Abby and her cousin playing together.
Kiley laughing at her bottle... she loves to laugh.....
Monday, August 09, 2010
Busy weekend & more to come
I've got my pj's on and am just about ready to hop into bed. All three girls are all tucked into their beds finally and so far so good. I hope they sleep ok, we have to get up in the morning to make another lovely doctor run. Abby is saying her ears hurt now and the way the babies are tugging on them and not sleeping I wouldn't be surprised. Kara ran a temp Friday night and the girls were up constantly Saturday and Sunday night (not to mention very little napping) So they are exhausted and I am exhausted and we have had enough.
Speaking of doctors... still haven't heard a word on Abby's test results. At least we are going in tomorrow so that I can 'bug' them about looking at those. Thankfully I've felt a little better after spending the weekend down at Tom's parents. Once I realized that a huge part of my anxiety and sadness was related to past circumstances, and I was able to talk to Tom about it, pray and cry a little.... suddenly I wasn't feeling this deep pit of grief and fear. Thankfully!
We found out that Abby, Kiley & Kara will have another cousin this coming Spring. It is exciting news even if they aren't so sure what it means yet. Someone else can have the baby that I can hold! :o)
Overall the weekend was good. We did some swimming, lots of playing and just had a good time spending the weekend together. Abby's favorite (and only so far...) cousin was there and brought along his mom and dad. They play together so well and absolutely love each other. There were a few moments of "Anything he can have I want more..." the overall opinion is that in the end... they are friends. Two is just a hard age... and sharing is a tough lesson.This coming weekend we are heading back down for the church's 125th celebration. It sounds like it could be a lot of fun... I hope the girls are all feeling better by then! I also hope it doesn't rain... we've had enough rain!
I love spending the days with my girls (even if they can stress me out sometimes) I'm really going to miss that as I start school again. Suddenly textbooks will fill up a good portion of my day. But I'm doing it as much for them as I am for myself and Tom. It will be a hard year but it will be so worth it in the end. And it won't get any easier. I try to convince myself that it will fly by and soon good things will be here to stay. But I'm still dreading school like a 6th grader....
Kiley and Kara are really chatty now. They love to spend time climbing all over me and still speak the 'raspberry love language' often. They had mashed chicken noodle soup for supper tonight and absolutely loved it. It is exciting to see how much they love to try new things. Something new for me! Baths are a much loved activity and they get so excited the moment they hear the tub start running that they flock like a herd of wild horses to the bathroom door. It is so much fun to watch them play together now too, or talk to each other from across the room in their separate cribs. They had more fun trying to eat the grass than swimming I think (above picture) But it was still fun!
Abby is slowly becoming more and more my companion and it is amazing and also a little hard to believe she is growing up. She loves to chat with people on the phone and often ends the conversation with "Thank you Grandma (or Daddy or Grandpa etc) Bye!" We are unsure of the potty training thing yet though I wonder if she is slowly starting to get that diapers are something babies have. We are having more issues with her taking them off lately.
Not the most flattering picture of Kara here... but I find it hilarious that she likes to ride in her carseat like this... like handlebars. Perhaps I'll get a better picture of it later :o)
Well I think that is it for updates :o) Hopefully I'll remember, or have time to post more later!
Speaking of doctors... still haven't heard a word on Abby's test results. At least we are going in tomorrow so that I can 'bug' them about looking at those. Thankfully I've felt a little better after spending the weekend down at Tom's parents. Once I realized that a huge part of my anxiety and sadness was related to past circumstances, and I was able to talk to Tom about it, pray and cry a little.... suddenly I wasn't feeling this deep pit of grief and fear. Thankfully!
We found out that Abby, Kiley & Kara will have another cousin this coming Spring. It is exciting news even if they aren't so sure what it means yet. Someone else can have the baby that I can hold! :o)
Overall the weekend was good. We did some swimming, lots of playing and just had a good time spending the weekend together. Abby's favorite (and only so far...) cousin was there and brought along his mom and dad. They play together so well and absolutely love each other. There were a few moments of "Anything he can have I want more..." the overall opinion is that in the end... they are friends. Two is just a hard age... and sharing is a tough lesson.This coming weekend we are heading back down for the church's 125th celebration. It sounds like it could be a lot of fun... I hope the girls are all feeling better by then! I also hope it doesn't rain... we've had enough rain!
I love spending the days with my girls (even if they can stress me out sometimes) I'm really going to miss that as I start school again. Suddenly textbooks will fill up a good portion of my day. But I'm doing it as much for them as I am for myself and Tom. It will be a hard year but it will be so worth it in the end. And it won't get any easier. I try to convince myself that it will fly by and soon good things will be here to stay. But I'm still dreading school like a 6th grader....
Kiley and Kara are really chatty now. They love to spend time climbing all over me and still speak the 'raspberry love language' often. They had mashed chicken noodle soup for supper tonight and absolutely loved it. It is exciting to see how much they love to try new things. Something new for me! Baths are a much loved activity and they get so excited the moment they hear the tub start running that they flock like a herd of wild horses to the bathroom door. It is so much fun to watch them play together now too, or talk to each other from across the room in their separate cribs. They had more fun trying to eat the grass than swimming I think (above picture) But it was still fun!
Abby is slowly becoming more and more my companion and it is amazing and also a little hard to believe she is growing up. She loves to chat with people on the phone and often ends the conversation with "Thank you Grandma (or Daddy or Grandpa etc) Bye!" We are unsure of the potty training thing yet though I wonder if she is slowly starting to get that diapers are something babies have. We are having more issues with her taking them off lately.
Not the most flattering picture of Kara here... but I find it hilarious that she likes to ride in her carseat like this... like handlebars. Perhaps I'll get a better picture of it later :o)
Well I think that is it for updates :o) Hopefully I'll remember, or have time to post more later!
Friday, August 06, 2010
sigh
Well ... it's 5:30 on Friday. No test results till Monday now. Ugh! I'm trying to stay 100% positive and not worry and not think about it because it's probably very very very unlikely that there would be anything unusual about the test results... but I'm still the mom, she's still my little girl... and I still can't help but feel a little crazy.
Which reminds me of how important the receptionist job is... I did it and technically am still a receptionist/scheduler at the clinic she got her tests done at... but one that I talked with today upset me a little. I tend to be very polite and friendly when I ask them questions (because I know how hard that job can be...) but she was very short with me and completely dismissed my concerns. I'm a worried mom... I'm sorry you have better places to be than your job... I tried to be patient and maybe I was too patient and waited till 4:45 to call you... but the idea of waiting all weekend to get the results is maddening go me.
Sorry... I needed to get that off my chest a little. I'm really frustrated and feel like burying my head in the sand... or staining my fence... or just crying...
Abby in other news took a 3 hour nap today. Wow! I gave her Tylenol before her nap and apparently it helped her sleep better. She was exhausted. Of course the other two take turns at napping so I had at least one baby all day. We went to Walmart and Lowes today to pick up a few things... me alone... with 3 kids. We got a lot of looks because I had Kara riding in the Beco and Abby & Kiley riding in Hawk.
We did pretty well until Abby saw the shopping carts at Lowes. For some reason she was irate that I would not let her sit in the carts... not sure I still understand that. But I guess that is toddler for you. They want what they want and that is all that matters.
Kara and Kiley are both trying to stand on their own now. It's for very short periods of time. They are growing up so fast.
I'll try to write more later. I need some coffee for now... and a mommy break.
Which reminds me of how important the receptionist job is... I did it and technically am still a receptionist/scheduler at the clinic she got her tests done at... but one that I talked with today upset me a little. I tend to be very polite and friendly when I ask them questions (because I know how hard that job can be...) but she was very short with me and completely dismissed my concerns. I'm a worried mom... I'm sorry you have better places to be than your job... I tried to be patient and maybe I was too patient and waited till 4:45 to call you... but the idea of waiting all weekend to get the results is maddening go me.
Sorry... I needed to get that off my chest a little. I'm really frustrated and feel like burying my head in the sand... or staining my fence... or just crying...
Abby in other news took a 3 hour nap today. Wow! I gave her Tylenol before her nap and apparently it helped her sleep better. She was exhausted. Of course the other two take turns at napping so I had at least one baby all day. We went to Walmart and Lowes today to pick up a few things... me alone... with 3 kids. We got a lot of looks because I had Kara riding in the Beco and Abby & Kiley riding in Hawk.
We did pretty well until Abby saw the shopping carts at Lowes. For some reason she was irate that I would not let her sit in the carts... not sure I still understand that. But I guess that is toddler for you. They want what they want and that is all that matters.
Kara and Kiley are both trying to stand on their own now. It's for very short periods of time. They are growing up so fast.
I'll try to write more later. I need some coffee for now... and a mommy break.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Nothing Yet...
I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to post in awhile. Those of you who didn't already know we took Abby in this morning for an Echo and EKG to rule out any abnormalities of the heart. She passed out on Monday and they want to be sure it wasn't related to her heart. If these tests come back normal they will possibly do an EEG to test for any seizure activity in the brain.
So far we have not received any news on the results and it looks like it will be tomorrow before we hear anything (hopefully). Abby did very well even if she was very sad and a little scared while they did it. She kept saying "Mommy hold you?" and "Almost done" (repeating the last one that we were telling her) She looked so sad and little on the table but they did an awesome job. She watched Elmo while they did it and took lots of pictures of her heart. I guess we will know one way or another hopefully tomorrow.
So far we have not received any news on the results and it looks like it will be tomorrow before we hear anything (hopefully). Abby did very well even if she was very sad and a little scared while they did it. She kept saying "Mommy hold you?" and "Almost done" (repeating the last one that we were telling her) She looked so sad and little on the table but they did an awesome job. She watched Elmo while they did it and took lots of pictures of her heart. I guess we will know one way or another hopefully tomorrow.
Monday, August 02, 2010
Life is good
.....eating it (notice the partially stained fence in the background. Too bad it had to rain again!) It took me almost 4 hours to do the north side of the fence and start on the west side. Plus 2 cans of stain. I forgot that I would be doing BOTH sides. Hopefully it lasts 5 years like it said it would! I don't want to do that anytime soon. Abby looked out the window this morning and said "OH MAN! There's more rain outside!" hahahaha she has it figured out....
Kiley is still up and it is 11:30pm... yes I'm so thrilled. We have decided that she enjoys being the only one up and so has a good time exploring all the toys without threat of older sister raining down upon her to steal back her toys. She is hopefully going down soon... I'm tired!!
When Kara get's excited she stamps her right foot up and down. It's hilarious. She gets so excited about this Elmo piano and will scream when it starts playing. She has also started bouncing up and down to K&K's favorite show "Word World." There is a goofy string to her that is for sure! (isn't she adorable in that dress!)
(Kara was mad... but so cute that Abby wanted to hold her babies)
(Before)
Goodnight! Kiley is asleep!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Saturday!
There is nothing better than having the girls all play together. Watching them laugh and smile is the best. I'm so glad we are finally getting past the ear infections. K&K have even been sleeping better, they are getting up 1-2 times a night instead of 4-5+
Yay!
I've been afraid to mention it because I figured that once I did the sleeping would end. They might be getting in some new teeth though because they are chewing hard on everything and a little miserable (Kiley especially)
We had a quiet Saturday at home and spent some time down at my parent's place. Abby had a lot of fun ringing the 'ding dong' (doorbell) and setting off the dog barking like a crazy thing. She thought it was hilarious.
K&K are starting to try more new foods. They really enjoyed 'chicken noodle soup' when I mashed up the noodles the other day and gave some to them. The three girls can down an entire can themselves! Soon I will have to make more than one! No wonder grocery bills keep going up! (Kiley below)
I started the project of staining our backyard fence. That is going to be some project! But it is a necessary one and will be very nice when I'm done with it. There is something very theraputic about painting something too... and I wanted to get it done before school started.
Yikes school.
Did I ever mention that Abby calls waffles "cockles" ... it makes me laugh but it is one of her favorite breakfast dishes. She seemed to be in a much better mood today than she has been lately! YAY! The light at the end of the tunnel!
(Kara got me... lol)
Yay!
I've been afraid to mention it because I figured that once I did the sleeping would end. They might be getting in some new teeth though because they are chewing hard on everything and a little miserable (Kiley especially)
We had a quiet Saturday at home and spent some time down at my parent's place. Abby had a lot of fun ringing the 'ding dong' (doorbell) and setting off the dog barking like a crazy thing. She thought it was hilarious.
I kept trying to go inside and she would say "No mom, hafta stay inside!"
K&K are starting to try more new foods. They really enjoyed 'chicken noodle soup' when I mashed up the noodles the other day and gave some to them. The three girls can down an entire can themselves! Soon I will have to make more than one! No wonder grocery bills keep going up! (Kiley below)
I started the project of staining our backyard fence. That is going to be some project! But it is a necessary one and will be very nice when I'm done with it. There is something very theraputic about painting something too... and I wanted to get it done before school started.
Yikes school.
Did I ever mention that Abby calls waffles "cockles" ... it makes me laugh but it is one of her favorite breakfast dishes. She seemed to be in a much better mood today than she has been lately! YAY! The light at the end of the tunnel!
(Kara got me... lol)Friday, July 30, 2010
"Mommy it's for you"
I turn around to see that in her hands is one of my clematis flowers... a beautiful light purple vine creeper that I had rescued from the distressed section last year. My first reaction, my first thought... was... "Oh no! Abby! You aren't supposed to pick mommy's flowers!"
She looks up at me with those dark, soul searching eyes and says "Mommy it's for you!" In a way only she could.
My heart melts instantly and I'm still a little ashamed that my first instinct was to scold her for picking it. After all... what good are flowers if you cannot share them? So I gave her a hug and we put it in a vase on the table. She was so thrilled and I can't help but smile when I see it.... she was showing her love.
I love you too sweetheart... more than life itself
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Picture Time!
I'm exhausted after another day at home with the girls. Hoping that tomorrow they will be feeling much better! Eek the creepy dog toy went off again. Note to self. Turn that off before bed!
Abby now pedals for short walks on her 'bike'. She is so happy about it that she tells everyone she passes that she can pedal!
I'm still feeling under the weather too. If the girls don't feel better it would be nice if at least I would! One of the babies is really coughing, I wonder if I need to check on her. Poor things feel so miserable still. What a nasty bug we picked up. again.
The heat index was 103 today with the humidity. I was going to do a family session but we rescheduled because the weather was so miserable. A storm came through about an hour ago but it is still lightening right now too.
It was fun (once the Tylenol kicked in) to watch K&K chase Feebee around the house. Silly babies were prowling the rooms for her! They would laugh and laugh when they found her finally.
(kara)
Well here are some pictures that I promised, I might rub some vix on the girls to see if that helps them sleep better. I can actually hear all three of them coughing really bad right now... might be another long night here...
Abby now pedals for short walks on her 'bike'. She is so happy about it that she tells everyone she passes that she can pedal!
The heat index was 103 today with the humidity. I was going to do a family session but we rescheduled because the weather was so miserable. A storm came through about an hour ago but it is still lightening right now too.
It was fun (once the Tylenol kicked in) to watch K&K chase Feebee around the house. Silly babies were prowling the rooms for her! They would laugh and laugh when they found her finally.
(kara)Well here are some pictures that I promised, I might rub some vix on the girls to see if that helps them sleep better. I can actually hear all three of them coughing really bad right now... might be another long night here...
Why don't friends with kids have time?
Monday, July 26, 2010
Owies
I figured I was a little behind and should get back into the swing of things. My girls just finally went down to bed, Kiley was the stinker tonight!
What have we been up to? Last Thursday we went 'camping' with my family and oh was it fun but exhausting! It was wonderful because my mom got a lodge for a few nights and so we had a place for meals and babies to have a break if it got too crazy outside or hot. The place was beautiful and I told Tom I would trade our house for it. The house had a lot of character and 5 bedrooms. With a few of our touches it would have been perfect, beside the fact that it was in the middle of nowhere!
Abby did a lot of swimming and building sand castles at the lake. I'm glad I thought enough to stop at a walmart and pick up a little life vest suit for her. It made things much more relaxed that I didn't have to worry about her walking in too deep! The lake was very full, they have had a lot of rain. I did some engagement photos for my cousin so didn't have a chance to go out on the boat but maybe next time. It was still a lot of fun to spend time with my family. Abby was very good at getting popsicles from people... if one told her no she went on to get the next one. She was just exhausted by the time we left at 10pm and actually cried half of the way home. I felt so bad for her. She got a few blisters on her feet and hadnt told me the shoes were hurting :(
Sunday we went to a family reunion and my little fish Abby was back into the water. She loves to swim! This time it was in a baby pool and she played with one of my cousins who was 5. There was a little inflatable star that someone had brought and she floated around the pool singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...." SO CUTE! She also had a lot of fun playing with someone's squirt gun and pushing the button to make it 'rain.' Sadly she tripped while 'jogging' and skidded on her face. Looks so painful. I'm putting neosporin on it in the hopes it will heal up fast! She looks like a war hero at the moment...
And today... we were all sick. I had an awful time last night because all of my girls were waking up constantly. In fact I had to rock Abby to sleep three times! That is unusual for her, she is normally a hard sleeper. So I called the doctor and told them all three of my girls needed to be seen. I survived the next few hours somehow and my mom came to save me. She helped me pack up the girls and get them to the doctor.
They all had ear infections and were bawling at some point during the visit. The doctor was like "wow you have your hands full." This doctor was actually fairly nice and I've come to realize that I appreciate her getting in at a good time, getting right to the point and examining my children. The doctor I have issues with is completely opposite. So all three are on antibiotics now. I'm on advil but at least that seems to help me function enough to take care of my girls. This means editing, laundry, dishes and cleaning have gone out the window and my house is a mess! Yuck!
Plus I have company coming this week.... fun but it means I need to get around to cleaning sometime!
Oh! Visit Stats.
Kiley is 15lbs 12 oz
Kara is 15lbs 2oz (I think... I wasn't 100% sure I heard it right)
Abby is 27 lbs
Kiley and Kara are both saying Mom mom mom mom now :o) I'm not sure if they are actually asking for me or if they are just babbling but it is cute! Kiley also has this little fake laugh that is really really cute. Kiley gets really excited when I get her out of the crib in the morning, it makes me so happy when I get early morning snuggles!
I want to get some photos up but ill have to do that tomorrow... can't find them at the moment!
What have we been up to? Last Thursday we went 'camping' with my family and oh was it fun but exhausting! It was wonderful because my mom got a lodge for a few nights and so we had a place for meals and babies to have a break if it got too crazy outside or hot. The place was beautiful and I told Tom I would trade our house for it. The house had a lot of character and 5 bedrooms. With a few of our touches it would have been perfect, beside the fact that it was in the middle of nowhere!
Abby did a lot of swimming and building sand castles at the lake. I'm glad I thought enough to stop at a walmart and pick up a little life vest suit for her. It made things much more relaxed that I didn't have to worry about her walking in too deep! The lake was very full, they have had a lot of rain. I did some engagement photos for my cousin so didn't have a chance to go out on the boat but maybe next time. It was still a lot of fun to spend time with my family. Abby was very good at getting popsicles from people... if one told her no she went on to get the next one. She was just exhausted by the time we left at 10pm and actually cried half of the way home. I felt so bad for her. She got a few blisters on her feet and hadnt told me the shoes were hurting :(
Sunday we went to a family reunion and my little fish Abby was back into the water. She loves to swim! This time it was in a baby pool and she played with one of my cousins who was 5. There was a little inflatable star that someone had brought and she floated around the pool singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...." SO CUTE! She also had a lot of fun playing with someone's squirt gun and pushing the button to make it 'rain.' Sadly she tripped while 'jogging' and skidded on her face. Looks so painful. I'm putting neosporin on it in the hopes it will heal up fast! She looks like a war hero at the moment...
And today... we were all sick. I had an awful time last night because all of my girls were waking up constantly. In fact I had to rock Abby to sleep three times! That is unusual for her, she is normally a hard sleeper. So I called the doctor and told them all three of my girls needed to be seen. I survived the next few hours somehow and my mom came to save me. She helped me pack up the girls and get them to the doctor.
They all had ear infections and were bawling at some point during the visit. The doctor was like "wow you have your hands full." This doctor was actually fairly nice and I've come to realize that I appreciate her getting in at a good time, getting right to the point and examining my children. The doctor I have issues with is completely opposite. So all three are on antibiotics now. I'm on advil but at least that seems to help me function enough to take care of my girls. This means editing, laundry, dishes and cleaning have gone out the window and my house is a mess! Yuck!
Plus I have company coming this week.... fun but it means I need to get around to cleaning sometime!
Oh! Visit Stats.
Kiley is 15lbs 12 oz
Kara is 15lbs 2oz (I think... I wasn't 100% sure I heard it right)
Abby is 27 lbs
Kiley and Kara are both saying Mom mom mom mom now :o) I'm not sure if they are actually asking for me or if they are just babbling but it is cute! Kiley also has this little fake laugh that is really really cute. Kiley gets really excited when I get her out of the crib in the morning, it makes me so happy when I get early morning snuggles!
I want to get some photos up but ill have to do that tomorrow... can't find them at the moment!
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