After playing minature golf. The kids LOVED playing

Austin in his new bouncy seat

Turner in the old one before he broke it.



Gosh, sorry it has been so long since my last update...time has flown. Yep, that is the ongoing theme for this year I think - time is flying by. I cannot believe my little baby is 8 weeks old today. Where has the time gone. And I only have 4 weeks now until I go back to work and I know it is going to fly by too. Seems every week goes so quickly - each day is pretty much booked and before I know it, it is time for PJs and bed.





SO what has been new with us....This weekend was beautiful. We got to play outside all weekend long. It was like a little spring dress rehearsal and we loved it. We practiced playing soccer (Kenz starts in Mid-April), went and played miniature golf and watch Aaron hit a few balls, and played in our yard. Even got to sit out with the neighbors Saturday night and have a couple drinks. Can't wait for that time of year. It is just so easy to sit out with them, not need for babysitters, or getting dressed up, it is cheap, and they are very laid back just like us. Of course now we are watching the snow come down, what weird weather!





Turner has really started to potty train. He goes in the toilet and keeps his pull-up pretty much dry at daycare (she is better at keeping up with him!) So today I'm trying to keep the trend going and am just setting my oven timer for an hour and making him sit on the pot. He kept his pull-up dry all morning long, so wish me luck. I just get so preoccupied, and it is a lot easier to change his diaper every couple hours then getting him in the bathroom every hour, but in the long run it will be worth it. And once I learn more what his schedule is, I'll more the critical times to take him in.





Austin is growing like a weed. I tell you, he is getting solid. He got a new bouncy seat yesterday since big brother broke his other one, and we CANNOT go without a bouncy seat. I know a lot of people use the vibration and stuff on these chairs, but we really use it as a "bouncy" seat. He is at about every 4 hours at night. Sometimes I get a 5 hour stretch, and then sometimes it goes back down to 3, but I still can't complain at ALL about his nights since he goes right back to bed.





Which reminds me, last time I had posted about us getting out King bed delivered...well it was worth EVERY penny. Oh my gosh, I sleep SOOOO good on it, maybe even too good, I slept through my alarm last Friday and missed bootcamp! lol You know how you sleep so good that first night that you have the bed to yourself if like your husband/wife is away, well it is like that every night except even better because Aaron is still right there and I can still roll over and cuddle every night too.





Thursday all the kids are going to daycare. Aaron is taking off work and we are going to have a day to ourselves. Well, really just an afternoon by the time we get the kids in and get done with each if our own work things, but even an hour alone will be nice. Now we have to decide, do we just come home and go straight to bed (to sleep of course, get your head out of the gutter :) !!!!) or do we get out and be active???? Don't really care as long as I get some time alone with my hubby. These moments will be few and far between with 3 kids. No one around to babysit and it would cost an arm and a leg to hire someone! So we'll just sneak the time we can.

Fit for a King

This was Austin yesterday doing tummy time on his boppy - doesn't he look so big and grown up here? And yesterday he said "I love you" to me - OK, maybe it sounded more like AhhhhOooooo, but I'm sure he was trying to say I love you!!

We got our new KING mattress today!! Can't wait to go to bed tonight, and it will surely be better in the morning when Mackenzie and Turner climb in bed with us. Hopefully tonight I will get a good nights sleep, last night was pretty light sleep and then Austin woke up at 4:30 which of course was too close to the time for my alarm clock to go off for me to really get back to sleep, then it was off to workout and going ever since. Hey, I better get used to it, this will be my life in a few weeks.

Sit Long...Laugh Often...Love Much...

So what does everyone think of my new decoration? I really like it. Initially i was going to do it over oneo of our doorways in the living room, but I thought bringing it in to the decor of the room we would get more out of it. They have these at Lowes for everything you could want to do - not just the words ones, but everything you could think of from Murals or design stuff for kids rooms. You just place it on the wall and wipe with water and tada! Some of mine doesn't look perfect, but it was operator error and from across the room it doesn't look bad. Anyways, just wanted to share. Someone just had a blowout, so i'd better get to him before I have to wash the swing again!

Growing up way too fast

I can't believe my baby is going to be 7 weeks tomorrow. So I just weighed him and he is weighing in at a whopping 14 lbs.!!!! I can feel him getting heavier, he is a solid boy. He is changing so much now. He hasn't started smiling yet - well he does in his sleep, just not intentionally at me. Although I guess Aaron did say something about him smiling at him the other day, but I KNOW my baby boy would save his first smiles for his Momma!! I think that he has more of the serious side like Mackenzie. Gosh I just love this little guy so much and I just think he is the most handsome thing, I can't get over it. Nighttime is going better, he is going more like 4-5 hours at least once in the night. He is still in his bassinette next to my bed, and I don't plan on moving him out any time soon. I like having him right there, and he doesn't wake me in between feedings much. I kept Turner home today since the boys have a Parents as Teachers meeting tonight, so it is just me and my boys here today and we are having a blast. Those poor girls in their futures, they are going to have a hard time convincing me that they are worthy of being the "other woman" in my boys' lives! lol

Well Turner is doing ok. I think that he is done with the fever, and never had any other symptoms except for a really bad diaper this morning. Hopefully it will stop with him.
Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment so Austin got to go stay with Nany. I took him around 11 and then I was feeling good after my appointment so I went to do some Wal-Mart shopping and had Aaron pick the kids up. So that was the longest that I have been away from Austin since he was born. It was nice to be able to meander through Wal-mart without keeping my eye on the clock for how long it would be until I needed to be home for the next feeding. But I doubt that I take him much more until I return to work.

I was thinking yesterday, and I just don't remember much about Turner being a baby. Really hardly anything at all. Isn't that awful. I remember specific times of just sitting and staring and Mackenzie, like I could tell you down to the clothes she had on, but I can't even remember what kind of baby Turner was. Does it have something to do with them being so close together, us trying to sell our house then, and going to back to work at only 6 weeks...or just me loosing my mind. I'm not sure, but if anyone else has any memories, please share with me or I'm going to have to make up stories to tell him when he is older. Poor guy, his own mom doesn't remember. It just seems like he has always been a little boy, walking, falling and being crazy!

I am feeling pretty rough yesterday and today from my workout class. At times i feel like my legs are jelly and are just going to give out on me and I'll fall flat on my face. Heck even going to sit down, it is like I have to fall half the way because my muscles just give out. But I guess that means at least the muscles are being worked. I still have 9 lbs officially by the dr. charts to loose, and in actuality 15 from my scale (dr. scale doesn't know what I gained before my first appt) but I feel like I'm starting to GAIN weight again. Ughh, I hate this battle. I am carrying most of it in my gut too I think. It just isn't getting any smaller and just grosses me out. I feel hungry all the time and of course in my depressed state I just want to eat a piece of chocolate to make me feel better, so I can't blame it on anything but my own weakness of not really being careful with what I eat. Oh well, can you tell today is a fat day! Guess I better get off of here and go on a walk...

Home safe and sound

We had a great visit yesterday, the traveling wasn't bad and the kids were very well behaved. The kids got to see their great-grandparents. This was the first time that my mom's parents had met Austin. My kids are so lucky to have so many great-grandparents in their lives, they were such important figures while I was growing up and it is important to have them all together.

As you can see Austin is growing up so much. I can't believe how fast it is all happening. Today I had to transfer out most of his clothes and put in the 3-6 month - so sad. Yesterday would have been my first day back to work had the maternity leave not been extended. That would have been too soon, I still have so much to get done before I go back to work and still need more time with my babies. there was a time when i wasn't sure if I would use all my maternity leave, and I admit I still think about work a lot and hope that it isn't hurting me to not be back at work with a lot changing there, but this is possibly the only time I'll ever be home again with my babies and they are the most important things in my life, so I'll take every second I can.

Today we had a good family day. The weather kept us all home today. It was good relaxing time. Unfortunately, after Turner woke up from his nap, he had red cheeks, and sure enough is running a pretty good fever. So far he hasn't had any other symptoms and has been acting pretty normal since I gave him his medicine. Hopefully it will pass quickly.

Ouch

Oh, Ouch, Ouch, ooooooo........2nd day of boot camp and I can feel EVERY muscle in my body.....LOVIN IT!!!!!! And today I even went with the "easy" half of the class. I'm going to hate having to quit when I go back to work, it makes me feel great. I think I've even got Aaron in to going to the gym at night after work - we are so competitive. I know I'll be able to feel the change over the weeks, just hope you'll be able to see it too.