Wednesday, March 16, 2011

5 of a Kind

There are five of you, for now,
Three girls, and two boys,

All of you unique,
And all of you bring us unspeakable JOY!
Each of you learning at your own stage,
Some of you are writing sight words,
One of you is learning to potty,
and 2 of you are crawling; it looks like a HERD!



You are cousins; you are playmates,


You are each others' best friend,


Some will come and go,



But you always have each other, even to the end.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Loving Life

We have been livin' it up around here, and just lovin' life!!
This weather is AMAZING!!! Are you not enjoying it so MUCH???
The time change was a little difficult, but I didn't mind to much when I went for a run tonight at 7:57PM!!! That was nice!! Of course, if you don't run to long, you can make it home right before the sun goes completely down!! :)
Aunt Hay Hay came home from college this past weekend. She will be here a week, and Kylee already has enjoyed her. Kylee even got a trip to McDonalds already!!
Flying her "Ladybug" kite in her "Ladybug" dressup outfit
We like to swing on tops of barrels that have been cut-off to make a Swing :)



Kylee loves to go "HIGH", and seriously, she loves "Underdoggies" already. Do y'all remember those??

Speaking of loving this weather, Jaxon wore his first pair of shorts on Saturday!!



Doesn't he look cute!!



I told you he was up on all 4's crawling!! Proof!!



And he likes to hold on to something and try to stand....
And he even lets go for a split second..... (Notice his right foot......not quite there on the standing and walking.....the feet have to flatten out I think)





Notice his nice bruise on his forehead. That is litearlly like the 2nd one, and the first one already healed. It's just that phase we are in I guess.





We also have been doing so MAJOR cleaning, you know, since it's spring break. I told our sunday school class that I take "spring break" off too!! :)
We vacummed behind furniture, moved toys, took the rug outside and shook it out, mopped, dusted, cleaned fans, cleaned base boards, and cleaned window seals.
And starting to talk about 'family' vacation plans for this summer!! Gets me SO EXCITED!!!
Enjoy your spring break wherever you are. If you get one, that is.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Practicing in Panties

Kylee loves jumping off her bed. Yes, we let her do this. It's not really jumping on her bed, is it?


But, she has also been practicing wearing her "big girl panties"!!

She has worn panties all week, except in town, and at night, and has not had one accident. All week!!


We are really proud of her, and I think she is kind of proud of herself too.



She wore her pull-up to town, and I told her I would tell her Bible Study teacher that she might need to use the potty. I asked Kylee, if other kids used the potty, and she quickly said "Yes". So, she has noticed that other kids do it.


She went on the potty TWICE during our Bible study today!! We were all clapping!!

And dancing!


Remember, I blogged about not even wanting to try potty training with her until she was 2 1/2, the weather was warmer, and it was Spring Break.



Well, we just started putting them on her in the evenings before she went to bed, and now, she has done really well with it.


See, it's that easy. Try it for yourself. :)


Now, realistically, I told Jason to be expecting sort of a relapse sometime in a few weeks. I've just always heard that once you think they got it down, they really DON'T!! :)
We shall see!!
And, her room is not finished with how I want it to look since we have transitioned to the Twin bed, that is why I haven't taken pictures yet. But, that is her quilt, and we still don't have a bed skirt (Mom is making it), and I don't know what to do on the big wall with her baby picture. Anyways, maybe someday!!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

7 on the 7th

Happy 7 Months!!


Yesterday, Jaxon turned 7 months on the 7th!! And alot of other babies we know turned a milestone too because they were born on the 7th. Like 2 Months!!! And 1 Month!! :)


What's going on with Me??


I think he did have the stomach bug yesterday, but only threw up that one time, and was just kind of fussy the rest of the day. Seems good today so far!!


Sleeping: The swaddle wasn't working because he was breaking out of it after 45 mins to an hour. So, I didn't feel like I should just keep doing that. I felt like if he would get on his tummy he would sleep better. So, on Friday night we put him to bed, with no swaddle on his tummy. Well, he woke up at 12 for some reason. Which is to soon for me to feed him since I just fed him at 9, so Jason went in there and got him to go back to sleep. Well, I thought he would still wake up at his normal eating time, but he didn't he slept the REST OF THE NIGHT. He did the same thing, waking up at 12, the next 2 nights. So, the past 4 nights haven't fed him in the night, which is GREAT, but he is still waking up like once a night, and we have to shake him kind of to get him to go back to sleep. But, I think we are doing better!!






Okay, enough of that. Now the fun stuff!!


Loves for Mommy to hold him! :)


Really doesn't like any toys; or prefers to play with his toys with ONE hand and the other hand on my leg.




Is SO close to actually crawling!! Up on all 4's! Rocking back and forth! And moves his hands forward tiny steps, and then lunges forward!




Loves apple juice. Loves crackers and cheeto puff things. Chokes on the puffs still.


Spits up.




Has hair. Quite a bit of it. It sticks up, and it drives my mom nuts.

Can pull up on toys with a little help.


Can stand for a few minutes.




I'm so glad I got his Dr. Seuss pictures taken because I was a little panic when I figured out Kylee was 6 months when I did hers. So, we will have to get one printed and hang it in the Playroom with Kylee's!!
Here she is!! Do they look alike?



Monday, March 7, 2011

3/4

3 out of the 4 of us have gotten the stomach bug. Yuck!!
I have a mound of Laundry to do, and bathrooms to clean, and dishes to wash, and sheets to change, and babies to rock, and toys to clorox.
And poor Jaxon; he turned 7 MONTHS OLD Today!!
I have really cute pictures of him in his Dr. Seuss onesie; maybe I'll post them later or tomorrow!!
Pray Kylee doesn't go down with the bug and make it 100%!!!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

What Should I do......



my baby WON'T sleep??
I have a joke with a friend of mine from church, that "Jason and I LOVE to start bad habits with our children. I mean why not."
Well, we really DON'T like to start bad habits with them.....
It's just that.....
well,
WE
DO.
So, with that being said.
My baby WON'T sleep.
At night.
During the day.
In the car.
What should I do?
See, the bad habit we have is, we still swaddle him. But really, it has been to help him sleep all along.
Truth be known, we didn't swaddle him, just because we LOVE to make bad habits.
He is jumpy, and knocks his paci out.
So, he didn't sleep from 2:30 PM until I put him to bed at 9:30PM last night. You would think he would be SO Sleepy he would sleep all night.
NOPE.
He woke up at 1:30. Then I fed him at 2, but he has started acting like he DOESN'T want us to swaddle him, but then again, he won't go to sleep after you rock him, and try to lay him down.......
So.

We
Cry
A
Lot.
Anyways, any suggestions. And I might add; he is one stubborn cookie. He cried for an hour last night, and then I finally swaddled him after that. I know. BAD.
I don't know what to do.....
But, isn't he a cutie!!


Tuesday, March 1, 2011

A Baby Story

I used to watch "A Baby Story" when I was in college at my parents house. We don't get that channel now, but I can pretty much gurantee the story I'm about to tell you, beats any story on there. In my opinion, of course. :)
My cousin delivered his wife's baby in the bathroom floor of their house yesterday!!!
Yep!!
This is my Mom's side of the family, and my cousin who delivered his baby yesterday is the one with the arrow pointing at him. Obviously!!
Here he is again, with his wife, who HAD the baby at their house yesterday morning.
You'll agree with me that he is a BIG guy. And you can't tell from the picture, I'm sure, but she is one tough "Mama".





The story as follows (and may be detailed):

She was up all night feeling pains, but didn't want to go in, and be sent home. Well, at around 6AM, she woke Gregg up, and said, "We are going to have this baby, and I mean now." He called their next door neighbor to come and get their 2 year old son, so they could go on to the hospital.



Adrienne felt like she was going to be sick, so she went to the bathroom to throw up, and then she decided no I think I need to go the bathroom. And he yelled, "Dont go to the bathroom. " And, she reached down and felt the HEAD with her OWN hand. So, he yelled at her to "lay down", and she yelled at him to "Call 911".



Now, you can imagine, with everyone yelling at each other, that it woke their 2 year old up. So he starts screaming and crying, for the mere fact he doesn't have a clue what is going on.



He gets on the phone with 911, and they ask him, "Can you see the head?", he says "NO", so they tell him to tell her to do "kagels". He doesn't have a clue what that is, so he jokingly tells her to do some "push-ups"..... :) And then he says, "OH*****, there's the head!!" And he chunks the phone, and with his bare hands, no time to get a towel, he delievers his baby, another boy. They didn't know what it was going to be!!



About that time, he hears a knock at the door; it is there neighbor to come and get their son, so he lays the baby on her belly, and runs to open the door, but he can't because his hands are so slippery, with you know, what on them. So, he is screaming, "I can't open the door!!" He finally gets it open.



He gets back on the phone to learn how to cute the umbilical cord, and she says to find some shoelaces, and he is about to cut it, and another knock at the door, and it is the EMT. They cut the cord, and rush the baby in one ambulance to the hospital, and then get Adrienne into another ambulance to the hospital.



As they are leaving, he looks at the EMT, and asks, "Who's supposed to clean this up?"!!



The screaming, hollering, and action started around 6AM, and she delivered him at 6:23AM!!



And to say that my cousins' head is as big as a door for delivering his own baby at home, well that would be an understatement.



Mama and baby are both doing great. We made a quick trip to see them last night.