Alex's Room in the Works

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALEX'S ROOM, THANKS TO GRANDMA JAN OF COURSE. i AM HOPING TO FINISH IT AROUND TAX TIME WITH MORE COORDINATING FURNITURE AND MAYBE SOME WALL BORDERING. HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR:

CUTE CRIB, A SORAGE ORGANIZER AND A LITTLE DRESSER. IT'S GREAT AND LOOKS GOOD. THERE'S A MATCHING LAMP AND A MONKEY CLOCK. I JUST LOVE THE MONKEY THEME, BECAUSE I CALL HIM MY LITTLE CHUNKY MONKEY!

THESE ARE ON THE WALL OPPOSITE THE DRESSER BY THE WINDOW.

    MR MAN NOW, SO BIG! AMAZING HE WENT TO THAT FROM THIS:

        TIME SURE DOES FLY BY. HE'S ALMOST 7 MONTHS OLD NOW, SUCH A BIG BOY!

cloth diaper re do lol

CUTE THOUGH

MADE A CLOTH DIAPER FOR ALEX YESTERDAY USING MEASUREMENTS FROM A TUTORIAL I FOUND ONLINE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS TOO LONG FOR BOUNCING BOY, SO I GAVE IT TO DANNI FOR A NIGHT TIME TRAINING PANT LOL.

*My New Work today*

cute huh? ruffles galore, with a little cream fabric rose and a button for an accent.

I liked the way it turned out <3

So, what's been going lately with me, you might ask? I know no one reads this, but I like to imagine someone might eventually. And if not, oh well. 

Alex will be 6 months old in five days and he's already hitting 12 month clothes, of which I have NONE. So, now i have to go clothes shopping for him again haha. My mother got a sewing machine recently, so I have been having fun with it and some of my old clothes, as above, and I plan on mastering making pants for alex this way. I just need more thread and some elastic and then I'll be on my way AHAHA. So excited. And also, chris and will have been together for 7 YEARS come December 17th, so that's neat too.

Chris has been working nights this week so I have been sitting up looking up cute clothes tutorials for the kids and myself. So, Dannika just turned the big 4. it was a nice night, filled with her being spoiled with nice presents of course. I made a huge rainbow cake, turned out good :)

So, I guess that's about it for now. Toodles for Now!

Long time no see! I have been making things!

 yes very cute!

And alex's new shirt, almost too small for his chunky tummy!

SOOO, I TOOK APART A SKIRT OF DANNIKA AND MADE HER A HEAD BAND, A SCARF AND HER LONGER DRESS, GOING RUFFLE CRAZY OF COURSE. AND I MADE ALEX A SHIRT FROM A MENS SHIRT I USED TO WEAR BUT THANKS TO BABY FAT, CAN'T FIT ANYMORE. TAAA DAAA

Wondering with Worries

It's amazing, break ups are in the air for a lot of my friends in committed relationships. It makes me worry, if they can't make it, who can? I am always worried Chris will decide he is better off without his family,and just up and leave me all alone. Or he decides he really can't stay with me after never dating more, sleeping with more than one person.


Eh, on a lighter not, alex is now 16 pounds, 24 inches tall, starting on solid feedings today. I got a few different types of rice cereals for him so hopefully he likes one of them. Once he get the hang of the rice i will be starting on making my own baby food for him.
I think it will be fun :)

Grouchy grouchy GROUCHY!

Oh my lord, these kids will drive anyone insane I swear! Dannika's tantrums seem to be getting worse, and my happy-go-lucky baby boy Alex seems to finally be hitting a rough patch in his sunny demeanor. Dannika got sick from her daddy, then proceeded to get Alex sick as well, so now i have two coughing, rasping, runny-nosed children, one with a sour disposition. 


On the bright side, with Alex almost being 4 months old, i can start solid feeding soon, and I'm looking forward to that phase! I need to get him an activity center because he is just too big for his swing now. he learned how to scoot down and out of it and he's too long to buckle into it, with his little pumpkin head hanging off the top. So he straightens his body out over and over again until his butt is off thr swing and pushes with his feet to swing his upper body on the swing back and forth lol. he thinks it's funny but it worries me of course.
So since he can hold himself up well enough with aid of support, i thought an activity center would be great. He loves standing up on his own two legs so I think it will go well. I just have to get enough money for the one i would like.




Also, at the shelter they have set up for the flood victims, someone just had a baby girl. SO i will be giving them some baby stuff since she has nothing. I got a lot of help from people after I had Alex so i want to pay it forward too. I still have Alex's sleeper rocker for newborns and then the swing. I also put in some head supports, neutral clothing, shampoo and lotion, shoes, socks, postpartum belt, diapers and such into a large bag for the lady. She also has an older child so she is in the same spot i was in a couple of months ago, poor thing.


I still can't believe FEMA is copping out of taking care of responsibilities they gave themselves for people here. The FEMA housing is still being put off, day after day, week after week, with no explanation as thousands of people are still out of their homes. It seems as if this disaster zone is being forgotten, and it's not ok. I will post up some pics on here for the one or two people who actually read this blog lol.


on a lighter note, I have figured out what type of cake to make for Dannika's fourth birthday:
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/05/estelle-cake-iii.html




I found it on make it and love it.com A great blog on many MANY awesome things from some creative people. I have been getting ideas from her site for a lot of different things now that i find myself having more time to do stuff during the day. It help me take my mind off of my husband working so damn much lately.

Teething woes

Ah..Poor alex is teething already!! On his bottom left side his little tooth bud is already popping out. I got him some teething stuff, consulted many mommy friends about teething and i am hoping he will figure out something else to gnaw on other than my nipples lol. I feel bad for the little guy. Hopefully after his toother comes in the rest of the way he will be happier. Well, that was it :)

My Amazing Life

Well a few new things to chat about. Alex rolled over for the first time a couple of days ago, it was wonderful :)

He hasn't been sleeping well lately though. And we called around to the school and found out Dannika can't go to preschool unless she's four so she can't go this year and she can't go to kindergarten until she's five so she has to wait until she's almost 6!! It's ridiculous...

Hopefully today we will be getting Dannika some mattresses for her new bed. She got awesome furniture for her room from Chris's grandmother. I can't wait until her bed is set up.

Terrors of the Night

So, last night Dannika was having nightmares. Up until about 1:00 am this morning she kept yelling for me, saying she was hearing scary sounds and, all of a sudden a fear of the dark, even though she has a night light. After placating her multiple times she ended up getting into bed with me at midnight while I was reading. After she fell asleep and chris came to bed, he carried her back into her room.

At around 5am she came into our room and climbed into bed with us and of course by that time I had alex in bed with me while I was breast feeding. So poor alex and I were scooted to the edge of the bed while Chris and Danni took up most of the bed.

I do not know how to better deal with Dannikas night mares. Most nights, just putting on the front of scary-shadows-scarer works with her and she goes back to sleep. But every once in awhile she has these long nights of battling something that's not there. I hate it and I don't know what else to do about it. I hate not getting any sleep and I hate dannika being so scared that she's shaking from head to toe. But it seems like all I can do is try to make her feel more comfortable in her room. maybe we can just get her a brighter light for her room? I don't know, maybe a table lamp for her dresser, that would be bright for her and not keep it too bright.

Ugh, who knows. But I really hate this hapening with her but I think it's normal and I hope she will over come this problem of hers.

The healing process

Well, today is day three post surgery. I'm healing up well I think. The pain isn't too awful but being hit doesn't feel too good lol. I hopefully will be off the pain meds tomorrow if i can stand the sting without them. I would like to go back to breastfeeding Alex again. I really miss it.

I stopped since I'm on percocet and it's not 100% safe for him while I am on it. I rather be safe than sorry of course.

I feel bad about slacking on my wife duties though. Thankfully Chris is being very understanding and not complaining about his dwindling sock supply or the dirty laundry pile in the laundry room. He has been very sweet lately, pretty out of the normal but appreciated. I did one load of laundry today though, after Chris carried the basket into the laundry room for me. I hope to take the last pain pill tomorrow and get the laundry all done while it lasts.

And for some reason my throat decided to swell and become sore since last night. I don't know if it's from the breathing tube or from maybe getting sick, but it hurts nonetheless.

Today Dannika has been pushing the limits with everyone here. She even made my father mad, which I haven't really seen before with her. She didn't like it much but hopefully she learns that her attitude is not ok and she can't just stomp around because she doesn't like being told what to do. I am told she is just like me when I was a child, which doesn't surprise me. I just hope she gets over her problem sooner rather than later. it's pretty frustrating.

First Post, yay Me

So, this is my new blog. i will be posting to it whenever something happens with me or the kiddos that I think might be interesting or post-worthy. I have two kids: My first is Dannika, and she will be four in the end of November. My newest addition is our son, Alexander. He is now 2 1/2 months old and a delight most of the time. I am making this blog so I can have somewhere to put down all my thoughts of agony, hilarity, love and boredom that I will be going through as a mother of two. I will post pictures, tell tales and make random comments on some things I will find about mothering.

So, first story I have to share:
My tubal ligation. I was supposed to have a spinal procedure, so i would be heavily drugged but awake during the surgery. But then they found out they couldn't do it that way with what i was having done so i was put all the way under. I didn't find this out until they wheeled me into the freezing cold operation room. the room was filled with students, nurses and three doctors. It was frightening to see random tools and shiny silver bowls like you see on TV but they were right. I was awake one minute, scooting on the middle of the table like they asked and then the next minute I was talking to the recovery nurse and asking her if she took my pony tail out of my hair because my hair was down. She went on to tell me that I did it myself after I first woke up and I couldn't help but laugh because I couldn't remember one thing. They didn't even have me do that counting to 100 thing.

So now, I am home, recovering from the surgery. I have left over gas bubbles in my body from the tubal so I spend most of my day trying not to breathe too deeply and moving slowly. thankfully my mom and husband are taking care of the kids for me. I can make bottles for Alex when he's hungry but that's about it. I cannot breastfeed him while I am on my medication so now he is formula fed for the next few days. But I am continuing to pump to keep my breast milk up.

So about my kiddies:

*Alex is growing fast, my little chunky monkey I call him. He's close to 11 pounds now and wearing 3 month clothing mostly. He has lighter hair for now, more like mine than Chris's dark brown that Dannika got. His eyes are blue, like mine also but everything else yells CHRIS. His ears point a little bit while they stick out just like his. I think it looks really cute :)

*Dannika is almost 4 years old, stubborn and has brown hair and bright blue eyes like crystal water. The first thing people say about her is how pretty her eyes are. I would agree, I love her eyes and am slightly envious ha ha. The next big event for us will be her birthday, which i am looking forward to. It will be just my parents and us but will still be fun I think.