Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
8 days to 1 month
A friend of mine gave us little Onesie stickers to document each month of Nolan's first year. I am super excited to do this and wish I had done it with each of the boys. I am going to do them in the same location each time and will also include this little giraffe as another reference to size. It was a gift as well and is too darn cute! Since I didn't post the first set of pictures I put them side by side for comparison. Amazing how much he has changed in just a few weeks! The first pictures were taken when he was 8 days old and then at 1 month. I won't do this each month but it's fun this first time...the onesie he has on is the same one in both but we will definitely have to go up a size for the 2 month shots!
ETA: the 18.5 inches he was measured at birth may have been closer to right than I thought...look at the change in his length compared to the giraffe in the first 2 sets.
I did it.
Small accomplishment but I got the Christmas Card picture up...go me. And instead of doing a few of the other things I want to do I am typing out this blog post. Likely because I am not exactly sure where to start with my other ever growing list of things to do. I forgot that having a little person around definitely shortens my time to get things done just a bit. Though truth be told...I haven't really been all about that lately. So Christmas with the four boys was great. We kept things simple which has pretty much been my moto lately...it certainly helps. They got all the things they asked for and other than Santa not making their "piles" of Santa gifts obvious enough we had a great morning. Santa doesn't wrap gifts at our house so their 3 santa gifts were grouped together in what Santa thought was obvious groups...apparently not because they couldn't figure out whose gifts were whose. Apparently in the 2 weeks since they wrote their lists they forgot what they had asked for. Duh. Nolan snoozed right thru the opening of gifts but I am sure he had a fantastic time and loved all of his gifts. We got our traditional Waffle House breakfast to go and enjoyed the day lounging around. We did peel our PJ's off and don clothes later in they day to hit up area Christmas Lights. Overall it was a wonderful day...as "promised" here are a few shots from the day. Actually let's go with Christmas Eve First...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Merry Christmas-The Card
Tuesday Twelve
1. One day this week...I will get some pictures of Christmas tossed up here...hopefully.
2. We had a great Christmas...also low key and easy peasy.
3. Jakeb went to play at a friends house today..I am glad he is able to do that. I am also glad they came to get him. Very nice.
4. Robert's parents are coming this weekend for our Christmas with them.
5. I can NOT believe that we only have 4.5 more days of this year left. INSANE.
6. My sweet baby boy is totally trying to laugh...he's almost got it.
7. And also he is the smiliest 7 week old baby ever.
8. That little dog I mentioned last week that showed up here...yeah she's still here. Robert and I keep chanting we can't have 3 dogs we can't have 3 dogs. we can't have 3 dogs.
9. My desk is a mess and it's driving me nuts...I can't seem to get it straightened out.
10. I have a list 27 miles long of computer/picture/cleaning related things I need/want to do that I also can't seem to get done.
11. I will share our Christmas card tomorrow or maybe later or maybe I will forget but I will really try not to. See 9 and 10.
12. I am on my 3rd cup of coffee for some reason I have turned into a coffee drinking fool...
2. We had a great Christmas...also low key and easy peasy.
3. Jakeb went to play at a friends house today..I am glad he is able to do that. I am also glad they came to get him. Very nice.
4. Robert's parents are coming this weekend for our Christmas with them.
5. I can NOT believe that we only have 4.5 more days of this year left. INSANE.
6. My sweet baby boy is totally trying to laugh...he's almost got it.
7. And also he is the smiliest 7 week old baby ever.
8. That little dog I mentioned last week that showed up here...yeah she's still here. Robert and I keep chanting we can't have 3 dogs we can't have 3 dogs. we can't have 3 dogs.
9. My desk is a mess and it's driving me nuts...I can't seem to get it straightened out.
10. I have a list 27 miles long of computer/picture/cleaning related things I need/want to do that I also can't seem to get done.
11. I will share our Christmas card tomorrow or maybe later or maybe I will forget but I will really try not to. See 9 and 10.
12. I am on my 3rd cup of coffee for some reason I have turned into a coffee drinking fool...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Rainy Day.
So first things....we found out yesterday we got our APPROVAL from Col*mbia!!! I am feeling a bit conflicted with that...because we are so caught up with this sweet little baby but if he wasn't here we would be jumping with joy over this milestone. And also freaking out that it took until NOVEMBER to get approved. But it is what it is and I just have to roll with that. So our official date is November 18. Awesomeness!
It's a super dreary morning here and we are all lounging in our PJ's...granted we would be doing that even if it was a super sunny morning. I am planning to load these 4 boys up and take them to a indoor play place for a couple hours today...or maybe just an hr and a half. The little home bodies can only take so much of the outside world before they are nearly begging to go home.
Speaking of 4 boys...yes I have 4 of them and no I am not a saint and no I don't have patience coming out my ears. No I am not sure how I do it, I just do because it's what you do. Honestly it feels no different to me than 2 kids or 1 or 4 girls it's just my life and I don't think a thing about it. I was thinking about that recently and was thinking how everyone gasps and thinks oh my goodness 4 boys but it certainly doesn't feel that way to me. I don't really think of it is 4 boys more just 4 kids but even then it's still no big deal. It doesn't upset me that people respond that way but it's funny because I am always like oh yeah I guess it IS different but it just really is ok I promise. What's funnier still is that I find my self saying things like "Oh wow" or "Oh my goodness" when people say they have 4 or 5 kids....and then go Hello, my life, Duh.
Right now I have 2 of the 4 asking me to make waffles and asking again. Like they are starving but really they don't even know what starving is they just know they are hungry and want food right now. I thought of that recently too how when we are hungry we eat and if we are really hungry we get all OMG I am staaarrrvvving I have to get food RIGHT NOW. We are so used to instant gratification but in so many many places around this big ole world it just isn't like that. We don't really know hunger or need. My 3 little big boys who just got brand spanking new DS's from their uncle. So anyway right...I suppose I should go fix their waffles and take them to play...these 4 little boys who are part of my life. Lucky me. :)
It's a super dreary morning here and we are all lounging in our PJ's...granted we would be doing that even if it was a super sunny morning. I am planning to load these 4 boys up and take them to a indoor play place for a couple hours today...or maybe just an hr and a half. The little home bodies can only take so much of the outside world before they are nearly begging to go home.
Speaking of 4 boys...yes I have 4 of them and no I am not a saint and no I don't have patience coming out my ears. No I am not sure how I do it, I just do because it's what you do. Honestly it feels no different to me than 2 kids or 1 or 4 girls it's just my life and I don't think a thing about it. I was thinking about that recently and was thinking how everyone gasps and thinks oh my goodness 4 boys but it certainly doesn't feel that way to me. I don't really think of it is 4 boys more just 4 kids but even then it's still no big deal. It doesn't upset me that people respond that way but it's funny because I am always like oh yeah I guess it IS different but it just really is ok I promise. What's funnier still is that I find my self saying things like "Oh wow" or "Oh my goodness" when people say they have 4 or 5 kids....and then go Hello, my life, Duh.
Right now I have 2 of the 4 asking me to make waffles and asking again. Like they are starving but really they don't even know what starving is they just know they are hungry and want food right now. I thought of that recently too how when we are hungry we eat and if we are really hungry we get all OMG I am staaarrrvvving I have to get food RIGHT NOW. We are so used to instant gratification but in so many many places around this big ole world it just isn't like that. We don't really know hunger or need. My 3 little big boys who just got brand spanking new DS's from their uncle. So anyway right...I suppose I should go fix their waffles and take them to play...these 4 little boys who are part of my life. Lucky me. :)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tuesday Twelve
1. 5 more days until Christmas....wowza!
2. Nolan is 6 weeks old today....wowza!
3. I have almost all of the gifts wrapped and ready to go :) Santa doesn't wrap gifts so that's easy.
4. Santa is bringing each kiddo 3 gifts...he's a nice dude.
5. There is another random dog at our house fortunately the dogs don't seem to have seen her or we would be listening to ridiculous carrying on.
6. Laundry got out of control this past week...I am working on getting it all caught up. By the time I get it caught up...it will be out of control again. Never ending.
7. We made "gingerbread houses" yesterday. With hot glue and graham crackers instead of the ridiculous kits that make my blood boil. Thank you to THIS BLOG for the idea. Genius.
8. Nolan is fussing in his swing...typing fast...
9. I am getting a cold...bleh.
10. faster....
11. It's a dreary day outside today...warm but dreary.
12. My mom and stepdad are coming to visit tomorrow for Christmas....can't wait :)
2. Nolan is 6 weeks old today....wowza!
3. I have almost all of the gifts wrapped and ready to go :) Santa doesn't wrap gifts so that's easy.
4. Santa is bringing each kiddo 3 gifts...he's a nice dude.
5. There is another random dog at our house fortunately the dogs don't seem to have seen her or we would be listening to ridiculous carrying on.
6. Laundry got out of control this past week...I am working on getting it all caught up. By the time I get it caught up...it will be out of control again. Never ending.
7. We made "gingerbread houses" yesterday. With hot glue and graham crackers instead of the ridiculous kits that make my blood boil. Thank you to THIS BLOG for the idea. Genius.
8. Nolan is fussing in his swing...typing fast...
9. I am getting a cold...bleh.
10. faster....
11. It's a dreary day outside today...warm but dreary.
12. My mom and stepdad are coming to visit tomorrow for Christmas....can't wait :)
Friday, December 16, 2011
In case you missed it.
The cutest 2 week old around...
This is in color and on our Christmas card this year....yes he is really that alert and wide eyed. He also at 5 weeks apparently thinks he should sit and stand because he does both shockingly well for 5 weeks...supported of course, duh.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Power wheeled boy
I finally broke down and spent the insane amount of money it costs to replace the batteries in a power wheel...We have had power wheeled vehicles since Jakeb was barely old enough to drive one. Actually since before as we had one given to us...he has sadly (to him) out grown them so they have been sitting untouched in the back yard. It occurred to me recently that Gavin isn't getting to enjoy them like they did so a new battery it is. It came yesterday (thank you Amazon) and it was sitting waiting for him when he got off the bus today. He was in heaven and oh so cute.
All 50 of my Christmas cards are sitting here addressed and ready to be sealed (bleh), stamped, and dropped in the mail. Glad that's off my list...er almost. I need to order another small set to send to my others on the list. Remember these over priced cards take place of every card I SHOULD be sending out all year.
Way back in 2008 I put myself to work taking a picture of each boy from their birthday to their next birthday every single day. My goal over the next few months is to FINALLY get those pictures back organized (darn crashing computer) and slap them on shutterfly and into a book. I put some of Zachary's into a folder earlier today and OMG was he a cute chubby cheeked 4 year old boy. Talk about squishy kissable cheeks he fo sho had them. And also I think Nolan REALLY looks like Gavin.
I made a list of stuff to do with the boys over Christmas break...hopefully I will follow thru with those things better than I did with the "list of summer fun" because that totally didn't happen.
They have 1 more full day of school and then they are done for the year. Holy Moly it's almost 2.0.1.2. Eeks.
All 50 of my Christmas cards are sitting here addressed and ready to be sealed (bleh), stamped, and dropped in the mail. Glad that's off my list...er almost. I need to order another small set to send to my others on the list. Remember these over priced cards take place of every card I SHOULD be sending out all year.
Way back in 2008 I put myself to work taking a picture of each boy from their birthday to their next birthday every single day. My goal over the next few months is to FINALLY get those pictures back organized (darn crashing computer) and slap them on shutterfly and into a book. I put some of Zachary's into a folder earlier today and OMG was he a cute chubby cheeked 4 year old boy. Talk about squishy kissable cheeks he fo sho had them. And also I think Nolan REALLY looks like Gavin.
I made a list of stuff to do with the boys over Christmas break...hopefully I will follow thru with those things better than I did with the "list of summer fun" because that totally didn't happen.
They have 1 more full day of school and then they are done for the year. Holy Moly it's almost 2.0.1.2. Eeks.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Tuesday Twelve
1. These are the easiest posts for me to sit down a whip out...
2. Nolan is smiling like crazy these days and I cannot stand how cute he is. And also he's making little baby noises ooh and ahh and a few "ggooo's" He's a genius 5 week old. He really seems older than 5 weeks...I find myself having to remind myself "He's only tiny still..."
3. I ordered nearly all of our Christmas gifts from Amazon...our Postal Carrier will LOVE us. Though he shouldn't complain...total job security.
4. I am doing the mad dash to cram Nolan into the few remaining Newborn outfits he hasn't worn...he has on quite the combo today. It's cool he's doing the trendy no matching thing.
5. Gavin is asking Santa for shoes....last year Zachary requested Sheets for his bed. They are all about necessities. That and Gavin loves him some new shoes. (side note to mention they totally have these items already.)
6. I need to order more Christmas cards...50 isn't enough. Though this year we are doing a Announcement/Card so we are sending more than normal. PLUS we have TN friends and now GA friends so it seems the list grew this year. That and I love sending Christmas cards...I forget birthdays and thank you notes but I am all about some Christmas cards. Not kidding I started sending out my OWN Christmas cards when I was still in high school...Love them.
7. Zachary is writer of the month for 2nd grade. He rocked it with his Santa Letter. In which he asked for a Pack N' Play for ME and a month off of work for Robert. I am thinking I might be getting jipped. For the record we have a pack n' play...I don't fit in it. As reward for "Writer of the Month" he got to leave school yesterday and go eat Mexican food with the Principal and the other winners. Jealous? yes. I love me some Mexican food.
8. Speaking of Mexican food....lately I cannot eat enough taco's. Seriously I could eat Moes, Chipotle, and even Taco Bell for dinner every day...with Chick-Fila for lunch. Yum.
9. And also hot drinks...coffee, hot chocalate....all day. I don't but I want to. And BTW guess who has given up Dr. Pepper? Mmmhhmm Me. Not intentionally really I just don't want it. Works.
10. Also I may or not only need to loose 13-15 more lbs until pre baby....+15 to get to where I would really like to be. So technically about 30lbs. Can do.
11. Jakeb is going to be 10 in roughly 3 months. Wow. That's both scary and awesome at the same time.
12. Robert has started playing soccer on a team...I also think that's awesome and I may be a little jealous I don't have the abilities to do that. As in I don't know how to play soccer well enough.
2. Nolan is smiling like crazy these days and I cannot stand how cute he is. And also he's making little baby noises ooh and ahh and a few "ggooo's" He's a genius 5 week old. He really seems older than 5 weeks...I find myself having to remind myself "He's only tiny still..."
3. I ordered nearly all of our Christmas gifts from Amazon...our Postal Carrier will LOVE us. Though he shouldn't complain...total job security.
4. I am doing the mad dash to cram Nolan into the few remaining Newborn outfits he hasn't worn...he has on quite the combo today. It's cool he's doing the trendy no matching thing.
5. Gavin is asking Santa for shoes....last year Zachary requested Sheets for his bed. They are all about necessities. That and Gavin loves him some new shoes. (side note to mention they totally have these items already.)
6. I need to order more Christmas cards...50 isn't enough. Though this year we are doing a Announcement/Card so we are sending more than normal. PLUS we have TN friends and now GA friends so it seems the list grew this year. That and I love sending Christmas cards...I forget birthdays and thank you notes but I am all about some Christmas cards. Not kidding I started sending out my OWN Christmas cards when I was still in high school...Love them.
7. Zachary is writer of the month for 2nd grade. He rocked it with his Santa Letter. In which he asked for a Pack N' Play for ME and a month off of work for Robert. I am thinking I might be getting jipped. For the record we have a pack n' play...I don't fit in it. As reward for "Writer of the Month" he got to leave school yesterday and go eat Mexican food with the Principal and the other winners. Jealous? yes. I love me some Mexican food.
8. Speaking of Mexican food....lately I cannot eat enough taco's. Seriously I could eat Moes, Chipotle, and even Taco Bell for dinner every day...with Chick-Fila for lunch. Yum.
9. And also hot drinks...coffee, hot chocalate....all day. I don't but I want to. And BTW guess who has given up Dr. Pepper? Mmmhhmm Me. Not intentionally really I just don't want it. Works.
10. Also I may or not only need to loose 13-15 more lbs until pre baby....+15 to get to where I would really like to be. So technically about 30lbs. Can do.
11. Jakeb is going to be 10 in roughly 3 months. Wow. That's both scary and awesome at the same time.
12. Robert has started playing soccer on a team...I also think that's awesome and I may be a little jealous I don't have the abilities to do that. As in I don't know how to play soccer well enough.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Hello Friends.
It's getting cold'ish here finally...which helps with the whole "feeling of Christmas" that we should all be rolling around in. We have our tree up...we have had our tree up actually and it looks fab. Or at least pretty decent. I don't do the fancy pants tree of my dreams...because I have a hard time paying mucho bucko's for Christmas decorations when I know darn good and well they will be over half off after Christmas. Except that after Christmas I don't do much shopping because...well because it's after Christmas and I'm broke. That and all the good stuff is gone because I don't rush out at 6am on the 26th. I am a shopper but I am not hardcore. We aren't all about Black Friday and all that jazz...I am all about some good deals online while in my Pj's sipping my coffee. Yes thank you very much. In fact I probably do the online shopping thing a wee bit too much...probably most definitely.
Da baby boy turned 1 month yesterday and wowzers pretty soon he's going to be like off to college and all that. But for now we are enjoying all of his squishy cheeked goodness...because at 10lbs 2oz and 21 1/4 in long he is chunking up just like his brothers did. And by the way I knew he wasn't 18.5 inches like the hospital folks said...because no way he's grown almost 3 inches in a month.
I am feeling pretty good and chipper these days...apparently new baby is good for me. And Gavin because he is like a new kid and we are enjoying that too...I mean old kid was ok but new kid with happiness and less fits is really nice..REALLY nice. New me is really nice too...grumpy me blah. Or rather new me= old me so it's all good.
Da baby boy turned 1 month yesterday and wowzers pretty soon he's going to be like off to college and all that. But for now we are enjoying all of his squishy cheeked goodness...because at 10lbs 2oz and 21 1/4 in long he is chunking up just like his brothers did. And by the way I knew he wasn't 18.5 inches like the hospital folks said...because no way he's grown almost 3 inches in a month.
I am feeling pretty good and chipper these days...apparently new baby is good for me. And Gavin because he is like a new kid and we are enjoying that too...I mean old kid was ok but new kid with happiness and less fits is really nice..REALLY nice. New me is really nice too...grumpy me blah. Or rather new me= old me so it's all good.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Twelve on Tuesday.
1. These are my favorite posts...I don't really have to come up with clear thoughts (do I really ever anyway?) nor complete sentences...
2. Nolan is snoozing IN.HIS.CRIB. We will see how long it lasts...going on about 10 minutes now.
3. Jakeb has a Christmas performance thingy at school this evening.
4. I bought BLUE JEANS this weekend. You have no idea how nice it feels to be in pants without elastic--I know you would think I would prefer the stretchy waist but there is something about real button jeans that makes me feel more like a grown up.
5. And By the way...I am not 6 sizes bigger like I thought I would be...just 2. I can totally deal with that.
6. Annd...I hear Nolan making racket up there...
7. The FedEx truck just passed I do believe he should be swinging by to drop off our Christmas Cards...they are Da' Bomb diggity...I opted for Christmas Card/Birth Announcement this year and they are so damn cute cannot wait to get them in my hands.
8. My energy level has gone from Zero to 100 in the past few weeks...I imagine days upon days at home have done that but I am making dinner again and keeping the house somewhat clean. I am glad to be getting back to "normal"
9. I am excited about some of the Christmas Gifts we are giving this year...they are "homemade" and kinda special so I am hoping folks appreciate it.
10. And no it's not just pictures of the boys...
11. I have been thinking about the fact that I have 4 boys lately...it really isn't quite a big of deal as folks make it out to be. I mean THEY are a big deal and it IS a big deal but not in the way everyone seems to think.
12. I painted my toes Christmassy this morning...partially because my 4 boys will think it's cute. It totally is.
2. Nolan is snoozing IN.HIS.CRIB. We will see how long it lasts...going on about 10 minutes now.
3. Jakeb has a Christmas performance thingy at school this evening.
4. I bought BLUE JEANS this weekend. You have no idea how nice it feels to be in pants without elastic--I know you would think I would prefer the stretchy waist but there is something about real button jeans that makes me feel more like a grown up.
5. And By the way...I am not 6 sizes bigger like I thought I would be...just 2. I can totally deal with that.
6. Annd...I hear Nolan making racket up there...
7. The FedEx truck just passed I do believe he should be swinging by to drop off our Christmas Cards...they are Da' Bomb diggity...I opted for Christmas Card/Birth Announcement this year and they are so damn cute cannot wait to get them in my hands.
8. My energy level has gone from Zero to 100 in the past few weeks...I imagine days upon days at home have done that but I am making dinner again and keeping the house somewhat clean. I am glad to be getting back to "normal"
9. I am excited about some of the Christmas Gifts we are giving this year...they are "homemade" and kinda special so I am hoping folks appreciate it.
10. And no it's not just pictures of the boys...
11. I have been thinking about the fact that I have 4 boys lately...it really isn't quite a big of deal as folks make it out to be. I mean THEY are a big deal and it IS a big deal but not in the way everyone seems to think.
12. I painted my toes Christmassy this morning...partially because my 4 boys will think it's cute. It totally is.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Mean hands.
We are almost 1 month into this new baby thing and are settling right in...he is growing and totally starting to smile especially in the mornings. He is a grunter and growler and loves to stretch in his sleep and freak us all out by making his face turn bright red. Jakeb will announce "he's doing the red face thing again!" and we all stop to make sure he's ok. His poor little out of control hands keep latching onto his hair and pulling. Today they didn't want to let go and he was not a happy baby.
We are fast approaching Christmas break and the big boys will be home for 2 weeks. I am mentally thinking of activities to do to help keep them occupied and not arguing. The 2 biggest of the wild ones are rather um animated as of late and need some more structure time I am thinking.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Halloween in December...
I know I know I said I was going to post these on Wednesday but lets just pretend when I said "tomorrow" I really meant like my NEXT post would be all about some Halloween...mmmmk?
So for Halloween this year we laid kinda low no parties or big treks around town trick or treating....we just hit up a neighborhood that we knew was slam packed for trick or treating and did a loop which was plenty and the boys actually were asking to go home. So simple Halloween=success. We came home and they gave candy to the few kids that came to our door and I think this is the first year that we actually finished off most of the candy instead of most of it hitting the trash can. I am sure my pregnancy had nothing to do with that. Jakeb and Zachary were dressed up as ninja's and Gavin was a Knight. They were cute cute cute.
Gavin LOVED the pumpkin guts...HAHAHA
So for Halloween this year we laid kinda low no parties or big treks around town trick or treating....we just hit up a neighborhood that we knew was slam packed for trick or treating and did a loop which was plenty and the boys actually were asking to go home. So simple Halloween=success. We came home and they gave candy to the few kids that came to our door and I think this is the first year that we actually finished off most of the candy instead of most of it hitting the trash can. I am sure my pregnancy had nothing to do with that. Jakeb and Zachary were dressed up as ninja's and Gavin was a Knight. They were cute cute cute.
Gavin LOVED the pumpkin guts...HAHAHA
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