Monday, October 26, 2009
Pictures!
Just thought I'd quickly share some pictures my sister took of us a couple of weeks ago. They're a little blurry, but still great!
We're Still Here!
I can't believe it is already the end of October. The summer flew by, and I don't even know what happened to September! We've not been up to a whole lot, just the same old stuff. The house is up on the market still, but you wouldn't know it. We have had zero interest but it seems like pretty much every house up on the market in this town has had about as much interest as us, so at least we know that it's not that our house sucks...lol.
My babies are turning into 2 little girls. Well, honestly, Addy is already there and Lexi is not far behind. Only a little more than 3 months until Addy turns 3 and Lexi turns 2. When you're pregnant everyone tells you to enjoy them while they're little because it flies by, and it is definitely true!
My little Addy. She is a firecracker, that one! She still amazes me with how clearly she speaks and the extent of her vocabulary. She's definitely impressive! We're working on potty training now and it is going ok. Some days she just has no desire to use the potty, and some days I have to bribe her to get off it. She will sit down and pee and be so excited that she wants to pee more, but she doesn't seem to understand that despite my complaining about them being peeing and pooping machines, that she is not actually a peeing machine. But I'd rather be bribing her to get off the potty than fighting to get her on it like we were a few weeks ago.
And in addition to working on that potty training milestone, she is completely 100% off the bottle, as of a couple of months now, and has been off the sucky for about a week. She was down to 3 suckies, all of which had holes in them. I had been saying for a day or 2 that the suckies were going to have to go bye-bye soon, and on this particular morning I looked at them and realized they had holes in them, 2 quite badly. I told her that she could keep the good 1 for 1 more day, but that I was throwing these 2 away. She was totally fine with it, I put them in the garbage and went to close it and she yelled "Wait, Mommy!!" She then came over, took the third one out of her mouth and threw it in. She said "Bye, suckies! I love you. See you later!" and blew them a kiss and that was the end of it. She asked for them that night at bedtime and the following night, but I reminded her that she is a big girl and we threw the suckies away and she was fine. On Saturday I wasn't home and Jamie's mom was watching the girls and I guess that Addy found a sucky and gave it right to her grandma. So I am very proud of how well she has done getting rid of those 2 comfort items.
Lexi has also given up the bottle. We had cut it back completely to only at bedtime and naptime. Then I cut it out at naptime too, and about a week ago (the same time Addy got rid of the sucky...I was feeling very daring and ambitious!) we got rid of it at bedtime too. And she has done so well!
Lexi is also starting to talk a little bit more but I am still concerned with her speech and hearing. We are still waiting to hear about our appointments to get her hearing checked and see a speech therapist. I am hoping we can get some answers and maybe even see an improvement.
Jamie's hours at work are now back to normal and that is a huge weight lifted from our shoulders. In a few months we will have everything caught up and paid off and be back on track, if all goes as planned. I am so excited for that. And once we have gotten to that point, we will be able to start saving up for a down payment on another house and maybe be able to make a move to somewhere that will fit us a little better than our current house does. Or maybe we will just put some money into this house, get the things done we want to and get the basement completely finished and stay a few more years.
Jamie and I have been talking about babies lately and if there is another one in our future. We haven't been trying, but we also have not been preventing the last few months, although my body and fertility were still recovering from being on the stupid depo provera shot. What a mistake that was. But I seem to be back to normal now (knock on wood) and we have been talking a little more seriously about it. I am feeling rather torn. I don't want to have a huge age gap between the girls and the next baby, and if we got pregnant now, Addy would be about 3.5 and Lexi 2.5 when the new baby was due. That seems like the perfect gap to me. But at the same time, I do feel as though I still very much have my hands full. And financially, maybe it would be better to wait until we are caught up before even trying. I had also wanted to lose a bit more weight before getting pregnant again, as I am only down 15 pounds. Another 10 would be nice. So at this point, I guess we're just going to leave it up to fate and see what happens.
I've had a really busy day today. I felt like baking, so I made a 4-layer pumpkin cake and I used the extra pumpkin I had left to make some frosted pumpkin cookies too. So lots of baking, plus my normal cleaning and chasing the kids. I am a tired mommy right about now. But it's 5pm and the sooner I make supper and get the kids fed, the sooner bedtime will be here, so I think that's my cue!
My babies are turning into 2 little girls. Well, honestly, Addy is already there and Lexi is not far behind. Only a little more than 3 months until Addy turns 3 and Lexi turns 2. When you're pregnant everyone tells you to enjoy them while they're little because it flies by, and it is definitely true!
My little Addy. She is a firecracker, that one! She still amazes me with how clearly she speaks and the extent of her vocabulary. She's definitely impressive! We're working on potty training now and it is going ok. Some days she just has no desire to use the potty, and some days I have to bribe her to get off it. She will sit down and pee and be so excited that she wants to pee more, but she doesn't seem to understand that despite my complaining about them being peeing and pooping machines, that she is not actually a peeing machine. But I'd rather be bribing her to get off the potty than fighting to get her on it like we were a few weeks ago.
And in addition to working on that potty training milestone, she is completely 100% off the bottle, as of a couple of months now, and has been off the sucky for about a week. She was down to 3 suckies, all of which had holes in them. I had been saying for a day or 2 that the suckies were going to have to go bye-bye soon, and on this particular morning I looked at them and realized they had holes in them, 2 quite badly. I told her that she could keep the good 1 for 1 more day, but that I was throwing these 2 away. She was totally fine with it, I put them in the garbage and went to close it and she yelled "Wait, Mommy!!" She then came over, took the third one out of her mouth and threw it in. She said "Bye, suckies! I love you. See you later!" and blew them a kiss and that was the end of it. She asked for them that night at bedtime and the following night, but I reminded her that she is a big girl and we threw the suckies away and she was fine. On Saturday I wasn't home and Jamie's mom was watching the girls and I guess that Addy found a sucky and gave it right to her grandma. So I am very proud of how well she has done getting rid of those 2 comfort items.
Lexi has also given up the bottle. We had cut it back completely to only at bedtime and naptime. Then I cut it out at naptime too, and about a week ago (the same time Addy got rid of the sucky...I was feeling very daring and ambitious!) we got rid of it at bedtime too. And she has done so well!
Lexi is also starting to talk a little bit more but I am still concerned with her speech and hearing. We are still waiting to hear about our appointments to get her hearing checked and see a speech therapist. I am hoping we can get some answers and maybe even see an improvement.
Jamie's hours at work are now back to normal and that is a huge weight lifted from our shoulders. In a few months we will have everything caught up and paid off and be back on track, if all goes as planned. I am so excited for that. And once we have gotten to that point, we will be able to start saving up for a down payment on another house and maybe be able to make a move to somewhere that will fit us a little better than our current house does. Or maybe we will just put some money into this house, get the things done we want to and get the basement completely finished and stay a few more years.
Jamie and I have been talking about babies lately and if there is another one in our future. We haven't been trying, but we also have not been preventing the last few months, although my body and fertility were still recovering from being on the stupid depo provera shot. What a mistake that was. But I seem to be back to normal now (knock on wood) and we have been talking a little more seriously about it. I am feeling rather torn. I don't want to have a huge age gap between the girls and the next baby, and if we got pregnant now, Addy would be about 3.5 and Lexi 2.5 when the new baby was due. That seems like the perfect gap to me. But at the same time, I do feel as though I still very much have my hands full. And financially, maybe it would be better to wait until we are caught up before even trying. I had also wanted to lose a bit more weight before getting pregnant again, as I am only down 15 pounds. Another 10 would be nice. So at this point, I guess we're just going to leave it up to fate and see what happens.
I've had a really busy day today. I felt like baking, so I made a 4-layer pumpkin cake and I used the extra pumpkin I had left to make some frosted pumpkin cookies too. So lots of baking, plus my normal cleaning and chasing the kids. I am a tired mommy right about now. But it's 5pm and the sooner I make supper and get the kids fed, the sooner bedtime will be here, so I think that's my cue!
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