Where has the month gone?

I can't believe we are at May 31st already.  This month has really flown by.  Today is Samuel's last day of school.  He is very excited because next Monday he starts camp.  We signed him up for a summer camp and I am also really excited about it too.  He gets swim lessons in the morning, then arts and crafts, sports and lots of other things in the afternoon.  It should be a really fun two weeks.

Simone is military crawling and rolling all over the place. She is really getting up on her hands and knees, but hasn't figured out exactly how to crawl yet.  She also pulled up in her crib half way yesterday.  She was on her tummy and pulled herself almost up to her knees.  It is a good thing Dave lowered her crib all the way to the bottom.  I have a feeling pulling up to standing is coming very soon.

She hasn't been much of a eater lately.  She really just wants to nurse and then snacks a little bit on food.  I think it is because teeth are finally making there way in.  She got her first bottom middle tooth yesterday and I felt her mouth again this morning and I think the other middle tooth is about to come in as well.  I wouldn't be surprised if more start popping up too.  She has been very cranky, chewing on her hands and drooling like crazy.  Teething is not fun at all around here.

Other then being extremely busy with the kids, I have managed to start reading and am almost finished with the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy.  I always get sucked into reading the popular books.  I just have to see what it is all about.  The books are not well written.  It annoys me when authors repeat the same descriptive words over and over.  I just don't like her writing style much.  There is a lot of sex in the books and I was truly shocked by some things.  Even though I want to hate the books completely, I can't stop reading them.  I am half way through the last book and it is better then the first by far.  If you want an easy entertaining read, then you should pick them up.  If only just to read what everyone is talking about.  After I finish this next book I will be starting Water for Elephants.  I have seen the movie, but I have heard the book is really good and we are reading it for book club.

Not much more exciting information here.  Have a wonderful summer!

Mother's Day

I had an absolutely wonderful Mother's Day.  Dave let me sleep in both days (getting up at 8 never felt so good) and we had a lot of family time.  It was really enjoyable.  On Sunday morning, we went across the street to our neighbors house for a huge brunch.  The kids played and got really worn out.  Then our babysitter came over to watch the kids for three hours.  Dave and I went to the driving range and did a little shopping (Dave got new golf shoes and a new driver, even though it was mother's day and I got some new golf clothes).  

I was pleasantly surprised at my golf skills.  I hadn't picked up a golf club or two years.  Right before I got pregnant with Joseph, I took a golf lesson (because the goal was to get better over the summer) and I was ready to play.  Then I got pregnant with Joseph and I had pretty severe side pains and my doctors told me "NO EXERCISE" of any kind in the first trimester.  Although golf isn't really a true form of exercise, they didn't want me to do any twisting.  (I had a very enlarged ovary because of taking Clomid to get pregnant and doing any exercise or twisting could have caused my ovary to twist around the fallopian tube and cause it to rupture.  Anyway, I bet you didn't know that could happen.  I sure didn't).  

Anyway, I stopped playing golf.  Then I got pregnant for Simone right when I wanted to start up again.  Now that we know no more kids are in our future, it was time to clean the cobwebs off (literally they were all over) and get back to hitting some balls.  I think my lesson actually helped.  I made contact and was hitting straight.  I am really excited to keep practicing and then one of these days get on the course and play with Dave.  

We finally got some pictures of me with the kids.  I barely have any pictures of me because I am the one always taking the pictures.  Some turned out pretty well.  Here you go:

The weeks have flown by

I can't believe that I last posted 10 days ago.  I have been in a strange funk lately.  Although the weather has been beautiful and we have been spending a lot of time outside, I have just been feeling very little motivation to do anything.  I am exhausted.  I was so stressed about Joseph's surgery and I was really hoping that no one would get sick before his surgery (because if he got sick we would have had to cancel it).  Anyway, everyone was healthy until the surgery and then Simone started to get sick (just a little cold) last Friday.  Then the last three nights she has slept terribly.  You know when she doesn't sleep well that means Dave and I don't sleep well.  Tuesday and Wednesday night I got only a few hours of sleep.  Last night was a little better, but I am exhausted.  I am so ready for the weekend.

Simone is now 7 months old.  She is still such an easy baby.  Other then when she is sick, she sleeps awesomely at least at night.  She has random days where she takes great naps, but most of the time they are pretty short.  It doesn't bother me that much since she sleeps so well at night.  She is so happy and laid back.  She is rolling around like a crazy lady and is beginning to military crawl a little bit.  She sits up great and is eating like a champ.  Still no teeth.  Hopefully soon because she is drooling and chewing on her hands like crazy.

Joseph surgery went well.  His two scars look great so far.  We took his dressings off on Tuesday.  The one on his bottom was cemented to him.  Dave was able to rip it off super fast in the bathtub, but it took a few layers of skin with it.  It is still pretty raw, but the actual incision looks pretty good.  I was so worried about the actual surgery.  I know I have mentioned it before, but Joseph hates doctors, doctor's offices, hospitals, etc.  I knew that he would be freaked out and not like this whole experience.  I had talked to his pediatrician and the surgeon about my worries of him no taking the relaxation medicine or issues with his IV.  They told me not to worry because the nurses and doctors deal with kids all the time and he would be fine.  We had the surgery at St. John's surgery center.  They really were wonderful.  They knew what to expect with the children, they were understanding and very easy to deal with.  They have tons of kids that have surgeries at that center and they are prepared.  They had little blue and pink wagons that they used to wheel the kids into the operating room and tiny little kid beds.  

After we got to the room and relaxed for a little bit, a nurse came in with the medicine that was supposed to relax him and hopefully get him super drowsy.  It was basically Valium for kids and a mind eraser quality so they wouldn't really remember the experience.  Dave and I tried to get him to take the medicine and he spit it out all over them place.  He probably got about a fourth of what they wanted him to take.  After they observed how freaked out his was, they knew he was going to be a difficult one.  They put down on his chart that he had anxiety.  Anyway, even though he got a fourth of the meds it did really calm him down.  I can't imagine what he would have been like if he took all of it.  

We were able to get him in his gown and nice and comfy.  The anesthesiologist came in to take him to the ER.  They put him in the wagon, covered him up in a warm blanket and wheeled him away.  It was one of the scariest moments, seeing your child go off for surgery and you can't be there with him.  Surprisingly I didn't cry, but I was completely stressed.  

When they called me back to recovery, I knew he was going to be a mess.  When I got close I could hear him screaming and yelling.  They said he woke up and he was really out of sorts.  The nurses said it isn't uncommon for kids to be agitated and mad when they wake up, but he was really out of control. They said when he woke up he immediately tried to rip out his IV (which I had a feeling her would do).  After only a minute, they got confirmation from the doctor that they could just remove the IV.  He could not really control himself and he kept calling for "Daddy".  They normally only let one parent in the back, but they ran and got Dave.  Dave was able to calm him down a little bit, but they finally offered him a popsicle and that was did the trick.  He went back in forth for a while wanting me and then Dave.  Soon we went back to the room and he finished his popsicle, ate some teddy grahams, drank some juice and then they checked us out and we went home.  

It was actually pretty short process.  We were in and out in about four hours.  Thank goodness it is over.  So glad to have one stressful part of parenting over, now on to many more.

Pictures!!!

A cute picture of the boys.  

Simone's 7 month pictures:

I love her hand on her hip.  I'm sure we are going to be seeing that a lot more in the future.

I just love this picture of the two of them.  They look so different.  Simon's eyes could not get any dark and Samuel's eyes are just so blue.  I love it!

Happy May Day!

Happy May Day! When I was a kid at school we would use ribbons and wrap them around a may pole. Just a little memory from my childhood.

Well, I am happy to say that we made it through the end of March and ALL of April with no child being sick.  What a relief.  Now we need to just get through then end of this week with no sickness and I will be happy.

Joseph is schedule for surgery on Thursday and everyone needs to be healthy until it is over.  The surgery is at 9:30 in the morning and he has to be there at 8:30.  I am so happy that it is going to happen in the morning.  He can't eat or drink after 5:30 am, so it is going to be a little bit of a difficult morning.  He doesn't normally sleep past 6:30 am and he always wants something to drink right away.  We will just have to keep him busy and get out of the house so he isn't tempted.

I'm am really dragging again today.  I think my allergies are really bothering me because of all the rain and then the super humid weather.  I have a killer headache.

I am going to relax because I have a very rare moment when both Joseph and Simone are asleep and Samuel is at school.  Alone time doesn't happen very often.