This one is for Uncle Brett!

Will Noah end up going to the U like his mommy?? I thought Ness and Brett would enjoy this one! But, make sure you check out the post below!

Game Day 2008

Well tomorrow is the big day and Justin and I are super excited. If you didn't know, we both love college football and tomorrow will be such a good game. Noah is already pretty excited as you can tell from his photos. He has been so smiley all day that I couldn't resist taking some pictures of him. The girls all took turns trying to make him crack a smile, so cute!!!

Noah's day out

On Saturday Noah and I went out on the town. Our first stop was the doctor's office where Noah weighed in at a whopping 8 pounds 13 ounces. Still very small, but up 9 ounces from Tuesday. I have been feeding him nonstop and supplementing him with high calorie formula. He will see the doc again in a couple of weeks and we will try and figure out why he is requiring so many calories to grow. Hopefully it won't be anything serious. I am trying not to worry, but unfortunately I know too much about this from work. I am happy that he is at least gaining and not losing like he was before. After the doctor we went to the mall where I got some clothes that actually fit over my huge, you know, and don't think butt, but that is still pretty big as well. I hate being overweight and have a goal to lose 20 lbs, but that is a different post. We also went to the eye doctor and picked up my new glasses. I was very excited about that, I can finally see without having to wear my contacts all the time, which was starting to bother my eyes. Then we came home and rested and watched lots of football with Justin. A perfect Saturday. I also got to spend lots of time with the girls, because I didn't do any housework! I needed a break. Well I posted some pics of Noah so you can see how huge he is, HA HA! I almost caught him with a smile!

This and that

Things are going pretty well around here. Noah is having trouble gaining weight, and it is making me a little nervous. Before we thought it was just because I didn't have enough breast milk, but even with formula he is still so small. I had him weighed today and he was barely more than he was three weeks ago. I will weigh him again on Sat and see the doctor. There are so many reasons this could be happening, we will just have to see. In the meantime, I will continue to feed him all the time and increase his calories a little. He is also a little sick so I hope everything clears up soon. Everyone else is doing well. Justin was sick last week and even came home early from work, that is how you know he is really feeling bad! Then yesterday I felt yucky, but thankfully we are both feeling better. Today I am just trying to catch up on housework. It is amazing how much needs to be done after just one day of missed chores. I have been sticking to a chore calender that helps me keep on top of the housework. This house has been a challenge to keep clean. With almost 5000 square feet, it is a little overwhelming. Of course half of that is the basement which I have basically given up on, but I still have to pick it up once in awhile. Taylor is becoming my little helper. Lately when everyone else is sleeping she helps me do things. Today we vacuumed and cleaned the couches. Like her mom, she loves to clean! It is fun to spend time with her and do things like that. These pictures are from last week when Ellie hurt her leg and Taylor made a little foot prop for it so they could continue to play princess Polly pockets. They are having so much fun with those things lately. I am grateful. Well it is time to feed Noah again, wish me luck!

Hooray for me

I just wanted to pat myself on the back for today. I feel really special because I took all four of my kids to the grocery store today, all by myself. The greatest part is that it wasn't a total disaster. They did really well. I had to bribe them a little, but who doesn't do that?? Ellie even cooperated until we were leaving and then she refused to come out with me. She finally agreed after some threats, and we made it to the car in one piece. I even had enough energy left when I came home to clean my kitchen and write on this blog! I have hope that I will someday feel 100% normal and be able to do all the things I used to. I have been sleeping better thanks to Noah who, slept from 11-4:30 this morning! I have been going to the gym and that has helped a lot also. Oh, and the best news is that Noah started to smile a couple of days ago. It is so cute, I haven't been able to catch it on a picture yet, but I will soon. I can't believe he is 5 weeks old already. Well enough of this, I just wanted to remember this historic day!

Joslyn

These are some cute pictures that Justin took of Joslyn the other morning. Since Noah was born, she seems so grown up. She tries to do everything on her own. She doesn't allow me to help at all. This makes things a little difficult, but I try to let her be independent. She doesn't sit in her high chair anymore, she has to sit at the table like a big girl. She even started to drink the milk from her cereal like her big sisters. This habit did not come from me, we didn't do that, and I think it is gross. Justin has taught the girls this by his example. You can't take the farm out of the boy I guess! Joslyn has also started to talk a lot more lately and it is so fun to hear her say new words. Her favorite thing at the moment is playing my little ponies. She gives one to me and then makes her pony and my pony kiss, she makes the kissy noises and everything, it is so cute. We play all the time and she is getting quite the imagination. I can't believe how grown up she is becoming!

Our cute kids

We had a really fun Halloween. The girls had a great time collecting candy from all of the neighbors. We had a ton of kids on our street this year. Taylor and Ellie wanted to dress up as princesses of course and Joslyn took her turn as Winnie the Pooh. Noah's costume (shirt) was picked by Taylor. Since the weather was so nice and I had been in the house all day, I decided to go with Justin down our street and back. Then I came home to feed the baby and Justin, Taylor and Ellie headed out for more candy. Joslyn stayed home with me, she was happy with the candy she had. In fact, she started into her stash after the first couple of houses. Instead of saying trick or treat she simply said "me too" and held out her candy bag. She got away with it only because she is so dang cute. Noah is doing better, he is gaining weight. He still looks so skinny to me, but he is getting so tall he can't seem to catch up to his height. He is eating so much, I swear he should weigh 10 pounds. Speaking of weight, I started going to the gym again, so think skinny thoughts for me. I need to lose a few pounds so I can fit into my clothes again! I have hope in myself, I have lost the weight three times before, I guess I can do it again. The kids are worth all the sacrifice! Here are some of the pictures from Halloween night. Sorry they are blurry, there was something on the lens of the camera.