Weekly Chatter thread Oct. 19

[Leesan'girls]

Well, we might as well start some time. I dont know how long you want to leave this up for. We can start a new one on Monday if ya want.

Whats up with everyone. Update the kiddos.

Jossie-remember she won Queen of the town this summer? She was in a princess pageant. Well, now she has the attitude of a Queen forsure!! Nuff said! :rolleyes:

Kaitlin is doing awsome. She is so great in the mornings, getting ready for daycare.

Kassie on the other hand hates going so she gives me some troubles. She is doing well since her hospital stay. Still wont take her bandaid off (from where her IV was) She says it will hurt when I take it off.

[mjmdiva]

Taylin is getting so big and tall, I cannot believe how fast they grow.

I babysit 2 of my cousins kids during the week 4.5yrs old and 1yr old, they are perfect aged playmates for my girls

Iliana just finished getting her 4 eye teeth and was not sleeping well. She has definatley discovered her girly high pitched scream and it is driving me crazy!

Tim and I are goin on a date on Saturday night, it is my friends 30th bday so the girls are hanging out w/ Nana and Grandad for the afternoon/night.

[tamu8993]

The boys both had dental checkups yesterday. Brant was good, Cale has to go back for some more work in a few weeks.

We are taking them to see the Battleship Texas tomorrow.

[Mrs.G]

Skyler played soccer this year. She did really good, but she didn't go to her last game due to two players on her team telling her that she was the worst player on the team. Of course this was her first year doing it, so of course she wasn't the best. :roll: I didn't make her go cause she didn't want to. Her birthday is next week so we are getting ready for that.

James is James as usual. Nothing new with him other than he is getting more of an attitude these days. He has a very avid vocabulary. Some days he says things I'd rather him not say, but he is very apologetic afterwards. He has terrorized the kittens and adult cats.

Emery is kicking more. She is hanging out real low and you still can't feel the movements outside much. On occasion you can feel her, but it's rare right now. I go back to the dr. on Monday. I am anxious to see how much weight I have gained this past month. So far I only have 1 lb. weight gain for the entire pregnancy.

[canadianlady]

Monica I think we need a new belly pic :)

Amber is growing up so much lately! She is LOVING daycare but we may need to move the kids to a in home daycare provider cause of the cost but i'm trying to hold out on that as she really does love daycare! She is very excited as next Wednesday they are going on a field trip to the pumpkin patch and are taking a bus :)

Ryan loves Junior Kindergarten, he takes a bus every day and I think that is his highlight of his day :) We sent him to a school geared towards speech problems and he is doing awesome!

Today is my last day at this job :yahoo: I haven't been very happy here and have been looking but nothing much was coming up that I did want. But my old boss called and asked me to come back for a year on contract and they gave me a nice pay increase from what i'm making now plus they are paying my gas. Its in another city about 1 1/2 away so it will be a lot of driving but i'm actually looking forward to the drive as its some alone time for me :lol:

[Katy Books]

Oh ladies, I sooo hear ya on the attitude front. Caspar has taken to rolling his eyes whenever he is less than impressed with me. He has also discovered the hitherto unchartered territory of the tantrum......and he is loving it big-style. Thankfully, age has mellowed me and I am more able to cope with them than when Harry went through the same thing.

We have two new members of the family: Hermione and Luca - 5 and 7 month old kittens :D Hermione is a British Blue and Luca is a British Short Hair Cream - will try and get some pics posted soon. THey are beautiful and the boys adore them.

DH and I have bagged a regular babysitter so we get to go out on a date night every other Friday evening :D Its great!

[raynliz]

Monica, I agree with melissa... we need a new belly pic!

Katy, I want to see pics of those kittens! They sound adorable and I love the names you chose.

I'm so jealous of you ladies that get to go out as adults on occasion. Although, I did get to go to sweat with DBF and without kids last week. That was a welcomed reprieve. I don't get enough of those. :wink:

The kids are great. Willow dances around the house constantly. I can really see a difference in her style of movement since continuing (and loving) dance class. OMG... I just realized I forgot to post pictures that my mom took of her in dance class. They're so cute. Anyway, every day she asks me when dance class is. I am so glad she's enjoying it more and I'm looking forward to the Christmas recital. She has also taken to singing. More specifically, singing Native prayer songs. She has always had a knack for repeating things exactly as she hears them, which most of the time she repeats correctly... sometimes it's just sounds and jibberish that make no sense at all, but when put to the music sounds identical to the song. :lol: ANyway, it floored Ray and I the other night when she proceeded to sing an entire prayer song in Lakota. She now knows 3 others and practices them daily. I will walk in on her in her room singing away, but she hushes up as soon as she sees me.

Sage is growing by leaps and bounds... though not in size, more in personality. She walked across the room last night and is getting more and more brave, taking steps that are unprovoked. She does so many funny things and is quite the character. She is saying tons too and does all kinds of animal sounds.

Ahh.. this is turning into a novel. I promise next week won't be as lengthy. :lol:

[Leesan'girls]

Yup, we need pics. Monica and Katy :lol:

Me and the girls went away this weekend. Ron was working and I wanted to get some shopping in. I didn't get one stitch of clothes for me...all for the kiddos.
I did get the girls that doll house I was talking about. I dont know if they will get it for their birthday or Christmas. We'll see.

Whats up with everyone this week? Today I am in my new office. We moved to a fully renovated floor (just one floor above where we were b4) The office and reception area is beautiful! But I am only working 2 days this week :lol:

[Katy Books]

Oooh, get you Miss Swish in your plush new office :lol:

This is week is half term holiday for the boys. Yay! I love having Harry home - I really miss him when he is at school all day :( We went to get fitted for new shoes this morning. Unfortunately we only managed to get school shoes for Harry - the casual stuff they had in his size was VILE and the same in Caspar's size too. So that means a trip to another shoe shop at some point this week.......oooh the boys will love me by the end of this week.....not.

We are going out for a long autumn walk in the woods tomorrow with a group of children from Harry's infant school. We have plans to paint some pottery at my sisters' studio later this week (she has just started out in decorative pottery and I am so excited for her - she's harboured that dream for over 10 years now). And I guess just some hanging out and baking, playing games etc. The week is too short to fit everything in :(

[holly22]

Hi ladies! Its been awhile since I've been on, we've been busy! We are enjoying our "Fall" days, I say "Fall", because it is still in the 60-70-80's here! Usually 50 and under at this time of year! Its been nice though, just went to the pumpkin patch and Nature Preserve last weekend and carved pumpkins. Kids had a ton of fun and Lanie even let me wear her in the Mei Tai! My hips and legs are sure sore today! :D

Last week, I did 30 freezer meals in 2 days! It was a whirl wind, but is oh so nice to not have to make dinner every night!! I'm really loving it and am planning my next 30 meals for next month! I use the book "30 Day Gourmet" and it is great!

Kids are do well! Lanie is loving her preschool, she goes 2 days a week. They just went to the pumpkin patch last week and she loved it! She is being Peter Pan for Halloween and so excited! I just finished up the finishing touches on her costume and my dad made her a wood knife! She loves it. Parker is being Captin' Hook and is not too thrilled about it. He doesn't want to hold the hook or keep his hat on, lol! Oh well, they will be too cute!

Parker is doing GREAT! He is learning tons of signs and is such a little boy. He loves to play and brings a book to me to read about every 5 min! We are going 4 months between cardiac appts., which is so nice! He is a little ham too! :D

[Mrs.G]

I had my dr. appointment today. All is going good. I have only gained like 4 lbs total so far. :woohoo: I am liking those numbers. Emery is doing good. She is still moving around really low, but I can feel her tons. Sad thing is she isn't kicking hard enough yet to feel on the outside. Sometimes I can feel her on the outside, but for now she's being stubborn. I go back in 4 wks for another check up and get the lovely sugar test done. Oh YAY for that. :roll: James spent the morning at the office with Greg today while I went to the dr. Oh what a joy that was to go by myself. I don't get much time to myself these days so I try to enjoy the time I do get. I am so beat right now though. I pulled a late night last night with school work and I am SO feeling it right now.

[FeliciaRollier]

I suppose I can update everyone on me and my lo. Christopher was evaluated on the 20th to see if he was on the right track. He is, however, they think he needs to be evaluated for ADD and ADHD. I told them I would have him tested and if he is either of those, he would not be placed on any medication, but that we would do it using natural stuff to balance him out. They tried t argue with me, and I told them that most of the time, children are misdiagnozed (sp?) and that I have experince with misdaignozed and those that are truly ADD or ADHD. If they are wrong and put him on medication, he could have serious problems as he grows. Anyways, they continued to try and presuade me, but I am standing on what I said. ....lol

DH and I are really getting excited about his seperation from the military... We only have 3 months to go! We both have been smoke free for 1 month and are doing really well. Christopher is getting very excited about halloween. He can't make up his mind what he wants to be yet, but I think he may settle on either a clown or a dragon. Something easy that we can fit over his clothes, as we live in Wyoming and it always is very cold on that day. My goodness now that I have written a novel, I will be done!

[Katy Books]

Yay Felicia!!! For staying smoke free for a month :D I've never smoked but I am sure that is a real achievement. And good for you, sticking to your guns about Christopher and the meds. It can be tough to stick up for your views with doctors but I really believe that if that's whats in your heart and gut then you have to go with it. Good luck with the assessment etc.

[mjmdiva]

Felicia! WTG on the stopping smoking that is great!

[FeliciaRollier]

Thanks Gals!!! It seems easier than I thought it would be. I keep waiting for the Chantix to stop working, but so far so good.

[raynliz]

WTG Felicia!!