jan 18 thru jan 29

Long post, but this is my recap of most of the 2nd half of January...

Jan 19--Maddie had an xray to make sure her lungs were clear from the episode of pneumonia earlier in the month (lungs are clear). We stopped by Emma & Papa (my Grandparents) because Maddie requested to go to the "salon". My Grandma has been doing this for as long as I can remember...washing the kids' hair in the kitchen sink (she did it for us growing up, too, and she even did it for my 15 year old cousin when she was in town from up north!!)

We found out 63 out of 350 employees were laid off at Mike's work (15% of the IT dept. got cut).

Jan 20--My poor baby got her 2 month shots : (

Maddie shows off her new headband.

Jan 21--went to my Dad's for dinner. When I walked out the door in the garage to my car, I dropped my pan of veggie enchiladas. Smash. Glass everywhere in the garage. Not happy.

Jan 22--After watching "Word Girl" Maddie says, "Do you know what my favorite word is? Sadie."

Greatest gift ever, I swear. They play with this Calico Critters stuff everyday (even Cal plays with them sometimes)

Jan 23--Cal's team finished the basketball season 2-4. In the last game Cal scored 2 baskets.

Sadie smiles at everything!

Kaycey and Maddie had some play time outside.

I began the tedious task of rearranging basement bins and labeling them.

Jan 24--The Vikings lose in overtime. Unbelievable.

Jan 25--Maddie comes home singing the "P" song...working on the letter "p" this week. "Please pass the peas...put them on my plate 'cause I just can't wait..."

Sadie doesn't sleep, practically up all day. Maddie is finally the one to get her sleep!

first picture of all 4 since ???

Sadie LOVES her giraffe-y

Jan 29--How cute, Maddie still says "amen" at the end of all stories instead of "the end".

I love this picture! And I am loving my new camera, even if I have a long way to go to really know what it can do...

Maddie has been using the footrest from the stroller (I didn't put it on yet, Sadie doesn't need it!) as a pretend snowboard. How does she know what a snowboard is?!?!

We had our niece sleep over (the one Kaycey's age). The girls were like 3 (Maddie, Kaycey, and Julia) peas in a pod. Cal and I went to some school basketball games. I volunteered in the concession stand and Cal had a great time running around with his friends.

more to come....

life with baby + 3 kids

I have posts from in between to catch up with, but more on those later. Thought I'd post this *fun* one.

See all that dust?? And yes, that's still a Christmas tree up in the house. It's been serving as a great night light when getting up with Sadie.

Oy, and this is my wood floor under the table in the entryway. Ooo, look! A lucky penny.

laundry room overload

But on a happy note, I got these in the mail. Pretty much every possibility in this stack!! Excited to use the 8 1/2 x 11 actually in the kids' albums for stuff, from school.

And I got the laundry folded.

And there's carpet in the bonus room.

Now if only my side was functional, organized, & clean...definitely toward the top of the to do list!! Along with moving all the toys from the playroom into the bonus room. Kaycey is really looking forward to having her own room (she is getting the room that is currently the playroom).

p.s. as soon as I was done taking the photos, I got to work and dusted, vacuumed, and cleaned the floor : )

I had a bad day...

Not sure if you've been able to keep up with my blog-happy self...I think I posted 6 posts in a few days time. Totally not like me!

What a crummy day. First of all, it began at 3am, when Sadie woke up. (which is fine, she doesn't sleep through the night yet anyways). She went back to sleep around 4 (and usually sleeps for 3-4 hours). SHe was up again at 5, before I even fell asleep!! I'm thinking she woke up being cold, since she had kicked her blankies off. All of a sudden, Cal is standing next to me. He tells me it's late. Amazingly, I had fallen back asleep after Sadie got up at 5. Amazingly, she had fallen back asleep, too. I try to look at the clock, without my glasses all I see is a 6 somewhere. Well, it's 7:16. Usually we are up around 6:30 or so. Kaycey and Maddie are still in bed. The bus comes at 7:30. Not a big deal if they miss the bus, but still rush, rush. I race to wake up the 2 girls, make breakfast, get bags packed so they aren't late for school (gotta be there by 8!). We make it, just in time. Sadie and I come home to begin the task of endless laundry. Go to pick up Maddie and she had a terrible bloody nose at school (she's only had one once before). We go to Home Depot, determined to buy something to cover the darn windows in the family room which has been bare since moving in. I find nothing. ARGH. I'm tired of a house that looks like we just moved in, or are about to move out. Then home for lunch, of course I don't even get a chance to eat anything, though. Too busy trying to keep up with the laundry, and filling the dishwasher. I realize that for Kaycey's dr. appointment this afternoon, I have no stroller to push Sadie in (we have 2 strollers sitting in the garage but they won't close, which means I can't get them in my car), cause there is no way I am carrying that seat with her in it through Childrens' Hospital. So while Maddie ate lunch and fed Sadie, I put together our new sit 'n stand stroller (but putting things together and having to read directions gives me a headache.) I cross my fingers that I put it together right, or at least so the wheels don't fall off while we are walking. Off to school to pick the kids up early, Kaycey has an appointment at CHildren's in Urology. I make the mistake of bravely taking all 4 kids with me. Didn't have available sitters, anyhow. Sadie cried most of the time, and Maddie was just plain sassy. After nearly 2 hours, we go home. Maddie attempts to stick her stickers from the hospital on my car window. I stop her just in time. I come in the house and immediately take a 600mg ibuprofen and put my pajamas on (it's 5pm). I walk into the kitchen to find Maddie's stickers on my cabinets. I should've let her put them on my car windows. Dinner tonight will be waffles or cereal. Can't wait for this day to be over.

catch up, part 3

Jamuary 17--Sadie's baptism. Uncle Scott & Aunt Lorie served as witnesses. We've had a baptism in church every week this month!! Lots of little babies Sadie's age!!

The six of us

We had a housefull of relatives over following the baptism at church. I took a photo of all the grandparents with Sadie. And actually there's a Great-Grandma and Step-Great Grandma missing in the photo. That's a lot of grandparents!!!!!!!!!!(Mike's parents and one set of his Grandparents, my Mom, my Dad, my Stepmom, my Grandparents, & my Great-Grandma.)

Five generations

comparison time!

finally plugged in my external hard drive to look at old pictures. I don't have Cal's on the computer, and not very many of Kaycey's first six months either. But here's the 3 girls at approximately 2 months old. Can you tell who's who??

how about sleeping babies???

I'll get some of Cal's baby pictures on here soon, too. His 3 month old picture looks alot like Sadie, I think!! (answers will be in the comments section : )