The little things in life

Sammy is finally crawling... although we still don't give him much opportunity. I wish we had carpet downstairs for him to have free range of the house. Until he's more stable he'll have to settle for the time we spend upstairs on the carpet, which is usually the time I spend on the computer. 

Maddy is soooo close to having her first visit from the tooth fairy! Maybe she'll lose her tooth on the same day that Sammy gets his first :) Yes...he's 8 months and still has no teeth....just teething misery!

Christian is finally feeling like himself again, and with the tubes in his ears, he has super hearing!! No more whispering around Christian, can't keep any secrets from him!

We are weaning Samuel off of the prescription formula Neocate, onto regular Enfamil. I think it's going ok.. no obvious signs of an allergic reaction like diarrhea or eczema. But he has been very fussy lately and his cheeks have been turning bright red...but that could very well be from teething! We should find out more at his next well-child visit, 9 months old! His last doctor's visit showed him to be falling off the weight charts again. Grow, baby, grow!!!

I miss sleep! I really really miss it! Last Saturday Dane took Sammy for 4 hrs to let me get some sleep. I kept the baby monitor with me just in case Dane didn't wake up to his cry. During that time Dane just popped in a couple of movies. Samuel woke up about 7 times...all of which I heard...WHY oh why did I take the monitor with me! After Dane was done watching his movies, he came into me to come back and sleep with Sam (Sammy sleeps in a co-sleeper beside our bed) Dane had seen how much of a light sleeper Sam was, and knew that his snoring would wake him up. Next time I get another opportunity to sleep for 4 hours I'm definitely not taking the baby monitor... I figure if he screams loud enough I'll wake up!!!

Swimming Lessons for Maddy at School!

The entire TLC school -Christian

Two weeks ago Trinity Lutheran School had swimming lessons for the entire week! Maddy had so much fun, she can't wait to take more lessons. Unfortunatly Christian was home recovering durring this time. My mom watched him a couple of afternoons so that I could go cheer Maddy on.

She looks so cold!

Hurry and take the picture mom... I'm freezing!

Maddy's BFF Chloe!

Where have I been latley??

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately! Just a lot on my plate! Christian recovering from surgery (tonsils, adenoids and tubes put in his ears) was tougher than I thought! The first couple of days was a easy, but after the local and steroids wore off he was in a lot of pain. Surgery was on the 8th and he did not go back to school till the 20th! Was on pain medication till about the 18th! I felt so bad for the little guy, I'm so glad it's all over with now! He's feeling back to himself and he can hear so much better now!
During the week that he was out of school, Trinity had PE at the Oregon City swimming pool!! Maddy LOVED it! Swimming lessons were everyday for about an hour and a half. I'll post pictures later.
Sammy learned to crawl last weekend. He's been working on it for a while..but on 1/18 he crawled a few feet! And now if given the opportunity (no one will put him down!) he can crawl as far as he wants! Will post video later!
Sasha had surgery this last week to fix her nose. I just found out about it from my mom yesterday, so I have yet to call her to find out how she is doing. It's always hard to call her with the 8hr time difference...by the time I remember to call it's too late :( So Sash if your reading this comment and let us all know how you are doing!!
Well i think that puts me up to date on all that has happened since last post. Hopefully things will calm down and I'll be back on track posting every night!

Sammy's getting bigger diapers

Sam's last visit to the doctors last week had him weighing 14lbs 14oz (1%) my little guy. He's finally growing out of his small diapers and into mediums! In disposables he's in size 2!

fav pics of 2008 Christmas

Here are my favorite pics from Christmas 2008

Maddy in the snow - we were snowed in for over a week!

Sammy's first ChristmasLove the hat

Christian still loves starwars!

Santa came to visit!

Sammy loved Santa!

lifehouse-everything skit

For this sunday I though I'd post a vidoe I hadn't watched in a long time. Every time I watch this it send chills down my spine. Jesus is awsome.. always with us, always feeling our joys and sorrows! Thank you lord for being with me through the good and bad! And thank you for saving my very soul!

Christian's surgery

Christian is back home doing fine now after having his surgery this morning. He had tubes put into his ears and his tonsils and adenoids taken out. Christian says he's a little sore, but other than that doing great! On the way home he asked me if he could go to the Lego store and get a new Lego for being so brave. When I told him we would go when he was feeling better he got very upset, saying that he felt fine!
Thank you everyone who helped out today, and to those who brought over good things for him to eat and fun activities for him to do while he recouping. Discharge papers says no school for 7-8 days but the doc said some kids feel better sooner than others. Let's pray for a speedy recovery!