So, I mentioned that I'm teaching A to sign right? We decided to start with more... so 3 times a day this is how it goes:
M- Do you want more (sign)? More? (sign)
A- *screams bloody murder*
M- NO, do you want more? (sign)B, would you please stop distracting him?
B- but mommy, he's waving at me!
M-I know, but I'm trying to teach him how to do this
B- oh, A DO YOU WANT MORE??!?! then waves again
A- Kind of, emphasis on kind of, claps his hands together...a little
M- ok, thats a start here you go.
3x a day. several times in a meal actually.
On a good note, he's sort of getting it! We have started working on up too... but this is going to be a slow process.
Anyways, back to the title of this post. Ever since I started staying at home full time, I have noticed that we hit a huge wall at 5:30 every night. Everyone can be in a great mood, and things will have gone super smoothly all day long. J leaves for work at 3, and by the time 5:30 gets here we hit a wall. Not only hit a wall, but hit it and then fall off the cliff behind it... so to speak.
The boys stop listening and start fighting, my head will inevitably start hurting, I'm trying to cook dinner and see to them at the same time, the house gets trashed.... and we go into survival mode until bedtime. By the time they get in bed I'm too exhausted to do much of anything else. It's miserable... and I'm not sure how to fix it! So far, this is the very most frustrating thing about staying at home. The 5:30 wall. Hopefully, I will come up with a magical fix soon. Very soon!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
M-I-C-K-E-Y...
When B was a baby, my parents promised him that for his 5th birthday they would take him to Disney world for his birthday. And believe it or not, last week was his 5th birthday!! SO off to Florida we flew! 4 adults, a 5 year old, and a 1 year old...
It was one of the most amazing vacations of my life!
We spent 7 crazy paced days in the "Happiest Place on Earth" and made a million memories. It made all of the hard work and planning totally worth it... and now? I'm working on a scrapbook for the pics! (and maybe just a little thinking ahead towards the next 5th birthday trip : ) )
Oh, and my other new project (besides the Disney scrapbook you say?) is teaching the boys a few signs. B seems genuinely interested in learning spanish and sign language thanks to the Sprout network... and A hasn't picked up any new words besides HI! and da da da da, so we think it'll help in his communication. Who said stay-at-home-momhood was BoRiNg?? lol Did I mention that I know like, 2 signs myself?? And none of them are things that would help with a 1 year olds communication skills?? So I'm going to have to find the signs, learn them, teach them to the boys, then teach them to J and my parents so that everyone who's with A will know what in the world he's talking about! Yeah... BIG project!
I'll keep ya updated!
Monday, August 9, 2010
The great Experiment: Day 1
It's my first "official" day of being a professional mom!
I'm hoping to get the boys into some sort of a real routine VERY soon. For my sanity, and theirs. I got up this morning with all of these plans for the day.. you know something creative, something educational, a nutritous lunch, a nap, and we sing Kum-By-Ya by the fireplace. lol
What I did not plan for was when I went to change Ayden I discovered an orangeish brown streak on the carpet that was about a foot & a half long. Yep. Its what you think it was. It was all over the carpet, all over Ayden, and all over me! Luckily, J got up pretty easily and we tag teamed the cleanup. But ew! That just kind of threw off my WHOLE day, I'm not going to lie.
I did get a lot done despite the poo disaster that ruled our morning. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little cleaner & smell a little better!
So far: I'm loving the professional mom thing!
I'm hoping to get the boys into some sort of a real routine VERY soon. For my sanity, and theirs. I got up this morning with all of these plans for the day.. you know something creative, something educational, a nutritous lunch, a nap, and we sing Kum-By-Ya by the fireplace. lol
What I did not plan for was when I went to change Ayden I discovered an orangeish brown streak on the carpet that was about a foot & a half long. Yep. Its what you think it was. It was all over the carpet, all over Ayden, and all over me! Luckily, J got up pretty easily and we tag teamed the cleanup. But ew! That just kind of threw off my WHOLE day, I'm not going to lie.
I did get a lot done despite the poo disaster that ruled our morning. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little cleaner & smell a little better!
So far: I'm loving the professional mom thing!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
New Directions
Well, I made a HUGE annoucement today! NO no no no, I am not pregnant again... two is plenty for now!
I am resigning my position at the center in order to stay at home with my boys full time. Yep. Me the Domestic Diva! lol I have all these plans, dreams, and ambitions for this time and I'm sure that None of it will pan out like I had hoped but I'm jumping in with both feet.
The thing I didn't expect is everyone's reaction to my decision. Most of the time when I say "I'm going to stay at home with the boys for awhile" people get this puzzled look on their face and say something like "well, IF you can do it more power to you" or "WE would NEVER be able to do that!!" Thanks for being Ernie encouragement guys.
I am going to miss the center kids like crazy. I have laughed with them, cried with them, gotten onto them (many times!) and hopefully shown them Gods love. We were there when the flood took everything from them and when they brought home straight A's on their report cards. I pray for them daily, and will continue this!
This isn't a decision that we have taken lightly. I worked hard for my degree (20 hours in one semester while working, taking care of my 2 year old & planning a wedding kind of hard!) and was happy with my career path. But God has given us these two boys to grow into Godly men... and it is not a task I'm willing to put on the back burner right now. They need me.
IF. pbbbbbt.
I am resigning my position at the center in order to stay at home with my boys full time. Yep. Me the Domestic Diva! lol I have all these plans, dreams, and ambitions for this time and I'm sure that None of it will pan out like I had hoped but I'm jumping in with both feet.
The thing I didn't expect is everyone's reaction to my decision. Most of the time when I say "I'm going to stay at home with the boys for awhile" people get this puzzled look on their face and say something like "well, IF you can do it more power to you" or "WE would NEVER be able to do that!!" Thanks for being Ernie encouragement guys.
I am going to miss the center kids like crazy. I have laughed with them, cried with them, gotten onto them (many times!) and hopefully shown them Gods love. We were there when the flood took everything from them and when they brought home straight A's on their report cards. I pray for them daily, and will continue this!
This isn't a decision that we have taken lightly. I worked hard for my degree (20 hours in one semester while working, taking care of my 2 year old & planning a wedding kind of hard!) and was happy with my career path. But God has given us these two boys to grow into Godly men... and it is not a task I'm willing to put on the back burner right now. They need me.
IF. pbbbbbt.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Just when we get back on our feet...
"God will never give you anything you can't handle... I just wish he didn't trust me so much"
sooooo I used to think that was a really witty little quote. And then we got married. But let me back up because it's not the marriage that's the problem. In fact more than once during the last (almost) 2 years someone has come up to me and said "you guys must really be right for each other to be so strong together during this" or "my marriage would have never survived this!".
No, it's not my marriage. It's L.I.F.E. Let's do a brief run-down shall we?
May '08- we got married : )
Sept '08- I fell down the stairs & spent the morning in the ER, we went to the drug store to get the scripts filled after we left the ER and mom called to say my grandmother had died. The day of her funeral J's union went on strike... and we lost more than 50% of our weekly income
Dec '08- Christmas, strike style.... we also found out we were pregnant
Jan '09- J FINALLY went back to work from the strike & things settled down (some)
Mar '09- we started the adoption process for my hubz to adopt my older son
Summer '09- VERY pregnant= miserable
Aug '09- after a particularly rough labor... the baby is born! He's big, but healthy.
Sept '09- We found the hydrocephalus... MRI, X-rays, etc. we also find out the baby has no insurance... and we are facing brain surgery
Oct '09- Still no insurance, and they want $30,000 up front before the surgery.. in 7 days
Nov. '09- We got approved for the insurance just in time for brain surgery #1. J's great-grandmother died the same day. Ten days later he started showing signs of infection and after being rushed to the ER he had surgery #2. We spent a week in the hospital trying to clear up the infection. We were only allowed to hold him for about 30 minutes a day. At the end of that week, he had brain surgery #3.
Dec. '09- The adoption was finalized (!) and they send us home with the baby... and an IV for two weeks I get to play nurse 'round the clock. our savings have been depleted by medical bills and time off work, etc. we are having a really hard time staying afloat (oh, and Christmas is coming!)
Jan. '10- My 4 year old has his adenoids taken out and tubes put in his ears
Feb. '10- on my car's 1 year birthday J wrecked it into a wall... thankfully he and the kids are just fine
This brings us to today. Dad had a colonoscopy and found what they are 99% sure is cancer. We are waiting on the labs to confirm....
I'm ready to throw in the towel. I just want to tell God "OK! It's time to pick on someone else!!" It just seems like everytime we can breathe again from having the wind knocked out of us, they throw another punch. I don't want to spend my life wondering when the next crisis is going to happen... but it just seems like we can't let our gaurd down. I just don't know anymore.
sooooo I used to think that was a really witty little quote. And then we got married. But let me back up because it's not the marriage that's the problem. In fact more than once during the last (almost) 2 years someone has come up to me and said "you guys must really be right for each other to be so strong together during this" or "my marriage would have never survived this!".
No, it's not my marriage. It's L.I.F.E. Let's do a brief run-down shall we?
May '08- we got married : )
Sept '08- I fell down the stairs & spent the morning in the ER, we went to the drug store to get the scripts filled after we left the ER and mom called to say my grandmother had died. The day of her funeral J's union went on strike... and we lost more than 50% of our weekly income
Dec '08- Christmas, strike style.... we also found out we were pregnant
Jan '09- J FINALLY went back to work from the strike & things settled down (some)
Mar '09- we started the adoption process for my hubz to adopt my older son
Summer '09- VERY pregnant= miserable
Aug '09- after a particularly rough labor... the baby is born! He's big, but healthy.
Sept '09- We found the hydrocephalus... MRI, X-rays, etc. we also find out the baby has no insurance... and we are facing brain surgery
Oct '09- Still no insurance, and they want $30,000 up front before the surgery.. in 7 days
Nov. '09- We got approved for the insurance just in time for brain surgery #1. J's great-grandmother died the same day. Ten days later he started showing signs of infection and after being rushed to the ER he had surgery #2. We spent a week in the hospital trying to clear up the infection. We were only allowed to hold him for about 30 minutes a day. At the end of that week, he had brain surgery #3.
Dec. '09- The adoption was finalized (!) and they send us home with the baby... and an IV for two weeks I get to play nurse 'round the clock. our savings have been depleted by medical bills and time off work, etc. we are having a really hard time staying afloat (oh, and Christmas is coming!)
Jan. '10- My 4 year old has his adenoids taken out and tubes put in his ears
Feb. '10- on my car's 1 year birthday J wrecked it into a wall... thankfully he and the kids are just fine
This brings us to today. Dad had a colonoscopy and found what they are 99% sure is cancer. We are waiting on the labs to confirm....
I'm ready to throw in the towel. I just want to tell God "OK! It's time to pick on someone else!!" It just seems like everytime we can breathe again from having the wind knocked out of us, they throw another punch. I don't want to spend my life wondering when the next crisis is going to happen... but it just seems like we can't let our gaurd down. I just don't know anymore.
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