Micah ~ Keziah ~ Silas
I have my own opinion about which 2 look most alike, but I'm curious to know what you think!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Three Little Toewsies
I have my own opinion about which 2 look most alike, but I'm curious to know what you think!
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Heat Wave
There's just one word that can sum up this past week..... HOT!
Too hot, really. We holed ourselves up in the house - windows and blinds closed during the heat of the day, trying to stay cool. The evenings were beautiful though and it was also nice to enjoy the outdoor pool in our complex.
The kids scrubbing our kiddie pool clean in preparation for a hot week:
Enjoying it later in the day - it's not as much of a hit as the big pool though :)
The kids basically lived in their underwear for the majority of the week.
Silas still gets swaddled for naps and nighttime, so I just left him in a diaper and wrapped his arms in a light blanket. He also had his 2 month shots this week, but despite the heat and the needles, he was still a pretty happy kid!
The heat inspired us to give Micah the old buzz-cut treatment. Here he is mid-cut:
And afterwards...
It's so short - a little hard for me to get used to at first, but I think it'll look better once it grows out a bit.
We had playgroup in Kelly's backyard on Thursday and the kids enjoyed Taeya's new slip n' slide (though they need to work on the sliding part). Keziah was mostly fascinated with drinking from the sprinklers.
The heat wave seems to be over though. Today was a cooler, overcast day and it was kind of welcome! I think 30 degrees and higher is just TOO hot (unless you're at the lake :)
In other news, we finally got a bed for Keziah. For the last couple of months she's been sleeping on a foam pad on the floor. We noticed someone in our complex was advertising this daybed for sale. Initially they listed it for $150 and then after a week they reduced it to $75. That seemed like a great price for the mattress alone (which is in great condition) so we went for it. The daybed has a bit of 90's look to it, but I think we'll just spray-paint the brass & floral details.
So far she's only fallen out once that I know of, and there was also one night where she fell asleep on the floor and then ended up under her bed. I had checked on her after feeding Silas one night and couldn't find her for a moment - and then I noticed her pull-up covered bottom sticking out from under the bedskirt :)
And lastly, I keep forgetting that I wanted to post Silas' birth announcement. My sister Erin used some pictures that I had taken to put it together. (Make sure you check out her photography blog!)
Too hot, really. We holed ourselves up in the house - windows and blinds closed during the heat of the day, trying to stay cool. The evenings were beautiful though and it was also nice to enjoy the outdoor pool in our complex.
The kids scrubbing our kiddie pool clean in preparation for a hot week:
Enjoying it later in the day - it's not as much of a hit as the big pool though :)
The kids basically lived in their underwear for the majority of the week.
Silas still gets swaddled for naps and nighttime, so I just left him in a diaper and wrapped his arms in a light blanket. He also had his 2 month shots this week, but despite the heat and the needles, he was still a pretty happy kid!
The heat inspired us to give Micah the old buzz-cut treatment. Here he is mid-cut:
And afterwards...
It's so short - a little hard for me to get used to at first, but I think it'll look better once it grows out a bit.
We had playgroup in Kelly's backyard on Thursday and the kids enjoyed Taeya's new slip n' slide (though they need to work on the sliding part). Keziah was mostly fascinated with drinking from the sprinklers.
The heat wave seems to be over though. Today was a cooler, overcast day and it was kind of welcome! I think 30 degrees and higher is just TOO hot (unless you're at the lake :)
Silas is starting to really enjoy his bath:
In other news, we finally got a bed for Keziah. For the last couple of months she's been sleeping on a foam pad on the floor. We noticed someone in our complex was advertising this daybed for sale. Initially they listed it for $150 and then after a week they reduced it to $75. That seemed like a great price for the mattress alone (which is in great condition) so we went for it. The daybed has a bit of 90's look to it, but I think we'll just spray-paint the brass & floral details.
So far she's only fallen out once that I know of, and there was also one night where she fell asleep on the floor and then ended up under her bed. I had checked on her after feeding Silas one night and couldn't find her for a moment - and then I noticed her pull-up covered bottom sticking out from under the bedskirt :)
And lastly, I keep forgetting that I wanted to post Silas' birth announcement. My sister Erin used some pictures that I had taken to put it together. (Make sure you check out her photography blog!)
Saturday, May 30, 2009
2 months
Silas turned 2 months on Thursday and had his check-up the same day. I had to wake him up from a nap to bring him in so I expected him to be fussy and out of sorts, but he didn't cry at all for the doctor and even offered some big smiles! I keep hoping he's going to be my happy and easy baby so when he pulls off something like that I start to think my wish might come true!
Silas weighed in at 11 lbs, 5 oz and measured 24 inches long. There is some discrepancy with his length because they told us in the hospital that he was 24 inches. Hmmm. At his 1-week appointment he had (apparently) shrunk down to 22 inches. And now he's back at 24 ?? I know it's hard to get an accurate measurement of an infant when they won't stretch their legs out properly, but I wish I knew what to write down in his baby book. He's definitely longer than he was at birth. His pants and sleepers can testify to that! Anyway, his weight puts him at the 50th percentile and his length at the 75th percentile.
Silas has proved to be pretty good at spending long periods of time alone in his playpen (like right now while I'm blogging). And he actually doesn't mind his tummy time:
Our nights have been going better and Silas' stretches have been a minimum of 6 hours. If he wakes up sooner I've let him fuss a little bit and eventually he'll drift back to sleep (after I give him his soother). So, I really can't complain!
I also took Micah along to the appointment to ask about the cold sores that he gets so frequently. He'll sometimes get them one right after the other and it's so frustrating. So, now we've got a new cream to try out next time he gets one. I also happened to mention to my doctor that we were holding Micah back from Kindergarten. He applauded my decision and told me that they had done the same with one of their sons and never regretted it. He made the comment that, if it was in our power to give our kids a head-start in school or make them play catch-up, wouldn't we want to give them the best chance? As confident as I am in our decision, it still feels good to hear such positive affirmation!
Now I'm starting to wonder if I should do the same with Keziah (Nov 22 birthday). It's probably too soon to decide that yet, but I'm starting to think about it more. As it stands now, Micah and Keziah will only be 1 year apart in school and then Silas will be a whole 3 years behind Keziah. If we held Keziah back they would be nicely spaced every 2 years apart. Should that matter?? Also, when I think about the benefits of holding her back, wouldn't I want her to have the same advantages?
Anyway, that's enough from me. Now onto some more pictures. I took quite a few the other day because my mom had requested some new ones...
Silas weighed in at 11 lbs, 5 oz and measured 24 inches long. There is some discrepancy with his length because they told us in the hospital that he was 24 inches. Hmmm. At his 1-week appointment he had (apparently) shrunk down to 22 inches. And now he's back at 24 ?? I know it's hard to get an accurate measurement of an infant when they won't stretch their legs out properly, but I wish I knew what to write down in his baby book. He's definitely longer than he was at birth. His pants and sleepers can testify to that! Anyway, his weight puts him at the 50th percentile and his length at the 75th percentile.
Silas has proved to be pretty good at spending long periods of time alone in his playpen (like right now while I'm blogging). And he actually doesn't mind his tummy time:
Our nights have been going better and Silas' stretches have been a minimum of 6 hours. If he wakes up sooner I've let him fuss a little bit and eventually he'll drift back to sleep (after I give him his soother). So, I really can't complain!
I also took Micah along to the appointment to ask about the cold sores that he gets so frequently. He'll sometimes get them one right after the other and it's so frustrating. So, now we've got a new cream to try out next time he gets one. I also happened to mention to my doctor that we were holding Micah back from Kindergarten. He applauded my decision and told me that they had done the same with one of their sons and never regretted it. He made the comment that, if it was in our power to give our kids a head-start in school or make them play catch-up, wouldn't we want to give them the best chance? As confident as I am in our decision, it still feels good to hear such positive affirmation!
Now I'm starting to wonder if I should do the same with Keziah (Nov 22 birthday). It's probably too soon to decide that yet, but I'm starting to think about it more. As it stands now, Micah and Keziah will only be 1 year apart in school and then Silas will be a whole 3 years behind Keziah. If we held Keziah back they would be nicely spaced every 2 years apart. Should that matter?? Also, when I think about the benefits of holding her back, wouldn't I want her to have the same advantages?
Anyway, that's enough from me. Now onto some more pictures. I took quite a few the other day because my mom had requested some new ones...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Projects & Freebies
It's been a busy week! I've finally gotten some transcription assignments again in the last couple of weeks. I had about a 2-month break from work - partly due to me having a baby, but also because there wasn't much work to be had. So, I'm glad to get back into it, but now I need to find a balance. I used to be able to get work done during nap time and in the evenings, but just because the other kids are sleeping doesn't mean I'm off "mom duty" with Silas. He's pretty needy after supper these days so I'm finding it difficult to find time for my work (or myself for that matter). Yet I don't want to turn any assignments down since we need all the extra money we can get these days!
We also had a few little projects going this week. Erik was inspired to do some work in our ensuite bathroom over the weekend. We have 2 bathrooms upstairs that were exactly the same - pink tiles around the tub and ugly old lino. Here's a picture of the bathroom that we haven't renovated yet:
And here's a shot of the ensuite in process - the tiles have already been painted white:
And here's the end result:
We used a linoleum stick-on floor and it turned out great. Now we just need to put some new baseboards down and get a nice shower curtain to finish it off.
And despite how busy I felt with work this week, I was inspired to do some decorating in the boys' room. I've accumulated a pile of picture frames over the years, so I filled them in with some scrapbooking paper to create their names. It was a really fun project for me:
I also got Erik to hang this white shelf and - Voila! - the finished product:
Erik got me my first set of gardening tools this week. You'd probably laugh if you actually saw the tiny space I'm referring to as "my garden", but it was all matted with last fall's leaves and weeds so I spent some time cleaning it out yesterday morning. Right now we have a vine that's flowering and I think it looks so pretty...
Our weather forecast shows sun, sun and more sun for the next 2 weeks! We finally got to enjoy our swimming pool this past weekend and the kids had so much fun. I think we're going to be thankful for it this summer! I'll have to take a video of the kids jumping into the water - they are absolutely fearless (as long as they've got water wings).
I just realized that I have NO new pictures of Micah to share, but I took some cute pictures of Keziah and Silas the other day. She is such a little mother. Erik and I are pretty sure her love language is "physical touch" as she loves to smother Silas. The other day he was fussing while I tried to burp him on my lap. Keziah was climbing all over us (and being a bit of a pest while I was trying to settle Silas) and before she knew it, she had a face full of spit-up! I couldn't help but think that it served her right for getting too close! She had a look of shock on her face for a split second and then giggled - she thought it was cute, I guess :)
Undressing her baby:
Onto the topic of sleep - we were doing wonderful in that department as of last weekend. Silas seemed to tack on an extra hour of sleep with every week that he got older. At 4 weeks he was consistently sleeping 4 hour stretches, at 5 weeks, 5 hours, etc. And on the evening of his 7-week birthday he did his first 7 hour stretch! It only lasted a couple of nights though and then he had a bad week sleep-wise. I'm not sure what the issue was (growth spurt maybe?) but I waited a few nights to see if it would sort itself out. Last night he woke up a couple of times but settled quickly without being held or fed and lasted a whole 6 hours! So, hopefully we're getting back to those lovely lo-o-ong nights!
(yawn)
Naptimes are a bit troublesome with Silas as well. He has a chronic problem of waking up about an hour into his naps. I'm generally a pretty soft (un-stubborn) person and have always struggled with hearing my kids cry. But, Erik is even softer than I am, so I've had to step up my "tough love" approach. Anyway, this week I've started getting a bit more liberal in letting Silas cry, and it really seems to be helping. This morning he had his first nap in over a week where he slept 2 hours straight through without a peep. His 2nd nap he woke and cried briefly but settled back in for another hour. It feels so good to be able to nip some of these bad habits in the bud!
Now onto the "freebie" portion of this post... Erik came home from a hockey game the other night and saw one of our neighbours about to put a perfectly good high chair by the dumpster. Erik intercepted and said he would take it. Then the guy asked if he wanted any other stuff. Long story short; Erik ended up coming home with a highchair, a baby swing, a stroller, a bassinet and a baby bath tub! We didn't end up keeping the bassinet and the tub, but the rest of the stuff is in perfect condition! Keziah was pumped when she woke up the next morning and saw the new stuff:
The next day Erik saw 2 perfectly good little step-lid garbage cans by the dumpster and snatched those as well. And then today he was outside when another one of our neighbours asked if he wanted his carpet cleaning machine! So, we got about 6 "new" things in the matter of 3 days - what a blessing!
We also had a few little projects going this week. Erik was inspired to do some work in our ensuite bathroom over the weekend. We have 2 bathrooms upstairs that were exactly the same - pink tiles around the tub and ugly old lino. Here's a picture of the bathroom that we haven't renovated yet:
And here's a shot of the ensuite in process - the tiles have already been painted white:
And here's the end result:
We used a linoleum stick-on floor and it turned out great. Now we just need to put some new baseboards down and get a nice shower curtain to finish it off.
And despite how busy I felt with work this week, I was inspired to do some decorating in the boys' room. I've accumulated a pile of picture frames over the years, so I filled them in with some scrapbooking paper to create their names. It was a really fun project for me:
I also got Erik to hang this white shelf and - Voila! - the finished product:
Erik got me my first set of gardening tools this week. You'd probably laugh if you actually saw the tiny space I'm referring to as "my garden", but it was all matted with last fall's leaves and weeds so I spent some time cleaning it out yesterday morning. Right now we have a vine that's flowering and I think it looks so pretty...
Our weather forecast shows sun, sun and more sun for the next 2 weeks! We finally got to enjoy our swimming pool this past weekend and the kids had so much fun. I think we're going to be thankful for it this summer! I'll have to take a video of the kids jumping into the water - they are absolutely fearless (as long as they've got water wings).
I just realized that I have NO new pictures of Micah to share, but I took some cute pictures of Keziah and Silas the other day. She is such a little mother. Erik and I are pretty sure her love language is "physical touch" as she loves to smother Silas. The other day he was fussing while I tried to burp him on my lap. Keziah was climbing all over us (and being a bit of a pest while I was trying to settle Silas) and before she knew it, she had a face full of spit-up! I couldn't help but think that it served her right for getting too close! She had a look of shock on her face for a split second and then giggled - she thought it was cute, I guess :)
Undressing her baby:
Onto the topic of sleep - we were doing wonderful in that department as of last weekend. Silas seemed to tack on an extra hour of sleep with every week that he got older. At 4 weeks he was consistently sleeping 4 hour stretches, at 5 weeks, 5 hours, etc. And on the evening of his 7-week birthday he did his first 7 hour stretch! It only lasted a couple of nights though and then he had a bad week sleep-wise. I'm not sure what the issue was (growth spurt maybe?) but I waited a few nights to see if it would sort itself out. Last night he woke up a couple of times but settled quickly without being held or fed and lasted a whole 6 hours! So, hopefully we're getting back to those lovely lo-o-ong nights!
(yawn)
Naptimes are a bit troublesome with Silas as well. He has a chronic problem of waking up about an hour into his naps. I'm generally a pretty soft (un-stubborn) person and have always struggled with hearing my kids cry. But, Erik is even softer than I am, so I've had to step up my "tough love" approach. Anyway, this week I've started getting a bit more liberal in letting Silas cry, and it really seems to be helping. This morning he had his first nap in over a week where he slept 2 hours straight through without a peep. His 2nd nap he woke and cried briefly but settled back in for another hour. It feels so good to be able to nip some of these bad habits in the bud!
Now onto the "freebie" portion of this post... Erik came home from a hockey game the other night and saw one of our neighbours about to put a perfectly good high chair by the dumpster. Erik intercepted and said he would take it. Then the guy asked if he wanted any other stuff. Long story short; Erik ended up coming home with a highchair, a baby swing, a stroller, a bassinet and a baby bath tub! We didn't end up keeping the bassinet and the tub, but the rest of the stuff is in perfect condition! Keziah was pumped when she woke up the next morning and saw the new stuff:
The next day Erik saw 2 perfectly good little step-lid garbage cans by the dumpster and snatched those as well. And then today he was outside when another one of our neighbours asked if he wanted his carpet cleaning machine! So, we got about 6 "new" things in the matter of 3 days - what a blessing!
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