Well sitting down today I figured I would write a bit, I'm not very good at getting everything out that is going on, so when I catch up it can go back for weeks.. Soo... April 13th was Ella's first birthday, I cannot believe it! She even looks bigger to me, which could be because in the same week she just took off walking, and now is walking almost everywhere. Jon calls her a little pinguin, cuz she still has the 'wobble' look. It's so adorable. We bought her a 'Curious George' cake that said "Ella, Happy Birthday Little Monkey" It was way cute. She is indeed my little monkey, always climbing and getting into everything. I don't remember Zoey ever being like this as a child but Ella sure is. I took some pics of her birthday and if I can figure out how to load them from our new camera to the computer then I will try to then figure out how to post them on here too (hehe). Life other than that is about the same, it is starting to warm up here and feeling more like spring-summer. Today it is nice and sunny but sooo windy. Jon is doing good in his softball league but lost their first of 5 games this past tuesday, it was again super windy that night and it took it's effect on the team, they lost only 13/14.
On another thought, today I cried... I was vacuuming the house and both girls were in the living room, after vacuuming in there I headed down the hall and into the office. When finished I went back in the living room to sit for a break(being pregnant makes me breathless easy). Anywho.. we have a little storage space in our recliner and the girls had gotten into it, and there were scissors in there (I know.. my fault right here.. 2 days ago we made fruit loop necklaces and I had cut the yarn in the chair and threw them in there before heading outside) Well needless to say, Zoey got ahold of those scissors in the 3-4 minutes that it took me to finish the hallway and office, and cut a chunk off of Ella's hair, I couldn't find it at first because her hair is growing wild anyway, but it is kinda on the back by the crown on the right. Just one little chunk of hair, but I cried and cried. It could have been much worse, from them getting hurt with the scissors or Zoey cutting her own hair, which is mid-back on her, long and straight. Poor Ella is still very baby looking with shorter thin hair. It made me very sad, but I'm grateful that they were watched over and it didn't get any worse than that. I am going to find a much better spot for those scissors and pray that we continue to be watched over because I desperately need a second set of eyes on these two crazy monkies.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Here we are!
Well, here we are! The current stats with us... Ella will be ONE on Sunday (April 13th) I cannot believe how fast she is growing up. She has been trying to walk a bit for a few months now but is really starting to try get her way around the house by walking, crawling is still faster for her and if she's in a hurry or falls while walking that's what she'll do. I love to see her trying, this morning she was all over the living room and she would fall and laugh and get right back up and try again. I just LOVE to see her smile, it warms my heart..
Zoey, is three. She is in a "fun" age right now where she is very tempermental. I don't know what to do exactly and am hoping to find the right thing for us to break this behavior before we have this new baby. I've started recording Nanny 911 and have got the supernanny book from the Library to read. It is all so overwhelming right now. I wish there were an easy fix but from reading the book it looks as if I have a LONG road ahead of me.. She bit ella for the first time last night. It was so sad, I thought we had made it thru one stage without it happening to us, I thought children bit at a younger stage and was glad it had blew over, but she has just been 'out of control' lately with her behavior. I need supernanny to come and tell me what to do but I'm embarrassed that it has gotten to this point (and I don't want to be filmed ever either.. I would HATE that..). She still has some good moments where she'll play nice and be our little girl again, but it just feels as of lately they are few and far between. I want my little girl back.. I want this monster to leave.
Then, as stated above, we are expecting our third, I'm just over 17 weeks pregnant now and due mid September. We have our ultrasound on the 23rd to hopefully find out what it is. I am hoping (as is Jon) for this to be our little boy. I fear that I would be disappointed if it were another girl but I'm just worried about our future and Jon wants a boy so badly. We are just crossing our fingers until we find out, but in the end will be happy either way, because it is a new addition to our family! We will no longer just be the 'Washburn Quad' like we've been saying but instead be larger! We took having 3 in carseats into consideration, and against what I wanted but logic took over, we bought our first minivan... I still feel a bit like mid-life crisis when thinking about it, but Zoey loves the van and it isn't that bad, just thinking I'm 25 and driving a minivan.. Many of my friends laughed when I told them, but it'd be tough to fit 3 carseats side by side in the back of our Jeep. It's nice to have the two cars because of doctors appointments and things so I don't have to get up super early to take Jon to work and worry about that hassle. Although I've only driven it I think twice, it isn't as bad as I had once imagined.
I was taking classes online but have decided to take a break for now with the new baby coming, the new Zoey, and the new thought of being a mother to three! So, 5 classes in I am now not enrolled any longer. I had started school just to have the degree, and since I wouldn't be using it right away, if ever, I decided I need my life back for the moment without the constant worry of homework or falling behind, and can focus more on things that are more important to me. Jon is still working with Wilkinson's Electric. He seems to be doing really well, although the last few weeks he has came home with a few 'boo-boo's' (he almost fell off of a ladder and scraped under his arm pretty well, yesterday he poked his eye somehow and has a big mark on his eyelid, he got a 120V shock the other day...) But just makes him look "tough" hahaha... He also coaches my little brother's soccer team, and plays softball. His softball team is doing really well winning all 4 of their games thus far. He seems to like it (with the added boo-boo's of that too his knee has a big scrub that's keeps getting yuckier and bigger with every game...It probably won't heal until after the season) But all in all he seems pretty happy with it. It keeps him busy with our only night off during the week being Friday, but I think he likes the buzz of always going.
Well that is a bit of the current going-on's with us.
Zoey, is three. She is in a "fun" age right now where she is very tempermental. I don't know what to do exactly and am hoping to find the right thing for us to break this behavior before we have this new baby. I've started recording Nanny 911 and have got the supernanny book from the Library to read. It is all so overwhelming right now. I wish there were an easy fix but from reading the book it looks as if I have a LONG road ahead of me.. She bit ella for the first time last night. It was so sad, I thought we had made it thru one stage without it happening to us, I thought children bit at a younger stage and was glad it had blew over, but she has just been 'out of control' lately with her behavior. I need supernanny to come and tell me what to do but I'm embarrassed that it has gotten to this point (and I don't want to be filmed ever either.. I would HATE that..). She still has some good moments where she'll play nice and be our little girl again, but it just feels as of lately they are few and far between. I want my little girl back.. I want this monster to leave.
Then, as stated above, we are expecting our third, I'm just over 17 weeks pregnant now and due mid September. We have our ultrasound on the 23rd to hopefully find out what it is. I am hoping (as is Jon) for this to be our little boy. I fear that I would be disappointed if it were another girl but I'm just worried about our future and Jon wants a boy so badly. We are just crossing our fingers until we find out, but in the end will be happy either way, because it is a new addition to our family! We will no longer just be the 'Washburn Quad' like we've been saying but instead be larger! We took having 3 in carseats into consideration, and against what I wanted but logic took over, we bought our first minivan... I still feel a bit like mid-life crisis when thinking about it, but Zoey loves the van and it isn't that bad, just thinking I'm 25 and driving a minivan.. Many of my friends laughed when I told them, but it'd be tough to fit 3 carseats side by side in the back of our Jeep. It's nice to have the two cars because of doctors appointments and things so I don't have to get up super early to take Jon to work and worry about that hassle. Although I've only driven it I think twice, it isn't as bad as I had once imagined.
I was taking classes online but have decided to take a break for now with the new baby coming, the new Zoey, and the new thought of being a mother to three! So, 5 classes in I am now not enrolled any longer. I had started school just to have the degree, and since I wouldn't be using it right away, if ever, I decided I need my life back for the moment without the constant worry of homework or falling behind, and can focus more on things that are more important to me. Jon is still working with Wilkinson's Electric. He seems to be doing really well, although the last few weeks he has came home with a few 'boo-boo's' (he almost fell off of a ladder and scraped under his arm pretty well, yesterday he poked his eye somehow and has a big mark on his eyelid, he got a 120V shock the other day...) But just makes him look "tough" hahaha... He also coaches my little brother's soccer team, and plays softball. His softball team is doing really well winning all 4 of their games thus far. He seems to like it (with the added boo-boo's of that too his knee has a big scrub that's keeps getting yuckier and bigger with every game...It probably won't heal until after the season) But all in all he seems pretty happy with it. It keeps him busy with our only night off during the week being Friday, but I think he likes the buzz of always going.
Well that is a bit of the current going-on's with us.
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