So, I haven't blogged in quite sometime...I will start with some updates.
Harrison - He lost his first tooth on July 30th (bottom right) and the next tooth on August 3rd (bottom left). He was a little upset when he lost his first tooth - he was with my sister Debbie and he freaked out on her. By the time he lost the second tooth, he just giggled. He started Kindergarten in August. He had two phase-in days and then started full time on August 24th. He has had a couple of rough days but all in all is doing very well. They are graded daily with colors (purple=rockstar, green=pretty good, yellow=needed quite a bit of direction, red=in trouble a lot). He has gotten almost all purple and one yellow and one red. His main problem is that he HATES to color so when he has a bad day at school, it usually has something to do with coloring. And considering that coloring is such a HUGE part of Kindergarten...well it has been a struggle. He has has already been to the doctor. We went almost 3 years with no sick visits or antibiotics. He had a little bit of a cold that turned into an ear infection. We were at the doctor's office on September 2nd with a double ear infection and possible hole in his eardrum and a mild case of impetigo. So now we are currently doing a round of antibiotics, antihistamine, ear drops and cream for his impetigo. He will play his first soccer game on September 11th. He is super excited...more so about the uniform. He is now in the Children's Choir at church, which he seems to enjoy. He came very close to learning to swim this summer but not quite there yet. Sadly, I can't remember his height. We had a check up in May and he was around 43 inches tall but I know he has grown. He is skinny - he lost from 42 lbs to 40 lbs over the summer. He is wearing 5/5 slims. He was 70-90th percentile on height at his check up. He is very excited about being a big brother again. I'm not too worried about how he will adjust. He adores his new baby cousin so I think 5 is a great age for a new sibling. And he is used to sharing the spotlight now, so this is old hat.
Kadie - She has made leaps and bounds over the summer with everything. I think it is safe to say we are 100% potty trained. She had been doing very well anyway but I was lazy and kept her in diapers for my convenience when we were out and about. But she was still using the potty 90% of the time. Just over the past two weeks, she is staying dry during naps/bedtime. She wore panties to bed last night and woke up completely dry. So hopefully we are ditching diapers! We had switched to using disposables over the summer because she wasn't using that many diapers and I couldn't justify washing 1-2 diapers a day and her pee is too strong to let them sit for a few days, so I'm even more glad about that. Hopefully she won't regress when the new baby comes. She stopped nursing around 26 months. She was nursing pretty infrequently anyway because my milk was drying up with pregnancy and she finally just stopped. She has asked twice in the past few weeks but there is nothing there. I'm anxious to see how she does when the new baby is nursing. She went from a small vocabulary to carrying on conversations. She still isn't 100% clear and has some made-up words but for the most part is rocking the big girl words. She also went from showing no interest in her ABC's, colors, numbers, etc to being obsessed. She knows her alphabet and can recognize at least 95% of uppercase/lowercase letters, counts to 10 unassisted, knows several colors and shapes and loves to sing. She is still very free spirited and easy going but her temper is definitely on the opposite end of that spectrum. She started going to Mother's Day Out at our church in August and she loves it. The only problem is that she refuses to nap and Kadie with no nap = mean Kadie at home. She loves the social aspect though and looks forward to it every week. It has been an adjustment for her with Harrison being gone during the day. She is definitely more high maintenance than usual. We have also had to adapt to an earlier nap time so she is awake in time to pick him up from school. All in all, life is good with Kadie Pearl.
Chris - He quit his job at Precept in July. He started up a media/production company with his friend and ex-coworker in July as well. He is teaching full-time at Soddy Daisy High School as a media teacher. Definitely a lot of changes for him! Teaching seems to be going well. He definitely likes the teaching schedule. The new business (Starving Lion Media) is looking promising. They have done several projects to get their name out there and have a a couple of "real jobs" in place or in the works. It was definitely a leap of faith for him/us to give up the two incomes while we wait to see if the new business flourishes, but we feel like this is where God wants him to go. It seemed like all the right doors opened at the right time. But definitely keep us in your prayers. He has lots of ideas for the business and is constantly brainstorming. I'm very proud of him.
Me/Baby Jelly Bean - Well, I'm 35 weeks pregnant now. Really nothing exciting about me. Things are mostly the same. Well I've been insanely busy and feel like I have no time to do anything. I thought I'd have more time for the house once Harrison started school but so far, is not the case. This pregnancy has been the best out of the three. My BP is perfect, weight gain at 34 weeks was 8 lbs, and I feel pretty good for the most part. We took a 6 week Hypnobabies class (to help relax during labor). The baby was transverse but finally decided to flip around 33 weeks (I did lots of diving, headstands in the pool, inversions and Webster technique with the chiropractor). An ultrasound at 34 weeks showed the baby to be vertex. That was our first ultrasound so it was kind of nice to get a peek. The baby looked healthy and normal and has the prominent wide cheek bones that I pass on to my children. Otherwise, I'm sure it looks just like Harrison and Kadie. I'm not measuring big anywhere, so I'm really hoping to have a 8-9 lb baby as opposed to my usual 10 lbers. Right now I'm starting to hit my nesting mode and trying to get things ready for the home birth. We just did a pretty big house purge but still need to get rid of some more things. I still have lots of unfinished projects for the baby, so I'm hoping inspiration will hit....soon! I'm totally okay if the baby makes a late appearance because I just don't feel ready yet. The end of this pregnancy just sneaked up on me.
I think that is pretty much it. I'm going to try to blog a few times a week. I miss updating my blog but just haven't had the time to devote to it. Normally I blog late at night and I've been going to bed pretty early lately. I'll try to put some pictures up here later but it is now time to take Kadie to MDO. Peace out!
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