Our family
June 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Christmas 2010
Ellie's 1st Birthday
Ellie's 1st birthday was on August 21st. Nick's mom and dad and brother and his family came down for the weekend. They got here on Saturday afternoon. We spent some time hanging out and then went to Gatti Town for dinner.
Sunday was Ellie's party. We ended up having our family over. It was a lot of fun. Ellie really enjoyed eating her cake. Ellie got a lot of neat presents. She got a big girl car seat. She got some really nice outfits too. It's hard to believe that my little baby is one years old.
Ellie still isn't walking, but she is taking lots of steps. She is saying a lot of words too. Mama, Dada, Elmo, snack and night night are her most common words. The twins are very talkative. Marley and Sam can say their ABC's and can count to 12. (Thanks Sesame Street) I am so blessed to be a mother to 3 wonderful kiddos. I'm looking forward to seeing them grow up.
I stopped nursing when she turned one. It's been a challenge for me to figure out how to eat like a normal person. I have been either pregnant or nursing for 4 years so it is going to be hard to change my diet. I've been used to eating a lot of sugar. I need some discipline!
We are really enjoying having our foreign exchange student with us. She dislocated her knee cap 2 weeks ago, so we are trying to figure out the best way to help her heal. I found out yesterday that she was in the opening ceremonies for the Torino Olympics. Pretty cool!
Sunday was Ellie's party. We ended up having our family over. It was a lot of fun. Ellie really enjoyed eating her cake. Ellie got a lot of neat presents. She got a big girl car seat. She got some really nice outfits too. It's hard to believe that my little baby is one years old.
Ellie still isn't walking, but she is taking lots of steps. She is saying a lot of words too. Mama, Dada, Elmo, snack and night night are her most common words. The twins are very talkative. Marley and Sam can say their ABC's and can count to 12. (Thanks Sesame Street) I am so blessed to be a mother to 3 wonderful kiddos. I'm looking forward to seeing them grow up.
I stopped nursing when she turned one. It's been a challenge for me to figure out how to eat like a normal person. I have been either pregnant or nursing for 4 years so it is going to be hard to change my diet. I've been used to eating a lot of sugar. I need some discipline!
We are really enjoying having our foreign exchange student with us. She dislocated her knee cap 2 weeks ago, so we are trying to figure out the best way to help her heal. I found out yesterday that she was in the opening ceremonies for the Torino Olympics. Pretty cool!
Exhaustion!
On Halloween, Sam and Ellie were sick. Ellie was sick in the morning, and Sam got sick at night. Ever since then, Ellie has been randomly throwing up. Last Tuesday she ran a fever and threw up all day. Saturday, she was throwing up again so I took her to Urgent Care. They had to do a strep test, which Ellie did not enjoy. Then they pricked her finger for blood work. I didn't think she was going to recover from that one. Her bloodwork showed a viral infection. She was fine Sunday and Monday and then today after lunch she threw up again.
I'm simply exhausted. I've counted 9 different days where she has thrown up at least once in her bed over the past 2 1/2 weeks. I have done more loads of laundry in the past 2 weeks than I can count. I can't really go anywhere because I dont' know if she is contagious or not. I love going to Mommy & Me at the Y and have missed the last 3 Mondays due to sickness. It's only November! Usually my kids are healthy, so I don't know what is going on.
I'm simply exhausted. I've counted 9 different days where she has thrown up at least once in her bed over the past 2 1/2 weeks. I have done more loads of laundry in the past 2 weeks than I can count. I can't really go anywhere because I dont' know if she is contagious or not. I love going to Mommy & Me at the Y and have missed the last 3 Mondays due to sickness. It's only November! Usually my kids are healthy, so I don't know what is going on.
Ellie's 12 month pictures
Here are a few of the pictures from Ellie's photo session with Jessica Bernardin from September.
May 2011
May has been a very busy month. This past weekend Nick and Sam went to Indy to see his parents and the girls and I stayed here. Nick and Sam left on Friday morning and came back yesterday. On Saturday, they went to the Indianpolis 500 parade. Sam had a blast. Nick said as Jillian Michaels went by she pointed at Sam and said, "So cute!" Grandpa Steve got Sam a little train set and he has been playing with it non stop.
The girls and I had a great weekend. We went to the Farmer's market and picked strawberries. The girls had a lot of fun. We went to a party with Nicole on the far west side of town. The water was too cold to swim, but we still had a good time.
Yesterday, we went swimming at Cindy's house. Nick and Sam joined us and it was a lot of fun. I forgot to reapply sunscreen and the twins got their first sunburn. It's not too bad, but I still feel pretty bad about it. The twins are now able to swim with arm floats on. This is a big relief for me. Before I had to have a lot of help. Now I can manage all 3 in the pool at once. Ellie doesn't really like the water. Hopefully that will change this summer.
Today I signed the kids up for the summer reading program. I'm trying to limit their time in front of the tv. They love to look at books, so hopefully it'll be a good distraction.
The girls and I had a great weekend. We went to the Farmer's market and picked strawberries. The girls had a lot of fun. We went to a party with Nicole on the far west side of town. The water was too cold to swim, but we still had a good time.
Yesterday, we went swimming at Cindy's house. Nick and Sam joined us and it was a lot of fun. I forgot to reapply sunscreen and the twins got their first sunburn. It's not too bad, but I still feel pretty bad about it. The twins are now able to swim with arm floats on. This is a big relief for me. Before I had to have a lot of help. Now I can manage all 3 in the pool at once. Ellie doesn't really like the water. Hopefully that will change this summer.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Crazy Weekend
Warning: This post will contain too much information about throw up and poop. However, if you have kids or pets you will not find it too disgusting. Well, maybe you will....
Saturday, I took Tamara to the Convenient Care to get a sports physical for school. We were there for 2 hours and I had to leave to go get the kids up from nap. My cousin's son Jacob was staying here while we were gone. So I loaded up the kids at 2:45 and we went to get her. We got back around 3:30. When I got home, there was a very strong smell of poop. Lucy, our 4 year old mini dachsund, got into one of Sam's poopy diapers. Yep, she ate poop. How disgusting is that?
Ok, so the day went on. We ate dinner. Lucy ate some of the scraps that the kids threw on the floor. Yes, I said threw. My kids "occasionally" throw their food on the floor. We ate around 5:30. Nick was working all day. He worked form 9-7. About 7 we are sitting in the family room and Lucy starts to throw up. Usually when she throws up she dry heaves and throws up a very tiny amount. Well, she started throwing up all this brown, nasty stuff on our dry clean only rug. I pick her up in a panic and throw her on the coffee table. (Why, I dont' know) She jumps on our new, leather sectional and pukes more in the corner of it. Tons of brown, poopy puke is all over the place. I get out the carpet shampooer and start to clean it up. I'm trying to get the kids out of the way. I'm crying and having a pity party. I throw Lucy outside and she pukes even more. Poor Marley was upset that I was crying and she almost started crying. Who knows what Tamara was thinking through all of this!
Nick got home during the clean up process. He entertained the kids while I scrubbed the floors and furniture. What a mess!! Lesson learned for me. Even though I bag all of the diapers, sometimes I don't get them outside to the trash until the end of the day. Lucy dug in a closed bag to get the diaper. From now on I am going to be more careful about where I put things.
Lucy didn't die. I thought she would after eating all that. It's crazy what pet owners go through for their beloved pets.
Saturday, I took Tamara to the Convenient Care to get a sports physical for school. We were there for 2 hours and I had to leave to go get the kids up from nap. My cousin's son Jacob was staying here while we were gone. So I loaded up the kids at 2:45 and we went to get her. We got back around 3:30. When I got home, there was a very strong smell of poop. Lucy, our 4 year old mini dachsund, got into one of Sam's poopy diapers. Yep, she ate poop. How disgusting is that?
Ok, so the day went on. We ate dinner. Lucy ate some of the scraps that the kids threw on the floor. Yes, I said threw. My kids "occasionally" throw their food on the floor. We ate around 5:30. Nick was working all day. He worked form 9-7. About 7 we are sitting in the family room and Lucy starts to throw up. Usually when she throws up she dry heaves and throws up a very tiny amount. Well, she started throwing up all this brown, nasty stuff on our dry clean only rug. I pick her up in a panic and throw her on the coffee table. (Why, I dont' know) She jumps on our new, leather sectional and pukes more in the corner of it. Tons of brown, poopy puke is all over the place. I get out the carpet shampooer and start to clean it up. I'm trying to get the kids out of the way. I'm crying and having a pity party. I throw Lucy outside and she pukes even more. Poor Marley was upset that I was crying and she almost started crying. Who knows what Tamara was thinking through all of this!
Nick got home during the clean up process. He entertained the kids while I scrubbed the floors and furniture. What a mess!! Lesson learned for me. Even though I bag all of the diapers, sometimes I don't get them outside to the trash until the end of the day. Lucy dug in a closed bag to get the diaper. From now on I am going to be more careful about where I put things.
Lucy didn't die. I thought she would after eating all that. It's crazy what pet owners go through for their beloved pets.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Fall
I am so glad that fall is finally here! It has been nice to take the kids outside to play. Tonight we are taking the whole crew down to the fall festival. This will be the first time that the twins will get to eat the food. I've been talking it up to Tamara. I'm curious to see what she will think about it. I am also looking forward to meeting the Duncans. They have a little girl that was born with vasa previa. (That is the reason for Peyton's death) I'm excited to meet Kylee, Krystal and Doug.
Marley is completely potty trained. I plan on starting Sam this week. I'm also helping Jenny with Daisy on the days she is here. I will be glad when all 3 are trained and I don't have to worry about accidents.
Nick is busy with work. He is busy selling furniture and is helping my aunt Kim with some jobs for Action. So when Nick is busy things are extra challenging around here. We will just have to adjust to the new schedule.
Our week is pretty full right now. We go to the Y 3 mornings a week. We go to BSF on Wednesday mornings. BSF stands for Bible Study Fellowship. We meet at CFC. We are studying Isaiah. The kids are really liking going this year.
Marley is completely potty trained. I plan on starting Sam this week. I'm also helping Jenny with Daisy on the days she is here. I will be glad when all 3 are trained and I don't have to worry about accidents.
Nick is busy with work. He is busy selling furniture and is helping my aunt Kim with some jobs for Action. So when Nick is busy things are extra challenging around here. We will just have to adjust to the new schedule.
Our week is pretty full right now. We go to the Y 3 mornings a week. We go to BSF on Wednesday mornings. BSF stands for Bible Study Fellowship. We meet at CFC. We are studying Isaiah. The kids are really liking going this year.
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