Quick 5

I’m on Day 3 of being home with sick kiddos –and as much as I hate seeing my babies cough their lungs out day after day, I really have loved the extra time home and snuggles that come with having sick kids!  We went to the doctor Monday and she put both kids on zithromax….today we called back in and got some cough medicine, so hopefully they are both on the mend!!  I thought they were getting better yesterday – Makenie’s voice was back and both kids were up and running around again….but I woke up today to both kids coughing like crazy at 5 am. 

You get a really random post today because I’m not sure I have the brain capacity for anything else….so here’s what’s going on at our house:

1.  2+ hour naps are glorious…I’m not even the one taking the nap, but do you know how much I can get done when both kids sleep for over 2 hours???  Yesterday it was 3 batches of Christmas candy and LOTS of laundry, today I’ve been doing work…not fun but has to be done since I haven’t been at work since last Thursday.

2.  Technology is my new best friend today…..I love that I have a job that I really can do from home when necessary.  It’s not as easy as going into my office, but I love being able to get work done via email and appear for court via phone when I need to home with sick kids.

3.  My package from Amazon that was ordered literally WEEKS ago…and delivered to the Holdrege Post office December 9th finally made it to my house today.  Congrats USPS it only took you 12 days to get from downtown to my house….less than a mile!  It only took UPS three days to get it halfway across the country.  Anyone know why UPS is dropping their packages at the post office and having them deliver it??  The UPS guy has been at my door probably 5 times in the last 12 days….wouldn’t it have been easier to deliver this package with all the others instead of leaving it at the post office to get lost for 12 days?  The good news is it’s here and it’s not even Christmas yet!  

4.  I still hate divorces….I have 7 phone messages and 3 emails from ONE client….all dealing with fights she and her soon to be ex are having.  Seriously folks, its Christmas…can’t we just get along for a few days?? Maybe my New Years resolution for 2012 will be NO more divorces! 

5.  I LOVE Christmas shopping with Makenzie – she has been SO much fun this year!!  She was so, so worried about picking out the perfect present for her dad, but we finally found something she’s pleased with….she was a little disappointed when I vetoed the “skinny” jeans she picked out at JCPenney.  She told me, “Dad doesn’t have any nice jeans, I think he needs these.”   I’m not sure she quite grasps styles and sizes yet!  She also picked out the PERFECT present for her little brother and insisted on buying presents for all her little friends.  The kids and I ran to Kearney Friday to finish our Christmas shopping and I was looking for fabric to sew curtains for their new room….I picked out one fabric and Makenzie picked out another one, telling me she really didn’t like the one I had picked out because “it just doesn’t look very good”.  After much debating – she won!  I’m not thrilled with the fabric, but she loves it and its going in her room, so I decided it wasn’t worth the battle!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas jammies

You’ll have to start by reading the last two posts so you get the history on the Christmas jammies.  Micah thought he should wear his jammies to Cori’s today (which would have marked 2 days AND 2 nights in his jammies), but unfortunately spilled his breakfast all over his shirt so it wasn’t an option.  He got dressed without much of a fit and I took the kiddos to Cori’s as I was pulling into the parking lot at my office I got a text from Cori, “Micah keeps telling me his jammies are dirty.

I seriously laughed out loud!! Apparently it was traumatic for the poor guy!   You’ll be glad to know we washed the jammies today, gave the boy a bath tonight….and he’s sound asleep in his Christmas jammies!  We’re headed to Kearney tomorrow to finish our Christmas shopping, and if you see us there and Micah is still in his Christmas jammies, well…don’t be surprised! At least you know their clean!

Two More Things

As I was tucking the kiddos into bed tonight, I thought of two more things that make my day every time I hear them:

1.  I LOVE that every night when I tuck her in Makenzie tells me, “come check on me at 5:15 and leave the door way way open”….and every night I assure her that I’ll come check on her and I’ll leave the door open as long as Micah goes to sleep.  Truth be told, I don’t check on her at 5:15….I’m not even sure if she means a.m. or p.m. since she usually goes to bed at 8 pm, but I make a point of covering her up and kissing her one last time before I go to bed at night.  And nearly every morning she asks me, “Did you check on me?” 

2.  I LOVE that Micah man finishes all of his sisters prayers with an enthusiastic “MAY-MEN”.  We think maybe he’s getting ready for a career as a charismatic pastor!  

And the Christmas jammies I mentioned in my last post….Micah slept in them last night (just out of the laundry), insisted on wearing them to Cori’s today with his Elmo slippers, was still wearing the jammies and slippers when I picked him up after work and is sleeping in them again tonight (w/ the Elmo slippers still on his feet!)  That’s just how we roll around here!!  I’m debating about what to do if he insists on wearing them again tomorrow….is it bad that I’m seriously considering just letting him wear them??  Does it make it any better that he’s only in daycare till noon, then he’s home w/ Tom? 

Thankful.

I’ve decided I spend too many days being stressed out, focused on my way too long “to do list” and not just enjoying life.  The other day I heard the Trace Adkins song on the radio…..

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

All I could think was SO TRUE….this is SO my life right now, and I already wish these days wouldn’t go by so fast.  In an effort to “hang on” to these days, I decided I needed to make myself a list of all the things I really love about these days, so here it is…split out by kiddo:

Makenzie

* I love the little prayer you’ve adopted from your Boz movie and that you “add on to” every day – “Jesus prayer that he made for our family and our friends, taking time to sit/lay (sitting or laying depends on whether its a daytime or bedtime prayer) and pray, thank you God for this great day and thank you for….(insert long list, usually involving mom, dad, Micah, Grace, Kenna, the food on your plate….and sometimes including things as random as Zoe Dog, our house, the things in the Advent calendar, your teddy bear).  I love that you are so good at thinking about the things you are thankful for – I need to learn to be more like you!

* I love your excitement for the Christmas story and our advent calendar, and that randomly during the day you’ll ask questions about Zachariah and Elizabeth, why Zachariah couldn’t talk, or what the angels name was that told Mary she was going to have a baby.

* I love your soft heart and your love for Jesus!  I love that today you reminded me that we should buy groceries to take to the food pantry because Jesus wants us to give food to people who don’t have it (We just read The King’s Christmas List….great book by the way!) 

* I love that you tell me every day “I like you and I love you mom.”  You melt my heart!!  And I love telling you, “I’m glad you’re my girl” and hearing you respond every single time “I know….I’m glad you’re my mom.”

* I love that you’re such a little mommy, looking out for everyone (including mom and dad!)  And I love all the funny things you say, like the other day when we were packing for Lincoln and you were frantically searching for ponytail holders in your bag…when I reminded you that you didn’t even wear ponytails because your hair was short, you told me, “I know, but you need them for your pants.” 

* I love that you love to help, and you do it so willingly!  I love having you help fold laundry (and clean out the lint trap on the dryer….it’s your favorite!)

Micah

* Believe it or not, I love your curiosity, even when it means unloading the toy baskets for the 10th time in a day.  I love that you love to explore and I love it when you take my hand and tell me “play” and then want me to sit down on the floor with you to play.  You are too cute! 

* I love that you love to help me – whether its unloading the dishwasher, cooking, doing laundry or putting on my makeup, you love to be right in the middle of the action!

* I love listening to you chat and I love the way you try to say everything you hear.  You talk ALL.THE.TIME right now and I think every single day you’re saying new words!  Some of my very favorites right now are “ga-mo” (Grandma Moore), “gama/gammy”, jammies, sissy (which used to just be “see” and only in the last week gained the first syllable), kimma (Christmas), and sorry –which you say LOTS of times a day, usually to your sissy.  

* I love that you can’t say the letter “s” yet – so words like snow sound more like h-no – and it makes me smile everytime I hear you say it.

* I love that you love your new Christmas jammies, and  I even love it that you want to wear them every night (and most days!) 

* I love that you love to try everything your sister is doing and want to be with her ALL the time

* I love your independence – and the fact that at not even 22 months old, you insist on walking everywhere and climbing in and out of your car seat by yourself.  When I get frustrated with the slow speed, I remind myself how thankful I’ll be in April when you can do these things on your own! 

Baby #3

* I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE feeling you kick and wiggle all.the. time…even if it means kicking my bladder at 3 am because I love the assurance that everything is okay in there, that you’re doing well and growing bigger!

* I love that your sister and brother love you so much already—they love to kiss and pat on my belly and talk to you. 

And if you’re still reading – bless your heart!!  You get rewarded with pictures!  

AMAZING…

I love technology….and modern medicine and the fact that because of those two things I get to have a glimpse at what this growing baby looks like at 20 (+/-) weeks before he makes his arrival (or before she makes her arrival).  It’s truly amazing to see this tiny little baby….perfectly formed (we even got to count 5 fingers on one of the hands….he wouldn’t hold the other one still enough to do any counting), wiggling and kicking, yawning, covering his/her eyes and even sucking his/her thumb.

Today was a bitter sweet though because as we were in the hospital relishing at our perfect little growing baby, a friend of mine was in the very same hospital undergoing a DNC because of a molar pregnancy.  This was their 3rd child too, and their first two are very close in age to Makenzie and Micah.  Join me in praying for their family tonight! 

We took both kids to the ultrasound – Micah was bored quickly and threw a huge fit, so Tom had to take him out in the hall.  Makenzie was pretty intrigued at first but when she figured out that we weren’t going to know if we were having a boy or a girl she lost her interest….she’s convinced we’re having a girl (and truth be told, I think might be a bit disappointed if I call from the hospital to say she has brother instead!)  Micah man says it’s a boy….probably more to disagree with his sister than anything….that’s just Micah!  And if we’re all voting….Tom says girl, I say boy – and in April we’ll all find out! 

Baby is measuring nearly a week big according to the ultrasound – but somehow weighs only 12 little tiny ounces.  A little depressing given that I’ve gained a whole lot more than 12 ounces in the last 20 weeks.  The entire 16 oz  container of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream I’ve eaten over the last 3 days probably isn’t going to help that either.