Dylan's 1 year well baby visit.

He's doing very well! He weighs 18lbs 5.5oz and is 29 1/4" long! He was wearing 3-6 month summer clothes, but he's in 12 month winter clothes because he needs the length! Other than the length, he's swimming in his outfits! lol No vaccines today since I decided not to do one today. So he's only had 2 so far. I'm trying to get some more mom's interested in the seperate MMR vaccine so the office will order a batch for us. So far it's just me and another mom. He'll go back at 15 months!

Craigslist Christmas Find!!

I just got a pink vanity from Craigslist for Ashlyn for Christmas - $8.00!!!! I pick it up tomorrow while she's at school.

Today is my baby's 1st Birthday!!

It's gone by so fast! I wish I could rewind life and play his birth all over again. There is nothing I would change as his birth was perfect, but I want to go back and enjoy is all over again. In the beginning, I didn't even think I would carry to term.

I went to my ob at 5 weeks with cramps. Dr. Bart did an ultrasound and the sac was in the correct spot, but my progesterone was low although my hCG numbers were raising, they were pretty high. 2 Weeks later I had another ultrasound and baby was growing, I was a little relieved. Then we had another ultrasound to check growth and we learned why my progesterone was low and why I had been cramping. The ultrasound discovered another sac which was empty, I miscarried Dylan's twin. I had a feeling I was carrying twins, there were twins everywhere and I just knew! So when we found the empty sac, I was devistated. I thought for sure I was going to lose Dylan too. At my 19 week ultrasound we found out that we were having a boy and that I had a low lying placenta. At 25 weeks, I decided to have a homebirth and hired a midwife, Kate Mazzara. She was awesome, I completely felt comfortable with her, she's awesome! I hope to be able to use her again! ;)

Here's is Dylan's Birth Story and The Photo's of his Birth

Dylan's Party

It was a complete success!! It was simple and just perfect! The cake was great and Dylan had no issue eating it in a great big hurry! I have lots of photos to download, so I'll try to post them tomorrow.

Just some updates

Thursday I got my paper back from Eng Comp and I got a B+. I forgot to use hyphens, missed 2 comma's and freakin' spelled "aisle" "isle". LOL Stupid errors that I'm so mad about! She seemed to love my paper though. This week I need to write a narration paper, should be interesting!

This morning I woke up early to get Jen, the girls, and then her mom to hit some Mom 2 Mom swaps. Overall we didn't find much of anything. The first one we went to was WAY over priced! But I did manage to find Dylan some cute outfits. Then I headed to Salvation Army and found Ashlyn a jogger stroller for her baby doll (Chirstmas) and Ayden a geography board game (also Christmas), and a couple more outfits for Dylan. My bigges Salvation Army finds were a lilac Moby D wrap with the orginal sales tag of $59.99 and I got it for $19.99. I'm not sure if I'm going to resell it or keep it. I also found a lilac Bumbo for $4.99, I gave it to Jen to resell because they are really hurting right now. This wonderful ecomony hasn't been so wonderful for them.

Tomorrow is Dylan's 1st Birthday party! I'm so excited! I ordered his cake from Meijer and it's Pooh, got his balloons inflated, and I just need to hand some decorations. In the morning Jesse will be setting up the bounce house. We're keeping it simples, pizza and salad. I can't believe my baby is going to be 1 on Monday.

Today's date was my due date last year. :-( It's all gone by so fast!

Ipod Shuffle!!!

I got one today, I'm so excited! I went to the library a week ago and believe it or not, it was loud in there! The lady at the desk talked so loud and I swear never shut up. So I talked Jesse into just letting me get a Shuffle rather than a Zune. And it's purple!!

Still not getting better

So now I'm coughing and not as congested. I don't know what the heck is going on. I starting to wonder if I should just cancel Dylan's party. :( Overall I feel okay, but I'm hacking my brains out.

Sinus Infection

I couldn't take it yesterday and went to Urgent Care once Jesse got back from Grand Rapids. I have a sinus infection and I'm on meds! I can't wait to start feeling better. I tried to get Jesse to stay home today so I could rest...since Dylan's birthday party is Sunday, I want to be 100%. No such luck, I woke up to him yelling at the kids because he was late and they were getting ready for school fast enough. I'm totally pissed about that. I have quite a bit of stuff to do today. Tons of laundry that needs to put away. Dylan start ripping down his wall paper yesterday, so now I have to search ebay for a roll so I can fix it. I really want to finish painting our room...I started it 2 years ago! LOL

Ah Crap!

I am STILL sick! I feel like my head is going to exploded and my nose is going to run right off my face. On top of all that fun stuff, watch out for the sneezing fits! My eyes hurt, my nose hurts, my throat hurts and I feel like my head is in the sand!

The sadness...

I finished Breaking Dawn last night and I have nothing to read! I'm don't want it to be over yet!! So I started reading Midnight Sun that was leaked onto the internet, since it was leaked Stephenie Meyer decided to post it on her website and stop writing the book. I wish she would continue with it!

So Much To Do

I have a little less than a week to get everything ready for Dylan's party. We still need to get the comics over to my mom's house. The dishwasher still hasn't been installed under the counter yet - my Dad's been in the hospital with kidney stones or something. He's in there so often, it's hard to keep track.

I have 2 chapters and definitions to do for my humanities class and need to study for a test on Monday. I have English tonight, I missed last week, so I'll be playing catch up with notes. Tonight I will be turning in my rough draft (that was due last week) and my final copy tonight. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

I want to finish Eclipse, but was too sick yesterday to read any of it. Maybe between my cleaning today, I can get some reading in.

Jesse mentioned last night that he's ready to move. Move to a new, bigger house on more property and more than likely out of state. He's talking about North Carolina, but I'm not sure. I don't want to leave my bff Jen and the girls I scrap with. I could handle not being around my family since I don't see much of them anyway. It would suck being away from Jesse's mom, step dad and Caitlyn. I don't know. It sounds nice and all, but I don't know. I told him it was probably because we haven't been able to remodel yet. The kitchen sucks, the bathroom needs to be done so bad! He said that it's cramped in here, and it is. We've added 2 kids since we've moved here.

Ashlyn started preschool on Tuesday and LOVES it! Every morning she asks if it's her turn to go to school. If it's not school, she wants to go to dance. lol

The Twilight Series

I start Twilight on Friday, Sunday I finished it. Sunday night I started New Moon, I finished it last night, and now I'm onto the 3rd book, Eclipse. These are very well written, and a very easy read, I can read a hundred pages and not even realize it. These books are about 600 pages and I'm plowing through them. Jesse just keeps saying he's never seen me read like this before. I'm just loving the story line!

3 Weeks of school = First colds!

Ashlyn, Dylan, and I have colds. Ashlyn's nose is running, Dylan's is stuffed, and my throat and head in general hurt. Not good since I have a paper due tomorrow and the house is a wreck right now because I've been running around like a taxi. Dylan didn't sleep very well last night because of his nose, and I was so sound asleep (definitely sick) that I didn't hear him.

YAY!!

Dylan slept through the night last night!!!! It must have been because he little back was out! We'll see how tonight goes.

Family Chiropractic Wellness

Today I took Dylan and Ashlyn for adjustments! Jesse didn't want them to have them, but I told him that he won the vaccines and circumcision debates (unfortunately!) and that I WILL win this one! I've been pushing for this for years and finally we're able to do it! So Dylan's little body was all out of whack and she thinks that's why he hasn't been sleeping well. If he doesn't sleep well tonight, she wants to see him back tomorrow. Since it's $52.00 for a family visit and 40 something for a single visit, she said she'd adjust him for free. I love my chiropractor! Ashlyn's adjustment went much better, she wasn't as out as Dylan was. Then Jesse and I went back after he got home from work to get adjustments, we feel so much better. Ayden and Kailey go for their first adjustments on Friday.

Not much sleep these past few days.

Dylan has been walking up every 2 hours at night to nurse. I don't know what's going on! I don't see any teeth so it's either a growth spurt or my supply has dropped. Either way, this isn't working for Jesse and I. We're both waking up grumpy with headaches. After checking kellymom.com my IUD could be effecting my supply. The same thing happened with the mini pill when I tried that with Kailey. At this very moment, weaning is sounding appealing. :(

A New Class Tonight

Tonight is my first Origins of Western Traditions class. I hope it doesn't suck and goes fast.

Men are stupid!

Okay, not stupid, but definitely lazy! I'm trying to clean out the laundry room and throw stuff out, give to Salvation Army, and take to Once Upon A Child. I do this every spring and every fall (yikes, it's FALL!) so I can make it through the winter cooped up in the house and in anticipation for all the stuff the kids will get for Chirstmas.

I will be renting a bedroom in my parents basement for the comics, cradle and summer clothes. $20.00 a month, MUCH cheaper than a climate controlled storage facility. We'll be taking them over next weekend, today would be ideal in my mind, but Jesse's watching football and playing Pokemon on the Xbox during half time. Yes, I am a Football Widow.

On top of cleaning, I'm trying to make the laundry room more functional for my scrapbook supplies and scrapping altogether. On top of all my scrap stuff, Jesse's has his tool box, table saw, drills and all that stuff down here. The man NEEDS a shed! He'd be getting one this month, but since he started a new job, he can't roll over the old 401k loan. So that needs to be paid off on the 27th.

I called him in here to ask him how I should arrange everything. "I don't know", and then went back to playing Pokemon! And the kids aren't listening today, so he's in a great mood...

Oh...lurkers!!!

Come on out of the woodwork and say hi! :)

Selling CRAP!

I just put a bunch of stuff on Craigslist and already sold some things. I wish I could just go through my entire house and get rid of everything that we don't use or need. We just have so much junk! And I wish Jesse would get rid of these damn comics! They just sit here taking up space.

Dylan - 11 months

Where is the time going? He's going to be 1 soon! I sent out Dylan's birthday invites yesterday. He tried to take his 1st step on Wednesday night. It's happening so fast! He's also starting to talk more. He's says mama and nana for nursing. He's also starting look more like a toddler. :(

So much for hockey!

Ayden spit in Ashlyn's hair yesterday and lost hockey for this month. If all goes well (I REALLY hope!), he'll be signed up next month.

I am dragging butt today.

I am so tired, I really need to start going to bed earlier. Tonight I have class, so I won't be home until 9:30 or so. Luckily the campus is 5 minutes away. The kids will be getting out of school in 10 minutes and walking home by themselves for the 1st time. Ayden is so excited. Don't worry, we're 4 houses from the school and I can see them the whole way from my front yard! ;)

Hockey, here we come!

In the morning I'm signing Ayden up for "Learn to Skate". It's 8 weeks long and once that is finished, he will be ready for "Hockey Basics". He got his skates, helmet, stick, elbow pads, and gloves tonight. He is so excited! He'll start Saturday morning. I just need to go back to get his skates sharpened Friday night.

School started today!!!

YAHOOOOOOOO!!!! I walked them to school today at 8:10, got Kailey in line then took Ayden to his class. I got some photo's of him there, then he went to line up. I went back to take more photo's of Kailey and then walked with the Kindergarteners to class. Kailey sat with Asher and I took some more photos and then left. I practically danced my way home!! LOL So it's just Ashlyn, Dylan, and me and the house is almost completely cleaned!