Today was Chloe's first day of pre-school. She was so excited she could hardly contain her happiness. Both girls were ready to go by quarter to 8, but we didn't have to leave til 10 after. We got to school and while I was getting Nolan out of the car the girls ran to the door and Chloe turns and waves and says "bye mom" I couldn't believe she was just ready to go in without me. We dropped Ellie off in her room since hers is right by the front door, then it was down to Chloe's room. She knew exactly where to hang her back pack and then went to wash her hands and sit in her spot at the table. I took a few pictures and then headed out with a smile on my face but a heavy heart. I made it back to the office before the tears started to flow. My girls have grown up so fast! It seems like only yesterday when they were Nolan's age, and now they are in school! Both girls had a good day and were pretty tired this evening. Nolan and I got to spend some time together and I was able to pick up the house a bit and just relax... I have really good intentions of working out while the girls are in school, but I will wait til Monday to start that.
Mark is on his way home as I type this from Kansas. A day later then he wanted but at least its not a whole week in Kansas. He will be tired but it will be good to be home.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Things are moving too fast!
I can not believe my baby is 3 months old today! I can not believe my Ellie-cakes is in Kindergarten!! I can not believe my little Chloe-kins is going to pre-school!! Where has the time gone?!
I managed to hold it together while bringing Ellie to kindergarten yesterday, but i'm not sure how tomorrow will go when I bring both girls to school. I know there are days were I can't stand all the fighting and screaming that goes on between the girls, but I know that I will miss that when they are at school. They are both so excited and I'm excited for them, but I'm still sad that they are growing up so fast!
Nolan is starting to be more attentive and likes to sit up and stand. If he could sit on his own he would do it all the time. He is very social and getting more vocal. He is still cuddly and I just want him to stay that way! He has rolled from his tummy to his back a few times, I think its more of an accident then him actually doing it, but we will take what we can get.
On the downside of things, Mark is still gone in Kansas and isn't expecting to be back til at least Wednesday night and thats only if things go well and fast. Its kind of a long story as to why he is there, but to sum it up, he is testifying for an old employer against his old boss/co-worker. He is hoping to get on the stand today and be done by the end of the day if not tomorrow. I just hope he doesn't have to be gone all week cause that would be a bummer and would not make him very happy. The kids and I are doing ok with Mark gone. The girls start to miss daddy after a few days, especially Ellie cause she is a daddy's girl. We have been skyping him so that seems to hold them over for awhile. Hopefully things go quickly!
I wish I could stop time right now and just keep my children at the ages they are and stop them from growing, but that isn't possible, so I will enjoy the time I have and take each moment as a blessing!
Here are a few pictures that Denae Matherly took of our family.
I managed to hold it together while bringing Ellie to kindergarten yesterday, but i'm not sure how tomorrow will go when I bring both girls to school. I know there are days were I can't stand all the fighting and screaming that goes on between the girls, but I know that I will miss that when they are at school. They are both so excited and I'm excited for them, but I'm still sad that they are growing up so fast!
Nolan is starting to be more attentive and likes to sit up and stand. If he could sit on his own he would do it all the time. He is very social and getting more vocal. He is still cuddly and I just want him to stay that way! He has rolled from his tummy to his back a few times, I think its more of an accident then him actually doing it, but we will take what we can get.
On the downside of things, Mark is still gone in Kansas and isn't expecting to be back til at least Wednesday night and thats only if things go well and fast. Its kind of a long story as to why he is there, but to sum it up, he is testifying for an old employer against his old boss/co-worker. He is hoping to get on the stand today and be done by the end of the day if not tomorrow. I just hope he doesn't have to be gone all week cause that would be a bummer and would not make him very happy. The kids and I are doing ok with Mark gone. The girls start to miss daddy after a few days, especially Ellie cause she is a daddy's girl. We have been skyping him so that seems to hold them over for awhile. Hopefully things go quickly!
I wish I could stop time right now and just keep my children at the ages they are and stop them from growing, but that isn't possible, so I will enjoy the time I have and take each moment as a blessing!
Here are a few pictures that Denae Matherly took of our family.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Oh boy!!
Oh boy this weekend could be interesting! Mark is leaving early tomorrow to go to an archery meeting down by Fort Dodge, then from there he is going to Lawrence Kansas for a court thing-a-majig... I will be home for 4-5 days alone with the kids...It wouldn't be so bad, but I have to get Ellie ready for school on Monday and have a meeting thingy at night, then Tuesday we will be in SuFu for a dr appt and then Wednesday Chloe has pre-school. I feel a bit overwhelmed. Not to mention church on Sunday could be interesting. If you see me on Sunday with frazzled hair or bags under my eyes now you know why!
Mark's car will sit sadly along the side of the road while he drives my brothers truck down to Kansas. We just got his car looked at and hopefully fixed but we think it would be safer for him to take something we know can make it there.
I hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm hoping things go smoothly, but we shall see!
Mark's car will sit sadly along the side of the road while he drives my brothers truck down to Kansas. We just got his car looked at and hopefully fixed but we think it would be safer for him to take something we know can make it there.
I hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm hoping things go smoothly, but we shall see!
Monday, August 15, 2011
mini vaca turned upside down
So my mini-vaca didn't really go the way I planned.
Mark and the girls left at 6am on Saturday morning to head down to the archery shoot near Des Moines. At around 8:45ish, I received a phone call from Mark. They were in Cherokee... Mark's car was having some issues. His car is a 93 Honda Civic that has over 200,000 miles on it and has seen its better days. He went to a repair shop and some other places to see if they could figure out what was going on, but no one seemed to know for sure and since they weren't Honda dealers they didn't have the right equipment to check things out. So Mark thought it would be best if they just came home.
Saturday was also Mark's dad's birthday and his parents wanted to go to sioux falls, so I offered to babysit the kids. Well, since Mark and the girls were home now they came with for awhile. At 7:30 they headed back home to set up the tent in the backyard so they could at least spend the night in the tent, which the girls were really looking forward to. When I got home at 10:15 they were all sound asleep in the tent!
Sunday was a normal Sunday with dinner at the farm and then home. The girls and Mark took a nap in the tent! Then we went to church.
Today the kiddos and I went to sioux falls to finish up school shopping and hang out with some friends. We went to Laurel Oak pool to swim for a few hours with the Matherly's. Mitchell and Max are the same age as the girls.. within a month or so of each other. We had been at the pool for about 3hrs or so and when we were at our car and they were walking to theirs, Mitchell, who is Ellie's age, came running back to us with a dandelion for Ellie. Her first flower from her "future husband!"
Now its bath time and then bedtime. Its time to get back into the routine of school since that starts next week already!
Mark and the girls left at 6am on Saturday morning to head down to the archery shoot near Des Moines. At around 8:45ish, I received a phone call from Mark. They were in Cherokee... Mark's car was having some issues. His car is a 93 Honda Civic that has over 200,000 miles on it and has seen its better days. He went to a repair shop and some other places to see if they could figure out what was going on, but no one seemed to know for sure and since they weren't Honda dealers they didn't have the right equipment to check things out. So Mark thought it would be best if they just came home.
Saturday was also Mark's dad's birthday and his parents wanted to go to sioux falls, so I offered to babysit the kids. Well, since Mark and the girls were home now they came with for awhile. At 7:30 they headed back home to set up the tent in the backyard so they could at least spend the night in the tent, which the girls were really looking forward to. When I got home at 10:15 they were all sound asleep in the tent!
Sunday was a normal Sunday with dinner at the farm and then home. The girls and Mark took a nap in the tent! Then we went to church.
Today the kiddos and I went to sioux falls to finish up school shopping and hang out with some friends. We went to Laurel Oak pool to swim for a few hours with the Matherly's. Mitchell and Max are the same age as the girls.. within a month or so of each other. We had been at the pool for about 3hrs or so and when we were at our car and they were walking to theirs, Mitchell, who is Ellie's age, came running back to us with a dandelion for Ellie. Her first flower from her "future husband!"
Now its bath time and then bedtime. Its time to get back into the routine of school since that starts next week already!
Friday, August 12, 2011
my mini vaca!
Totally looking forward to this weekend. Mark and the girls are heading down to the Des Moines area for an archery shoot til Sunday. I will have the whole house to myself..well, I'll have Nolan too, but he is a good baby so it won't matter. I have big plans to do.... nothing!! Well ok, I"ll do some cleaning and hopefully some scrapbooking, but hopefully I will just be able to enjoy my weekend!.
On a side note. Lately the girls have been asking for medicine, mainly just Chloe. You give it to them when they are sick and once its gone they think they still need it. Whats up with that? Is my child strange or do more children do that? I know medicine taste good, but still, it just seems weird.
Enjoy your fabulous weekend and I"ll let you know how mine turns out!
On a side note. Lately the girls have been asking for medicine, mainly just Chloe. You give it to them when they are sick and once its gone they think they still need it. Whats up with that? Is my child strange or do more children do that? I know medicine taste good, but still, it just seems weird.
Enjoy your fabulous weekend and I"ll let you know how mine turns out!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Are dr's really that smart?
So I'm going to rant right now, bare with me.
Tuesday morning Ellie woke up with a fever of about 103 according to my thermometer that we do in the ear. I'm sure its off a little, but she was hot! I gave her some IBprofen and just let her lay around. She was miserable. I took her to the Dr in RockValley after canceling her appt in sioux falls with the pediatrician (dumb I know). The Dr in RV checked her out and did a urine test cause she had a tummy ache and fever but no other symptoms. He diagnosed her with a bladder infection based on her urine test coming back abnormal ( she had nothing to eat or drink at all) and she was a bit dehydrated. We went home after picking up her antibiotics. I proceeded to give her the recommended dose as well as some water, to which Ellie immediately threw up!. I called the Dr to see if I should give her more med or just wait. Ellie continued to throw up any amount of water she had. Long story short, we headed back to the Dr later cause Ellie had a constant fever despite tylenol and ibprofen. They then said she had the flu on top of the already diagnosed bladder infection( she has no symptoms of this). So we went home with NO answers and me being frustrated. So I ask you, Do Dr know what they are doing or do they just get gobbs of money for each antibiotic they dole out? I know some are very good at what they do and love their jobs, but seriously, my daughter has NO symptoms of a bladder infection so you diagnose her with that and tell me its all good? I don't believe you nor do I trust you anymore!! I will give Ellie the antibiotics just in case, but honestly I don't like pumping my child full of drugs that may not be necessary! Thank you and come again!
Tuesday morning Ellie woke up with a fever of about 103 according to my thermometer that we do in the ear. I'm sure its off a little, but she was hot! I gave her some IBprofen and just let her lay around. She was miserable. I took her to the Dr in RockValley after canceling her appt in sioux falls with the pediatrician (dumb I know). The Dr in RV checked her out and did a urine test cause she had a tummy ache and fever but no other symptoms. He diagnosed her with a bladder infection based on her urine test coming back abnormal ( she had nothing to eat or drink at all) and she was a bit dehydrated. We went home after picking up her antibiotics. I proceeded to give her the recommended dose as well as some water, to which Ellie immediately threw up!. I called the Dr to see if I should give her more med or just wait. Ellie continued to throw up any amount of water she had. Long story short, we headed back to the Dr later cause Ellie had a constant fever despite tylenol and ibprofen. They then said she had the flu on top of the already diagnosed bladder infection( she has no symptoms of this). So we went home with NO answers and me being frustrated. So I ask you, Do Dr know what they are doing or do they just get gobbs of money for each antibiotic they dole out? I know some are very good at what they do and love their jobs, but seriously, my daughter has NO symptoms of a bladder infection so you diagnose her with that and tell me its all good? I don't believe you nor do I trust you anymore!! I will give Ellie the antibiotics just in case, but honestly I don't like pumping my child full of drugs that may not be necessary! Thank you and come again!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Birthday and family
I am 27 years old and have a 6year old little girl!!! I feel so old!!! Ellie turned 6 on Friday the 5th. She has been looking forward to her birthday since like last year when she turned 5.. Ellie had a ballerina cake. We had the grandparents over for cake and gifts then loaded up to head to Sioux falls for the weekend.
Saturday morning we went to the zoo. My mom has a family pass with the girls on it so we decided it would be a fun way to celebrate Ellie's birthday some more. The girls were there when Nolan was born but there weren't very many animals out, but this time we saw all the animals. It also happened to be Hy-Vee days at the zoo so we got free food!! The girls liked the giraffes and the turtles and the flamingos the best. I was taking a picture of the big tortoises they have and made the mistake of calling them a turtle.. Ellie, being the smarty pants 6 year old that she is now, corrected me and said they aren't turtles they are tortoises!
After the zoo we chilled at my parents til 6, then we headed out to take some family pictures done by our friend, Denae Matherly! The girls did a great job and smiled and Nolan wasn't fussy at all. I'm excited to see how they all turn out. Then we headed to Pizza Ranch for supper then it was back to my parents to bed.
Sunday we went to church and then had some yummy lunch. We hung out for awhile, but then headed back home. Sunday's are nice days to just relax!
It was a good weekend, but i'm tired.. Nolan had a bit of a cold this weekend and wasn't able to sleep very well for a few nights, so that meant I wasn't sleeping well either. I'm hoping he sleeps better since he is sounding better! This week is the week I guess I break down and buy school supplies since that is looming over our heads.
Hope everyone has a blessed week!
Saturday morning we went to the zoo. My mom has a family pass with the girls on it so we decided it would be a fun way to celebrate Ellie's birthday some more. The girls were there when Nolan was born but there weren't very many animals out, but this time we saw all the animals. It also happened to be Hy-Vee days at the zoo so we got free food!! The girls liked the giraffes and the turtles and the flamingos the best. I was taking a picture of the big tortoises they have and made the mistake of calling them a turtle.. Ellie, being the smarty pants 6 year old that she is now, corrected me and said they aren't turtles they are tortoises!
After the zoo we chilled at my parents til 6, then we headed out to take some family pictures done by our friend, Denae Matherly! The girls did a great job and smiled and Nolan wasn't fussy at all. I'm excited to see how they all turn out. Then we headed to Pizza Ranch for supper then it was back to my parents to bed.
Sunday we went to church and then had some yummy lunch. We hung out for awhile, but then headed back home. Sunday's are nice days to just relax!
It was a good weekend, but i'm tired.. Nolan had a bit of a cold this weekend and wasn't able to sleep very well for a few nights, so that meant I wasn't sleeping well either. I'm hoping he sleeps better since he is sounding better! This week is the week I guess I break down and buy school supplies since that is looming over our heads.
Hope everyone has a blessed week!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The "me first" attitude
I guess my little Chloe has not learned what it means to share or to let others go first. She likes to win at everything and wants to do things first before her sister or even before her parents. Just now she is playing candy land with Ellie and Ellie won. Chloe got upset and started throwing the little people. How do you teach your children to let others go first or the right way to lose. We have tried to tell her its not about winning or losing but about having fun. To her that is hogwash! When Ellie tries to play by herself, Chloe gets upset cause Ellie won't play with her, but if Ellie tries to play with Chloe then we have a tantrum on our hands.. We just can't win. I think I'll go throw a tantrum now too!!
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