Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Four years and counting
On February 25th Eric and I celebrated 4 years of marriage. It's hard to believe that much time has already gone by. We have sure had a busy 4 years. Since our anniversary fell on a Thursday we didn't actually celebrate until the next day. All 3 of our kids went somewhere different - Joey stayed the night with his best friend, Tori with her best friend, and William stayed the evening with one of Eric's co-workers. She had to work the next day so he didn't stay the night, but we at least got a few hours to ourselves. We had a very nice dinner at Pio Loco's. It sure is strange eating alone without kids. We almost don't know how to act without having to constantly tell kids to sit down, quiet down, and mind their manners. It seems that conversation kept coming back to them too. Funny how you get to be parents and suddenly you forget how to have conversations that don't somehow revolve around your kids. All in all it was a very nice evening. Our last time alone before the baby was born.
WES Camp
Joey got the privelage of attending WES (Whiskeytown Environmental School) the first week of March. It was available to all 5th and 6th graders. Since he is a big 5th grader this year he got to go. This camp is right up his alley. He absolutely loves all things Science. This was a a great experience for him. He was gone for 4 days. When we dropped him off they encouraged us parents to just drop them off and not go up with them. They had to be grown up and carry all of their own stuff. They just didn't want parents hanging on to their kids and kids hanging on to their parents I guess. They really wanted the time for the counselors to get their group of kids and get acquainted. I think it was a good idea. I don't think Joey had any problems leaving. In fact he didn't even say goodby! He just took off. Little twerp. As I was pulling away William started crying because he didn't like leaving Joey. All the way home he kept telling me to go back and get Joey. Poor little guy had a rough week with his big brother gone.
Looking all proud with all his gear as I dropped him in the parking lot.
Visitation night - Joey in front of his cabin
Of course the siblings have to get in the picture too.
Joey showing us around. Had to get another shot of him.
Joey and his counselor.
Looking all proud with all his gear as I dropped him in the parking lot.
Visitation night - Joey in front of his cabin
Of course the siblings have to get in the picture too.
Joey showing us around. Had to get another shot of him.
Joey and his counselor.
Big boy bed
In February we finally moved Will into his big boy bed. I know it was a little late, but it was just convenient having him in the crib. He couldn't get out so it was easy to lay him down in there. His new bed is the bottom bunk of the bunk beds that we have for the boys. The amazing thing was when we moved him into this bed he started sleeping through the night! Wow... if we had known that we would have moved him a lot sooner! I think the reason was because he is a thrasher when he sleeps and he kept banging up against the side of the crib when he slept and waking himself up. When we moved him into the twin bed he had more room to move and therefore did not wake himself up. Anyway we moved him to make room for the new baby. I wanted there to be plenty of time between the time he was moved and the baby came so that there wouldn't be a jealousy bout with his bed. He absolutely loves his new bed, especially when I bought him Thomas the Train and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse sheets.
It's been a long time...
Well... I thought I would be better at this blogging thing but I haven't been so great. It's been over a year since I made an entry. That is pretty sad. Especially for someone who actually likes to write. So I will try and bring this blog up to date. I am going to do it in several blog entries though instead of one long huge blog.
So this year started pretty uneventfully. I started the year 5 months pregnant. I had a fairly good pregnancy until the last month or so. I was pretty sick for the first 4 months but then things started to even out. I lost weight in those first 4 months and continued to lose weight throughout the pregnancy. By the end when I gained a little weight I was still under my pre-pregnancy weight. That was a good thing! Of course I don't recommend pregnancy as a way to lose weight. =) I mainly could only eat fruits and vegetables and then a little later some carbs. I could not eat red meat or dairy. The only meat I could really stomach was chicken. Believe me... after Jayden was born I could not wait to enjoy a nice fat hamburger! The weird thing for me was that I did not really want sweets at all until the very end. I actually had a carton of chocolate ice cream get freezer burnt! Amazing! My 2 favorite things - ice cream and chocolate. Anyway I am glad I didn't have any health problems during the pregnancy and Jayden was healthy as well. I did have to have a 3 hr blood glucose test done as my initial blood glucose test was a little on the high side. That was a LONG extensive test. I had to be at the lab for 4 hrs! Luckily Mom watched William for me so I didn't have to try and entertain him for that long. I was also lucky enough to get a room that had a recliner in it. I had to be there at 8am and had to fast for 12 hrs prior. It was pouring rain and the wind was blowing like crazy. I had my first blood draw done immediately when I got there. The technician got the needle in my arm and could not get blood to come out. She started pulling it back and pushing it in to try and find the vein. Eventually I think she hit the bone because afterwards my arm ached for about an hour and a half. Finally she went to the other arm and that time she was able to find the vein and get blood right away. Needless to say that is the arm we used for the next 3 draws. After half an hour I was able to drink the incredibly nasty sweet syrup stuff they give you. After that I had my blood drawn every hour for 3 hours. I had a nice bruise on my right arm for about a week from all the needle pokes. Luckily I got done around noon and they gave me a complimentary meal in the hospital cafeteria. Yum!!! =)
So I can see this blog has pretty much turned into my pregnancy blog. Oh well. I am glad that I am not preggo anymore. Even though it is neat to feel all those movements inside of you, I enjoy much more having him on the outside. Towards the end of my pregnancy I was very uncomfortable. I was having a lot of pain in my right hip and I was having very painful contractions for a month before he was born.
So this year started pretty uneventfully. I started the year 5 months pregnant. I had a fairly good pregnancy until the last month or so. I was pretty sick for the first 4 months but then things started to even out. I lost weight in those first 4 months and continued to lose weight throughout the pregnancy. By the end when I gained a little weight I was still under my pre-pregnancy weight. That was a good thing! Of course I don't recommend pregnancy as a way to lose weight. =) I mainly could only eat fruits and vegetables and then a little later some carbs. I could not eat red meat or dairy. The only meat I could really stomach was chicken. Believe me... after Jayden was born I could not wait to enjoy a nice fat hamburger! The weird thing for me was that I did not really want sweets at all until the very end. I actually had a carton of chocolate ice cream get freezer burnt! Amazing! My 2 favorite things - ice cream and chocolate. Anyway I am glad I didn't have any health problems during the pregnancy and Jayden was healthy as well. I did have to have a 3 hr blood glucose test done as my initial blood glucose test was a little on the high side. That was a LONG extensive test. I had to be at the lab for 4 hrs! Luckily Mom watched William for me so I didn't have to try and entertain him for that long. I was also lucky enough to get a room that had a recliner in it. I had to be there at 8am and had to fast for 12 hrs prior. It was pouring rain and the wind was blowing like crazy. I had my first blood draw done immediately when I got there. The technician got the needle in my arm and could not get blood to come out. She started pulling it back and pushing it in to try and find the vein. Eventually I think she hit the bone because afterwards my arm ached for about an hour and a half. Finally she went to the other arm and that time she was able to find the vein and get blood right away. Needless to say that is the arm we used for the next 3 draws. After half an hour I was able to drink the incredibly nasty sweet syrup stuff they give you. After that I had my blood drawn every hour for 3 hours. I had a nice bruise on my right arm for about a week from all the needle pokes. Luckily I got done around noon and they gave me a complimentary meal in the hospital cafeteria. Yum!!! =)
So I can see this blog has pretty much turned into my pregnancy blog. Oh well. I am glad that I am not preggo anymore. Even though it is neat to feel all those movements inside of you, I enjoy much more having him on the outside. Towards the end of my pregnancy I was very uncomfortable. I was having a lot of pain in my right hip and I was having very painful contractions for a month before he was born.
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