that we could possibly have a baby coming home in as little as 3 weeks...yikes!
I have almost all the necessities to bring a new baby home but i am no where mentaly ready for this little one. I keep asking myself what i was thinking wanting a third child why did i feel such a life shattering need to have another child....the past few restaurant and shopping experiences have been pure disasters with them acting like total maniacs but then my son brings me a flower from the yard and a huge kiss and it reminds me exaclty why. I am excited to see how our family dynamics change and what this little boy will do to mix things up. I am wondering if he will look like Grant or completely different. Will he breastfeed for a year like Hailey or will he be a formula baby like Grant? Will he be a content baby or end up with colic? I am looking forward to seeing how we function and cope with being a new family of 5!.
I am having a hard time coping with the fact that our family is now complete. Not sure i totally believe it, even though i know three kids is more than enough for me to handle. I still don't feel in my heart that we are done or our family is complete. I will leave that final decision up to my husband. He was content with two children and i never thought i would convince him we needed a third but somehow he decided it would be so. Now the decision will be up to him again. If he decided this is it-I will be happy with my princess and my two princes, more than happy, overly elated but i have always wanted a house full of girls. I feel a pull for a daughter. Not sure what route i want to try and go to make that possible. Not sure i want to try another pregnancy, change it up and try foster parenting or adoption but i want to leave our options opened for the future, just in case my husband opens his heart to the idea of another child, hopefully a duaghter! ;)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Short Word Friday
Grrrrrr!
Poor Woody!
This little piggy went to the market, this little piggy....
Don't you wish your eyelashes were this long, i do!
Bubble, Bubble, Bubble....Bubble, bubble, POP!
Fingers and toes
See my car can fly!
Instead of coloring i prefer making hundreds of tiny holes in the paper instead!
If i give you the evil face long enough you will do everything i ask!
Cards from my great granny make me smile!
The wonder of an eight year old on her birthday!
I didn't do it, i swear!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
29 weeks and counting
Well, alot has happened in the past 2-3 months! I am already coming up on 30 weeks next Tuesday...hard to believe the time has passed so fast. It has been a busy couple of months and i have been ordered to relax and rest often. Back arouns 24-25 weeks we had a scary close call with contractions coming every 4-5 minutes and lasted over 8 hours before the hospital gave me some meds to stop them. Luckily the Dr. didn't put me on bedrest but he has advised me to use light duty as it seems my uterus contracts when i get up and walk for more than an hour at a time. Luckily i am not having any signs of an impeding labor and my cervix is closed and very thick at 5 cm. He thinks i am in good shape and should hold little Evan in to term...or later with my track resord previously, lol. If your wondering we have finally cam eup with a name, we picked it out on New Years Eve...seems so long agao now! Evan Andrew Steele. Evan after Jason's grandpa and Andrew after my dad. So our final child, our son will have a strong family name to pas on forever!
Our house had a healthy winter until about 2 weeks ago and then the nice weather started us on the yucky allergies and head colds. I ended up at the Dr. on Monday of this week with a sinus infection and allergy problems. I basically slept from Monday until this morning when Hailey ended up at the mec and she has strep throat. I am just hoping our house is on the mend and we get healthy soon.
The weather is gorgeous and i have shorts on, it feels so good and makes me wish we all were healthy and could play outside. I am ready to have the windows opened and fresh air coming in to blow the germs out of the house!
We have had birthday party after birthday party over the past month...and Haileys is coming up this weekend. Lots of GirlScout activities and me trying to get our scouts their cookie sale!It has been a challenege keeping up with all my volunteer activities. Everyone always tell me that i am a busybody but this pregnancy has made me slow down and it is super hard to do! I guess i like keeping busy and having to rest frequently and not walk much has made life super complicated. I know it is what i have to do to keep myself and m=out litle Evan safe though.
Our main computer crashed a couple of weeks ago and we are waiting for tax money to order a new bigger one so i don't have my normal photoediting software for my pictures. I have lightroom on my laptop but have never really tried to use it and understand it the way i should. I ended up taking some sexy maternity pics last week and used lightroom and i was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to use for basic lighting issues and fun changes. I have told everyone it might just be my new best friend, lol! I will post a couple of pics here for you all to see. I really like them! Hopefully i will write again soon, but more than likely i will get busy and forget until after Evans born....guess we will have to wait and see!
They are a little racy, actually alot racier than i originally wanted. Then i found the beauty in them....it is a growing baby in there and it is beautiful!
Our house had a healthy winter until about 2 weeks ago and then the nice weather started us on the yucky allergies and head colds. I ended up at the Dr. on Monday of this week with a sinus infection and allergy problems. I basically slept from Monday until this morning when Hailey ended up at the mec and she has strep throat. I am just hoping our house is on the mend and we get healthy soon.
The weather is gorgeous and i have shorts on, it feels so good and makes me wish we all were healthy and could play outside. I am ready to have the windows opened and fresh air coming in to blow the germs out of the house!
We have had birthday party after birthday party over the past month...and Haileys is coming up this weekend. Lots of GirlScout activities and me trying to get our scouts their cookie sale!It has been a challenege keeping up with all my volunteer activities. Everyone always tell me that i am a busybody but this pregnancy has made me slow down and it is super hard to do! I guess i like keeping busy and having to rest frequently and not walk much has made life super complicated. I know it is what i have to do to keep myself and m=out litle Evan safe though.
Our main computer crashed a couple of weeks ago and we are waiting for tax money to order a new bigger one so i don't have my normal photoediting software for my pictures. I have lightroom on my laptop but have never really tried to use it and understand it the way i should. I ended up taking some sexy maternity pics last week and used lightroom and i was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to use for basic lighting issues and fun changes. I have told everyone it might just be my new best friend, lol! I will post a couple of pics here for you all to see. I really like them! Hopefully i will write again soon, but more than likely i will get busy and forget until after Evans born....guess we will have to wait and see!
They are a little racy, actually alot racier than i originally wanted. Then i found the beauty in them....it is a growing baby in there and it is beautiful!
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