Weekend of craziness

Relaxing...calm... restful... all were antonyms of this weekend... While most weekends are supposed to be restful and relaxing, this weekend was more like stressful and restless. On Friday morning, we took Teigan to the doctors for a full exam for his horrible temerpature, lack of apetite, and restless night. Mommy and Daddy split horrible duties, and Daddy took Teigan for blood tests and Mommy got the fun of holding down her baby as the nurse drilled a catheter for a urine sample that came out empty.
Altogether, not a fun experience, but Bella was a trooper and at 13 months-old, we can already see her sensetive, nurturing side as she tried to stop her brother from crying by her attempts to share her bottle with him. Adorable, my children are adorable! After multiple blood drawings, urine samples, and just exhausting hours at the doctors, we found that Teigan was suffering his first infection... the doctor promptly gave him and antibiotic shot and sent us home for a weekend of restless sleep.
A weekend of Bella running around and holding Teigan non-stop... it was nice being home and just being with my family. Bella continues to get stronger and more firm in her footing as she quickly stands and walks with pride towards her Daddy or Mommy. Meanwhile Teigan continues to gain weight and height, and loves to smile at his mommy! I enjoy every minute with my two little ones... tomorrow's outing: the library children's reading group!!
Here are those pics!


Bella is a bit jealous of Teigan's seat


Teigan loves his seat!

Bella showing him the ropes

Day's worth of events!

So today could be split up between accomplishments of myself, my son, and my daugher... so why not split it up like that today....

Teigan: Alright, so my 1 month-old son last night had his first official 15 minute incriment time of "tummy time". Within the first 30 seconds, he attempted to prop his head up and in less than one minute he had got himself to have a full 15 seconds of strong head/chin up time! He was so proud, his little eyes were glowing and bright with excitement! Today he has slept soundly for a solid 4 hours (7 a.m to 11 a.m.) which allowed Mommy to spend time with Bella, as well as accomplish my own goals.

Bella: Meanwhile, my little princess, Bella today has walked literally all over my home! First, to my amazement she walked a solid 5 feet, not steps but measured feet, of length from one couch to the other to get her bottle! After accomplishing this, of course Mommy cheered and clapped, so Bella had to clap with joy at her own feat! Just a few moments ago, she walked a solid 7 feet from one couch to the entertainment center to point at Curious George on PBS. She has become a very curious little one... so today's mini-lesson was on "Cause and Effect"... so today we learned how to turn on and off the hallway lights! Bella LOVED this! She would squel with excitement as her little fingers pushed the switch down and then up. It was adorable! After this we continued with the computer mouse and how it could move on the screen as she moved the little mouse with her hand. Another discovery we had today was the world of Hannah Montana! Now granted it's tween pop, but my daughter LOVES the Hannah Montana movie... she dances and claps along to the beats and she loves the Hoe Down song.

Me: As I continue to try to figure out a hobbie, I realized that I would need the space to do such a thing...and since my husband continues to take over the desk in the living room I thought why not move the temptation of the desk into the bonus room we have next to the living room. In doing this, I now have a Mommy Office room. Granted I only allow myself 6 hours a week to complete work task from home, this room will most likely be used as my craft area as I prepare to create fun Christmas gifts. After moving the desk, Preston noted at lunch how it really opened up our living room. I love the change and I think Bella loves the fact that I'll be stationed near her toys as she plays and I work on our finances on the computer. The Best of both worlds!
Currently, I am still fiddling around with our computers trying to set up the internet to my computer...but I'm alright with the lack of it since Preston's computer is fast. My other project is to search high and low for inexpensive ways of decorating my home for fall... I love fall colors and although Preston doesn't love the colors orange and brown... I'm sure I'll be able to find a balance and do something festive!
Alright that's all for now, see ya tomorrow!
God Bless, Kym

Tummy Time!

My boys

Me and the Princess

My 3 musketeers

God bless, Kym

loving the simple days

Ugh... so I suck at keeping up with this... until NOW! I finally convinced my husband we needed the internet. My reasoning was to a) keep up with friends and family but really b) to accomplish work stuff from home. I think it's perfect. and Now I can write daily entries... and believe me, I have lots of little fun things to write about....Currently, I am trying to become the part-time youth minister AND best wife and mother around... it's pretty hard learning how to clean, make meals, and shop with not one, but TWO babies on my hips!

Today, I decided I need hobbies... more importantly, I have a lot of creative energy for stuff..but never have any thing to get my hands on to accomplish these things... so now I am brainstorming how to be creative while on a budget... I'm thinking of Christmas gifts for friends, family members, I want to do stuff with my awesome pictures of my children... and I really want to do stuff with paper... I envy and am in awe of my creative friends and their amazing abilities... but really I need to stay within a very tiny budget...so my daughter, son, and I will be having fun while trying to come up with things this year to do.

Gosh my daughter is getting so big! She continues to amaze me! Last week, she took her first steps (September 11th to be exact)... the downside was that I was not present because I was leading an amazing Confirmation retreat... but the upside was that she took her first steps in the eyes of my Babu, whose birthday was that very day! What the perfect birthday gift to bestow her great-grandmother who visited us for the first time from FL!!

My son, who is now 1 month old, was able to not only smile for Mommy, but Mommy had her camera to capture the picture! Now, I have the perfect picture for his baby announcements... I know it's a little late, but it's better than never sending them right??


Ok that's all for now... here are the things you were waiting for... pictures!


Mommy with baby back pak



THE smile I captured!!



Waiting for her Daddy to come home...



Until tomorrow, God Bless!