Went to the doctor today to check on Jonathan James. Everything is going great. Blood pressure and sugar levels were fantastic! The only thing that the doctor saw was that I haven't gained any weight... well I have gained weight just not as much as expected. I only gained 1lb this whole month and a total of 12 lbs this whole pregnancy so far. She was not overly concerned but she kind of was. She said I should be gaining more so to eat more protein bars and stuff like that. Jonathan however is fine, his heartbeat is strong and he moves all the time. While she was checking for his heartbeat he was doing flip flops in my belly. We could see him moving while she listened to the heart. It was neat. She wants to see me back in 3 weeks so I can finally be on track with my visits.
In other news... David finally got his iPhone and ordered our iPads!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Matthew
So Matthew has developed his own little personality. His language skills are improving although David still tries to decode what he is saying... Mommy usually has an easier time figuring out what he is saying. Our little boy loves to play with cars which he calls "beep beep go", balls, cookies, Sadie "good girl" and "ite" which to him means write or "art" which means draw with crayons.
It is pretty amazing the things he is now saying and how is putting short sentences together even if they are not properly put together they are still sentences! He now realizes when he is doing something wrong or when Sadie is doing something she shouldn't... like the other day... Friday I was cleaning and we happened to be in the master bedroom where in the floor there was a box of Sadie's toys, well there was a plastic ball, a tennis ball and another chew toy. Matthew got both of the balls out of the box. He kept one for himself and gave the tennis ball to Sadie. We went back to the living area to get ready for dinner. I was in the kitchen while they played with the balls.. when all of a sudden I hear Matthew start frantically saying "Mama, good girl, no, ball" He kept repeating this over and over. Well I was making grilled cheese and I did not want to burn them so I just kept telling him I know good girl has the ball... well he kept getting frantic and the pitch of his voice higher... when I finally went to the living room I realized what the commotion was all about. Sadie had destroyed the ball and Matthew was simply letting me know... After I cleaned up Matthew just looked at me and said... "good girl bad mama" which I responded "yes she is!".
Another one of his great achievements is saying "m me" which means excuse me every time he burps! Hey he has better manners than my students at school!
One of the things I absolutely love is when we ask where the baby is he goes to my belly and points and when we ask him to say hi to JJ he will get really close and say "hi JJ" and most of the time give the belly a kiss... too sweet!
But of all the wonderful things that our son does I am still amazed at this particular thing... he has learned the words ucky and P -ew... He loves to say the word P - ew after he passes gas! Yes! My son is definitely a BOY... he will even push until he passes gas just so he can giggle and say P -ew... Amazingly enough his favorite time to do this, is during bath time... I will let you guess why!
Well that's the update of Matthew... I hope to have photos up soon! He sure is getting big!
It is pretty amazing the things he is now saying and how is putting short sentences together even if they are not properly put together they are still sentences! He now realizes when he is doing something wrong or when Sadie is doing something she shouldn't... like the other day... Friday I was cleaning and we happened to be in the master bedroom where in the floor there was a box of Sadie's toys, well there was a plastic ball, a tennis ball and another chew toy. Matthew got both of the balls out of the box. He kept one for himself and gave the tennis ball to Sadie. We went back to the living area to get ready for dinner. I was in the kitchen while they played with the balls.. when all of a sudden I hear Matthew start frantically saying "Mama, good girl, no, ball" He kept repeating this over and over. Well I was making grilled cheese and I did not want to burn them so I just kept telling him I know good girl has the ball... well he kept getting frantic and the pitch of his voice higher... when I finally went to the living room I realized what the commotion was all about. Sadie had destroyed the ball and Matthew was simply letting me know... After I cleaned up Matthew just looked at me and said... "good girl bad mama" which I responded "yes she is!".
Another one of his great achievements is saying "m me" which means excuse me every time he burps! Hey he has better manners than my students at school!
One of the things I absolutely love is when we ask where the baby is he goes to my belly and points and when we ask him to say hi to JJ he will get really close and say "hi JJ" and most of the time give the belly a kiss... too sweet!
But of all the wonderful things that our son does I am still amazed at this particular thing... he has learned the words ucky and P -ew... He loves to say the word P - ew after he passes gas! Yes! My son is definitely a BOY... he will even push until he passes gas just so he can giggle and say P -ew... Amazingly enough his favorite time to do this, is during bath time... I will let you guess why!
Well that's the update of Matthew... I hope to have photos up soon! He sure is getting big!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Decisions...
A couple of days ago our wonderful home day care provider Joanna let me know that next year she will not be able to have her home day care. Her and her husband have been praying about it and since she has no sub when something happens to her own family its just too hard, plus she is planning on homeschooling her little girl and her husband plans to open his own business... needless to say I was supportive of her situation but at the same time I knew I was going to freak out and start stressing...which I did as soon as I got home.
So now what do we do? Yes that is the ultimate question. I searched the web looking for a possible new home daycare and nothing affordable is out there... plus I really hate that this could possibly be Matthew's 3rd caregiver... and he is not even 2 yet! SO the question remains what to do? Should I stay home from work? (which would be great if I didn't have to work, I would love to be at home with my kiddos)... but the likelihood of that is not looking so great... I may have to find something to do even though my options are limited. I could take care of kids here but do I really want to do that?! This is something that although is now at the top of my stress level list we can do nothing at the moment but pray... So help us pray to see what God wants us to do.
In the mean time Matthew is doing great.. talking a whole lot more. He still doesn't realize that there is a baby coming... although he has started to today to talk to mommy's belly and say hi JJ. We tried to video it but we will try to get a better one.
Jonathan is well still a cookin' in my belly. He moves a whole lot... more than Matthew did at this stage. He moves non-stop it is really hard to get any sleep. I am hoping that he is active now and super calm when he is born! We shall see...
Other than that... David and I are eagerly awaiting the iPad 2...although I was the only one that was supposed to get one... after all it is a Christmas/birthday/Valentine's gift... David has decided not to get his new golf clubs in order to get one as well... he says it's for "work" but we know better!!
Keep us in your prayers!
So now what do we do? Yes that is the ultimate question. I searched the web looking for a possible new home daycare and nothing affordable is out there... plus I really hate that this could possibly be Matthew's 3rd caregiver... and he is not even 2 yet! SO the question remains what to do? Should I stay home from work? (which would be great if I didn't have to work, I would love to be at home with my kiddos)... but the likelihood of that is not looking so great... I may have to find something to do even though my options are limited. I could take care of kids here but do I really want to do that?! This is something that although is now at the top of my stress level list we can do nothing at the moment but pray... So help us pray to see what God wants us to do.
In the mean time Matthew is doing great.. talking a whole lot more. He still doesn't realize that there is a baby coming... although he has started to today to talk to mommy's belly and say hi JJ. We tried to video it but we will try to get a better one.
Jonathan is well still a cookin' in my belly. He moves a whole lot... more than Matthew did at this stage. He moves non-stop it is really hard to get any sleep. I am hoping that he is active now and super calm when he is born! We shall see...
Other than that... David and I are eagerly awaiting the iPad 2...although I was the only one that was supposed to get one... after all it is a Christmas/birthday/Valentine's gift... David has decided not to get his new golf clubs in order to get one as well... he says it's for "work" but we know better!!
Keep us in your prayers!
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