Thursday, June 12, 2008

Thought this was funny...thanks Sierra

I received this in an e-mail and thought it was fitting... although, I do find myself guilty of a few of the 3rd baby behaviors with baby #1. My second baby is doomed!
Maternity Clothing:1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/ GYN confirms your pregnancy.2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible. 3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
_____________________________________________________ Preparing for the Birth:1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously. 2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time breathing didn't do a thing. 3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
_____________________________________________________ The Layette :1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau. 2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains. 3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
______________________________________________________Worries:1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby. 2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn. 3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.______________________________________________________ Pacifier:1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it. 2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from th e baby's bottle. 3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.______________________________________________________ Diapering:1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not. 2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed. 3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.______________________________________________________ Activities:1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour. 2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics. 3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.______________________________________________________ Going Out:1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times. 2nd baby : Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached. 3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.______________________________________________________ At Home:1st baby : You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby. 2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby. 3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.______________________________________________________ Swallowing Coins:1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays. 2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass. 3rd child: When third child swallows a coin, you deduct it from his allowance.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Buying a house

So we meet with the sellers this last Wednesday and things went well. We even moved up the closing date to the 24th of June! I am really excited about this. Things so far are going well!

Alyssa is really excited about her new house and being in ballet for the summer! I am excited for her to be in ballet for the summer. I was trying to find something for her to do but wasn't sure I wanted her to do ballet again for another summer but because she does it in the fall we figured the best thing was to keep her going! She didn't seem to mind. I think I might put her into tap in the fall. After her big recital and watching the kids who tapped dance on stage she has wanted to tap ever since and tries all over the house! It is very cute and very funny! She tries to choreograph all her dances now. Maybe she will be a dancer! But she does tell me when she grows up she wants to be a mommy and a police officer!

Tessa is trying really hard to potty train in recent weeks! Oh it would be so great if she potty trained before September because the baby will be here the end of September the beginning of October and one less little one in a diaper would be wonderful for me! And a little more cost effective. I have heard of a book about potty traing your child in one day and I am seriously think about checking it out! I have a friend who used it for all of her children and it worked for hger kids so I thought I might give it a shot! Other than Tessa is Tessa my little monster in everything she can get her hands on.

Joey is is becoming more and more like his daddy with bumps and bruises all over. Just today he was on my bed and laid down and rolled off the bed...now he has a bruise. I tried to stop but with my big belly now in the way it makes it a little harder to dive onto the bed! So unfortunately the little guy fell! But I guess what hurts us only makes us stronger right? He is also talking up a storm. Walks around all day talking and saying words. He is pretty funny little boy. He calls me mommy and apple. I think that is because Joe sometimes calls me April and not mommy and he hears apple for some reason. It is cute but I still prefer to be called mommy. He really has a wonderful personality and is definitely a boy. He has become mroe aggressive with his sisters and his cousins Wyatt. He loves to rough house.

Other than that things are going well for. I am looking forward to being in our own place soon! It will be so nice to not have to live in an apartment anymore or my in-laws. Don't get me wrong I love them to death it is just nice to have my own place and my own things. Plus I don't have to worry as much about them breaking anything in their house anymore. I always feel so awfull about that! Wells that is that for now!