Seth got his first tooth this week. I hadn't even noticed it was coming in. That is about a month earlier than the other kids got theirs. But now his other tooth has bee trying to come in since then and that one has made not sleep so well. He's also sitting up pretty well. That is going to be nice to be able to set him up with toys and let the kids play around him.
I finished a redesign of the pools website I did a couple of years ago. The owners of the company are in our ward. I also am supposed to start soon on two other websites one for a phone installation company in Utah and one for a nonprofit in GA. Both of them heard about me from other people I did sites for. The design part of websites is fun, it just takes a little more time. But I should make some good money.
I signed Aaron up for preschool in the fall. So he'll go to 2 years of preschool; the other kids only did one. I'm hoping it'll help him with the tantrums and keep him more occupied. And I realized he's only 2 months younger than Rachel was when she started preschool, his birthday is just after the cutoff. So it'll also be nice to have 2 mornings a week when it's just me and Seth. That'll be nice for grocery shopping and errands.
The kids have been playing with the Dean kids a lot this summer. Their oldest, CJ, has been in Danny's playgroup all year, but we just realized that their girl, Savannah, who is six months younger than Rachel and will go into kindergarten in the fall, plays great with Rachel. And they have a boy who is one year younger than Aaron, so they don't play together much, but enough. And then we both have babies a month apart, so it's been great to trade the three oldest kids back and forth. And I really like Kata, their mom. She reminds me of Amanda.
My back has been feeling great! And I love going to the new gym I just signed up at. They built a Gold's gym about 5 minutes away. I've been doing yoga and swimming laps so far. Then I'm still walking and doing physical therapy exercises. I've just been in heaven getting to do so much. I feel really blessed. Amanda and her husband just did a triathlon, and now I want to do one too. There's a triathlon sprint in Las vegas in October. I think I might be able to do it. And if I have to walk instead of run or just go slow, that's fine with me, I just think it would be lots of fun. I never was interested in triathlons before, mostly because I don't like swimming. But I don't love biking either. But now I realize I can't just do one thing, I need to get everything strong and not overuse anything. I'm going to see how my exercising goes over the next month and pray about it some more. But it's at least fun to think about.
We leave this thursday for our vacation in Midway. We'll have a great time. I just need to get all the packing and laundry and house cleaning done before we go. My mom will come back and stay with us for a few days after, so I don't want to come home to a messy house.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
June 21
We have totally failed at the thumbsucking. He says he doesn't want to suck his thumb, but he makes no effort. He sucks as much as he ever did before. Bummer. And his tantrums are still going strong. Some days are better than others, but it's still really hard.
Last weekend Seth and I went to Houston to go to Casey's wedding. We had a great time. Seth was a dream. He was so adaptable and happy. He slept and ate when he needed to and was easy to entertain. Casey's wedding was wonderful. He and Kami looked so happy. We went to Galvaston on Sunday before we left. The water was warm there, but so gross looking. It was so brown and the beaches weren't beautiful gulf beaches. And there was still lots of evidence of Hurricane Ike that came through a year ago. Bob did great with the kids while I was gone.
Thursday this week we went to the Excalibur for the night. They have good rates right now because of the economy so we went for one night. And Bob just came over after work and left in the morning. We played in the hotel and pool and watched High School Musical 3 because Danny wanted it. The pool had a waterslide and Danny loved it. He's getting so big he'd get in line and go down it all by himself and he and Rachel are getting to be pretty good swimmers so I didn't need to worry about them. And Aaron had a floaty that he was happy with. The kids and I went to the pool Friday morning also without Bob because he'd gone back to work. I was a little worried going by myself, but I really felt like the Spirit was with me as I was in the pool with them. I was calm and was able to keep my eye on all four kids who were all doing their own things in different directions. We had a great time and everyone was safe.
Rachel came home from church today and said, "Trevor said he's going to marry me in front of the whole class". I could tell she was flattered. She talks about marrying boys and boyfriends quite a bit. I hope she doesn't just get more boy crazy as she gets older. She's already got some skills with the boys. One day I walked the kids to school and she was a little upset with me when we got there because I wouldn't let her bring a rolly polly bug to school. So we got there and she went to sit by herself on the playground. Within a couple of minutes she had four boys all around her talking to her.
Today was Father's day. We got Bob a new shaver and a gym bag. And he needed new sandals, but I didn't want to pick them out without him, so the kids drew pictures of sandals on their cards they made and we'll go shopping for sandals soon. Bob was fasting because he had to go to a disciplinary council, so we didn't make him breakfast. But we made him peanut butter cookies yesterday.
Last weekend Seth and I went to Houston to go to Casey's wedding. We had a great time. Seth was a dream. He was so adaptable and happy. He slept and ate when he needed to and was easy to entertain. Casey's wedding was wonderful. He and Kami looked so happy. We went to Galvaston on Sunday before we left. The water was warm there, but so gross looking. It was so brown and the beaches weren't beautiful gulf beaches. And there was still lots of evidence of Hurricane Ike that came through a year ago. Bob did great with the kids while I was gone.
Thursday this week we went to the Excalibur for the night. They have good rates right now because of the economy so we went for one night. And Bob just came over after work and left in the morning. We played in the hotel and pool and watched High School Musical 3 because Danny wanted it. The pool had a waterslide and Danny loved it. He's getting so big he'd get in line and go down it all by himself and he and Rachel are getting to be pretty good swimmers so I didn't need to worry about them. And Aaron had a floaty that he was happy with. The kids and I went to the pool Friday morning also without Bob because he'd gone back to work. I was a little worried going by myself, but I really felt like the Spirit was with me as I was in the pool with them. I was calm and was able to keep my eye on all four kids who were all doing their own things in different directions. We had a great time and everyone was safe.
Rachel came home from church today and said, "Trevor said he's going to marry me in front of the whole class". I could tell she was flattered. She talks about marrying boys and boyfriends quite a bit. I hope she doesn't just get more boy crazy as she gets older. She's already got some skills with the boys. One day I walked the kids to school and she was a little upset with me when we got there because I wouldn't let her bring a rolly polly bug to school. So we got there and she went to sit by herself on the playground. Within a couple of minutes she had four boys all around her talking to her.
Today was Father's day. We got Bob a new shaver and a gym bag. And he needed new sandals, but I didn't want to pick them out without him, so the kids drew pictures of sandals on their cards they made and we'll go shopping for sandals soon. Bob was fasting because he had to go to a disciplinary council, so we didn't make him breakfast. But we made him peanut butter cookies yesterday.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
June 7
We had a hard week this week. Aaron's tantrums were constant. He was sick so that added to it. Also, he's been doing really well with keeping his thumb out, which is great, but when he's been sick and tired, he hasn't had his thumb to comfort him, so I think that added to the tantrums. And now he's started sneaking to suck his thumb. He still says he wants to quit, so I'm glad about that. Maybe after his sickness is gone, he'll be able to finish off the thumbsucking.
I really hope next week is better than last week for Aaron. I felt like such a failure with him. There was nothing I could think of that would help him. He was constantly upset about something and having a tantrum or hurting Danny or Rachel.
On Thursday I noticed Aaron had one swollen lymph node in his neck. It was literally golf ball sized. So I took him in to the doctor to check it out. Last November both of them swelled up really big so they did x-rays and blood tests, but didn't find anything wrong. So this time, since it was just one lymph node, the doctor thought it was an infection in it. So he gave us amoxacillin. The only thing Aaron ever said was bothering him was that he had a scratchy throat, but he said it wasn't that bad. So we started the medicine on Thursday and then on Saturday he had a huge allergic reaction. He has red splotches all over his body and last night his lips and face were swollen. Bob took him to urgent care in the middle of the night because we were worried his tongue would swell too. They said it was probably a reaction to the Amoxacillin. We'll go see his regular doctor tomorrow and see what they want us to do now.
The kids finished school this week. On the last day of school Danny had an award ceremony. He got lots of awards, including one for having the most AR points in the whole first grade. AR stands for Accellerated Reader and it's where they read books and then take tests on the computer about the book. Danny's so competitive and driven. If there's some goal and someone to beat, he'll really work hard. We're really proud of him.
My hip is doing pretty well this week. I'm walking in the morning now. I really like it. I'm not actually getting to run, but everything else I love about running is there--getting out early when it's cool and quiet, being by myself, time to think about anything. I'm hopeful that someday I'll run, but I'm really making progress I guess. I can exercise regularly and I don't have much pain in the day. It's been a long time since that was the case.
I really hope next week is better than last week for Aaron. I felt like such a failure with him. There was nothing I could think of that would help him. He was constantly upset about something and having a tantrum or hurting Danny or Rachel.
On Thursday I noticed Aaron had one swollen lymph node in his neck. It was literally golf ball sized. So I took him in to the doctor to check it out. Last November both of them swelled up really big so they did x-rays and blood tests, but didn't find anything wrong. So this time, since it was just one lymph node, the doctor thought it was an infection in it. So he gave us amoxacillin. The only thing Aaron ever said was bothering him was that he had a scratchy throat, but he said it wasn't that bad. So we started the medicine on Thursday and then on Saturday he had a huge allergic reaction. He has red splotches all over his body and last night his lips and face were swollen. Bob took him to urgent care in the middle of the night because we were worried his tongue would swell too. They said it was probably a reaction to the Amoxacillin. We'll go see his regular doctor tomorrow and see what they want us to do now.
The kids finished school this week. On the last day of school Danny had an award ceremony. He got lots of awards, including one for having the most AR points in the whole first grade. AR stands for Accellerated Reader and it's where they read books and then take tests on the computer about the book. Danny's so competitive and driven. If there's some goal and someone to beat, he'll really work hard. We're really proud of him.
My hip is doing pretty well this week. I'm walking in the morning now. I really like it. I'm not actually getting to run, but everything else I love about running is there--getting out early when it's cool and quiet, being by myself, time to think about anything. I'm hopeful that someday I'll run, but I'm really making progress I guess. I can exercise regularly and I don't have much pain in the day. It's been a long time since that was the case.
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