Six weeks ago today we became a family of 4, Jon and I became parents to 2 kids instead of 1 and we started on a new turn in this adventure of parenting. Tomorrow we start another. Juliet will start preschool and Nate will start attending school too. I am unprepared for this. I am not ready to go back to work and leave him with someone else. Right now my mind is racing with what-if's and stresses, so I have had to stop, pray and restart a few times tonight. (Nathan told us in church today that is how we are supposed to handle the stresses and uncertainties in our lives. God is in charge of everything and I have to remember that.)
Updates on the kids:
Juliet will stay in the preschool class for the school year. She loves art and will have more of a structured day. They will introduce spanish, technology, and we will have homework (reviewing what they learn) and they will start reading, writing and math. Juliet played peekaboo with the baby monitor on Saturday morning. She will turn it on and say peekaboo, I see those eyes. Just about the cutest thing I have ever seen.
She is such the helper but so rough. We have to watch her constantly. I have also signed her up for Awana's at church. Every week she will have a bible verse to learn and recite.
Nate has found ceiling fans. They fascinate him, he will sit and stare at one for a long time. He has a very laid back personality. He only gets mad when he is hungry or you change his diaper. He weighs 8.8 lbs and he is starting to look like a little chunky monkey. We started rice cereal at night and are going to put him in his bed because he is a noisy little boy and mommy doesn't get any sleep. He has what is called a normal (innocent) heart murmur. Dr thinks it should be gone by next visit. Please keep him in your prayers.
Wish us all luck as we start back to the real world, should be fun!
Love, Laura
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
So, is it harder now with two?
I get this question a lot, and yes it is harder with two, it's not double the work, it's more. We have a very active toddler and a newborn.
We have noticed a slide backwards in Juliet over the last week or so. She has regressed in her bedtime routine and is very hard to wake up in the morning and over the last day or so has been having potty issues. She doesn't seem to want to tell us she needs to go. She is very "I need my mommy daddy" and that gets hard when we are trying to take care of the baby or get her settled for the night. We are trying to give her the one on one attention she needs without letting her run the show.
Nate is a very finicky eater. One bottle he will take 4 ozs and sleep or stare at you for 3 hours and the next he will take 1 and be up every hour only taking 1 oz at a time. He wants to be held or laying very close to you. He has also learned what his voice is and that it usually makes someone come and get him. He is also a spitter, you never know when he is going to throw up on you. Nine times out of ten if you are dressed ready to walk out the door you will be changing your clothing. Oh yeah, and he likes his thumb!
It is taking some time to get used to having an infant in the house again, and our good little girl is giving us a run for our money now, but we are going to survive this. She will learn that her position has not been taken, it just has to be shared.
We have noticed a slide backwards in Juliet over the last week or so. She has regressed in her bedtime routine and is very hard to wake up in the morning and over the last day or so has been having potty issues. She doesn't seem to want to tell us she needs to go. She is very "I need my mommy daddy" and that gets hard when we are trying to take care of the baby or get her settled for the night. We are trying to give her the one on one attention she needs without letting her run the show.
Nate is a very finicky eater. One bottle he will take 4 ozs and sleep or stare at you for 3 hours and the next he will take 1 and be up every hour only taking 1 oz at a time. He wants to be held or laying very close to you. He has also learned what his voice is and that it usually makes someone come and get him. He is also a spitter, you never know when he is going to throw up on you. Nine times out of ten if you are dressed ready to walk out the door you will be changing your clothing. Oh yeah, and he likes his thumb!
It is taking some time to get used to having an infant in the house again, and our good little girl is giving us a run for our money now, but we are going to survive this. She will learn that her position has not been taken, it just has to be shared.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Nate is 1 month old today
Today our little boy is 1 month old.
He may have arrived early and had a slow start, but he is giving us a run for our money now. Happy 1 month Buddy Bear! Mommy, Daddy and Big Sister Juliet love you bunches!!!!!!!!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Big girls wear panties to bed
Juliet told me last night that she wanted to wear panties to bed instead of a pull up. I gave it a 50 / 50 chance that I would be changing sheets last night. Jon was more optimistic because he said that her diaper is always dry for him. She went almost 11 hours and was dry this morning. I am so proud of her!! We have had regression with bedtime routine and I was so afraid potty training would be the same but she has it mastered it seems.
I am so proud of you Juliet Claire!!
Love, mommy
I am so proud of you Juliet Claire!!
Love, mommy
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
I joined again this year
I have neglected my photography greatly since becoming a mommy. There is so little time to devote to it and yes it does take time. It's not just find a pretty spot and take a picture. I joined the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk on October 1. This is 2 hours of me, my camera, and about 50 other photogs roaming around the Montrose area, so watch out for people if you are driving in that area that day. This will be my 3rd year of participating, at least this year should be cooler!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Our little family of four
Nathaniel came home from the hospital Monday night, he spent 16 days in the NICU. Thank you Lord for healing our little boy so we could have our family home together, and thank you so much for all the family and friends who have supported us through this time. We could not have gotten through this trying time without all the love and prayers that have come our way.
It has been a huge adjustment in our house to have an infant in it again. Feedings every 3 hours and diapers were a thing of the past here. Now there is a little person who depends on Jon and me for everything while a very demanding toddler still tries to rule! She loves her little brother so much and sometimes a little too much. This is a huge adjustment for her and you can really see it in her bedtime routine. She really wants mommy and daddy more than ever. At school Thursday she told the teachers she was not moving classes she was staying with Mrs. Roach. (It is not time for her to move, but 6 of her friends are moving). There is so much change in her life right now. It's OK Nate is a common phrase that comes out of her mouth when he cries. She is included in almost everything we do with Nate from feeding to changing, we let her help us so she doesn't feel left out.
We took Juliet to the circus on Sunday, it was so extremely nice to have something normal to do. She really enjoyed the first half of the show, but since she had not gotten a nap, she started to freak when it was time to go back in for the second half. We made it through the first act of the second half, got to see an elephant and ponies, and we left to go to the hospital. Juliet got an elephant as her souvenir from the show, I thought she was going to get one of the light up toys, but she got to choose.
OK I have been trying to post this for 3 days, I am just gonna hit post, I know it jumps around and I am sorry.
It has been a huge adjustment in our house to have an infant in it again. Feedings every 3 hours and diapers were a thing of the past here. Now there is a little person who depends on Jon and me for everything while a very demanding toddler still tries to rule! She loves her little brother so much and sometimes a little too much. This is a huge adjustment for her and you can really see it in her bedtime routine. She really wants mommy and daddy more than ever. At school Thursday she told the teachers she was not moving classes she was staying with Mrs. Roach. (It is not time for her to move, but 6 of her friends are moving). There is so much change in her life right now. It's OK Nate is a common phrase that comes out of her mouth when he cries. She is included in almost everything we do with Nate from feeding to changing, we let her help us so she doesn't feel left out.
We took Juliet to the circus on Sunday, it was so extremely nice to have something normal to do. She really enjoyed the first half of the show, but since she had not gotten a nap, she started to freak when it was time to go back in for the second half. We made it through the first act of the second half, got to see an elephant and ponies, and we left to go to the hospital. Juliet got an elephant as her souvenir from the show, I thought she was going to get one of the light up toys, but she got to choose.
OK I have been trying to post this for 3 days, I am just gonna hit post, I know it jumps around and I am sorry.
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