Two months

Our Baby Tom is officially 2 months old.  Ok, this second month of 3 kids has been crazier.  I'm not sure why - maybe its because we started participating in so much more, the times are all conflicted and that the kids are all under age 5 which means they still need me for so much. I keep telling myself on the harder days its all temporary.

Tom measured at 13.8lbs - he was 8.8 at birth so he's gained 5 lbs in 2 months.  He's 23 inches tall (I hate to say long, he's human not an animal or thing).  His percentiles on weight and height are about even roughly 75-80%.

He's starting to smile at everything, and make a few little giggle "goo gaa" sounds.  Adorable!  I'm one of the mean moms who let my baby cry for about 10 minutes to sleep.  Sometimes he's just over tired, and he's gotta do it.  He cries more than 15 minutes I help him out or realize its something else.  He's somewhat predictable so its a little easier to know what our day is going to be like...

And then this year for thanksgiving my family is coming to our house, my brother and his family will be here for Utah.  So in light of most of the house having been remodeled, and the kitchen remaining old and nasty, I wanted it to receive the TLC it needs too.  We ordered new cabinet doors & new drawers a week ago.  Completely new cabinets are really expensive, and since the remaining stuff is ok, we are going to sand everything down, and paint.  I'm so excited but so overwhelmed with how much is going on.  Time management is a job in itself, which is why even as I type this blog update I realize how much time I waste.

Bye Bye Old Yucky Cabinets

Derek has probably crapped his paints in the last few weeks with how much we have spent on the house.  We also had new shutters installed in the living room - which I love.  I had to wait a long time until our budget allowed for it - I didnt want to settle for something else that was just ok, so I waited.  Worth the wait.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Brooklyn is 3!

Brooklyn turned 3 on 10/21.  She was a lot of fun this year.  She couldnt wait to blow out candles and tear into her presents.  We were going to have a small family party for her over the weekend but Derek came down with a bad allergic reaction to poison oak so we kept everyone at bay until he felt better.  I think this weekend we will have some family over to celebrate.

Since we skipped a birthday party for her over the weekend and Derek was almost 100% on Saturday we did a little visit to the pumpkin patch. Kids were alot of fun.  We did the maze which Bobby led us on, took a shot with the corn (nearly pushing the trigger in front of the poor guy who loads it for us - yikes!).  It was a lot of fun.  I'm not looking forward to the Halloween decorations this year with Brooklyn - I KNOW she is going to end the night saying how scared she is - I'm trying to find a way/place to do trick or treating with her that wont frighten her. We will see...

I'm in school this semester which I was unsure if I could handle.  My first class of this semester just ended. My second one has just begun.  Thought I was failing the first class - turns out my points were not recorded correctly and my sleep deprived brain was not doing math correctly so I'm actually doing great! My final grades have not been recorded (which includes a big paper and my final exam) but going into those last two assignments I have a B. whew. what a relief.

Have a great rest of the week!

Tommy boy smiles

First few smiles - where he is reflexive - you smile at him first and he returns it.  So sweet.

What's not so sweet is it appears he has a fussy time from 6am-12pm. YIKES. Hopefully its a spurt or some other development thing and it passes soon. Better than having an afternoon fussy time though - this is when I feel the most worn down.

Have a good week :)

One Month

Survived our first month.  These lovely photos were taken at 6:30am before school today. Thats why our hair looks fab.

Have a good week...

Sept 25 2013

Just checking in with myself (and my buddies out there :)

So life with 3 kids....sounds so scary right. Not really. There has been only 1 day in the past month where all 3 kids were crying at once.  Not bad.  Am I more tired? Sometimes.  I was used to broken sleep right before Tommy was born which helped a little in the transition of losing 8 hours of sleep...  I've figured out how to survive on a total of 6 hours of broken sleep.  I know it will pass.  Tommy is changing and growing fast.

I did a brief Costco trip with all 3 kids on my own about a week ago. Happily survived it.  It wasnt a big trip, but we got a few things we needed and Tommy slept the whole time. Score: 1 for Mom - 0 for kids.

Hope everyone is enjoying this weather - I love this season.

2 weeks

 Pictures of my enormous belly the morning I delivered 

 Mr. Tom - Newborn

 Mr. Tom, 2 weeks old

 Me - 2 weeks post partum

Mr. Tom is growing fast, and thankfully I am shrinking (sorta fast).  One of the parts I dislike most after having a baby - trying to get to my old self again.  I've been running - slowly - 2 miles a few days a week with some light lifting. I can squeeze in 30 minutes to myself on some days so I take advantage of it.  Happy Friday!

The weather over here is foggy

I should clarify, the weather in this house has been foggy. HA! With so much going on, time is just flying so some days just feel like ya know, a fog.  We are all doing good though (in case anyone out there is wondering if we are alive...).

Our boy Tom had a weekly checkup for weight today and has put on a whole pound in a week!  Not sure whats in my breast milk but the doc was very happy.  He's doing good; he's plumped up and healthy.

Bob & Brooklyn seem to be doing well too. Brooklyn had a dentist appointment yesterday, and sadly she has 4 cavities. FOUR! Ugh.

I had my stitches removed this week - my least favorite appointment out of everything that happens when you have a baby.  Just grosses me out so much.  And, I've been suffering from spinal headaches. Didnt really understand what was going on until I saw my OBGYN and explained my pain.  They are excruciating and disabling if you dont get pain med in your system as soon as you feel them coming on.  I had no idea I was suffering from them, and its something they can treat in the hospital...today is the first day I dont feel one coming on, thank goodness.

Just wanted to write some things down for memories...have a good rest of the week!