today was a good food day for him. he finished off the jar of peas and also had a bowl of cereal (spiked w/ apple juice) for dinner. he's nursed and is currently playing in the floor beside me. :rolleyes: bedtime kid, come on! he's wide awake. me, I'm like this :tired: .

 

tomorrow will be our last warm day before the cold nasty stuff hits. I'm trying to decide what to do! we can go bowling tomorrow around 1:30 or I can get all my grocery getting done while its still nice and not have to get out so much on Friday. :P

 

wow, G is settling himself down on the floor. he's getting tired! whoops, flipped over. :lol: hopefully he'll be in bed and sleeping well by midnight. don't know why he's being such a night owl. NO caffeine at all for me today (and lord knows I needed it! LOL)

oh, he has had a bit of runny nose today. not sure where he picked that up from, so it could have been part of the reason for his stressful night.

 

aw, this is so cute: he's wallering all over sissy's pillow cause he's so tired. :mushy: I put it behind him when he's sitting (its one of those pillows with the sides on it) and its really soft. I got pics cause it was so cute. :heee: very tired baby!oh my gosh! he's actually SNORING!! he's NEVER fallen asleep like this before! WOW!

new pics!

this was funny actually. he was sitting here playing so nice after everyone went to bed (I was in my computer chair) and as soon as I snapped the pic, the red moon popped off and he went backwards! LOL!


snagging some of mommy's ice cream! he raised a fit to get it and started sucking on it to get him some. hehe!


now trying to snag daddy's popcorn!


peas and prunes today! looks terrible. LOL! he made a ton of funny faces!

 

ugh

so last night was rough. I dont mean rough as in 'oo, that was bad', I mean rough as in 'anyone want this kid?!' rough.
he was up all. night. long.he went down or was up at 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 5 and 8:15. what was up with that?!
I think it was my fault though. not enough water yesterday and too much caffiene. who knows. it sucked eggs though. I'm not in the best of shape or moods today to say the least. he's napping now (for about the past hour) but I've not laid down. the two younger kidlets are being rambuncous (sp?) and C has yet to finish his schoolwork.
I SO wanted to get stuff done today, like decorating outside.I have gotten a load of laundry done, got our indivigual pics up in a coliage frame (from the family pic series), dishes done and some material sorted through so I can make a taggie book or blanket for Landon at some point.

Called the ped about G2's poops again. she still doesnt want him to take any type of laxatives, only a suppository if needed. she said I could up the fruits for him and even give him a small amount of baby juice if I wanted. I dont want to get him on juice yet though, so I'll just add a smidge to his cereal like I've been doing.she said if he continues to be the same after he's walking, it may come to wanting to do xrays on his digestive track to see how things are in there, but for now to keep going the way we are.
for those not in the know, G2 will poop anywhere from once to many times a day, but nothing bigger than a quarter in diameter gets out. its not hard like a rock, still mushy-like, but no where near what he should be getting out. his bowels are still full after he does his business, but either he's too busy to want to push it out or perhaps he doesnt feel he needs to.
so we'll up his solids again to twice a day I guess, mainly fruits (no bananas) and see how he does this time. never had a kid who didnt know how to poop good.

meeting Santa

Garrett met 'Santa' today. he didn't mind at all, thought he was kinda funny looking with all that beard! (pics are from my camera phone, so poor quality. :P) and yeah, he was the only one I had with me today while out and about.

 

 

good times, yeah buddy!

today was a good day. everyone was in a good mood and really only had to get on to the kids a few times (mostly the two oldest ). dinner was chili and chili dogs and dh was in a good mood when he got in. :) yep, I like days like that!

tomorrow will be a MOMS DAY OUT! my mom is watching the kids for me while I go running to do a lot of errands. stops in town include the drycleaners and bank for FIL, Wal-Mart for a couple things, big load to drop off at goodwill, then some Christmas shopping w/ some $ FIL left us in the next town and I also have about 6 or 7 gift cards to work with as well. I called my big sis up tonight and she's off work tomorrow too, so she's going to run around with me! our first 'girls time out' in years!! I'm so glad she moved closer!

I'll probably be taking Garrett with me. I'd not mind leaving him with mom, but he's taken to a bottle strike and doesn't like them much anymore. I'd hate to have him be grouchy the entire time I'm gone. :P though he would get more sleep if he stayed with her. decisions, decisions...

we'll see how early we can get out the door to moms as I'd like to get started early enough to not be home at dinner, KWIM?

movie watching

 

we watched Ice Age 2 tonight. very good movie, funny! we were all laughing like nuts at a lot of it! :)

ramblings

I love the season, just cheers me right up! I don't put the tree up early though as the space issue gets to me by the end of the month. LOL I'll probably get out the outside decor tomorrow though. want to get that done while its warm outside! its supposed to drop out the bottom in temps by the end of the week. *yuck!* I know I wont do it then! LOL!
inside decor can wait a while though. I may put some stuff up across the entertainment center or something though.

my sis was up today with Courtney, my niece. it was nice,we just sat around jabbering and cutting up (enjoying the great weather before the sun went down and it got chilly). she's such a country girl (in essence-cause she's really a city girl ;) )and fits right in with the nuts around here LOL!  she finishes her graphics classes in a couple weeks and is graduating! so proud of her! she's thrilled of course to be done with it and have it under her belt.

my brother, tasha and Landon were at church this morning! *faint* yeah, I did a double take on that one! LOL! mom loved it though since John's been saying he'd be there several times and never came through. she got both her baby grandsons there with her at church. ;)

FIL gave us $ to go out and eat tonight. dh wanted Chinese, so we had that. ended up spending $37 on it all (FIL gave us $40). dh couldn't get over the cost (he usually walks out with the kids while I pay the bill). I told him "I could have told you that". and then he asks how much better we'd have done if we'd gone to hardees or captain d's. LOL! (would have saved a good $17 likely!). amazing how it takes him dishing out the $ to realize how expensive places like that are!  oh well. it was paid for (but I'd still rather have some of that $ left over! LOL! ).

 

mutterings:

Week 199

23 hours, 26 minutes ago

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Rhyme :: or reason
2. Substantial :: load
3. Instant :: gratification
4. Greed :: trouble
5. Brad :: Pitt
6. Season :: of giving
7. Accomplished :: well done
8. Invite :: enjoy
9. Sparkle :: happiness
10. Rainbow :: princess

 

Pregnancy Q & A

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?

A: No, 35 children is enough.

 

Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?

A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

 

Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex?

A: Childbirth.

 

Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes

 she's borderline irrational.

A: So what's your question?

 

Q: My childbirth instructor says it's not pain I'll feel

 during labor, but pressure. Is she right?

A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air

 current.

 

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?

A: Right after you find out you're pregnant.

 

Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while

 my wife is in labor?

A: Not unless the word "alimony" means anything to you.

 

Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from

Childbirth?

A: Yes, pregnancy.

 

Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?

A: Not if you change the baby's diaper very quickly.

 

Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to

 feel and act normal again?

A: When the kids are in college.

puter stuff

oh, the 2 big kids finally have their puter up and running again! they're super excited of course and they've already started putting their own details on their own usernames. ;) it'll help a lot too cause they can also watch their movies on there too, so it frees up my puter! :)

had a good day! my dad came up about 2. I'd just got up from a nap at 12:30 *blush* but got the food done in time.
Garrett slept through the night for me last night!  been about a week since he'd done that. he woke at 6:30 and didn't go back to sleep til 10:30, that was why I needed a nap.

dh and C got the Christmas lights up during that time, so we have pretties now! :D
don't know when I'll do any decorating inside though. I know the tree wont be up for a while. not sure how I'll set it up this year...

family night

we watched MI3 tonight. good movie, don't know why it didn't get better ratings.  we'll try to watch over the hedge tomorrow. C has seen it at the drive-in and is just itching to see it again! (and I've been warning him about telling me about it. LOL! )

got tickled at Garrett tonight. while watching the movie, he had been sitting in front of me playing, then decided he wanted to lay down (his way of telling me is to keep tossing himself backwards onto his pillow), so I put him over on his belly to play. I continued to watch the movie and when I looked to him, he was across the room-going into the hall to the kids rooms.  he was facing us though, he'd rolled and crawled all the way over there! FIL asked who put him there. LOL! course we started talking to him and he got mad cause we were *waaaaaaaaaaay* over there. LOL silly kid!
so then I brought him back and let him play at the mattress like he did last night. he really enjoys that. don't know what we'll do when we put the mattress up and he doesn't have that to lean on and stand.  its the perfect height for him. course I tried putting him in the saucer and he got mad.  rotten. yep. rotten.

Turkey Day

we had a great Turkey Day with the family. got plenty of pics, just not resized yet. went grocery getting today, just Garrett and I. Katlyn stayed at my moms last night and the boys stayed here with daddy and grandpa. its a gorgeous day out there, so we've been outside a lot. I just got Garrett down for a nap, he's been playing out in the jumperoo and stuff after we got home. his fav thing and been a while since he got to do it since it's been so chilly!
I've gotta pull out his size 4 shoes cause his 3's are getting hard to zip and tie. poor kid looks like he'll have big feet like big brother and daddy.

my dad will be up tomorrow for dinner since he couldn't make it yesterday. which is cool, gives us the whole weekend to play around.

my little sis and my niece will be here Sunday!

fixing stuff

getting things ready for the feast tomorrow! got my green beans in the crock pot seasoning up for the casserole. I've made two dips for the vegetables (one with spinach, one with ranch and bacon).
I'll be peeling and cooking my sweet taters in a bit (as soon as a certain little baby lets me put him back down and hopefully takes a nap!)
got some chicken cooked up to make some little appetizers for tonight.
I'm going to fix vege soup tonight since there will be so much to eat tomorrow. keeping it simple for today!
also thinking of making a peanut butter pie. yum! I'm pretty sure I've got all I'll need to whip one up. :D

G is playing on the floor now, FIL's been holding him for a while and getting tickled out of how much he kicks and jumps. so G is on the floor 'yodeling' now and getting around.

not long after I went to bed last night (about 12), Garrett woke up @ 12:30 screaming his head off!!! I dont know what was up with him, but my gosh, I've never heard him scream like that unless he bopped his head!
There was no calming him either for a bit cause even once I picked him up, he kept screaming! Half way scared me, half way made me mad. *blush*
finally he calmed enough while I was holding him (still in his room) and we went in to sit down.he was fine then and settled down w/ his paci and went back to sleep.
I was back in bed just after 1. man!
he did sleep through the rest of the night, but I hope that's a one time thing! freaky!!

*yawn*

sitting here with a VERY awake baby in my lap. he took a power nap on daddy's shoulder about 8 and by george he's not ready for bed! *sigh*
FIL made it in safe tonight and C is going with him to the dr tomorrow. he wants to be there in case he needs help. he worked on his schoolwork for me tonight so he'd not be behind.

*G is fascinated with the red light under my mouse*

I got G a new mobile today! I couldnt resist! I took his swing and his old mobile to the cosignment store today and she still had the Nemo one I'd seen in there last week, so I got it. it can transistion out of mobile too, so it'll last a long time! he loves it as well.
hes nursing again and sleepy finally. hope he sleeps well tonight.made a list of stuff to get done tomorrow for T-day.

pics!

 

new pics  up! click in and go see. :)

 

 

5 month update

lots and lots of new pics up in the flickr stream, go check them out! I put up pics of all the kids at 5 months this time. :)

Sunday stuff and 5 month update!

Not been in a computer mood lately but have actually been getting stuff done. LOL! figured it was time for an update and all that. uploading pics to the flickr site for sharing.

Garrett at 5 months!
Garrett's had some firsts this week again, he's moved up to sitting in the high chairs at restaurants and the shopping cart while shopping (til he fusses then gets put in the front pack).
he's officially crawling now. he goes forward and is getting into stuff on a regular basis now. sometimes he'll rock and toss himself forward, sometimes he'll roll to where he wants to get, and others he'll methodically rock on his knees and push himself forward. so yes, I consider that mobile! (I cant believe that at 5 months, my goodness!). hand over knee crawling is not far off cause he's working out the mechanics of it now, just hasn't gotten that part figured out yet.
the last I weighed him, he was 19 lbs and he's 27 1/2" long. wearing 9-12m items, gotta pull more stuff out of the closets again. really need to work on letting go of that stuff.
Let's see, I made a list of stuff he's doing now in his journal, so I'll put it in here too: crawling, sitting unassisted (though I have to watch him as he likes to jump and tosses himself backwards LOL), holds his bottle/sippy, puts his paci in his mouth (still perfecting that), squalls while talking to someone (sounds like he's yodeling LMBO!), sleeping through the night consistently, in the big carseat (yes, he likes it better cause it has more room and padding, but he's still not a big fan of riding in the van), grabs things directly in front of him (especially likes grabbing other peoples faces hehe!), gives 'kisses', is on the verge of saying 'mama' as he says a lot of 'mmmmmmmmmmm' and 'muh-muh' sounds. no 'da' coming out yet! hehe!

I started him back on some solids the other night. he was not pleased with that. (sweet taters), but the next night did take some applesauce. he did finally have a normal pooh for me yesterday! so we'll slowly reintroduce some solids, mainly sticking to the cereals mixed with some milk/juice for flavor. at least he makes it easy since he prefers to nurse mostly.

the kids are doing fine. Katlyn stayed at my moms last night so she could see her friend Dana at church today. we stayed home as daddy just left to go out of town til tomorrow night. so we got the whole morning with him.

we have another mouse I believe. I reset the traps today, JIC. I told dh it may be the ghost of the last mouse. LOL!!

poopty-poopty-pants

I'm hopping around here before bed. its so quiet, so nice! Garrett has his firs official runny nose type of cold and has been SUCH a grouch all day (except while he was sleeping, which was thankfully about 3-4 hours this afternoon). he's down already, which he was very tired anyway, so hoping he has a good night and that the snotting doesnt bother him.
dh came home tonight. they got done with what they were working on in one day, which was suposed to take 3. course he didnt get any dinner, but he didnt ask for any. it was late when he got in. ;) tomorrow is the homeschool dinner, so I'll just bring in leftovers from that, unless he gets there in time to get his own.

we caught a mouse today! I'm 'wooing' because I just heard it last night and set the traps myself (with marshmallows) and hoped to catch it quick before it set up camp and all that! so less than a day and it was got! it actually just snapped its tail in the trap and we stuck it out the door and the cats did the rest. nasty mouse!

in G-news, he had a good poop today! that is really something to dance about! it wasnt a blaster-nursey poop, but squishy enough and enough of it to make me very happy! he started farting again the day before yesterday so I was hoping it meant good things. (yeah, he'd not even been passing gas during all this 'poop trouble' time!) so I'll keep feeding him as we are, one feeding of a cereal mixed with a watered down fruit juice and if he wants it, applesauce (he wanted the cereal more than the applesauce tonight) and the rest is just nursing. I know he gets hungry though, so if the cereal stays all right with his system, I'll up him to two feedings of it again. but no solids for a while. never had a kid with poop problems! a whole new adventure! LOL! (Gavin had an allergy to orange veggies, but none of the others had an 'I cant go' problem!).

and I'd call his mobility a pseudo-crawling. yes, he gets all over the place and is mobile, but I'm not worrying about him heading off to another room or anything yet. he can end up on the other side of the room or 180 degrees opposite from where he started if he sees something he wants to check out, but he's not gotten the hand over knee thing figured out yet. he'll rock a few times and then toss himself forward usually ( LOL! cracks me up!), and other times he'll push forward with his feet and maneuver with his arms/legs. I'm just waiting for the time when I look over and see him going around the corner after something though! I've been on the kids about keeping up the small toys!

hey, did you all hear that walmart will be doing away with the layaway program? that bums me out! I think Sam Walton would be ashamed of how W-Mart is doing a lot of things these days...