So yes, Quinten has a tooth. and another one on the way out. The first one was no problem, that second one had him very cranky yesterday though. Nolan has been a bit fussy as well and has me worried that he might be working on a few teeth of his own. Edison has been growing his canine teeth for the past few months also. The thing about Ned (Edison) is that he is tough. I think I've given him medicine for teething pain less than 10 times. He just doesn't whine, or maybe has a high pain tolerance. Who knows.
Anyway, life keeps on rolling for the rest of us. I'm going a bit crazy most of the time trying to keep up with Ned and the twins. Luckily Ned is such an easy going kid. He loves to hug and kiss and smack and play with the twins. They love it. I can easily see them all playing together in a few months when they are more mobile. They already gaze at him with adoring eyes. He will be the leader. Hopefully he won't lead them into to many shenanigans.
This past week Mia showed Ned how to blow raspberries on the boys tummies. He loved it. Today he was blowing raspberries on their shirts after I blew one into Nolans neck crease. Unfortunately they don't make a lot of noise when done on the shirt, but Ned didn't care. I tickled Nolans neck while Ned blew so that Nolan would giggle for Ned.
In other news, I have been not getting enough sleep, but what's new. Its come to the point that I can't come up with the right name quickly anymore. I'll tell Ned something about a twin and call him the wrong name. Pretty soon I'll be like my mother in law and call all the kids the dogs name. I'm not looking forward to that. Especially since we don't have a dog. Ha ha. We don't name the chickens, and we don't have names for the cows this time around (past names have included Hammy, T-bone, etc. My suggestion for Lunch and Dinner keeps getting shot down). We do have a cat named Whiskers and another cat named Midnight whom has defected and lives with the neighbors now. Whiskers sneaks into the garage and eats the chicken food. I don't think the girls have been feeding her every day. I've got to make sure to bug them about that.
Quick story. A few weeks ago I took off on a road trip with my lovely sister. We went to my nephews wedding about 4-5 hours away. the twins came with and we left Ned and the girls at home with Dad. My brave sister! Anyway I got a text about 45 minutes out of town. Our cows had escaped. Lovely. They had smashed down part of our fence, broke the electric, and exited at the open gate at the front of the property. They hadn't escaped since the twins were 2 weeks old and the gate had been having problems since that deep freeze we had a few months ago. We hadn't put a priority on fixing it. Anyway, I guess we should have.
Over the process of our trip, hubby and our home teacher and his son tracked the cows. Turned out they had escaped during the night and had been out quite a while before we noticed. Hubby feeds them every day and when they didn't come to eat he discovered the fence.
Anyway, after a long day of searching they found them about 2 miles away. the cows had been discovered by the Sheriff and a very kind farmer/rancher? had corralled the cows. We were able to get them home the next day and the kind fellow helped hubby bring the 2 troublesome cows to the auction a few days later (where, since we were a month earlier than planned they sold for way to little, but better to break even than the cows out again, hit by a car or stolen and a total loss)
We are now down to 2 fairly quiet cows again, and the gate is mostly working (needs some work though. I think we need to find a manual for it).
We've also got chicks in the greenhouse growing and we planted seeds for FHE last night followed by some fun Kinect sports. I had to leave the room after a while. I had stayed up until midnight the night before (stupid!) and was way to tired for all of the noise! In my defense, the boys have been sleeping more and more and Nolan has been sleeping through the night here and there (2x last week!) but still stupid of me! With all of this teething I went from the occasional not bad night to 3x a night again.
Cecilee and Mia have been having a great time at school lately. Mia's class went to Swan Lake last week and Cecilee's class went to NNU for something today. They are both loving activity day girls and don't mind helping out with their brothers ("thank you" says my sanity!)
The reason I have time to post this lovely long post is due to a primary presidency meeting this morning where the boys both took mini naps which I thought was horrid until I realized that they were going to take their long naps later. I put them down at the same time as Ned and perhaps I'll have some time to myself! That never happens!!!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Its all about attitude people!
So last night was awful. Baby Q was up abou 12:30. As any mom knows, the earlier they are up, the harder it is to get yourself up. Boy was I groggy and out of it. And then after feeding, Baby Q didn't want to go back to bed. So I was up for a bit. Then, Baby N was up about 4:30. Not as bad, but still a little out of it. And I was trying to stay out of it. so instead of surfing the net on the ipad, I was sitting with my eyes closed, trying to stay sleepy so I could go back to sleep quickly. When the alarm clock rang at 7:30, I was groggy, but doing ok.
The girls got themselves up and ready for the bus early. YAY. I asked C to put a diaper on Toddler E since he waltzed out of his bedroom wearing only a smile - well that and his pajama top. When C asked for a towel to lift Toddler E's wet shirt I wondered what was going on and looked closer. Yes, he was soaked in urine. from the top of the neck to the bottom of his shirt. The entire front was soaked. Which means (and lets say it all together you moms out there) his entire bed was soaked in urine.
Yes that's right. I get to wash everything. And Toddler E got a bath.
So I get some and put it in the washer. It goes for a while. Until I hear a bit louder than normal 'click'. And the washer is all of a sudden not going anymore. I checked things out and it seemed like maybe the load was off balance. I added some clothes to offset a pillow and started it again. It kept going until - it got to the spin cycle.
Cue ominous music.
Then I googled like crazy for a while as babies whined, Toddler E did his thing and I flooded my hubby with calls and e-mails at the office. This is the first time our washer has broken in our 11 years of owning it. so this was new.
anyway, after some searching and youtube watching and a little time over at searspartsdirect, we figured out it was the latch. The little dohickey that tells the washer if the lid is open or not.
Hmmm, interesting.
By this time the babies were crying. It was nap time. I took a break and nursed them and put them down. Of course toddler E had pooped his diaper and needed a change as well.
Anyway, during getting the babies ready for naps, I watched more youtube. And after changing poopy pants and getting the twins in bed, I was able to jimmy-rig the washer to work with a hair elastic! Yes, it doesn't stop spinning when the lid is open, but until we buy the parts to fix it correctly, we can still do laundry.
my point to this long drawn out story? Yes, I could be stressed out and unhappy and tired and cranky. I will admit to being tired, and my kitchen needs to be cleaned, but I decided that I wouldn't let it get to me today.
Yes, it might get to me later, but not right now!
so its all about attitude. We make choices. Are we going to be calm or are we going to be stressed out and worried and crying? Or are we going to be happy the twins are napping and Baby N is getting over his cold and Toddler E and baby Q don't have it, Happy that hubby vacuumed and straightened the family room yesterday. Or unhappy that we are almost out of bread, I need a shower, or that the Ipad needs to be charged, and I still need to clean the kitchen, and I keep forgetting to buy a calendar.
Get my point? Dwell on the positives!
Disclaimer - this is my attitude today (now) and it is working for me today. I will not guarantee that I will not get cranky later or that tomorrow I will not be stressed out. I am just doing my best, and today that is a positive attitude.
The girls got themselves up and ready for the bus early. YAY. I asked C to put a diaper on Toddler E since he waltzed out of his bedroom wearing only a smile - well that and his pajama top. When C asked for a towel to lift Toddler E's wet shirt I wondered what was going on and looked closer. Yes, he was soaked in urine. from the top of the neck to the bottom of his shirt. The entire front was soaked. Which means (and lets say it all together you moms out there) his entire bed was soaked in urine.
Yes that's right. I get to wash everything. And Toddler E got a bath.
So I get some and put it in the washer. It goes for a while. Until I hear a bit louder than normal 'click'. And the washer is all of a sudden not going anymore. I checked things out and it seemed like maybe the load was off balance. I added some clothes to offset a pillow and started it again. It kept going until - it got to the spin cycle.
Cue ominous music.
Then I googled like crazy for a while as babies whined, Toddler E did his thing and I flooded my hubby with calls and e-mails at the office. This is the first time our washer has broken in our 11 years of owning it. so this was new.
anyway, after some searching and youtube watching and a little time over at searspartsdirect, we figured out it was the latch. The little dohickey that tells the washer if the lid is open or not.
Hmmm, interesting.
By this time the babies were crying. It was nap time. I took a break and nursed them and put them down. Of course toddler E had pooped his diaper and needed a change as well.
Anyway, during getting the babies ready for naps, I watched more youtube. And after changing poopy pants and getting the twins in bed, I was able to jimmy-rig the washer to work with a hair elastic! Yes, it doesn't stop spinning when the lid is open, but until we buy the parts to fix it correctly, we can still do laundry.
my point to this long drawn out story? Yes, I could be stressed out and unhappy and tired and cranky. I will admit to being tired, and my kitchen needs to be cleaned, but I decided that I wouldn't let it get to me today.
Yes, it might get to me later, but not right now!
so its all about attitude. We make choices. Are we going to be calm or are we going to be stressed out and worried and crying? Or are we going to be happy the twins are napping and Baby N is getting over his cold and Toddler E and baby Q don't have it, Happy that hubby vacuumed and straightened the family room yesterday. Or unhappy that we are almost out of bread, I need a shower, or that the Ipad needs to be charged, and I still need to clean the kitchen, and I keep forgetting to buy a calendar.
Get my point? Dwell on the positives!
Disclaimer - this is my attitude today (now) and it is working for me today. I will not guarantee that I will not get cranky later or that tomorrow I will not be stressed out. I am just doing my best, and today that is a positive attitude.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
my day
Today the girls have a dentist appointment at 2:30. Here is how the day went. (is going)
3:30am . boys wake up. feed, put down. desperately try to get back to sleep (been having problems with getting back to sleep)
7:53 yell at A to get out of bed. Bus comes at 8:07 or so. She is trying the ol' I am tired and don't want to get up so I'll try the stomachache routine. I tell her that if she stays home she'll have to miss the dentist, do chores all day, and deal with me being cranky. She obliges and gets up and out the door.
While all this is happening the twins need to be fed. I sit down to nurse and remember that I still need to write a note for them. I nurse and write a note. I'm so good at multi-tasking (please forgive the sloppy handwriting front office :) )
They make the bus, notes in hand.
I finish nursing and put the boys on a blanket on the floor and turn on PBS for toddler E. I'm tired and in a daze since I didn't get into a good deep sleep after the 3am feed. It was weird.
I finally get moving. Three diapers changed check! Outfits chosen for our outing later today? check!
The boys, toddler E, and I hang out until about 10 when its time to nurse the boys for their nap. I round up the swaddles and wrap and nurse them. Toddler E and I hang out until about 12:30. Toddler E gets his lunch and I hop into the shower for the quickest shower ever. no hair washing. Just a quick wash.
toddler E has managed to drain his water all over the table and himself as well as some of his lunch.
I give him a towel and tell him to clean up. He does a little. He isn't 2 yet. I'm impressed.
1pm. Babies get up and get nursed and changed into their outfits for our dentist trip. Toddler E gets a clean diaper (poopy) and a clean outfit since his other one is now wet and dirty.
1:46 pull out of the driveway. The kids take forever to get to the front office. I end up waiting outside with the kids who are still in the car.
2:03 the decision has been made to go home for the toothbrushes and toothpaste that I left on the counter. A quick stop and we are on our way again.
2:30 we are pulling into the dentist office. Impressive. Except that we'll be late because we still have to get all of the kids out of the car. But only by a few minutes!
Toddler E chases around the waiting room and childrens area. The twins stay in their carseats. The girls are in and out and in while they brush teeth, go potty, get their teeth cleaned and then both in for a final check from the dentist. No cavities!
A quick stop at McDonalds for an early dinner because A has a academic achievement award (ie give the kid a free cheap meal and make the family spend $ on food for the rest of the family. yuckiest chicken sandwich I've had in a while).
4:10 home again home again jiggety jig. now its time to nurse the babies again.
The girls and Toddler E are playing outside. About 30 minutes pass and they all come inside. Toddler E is screaming because he was playing in the slushy snow and his hands are really cold. A hot bath later and he is feeling much better.
Hubby is home now and A and I go and feed the Chickens. Hubby goes to feed the cows.
The girls and I ate at McDonalds and hubby had a sandwich at work (this is really not normal for us. I make dinner, I do!) I heated up some red pepper potato soup from yesterday so that I could have some nutrition in my dinner. The chicken sandwich I had at McDonalds was just not very good. But it didn't have mayo on it, I didn't order pop, and only had a handful of Toddler E's fries. So overall, it could have been much worse. the kids had chicken nuggets, chocolate milk, and apple slices. So yeah, not great, but not like we all had cheeseburgers, fries and pop.
Anyway, enough of that :)
The boys had diaper changes in there somewhere. One of them had blown out.
I just nursed the boys again and the girls have done their chores. They are now emptying the dishwasher.
We will most likely watch a show (The Biggest Loser?) together for the next hour. I will work out at 8pm and then 8:30 is bedtime.
Diapers will be changed! Swaddles will be used! Kids will be in Bed! And The House Will Be Quiet!
Just in time to start all over at 3am :) Good thing we don't have any appointments tomorrow. However I do need to go to Costco...Maybe tomorrow? (probably not, but a girl can dream, right?)
3:30am . boys wake up. feed, put down. desperately try to get back to sleep (been having problems with getting back to sleep)
7:53 yell at A to get out of bed. Bus comes at 8:07 or so. She is trying the ol' I am tired and don't want to get up so I'll try the stomachache routine. I tell her that if she stays home she'll have to miss the dentist, do chores all day, and deal with me being cranky. She obliges and gets up and out the door.
While all this is happening the twins need to be fed. I sit down to nurse and remember that I still need to write a note for them. I nurse and write a note. I'm so good at multi-tasking (please forgive the sloppy handwriting front office :) )
They make the bus, notes in hand.
I finish nursing and put the boys on a blanket on the floor and turn on PBS for toddler E. I'm tired and in a daze since I didn't get into a good deep sleep after the 3am feed. It was weird.
I finally get moving. Three diapers changed check! Outfits chosen for our outing later today? check!
The boys, toddler E, and I hang out until about 10 when its time to nurse the boys for their nap. I round up the swaddles and wrap and nurse them. Toddler E and I hang out until about 12:30. Toddler E gets his lunch and I hop into the shower for the quickest shower ever. no hair washing. Just a quick wash.
toddler E has managed to drain his water all over the table and himself as well as some of his lunch.
I give him a towel and tell him to clean up. He does a little. He isn't 2 yet. I'm impressed.
1pm. Babies get up and get nursed and changed into their outfits for our dentist trip. Toddler E gets a clean diaper (poopy) and a clean outfit since his other one is now wet and dirty.
1:46 pull out of the driveway. The kids take forever to get to the front office. I end up waiting outside with the kids who are still in the car.
2:03 the decision has been made to go home for the toothbrushes and toothpaste that I left on the counter. A quick stop and we are on our way again.
2:30 we are pulling into the dentist office. Impressive. Except that we'll be late because we still have to get all of the kids out of the car. But only by a few minutes!
Toddler E chases around the waiting room and childrens area. The twins stay in their carseats. The girls are in and out and in while they brush teeth, go potty, get their teeth cleaned and then both in for a final check from the dentist. No cavities!
A quick stop at McDonalds for an early dinner because A has a academic achievement award (ie give the kid a free cheap meal and make the family spend $ on food for the rest of the family. yuckiest chicken sandwich I've had in a while).
4:10 home again home again jiggety jig. now its time to nurse the babies again.
The girls and Toddler E are playing outside. About 30 minutes pass and they all come inside. Toddler E is screaming because he was playing in the slushy snow and his hands are really cold. A hot bath later and he is feeling much better.
Hubby is home now and A and I go and feed the Chickens. Hubby goes to feed the cows.
The girls and I ate at McDonalds and hubby had a sandwich at work (this is really not normal for us. I make dinner, I do!) I heated up some red pepper potato soup from yesterday so that I could have some nutrition in my dinner. The chicken sandwich I had at McDonalds was just not very good. But it didn't have mayo on it, I didn't order pop, and only had a handful of Toddler E's fries. So overall, it could have been much worse. the kids had chicken nuggets, chocolate milk, and apple slices. So yeah, not great, but not like we all had cheeseburgers, fries and pop.
Anyway, enough of that :)
The boys had diaper changes in there somewhere. One of them had blown out.
I just nursed the boys again and the girls have done their chores. They are now emptying the dishwasher.
We will most likely watch a show (The Biggest Loser?) together for the next hour. I will work out at 8pm and then 8:30 is bedtime.
Diapers will be changed! Swaddles will be used! Kids will be in Bed! And The House Will Be Quiet!
Just in time to start all over at 3am :) Good thing we don't have any appointments tomorrow. However I do need to go to Costco...Maybe tomorrow? (probably not, but a girl can dream, right?)
Still..
Still drowning in boxes. No we didn't unpack over the weekend. I just couldn't seem to get started. In other news the laundry is caught up and the kitchen is clean! Just a little more folding to get done. I'm trying to focus on what has gotten done. If I start making a to do list I may drown. :)
The boys are napping and toddler E is playing on the floor beside me. We have been watching PBS. The babies are back to only waking once a night again, but now seem to be waking at 3am instead of 6. So that is good because they go back to sleep again fairly easily. they started waking up 2x a night last week and that turned me into a zombie very quickly. I was a mess on Sunday. I just couldn't think clearly. Just ask the primary. I was conducting and among other things forgot about a birthday and turned the time over to the wrong person who then though I knew something they didn't know and went with it and then it threw everyone off for all of jr primary, and the nursery singing time was all messed up. Some days I don't know why they haven't fired me. I'm glad they haven't though. I really enjoy my calling.
Toddler E is very polite. he has learned that if he says pweesh? that he can get nearly everything his little heart desires. He also says thank you every now and then. Add to that 'sorry' and he is the cutest thing ever. He and I hang out while the twins sleep for a few hours every morning. I am still trying to merge the nap times and now that they are in separate rooms it is getting easier. For the last 2 days I've had a whole hour to myself!!!!!!
The boys are napping and toddler E is playing on the floor beside me. We have been watching PBS. The babies are back to only waking once a night again, but now seem to be waking at 3am instead of 6. So that is good because they go back to sleep again fairly easily. they started waking up 2x a night last week and that turned me into a zombie very quickly. I was a mess on Sunday. I just couldn't think clearly. Just ask the primary. I was conducting and among other things forgot about a birthday and turned the time over to the wrong person who then though I knew something they didn't know and went with it and then it threw everyone off for all of jr primary, and the nursery singing time was all messed up. Some days I don't know why they haven't fired me. I'm glad they haven't though. I really enjoy my calling.
Toddler E is very polite. he has learned that if he says pweesh? that he can get nearly everything his little heart desires. He also says thank you every now and then. Add to that 'sorry' and he is the cutest thing ever. He and I hang out while the twins sleep for a few hours every morning. I am still trying to merge the nap times and now that they are in separate rooms it is getting easier. For the last 2 days I've had a whole hour to myself!!!!!!
Friday, January 18, 2013
moth·er /ˈməT͟Hər/
One who runs toward the screaming child when all they want to do is run the other way.
We've been busy here trying to get our flood cleaned up. The carpeting finally got replaced yesterday and we are all moved back in.
Since we decided to move all the bedrooms around, we have to rearrange all the closets.
Then we have to unpack all of the boxes that we packed since we chose to have nearly the whole house recarpeted. Then the great handyman from the restoration company has to come back and finish up a few things. AND.THEN.WE.WILL.BE.DONE.
This has really dragged out. I can't lie. Its been a pain. I never want to do it again.
Maybe someday eventually we might be done.
Maybe.
:)
I'm tired.
Boys are sleeping from 9-6 regularly now. I just wish they would sleep all the way until 7 or 8. Its hard to get them back to sleep, and I never have time to get more sleep myself. If only I would wise up and go to sleep at 9 also!
In other news, I'm working on a modification to my 2 needle sock pattern at the suggestion of a friend who is a more experienced knitter than I am.
Toddler E is getting into everything and back to climbing on the table at every opportunity. He has also discovered that he can reach up and grab things from on the cupboard. He also says "Ma! Ma! until I look at him and say What?" He learned that from his sisters. He will also say "Mon!" and wave his arm (beckoning) if he wants you to follow him and get him something. Typically its to get me to the pantry to get him a "Sna?" He is a sweet kid who is into everything. It can be aggravating. It can melt your heart.
C and A love their new room. Lets just hope they will take care of it. Their old room is slated to be repainted and arranged for the twins. In the meantime though, the twins are just going to have to endure the pink/purple walls. :)
Monday, January 14, 2013
4 month check up
Everyone healthy and happy, just a little cranky from all those awful shots.
Baby N was 13 lbs 4 oz
Baby Q was 11 lbs 10 oz.
We have been blessed by cute little healthy boys!
Baby N was 13 lbs 4 oz
Baby Q was 11 lbs 10 oz.
We have been blessed by cute little healthy boys!
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