It's hard to believe we are already almost through October! This month has flown by with lots going on. Earlier this month, the 9th I think it was, we had my sister's baby shower. It went well and she got lots of things for baby Isaac. I'm sure Isaac is especially thrilled with all his dipes and wipes. :) I know Amy will be thrilled once she sees just how many diapers these little poopers go through in a day! I was greatful to see lots of friends and family come out to support Amy and baby Isaac. I hope they both feel the love everyone has for them.
October 16th Bryson and I took Elliana and Kade to Ellijay Ga for the apple festival. It was neat seeing just how many goodies people can make with apples. The apple dumplings were both mine and Elliana's favorite. I think Bryson was pretty taken with the apple fritters. I guess Kade will have another year to wait to see what his favorite will be. Elliana enjoyed watching the ponies and camels ride kids around. She was content just watching so we figured we'd get by one more year without having to pay for her to ride. :) It was a long drive, but a great family outing for us.
October has also been a 'sick' month for our family. Currently I am the only one well. Late Sunday night/early Monday morning Elliana came down with croup. We had to take her to the E.R. because her breathing wasn't so great. They gave her a steriod to help open her airway and she's slowly gotten better. Today she still has a cough, but it's just related to her cold and not croup. Bryson has also been coughing his head off the past 3 days. I think his is allergy related and he seems to be on the mend. Poor baby Kade has been coughing as well. I'm fairly certain his is a cold. He's just been coughing and sneezing. No runny nose, fever, or wheezing. I'm just praying his doesn't turn into croup too! Hopefully everyone will be all better soon. I don't know how much more sleep this mama can go without!
Christmas 2010
Merry Christmas!!!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Life as a family of 4
It has been so incredible having a little baby boy added to our family! Kade is such a precious one. Elliana always looks for him as soon as she gets up and is very interested in helping me take care of him. She's so funny with him. The other day I was changing his diaper. She was watching intently. The next thing I know she has grabbed a wipe and is scrubbing his leg with it. She also loves to try to stick his passy in his mouth. Though she usually has it turned around backward trying to put the wrong side in, which doesn't work out well. Elliana loves to brush his hair too. She's definitely my little 'helper.' I am so blessed to have such precious babies! Thank you God for giving me 2 wonderful, healthy kids!
Bryson went back to work this past Wednesday. I was truly nervous about being home with 2 babies all alone. Bryson was so very helpful the 2 weeks he was off. I enjoyed having him home so much and have missed him terribly! Elliana seems to notice he's back to work too. She goes to the door multiple times a day and looks out asking, 'daddy?' It's sweet and sad at the same time. Obviously he's got to go to work, but I wish there were some way we could have him home more. Though I am truly thankful he only works 5 days a week and gets to come home every night. I'm just amazed at the women who have husbands in the military that are gone for months at a time. I would never make it! Anyhow, I survived my first few days alone just fine and even though I know I've got pleanty of challenging days ahead, I look forward to each and every day with my babies.
Kade is a good sleeper...during the day. He's definitely got his days and nights mixed up. He sleeps like a rock during the day. At night he'll lay awake just looking around or fussing for his passy. It's like he wants to hang out with me and Bryson at night when he should be sleeping! He's usually up every 2 hours to eat. I don't get a lot of sleep at night, but I usually get a good 2 hour nap in during the day sometime. Elliana occasionally wakes up (usually because she hears Kade crying). Last night was one of those nights. She woke up with him at about 2:00 and Bryson had to go get her and lay her down with him while I fed Kade. When I came back to bed I carried Elliana back to her bed. A few minutes later Kade kept losing his passy and me or Bryson would have to go put it back in for him. Finally we just put him in our bed so we didn't have to get up; of course then he went right to sleep! Bryson and I are trying not to let Elliana nor Kade get in the habit of sleeping in our bed. We really like having our bed to ourselves. We and the babies seem to sleep best when everyone is in their own bed anyhow (well most of the time). I just can't sprawl out and sleep very soundly with a little one in the bed with us. I guess I'm always aware of them and trying to make sure I don't roll over on them.
Elliana got her 15 month shots last Tuesday. Bless her heart. I hate that she has to get so many shots, but I know getting shots and preventing any one of the diseases they prevent is more than worth it. Elliana is very wary of Dr. Jenny, her peditrician. I'm not sure why because Dr. Jenny never actually gives the shots and is always very soft spoken and gentle with her. The only thing I can figure out is that Dr. Jenny is Asian. She doesn't have an accent or anything (for all I know she's lived in the U.S. all her life), but I don't know that Elliana has ever seen an Asian person before. Now she'll probably associate all Asian folks with doctors and shots. :)
My sister Amy's baby shower is in one week. I'm excited for her to have a shower, even though she won't be attending herself. She had her 4D ultrasound yesterday and baby Isaac is so cute! I know Amy is looking so forward to meeting her son, who is due December 20! At least Kade will have one boy cousin who lives a little closer to him. William is a bit far away being that he lives in China! Looks like the boys are making a come back. Until Kade came along, poor William was the only boy with Daly, Atalie, Elliana, and Victoria! Amy is naming her baby Isaac Bradley after our brother Bradley. I love the name and think it's really neat that she's naming him after Boog. I can't wait to meet little Isaac Bradley!
Amberly is supposed to be coming up soon for a visit and to meet baby Kade. She was actually supposed to be here today, but Attie got sick. We'll have to wait and see how she does to know when they might get to come. I'm excited to see her and Daly and Atalie.
Well Kade just about blew his diaper off with a big poop while my sister Ashley is holding him. He scared her to death it was so loud, ha! All of the sudden she wants me to get him now.....go figure! :)
Bryson went back to work this past Wednesday. I was truly nervous about being home with 2 babies all alone. Bryson was so very helpful the 2 weeks he was off. I enjoyed having him home so much and have missed him terribly! Elliana seems to notice he's back to work too. She goes to the door multiple times a day and looks out asking, 'daddy?' It's sweet and sad at the same time. Obviously he's got to go to work, but I wish there were some way we could have him home more. Though I am truly thankful he only works 5 days a week and gets to come home every night. I'm just amazed at the women who have husbands in the military that are gone for months at a time. I would never make it! Anyhow, I survived my first few days alone just fine and even though I know I've got pleanty of challenging days ahead, I look forward to each and every day with my babies.
Kade is a good sleeper...during the day. He's definitely got his days and nights mixed up. He sleeps like a rock during the day. At night he'll lay awake just looking around or fussing for his passy. It's like he wants to hang out with me and Bryson at night when he should be sleeping! He's usually up every 2 hours to eat. I don't get a lot of sleep at night, but I usually get a good 2 hour nap in during the day sometime. Elliana occasionally wakes up (usually because she hears Kade crying). Last night was one of those nights. She woke up with him at about 2:00 and Bryson had to go get her and lay her down with him while I fed Kade. When I came back to bed I carried Elliana back to her bed. A few minutes later Kade kept losing his passy and me or Bryson would have to go put it back in for him. Finally we just put him in our bed so we didn't have to get up; of course then he went right to sleep! Bryson and I are trying not to let Elliana nor Kade get in the habit of sleeping in our bed. We really like having our bed to ourselves. We and the babies seem to sleep best when everyone is in their own bed anyhow (well most of the time). I just can't sprawl out and sleep very soundly with a little one in the bed with us. I guess I'm always aware of them and trying to make sure I don't roll over on them.
Elliana got her 15 month shots last Tuesday. Bless her heart. I hate that she has to get so many shots, but I know getting shots and preventing any one of the diseases they prevent is more than worth it. Elliana is very wary of Dr. Jenny, her peditrician. I'm not sure why because Dr. Jenny never actually gives the shots and is always very soft spoken and gentle with her. The only thing I can figure out is that Dr. Jenny is Asian. She doesn't have an accent or anything (for all I know she's lived in the U.S. all her life), but I don't know that Elliana has ever seen an Asian person before. Now she'll probably associate all Asian folks with doctors and shots. :)
My sister Amy's baby shower is in one week. I'm excited for her to have a shower, even though she won't be attending herself. She had her 4D ultrasound yesterday and baby Isaac is so cute! I know Amy is looking so forward to meeting her son, who is due December 20! At least Kade will have one boy cousin who lives a little closer to him. William is a bit far away being that he lives in China! Looks like the boys are making a come back. Until Kade came along, poor William was the only boy with Daly, Atalie, Elliana, and Victoria! Amy is naming her baby Isaac Bradley after our brother Bradley. I love the name and think it's really neat that she's naming him after Boog. I can't wait to meet little Isaac Bradley!
Amberly is supposed to be coming up soon for a visit and to meet baby Kade. She was actually supposed to be here today, but Attie got sick. We'll have to wait and see how she does to know when they might get to come. I'm excited to see her and Daly and Atalie.
Well Kade just about blew his diaper off with a big poop while my sister Ashley is holding him. He scared her to death it was so loud, ha! All of the sudden she wants me to get him now.....go figure! :)
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