Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The House
Well, the 2 schools I talked about previously are closing and combining with the other 2 schools in N. Albany. So, we dont really have anything holding us here anymore. And the housing market is not looking good, and there's no end in sight, and the value of our house just keeps dropping... dropping... dropping. Its gone down in value almost $50,000 in the last few years! So, we are very seriously considering putting our house on the market. We want to be able to make a little profit off of our house to use as a down payment for another house, and with the rate things are going... well, lets just say, we might not make much of a profit, if any, if we stick around much longer. So, we want to sell our house first before we buy another one, we dont want to end up with two mortages! The thought of having our house on the market really overwhelms me.. having to keep the house spick and span constantly with 2 tornados in the house... So i'll keep you posted on that. On a better note, when I picked Jadon up from school today, his teacher told me that when she asked the class what month it was, Jadon yelled "March Madness!" That one is going in his baby book! ;)
Monday, March 28, 2011
swimming
Jadon started swimming lessons today! He did good. He was a good listener, even though one kid was completely out of control... i felt bad for the teacher. He's just in the first level, which means he was just doing the basic stuff, they never left the stairs. But he did dunk his head in the water! He seemed like he was having fun, but he really wanted to go outside and swim where all the fun summer toys and slides are. So when I asked if he wanted to go back again, he said no, he wanted to go outside and do it. Sorry kiddo, you dont get lessons out there!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Where have I been in the last week?
Well Princess didnt last long... I havent heard about her at all this week. I knew he'd get bored of her fast since he seems to get bored with EVERYthing really quickly.
Its spring break, which means we have nothing going on... no preschool, no soccer, no swimming.... and I thought it would be a nice quiet week, but who was I kidding? I've got 2 young children who seem to have needs that need to be met every 5 minutes at least! I'm not complaining, I like being kept busy, and I wouldnt trade being a stay-at-home mom for anything. BUT, I am a planner, and I like to have events planned well in advance so I can plan my days accordingly. If theres anything i've learned from being a parent, is that you always have to be prepared for unexpected events.
So its only wednesday, and i'm exhausted. I got several errands ran this morning, which always wears me out. Going anywhere where i'm lugging around the kids it tiring... i'm outnumbered, and they are much faster than I am! I had a sudden surge of tutu orders (yay!!!!) so i've been busily working on those too. And in the afternoons when i'm stuck at home due to Avery's nap, i've been sending Jadon up to his room for quiet time again, and i've been spending an hour doing yoga. Why yoga??? Well, I am a generally stressed out person. Everything stresses me out. So yoga is a fantastic way for me to calm myself, relax for an hour, and in the process i'm strengthening and lengthening my muscles. Its been tough though, since i've constantly got a list of things on my to-do list lumming over my head. Its hard for me to put aside EVERYthing in order to focus on myself and my body. So, that is where I have been for the last week. Yogaing, making tutus, tending to my kids.
On top of that, my friend Tiffany, who I told you about a few weeks ago that was a surrogate mom, had the twins for a couple, and ended up having to get an emergency hysterectomy.... well, last week she ended up having a pulmonary embolism, which caused her heart to stop. Long story short, she ended up doing very well by the end of the week, and earlier this week they were going to move her out of ICC. They were removing her central iv line, and when they did this, negative pressure formed in the vein and air was pulled into her blood supply. She developed an air embolism which caused her to have a stroke. They had to life flight her to Portland where she is undergoing treatments in a hyperbaric chamber. They took an MRI and found brain damage, she can follow commands with the left side of her body, but not the right. SO, her and her family have been on my mind A LOT in the last week, and i've been in constant prayer for them. I ask that the rest of you pray for them as well.
Saturday we are going to a train show at the library with our new friends and their son, and then in the evening we are going to their house for dinner. Jadon is quite excited! ;)
Its spring break, which means we have nothing going on... no preschool, no soccer, no swimming.... and I thought it would be a nice quiet week, but who was I kidding? I've got 2 young children who seem to have needs that need to be met every 5 minutes at least! I'm not complaining, I like being kept busy, and I wouldnt trade being a stay-at-home mom for anything. BUT, I am a planner, and I like to have events planned well in advance so I can plan my days accordingly. If theres anything i've learned from being a parent, is that you always have to be prepared for unexpected events.
So its only wednesday, and i'm exhausted. I got several errands ran this morning, which always wears me out. Going anywhere where i'm lugging around the kids it tiring... i'm outnumbered, and they are much faster than I am! I had a sudden surge of tutu orders (yay!!!!) so i've been busily working on those too. And in the afternoons when i'm stuck at home due to Avery's nap, i've been sending Jadon up to his room for quiet time again, and i've been spending an hour doing yoga. Why yoga??? Well, I am a generally stressed out person. Everything stresses me out. So yoga is a fantastic way for me to calm myself, relax for an hour, and in the process i'm strengthening and lengthening my muscles. Its been tough though, since i've constantly got a list of things on my to-do list lumming over my head. Its hard for me to put aside EVERYthing in order to focus on myself and my body. So, that is where I have been for the last week. Yogaing, making tutus, tending to my kids.
On top of that, my friend Tiffany, who I told you about a few weeks ago that was a surrogate mom, had the twins for a couple, and ended up having to get an emergency hysterectomy.... well, last week she ended up having a pulmonary embolism, which caused her heart to stop. Long story short, she ended up doing very well by the end of the week, and earlier this week they were going to move her out of ICC. They were removing her central iv line, and when they did this, negative pressure formed in the vein and air was pulled into her blood supply. She developed an air embolism which caused her to have a stroke. They had to life flight her to Portland where she is undergoing treatments in a hyperbaric chamber. They took an MRI and found brain damage, she can follow commands with the left side of her body, but not the right. SO, her and her family have been on my mind A LOT in the last week, and i've been in constant prayer for them. I ask that the rest of you pray for them as well.
Saturday we are going to a train show at the library with our new friends and their son, and then in the evening we are going to their house for dinner. Jadon is quite excited! ;)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Imaginary Friend
I was wondering if it would happen, and now it has. Jadon has been talking the last 2 days about his little friend. It couldnt be a masculine friend though, and of all the things, his friend is named Princess, and is apparently a princess but lives as a normal person. A PRINCESS!
I know its normal for kids to have imaginary friends, I had one growing up and I still remember her name: Leaka (dont ask, i have no idea where that name came from.)
I also know its normal for little boys to play with girly toys, which Jadon does once in awhile. Its still hard to digest that though.... and having an imaginary friend thats a princess.... I dont know what to say. I have to play along with it though.
So Princess is sitting here eating lunch with us. She has a truck that she parks in Daddy's spot when he's at work during the day, and she also has a baby sister named Avery. How in the world am I going to keep from laughing out loud through this phase?????
I know its normal for kids to have imaginary friends, I had one growing up and I still remember her name: Leaka (dont ask, i have no idea where that name came from.)
I also know its normal for little boys to play with girly toys, which Jadon does once in awhile. Its still hard to digest that though.... and having an imaginary friend thats a princess.... I dont know what to say. I have to play along with it though.
So Princess is sitting here eating lunch with us. She has a truck that she parks in Daddy's spot when he's at work during the day, and she also has a baby sister named Avery. How in the world am I going to keep from laughing out loud through this phase?????
Sunday, March 13, 2011
He's 4
My baby boy is 4! At 8:53pm tonight, he turned "officially" 4. Cant believe time has gone so fast! I love that little boy to pieces!
His birthday has been celebrated over several days. We took him to the Children's Museum in Portland on friday, and he really enjoyed that. Then today we had his small family party at our place. He thought it was great when we sang Happy Birthday to him... i'll post the video, it cracks me up!
Then we went out for dinner. We have a family tradition where we go out for dinner as a family on birthdays, and Jadon picked Arby's as his restaurant of choice... big surprise! ;)
Then on tuesday he gets to celebrate his birthday at school by taking cupcakes, and being the snack person for the day, which he's been so excited for.
Here are a few pictures: they're all backwards, other than the first one.
Just blew out the candles
Getting ready to eat his cake
His birthday has been celebrated over several days. We took him to the Children's Museum in Portland on friday, and he really enjoyed that. Then today we had his small family party at our place. He thought it was great when we sang Happy Birthday to him... i'll post the video, it cracks me up!
Then we went out for dinner. We have a family tradition where we go out for dinner as a family on birthdays, and Jadon picked Arby's as his restaurant of choice... big surprise! ;)
Then on tuesday he gets to celebrate his birthday at school by taking cupcakes, and being the snack person for the day, which he's been so excited for.
Here are a few pictures: they're all backwards, other than the first one.
Just blew out the candles
Getting ready to eat his cake
The cake... yes, i know it looks like a 5 year old wrote the happy birthday part...
Opening gifts in the morning
The silly sister wearing the boxes
Thursday, March 10, 2011
3 days
Three days to go until Jadon's 4th birthday!
Four years ago on this day, it was my first morning in the hospital on bedrest. I was 34 weeks and 3 days gestation. Late the night before, my water had broken but I wasnt contracting or in labor, so they wanted me to stay on bedrest in the hospital until Jadon would be 35 weeks gestation and then they'd induce me. He decided to come a day earlier than that, but he was perfect anyways!
I remember how scrawny he was... all the extra skin on his legs made little rolls that would have been filled out with fat had he stayed put until his due date. He finally plumped up after a few months, but today he is quite scrawny again. And we love him to pieces!
Four years ago on this day, it was my first morning in the hospital on bedrest. I was 34 weeks and 3 days gestation. Late the night before, my water had broken but I wasnt contracting or in labor, so they wanted me to stay on bedrest in the hospital until Jadon would be 35 weeks gestation and then they'd induce me. He decided to come a day earlier than that, but he was perfect anyways!
I remember how scrawny he was... all the extra skin on his legs made little rolls that would have been filled out with fat had he stayed put until his due date. He finally plumped up after a few months, but today he is quite scrawny again. And we love him to pieces!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Birthday party
For our families- we are planning something for Jadon's birthday on Sunday afternoon, but not sure what yet... possibly bowling... so if you'd like to celebrate with us you can, and i'll send out details when we figure out exactly what we decide to do! I know, I know... a little last minute. Not at all how i prefer things, but somehow his birthday just snuck up on us, and Derek and I havent had a chance to sit down together and talk about what to do.
Jadon's requested a train cake, so i am going to be undertaking a major train cake project. Luckily there's a tutuorial that I can follow!
Jadon's requested a train cake, so i am going to be undertaking a major train cake project. Luckily there's a tutuorial that I can follow!
Monday, March 7, 2011
I dont know what to name this post....
So its been almost a week since i posted last? really?? well, i've tried sitting down several times to blog in the last week, but get pulled away or distracted each time.
Well not a whole lot to talk about. The pool where i do swimming with the kids is going to be closing in July due to budget cuts. This is the same pool that I grew up swimming in, and has the funnest outdoor pool, slide and play area... needless to say, i'm extremely sad. And Jadon has been looking forward to going to the outdoor area again for a long time. We went once last year, and he loved it. I hope we are able to go once more before they close.
On saturday we had company over for dinner. Can you believe it??? We dont have company over very often, but Derek has befriended his newest coworker, who also has a 4 year old son, and has been wanting to have the family over for dinner for awhile. It was really hard for me... I had never met or seen any of the family, so i felt like I was going into it blind. Not to mention, socializing doesnt come easy to me, so that was stressful in itself!
We had a very nice time though! Jadon and Joshua (the 4 year old son of the coworker) hit it off instantly, and played with trains and toys in Jadon's room for 2 hours straight! I was so happy they had a son that was Jadon's age. Whenever people come over, its either adults, older kids, or girls, so Jadon has never had anyone of his age and gender to our house to play with. He loved it!
I served baked spaghetti, which is what I serve almost anytime we have guests over. Its easy, it can be made ahead of time, and i've never met anyone else that has heard of it or eaten it. And its always a crowd pleasing dish! Thank you, Grandmother for sharing the recipe with me!:)
We played a quick game of something that I cant remember the name of, before dinner, and then after dinner the boys played Zingo, which is a little kids version of Bingo.
And, as Derek says to me after they left, I had nothing to worry about. :)
I can see us doing family activities together.... it would be nice if they feel the same way. Guess time will tell if they do! We've been looking for a nice, family oriented couple to do things with for a long time.
Well not a whole lot to talk about. The pool where i do swimming with the kids is going to be closing in July due to budget cuts. This is the same pool that I grew up swimming in, and has the funnest outdoor pool, slide and play area... needless to say, i'm extremely sad. And Jadon has been looking forward to going to the outdoor area again for a long time. We went once last year, and he loved it. I hope we are able to go once more before they close.
On saturday we had company over for dinner. Can you believe it??? We dont have company over very often, but Derek has befriended his newest coworker, who also has a 4 year old son, and has been wanting to have the family over for dinner for awhile. It was really hard for me... I had never met or seen any of the family, so i felt like I was going into it blind. Not to mention, socializing doesnt come easy to me, so that was stressful in itself!
We had a very nice time though! Jadon and Joshua (the 4 year old son of the coworker) hit it off instantly, and played with trains and toys in Jadon's room for 2 hours straight! I was so happy they had a son that was Jadon's age. Whenever people come over, its either adults, older kids, or girls, so Jadon has never had anyone of his age and gender to our house to play with. He loved it!
I served baked spaghetti, which is what I serve almost anytime we have guests over. Its easy, it can be made ahead of time, and i've never met anyone else that has heard of it or eaten it. And its always a crowd pleasing dish! Thank you, Grandmother for sharing the recipe with me!:)
We played a quick game of something that I cant remember the name of, before dinner, and then after dinner the boys played Zingo, which is a little kids version of Bingo.
And, as Derek says to me after they left, I had nothing to worry about. :)
I can see us doing family activities together.... it would be nice if they feel the same way. Guess time will tell if they do! We've been looking for a nice, family oriented couple to do things with for a long time.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
More poop
I know you cant get enough stories about my childrens poo, so i've got another one for you! ;)
Jadon is doing really well pooping, and everytime he poops, he wants to look at it in the toilet. And often he likes to tell us what it looks like. Here are a few examples of what he's said... sorry if this is too gross for you... its pretty gross work having young children! ;)
- A seal with a jetpack
- A spaceship
- A snowman
- A space helmet
How can you not laugh at that??
On a different note, my little boy is going to be 4 in just 12 days..... where has the time gone??? Today I picked up his snack calendar at preschool, and on the 15th is Jadon's birthday snack day, which basically means we get to take cupcakes or something to celebrate. He's been so excited for his birthday snack day, and each day he's been asking if its his snack day yet. So when I saw his name "Jadon's birthday snack" on the calendar on the 15th, I almost teared up. I know he's going to be so excited. Its hard to believe its here already.
Jadon is doing really well pooping, and everytime he poops, he wants to look at it in the toilet. And often he likes to tell us what it looks like. Here are a few examples of what he's said... sorry if this is too gross for you... its pretty gross work having young children! ;)
- A seal with a jetpack
- A spaceship
- A snowman
- A space helmet
How can you not laugh at that??
On a different note, my little boy is going to be 4 in just 12 days..... where has the time gone??? Today I picked up his snack calendar at preschool, and on the 15th is Jadon's birthday snack day, which basically means we get to take cupcakes or something to celebrate. He's been so excited for his birthday snack day, and each day he's been asking if its his snack day yet. So when I saw his name "Jadon's birthday snack" on the calendar on the 15th, I almost teared up. I know he's going to be so excited. Its hard to believe its here already.
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