Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Pictureless post!

BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN


1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as
your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.

2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.

3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

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preparing for the Birth:

1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.

2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last
time, breathing didn't do a thing.

3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.

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The Layette:

1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.

2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and
discard only the ones with the darkest stains.

3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?

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Worries:

1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper,
a frown--you pick up the baby

2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten
to wake your firstborn.

3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to
rewind the mechanical swing.
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Pacifier:

1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until
you can go home and wash and boil it.

2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it
off with some juice from the baby's bottle.

3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

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Diapering:

1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour,
whether they need it or not..

2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.

3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to
complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.

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Activities

1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing,
Baby Zoo, Baby Movies and Baby Story Hour.

2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastic s.

3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners.

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Going Out:

1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter,
you call home five times.

2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to
leave a number where you can be reached.

3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.

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At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.

2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.

3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children

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Swallowing Coins (a favorite):

1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays

2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.

3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Of big kids, beavers, and babies!

GO BEAVES, it's that season again. WE're READY!!!!


Nate is our lawn mower now. What a worker he is to take on the entire back lawn three times, unloads the bag...

Darbi and Todd successfully chopped up an entire deal of strawberries all alone. Todd using a knife (YES, a sharp object, which he did a very careful job I might add) and Darbi using the egg slicer to get them the rest of the way chopped.


Halley, is my biggest helper, folding laundry all alone, putting them all away, getting the little kids dressed and hair combed, all her school done very precisely and well...

Andi has grown about 6 inches in the last year or so, everything is so short for her (however, she has stayed the same weight so she's our cute string bean).

Trae has gotten 6 teeth in the last month (if not less time than that). Poor little guy, it has NOT been fun but he's sure a cheerful little guy when the gums are numb.

And baby ???? is growing, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, is now almost fully formed. It's hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under the gums, and some of his/her bones are beginning to harden.

He (for the sake of writing he/she all the time) already busy kicking and stretching, and his tiny movements are so effortless they look like water karate. These movements will become more frequent as his body grows and becomes more developed and functional.

As for Me (mom) I'm sick, it's not fun, but it does end soon. I usually only have about 5 weeks maximum of sickness and then it's home free from there :).

Dad, well he's working two jobs now. His day job all day and then comes right in, starts the rest of what I didn't get done on dinner, gets the laundry going, cleans up from our day and then falls into bed after helping the kids get cleaned a bit, working on his speech for toastmasters, doing all the bills and paperwork still leftover from the house project, helps me get clean and something to eat and drink before a fitfull night of sleep. I didn't know a man could become more impressive and valuable than Nate already was.

So, here we are, a ReaL post on our LiFe: