Tonight I came upon this article. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I understand that today's military wife probably receives more than those of the past, but to say that we don't make any sacrifices is preposterous.
Is this how the general population thinks? Am I completely out of touch that people think I'm a whiny wife? Please let me know.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Part 2
We get on the road, we pick up the boys in Kansas at their grandparents. When we get to the grandparents we find that our two boys are sick. Sick enough to be running 102 fevers and a visit from the PA across the street. Because we have been delayed so much we don't have any cushion in our drive time, we have to push on. We drive on to our college town. Within 5 minutes of checking into our hotel room, Kyle manages to throw up all over his bed. Not a good start to the trip.
Thankfully by the next morning the antibiotics and Tylenol had kicked in and the boys were feeling better. We drive on. Day 2 of the drive goes pretty smoothly. Kris got a hold of the manager at the moving company, and he reassures him that its not going to cost us $18,000 after all, but since they haven't weighed our stuff yet, not positive of our total. I feel so much better.
Day 3 of the drive, not as smooth. My pregnant boy was not liking the drive. I had to pull over several times to pray to the road gods. The kids were driving me nuts, Kris swapped cars with me that helped, until we stopped because I felt like I was going to pass out. I wanted to nap. Kris indulged me in this. Apparently I napped for two hours. We decided to push on for a little longer, because Kris really needed to sign in to his next duty station, so he wouldn't be considered AWOL.
Day 4 we made it. It wasn't too bad of a drive, and we were all happy to make it to my mums.
Day 5 Kris signs in. Signs for our new rental house, and sees it for the first time. He loves it. I hate it. We call our movers to see when they will deliver our goods, they give us a 3 day window the following week. Kinda annoying but not horrible. The kids and I decide to wait it out at my Mums.
The three day window come and goes, they couldn't make it, they will deliver on the weekend. This does not happen.
This goes on and on. Kris finally loses it with the moving company. It just so happens that our landlords son is a lawyer, and offers to help us out. Moving company doesn't like that we hired a lawyer. They tell us that unless we now pay them $22,ooo they will auction off all our stuff in CA. Lawyer suggests we pay this, and then sue them later.
We have to report the company to the Department of Transportation. They tell us not to pay them, call the police, and file a report. PS its now August!!! We do everything the DOT ask us to do, and they find the movers in violation of federal law. They are currently fining the company over $ 1000 a day that this continues. This has now been 4 months.
I miss my stuff. Next time you move, before you hire a company, don't just check their licence number, check them out properly. This is a common scam. Most people just pay up and move on. We are fighting it until the owner goes to jail.
I pray that one day soon we will have our household goods again. I will keep you updated on when we finally get our stuff, and what condition its in. I am purposefully not posting the companies name until this is over. If you would like to know message me, and I will tell you. I just don't want to blast it over the web, until all legal matters are over.
Thankfully by the next morning the antibiotics and Tylenol had kicked in and the boys were feeling better. We drive on. Day 2 of the drive goes pretty smoothly. Kris got a hold of the manager at the moving company, and he reassures him that its not going to cost us $18,000 after all, but since they haven't weighed our stuff yet, not positive of our total. I feel so much better.
Day 3 of the drive, not as smooth. My pregnant boy was not liking the drive. I had to pull over several times to pray to the road gods. The kids were driving me nuts, Kris swapped cars with me that helped, until we stopped because I felt like I was going to pass out. I wanted to nap. Kris indulged me in this. Apparently I napped for two hours. We decided to push on for a little longer, because Kris really needed to sign in to his next duty station, so he wouldn't be considered AWOL.
Day 4 we made it. It wasn't too bad of a drive, and we were all happy to make it to my mums.
Day 5 Kris signs in. Signs for our new rental house, and sees it for the first time. He loves it. I hate it. We call our movers to see when they will deliver our goods, they give us a 3 day window the following week. Kinda annoying but not horrible. The kids and I decide to wait it out at my Mums.
The three day window come and goes, they couldn't make it, they will deliver on the weekend. This does not happen.
This goes on and on. Kris finally loses it with the moving company. It just so happens that our landlords son is a lawyer, and offers to help us out. Moving company doesn't like that we hired a lawyer. They tell us that unless we now pay them $22,ooo they will auction off all our stuff in CA. Lawyer suggests we pay this, and then sue them later.
We have to report the company to the Department of Transportation. They tell us not to pay them, call the police, and file a report. PS its now August!!! We do everything the DOT ask us to do, and they find the movers in violation of federal law. They are currently fining the company over $ 1000 a day that this continues. This has now been 4 months.
I miss my stuff. Next time you move, before you hire a company, don't just check their licence number, check them out properly. This is a common scam. Most people just pay up and move on. We are fighting it until the owner goes to jail.
I pray that one day soon we will have our household goods again. I will keep you updated on when we finally get our stuff, and what condition its in. I am purposefully not posting the companies name until this is over. If you would like to know message me, and I will tell you. I just don't want to blast it over the web, until all legal matters are over.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Nightmare Move
Part 1
Earlier this year we found out that the Army was moving us across the country. No big deal we were expecting this. When Kris got his orders cut he made his appointment with the moving office. When getting there they proceeded to tell him, that they couldn't move us with their contractors by the time when had to report here. Our options were, move ourselves, hire someone to move us, or me wait behind with the kids and our stuff and have them move us. Since I was pretty pregnant at this point, and we already had renters for our house, the option for us was to hire someone ourselves.(The Army reimburses us 66 cents per pound). This was kinda a inconvenience but not a huge deal. I told Kris I wanted nothing to do with it, and he was to organize everything.
We found a company that was able to move us on the dates that we wanted. They were very personable on the phone. Everything sounded like it would run smoothly. We decided that we would pack up the house ourselves and save some money. I was annoyed at this, but figured that we could handle it.
Moving day comes. The house is packed up. The movers don't show up until after 1pm. GRRR. We should have known something was up then. Some of them movers throughout the afternoon and night started to talk to me, and some of the stuff they were telling me was very concerning.
A. on was on parole from another state. These people were supposed to be background checked.
B. three of the movers were hired off of Craig's list the day before.
C. the older of the three was smoking pot out the front of our house.
This is when I should have called the cops and had them all arrested. Hindsight is everything.
Well since they showed up so late, they couldn't finish loading all our stuff that day. They would have to come back and finish the following day. Pushing our leaving CO back a day.
They show up late the next day too. Now this is starting to get real annoying, but what can we do right. They already have half our stuff, and we really need to move. Also Craig's list workers didn't want to work a second day so we were down to two guys.
At the end of day two. They give us a copy of the packing list, and tell us they think we have gone over our original weight estimate, so the cost to move us is now over $18,000. What this is triple what the binding estimate was. We are completely in a bind, they have all our stuff, we know this isn't right. But what can we do right. This is a nightmare.
The nightmare continues in Part 2.
Earlier this year we found out that the Army was moving us across the country. No big deal we were expecting this. When Kris got his orders cut he made his appointment with the moving office. When getting there they proceeded to tell him, that they couldn't move us with their contractors by the time when had to report here. Our options were, move ourselves, hire someone to move us, or me wait behind with the kids and our stuff and have them move us. Since I was pretty pregnant at this point, and we already had renters for our house, the option for us was to hire someone ourselves.(The Army reimburses us 66 cents per pound). This was kinda a inconvenience but not a huge deal. I told Kris I wanted nothing to do with it, and he was to organize everything.
We found a company that was able to move us on the dates that we wanted. They were very personable on the phone. Everything sounded like it would run smoothly. We decided that we would pack up the house ourselves and save some money. I was annoyed at this, but figured that we could handle it.
Moving day comes. The house is packed up. The movers don't show up until after 1pm. GRRR. We should have known something was up then. Some of them movers throughout the afternoon and night started to talk to me, and some of the stuff they were telling me was very concerning.
A. on was on parole from another state. These people were supposed to be background checked.
B. three of the movers were hired off of Craig's list the day before.
C. the older of the three was smoking pot out the front of our house.
This is when I should have called the cops and had them all arrested. Hindsight is everything.
Well since they showed up so late, they couldn't finish loading all our stuff that day. They would have to come back and finish the following day. Pushing our leaving CO back a day.
They show up late the next day too. Now this is starting to get real annoying, but what can we do right. They already have half our stuff, and we really need to move. Also Craig's list workers didn't want to work a second day so we were down to two guys.
At the end of day two. They give us a copy of the packing list, and tell us they think we have gone over our original weight estimate, so the cost to move us is now over $18,000. What this is triple what the binding estimate was. We are completely in a bind, they have all our stuff, we know this isn't right. But what can we do right. This is a nightmare.
The nightmare continues in Part 2.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Fast
So I thought that I will elabrate first on what I consider the biggest thing that has happend in the past year. The Birth of our third boy Lucas.
He was born on the 29th of August this year, one week over due. We decided not to find out his gender while pregnant, so Kris keep on joking that he had to be a girl since he was late. I have come to the conclusion that I am not meant to have girls.
So at lunch that day I started to have contractions, I wasn't too concerned as I had been getting them on and off for a few weeks, they would start and then go away. While sitting there I noticed that they were pretty close together, so I started timing them. 3 and 1/2 minutes apart. After I decided that they were not going away (in less than 1/2 an hour) I told Kris to hurry up and finish his lunch. He jokingly asked why was I in labor and I said yes. He asked if we needed to go straight to the hospital, I said no since it hadn't been a hour of contractions yet, But I wanted to go home and lay down. This was probaly a big mistake. As soon as we got home I decided it couldn't wait any longer we grabbed my bag and drove to the hospital. We decided we didn't have time to park the car, we left it in the middle of the street, handed our keys to the valet and headed upstairs.
The nurses got me straight into a room, started hooking me up to machines, and decided to check me. I was 9 cm dilated. They called in the doctor on the floor, he checked me and I was 10.5 cm dilated. They started getting suited up, and told me it was time to go. At this stage I started to panic. It was never my plan to have this baby naturally. I wanted my epidural. I wasn't going to get it.
The doctor broke my water, and told me to push. 4 minutes later, baby Lucas was here. Weighing in at 10 lbs 7oz and 21 inches long. I was so glad it went quickly and that it was over. I am also very thankful that we made it to the hospital in time, and that both of us are healthy.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Friends
Yesterday I had a friend and her husband come visit. They are in the process of moving to Germany, and doing the rounds before they leave on Monday. After they left, it made me realize just how much I missed my friends. I have been so busy running around chasing after my three boys that I haven't made any new friends here in PA. I miss my girls from CO.
This is the bitter sweet part of being married to someone in the Army. You meet so many new people you make friends with people that you would have never have met otherwise. But you have to leave them. Living here in the civilian world its harder to make friends. Its not that I am saying that civilians are unfriendly, because they are anything but. Just Civilians don't move every three years, so they don't have the need to make new friends all the time.
This is my first move in about 8 years that I didn't know someone there. That I haven't been moving with a friend. I miss my friends. I wish I could be with them all again soon.
This is the bitter sweet part of being married to someone in the Army. You meet so many new people you make friends with people that you would have never have met otherwise. But you have to leave them. Living here in the civilian world its harder to make friends. Its not that I am saying that civilians are unfriendly, because they are anything but. Just Civilians don't move every three years, so they don't have the need to make new friends all the time.
This is my first move in about 8 years that I didn't know someone there. That I haven't been moving with a friend. I miss my friends. I wish I could be with them all again soon.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Catching Up
So alot has happened since my last time I was really blogging. We bought a house moved into that house. Kris deployed for a year to Iraq. Our cat died because someone was speeding thru our neighborhood. Kyle Joshua and I spent a month in Australia. Kris was lucky enough to meet us down there on his mid tour leave. We had a great time. I came home pregnant with our third baby Boy.
Kris got orders for us to move to PA where he is currently teaching ROTC at a private college. We had our house hold goods stolen during the move, and are still working on getting them back.
I gave birth to Lucas. He was our biggest baby yet. Weighing in at a whopping 10 pound 7 oz. I couldn't believe it. I am very thankful that I made it to the hospital in time. From the time I started having contractions to the time he was born was less than an hour and a half.
Kyle started kindergarten. He loves it. I am amazed at how much he has learnt in the past month. I also love drop off time everyday. Not because I am leaving him, but I love seeing all his class mates run for the door. I love how much these kids love school. I wish I loved school as much as these kids.
Josh is starting to talk up a storm. He tries to repeat almost everything I say. He has also mastered counting to 3. The other night he even pulled out three pieces of his dinner and counted them. Its amazing to watch our kids learn.
Lucas will be seven weeks old tomorrow, and he has been able to roll over from stomach to back for almost a month now. But what I love the most about him is that he is now giving us a social smile. It melts my heart. In the past few nights he has also started sleeping thru the night. I love it.
Over the next few weeks I will go into more detail about many of the things I have mentioned above. But thats the short version on whats been happening in my life lately.
Kris got orders for us to move to PA where he is currently teaching ROTC at a private college. We had our house hold goods stolen during the move, and are still working on getting them back.
I gave birth to Lucas. He was our biggest baby yet. Weighing in at a whopping 10 pound 7 oz. I couldn't believe it. I am very thankful that I made it to the hospital in time. From the time I started having contractions to the time he was born was less than an hour and a half.
Kyle started kindergarten. He loves it. I am amazed at how much he has learnt in the past month. I also love drop off time everyday. Not because I am leaving him, but I love seeing all his class mates run for the door. I love how much these kids love school. I wish I loved school as much as these kids.
Josh is starting to talk up a storm. He tries to repeat almost everything I say. He has also mastered counting to 3. The other night he even pulled out three pieces of his dinner and counted them. Its amazing to watch our kids learn.
Lucas will be seven weeks old tomorrow, and he has been able to roll over from stomach to back for almost a month now. But what I love the most about him is that he is now giving us a social smile. It melts my heart. In the past few nights he has also started sleeping thru the night. I love it.
Over the next few weeks I will go into more detail about many of the things I have mentioned above. But thats the short version on whats been happening in my life lately.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Starting Up Again
So I have finally decided to start blogging again. My husband requested it a little while back, he said he missed reading my blog. Who knew. So stay tuned new posts coming soon.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Friends
Last night I was reading a friends blog. It brought back many memories. She was blogging about her first born's birth story. She and I were pregnant at the same time. We became friends during this time. We learnt alot about babies together. We did a whole lot of shopping for our nurserys. She even came with me to an ultra sound, since our husbands were deployed.
Even though it has been about 3 years since we have seen eachother, I still think of her as one of my closest friends. I value her friendship.
Ithink of what the army has brought me. Friends. As a army wife you learn to make friends quickly. Some that you leave behind when you move on, but a few handful I believe that I will have for the rest of my life. I am thankful today for all of my friends. I know my life wouldn't be the same without you.
Even though it has been about 3 years since we have seen eachother, I still think of her as one of my closest friends. I value her friendship.
Ithink of what the army has brought me. Friends. As a army wife you learn to make friends quickly. Some that you leave behind when you move on, but a few handful I believe that I will have for the rest of my life. I am thankful today for all of my friends. I know my life wouldn't be the same without you.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Missing Him
Today I am missing Kris. Yes its because its my Birthday. Also because it the 4th. It reminds me of 10 years ago on me 21st Birthday when I met him. It reminds me of the first 4th that we spent together as a couple, where we climbed out on my mothers roof and watched the fireworks.
I wish he was here with me now. I miss him so much. I haven't been able to talk to him lately, as they are in the process of moving, and don't have Internet set up yet.
I miss you honey. Come home soon.
I wish he was here with me now. I miss him so much. I haven't been able to talk to him lately, as they are in the process of moving, and don't have Internet set up yet.
I miss you honey. Come home soon.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
So I visited the lactation consultant today. I normally steer clear of these people. I find that the lactation consultants are normally really weird and kind of weird me out. Today wasn't so. I got to weigh Josh then feed him, and then weigh him again. They do this so they can see how much he is in taking. Apparently I am still making enough milk. This is pretty reassuring. I also bought a mothers milk tea, and some fenugreek supplements. I hope they bring my amount back up to when it was. I would feel alot better then.
Thanks girls for the advice and support.
Thanks girls for the advice and support.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Nursing
I have been doing pretty well at nursing Josh, up until these past few days. I am starting to be worried about my milk supply. I am not sure that I am making enough anymore. I am getting depressed think that this could be the end of nursing. Does anyone have any good tips for me on how I can increase my supply?
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Doctor Visit
As promised here is your doctor update.
Josh weighs in at 15lbs 13oz. That is in the 25th percentile. He has dropped from his curve. We are going in to check his weight again in two months. Doctor isn't too concerned since he still looks good, and everything else is moving along just fine.
He measures 26.5 inches long. This is the 50th percentile. This is a bit of a jump, he was at the 25th percentile last time. So I guess he has been focusing on growing long instead of packing on the pounds.
Josh got three shots today, and one oral vaccine. He seems to be taking them pretty well. He just always seems sleepy for the rest of the day.
I also got a shot today. I was due (over due) for my tetanus booster. So I got that. It is now lumped together with diphtheria and pertussis. It will be nice to know that I won't be passing these onto my kids.
Josh weighs in at 15lbs 13oz. That is in the 25th percentile. He has dropped from his curve. We are going in to check his weight again in two months. Doctor isn't too concerned since he still looks good, and everything else is moving along just fine.
He measures 26.5 inches long. This is the 50th percentile. This is a bit of a jump, he was at the 25th percentile last time. So I guess he has been focusing on growing long instead of packing on the pounds.
Josh got three shots today, and one oral vaccine. He seems to be taking them pretty well. He just always seems sleepy for the rest of the day.
I also got a shot today. I was due (over due) for my tetanus booster. So I got that. It is now lumped together with diphtheria and pertussis. It will be nice to know that I won't be passing these onto my kids.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Today
Today I was a busy little beaver. I cleaned my kitchen. Babysat for a friend. Installed four outside lights. Removed and re grouted my shower. Made a trip to target. I'm sure I will sleep well tonight.
This week I have also changed all my outside locks. Re keyed them, so one key fits all three locks. Changed out some of the inside door handles and hinges. Mowed the lawn. Installed a couple of flip outs on my kitchen cabinets.
Isn't home ownership great. I wonder if I will ever stop coming up with new projects.
On my list of things to do is continue to change out door handles. I am changing all of them out from shiny brass, to brushed nickel. Paint. Hanging more pictures on the walls. I would really like to put in a tile back splash. Shop for more furniture. I have empty rooms. And who knows what else. So if you are ever feeling bored feel free to come on over, and I'll put you to work.
This week I have also changed all my outside locks. Re keyed them, so one key fits all three locks. Changed out some of the inside door handles and hinges. Mowed the lawn. Installed a couple of flip outs on my kitchen cabinets.
Isn't home ownership great. I wonder if I will ever stop coming up with new projects.
On my list of things to do is continue to change out door handles. I am changing all of them out from shiny brass, to brushed nickel. Paint. Hanging more pictures on the walls. I would really like to put in a tile back splash. Shop for more furniture. I have empty rooms. And who knows what else. So if you are ever feeling bored feel free to come on over, and I'll put you to work.
Monday, June 21, 2010
6 Months
Joshua is 6 months old. I can't believe how time has flown by. He goes to the doctor on Thursday. I will give you all on the stats then. This 6 month mark is bitter sweet for me. Kris left when Josh was 3 months old. That means everyday that goes by is one more day that he is missing out on his life. He has now missed half of it. We are now upside down on days that he was around for. On the other hand, its one day closer to him coming home.
Hope your weekend was filled with fun things. More to come later this week.
Hope your weekend was filled with fun things. More to come later this week.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
T Ball
Today Kyle Started T Ball. He loved it. Much better than Soccer last Fall. This time, he participated in drills, listened to his coach. Didn't throw one tantrum. I am so proud of him.
Kyle running with his team mates during their warm up. He is the one with a cap on.
Kyle running with his team mates during their warm up. He is the one with a cap on.
Before the game.
After the game. One happy little boy. He didn't want to go home afterwards.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Kansas
Last week we spent in Kansas visiting relatives. Many of our family had not yet met Joshua, so it was a good chance to show him off.
Who wouldn't want to meet this little guy? He got to meet his Great Grandparents that live in Kansas, and a couple of Great Aunts and Uncles. He is very much loved.
We also visited one of Kansas' Zoo's. I was surprised that it was free to enter. That I think is such an awesome thing. Its not a very large zoo. But for children to be able to come and see and learn about animals for free is awesome.
Josh went swimming for the first time. Kyle and I went down a water slide about a dozen times. When going down on our last trip, I was thinking to myself that I was having fun going down, but would have never gone down by myself. I am thankful that Kyle is still little enough to need me for somethings.
We also visited a farm, Kyle got to ride around on a lawn mower, climb on a tractor. He was in heaven.
One of my favorite things about visiting my husbands family is seeing the wind farms that are going up in Kansas. I like that they don't even remove the old windmills. There are a couple of old ones right next to the new ones. It's amazing to me to see the difference.
We ate out a lot. Some how I managed to gain 5 lbs. I don't really know how this is possible in a week, especially since I am still nursing. But oh well, I guess I will have to work harder to take it off again.
Even though our visit was good, I am happy to be home, and sleeping in our own beds. I still have to unpack, and clean my house. But its good to be home.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thinking
This year I have been thinking a lot about my life, others lives. Comparing the two. Trying to be more thankful for what I have, and not to think to much on what we don't.
This year is not quite half way over and I have a lot to be thankful for. We have two beautiful healthy boys. We bought our first house. My husband and I are both healthy. Things in general are going pretty well.
I often wonder what our lives would be like if something was different. I think I have come to the conclusion that I don't want anything to be different. We are very lucky. We have so much more than many people.
I have been thinking that I want to try and stay positive. Not let the little things get me down. Focus on the positive. Try and be the person that I want to be. If I think about the negative I forget about the positive. I want it to be the other way around. So if you know me in real life, and hear me saying something negative, please remind me to stay positive.
This year is not quite half way over and I have a lot to be thankful for. We have two beautiful healthy boys. We bought our first house. My husband and I are both healthy. Things in general are going pretty well.
I often wonder what our lives would be like if something was different. I think I have come to the conclusion that I don't want anything to be different. We are very lucky. We have so much more than many people.
I have been thinking that I want to try and stay positive. Not let the little things get me down. Focus on the positive. Try and be the person that I want to be. If I think about the negative I forget about the positive. I want it to be the other way around. So if you know me in real life, and hear me saying something negative, please remind me to stay positive.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Not Good Enough
Do you ever feel like you are not good enough. This is how my Mother in law makes me feel alot of the time. It has been on my mind over the past few days, as she is going to be visiting this weekend. She is constantly comparing me to her own daughter. I hate it. It makes me not want to share things with her as I feel I will be judged.
I felt it most while being pregnant with Joshua. Her daughter got pregnant approx. a month after I did. When I would call her up to let her know about something, it seemed like she wasn't really listening about what I was telling her. She would commonly say something like B's doctor is now seeing her every two weeks is your doctor going to do the same. I would reply yes that started a month ago like I told you. B has her c section scheduled for this date, why can't you tell me exactly when your going to have this baby. Won't they induce you, so I can plan things? NO! Babies come when they want to. Its not healthy to induce people for convenience sake. It would drive me crazy. To the point that I just wanted to stop calling her.
It started up again recently. B went back to work this week, so her baby has had to start partly on formula. She then suggests that I should start Joshua on formula, so he will start sleeping through the night. It's better for the baby to be on breast milk. If I have to get up once a night to feed him so be it.
I have probably another dozen examples of her doing this to me. I feel like she is constantly comparing the two of us, and I never live up to B. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can tell her to stop this? Its driving me crazy.
I felt it most while being pregnant with Joshua. Her daughter got pregnant approx. a month after I did. When I would call her up to let her know about something, it seemed like she wasn't really listening about what I was telling her. She would commonly say something like B's doctor is now seeing her every two weeks is your doctor going to do the same. I would reply yes that started a month ago like I told you. B has her c section scheduled for this date, why can't you tell me exactly when your going to have this baby. Won't they induce you, so I can plan things? NO! Babies come when they want to. Its not healthy to induce people for convenience sake. It would drive me crazy. To the point that I just wanted to stop calling her.
It started up again recently. B went back to work this week, so her baby has had to start partly on formula. She then suggests that I should start Joshua on formula, so he will start sleeping through the night. It's better for the baby to be on breast milk. If I have to get up once a night to feed him so be it.
I have probably another dozen examples of her doing this to me. I feel like she is constantly comparing the two of us, and I never live up to B. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can tell her to stop this? Its driving me crazy.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
WINDY
Today is Windy Wednesday. We have been having 70 mile and our gusts out here. I always thought that winds were just an annoyance. This morning I had to chase my trash cans a few times down the street. I never really thought that this would happen.
My neighbor calls me up, and asks if I'm home. I say yes. She says look out your back door. This is what I found. Not what I expected. This swing set/ tree fort weighs over 600 lbs. These are some strong winds.
My neighbor calls me up, and asks if I'm home. I say yes. She says look out your back door. This is what I found. Not what I expected. This swing set/ tree fort weighs over 600 lbs. These are some strong winds.
Hope your day is going better than mine.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Doctors Visits
Yesterday Kyle and Joshua both had doctors visits. Nothing was wrong with either, Kyle was due for his yearly physical, and josh needed a 4 month well baby.
Kyle is now 41 lbs 2 oz. 43 1/2 inches tall. That's 91st and 97th percentile respectively. On all other things he is doing great. The doctor isn't concerned with anything. That is what we like to hear.
Josh is 15.5 lbs and 24 inches tall. That's 50th and 25th percentile. Everything else is looking good. The blue legs thing isn't anything to be concerned about. Doctor says that this is a common aliment. Apparently this can happen in adults too. As long as your body is pink and your not blue all the time, things are still OK. Also the doctor thinks that Joshua might be an early crawler. Lately when we put him on his stomach he has his arms under his chest, and is trying to put his knees under his belly. He is also starting to reach out with his hands, and kick out with his legs. He actually showed this to the doctor too. I am pleased with that, because in my experience whenever you tell the doctor something that your kid can do they never seem to be able to do it in the doctors office.
Joshua has also started to laugh out loud. I love that sound so much. Its so funny to see, when he is giggling. I will try and post video later. To me watching Joshua go through these milestones is bitter sweet. I love watching him develop, but it also pulls at my heart that Kris can't be here with us to see it. I am trying to get better about taking video and pictures, so at least he can see them, but its really not the same.
Kyle is now 41 lbs 2 oz. 43 1/2 inches tall. That's 91st and 97th percentile respectively. On all other things he is doing great. The doctor isn't concerned with anything. That is what we like to hear.
Josh is 15.5 lbs and 24 inches tall. That's 50th and 25th percentile. Everything else is looking good. The blue legs thing isn't anything to be concerned about. Doctor says that this is a common aliment. Apparently this can happen in adults too. As long as your body is pink and your not blue all the time, things are still OK. Also the doctor thinks that Joshua might be an early crawler. Lately when we put him on his stomach he has his arms under his chest, and is trying to put his knees under his belly. He is also starting to reach out with his hands, and kick out with his legs. He actually showed this to the doctor too. I am pleased with that, because in my experience whenever you tell the doctor something that your kid can do they never seem to be able to do it in the doctors office.
Joshua has also started to laugh out loud. I love that sound so much. Its so funny to see, when he is giggling. I will try and post video later. To me watching Joshua go through these milestones is bitter sweet. I love watching him develop, but it also pulls at my heart that Kris can't be here with us to see it. I am trying to get better about taking video and pictures, so at least he can see them, but its really not the same.
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