A little of this a little of that

Well I took Peanut to the doctor yesterday and she was 17 pounds! I couldn't believe how big she is. I had to take her in because she isn't feeling good and isn't her happy content little self. I woke up Sunday morning with terrible stomach pain, I'm guessing is what she has as well. Plus, she has had runny nasty poop and she has been pooping between 15 to 20 times a day for the last 4 days not so kind on her behind. I have been using water to wipe her instead of wipes and changing her immediately after she poops as to not let it get on her bottom. This is easily done because she only wants to be held. The doctor checked her out and told me she has a virus. Nothing he can do it just has to run it's course. My stomach doesn't hurt anymore but I have a nasty headache that won't seem to GO. AWAY. I just feel bad for her as you can totally tell it is killing hurting her butt. So if you think of us say a prayer for Peanut and me as she isn't sleeping well at night and I'm tired.

Today we had a parent/teacher conference with GG's teacher. It was really cool to hear how she is doing in class. She was telling us that they make stories up in class and that GG is one of the most creative story tellers in the class. Yeah she is definitely filled with DRAMA! She also told us that she has the kindest most caring heart she has seen in a child her age. She is always the first to help people with their work or picking up toys and so on. We, of course, think she is pretty special so it's nice to hear her teacher thinks the same thing!

Cute kid conversations!

I was in the bathroom getting ready to brush my teeth and Red had just finished peeing in the potty he looks up at me and says, "One day when I was a baby I had milk when you feed me with your nurse." I smiled at him and said, "Yes." When I feed the baby I tell him I am nursing her, so he thinks that a breast is called a nurse.

Last night we were sitting on the couch and I turned the television (first I had to hook the cable back up) on to see if there was anything worth watching on. I found a channel talking about the presidential candidates. GG started asking me questions about who the next president was going to be, to which I told her honestly that I didn't know. She just did a report on George Washington in school so it is of interest to her. The cute part in all of this was Monkey. After she had stopped asking her questions he looks at me and says very seriously, "I want to be the president one day." I must of looked shocked because he then followed it with, "What?" I smiled at him and told him to go for it. Such a big thinker that one is!

This one cracks me up but I can only laugh at it now! Saturday I gave GG and Monkey some Valentine's candy called fun dip, while Red was sleeping. They started to get rowdy and I looked to see what they were doing. They were feeding Peanut the candy. I immediately grabbed her and wiped as much of it out of her mouth as I could. Then came the conversation of why we don't give babies sugar and so on. I took their candy away and told them they couldn't play on the computer, which was what they were going to do after they finished their candy, as well as tell their daddy what they did when he came home. For some reason they were more upset about telling him then the other punishments. Anyways, after a few minutes GG comes out with her Bible in hand and says, "The Bible says it's not right for you to punish us more than one time for the same thing." Shocked at how bold she was I told her, "Well you take your Bible and find where it says that and then I will change your punishment." At first she was happy about this and went to go look it up. About 5 minutes later she comes to me sad, "Mom if I'm going to find it I will have to read the whole Bible and that will take forever." At this point I am trying not to laugh. I explain to her about a conversation that her dad and her had a few weeks ago which made her say that about punishment. In the end they got to play the computer just not as long as they would have gotten to and telling their dad didn't kill them. I think they thought he was going to punish them too. But I had already taken care of it, we don't do the whole wait til your dad comes home.

Kids in a box...

This is one of our traditions with the kids when they are little. She was laughing and smiling until she saw the camera and these are the faces we got!

Needing some help...

I don't usually ask for parenting advice but I'm kind of stumped right now and starting to get frustrated. GG is in 1st grade which is the first year she actually gets grades on her report card. First quarter she had all A's, three being A+'s. She just got her report card for the second quarter and she had all A's and one B this time and I believe two of the A's were A+'s. She is inconsolable about that B. I have had in great length, talks with her about how great of a report card she got and as long as she was trying her best that is all she can do. The B was in Math, which didn't surprise me, because the packet of work she gets sent home for us to review, she has always struggled with the math portion. They do speed drills and so she gets all the plank ones marked wrong but all the ones she has filled in are the correct answer, she just doesn't have enough time on the test. Next year she is going to have to answer 100 math problems in 5 minutes so this is preparing her for that. I have even told her I would work with her on her math but she just feels so bad she didn't get all A's. She even told me she was the ONLY one in her class that didn't get all A's which I know to be false. The school sends home the honor roll along with the GPA of everyone that is on it. There is high honors and then honors. There were a few kids in her class that didn't even make it on the sheet so they couldn't have gotten all A's. But I don't really feel I can share that with her. Well I feel better after getting that off my chest, please any help/advice with this from you moms out there with grade school kids would be greatly appreciated.

100th day of School...and randomness

Yep, my kids had school today! I'm not complaining I actually like their school schedule. They start in September and get a week off for Thanksgiving, Good Friday and the following week for Spring Break (Easter Break they call it) and two weeks for Christmas break and they get out the beginning of June like all the other schools!

Well I am still in my "nesting" phase. I have cleaned out so many areas in our house! The other night I went through my shoes and got rid of 7 pairs, one being my wedding shoes, is that bad? But I never wear them. I also went through each kids baby books and made sure all the necessary things were filled in, I was a little behind on that. I only have a few things left to do on my list of things to do. However there is one task that I have to wait until it warms up, it is going through all the baby clothes in the garage and saying goodbye! Of course, I will keep a few favorites and the outfits they came home in but the majority of it is going.

Oh the last thing I wanted to blog about was that we have turned off the cable in the living room. We still have it it is just not hooked up! Before I got pregnant with Peanut my kids watched maybe a half hour of tv a day if at all. We just did other things to fill our time. However, when I got pregnant with Peanut and had such terrible morning sickness that lasted almost the whole pregnancy all rules flew out the window and I felt that the tv was *always* on. I hated it but wasn't in a place to really do much about it. Then after she was born life was crazy and then I got sick. It just felt like it never ended and eventually my kids thought they must watch tv! Well J and I talked about it and so it came unhooked in the living room. We may be hypocrites because we can watch tv at night but I will say the kids have gotten to watch some tv it just has to be a video. I feel so much better about things now and I am feeling much better so I can keep them occupied with activities. I also want to clarify I don't think television is bad but when it is the only thing my kids want to do then I have a problem with it.

I was going through pictures on the computer to get them printed off and I came across this one...life doesn't get much better!

Exciting Announcements!

Well today is Valentine's Day and my hubby is working so my dad is taking us out for dinner. I know that really isn't an announcement but it's exciting to me! My step-mom is busy otherwise he would take her out!

First announcement is my friend Belinda has an online store for nursing aprons. I called mine a hooter hider! I have a link on my sidebar under Bellissimamas - nursing aprons/covers. Some of you have asked me about them. I talked to Belinda and anyone who orders from her and mentions they learned about her through my blog gets 15% off! See isn't that exciting? If you are pregnant or know someone who is go check them out! I absolutely love mine. This offer is good through March 30th 2008.

Second announcement the Ultimate Blog Party is coming March 7 -14th! I had so much fun last year reading new blogs and meeting people. If you weren't apart of it last year you should check it out this year. To learn more about the party go to 5 Minutes for Mom. If that didn't convince you there are tons of prize give-a-ways that you can only be eligible if you participate. There are already over 50 prizes listed see if there is anything you would be interested in winning!

Nesting?!

Well I started going through all my clothes mainly to pick out all the maternity that I have so I can give them to my friend who is pregnant. I have plans within the next few days to go through them all and get rid of the old/too small/too big clothes! This is the first time after a baby I have gotten rid of my maternity clothes. There is no rhythm to the space between our kids so I never knew when the next one would come but I *did* know there would be a next one! This time we are done and so the clothes must go. If I do get pregnant again I figure I could borrow from my friend or just get new clothes but I really pray that doesn't happen. As I am going through the clothes my husband looks at me and says, "Are you nesting?" I looked at him funny and said, "If I am giving away all my maternity clothes I better not be!" I have only nested during pregnancy...so I'd like to call this de-cluttering! I must say that it feels good to have those clothes gone and know that they will get used by my friend!

Taxes....

I know most people don't like doing their taxes but having small children it is a good thing to get them done. Today we spend a good part of the afternoon filing our taxes for last year. All the money that we are getting back is basically already spent. Though it is nice to know that that money will be coming in even if it won't be there that long!

Movin' on Up

I have seen so many cool looking blogs out there and I have had this blog with the same look for 5 years. Yes, I started blogging back in 2003! I needed a major face lift and so with the help of my brother-in-law we have a new look. I just don't know much about computer but I am learning slowly and having fun at the same time. I wish I liked learning back when I was in school. What do you think of the new look?

American Girl Day

Well more like hour but still GG finally got an American Girl doll. Today after church we dropped the boys off at J's parents and we took GG and Peanut to the American Girl Place. It was huge! We found the doll she wanted and an outfit and we were out of there. She has been saving her money from birthdays and scratching Grandpa's head. Yes, my dad pays my kids to scratch his head. When I was a kid I had scratch without pay. Here is her new American Girl doll named Emily, she LOVES her.

Crazy Busy week...

This week has proven to be quite busy for us. Here are some of the highlights of our week so far and to come. Monday we (everyone but the two youngest) went to the dentist the highlight was that the office workers told me how impressed they were with me. They said they knew I wasn't 30 yet and had 4 kids and was very organized. Looks like I fooled them ;) The compliment was nice though and considering I was the only one that ended up with cavities and 2 of them, bummer. Tuesday was playgroup at an indoor play place and the only other thing I remember about that day was we had major poop issues (and spit up) with 3 of the 4 kids. I don't even want to write what happened because I don't want to relive it! I'll just say I didn't get a good night sleep. Wednesday was a snow day and that was super fun but realized I didn't go over GG homework with her again and she had 2 tests today, oops. Today we went to the bank and then a birthday party, Red wanted to wear his buzz lightyear costume but didn't get too. The rest of today is normal at least I hope. Tomorrow I have a mom's brunch and GG goes back to the dentist to get sealant put on her 6 year molars. This is to prevent cavities! I know boring post but is life!

Wordless Wednesday

This is why we *had* to get them bunk beds!

Super Bowl Sunday...

I don't usually watch the game but I love to go to parties and hang out with people during the game. Today we no different. We left the party a little early because the kids have school tomorrow and it was snowing out and we knew the roads were going to be bad. As we were leaving Kendell, a high schooler, came outside to go sledding. She took the sled and went down the cement stairs. We heard, "owie, owie," on each step she went down.
J says: Smooth move exlax
Red: Smooth move exlax
J: Hahahaha
Red: hahaha exlax
Then we both started cracking up! He had no idea what he was saying. I will say that overall today was a great day. We went to church, had the all church lunch afterwards, came home, GG went to a friends house for a play date, I took a 2 hour nap, and then we went to the party. Last night we had game night with our Sunday School class and it was a late night for me and we laughed so hard my sides seriously hurt, so the nap was great!

Pretty Girl

We had a fun little photo shoot! I hope you like the pictures she is getting so big so fast. But we are loving every moment of her being with us!






She was done with the pictures and that is how she was showing me! She is even cute when she is getting cranky :) I know I'm bias!

I love this kid

I was sitting in the chair last night nursing Peanut and Red comes up to me and says, "Mom who person is yellow?" I looked at him funny and asked him, "What do you mean?" He said it again. "Who is a person who is yellow?" I told him I didn't know and he gets a big smile on his face and says, "Hairy!" His face was priceless and so adorable because he knew something I didn't know.

Hairy is a puppet that is yellow that Red loves to watch but hasn't watched in a few months. It was just such a funny conversation to have with a 2 1/2 year old. I just love his personality so much.

Slacking...

I didn't get on here yesterday because we weren't home most of the day because we had NO HEAT. At about 5:15am I woke to nurse the baby and noticed it was cold in the house and about 5 minutes later I heard the heat kick on and two seconds later turn off. It did this about 3 times before I said something to J about the furnace not working. He got up and checked the temp in the house it was 61, I have it set at 67 at night. J called someone at 7 and they got here at 8 to look at it but couldn't stay because they were on break and had to get back to work but called a friend of theirs to come over. That guy got here at 10:30am and he didn't figure out what was wrong until 12:30pm. J said he tried everything and nothing was working until he checked one of the wires and saw moisture and realized that it had shorted out. He stripped it and replace the cap and it was all good. By that time the temp was 58 and it took until 5:30 to warm up to 68 in the house. But we have heat now and I am so thankful for it.

The reason for the title is I've been slacking on pictures. I got my hair cut yesterday and so here is my new do!

Here is a side view

And pictures of the rest of the family from GG's birthday.


I took way more pictures but these will have to do for now!

No COMPUTER!

Our internet was out the last few days and I had no internet connection. But guess what? I survived! A few things I wanted to blog about. The was Red in the nursery at church. Peanut has started to stay in the nursery during our Sunday School hour and this Sunday she was sleeping when I went in to get her so I left her and told the couple working in there to page me when she woke up because she was going to be hungry. Sure enough I got paged and went down to feed her in the room next to the main nursery. I could hear everything that was going on in the other room. I got a kick out of Red. He says: Knock knock
The man: Who's there?
Red: Tanner
The man: Tanner who?
Red: Tannerific
Then I hear Red laughing hysterically, which made me smile. He thinks he is so funny!

Secondly, I want to say Monkey got hives again on Saturday. I put anti-itch cream on him and they went away and didn't come back. He had eaten a candy that had red dye # 40 in it and I think that is what he is allergic too. Last time he had the hives I was giving him medicine that had the red dye in it and they went away a few hours after I stopped giving him the medicine. My plan is to wait a week and purposely give him something with the red dye in it to see what happens. Then yesterday after school Monkey was goofing around in the snow and fell right on his face. He now has a nice big goose egg on his forehead with scratches on it. At least he doesn't have to get pictures any time soon.

Then I was going to blog about how Peanut is so close to rolling from her back to her tummy. She gets to her side and then her arms get in the way. She also doesn't like laying down, every time I lay her down she lifts her head up about 4 inches off the ground and lately she has started to get her shoulders up too. She is just getting too big too fast. I still can't believe how much I love her in such a short amount of time.

Lastly, an update on the GlamorGirl, she is loving riding home with the neighbor girl and told me the other day she doesn't want me or J to pick her up from school. She only goes home with our neighbors on the days J works to help me out. She got a progress report sent home and she is getting A's in every subject. I also have to be very careful what I say in front of her because the other day I was telling J that I think that since I had the c-section I should of had them tie my tubes. GG asks me if I still have eggs in my tubes to have babies. I asked her how she knew about that and she told me she heard me talking to daddy about the tubes but the egg part I'm not sure about. Just a good reminder for me to watch what I say in front of her from now on!

I have a 7 year old...

I can't believe that my oldest is 7 years old. I know I am probably going to say something to that affect every year but oh well that is the way I feel. She began her day opening all the birthday cards she got in the mail. Then to school she went. We went to school during GG's lunchtime and brought her subway, her choice. I went to get her and we ate in my mom-in-law's office. It was nice. There were 4 kids in her class celebrating their birthday today, yeah it must of been a popular day to give birth 7 years ago! I know that there is another girl in the same grade that also has today as her birthday, she just wasn't in GG's class this year. I'm thinking of asking the office staff to put all those birthdays in one class and GG in another! Just kidding :) She actually does really well sharing her special day with all those other kids.

This afternoon our friends came over for a playdate and they brought dinner, which was awesome. Red was super excited about it and didn't take a very good nap. He keeps telling us over and over and over again that he is going to marry this little girl. Which in all honesty is fine with me. She is really cute and I like her parents. :) But he is only 2 years old so he has awhile until he gets married! GG was excited when she got home to see her friends from church here.

I forgot to mention that a lady down the street has a daughter who goes to the same school as our kids. They don't have a bus system for the school because people drive anywhere between 5 minute to an hour to get to school. We travel 5 minutes! Anyways, I got it worked out with her to pick up the girl on the days J works so I don't have to pack up the three kids to get her from school. It has worked out wonderfully because her daughter is in 4th grade and she meets GG at her locker and then they walk to her mom's car together. I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, the girls played all summer together.

And lastly if you got this far it is national de-lurking week so leave a comment if nothing else tell my little girl happy birthday!

What would you do?

Every time we go out in public with the kids it never fails someone asks their names, usually older people, who think they are cute. J will not put our kids in clothing that has their name on it for safety reasons, and I am in agreement with him. I just don't know what to say in those situations so I usually end up just telling them their name. J told me to make up names, I'm just not that quick, plus, if I tell them their name and then need to get that child's attention and I use their real name it seems weird. It just got me thinking because at Peanut's check up a lady (grandma age) in the waiting room asked how old she was and her name. Then she made the statement, which really rubbed me the wrong way, "You finally got your girl after two boys." I had to fight everything in me not to say, "Actually our oldest is a girl and she is in school right now." I just smiled, instead. What do you do in these situations???

Peanut's 4 month checkup

Yesterday was actually the day that she was 4 months old but we took her to the doctor's today. She weighed in at 15lbs 5oz and is 26 inches long. At 2 months she was 12lbs 1oz, (I thought she was 12lbs 10oz, oops) and I was 22 inches long. She is doing great health wise. She got two shots today so she isn't very happy tonight. I hate shots and I go back and forth on the good and bad about them. Right now we are doing a delayed vaccine schedule, we've had some bad reactions to them in the past when they are on schedule. I need to get on the ball and get more pictures of this little girl before she isn't a baby anymore.

The cool thing about the doctor's today was that a guy J graduated high school with walked in as we were there waiting. His mom is Monkey's teacher and J had asked her for his contact info just yesterday and then we see him today. It was crazy. I guess he is a drug rep so the chances of seeing him again there are very slim but it was neat to run into him and the guys got to talk and he met 3 of the our kids. Then right before we got called back a lady from school walked out, she was actually my small group leader a few years ago. She actually goes to this doctor so we might be running into her more often, which is great because I really like her.

Just an update on me: Today was the first day I went outside the house in a long time. I went to playgroup this morning and then Peanut's doctor's appointment and it is 6:45pm and I am absolutely beat. I just hope baby girl sleeps ok tonight but judging from the way she is acting right now I don't think that is going to happen. I might be back on the couch tonight so I can get some sleep. I just need to build up my energy level.