It's hard to write when you are listening to The Land Down Under music video playing in the background. Seriously makes me laugh every time I listen to it. So funny! I love the stuffed koala :o)
So today...
Abby and I played outside quite a bit again but it was slightly more windy and so less desirable. Still beautiful out though! We did some vacuuming and she enjoyed me chasing her around the living room with it. She did find it scary when she accidentally turned it on once. It might have just startled her a bit.
Kiley and Kara had their doctors appointment with the GI specialist today. Wow did they ever get a lot of attention! So many of my co-workers commented on how much they look like Abby did when she was little. They also loved the flower headbands I had on them... and my stroller Hawk. Many people call it the "Caddilac of strollers" which makes me laugh. I do love that stroller!! But Kiley is 15lbs now and Kara is 14lb 11oz. Both growing like weeds! He said they were both doing wonderfully and don't need to come back any more. They are graduated! Yay!
On to solid foods!
But that is the big news for now :o)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
And the winner is...
Those who picked Kiley....
Because she is the one wearing the purple flower
Are they starting to look more alike?
Birthday Birthday Birthday TWO!
So I had every intention of writing in my blog last night, I even had the page opened and ready to go. But then I got distracted and forgot about it again. By the way... I discovered that a ten second timer, balancing a camera on grass and wrangling three girls for a picture is hard work. But I still thought this picture was too cute. :)
Abby's Birthday:
Monday we had a little celebration over at my house. My dad and brother also have birthdays within a few days of Abby so we celebrated a little for them too. My dad picked up some Godfathers (yum!) and Tom and I picked up an ice cream cake- where the remnants are still sitting in our freezer. Anyone want cake? We first made a run to town and got Abby some balloons. She really really loves balloons and a special Abby Cadabby balloon topped it even more.
It was so much fun to have my family over. The weather was gorgeous and the guys threw a football. My parents got Abby a little T-ball set and she spent most of yesterday hitting the ball. As long as I cheered whenever she hit it she thought it was the most amazing thing. They also picked up a wiggly catterpillar sprinkler that I'm excited to give a try once she has someone to run through it with her. Right now she is a little unsure as to why I want her to play with something that sprays cold water at her. When I turned down the pressure she enjoyed filling her little bowl up with water and giving her baby a bath. Whatever works! My parents also picked up a little Elmo phone... which Kiley and Kara have had a blast with. I keep hearing the "Boop boop bee boop" sound of Elmo making button noises lol.
My dad and brothers and Tom went and picked up some 'new' outdoor play equipment so our backyard is starting to really look like a playground :) I also picked up a few more plants to landscape the back with. I got 4 out of the 5 planted yesterday and Abby helped me water them. "Flower thirsty mommy?" One flower really got a good drink! We also planted the flowers that my mom gave me for mothers day and a few 'distressed ones' I picked up at Lowes. They sure didn't look distressed to me but for 50 cents I'll take them!
Yesterday (Her actual birthday) was quieter and we just hung around the house and played. I had thought about going to town to a park or something but she was having so much fun with her new toys. Tom and I got her a little red 'bike' (tricycle) that she absolutely loves. We knew it would go over well because every single time we walked by one either on a walk or in the stores she would say "Abby's Bike?" She already has it figured out how the pedals work, now she just needs to build up strength towards pushing it. Yesterday I would periodically sing the birthday song to her and tell her that it was her birthday... whenever I did that she would get the goofiest smile on her face and say "Abby's Birthday!"
Kiley and Kara are both just about to the point where they can sit up... still a bit tipsy but they can do it once in awhile. Kara especially can really crawl and yep... thats right I still don't have a gate. I think I need to go find one today. It's too hard to keep track of two crawling babies. Kiley so far only really goes one direction... backwards. So as long as I point her in one direction we do ok. They enjoyed the weather yesterday too. I'm loving the 70's. We are going to have another birthday party with Tom's family and a few others this weekend. We are just going to go to the zoo and I'm going to attempt to make an Abby Cadabby cake. Be forewarned I have never decorated a cake before! My sister I think is going to help. Well Abby is hungry for oatmeal, cheese and hot dogs.... mmmm....
Abby's Birthday:
Monday we had a little celebration over at my house. My dad and brother also have birthdays within a few days of Abby so we celebrated a little for them too. My dad picked up some Godfathers (yum!) and Tom and I picked up an ice cream cake- where the remnants are still sitting in our freezer. Anyone want cake? We first made a run to town and got Abby some balloons. She really really loves balloons and a special Abby Cadabby balloon topped it even more.
It was so much fun to have my family over. The weather was gorgeous and the guys threw a football. My parents got Abby a little T-ball set and she spent most of yesterday hitting the ball. As long as I cheered whenever she hit it she thought it was the most amazing thing. They also picked up a wiggly catterpillar sprinkler that I'm excited to give a try once she has someone to run through it with her. Right now she is a little unsure as to why I want her to play with something that sprays cold water at her. When I turned down the pressure she enjoyed filling her little bowl up with water and giving her baby a bath. Whatever works! My parents also picked up a little Elmo phone... which Kiley and Kara have had a blast with. I keep hearing the "Boop boop bee boop" sound of Elmo making button noises lol.
My dad and brothers and Tom went and picked up some 'new' outdoor play equipment so our backyard is starting to really look like a playground :) I also picked up a few more plants to landscape the back with. I got 4 out of the 5 planted yesterday and Abby helped me water them. "Flower thirsty mommy?" One flower really got a good drink! We also planted the flowers that my mom gave me for mothers day and a few 'distressed ones' I picked up at Lowes. They sure didn't look distressed to me but for 50 cents I'll take them!
Yesterday (Her actual birthday) was quieter and we just hung around the house and played. I had thought about going to town to a park or something but she was having so much fun with her new toys. Tom and I got her a little red 'bike' (tricycle) that she absolutely loves. We knew it would go over well because every single time we walked by one either on a walk or in the stores she would say "Abby's Bike?" She already has it figured out how the pedals work, now she just needs to build up strength towards pushing it. Yesterday I would periodically sing the birthday song to her and tell her that it was her birthday... whenever I did that she would get the goofiest smile on her face and say "Abby's Birthday!"
Kiley and Kara are both just about to the point where they can sit up... still a bit tipsy but they can do it once in awhile. Kara especially can really crawl and yep... thats right I still don't have a gate. I think I need to go find one today. It's too hard to keep track of two crawling babies. Kiley so far only really goes one direction... backwards. So as long as I point her in one direction we do ok. They enjoyed the weather yesterday too. I'm loving the 70's. We are going to have another birthday party with Tom's family and a few others this weekend. We are just going to go to the zoo and I'm going to attempt to make an Abby Cadabby cake. Be forewarned I have never decorated a cake before! My sister I think is going to help. Well Abby is hungry for oatmeal, cheese and hot dogs.... mmmm....
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Bugs and Other things
Off to bed but before I go, a few updates. Beautiful weather outside means less time at the computer inside... so a slight delay in blogger posts. We have been going on a lot of walks, Abby tagging along pushing her little pink stroller with either a doll inside or 'baby Elmo.' We also FINALLY got some weed killer/turf builder down on the lawn and amazing... I hope it means our lawn will look nicer longer. So we got some yard work done, Abby got a new set of play toys for outside (lol as if she needed more) and I started reorganizing the basement so that there is a designated play area. I think it will work great considering our living room was getting overwhelmed with toys lately.
There are a lot of projects that I have on the "To Do" list. It's nice to get a few of them marked off. Tom asked me if I was nesting... I told him "Yep due any day" hahahaha.... no it's called SPRING cleaning... I'm in the mood to declutter and improve things around the house and it's hard to do alone. So when I have an extra body to help with crying babies then I jump at the chance to get things done. I need to fold the laundry on our bed but I feel like it may end up on tomorrow's list.
Speaking of crying babies my poor Abby had an allergic reaction to something. We are guessing it was some type of bug but her right eye was swollen up and purple/red and she had welts the size of silver dollars on her arms. And it wasn't just the welts... I knew something was wrong when she kept crying and crying and crying and crying. So as soon as I figured it out, and got her on Benedryl every 4-6 hours things seemed a little better. Ugh I wish I caught on to when she wasn't feeling well better! I try so hard to but sometimes it's just so hard to know. Today was the second day and finally tonight it was starting to go down. The picture below is a lot better than what it looked like before! It was almost swollen shut this morning and dark purple,red. It concerns me that she had such a reaction to something and I don't know what it was... mostly because the first reaction isn't the worst... subsequent reactions could be much worse. Hopefully it's nothing but I will keep a closer eye on her while she is playing outside. It just didn't really show up until 2-4 hours after she was out playing. Who knows.... The nurse I talked to said it would take about two days to get better. I hope tomorrow is easier for her!
So we didnt go to church this morning. But if you were at my house this morning you would understand why.
Tom and I got a chance to go out on a date tonight. My brave mother and sister babysat while we went out to a movie and had supper. It was amazingly nice. We even got asked if we were over 21 which shocked both of us. We didn't even want to sample the wine. I was so upset with the service I would have walked out except that Tom had ordered a soda and I didn't want to mess with paying for it. We just ordered the soup, salad and breadsticks and it took them forever to get it to us! I hate it when the waiters/waitresses make it seem like you are an inconvenience to their social life. Seriously awful service! But outside of that Tom and I had a lot of fun. :) Abby was a little sad when my mom brought the girls back to our house and we hadn't gotten home yet. Tom read her a few stories and sang a few bedtime songs with her and she was feeling much better. I'm sure she was just over tired and had played hard at my mom's house. Hard to believe her birthday is in two days! Can't wait to celebrate it :)
Well time for bed!
Friday, May 14, 2010
Blessings
Kiley is startling in the bassinet near my bed. Ugh our room is a mess... I think I need to get around to cleaning it ... some day :) Right now there are so many other things I need to do...
...like making preeties with chalk on the cement pad in our backyard with Abby
...going for a walk with the twins in "Hawk" and Abby pushing her baby doll in her pink stroller
...sitting in the recliner and snuggling with Kiley as she tries to discover a way to get her mouth on my chin (she loves that for some reason)
...like cooking plastic fake food in a pretend coffee maker and enjoying the apple sandwich Abby has made
... watching the "Elmo Abby" video for the 100th time with Abby
... singing "One, Two, Three... Jesus Loves me" With Abby and tucking her in like a little bird, in her very own little bird's nest. Did I mention my mom did this for me when I was a little girl? She used to tuck me in every single night, say my prayers with me as a little girl every night as I went to sleep. Even when I was a highschooler she would come and sit on my bed to talk about the day. I want to do that for my girls....
It's funny how being a mom makes you reflect. If you've heard this before I apologize but when I was in first grade my teacher had us do a project that was supposed to help our classmates get to know us. They asked all of the usual questions like "what is your favorite food", "What is your favorite color" and they had us cut out pictures or draw things as part of the answer. So I remember drawing my family (short a few of the members we have now!) and there was this spot that said "What do you want to be when you grow up" I remember this so vividly because so many people didn't get why I cut this random picture of someone out of a magazine when most people did things like a fireman or a doctor etc etc...
When I grew up I wanted to be a mom.... more badly then anything I have ever wanted to do that has always remained true. And I've had such great examples of parents. God blessed me more than I will ever know.
The girls are ever so mobile now. Tom had to rescue Kiley or Kara from under the table tonight. (sorry girls... not sure who it was he couldn't remember) Still funny to think that one of you made it from the living room to under the table before Dad noticed. :)
Please pray for good health for my girls... I know that they are just minor little bugs but Kara and Abby can't seem to kick this nasty cold and I'm sure that it is frustrating for them to feel so icky. I would love for Abby to be healthy on her birthday that is coming up! Hard to believe she's growing up so fast....
"Mommy hold you?" Quite possibly more beautiful even than "I love you" from Abby... probably because it is such a tangible, physical expression of our love. "Yes Abby, Mommy hold you"
...like making preeties with chalk on the cement pad in our backyard with Abby
...going for a walk with the twins in "Hawk" and Abby pushing her baby doll in her pink stroller
...sitting in the recliner and snuggling with Kiley as she tries to discover a way to get her mouth on my chin (she loves that for some reason)
...like cooking plastic fake food in a pretend coffee maker and enjoying the apple sandwich Abby has made
... watching the "Elmo Abby" video for the 100th time with Abby
... singing "One, Two, Three... Jesus Loves me" With Abby and tucking her in like a little bird, in her very own little bird's nest. Did I mention my mom did this for me when I was a little girl? She used to tuck me in every single night, say my prayers with me as a little girl every night as I went to sleep. Even when I was a highschooler she would come and sit on my bed to talk about the day. I want to do that for my girls....
It's funny how being a mom makes you reflect. If you've heard this before I apologize but when I was in first grade my teacher had us do a project that was supposed to help our classmates get to know us. They asked all of the usual questions like "what is your favorite food", "What is your favorite color" and they had us cut out pictures or draw things as part of the answer. So I remember drawing my family (short a few of the members we have now!) and there was this spot that said "What do you want to be when you grow up" I remember this so vividly because so many people didn't get why I cut this random picture of someone out of a magazine when most people did things like a fireman or a doctor etc etc...
When I grew up I wanted to be a mom.... more badly then anything I have ever wanted to do that has always remained true. And I've had such great examples of parents. God blessed me more than I will ever know.
The girls are ever so mobile now. Tom had to rescue Kiley or Kara from under the table tonight. (sorry girls... not sure who it was he couldn't remember) Still funny to think that one of you made it from the living room to under the table before Dad noticed. :)
Please pray for good health for my girls... I know that they are just minor little bugs but Kara and Abby can't seem to kick this nasty cold and I'm sure that it is frustrating for them to feel so icky. I would love for Abby to be healthy on her birthday that is coming up! Hard to believe she's growing up so fast....
"Mommy hold you?" Quite possibly more beautiful even than "I love you" from Abby... probably because it is such a tangible, physical expression of our love. "Yes Abby, Mommy hold you"
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Warmmmmm
Abby had a great therapy appointment her Occupational Therapist is soooo impressed with the progress she has made! Who could be surprised lol? She is incredibly bright and honestly sometimes I think it isn't so much anything 'wrong' with her it's more redirecting or improving MY parenting skills. It has so much more to do with me then her. I learn how to be more patient in certain circumstances... I wish all moms of toddlers had the benefits of going through therapy like this, I've found it's helped me interact with other toddlers as well because I understand the way their brains work a little better and I've learned activities that work well with toddlers. Simple things. Who couldn't be overwhelmed with the hundreds of thousands of things being thrown at them constantly and the sheer number of things they are learning. It makes me appreciate toddlers and babies more :)
I'm proud of her.
I hope tomorrow brings less rain and warmer temps. We are ready to play outside again!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
New Sign Off
I decided that I should change my profile name to something more discrete. One of the nicknames my dad gave me as a little girl was 'goose'... seemed fitting to change my profile name to "Mother Goose"
Wasn't I cute? :) Hard to believe I've grown up isn't it Dad?
It's still raining!
Kara is singing herself to sleep as I write this while rocking her in the rocking chair. It is pretty sweet considering she is warm and soft and smells like baby shampoo. mmmm
Today was a little crazy but not too bad. I took all three girls into the doctor alone which can be a bit scary. Thanks to my super awesome stroller I am now dubbing "Hawk" (Because it's yellow and black and looks like Hawkeye colors... yes I'm that mom) things went ok. Abby sat on one side, Kara in the other and Kiley rode in the Beco. I was a little worried that it wouldn't fit through the doors or into the exam rooms (if you have seen the clinic you would understand) but it maneuvered beautifully! It had a great rain shield which was awesome considering it rained ... again. I got nearly as many compliments on the stroller as I did on the twins... but the girls always win out. BTW Abby also loves the stroller which in my book makes it worth every single cent.
Abby was running a low grade temp when I brought her in. The doctor said there are two options. 1) It is a cold virus that is going around and this was the first day aka the worst day... or 2) he stated that RSV is really going around right now and they might have that. 3-4 days is when it peaks. He seemed to be fairly optimistic that because they got it before and not that long ago that they might still have some immunity built up against it. He said to keep an eye on Abby's cough and give her a neb if she starts to get wheezy but for now give her Tylenol/Motrin for the fever/feeling icky. And her ears looked ok by the way so no ear infection ( I think I will be forever paranoid about her having ear infections after I let her go so long with the last one)
While we are on medical updates I may be switching formulas with Kiley and Kara. I don't think it is agreeing with their little tummies. Kiley has also started breaking out in a rash on her face after I feed her from the bottle. I'm still only giving them a bottle once in awhile and have really pulled back since we started having issues. I talked with the clinic and they will probably try two other types of formula to see if they like them better.
We went to the mall after the doctor's appointment. I really just needed a little time out of the house and because it has been so rainy (and cold!) I couldn't take my girls outside. We ended up walking around the mall for an hour and a half. The surprising thing? I didn't buy a thing! Ok I bought lunch for Abby and I but that was under ten bucks. :) She was so cute sitting in the stroller munching on her chicken nuggets and apple fries. She loved going for a ride and she did so great! She even helped to put Kara's pacifier in when it fell out. (Another bonus!) Kiley and Kara took naps while we looked around. It was a nice break but time to go home!
Abby sang along to one of the Kutless songs that was on the radio while we drove on the way home it was so cute. She kept catching the last few words "Jesus coooomes" And would sing that whenever it came to that point in the chorus. She really does love music! When we got home Abby ended up taking a 3 1/2 hour nap, Kara took a 2 hour nap and Kiley took a 2 hour nap... slightly staggered but enough to allow me to lay down for an hour or so. It was nice! Rainy day naps are the best.
Check out the video on Facebook :) If you can't get to it and want to watch it please comment below and I'll try to link you to it.
Today was a little crazy but not too bad. I took all three girls into the doctor alone which can be a bit scary. Thanks to my super awesome stroller I am now dubbing "Hawk" (Because it's yellow and black and looks like Hawkeye colors... yes I'm that mom) things went ok. Abby sat on one side, Kara in the other and Kiley rode in the Beco. I was a little worried that it wouldn't fit through the doors or into the exam rooms (if you have seen the clinic you would understand) but it maneuvered beautifully! It had a great rain shield which was awesome considering it rained ... again. I got nearly as many compliments on the stroller as I did on the twins... but the girls always win out. BTW Abby also loves the stroller which in my book makes it worth every single cent.
Abby was running a low grade temp when I brought her in. The doctor said there are two options. 1) It is a cold virus that is going around and this was the first day aka the worst day... or 2) he stated that RSV is really going around right now and they might have that. 3-4 days is when it peaks. He seemed to be fairly optimistic that because they got it before and not that long ago that they might still have some immunity built up against it. He said to keep an eye on Abby's cough and give her a neb if she starts to get wheezy but for now give her Tylenol/Motrin for the fever/feeling icky. And her ears looked ok by the way so no ear infection ( I think I will be forever paranoid about her having ear infections after I let her go so long with the last one)
While we are on medical updates I may be switching formulas with Kiley and Kara. I don't think it is agreeing with their little tummies. Kiley has also started breaking out in a rash on her face after I feed her from the bottle. I'm still only giving them a bottle once in awhile and have really pulled back since we started having issues. I talked with the clinic and they will probably try two other types of formula to see if they like them better.
We went to the mall after the doctor's appointment. I really just needed a little time out of the house and because it has been so rainy (and cold!) I couldn't take my girls outside. We ended up walking around the mall for an hour and a half. The surprising thing? I didn't buy a thing! Ok I bought lunch for Abby and I but that was under ten bucks. :) She was so cute sitting in the stroller munching on her chicken nuggets and apple fries. She loved going for a ride and she did so great! She even helped to put Kara's pacifier in when it fell out. (Another bonus!) Kiley and Kara took naps while we looked around. It was a nice break but time to go home!
Abby sang along to one of the Kutless songs that was on the radio while we drove on the way home it was so cute. She kept catching the last few words "Jesus coooomes" And would sing that whenever it came to that point in the chorus. She really does love music! When we got home Abby ended up taking a 3 1/2 hour nap, Kara took a 2 hour nap and Kiley took a 2 hour nap... slightly staggered but enough to allow me to lay down for an hour or so. It was nice! Rainy day naps are the best.
K&K helped.
Check out the video on Facebook :) If you can't get to it and want to watch it please comment below and I'll try to link you to it.
3 Fevers
Well all three of my girls were running temps last night. They have all had the runny nose icky bug for two weeks now? I'm wondering if it went to their ears. I put a call into the doctor this morning to see if we can check for ear infections because honestly... having three run fevers and crazy cranky is beyond what I can handle alone. It took Tom and I until 11:30pm last night to FINALY get K&K down ... and to STAY down. I got them to sleep 4 times last night and 3 of the times they were up 10 minuets later. Frustrating to say the least. Abby is also coughing so it's time to make sure there isn't more going on. If there isn't so be it... I want to make sure!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Under Construction!
Please bear with me as I try to get the bugs worked out of this new template. Takes time and that is something I just have in limited bursts! Eventually things will be pretty again!
**Update**
Things are closer to being finished! I think I like the look of this layout better than the last and I hope that you enjoy it too. If you have any suggestions please let me know!
**Update**
Things are closer to being finished! I think I like the look of this layout better than the last and I hope that you enjoy it too. If you have any suggestions please let me know!
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