ashley news

The other night, i tucked ashley in bed next to me. She slept for 7 hours!
Last night, i put her on her belly to sleep. she slept for a solid 4 hours each time!  (i don't normally do that. Usually, i put them on their sides. But her belly button hernia causes a lot of pain sometimes. She fell asleep on my chest, & i just put her in bed on her belly.)

As for the hernia, it's not getting smaller, it's actually gotten bigger. i'm going to talk to the dr about it & tell him that we don't want to wait for a year before we do something about it. It needs to be fixed now.

greasy!

Shannon yesterday, was quite the little monster. I found her in my bathroom at one point, with a soaked roll of toilet paper sitting on the floor, 2 big towels and a hand towel stuffed in the toilet bowl, and playing in the drawers. I kicked her out into the hall, & proceeded to clean that up.

Later that evening, i found her covered in grease. When i went to investigate a little more, i found my grease can half empty. Normally she wouldn't be able to get into it, but i had just put fresh pan drippings in it, & the salmon grease never hardened.

Boy, was i ever ready for bedtime!

animal?

This evening, shaun comes storming into the house pushing a very upset taylor. Apparently, he had just caught taylor pooping outside in the rhubarb patch.
We had discussed the appropriate place for bathroom needs when we learned he and elizabeth had done the same thing on the front lawn. Apparently, the lesson didn't sink in.
Taylor is grounded for the remainder of the night. And he's not a very happy camper. Although, he should be grateful that shaun had me take care of it.

blessing day

Little miss ashley nicole will be blessed on july 4, for those of you who would like to come. It will be at 11 am, in sugar city. If you need directions, be sure to email or call me for them.

wow.

i sat here yesterday trying to catch up on blogs. i think i was at it for 2 hours. that's what happens when the only thing you have to access the internet is the itouch. don't get me wrong, i love my itouch, but when the screen is only 4 inches wide, it's kinda hard to get everything in.

everyone is alive, so far, and healthy, i think.

not much to write about apparently. i will try to find things.

pink eye, update

elizabeth came down with it yesterday. so i started her on the drops as well, and called in today for another prescription.
hopefully, this is the last one that gets it!

pink eye!

Taylor has had eye problems for the last 3 days. Last night, he woke up and both eyes were covered in mucusy goop. So, i took him in this afternoon.

Diagnosis. . . Pink eye! Ahhhhhhh!

The doc told me to watch the rest of the family, & if any one else started showing symptoms to start them on the eye drops, & call in & he'll get me more meds.

ashley

I am so grateful to be blessed with easy babies. The lord must have known that i would not have much outside help when i had my kids, & so he sent me easy babies.

Ashley is an absolute angel. She rarely cries, & when she does it's cause she's been fussing for awhile and not been heard. She doesn't spit up! It's amazing. In the week that she's been on earth, i've only gone thru 4 burp rags. And those only cause i can't stand to use one for more than a day or two. She nurses like a pro, she sleeps like, well, a baby.

Some interesting features about her...
She has a lock of hair that has no pigment in it. It's white.
She has 2 conflicting cowlicks in back.
She has a birthmark the size of a quarter on her right leg.
she has the long perry fingers, and the long perry feet!

We're not sure who she looks like right now.

As for the bily, we'll see how the numbers are tomorrow. At her 1 week well-baby today, the doc didn't seem too concerned about it. He thinks she's either holding stable or going down. Here's hoping!

Wheeee

So, tonight I was being beat on by Shannon. Any time I am on the floor, it is open season to maul daddy. Shannon is our tumbler too. Tonight I picked her up by her feet and twirled a few times. (safely...I promise, not wildly) Then I started down towards the hallway with her following. I looked back and noticed her weaving a little, but at full speed. I was amazed how she put her hands out before nailing the wall as she missed the hallway. Nadia and I chuckled a bit. Then she goes down the hallway further...and nails the closed doorway into the hall bathroom the same way as before, although falling down lightly this time. We cracked up...it was so funny. And Shannon was having a great time...in her little wound up-don't put me to bed- I'm having fun way. Taylor and Elizabeth do their best not to 'run her over' but often fail miserably. So Shannon is quite a tough little girl. Well, anyway, it was good to laugh a bit. You just had to be there. We love her a lot, through all of her 'messiness'. Because she takes the cake on being messy. And I take the cake on gabbing, so have a good night everyone! :D

oh crap!

shannon has had a particularly bad week. she's had diarrhea for days, and it's not getting any better. i think it's mostly due to teething.

she cries when she has a messy diaper, and when she has a wet one.

tonight, i sat down to add posts that have piled up since having the baby. shannon started crying and screaming. i finally sent taylor to see what the problem was. he comes back and says, "momma, you better go see."

i walked down the hall to her bedroom, and find her crouched on top of the dresser in a spread of poop. the entire top of the dresser was covered. i think she tried to change her own bum. she had even put the messy one in the can. i wonder if it's time to potty train? probably a little early for that, but this is a step.

i had elizabeth go get shaun, taylor had ashley, and i started to get shannon cleaned up.

what a mess!!!!

crazy!

What a week it's been!

Last thursday i went in for my dr appt, & was told that they were going to induce me. He was concerned that i'd been at a 5 for 3 weeks. He was going to try for friday, but they were full. They could take me that day though. So, i came home, we got some things wrapped up, mom came over and away we went. (labor story later)

Came home saturday afternoon, mom had finished up all my laundry, Done all my dishes, & thankfully, didn't have any problems with shannon. The RS brought dinner just after we got home, and then we went to bed.

Sunday, shannon started having diarrhea. At first we thought it was something that mom had fed her. But, i think it's actually teething. She has an incisor that's trying to come thru.  We had to take ashley into the hospital to have her bily checked. It's elevated, & they want to keep an eye on it. The RS was supposed to bring dinner again, but no one ever came. It was a night of leftovers, thank heavens we had some.
Monday, we checked her bily again, still elevated. Shannons bum started turning bright red.

Tuesday, back to check the bily again, still elevated. Shannons bum started to blister. I changed her after her nap, put some stuf on it, & she kept crying. She cried for an hour while shaun held her.

Today, we go back and check the bily again. Hopefully, we don't have to put her back in the hospital for treatment.

stop thief!

My children are criminals!
They rode down to the corner store, which is only a block away.  Apparently, they opened a package of gum, & started eating it. One of the neighbors was there and sent them home. Shaun then took them back down so they could explain what they'd done, & pay for the gum. They are now grounded to the house until further notice. In other words, i'm not sure how long.