And Then There Were 3

January 28th, 2007

at the risk of sounding gripey, i’ll take my chances…

they’re all sick.  all 3.  right now.  i need to believe that having all 3 sick at the same time is better than having one sick at a time for weeks on end.  no sleep.  that’s what i get.  and have i mentioned before that my girl’s mechanism for dealing with everything unpleasant is to puke?  and further – medicaid, with NO notice, cancelled our whole family – due to THEIR paperwork error – back in NOVEMBER!  i just found this out 2 weeks ago and have been working on it ever since, still no new numbers yet.  sooo, i can’t just take them to the doctor tomorrow, because they don’t want to see us without a number.  and can i just tell you i almost went “falling down” on the medicaid office this week.  i had to remind myself that the woman i was dealing with was the only “advocate” i had to actually getting new numbers and that my very impressionable small children were scrutinizing my every move. 

i’ve tried perspective, and i can’t get it through the foggy haze of no sleep…

Update Pregnancy Number 4 Week 32 Weeks

January 25th, 2007

ok, so i have 8 weeks left before e.t.a.  if i walk from the living room to the kids’ room i’m outta breath.  and if i do anything like actually bathe my children i sound like i’ve run a marathon!  next week starts my 2 week visits – i’m excited about that – it means it’s getting closer!  i feel him hiccup all the time and the braxton hicks come fairly regularly if i overdo it.  speaking of those things, we should be closing on the house a little before schedule – and next tuesday we have the inspection.  if we can just get that w-2 here and get that tax return back we’ll be ready to roll!  and getting into the house even one day sooner will be a relief.  i’d like to fine-tune the house when the severe nesting sets in. 

my oldest’s the one with fever this week.  i’ve had lots of good ideas for posts, but with house buying, my 5 year old’s sickness, and being a little bit pregnant i haven’t gotten it together to post.  i’ll try to work on it, but no promises until after the baby gets here and i figure out what i’m doing with a fourth one in the house! 

Getting My Ducks All In A Row

January 21st, 2007

Make Way For Ducklings  by Robert McClosky

our second week in Five In A Row is complete.  and what fun it was! 

we made ducky projects to start the week out.  i love seeing how my middlest’s personality is coming out in his art work now.  it’s as much fun as it was when my oldest just got started creating things.  and they’re work is so THEM!                                                                    

and then we finished up the week with a field trip to the Peabody hotel in Little Rock to see the famous ducks parade down to their fountain.  of course, the viewing of the ducks wouldn’t be complete without a complete fit by my 20 month old in the middle of the presentation.  and i realized i had moved from freakin’-out-first-time-paranoid-mom to a mother of 3 1/2 when in the midst of the fit and uppity stares from everyone, i was snapping pics and laughing out loud at her.  when i used to wonder how moms of so many kids did it, i think i now know.  they laugh. a lot.  and ignore everybody else.  and look as crazy as a betsy-bug!

 what an awesome day!