Beautiful Fall

The leaves have almost all fallen...we've had the most beautiful display of color this year. Last year an early snow made the leaves all fall off way to fast. I was happy that last Saturday the kids behaved enough to head outside and get a few pictures...it's amazing what a week can do and the color is gone. Yesterday we did have some fun a head to a pumpkin patch and we got ice cream at the Chocolate Ox...amazing that it was in the mid 70s for October! Emma is now 3 Months Old! Time flies by way to fast. Even faster the second time around. She is awake and alert more often and loves to coo and laugh. She loves her swing and bouncy seat. She is starting to get the hang of the jumperoo and loves being upright. She is starting to grab at her toys that hang above her baby gym. Her hand eye coordination is pretty good! I bet we will have another golfer. She arches her back like she wants to roll over but we haven't seen any rolling yet.

Jack is a BIG BOY! He has done so well on the potty training. He wears underware everyday and even went over to a friends house with them on. He loves being outside, wearing his cowboy boots and hockey vest, coloring, watching Cars and Toy Story and reading books. He's been into sports on TV lately and sleeps with a full sized football. He's becoming a good helper...I often find his cereal bowl in the garbage can. At daycare I think they use paper plates. So he's cleaning up without being asked too. Pretty impressive for a two year old. He is very attached to his Daddy Buddy and asks me every morning where he's at. Daddy Buddy's golf seasons ends today...Jack couldn't be happier.

Back 2 Work!

Our one last summer fling was a trip to the Pine Grove Zoo. It's a tiny zoo about a half hour away from our home. But it's a perfect zoo for a two year old. You could walk around the whole zoo in less than four mintues. There are probably less than 20 animals in all but enough to make a little boy pretty happy. And for five bucks it was well worth it. They had five bears, two tigers, a cougar, wolves, elk, prairie dogs, antelope, deer, peacocks, emus, turkeys, donkeys, goats, cows, rabbits and tortoises. Jack loved the donkey. He got to feed him some feed pellets. The funniest thing Jack said at the zoo was to the donkey. The train (not part of the zoo) went through town and blew it's horn and Jack who was feeding the donkey said, "Ears Hurt Donkey?" We couldn't stop laughing. His sentences are getting better everyday! We had a blast at the zoo.
One week under my belt and I'm feeling pretty good about working "full" time and being a full time momma of two. I'm glad my "full" time is four days a week. Because I do love my long weekends with the kids. I'm just always amazed how fast my days go at work. Our office just continues to be extremely busy which in this economy is a blessing. It's also a blessing because I never have time to spend one minute looking at the clock and wondering how much longer will it be until it's time to go home. My biggest problem is when I finally do look at the clock it's quarter to five and I have fifteen minutes to get an hour worth of work done so I can get to daycare to pick them up on time. It was a big week of firsts: My first day back to work, Emma's first day of school and Jack's first day wearing underwear to daycare!!! Emma did great....she's so laid back and well behaved she probably doesn't even realize she is not at home. Jack didn't do so hot the first day with his underwear BUT he was dry all day on Wed and Thrus!!! Hoorray!!! He is amazing!! He went from not caring at all to being a big boy in a matter of just two weeks. Today we've had one accident but I'm not complaining at all. His reward which he picked out himself was "Doc Hudson" a $3.50 matchbox car from the Disney's Cars Movie. He was pretty excited to pick him out at the store. He loves these little cars. He has to sleep with one in each hand.
We also had a first with Emma...first time caught sucking her thumb!!! Naughty Naughty!!! And she must have liked it. She's been thrashing around trying to get it back into her mouth. I feel bad for her because she wants to suck on something and she can't. She gags on pacifiers and she can't get her arms to coordinate enough to get her thumb in her mouth. I really don't want her to become a thumb sucker so I found the tiniest pacifiers I could find (and one brand we didn't already have) and we are going to give that a try. She has my gag reflex for sure! She had been pretty content with nothing but now being a little bigger she (being a girl of course) has changed her little mind.

Two Years, Two Months

Jack and Emma are growing up! Emma will be two months old already in two days. Her two month check up appointment is a week from Friday on the 10th...poor girl will be due for shots. The two month mark also sends this stay at home mom back to work in a week on Tuesday Sept. 6th! It's hard to leave them with someone else but for the past two months I've had at least one child with me for every waking and non-waking hour of the day. Our two attempts to get a babysitter ended in Emma having the flu and no date night. The second time our baby sitter canceling at the last minute so the kids came with me to my appointment anyway. I know I will enjoy my time back at work...for the simple fact that I won't having to be worrying about my kids. Or running from one diaper to the next. We will also fall back into a schedule of sorts. I've never been a dictator about schedules but having some order is helpful. Jack's been allowed to stay up later this summer so that he can play with Glenn when he comes home...however that later keep edging towards 10pm which was great for Dad. Not so great the next day for Mom and Jack. Jack will be practicing this week being in bed before 8:00 so that he is not to tired when he has to wake up at 6:45. Also we will be having lil miss Emma practice some bottles so that she can be ready for school as well. I may be calling my mom and singing to hear it's the most wonderful time of the year.......as she always did with aunt carol when she sent us kids back to school in the fall.

Photo Contest

Boredom can lead to many things.....like actually reading the magazines that lay on my coffee table or buried under piles of mail on my counter. Today I picked up the Lake County Journal which is a Brainerd Lakes Mag...they are having a photo contest. The photos have to be taken in the Lakes Area. So I entered in two categories People and Lighter Side. Of course both pictures were of Jack and Emma. Because what else do I take pictures of. Maybe we will win something. They give out prizes to tenth place. And mostly gift cards to the local greenhouse! I titled them More Hockey Daddy Buddy and This Little Piggie

Yellow Streak

Jack has had a yellow streak! He's been using his potty for a week now. He will even stop playing and go potty! He also used the potty at daycare which impressed his teachers! It's kinda a bittersweet transition...he will really be a big boy not my Baby Jack! He has been so sweet to Emma lately he will come up to her and say "Oh Honey," and give her a kiss. He's also kept us laughing with his many movie lines. He is one of those people. The kind that can watch a movie a hundred times in a row and then insert lines from the movie into everyday life and crack up a whole room of people. I think my favorites are "Oh, Yeah!" (Lightening McQueen) and "Don't Touch it!" (Buzz Lightyear-about his laser). "To Fineatty and Yond" is another cute one. He is also always saying "Fixth it momma!" His Little Buzz Lightyear's legs have to be perfectly straight. But as a Two year old Jack can't understand that some action figures have pose-able legs. We may need to glue Buzz's knees straight...his bendable legs are starting to get on my last nerve. If he's not carrying around Buzz he is two fisting Racer McQueen and Doc Hudson. He carries those two cars everywhere and sleep with them at night. He won't fall asleep until he's got one in each hand.
Emma hasn't been quite as entertaining lately. She is just such a good baby. I say it a million times every week but she is really good. On her best nights she will wake up only one time and on her worst maybe twice. The only bad thing is sometimes she is wide awake at ten when I'm ready to go to bed...but she doesn't cry she just makes little noises in her bed. We have two more weeks together of Maternity Leave and then it's back to work/school. I'm excited for the kids to be back to daycare. Jack loves it! He is so cute with his friends when we leave. Saying goodbye to all of them. Emma should do great she manages a bottle just fine. And the girls at work can't wait for me to be back so that makes it easier to feel needed.

Flu Bug....Quit Buggin' Me

We've officially all had the flu over the past two weeks. It's hasn't been fun. The hardest part is the lack of sleep. Emma gave me a really hard time because she's been so good at sleeping and she didn't sleep at all for two nights and slept all day instead. She got sick right as I was getting better so I was already exhausted as it was. She is bound to be much better by tomorrow. She's been sleeping all morning.
She is sure going like a weed...she's already out grown the newborn clothes and is filling in the three month clothes easily. She is really tall. At her one month check up she was 9lbs 12 ozs and 21 inches in the 50th percentile for height and weight.
Jack was 22 lbs and in the 3rd percentile....hmmm maybem sister will pass him by. She was 6 ozs bigger than he was at a month. And a about a pound bigger at birth. So I guess she is slowing down.
Three more weeks and than back to work. Jack can't wait to show off his new sister at school.

Two Years Old....Already?

I can't believe it my little Jack-Jack is going to be two on Thursday. He sure is a fun little guy. Yesterday morning he walking into my room with the rubber ring from his potty chair on his chair. His only explanation, "Cowboy!" After going to see Toy Story 3 at the Movies before Emma was born. Jack has some new favorite characters. He is still in love with Cars and Lightening McQueen. But he loves Buzz and Woody.
He also has been getting very creative during nap time. I usually put him in his bed, turn the radio to sleep and read him a book. I then tell him to take a nap and walk out and shut the door. Since he has figured out how to open doors we had to put a special child proof door knob thing on that he isn't suppose to be able to open the door....however he still has escaped. But for the most part it works. However every day he manages to put his Red Wings jersey on before he passes out in some random spot (never in his bed) It's kinda like where's waldo...especially with the Red Jersey.
He has been a goofy dresser lately....pants optional. Cloth diapers a must. Buzz Diapers as they are called. Heaven forbid I try to put a regular one on him unless we are going somewhere...funny he knows how my system works. And Buzz Light-year Shirt better be clean!

Sweet Baby Girl

We were only completely shocked when the Doctor said "It's a girl!" Little Emma Rae Hagberg finally made her debut July 1, 2010. She was 7 lbs 10 ozs, 19 1/2 inches.
She has been a great little sister to big brother Jack. He adores her. He spends a lot of his time delegating who can "hold the baby" most he delegates himself. He has done a few brotherly things like stealing her nah-knee "pacifiers", crawling into her bassinet with her, and driving a monster truck on her head. But over all he is doing a great job at being gentle to his new Sissy.
Emma is a great baby. I can not believe how well rested I have felt the last week. She sleeps at least one four hour stretch each night. Well...right now she mostly sleeps. I have to wake her up during the day to get her to eat. Otherwise she is pretty content. She doesn't like cold wet wipes and loves to be swaddled up nice and tight. She is Jack's opposite for sure. Hopefully in the next few weeks she will become more and more alert each day so that we can get pictures in all of her cute little outfits before she outgrows them.

Jack seems to have grown two months worth in the last week. I swear he's even put on weight...but that could be all the "chocolate rabbit" aka milk he's being chugging down since Grandpa and Grandma were here. His vocabulary has also improved. He didn't have to say much because Momma had all his little words figured out but must be that he had to talk when different people where watching him and now that he's got it down there is no sense in stopping. At least he is using his pleases and thank yous so that makes Momma proud. He has also been a good helper around the house. This afternoon we are going to Kathy's house to see the cows and flowers and spend some time enjoying the beautiful summer weather. It should be lots of fun.

It's the Final Count Down.........

In less than a month we will have two kiddies. I find myself wondering what we're we thinking. Or more likely what I was I thinking. Two of them...in the summer when Glenn hasn't taken a day off in over a month and a half? Ahhhhhh.....
I feel the need for a vacation already :)

Oh well...I will survive. I may not sleep for the next few months but some how we will get through. We have to do part-time at daycare to keep our spots for the fall so at least two days a week I can send Jack to play with his big kid friends. Which will be good for him and good for Momma! And I think we just may have to recruit Hannah for a road trip to Michigan for a week sometime in Late July or Early August. That way we can show off our new little one and Jack's growing vocabulary!

I've been busy this weekend getting ready for the final count down. We washed baby blankets, baby clothes and bought some newborn diapers. And packed a hospital bag. I don't except this baby to come this early but we have company the next two weekends so by the time I have time to do those things baby will be here. We still have quite a few things to do but I'm sure we won't be as ready as we were with Jack. But you just don't have as much time to get ready the second time around. Good thing Jen is coming next weekend so I can pick her brain on ideas for a sleeping situation. Jack's been going through a routine of not wanting to take a nap. And the only place I can corral him is the pack n play. Which was my bassinet when he was little...so we can't have two kids sleeping in one bed. So we will need to make a decision on buying a second pack n play or something. Ahhh and boy wonder is awake! Time for a snacker!

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Here's a sheep picture from when Jack went to visit at Kathy and Marlin's farm. He sure loves animals. I think he will have a lot of fun at Grandma Mary's farm this summer.

It's been a busy-sleepless last week with Jack getting bronchial pneumonia and a double ear infection. It probably started last week but Mr. Happy Jack who never complained and slept through the night the whole time. Was a very sick little boy by the time his symptoms reached a head. We had a visit to the ER clinic and came home with a fancy smoke blowing machine (aka the Nebulizer) Which has helped him breathe much better but has also been a fight every four hours when he has to wear a mask and inhale steam for 20 mins. Anyone want to try to get a two year old to sit still and wear a mask for 20 mins? I feel like I already have a newborn since I am back to the no-sleep routinee. Jack sounds better but his breathing does get pretty raspy towards the end of his four hours.

We did have a few good notes to our week...our driveway is finally paved! It has been a long process. But it looks wonderful and hopefully less dirt to sweep up for me! Jack offically welcome the pavement by coloring it with chalk and riding his motorcycle to the end and back.

We also had the our good friends Kathy (who I work with) and Marlin bring us some black dirt from the farm. So that we could fill in the edges and new flower bed. Jack wasn't afraid to hop up in Marlin's big truck and unload the dirt. He grabbed his little shovel and was flinging it out the back of the truck like a real man. He did fling some dirt in our hair too...which he thought was funny. He really loves Marlin. He follows and copies everything he does. He also lays on the ground and cries when Marlin leaves. Nice to have such fun friends. Kathy and Marlin's daughter is a year older than I am. She is married and lives in London...so Kathy and I have kinda of adopted each other. I am so thankful for her.

Last night we (Jack and I) went to a barn dance wedding reception for Dr. Johnson's son O.J. They had a pile of toy tractors to play with so as you can imagine Jack didn't want to leave. In fact we stayed until almost 9:00 and he bawled the whole way home. That could have something to do with the fact that he couldn't bring the tractors home with him and he had to leave Marlin.

Jack also had a fun time showing off his new snake named "Snakes" that managed to wiggle into our cart at Target earlier in the day. "Snakes" played with Jack all afternoon, took a bath and slept with Jack. I hate snakes...but someone loves them.

Today we are having another busy day heading to a Graduation Party for Logan. He's a third (maybe second) cousin of Glenn's who lives in Pequot Lakes. Then I think a big nap is in order...thankgoodness it's a four day weekend. I need some extra rest. Hopefully I can get some.

Xylophone

It may be one of the weirdest music instruments I know...but when Jack says Xylophone you just have to laugh. He is getting so good at talking. This little boy in the last month has learned all his colors. His favorite to say is orange. He points out orange things at the store. He also is learning to count. The other night I was making him some play-doh snakes and he goes "four snakes" I was not really paying attention but when I looked down I had made him four snakes. And he was counting them! What a big kid.
He has gone in the last month from calling Chocolate Milk, "Rabbit" (Nesquick Rabbit) to now calling it Chocolate. He still will not say milk. This morning we were working on Octopus. He loves Sharks, Alligators, Snakes, Frogs....hmmm maybe he is a boy!
He also has been a great helper outside. He has his own little rake and shovel. Mostly he loves to rake. But he did help me plant a flat of flowers. I still have some more to plant tomorrow if it is nice. He also discovered the sprinkler and was purple a few times last week. We had to go buy him some sandals since he did not have any...and all his shoes were wet.
We went on a field trip on Friday to see some baby lambs, chickens and ducks. I will have to post those pictures. He loved the farm. We had my co-worker Kathy watch him so we could go out to eat for our anniversary two weeks ago and this week we went to her moms, he got to feed cows and go on a tractor ride. It would have been more fun with Gpa Scott...but sometimes you have to make do. He did climb out of the tractor and lay on the ground and cry because the ride was over. He also cried all the way home. So I guess Jack loves the farm.
Only 6 more weeks until baby number two comes...we cleaned and organized today. I still have a lot left to do to get ready. But I have been so tired that I might just wash up some t-shirts, get some diapers for newborns and get a bed ready. Everything else will have to wait for more energy. Its too beautful this week to be inside.

Shopping Buddy!

This weekend we celebrated our five year anniversary...how appropriate that our hot water heater would decide to leak all over the basement. We did manage to get it fixed and not have to buy a new one yet...but it got me to thinking that maybe I should get out of the house and go shopping with my little buddy this weekend. Since we probably won't be doing any fun shopping for a while here. So we went to St. Cloud and had a great time. We ran into our buddies Kari and Carter and had lunch with them. We had fabulous coupons and Jack fell asleep in his stroller at the mall. He slept for two hours. I think that was a God thing. It allowed me some ME time and I was able to find some great deals, try on clothes and not have to keep him entertained. I do have to admit to not flushing when we went to the bathroom....but I didn't want to wake him up.
Baby Number Two will be here before we know it. My due date is about 7 weeks away. I have a feeling if I continue to work full time that Baby may come a few days early. It has been a very stressful last two months since Dr. Johnson fell. We've been super busy at work and I spend a lot of time running/playing catch up to stay on schedule. Our fill in dentists are nice guys but they are not used to keeping up with such a full schedule of patients. So I've been heading to work tired because I can't sleep and coming home more tired because I've ran a marathon all day at work. I am so thankful that Maternity Leave is right around the corner. I don't care if the baby wakes up every two hours...I love my job but I want my old boss back :)

April Fool's on you Momma!

I managed to not fall for my Mom's April Fool's Story. It was pretty good until she got to the part where she said she locked herself out of the house. She never locks up.
But I did fall for Jack's April Fool's Joke. He has been beginning to get the potty thing. Mostly because I think he sees the bigger kids working on it at School. Not because we spend countless hours sitting him on the potty at home. But he told me last night "I potty" so I took him up to the bathroom and he sat on the potty forever. Mostly he just likes to put toilet paper in the potty and flush it and say "Bye Bye Potty" However I was sitting on the floor in front of him and his aim was right on....right on his Momma! However he did manage to get some pee in the potty and was rewarded with some Sugar Free Gum. So he was pretty happy about that. I'm proud of him for making the connection. Considering he's not even two yet he's doing pretty good!
We also have been using cloth diapers for a month now. We cut our diaper budget in half for the month! :) I kept track of how many cloth ones I washed and I washed enough (109) to only have to buy one box instead of the two boxes of diapers I usually buy. I've only had to do two more loads of laundry a week. So thanks Sarah I'm glad I gave them a try. I think with baby two coming in a few months this will help us stay on budget.

Spring Things

It's been an interesting week off. I was looking forward to getting somethings done and spending some quality time with Jack. And it would have been a wonderful week but life is hard. On Monday I had the TV on while I made dinner and I heard that a Pine River student was hit by a bus. So I kept the TV on. When they finally got to the story I was in tears. Evan is a patient of mine. More like Evan's whole family are my patients. I had just cleaned his mom's teeth the week before and his little sister Anneka let us count her teeth for the first time ever! His mom, Melaine is a few years older than I am and she was one of my first patients four years ago when I started working. I've seen their family grow from one little two year old boy to three beautiful children. Evan looks alot like another little blond haired brown eyed boy I know. Evan's funeral was Friday. His Mom and sisters Anneka (3 1/2) and Maren (8 weeks) where at home waiting for him to get off the bus and witness his death. The family and the bus driver (72 years old had been driving school kids for 40 years) are having a hard time with Evan's death.

Life has been hard lately. I know God is Good. And I know Evan was brought up in a Christain home. "This is just a stop on the way to where I am going. I am not afraid because I know this is my temporary home." My heart aches for my friends and family who have suffered such losses this spring. While I am excited about our new little one and all of Jack's doings. I feel like God is reminding us about what is the most important.

Week Off

We are enjoying our week off. Yesterday we did the things we normally do on Fridays. We got the laundry done, went grocery shopping and managed to get Jack to take a big nap. We also managed to make cousin Issac a baby sling during nap time and work on our 2009 Taxes. Over all we had a pretty busy day. Every time I tried to sit down to work on the Taxes Jack would come over with a hockey stick and say to me, "Get Down, Hockey!" He had a one track mind...just like his Daddee. After shopping he tried to bring in a hockey stick from the garage. The only problem was it was a full size hockey stick and it was pretty hard to manage it in the house. I had to take it away from him which didn't make him very happy but he kept getting it stuck everywhere. He was very happy when his Daddee came home they spent a good hour out in the garage playing hockey and golf. And went for a bike ride as well. He is starting to put some sentence together. Last night Glenn was pretty impressed with Jack saying "I need a ball!"

Today we went and ran a few more errands and decided to have lunch at McDonalds. Which normally would be a good idea. Except for it's been a long time since I've taken Jack there and the one we went to had a playland. So he kept saying "get down" and wanted to go into the playland. He went down one little slide all by himself and did great. Then a big kid wanted to "help" him go twenty mintues later Jack had made it up to the big slide and had decided he was too scared to come down. I tried sending a bigger kid up there to push him down the slide. It didn't work. So I had to climb up the playland and bring Jack down. Playland's are made for kids and not pregant girls. We did manage to eat pretty good he had two of his cock o doodle doo nuggets.

And took a big nap which allowed me to spend two hours vaccuming the car out. It wouldn't have been sooo bad but it hasn't been done all winter. And at one point in time this winter Glenn decided we could Dog Sit for some friends. And Glenn went to go pick up the dogs with my car and no sheet to have the dogs sit on. So too white long haired dogs rode in my black carpeted car. GROSS! I had some major gagging issues b/c of all the hair and Glenn did a quarter job of cleaning it up this winter but I got all of the hair out of there. Also the pee stains that the little dog left in the back of my car as well.......moral of the story Don't Dog Sit for dogs that have to be inside and aren't potty trained and don't let your husband drive your car.

Spring Cleaning

Today has been a beautiful day. Even yesterday wasn't sooo bad a bit cold for a little boy but we have been outside all weekend. Today we managed to get the front flower beds cleaned out, took at least a 3 mile bike ride, and Jack got in some hockey practice in the garage. We are enjoy some much needed time off the next week. I only have to work one day and Glenn is only working two or three days. But after that it's time to crack down and start........GOLF SEASON! So we are going to enjoy a fun week! We have yet to tackle Jack's closet and figure out how we can add some organizers to fit two kids clothes in one very small closet. Maybe we will decide if we should paint his room a fun color. We talked about painting his room before he was born...just never had time to do it. We do have to fix some dents in the drywall from the rocking chair so a new paint job may be in order.

Sick of Winter, Sick of No Sleep, Sick of Being Sick

I'm thankful that we are halfway done with March. However Glenn and Jack are sad to see the hockey rink melt. But the warmer temps have allowed Jack to go out without gloves on and he can actually hit a puck on the remaining ice. He thought he was pretty cool.
We have been having a blah weekend. I had to work and extra day this week. The dentist I've worked for the last four years Dr. Johnson fell on some ice and has a core spinal injury, he was paralyzed from the neck down at first but is doing well and walking now. He will be out for the next few months at the least as he will have surgery and may never return to dentistry, although we are hopeful he will. Him being out of the office has made it quite a mess at work. My wonderful four day work weeks might get all messed up, but hopefully by the time I'm back from maternity leave the long term plan will be figured out.
Due to all the wonderful stress at work, worry about Dr. Johnson and Olivia...I can't sleep well and that leads to Jack getting him and I sick. A terrible cold, sinus pressure, burning ears, sore throat, can't breath, cough and crud. Boo! One more day to recover and back to the grind. At least I have a few days off after next week. But I am hoping to be better before than. I think I'm on my 6 quart of O.J. it's gotta start working soon :)

The Real Test...

The Real Test was taking Jack out and running errands with cloth diapers. We did great! We made it to Kohls, Wal-mart and Subway. We had to change some diapers but no big deal. Dad even changed one at Subway. I'm really wishing I would have given these a try earlier, but oh well. We still have two more years of diaper wearing in this house for sure! I'm not sure we are going to do cloth diapers every where we go...for example I don't think I want to sit through church with a stink bomb in my diaper bag. And it might confuse the nursery workers. But we have enough to get through a day and we are saving money everytime he wears one!
We also have been shoe shopping for less than $40 the last two weekends I've found Jack five pairs of shoes and three shirts for mom :) He got winter boots for next year, cowboy Buzzlightyear/Woody boots, Lightening McQueen Tennis shoes, Blue Slip on Shoes and some rugged man Hiking Boots for next fall! What a great deal to find some shoes on sale. He really wanted the Lightening McQueen one's last week...but they weren't on sale enough for his cheap mom to buy them for him...he got lucky though they were in the Clearance section this week so score for Jack!

Diaper Duty

We are in to our second day of cloth diapers...we have only been doing them at home. The second diaper ended up being a real dirty one but considering he has a cold bug and that diaper was about at gross as they come I was shocked at how quick it rinsed out. Right now I am washing them so we shall see how they clean up. So far I love the absorbency overnight you can add extra liners to the diaper and no leaks! I also love that his pants stay up. Because they are a bit bigger. So far, so good. Also when number two comes along these diapers are one size fits all because you adjust the size with snaps so I won't have to carry two different sizes of diapers in my bag...so that will be nice. The only thing is I think it will be a while before number two will be big enough to fit in these diapers. If number two is as small as Jack was. But overall I like them so far. And Jack thinks he has big boy pants so he's happy too :)

Cloth Diapers....have you lost your mind?

So I thought to myself....hmm what should a girl do who works full time, pretty much has all the household jobs and is going to have two kids in diapers do? Try cloth diapers! Ok. Well not really. But I did think to myself...hmm I'm going to have two kids in daycare and diapers. Spendy! So I thought for the next four months I'm to challenge myself to try cloth diapers. I wouldn't even think of doing this...but when we bought our washer/dryer we made a big investment and bought one of these front loading ones that can wash/dry a load in an hour. So more laundry isn't really a big deal...timewise. I haven't got it all figured out yet. And I do know that I will continue to buy diapers for daycare, on the go (maybe: I'm not sure I want to haul around poopy ones!) and vacations (if I ever get one again). Hopefully using some cloth diapers even out the cost and maybe I'll just love them so much I'll use them all the time....we shall see.

Baby Two...How are you? And Jack's attempts at Potty Training.

Today we got to see Baby Two up close. I almost wet myself because we had to wait twenty minutes in line to get checked in..some lady thought she could just come two hours early and get squeezed in..and I followed the directions and drank plenty of water. Too much in fact. They made me go pee so my bladder would stop squishing the baby. Geez people make up your minds...don't mess with pregnant women's bladders :) After getting settled they measured everything twice because we had a girl doing and internship for ultrasound tech. And determined Baby Two Stats: head 17 cm, waist 15 cm and weighing in at 13 ozs. At lesat that is what the computer said. It also said the due date based on size would be 7/12/10. Which did not make Momma happy. I think that must be based on averages. So baby might be a wee bit of a peanut like big bother Jack was. Guess I'll have to get to eatting more cookies.
The second part of the story is getting home from the ultrasound and Jack's newest trick is to pull down his pants and decide he has to go potty. (Of course there is a Lighting McQueen Potty involved here) So he sits on the potty for a while. Mostly he just grunts. And then he wants down....he runs in his room. I go to get a new diaper and he heads over by the rocking chair. Which I guess he decides to pee on the side of the chair. So we get that cleaned up and a diaper back on his bum. I head downstairs to help Glenn with dinner. I look up the stair case and see a diaper in the hallway...but no Jack. So I'm thinking oh great! I run upstairs and he's standing by the potty buck naked but at least no messes. After a breif chase we get him pinned down and re-clothed. So moral of the story: yes he might know he needs to go potty but no he's not ready to potty train yet because mom is not ready for pee-ing all over the furniture.

Snow, Snow, go Away!

With the thaw we've had the last week...I'm hoping for spring. I can't wait! I have a ton of spring things to get done before baby #2 comes. I want to get the flower beds cleaned up, our drive way is getting paved :) and I'm hoping we can plant a small veggie garden. If we can figure out a dog pee-ing proof method here. The neighbor dog is really bad about that...and Spike can't let anyone mark his spots.
Our ultrasound is next week Friday. We are not going to peek at baby's sex...but it won't be that much longer until we know any how. We have four babies that we know of due on July 4/5. So far we've heard two of them are boys. Jack and Glenn are hoping for another boy for their hockey team...and I'ld have to say I'm hoping they get that boy.

Peanut, Peanut Butter

Jack has a new favorite snack. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches. Unfortunately he has a very odd way of eating those sandwiches. He has to put them on a paper towel (which is at least tidy of him) and eat them off the floor like a dog. I think the silliest thing he did was dig a paper towel out of the trash (he saw me put it in the trash in the morning so good job on remembering). He even Sometimes he forgets that his dog Spike also likes Peanut Butter Sandwiches as well :)
We are packing up our bags for another trip to the PGA show. Hoping to get a few more autographs and enjoy some warm weather. Tonight we are going to a hockey game and Jack has been saying Hockey all day. He's pretty excited about it. Even his blue jeans were Hockey jeans.

More, Hockey, Please

Jack's vocab is expanding exponentially everyday. Here are a few examples of how a little boy communicated with his mom today.

While sitting in the high chair "Rrrroar" "Hockey"
Meaning: Mom's cup had the Florida Panther's Hockey Logo on it

While taking a bath "More" "Me-Me"
Meaning: I don't want to get out of the bath. I want to play with my truck Mater some more.

While throwing a fit "Hockey" "More" add Tears, Laying flat on the Floor and lots of SNOT!
Meaning: I want to go outside and play on my hockey rink


Today Baby #2 had a check-up. Very uneventful. I found out my purse weighs about 10lbs. The nurse forgot to tell me to put it down when she weighed me. I did get to hear the heart beat...the little ticker was pretty quick. In six weeks we will have an ultrasound to see how baby is developing. And in four weeks we will be half way to having our Baby #2 home!

We're in the Great State of Texas

Well...we've had an interesting last two days! Never a dull moment with Jack! We had to be in Houston, Tx this weekend for a wedding. So our plans were to drive down to the Twin Cities Thursday night and fly out Friday morning. Plans never seem to go as planned. We had a bit of a snow storm hitting the southern part of the state Thursday so we decided to let it snow and drive in the morning. So we picked up a pizza....which wasn't sitting too well in my stomach. We got Jack to bed around his normal time and I was quitely packing his bag up while he was sleeping. I looked over at him and Puke Attack! All over the place. Poor kiddie. I guess I wasn't the only one who wasn't liking the pizza. We decided by morning to at least drive to the Cities and if it got really bad in the car only Glenn would go. Jack must have really wanted to go because he kept things down. Well he kept them down and saved it for about five mintues before we boarded our plane. But since he didn't have a fever I was still thinking food posioning. He flew like a champion. Slept the whole time. And he didn't manage to get sick again. He did end up with a fever yesterday and still a touch this morning. But he's keeping things down and eatting. He made a little girl friend Emily last night. She is 11 months old they had a lot of fun running around together. I wasn't very happy about him playing with her because I didn't want him to get her sick but her parents and grandma kept bring her over. They told me she was sick with a 105 fever the week before. So hopefully she doesn't get Jack's bug. We are currently watching Spainish cartoons and enjoying breakfast in bed. The wedding isn't until 4pm so we have lots of time for a good nap and maybe a swim for Jack if he promises to keep the water out of his ears and eyes!

To Post...or not to Post

Thinking back over the last year...I hardly took time to do the things I wanted to do. Mostly because I didn't have anymore time in the day. I was looking that I had posted 20 times last year. Well hopefully I can at least double that and keep updated a little bit more in 2010.
Today has been a not so great day. Emily has successfully given me her case of the headaches. I've had one since 7 am this morning and I've tired everything...it's not going away. I couldn't make it through church we (Jack and I) had to leave. Oh well there are worse things in life.

2010 Here We Come

Ready or not 2010 is here. It's amazing how fast another year has flown by. We survived all the Christmas parties and now are resting for a few days before we jump in to a busy New Year. Monday is back to work for both of us. Glenn had three weeks off and I had a week and a half in December. Jan. will prove to be a busy month we have two trips planned for a wedding in Texas and the PGA show in Florida.
Jack was given so many toys for Christmas our house looks like a toy store. I need to go through his older toys to see if we can put up some that he has outgrown. All this stuff is really making me hope for a baby brother. I can't imagine adding dolls and pink to the growing Truck and Hockey stick collection. He spent all morning/afternoon either pushing around a truck or swing a stick. I hope he gets a brother to join him in his fun.
But we will have to wait just under 6 more months to see. 26 weeks to go. I can't wait to enjoy some time at home this summer with my babies!
I've been thinking about New Year's Resolutions and I've got a few I am going to work on. I'm excited to see what this New Year and new change to our family will bring!