Those moments that won't last

It was a typical Monday morning, rush rush, get everyone up and ready for work and school and get out the door so mommy can be to work at a decent time.  All that came to a halt when Juliet decided she wanted some mommy snuggles.  No time schedule in the world would make me miss that.  I went in to wake her up with my usual, Juliet wake up and when that didn't work I started singing Rise and Shine, she just stared at me and rolled over.  So I asked her if she wanted mommy to hold her, that worked, into my arms she went.  I took her into our room because Nate was in the bed and I didn't want to leave him alone.  I sat in the glider and we rocked for a little while with her snuggled on my shoulder and me just enjoying the quiet mommy / daughter time with my very active princess.  I never get to rock her anymore so it was a special treat for mommy.  These little things won't last so I have to enjoy them while I can. 

Time passes so quickly

Every day I tell myself that I am going to take 20 minutes and post an update on the blog and every day it seems there are never those spare 20 minutes.  Now my laptop tells me that it is reaching the end of it's battery life so I am stuck close to a plug.  Whine Whine Whine, I am over it!

Congratulations to James and Brandi Oreschnigg, they got married on the 13th.  We wish you all the happiness!!

This weekend we had a sip-n-see for Nate.  A sip-n-see is a baby shower with the baby there.  It is really fun because everyone gets to see the baby and love on them.  It was at Aunt Jessie's house and the theme of course was blue and dinosaurs.  Thank you to everyone who came and those ladies who helped give the party.  It was very special and very appreciated.  We got a ton of precious clothing, a quilt,  and a lot of diapers!!  We are so blessed by our generous friends. 

 

Here is Nate in one of the precious new outfits he got.  Granny gave him this and he looks like a little doll baby in it!!  I have also never seen so many dinosaur outfits!!  I am so ready for him to grow into them, but not to fast little man!!

We hung his curtains in his room, I LOVE THEM, and I put the mobile in his bed.  He sleeps there every night.  It helps him and me get a little bit of sleep, little being the word here.  We have also been sitting in the bumbo more.  Since he will not do tummy time, this is how we are working those neck muscles. 

He is such the mommy's boy, he looks for me all the time and he turns toward the sound of my voice.  Not saying he doesn't do this for Jon, people just say he does it more for me.  He also recognizes Juliet and will calm when she talks to him.  He has started cooing a little too, although you have to catch him in the right frame of mind.  

Speaking of Miss Juliet, she is such the little princess.  Friday morning she picked out her purple shirt, because her baby doll was wearing purple and then before I knew it she had her pink pettiskirt on!!

Everything is a bracelet to her, early last week she had a Orbitz cup label with her name on it, a case for hand sanitizer, and 6 Big Apple Adventure (VBS) silly bandz on as bracelets.  She hasn't been feeling good, her ears are still bothering her and she had to have a flu shot on Friday.  You can tell when she is really tired because other than being so whiny you can't stand to be around her, she plays with our ears.  Not her own, when she hugs us she will play with one of our ears.  If Nate cries she will run and hug him saying "I right here Nate."  She has her first haircut appointment this week, I am using the lady who does my hair because it is a private place with no screaming kids or other people around.  Last week during bath one night I sat on the side of the tub and made her a"bridge" to swim under my legs.  She started saying "time tunnel, time tunnel", from Dinosaur train.  Music started at school and they send a copy of the CD home with each of the kids.  Well, she has her favorites and has no clue what they are called or what number they are on the CD.  She will say I wanna hear the blankey song, which is not called the blankey song and is number 4, then she will say comin' round the mountain, you know that one, which is 25 and mommy has to sing along, then she wants to hear the yak song, which is 15.  Sigh, and it changes every semester, remember she is in this class for a school year.

She was so good at the party, she really loves Cailin, (James' daughter) and Cailin is so good with her.  They made crafts out of the tissue paper from the presents.  How cute is that!!  Kept her entertained and out of everything, and her mind off the fact that the puppies were not there.  

Tonight we took advantage of the 25% trade-in discount at babies r us and got Juliet her booster seat! She picked it out so it's her fault in 5 years when she says "I don't want pink".  She was very insistent that she get the pink seat. 

I got their Halloween costumes in this week, Juliet is going to be Rapunzel and Nate is going to be a dinosaur.

OK, it is so past mommy's bed time, I am going to sleep.  Love to all!! 

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Short and quick

8 week checkup today, Nate is 10.5 pounds and 23 inches long. 

Dr. Goldberg told me that he did not hear the heart murmur this time.  Thank you God for small miracles.  He got 3 shots that he enjoyed so much he cried till he turned beet red and held his breath.  We go back in 10 days when he will get 3 more and sister will get her flu shot.   Here are 2 pics of the kids from the weekend.  Nate is 8 weeks old and Juliet is having a blast jumping on the air mattress in the living room.

Where has the time gone?

Oh my goodness, it's been 2 weeks since I have posted!! SORRY!  Not really, we have been having a blast with the kids and it's kinda hard to get on here and update.  I should also be asleep, but my hear hurts and it makes it hard to relax.  If you haven't been keeping up with Flickr, you are missing out. 

Let's see, Juliet started Awana's this past week.  She is in Puggles and the memory verse for this 6 weeks is "God created the heavens and the earth, Genesis 1:1".  She will repeat it to me when I say it (she will say Genesis 111), then tells me I have to give her a cookie.  That was the reward for saying it to her teacher.  We went to Jumpalooza for a birthday party last week and she had a blast.  It is one of those places with a dozen or more bouncy houses and slides, it was hard to get her to leave.  She has had a very bad ear infection that we are trying to get rid of, it seems to want to linger and cause her a lot of pain.  I couldn't understand why I could only find a few burp cloths when I knew I had more, well, she is using them as baby doll blankets.  Speaking of baby dolls, her American Girl doll is the first to have a name.  It is Lisa, don't ask I have no clue, I was asking her what her baby's name was, she looked at me puzzled, I gave her a list of 4-5 names and that is the one she chose.  We now only call the baby Lisa and she knows which one we are talking about.  Preschool has been a huge success, today she recognized the numbers 1-5 by sight.  Jon and I are always amazed when she does this because when we try to work with her she usually tells us NO!  Stinker!!  She and Jon are having a camp out on the living room floor tonight, like they did last week.  Tomorrow I am going to take her to Hobby Lobby and get yellow yarn to make her a Rapunzel braid like the one I found online.  I think she will get a kick out of it.  We will see, you never know with her.  Also, what is up with the meowing?  The child meows all the time. 

Nate seems to have a cold or a sinus infection, he has nice green stuff in his nose.  It makes it hard for him to sleep so I propped him up tonight hoping it will help.  He has been doing very good at school and had no problems adjusting to the teachers.  It seems to have been easier on me to leave him that it was for Juliet.  He is holding his head up very well for good chunks of time.  He even sat in the bumbo for a few minutes this afternoon.  He now follows our voices when we talk around him and turns to look at us.  I was sitting up holding him while he slept the other night and all the sudden he smiled really big and kinda laughed.  It was so cute and funny all at the same time.  He is totally on formula now, we are done with breast milk.  The curtains for his room came in, Thanks Mama and Papa!!, can't wait to see them hung, I love them!, got to find a rod and get them on the wall. 

I know it seems like this is mostly about Juliet, but at this stage, it's going to be.  I start back to work full time on Tuesday, glad it's a short week!!

Love to all, I am gonna try to sleep!

6 weeks ago

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

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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.