Summer 2004 moms - Our kids are turning 2!

[Summer 2004 moms]

Summer 2004 (May/June/July/August) Mommies!

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Me: Name, age
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Married: Date
Baby's Name
Date of birth
Time of birth
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Other children

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List of mommies by username

Adam's Pi (LJ: karen_w)
Me: Karen, 25
DH: Adam, 28
Married: 6.29.02
DS: Colin George
DOB: June 25, 2004
6:54pm 9 lb 3 oz 21 inches
DD:Neila (rhymes with Sheila)
DOB: Sept. 22, 2006


AirForceLove
Me: Jennifer, 31
DH: Lenny, 27
Married: February 15, 2003
DS: Leonard Allen III
DOB: May 18, 2004
9:17 pm 8lbs 13 oz and 20 inches
DS#2: Frankie Andrew
DOB: July 5, 2005
4:49 pm 9 lbs even and 21 inches

amberwaves
Me: Amber, 31
DH: Mark, 35
Married: 4.27.02
DD: Gabrielle Taylor
DOB: July 1, 2004
1:10 p.m. 8 lbs. 1 oz, 20 in.

AMC
Me: Alicia, 29
DH: David, 33
Married: 7.6.02
DD: Chloe Marie
DOB: July 3, 2004
5:53pm 7.7oz 19.5 in
DS: Christian John
DOB: December 8th, 2005
2:36pm 7.5lbs and 19.5in

Bernie & Matt
Me: Bernadette, 30
DH: Matt, 28
Married: June 15, 2002
DS: Carson
DOB: June 19, 2004
7:58 pm 8 lbs. 3 oz. 21 inches
DD: Adrieanna Marie
DOB: March 12, 2006
1:00 pm 7 lbs, 11 oz. 21 1/2 inches

bluhimmy
Me: Diana
Dh: Eric
Married: October 26, 2002
DS: Hunter Kai
DOB: August 12, 2004
7:43 am 6lbs 1 oz; 18.5 inches
DD: Tabitha Kaili
DOB: August 8, 2006
6 lbs 4 oz, 19.75"

Bklynhamptonian
Me: Chelly, 30
DH: James, 31
Married: June 16, 2001
DS: Jaiden Kendall
DOB: August 16, 2004
6:09 AM 7 lbs, 1 oz, 20 inches

Burnt Orange
Me: Shelly, 34
DH: Matthew, 34
Married: 6/01/02
DD: Tatum Rose
DOB:August 10, 2004
7 lbs. 13 oz 21 inches

Celia
Me: Sally, 29
DS: Milo Mariano
DOB: July 1, 2004
11:18 am 10 lbs 9 oz

Chandy
Me: Chandy
DH: Joel
Married: 10-19-02
DD: Elliot Reese
DOB: July 13, 2004
9 lbs, 1 oz 20.5 in.

Christyz1
Me: Christy, 27
DD: Cadence Grace "Cadi"
DOB: June 30, 2004
2:03pm, 9 lbs 14oz 21.5"
Other DD: Madison Nicole May 28, 1999

Cohl
Me: Nicole, 26
DH: Matt, 28
Married: 10/19/02
DD: Bryelle Morgan
DOB: July 19, 2004
7 lbs 7 oz 20 in.
Baby #2 EDD April 14, 2007

crazycaro
Me: Caroline 32
DH: Jason 33
Married: 20 September 2003
DD#1: Ruby
DOB: 18 May 2004 (9 weeks early)
6:36am 3 lbs 10 oz
DD#2: Chloe Denise
DOB: March 29, 2006
3:15pm

dana b
me: Dana, 31
dh: Simon, 31
married: 9/28/02
DD: Noa
DOB: June 6, 2004
2:04 am 7 lbs, 3 oz 19.5"
DS: Henri Grayson
DOB: Sept 10th, 2006

deelcie
Me: Diana, 34
DH: Roberto, 43
Married: 10/12/2002
DS: Deacon
DOB: June 16, 2004
7:34PM, 9lbs. 21 inches

elly
Me: Melissa
DH: Andrew
Married: 7/7/02
DD: Olivia
DOB: June 30, 2004
8:15pm 8lbs 12 oz
DD#2: Audrey Kate
DOB: Sept.6, 2005
8:15am, 7lb 14oz, 21"

excitedbride
me: Christina, 24
DH: J, 27
Married: March 2, 2003
DS: Wesley
DOB: May 12, 2004
DD: Savannah Rose
DOB: May 13, 2006 (34weeks 5days)
12:39am 5lbs 9oz 18 3/4in.

Footyprints
Me: Shan, 27
DH: David, 27
Married: 12/21/02
DS: Eli David
DOB: June 8, 2004
2:27 a.m.

Ganache
Me: Andrea, 29
DH: Daniel, 30
Married: 8/31/02
DD: Madison
DOB: June 18, 2004
8 lbs 8oz 20 inches

genndan100502
Me: Genevie, 30
DH: Daniel, 31
Married: 10/05/02
DD: Nicole
DOB: June 12, 2004
12:55pm 8 lbs 2 oz, 19 in.

hapahaole
Me: Heather, 29
DH: Matt, 31
Married: 6-28-03
DS: John William (Jack)
DOB: May 27, 2004
5:10pm 7lbs, 8oz 20in
DD: Kaylie Tate
DOB: March 14, 2006, 4:45am

isaacsmommy
me: Jenn, 20
dh: Neal, 21
married: April 3, 2004
DS: Isaac Michael
DOB: July 7, 2004
9:53 pm 6lbs 18 3/4 inches
DS#2: Grant Cameron
DOB: July 17, 2006

jakedog
me: JD, 31
dh: Hub, 37
married: 8/17/02
ds: H
DOB: June 15, 2004
3:44pm 8 lbs 6 oz 20 in.
DD: Eloise Elizabeth
DOB: March 31, 2006
9:34am, 7lbs. 1oz., 17 in.

Jen1098
Me: Jen
Dh: Paul
Married: 7-6-02
DS: Joshua
DOB: July 3, 2004
1:38 pm 8 lbs 5 oz 20 1/4 in.
DS#2: Kyle Robert
DOB: May 8, 2006
3:07 am 8lbs 10 ozs 20 1/2 inches

jki (WC: HCK/mojito)
Me: Jennifer, 33
DH: Hamilton, 33
Married: 7/5/02
DS : Jackson
DOB: June 21, 2004
2:24pm 8 lbs, 21 in.
DD: Cassidy Anne
DOB: July 9, 2005
10:21am 8 lbs, 8 oz. 21 inches

[Summer 2004 moms]

kmmommy
Me: K
DH: J
Married: 8/2/03
DS: K
DOB: August 15, 2004
3:57pm 7 lbs. 14 oz. 20.25 in
DD: M
DOB: June 1, 2006
6:01am 5 lbs. 11 oz. 18.5 in.


lady1297
DS: Edward
DOB: August 8, 2004

Lildan
Me: Danielle, 30
DH: Del, 31
Married: June 29, 2002
DS: Alexander Aurelio
DOB: May 16, 2004
7:39PM, 9 pounds, 21.5 inches

Lisa&Jason
Me: Lisa, 28
DH: Jason, 25
Married: 9/27/03
DD: Payton
DOB: June 30, 2004 (7 lbs, 5 oz, 19.5")
DD: Allyssa, 10/9/98 (6 lbs, 5 oz, 18.5")

Lisarenee25 (WC: Lisa_Williams)
Me: Lisa, 30
DH: Bryant, 39
Married: 6/23/02
DS: Hadyn
DOB: June 15, 2004, 12:30 AM

lisariv
Me: Lisa, 29
DH: Matt, 29
Married: 4/28/2001
DD: Sydney
DOB: June 12, 2004
8:02 am 7lbs 6oz, 19.5 in.

luckiestgirl
Me: Kelli, 38
DH: Shane, 33
Married: 5-25-02
DD: Leah
DOB: June 3, 2004
2:28am 8 lbs 11 oz 22 1/2 in.
Other children: Sami-17; Cody-13;Alyssa-8; Meagan-5

mloveya
Me: Maria, 29
DH: Manny, 32
Married: October 13, 2002
DS: Petros
DOB: August 11, 2004
10:54AM, 9 lb 14 oz, 20 1/2"

mxgirly (WC: Beach Bunny, LJ: mxgirly)
Me: Kristin, 27
DH: Mark, 30 (almost 31)
Married: June 21, 2003
DD: Kaitlyn Alyssa
DOB: August 3, 2004
8lbs 6oz, 20 inches

Monique
Me: Monique, age 31 (Almost 32)
DH: Brice, age 33 (almost 34)
Married: August 24, 2002
DS: Braden Robert "Brady"
DOB: June 18, 2004
8:12 pm 10 lbs 2 oz 20.5 in.
DD: Madelyn Simone
DOB: March 26, 2006
3:04am 8.14lbs 21 inches

mrs_barkley (LJ: ginasmommy)
Me: Terena, 28
DH: Timothy(Tim), 30
Married: 9/20/03
DD:Gina Marie
DOB: May 1, 2004 (12 weeks early)
4:36 pm 2 lbs 2.6 oz 14 in.
DD#2: Emalee Rose
DOB: Aug. 22, 2005 (10 1/2 weeks early)
8:45 am 2 lbs 11.6 oz 15 in.

NicoleWisconsin
Me: Nicole, 24
DH: Tony, 24
Married: April 5, 2003
DS: Blake
DOB: July 19, 2004
8:45 PM, 6 lb 13.8 oz, 20 1/4"

NikkiD
Me: Nikki, 31
DH: Stacy, 30
Married: Feb. 2, 2002
DD: Kaitlyn Nicole
DOB: July 5, 2004
9 lbs 7oz, 21.5"
DS: Austin 10/1/96
DS: Justin 12/31/02
DS: Jaxson Phillip January 4, 2006 5:09pm

Noniitis
Me: Noni <Winona> 33
DH: Clark 37
Married: March 20th 2004
DS: Lewis
DOB: June 13, 2004
6:11am
7lbs 22 inches

OctoberPrincess
Me: Melissa (28)
DH: Josh (33)
Married: October 5, 2002
DS: Tyler Andrew
DOB: June 18, 2004

Phen
Me: Phen, 34
DH: Tom, 29
Married: 4/20/02
DSs: Thomas Calvin IV and Alexander Childs
DOB: July 13, 2004
3:31 a.m. and 3:33 a.m.
7 lbs. 9 oz., and 6 lbs. 3 oz.

Prudies
Me: Jenny, 31
DH: Dave, 32
Married: January 18, 2003
Baby's Name: Elliott
Date of birth: May 21, 2004 (7 weeks early)
Time of birth: 8:30 am (scheduled c-section after my developing pre-eclampsia)
Weight and Length: 3lbs, 10 oz (not sure of length, they never told us! )
Other children: Not yet!

RayNJay
Me: Donna, 31
DH: Jason, 32
Married: 4-26-03
DD: Madeline Rhea (Maddie)
DOB: June 26, 2004
11:49am 6lbs, 12oz 20.5in

Rositabean
Me: Rose, 30
DH: Gilbert, 31
Married: May 4, 2002
DS: Simon
DOB: May 29, 2004
8:53 pm 7 lbs 5.4 oz 19 3/4 in.

Sal03
Me: Rebecca, 30
DH: 36
DS: Dylan Benjamin
DOB: June 29, 2004
11:54pm 8lbs 4oz
DD: Kate Lauren
DOB: March 23, 2006
12:42 pm 7 lbs 15 oz 19 in.

SlvrPhenx
Me: Heather
Dh: Harold "Boo"
Married: October 27, 2001
DS: Matheson
DOB: May 30, 2004
6:21 pm 6lbs 12 oz 19 in.

smanley
Me: Shannon, 32
DH: DJ, 31
Married: August 24, 2002
DD: Olivia Sue
DOB: June 24, 2004
8:19 pm 7 lbs, 21 in.
DD#2: Lily Genevieve
DOB: January 18, 2006

stars
Me: Sandra, 39
DH: Peter, 34
Married: 9/28/02
DS: Dylan Joseph
DOB: July 14, 2004
8:36 p.m. 9 lbs. 10 oz, 20 inches
Baby#2 due 2/25/07 - IT'S a GIRL!

Steve's Sweety
Me: Tish, 30
DH: Steve, 29
Married: 6.9.01
DS: Holden Loucas
DOB: June 13, 2004
7:46 pm 6 lbs 11 oz, 20" long
Other children: 3 Canine Furkids

Stumbles
Me: 24
DH: 37
Married: September 14, 2002
DD: Tahlia Jasmine
DOB: May 10, 2004
7:42 am 7 lb 11 oz (3.4 kgs)
DS: Reuben Connor
DOB: April 12, 2006
11:05 am 7lb 12 oz, 19 in

[Summer 2004 moms]

List of babies by birthdate

May 1
Gina Marie (mrs_barkley)

May 10
Tahlia (Stumbles)

May 12
Wesley (excitedbride)

May 16
Alexander (lildan)

May 18
Ruby (crazycaro)
Leonard Allen III(AirForceLove)

May 21
Elliott (Prudies)

May 27
John William "Jack" (hapahaole)

May 29
Simon (Rositabean)

May 30
Matheson (SlvrPhenx)

June 3
Leah Lynn (luckiestgirl)

June 6
Noa (dana b)

June 8
Eli David (footyprints)

June 12
Sydney (lisariv)
Nicole (genndan100502)

June 13
Lewis (Noniitis)
Holden (Steve's Sweety)

June 15
Henry (jakedog)
Hadyn (lisarenee25)

June 16
Deacon (Deelcie)

June 18
Braden "Brady" (Monique)
Madison (Ganache)
Tyler (OctoberPrincess)

June 19
Carson (Bernie & Matt)

June 21
Jackson (jki)

June 24
Olivia Sue (smanley)

June 25
Colin George (Adam'sPi)

June 26
Madeline Rhea "Maddie" (RayNJay)

June 29
Dylan (Sal03)

June 30
Payton (Lisa&Jason)
Cadence (Christyz1)
Olivia (elly)

July 1
Gabrielle (amberwaves)
Milo (Celia)

July 3
Chloe (AMC)
Josh (Jen1098)

July 5
Kaitlyn (Nikki D)

July 7
Isaac (isaacsmommy)

July 13
Elliot Reese (Chandy)
Thomas and Alexander (Phen)

July 14
Dylan Joseph (stars)

July 19
Bryelle Morgan (Cohl)
Blake (NicoleWisconsin)

August 3
Kaitlyn (mxgirly)

August 8
Edward (lady1297)

August 10
Tatum (Burnt Orange)

August 11
Petros (mloveya)

August 12
Hunter (bluhimmy)

August 15
Kaeden (Kaeden's Mommy)

August 16
Jaiden (Bklynhamptonian)

[Summer 2004 moms]

Repeat Offenders (RO's) by DOB

7/5/05
AirForceLove It's a BOY! Welcome Frankie Andrew!

7/9/05
jki It's a GIRL! Welcome Cassidy Anne!

8/22/05
mrs_barkley It's a GIRL! Welcome Emalee Rose!

9/6/05
elly It's a GIRL! Welcome Audrey Kate!

12/8/05
AMC It's a BOY! Welcome Christian John!

1/4/06
Nikki D It's a BOY! Welcome Jaxson Phillip!

1/18/06
smanley It's a GIRL! Welcome Lily Genevieve!

3/12/06
Bernie & Matt It's a GIRL! Welcome Adrieanna Marie!

3/14/06
Hapahaole It's a GIRL! Welcome Kaylie Tate!

3/23/06
Sal03 It's a GIRL! Welcome Kate Lauren!

3/26/06
Monique It's a GIRL! Welcome Madelyn Simone!

3/29/06
crazycaro It's a GIRL! Welcome Chloe Denise!

3/31/06
Jakedog It's a GIRL! Welcome Eloise Elizabeth!

4/12/06
Stumbles It's a BOY! Welcome Reuben Connor!

5/8/06
jen1098 It's a BOY! Welcome Kyle Robert!

5/13/06
excitedbride It's a GIRL! Welcome Savannah Rose!

6/1/06
Kaeden's Mommy It's a GIRL! Welcome Mackenzie Morgan!

7/17/06
isaacsmommy It's a BOY! Welcome Grant Cameron!

8/8/06
Bluhimmy It's a GIRL! Welcome Tabitha Kaili!

9/10/06
dana b It's a BOY! Welcome Henri Grayson!

9/23/06
Adam's Pi It's a GIRL! Welcome Neila!

[Summer 2004 moms]

RO's by EDD

2/25/07
stars It's a GIRL!

4/14/07
Cohl

[NicoleWisconsin]

On the birthday list, Blake's is actually July 19. It's right in the first page... and I'm 24 now. Thanks :)

[Sal03]

Thanks for the new thread Mrs. B! Is all the info still the same?

[kmmommy]

Please update my age to 25 and DH's to 24.

Thanks for the new thread!

T minus 6 weeks until EDD for our little girl. We found out that I have polyhydramnios (excess amniotic fluid) and the baby's stomach is dilated. We're going to a perinatologist for a Level II U/S on Wednesday. There is a chance she has a condition called duodenal atresia which would require surgery within a day or 2 after birth. We'd appreciate any thoughts and prayers if you're so inclinded.

Thanks!

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here!

Sal: Everything is the same :)

Kelly: We will keep your family in our prayers. Hugs!

[lildan]

*Subscribing*

And, wanted to say "Happy 2nd Brithday" to Gina!!

And, to say *so jealous* to Titia for having a fully trained young man. Ugh, we're better but no where near there yet. Question, are you still using diapers overnight?

[stars]

Thanks for the new thread and your work :)

Happy Birthdays to the two year olds.

edited to add... Thinking of you Kaeden's mommy and pray that everything works out okay.

[NicoleWisconsin]

Where are all the soon to be two year olds sleeping?

We co-slept from newborn on, and in February, we got a toddler bed. We dropped our mattresses to the floor and put the toddler bed right next to our bed. He probably starts in the toddler bed 25% of the time, but he's only ever stayed in it all night (6-7 hrs) once. I'm fine with that. He wakes up and says "Mommy" and then I bring him into bed with us. Sometimes, he has wanted to go to sleep in his bed... I give him a choice every night. I'm sure that he'll eventually want to sleep there more than in ours.

[Nikkid]

*subscribing*

I can't believe we are entering the terrible two's already. Although I feel like I've been there for 5 mos already. :rolleyes: My DS just left the terrible two's and now I have another one entering, my timing was way off on that one. And I still have another one to go through it after DD. I'll be a pro by that time. :D

Sleeping Kaitlyn has been sleeping in her toddler bed since about 17 mos. She started crawling out of her crib really early so we thought it would be safer to take the railing down. We do struggle with her every night and she is getting better. We have to sit in her room until she falls asleep otherwise she gets out of bed immediately and goes into her brothers room. She's finally starting to fall asleep more quickly now but she has been getting up during the night. We usually put her back in her bed but sometimes we are so tired and don't want to fight with her that we just let her lay with us but then she rarely goes back to sleep. Last night she actually stayed in her bed all night and I didn't realize it until I got up and she was still sleeping. Yay!

[Sal03]

Kaeden's mommy how scary! I really hope everything is fine. sending lots of thoughts and prayers your way. please keep us posted

[NicoleWisconsin]

Prayers for your family, Kaedan's Mommy. Please keep us updated.

[smanley]

We moved Olivia to her big girl's bed (a twin) in early February since her sister Lily (now 3 months old already!) needed her crib sooner rather than later. It took about a month to work out the kinks but she's doing great sleeping in the bed now. Doesn't get out at night (since we took away her steps up to the bed - she thinks she's trapped there) and goes down fairly easy. The biggest help was having a video monitor so we could see if she was climbing out of the bed - we'd then say through the closed door "Olivia, get back in bed". So I think she thinks we sit outside her door all night long! Once she realized we could see her getting out of bed - she decided it was better to stay put. We also had a Big Sister book that talked about sleeping in a big girl's bed and that made her really excited about not being a baby anymore. I love having two so close in age and can't wait for them to be able to "play" together more...Olivia keeps handing Lily toys wanting to share with her - and her food too. It's so cute. Two is definitely a handful but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[mrs_barkley]

Sleeping? Gina co-slept with at first, then we moved her to the crib. At 20 months we moved her to a twin bed since Emalee needed the crib. She loves it and sleeps in it all nite.

smanley: When was Lily born so I can add her to the first page?

[kmmommy]

My u/s today unfortunately didn't yield very good results. They did confirm that she has a stomach problem and also a heart defect. The good news is both are fixable with surgery. The bad is that the chance of Downs Syndrome has also increased. FTR, we didn't do any screening early in the pregnancy.

The stomach problem needs to be resolved surgically within 24-48 hours of birth which means I will need to deliver at the hospital I saw the peri at today (4 hours from here). The heart surgery would take place around 3-6 months of age but is considered a mid-range heart problem and she shouldn't have any long lasting effects.

We're a little overwhelmed right now and just hoping and praying that things will be okay.

Thanks for all your continued support and prayers.

[Nikkid]

I'm so sorry to hear your news Kaedens mommy. It sounds like things will be fine in the long run but you have a tough road ahead of you. You and your family are in my thoughts.

[crazycaro]

Subscribing, back later.

[smanley]

Lily Genevieve was born on January 18, 2006. Thanks!

Anyone else's toddler taken to screaming to get your attention or when they get frustrated? Olivia does it a lot too when I am trying to BF Lily and she would prefer that I play with her. Any suggestions on how to reduce the amount of hollering? thanks!

[Nikkid]

Anyone else's toddler taken to screaming to get your attention or when they get frustrated?

YES,YES! Well Kaitlyn will just scream at the top of her lungs when she's mad. If we scold her for something she will stick out her bottom lip and then scream. I can't stand it. Still don't know how to correct this either.

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here! Welcome Lily!

[NicoleWisconsin]

Screaming One thing we do with Blake is we always tell him when he screams, "Use your words."

What's on everyone's two year wish list? Ours... A color magna doodle, water table, shopping cart, outdoor play house, and art easel.

[prudies]

subscribing...

Prudies
Me: Jenny, 31
DH: Dave, 32
Married: January 18, 2003
Baby's Name: Elliott
Date of birth: May 21, 2004
Time of birth: 8:30 am (scheduled c-section after my developing pre-eclampsia)
Weight and Length: 3lbs, 10 oz (not sure of length, they never told us! :( )
Other children: Not yet!

Kaeden's mommy - I'm sorry to hear your going through this. I hope you and your family have support around you.

screaming - Elliott's never really been a screamer, but he does have moments where he gets frustrated and will do that eh-eh-eh noise. Right now, I basically ignore it. I use to say "use your words," and I sometimes still do, but I really don't like to give it any attention at all at this point. I used to say, I understand you're frustrated, but I can't understand you when you whine/grunt/scream/etc., and I'd recommend that as a starting point, but right now it's best not to give it any attention at all.

[Sal03]

Kaeden's mommy So much to worry about! Thinking of you and your family!!

eta Mrs. Barkley I sent you a PM :)

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here! Welcome Prudies :) When was Elliott due? I forget.

Sal: I fixed it :)

[christyz1]

Please update my age...I'm 27 now!!

Thanks!!!!

[OctoberPrincess]

Kaeden's mommy so sorry to hear your news, you and your family are in my prayers. Though you will have a tough road ahead of you I'm glad to hear things will likely be OK.

Sleeping Tyler is still sleeping in his crib since there is no need to move him at this time, he sleeps so well that we hesitate to change anything. I figure we will move him closer to 2 1/2 or 3 depending on when I get pregnant(yes we are still trying).

Screaming Tyler is a screamer, big time. We are also at a loss as to proper methods of correction...we have been trying to just ignore it but he doesn't seem to be getting bored with it and the screams get very irritating! I've also tried directing his attention and telling him that we don't scream because it hurts Mommy's ears but that doesn't seem to phase him.

Titia congrats on Holden's potty success, that's amazing as he is soo young! Tyler still thinks the potty is a toy.:rolleyes:

[NicoleWisconsin]

OctoberPrincess, do you mind sharing how long it took you to get pregnant with Tyler and how long you've been trying now. We're looking to try in Octoberish and I'm so worried we won't get pregnant for a long time or that we'll encounter secondary infertility... We were fortunate with Blake and it only took 2 months.

[Adam's Pi]

NicoleWisconsin (I'm being nosey here), it took us 8 loooong months to concieve DS (#1), but we were able to concieve DD (#2) on the first try. We were so shocked. Just saying it can go either way. :)

[kmmommy]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I have a perinatologist appointment on Monday. Hopefully we will set an induction date then (I'll be 36w2d Monday). I'd like to have some kind of plan as to when we'll deliver since we need to have surgeons on staff and there is a holiday coming up in a few weeks.

Nicole ~ I'll add my 2 cents about TTC as well (hope you don't mind). Kaeden was a surprise but I got pg with him our 2nd month of not really TTA. This time it took 5 months but I had very irregular cycles and we weren't even sure I was Oing.

[NicoleWisconsin]

I totally appreciate your imputs :)

Prayers, Kaedensmommy... and hugs

[prudies]

When was Elliott due? I forget.

Me too! :p July 3rd. Today I started thinking about his birthdate, and how he had to be delivered early by c-section, and I started to feel sad that he didn't have a "natural" birthdate, for lack of a better term. What's up with that? I have no idea where that feeling came from. I wonder if his upcoming birthday brought up those guilty/angry c-section feelings? If so, duuuuuude, does that mommy guilt ever go away? :rolleyes:

Kaeden's Mommy - Elliott was born at 33 weeks. Despite my angst about the whole thing, doctors are amazing these days.

More Friday night rambling... So I took my first trip out of town, and without Elliott. He did just fine while I was away, but when I came back he really gave me a tough time for a day or so. Apparently that's their way of testing you -- what if I'm really, really bad, will you still stay?

Let me tell you, he was actually trying to stick his finger in electric outlets!!! He has NEVER done that in his life. It was insane.

What else? Anyone have any good birthday gift ideas for our 2s?

[kmmommy]

Thanks again for the continued prayers. We appreciate it.

Just a quick post to say Happy Mother's Day as we will probably not be around tomorrow.

http://www.andiamsomebody.com/archives/uploads/Happy-Mothers-Day-Daisy.jpg

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here!

Happy Mother's Day ladies!

[NicoleWisconsin]

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

My cousin that will be 2 next month is apparently unbuckling his car seat while the car is moving... I guess he'll actually unbuckle it and then try to slide out and he gets stuck midway and gasps for air. How scary! I guess my aunt is constantly having to pull over to re-buckle him.

We haven't started that yet and I hope we don't!!

[OctoberPrincess]

NicoleWisconsin, we got pregnant with Tyler after 4 months of ttc...we charted for the last 2 of those 4 months. This time I began trying in September and we still haven't had any luck, it feels like it's taking forever (we did try to avoid having #2 be a December baby though). My sister took much longer than she anticipated ttc #2 so it's hard not to worry that I may have the same problem but I try to remember that there are many woman who have been ttc much longer than I have. I really wanted #2 to be 18-24months younger than Tyler but that's not going to happen so I will settle for them being 3 years apart.:rolleyes:

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!

[amberwaves]

Once again, it's been way too long since I've checked in. I saw the new thread and thought, 4 pages... I can get through that! (I always felt like I could never catch up on the previous thread).

Gabby is doing great. She started daycare a couple weeks ago. Before then, I had a nanny, but with DH and I both working from home, it became too hard to work because Gabby was constantly yelling for mommy and daddy. Daycare is working out great so far. Our neighbor's little boy is in there and Gabby plays with him regularly, so it's nice to know she's there with a friend :) Gabby got her first real modeling gig in November and I just saw it online last month and it was so exciting to see it:

http://www.zara.com

Click on Catalog > Kids (or Ninos). Hover your mouse over the right side of the photo and you'll get an arrow. Gabby is on page 2 and 3. DH actually took her the day she did this shoot so I had never even seen her in these outfits, so it was a total surprise to me.

Here's a few recent pics:

http://gatej.smugmug.com/photos/62765220-S.jpg

http://gatej.smugmug.com/photos/65091038-S.jpg

http://gatej.smugmug.com/photos/62766668-S.jpg

Life is good. We've got a lot of big things happening in the next couple months that I'll be back to update on, one of which is the big move to another state! I've been in CA my whole life, so it will be an adjustment, but I think a good one long-term.

Kaeden's Mommy - I'm so sorry to hear about your little girl. Thinking about you and sending good thoughts your way.

xo
amber

[Celia]

Im also glad its just four pages to catch up on!! Milo is finally self weaning. I dont regret one single minute of extended breastfeeding. He still nurses but i notice lately hes not as interested. We bought a potty for Milo a couple of weeks ago but he thinks its somewhere to put his bath toys. Oh well I guess we will try later.
Here are a couple of pics from last month
http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3A%3C488%7Ffp344%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B 2%3EWSNRCG%3D3233754%3A96%3B3%3Anu0mrj

http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3A%3C488%7Ffp344%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B 2%3EWSNRCG%3D3233754%3A9284%3Bnu0mrj

http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3A%3C488%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B 2%3EWSNRCG%3D3233754%3A92848nu0mrj

Sorry about the quality of the pics!

[Jen1098]

Hi girls. Only have a quick moment but wanted to announce the arrival of Josh's little brother Kyle Robert.
He was born May 8th at 3:07 am. Labor was longer this time around but I only pushed for 15 minutes-about 15 minutes less than with Josh.
He weighed 8lbs 10 ozs and was 20 1/2 inches.
So far things are going well but only b/c my mom is here and my dad comes in this evening. The real test will be next week when it's just me and the boys during the day.
We'll get through it.

http://http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3B9462%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D3233%3E668%3E262%3E23 24668353373ot1lsi
http://http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3B8%3B%3B8%7Ffp33%3B%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E693%3E 5%3A9%3EWSNRCG%3D323372%3B297%3B23nu0mrj
Josh loves giving kisses to Kyle and always wants to hold him. Let's hope he keeps that up.:D

[Jen1098]

Shoot the pictures didn't work. Let me try again

http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3B8%3B%3B8%7Ffp33%3B%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E693%3E 5%3A9%3EWSNRCG%3D323372%3B297%3B23nu0mrj

http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A%3B9462%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E693%3E5%3A9% 3EWSNRCG%3D3233759276728nu0mrj

[prudies]

Congratulations! Oh my gosh, the Boppy picture is too cute!

[Sal03]

Jen Huge Congrats!!!!!!! The second picture is so adorable.

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here! Welcome Kyle!

[stars]

Jen Congrats on the birth of your son.

Amber Could your little girl be any cuter??? Those pics of her modeling are too much!

Adams Pi How is your son doing with his asthma this spring? After two trips to the emergency room over here, his doc finally put him on Singular in addition to his nebulizer (when needed). I think you mentioned that your son takes Singular as well right?

[dana b]

celia congrats on nursing for so long, i remember when you were having problems.

jen those pics are so cute, josh looks so much older now.

amber i love gabby's pics, she has such gorgeous blue eyes.

not much going on here, i'm not sure if i mentioned that we found out we're having a boy, we're pretty excited about that. i need to post some pics of noa, she's getting so big. she has such a great personality and talks so much now.

[Adam's Pi]

stars How funny, I was thinking I should pm you and see how your son did over the spring! I'll do it now, to take up less space in here.

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here :)


Congrats on your BOY dana b!

[kmmommy]

Hey girls!

Just wanted to drop by and let you know that we have an induction date of May 24th!! I probably won't be updating for a few days after that. Mackenzie will be undergoing a lot of tests and will be having surgery within 24-36 hours after birth. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers if you don't mind.

[Adam's Pi]

Kaeden's Mommy Good thoughts and many prayers headed your way!

I forgot to mention that we're having a girl this time around, if you could please update my stats.

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated :)

Congrats on your GIRL Adam's Pi!

[Nikkid]

Good luck Kaedens Mommy, good thoughts coming your way.

Congrats Jen on the birth of Kyle. I have to add that I also love that last pic.

Congrats on your boy Dana b and congrats on your girl Adam's Pi!

Celia your little boy is so adorable. That last picture is so precious.

I thought I would post a couple of recent pics of my naughty girl. Man she is really getting out of hand. She's lucky she's so dang cute!

Her and big bro just before going to the circus
http://www.stacydruse.com/main%20pics/kids/051806/images/picture_001.jpg

The face we are so use to seeing
http://www.stacydruse.com/main%20pics/kids/051806/images/picture_002.jpg

What we usually look like after meal time
http://www.stacydruse.com/main%20pics/kids/051806/images/picture_017.jpg

Being silly
http://www.stacydruse.com/main%20pics/kids/051806/images/picture_022.jpg

[Bernie & Matt]

Ok, I got suckered in :) Really, though, having two around plus working full time makes it hard to post. I try to lurk often though and have been thinking about you all.

Anyway, the official update is Baby Girl born on March 12 in the middle of two tornado warnings at 1:00, weighing in at 7 lb, 11 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long. Adrieanna Marie.

Ooops, here's what I mean. Little girl is stiring and I'm trying to get some lunch in me. Gotta go!

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here! Congrats Bernie! Welcome Adrieanna Marie! She was born at 1 pm right?

[Bernie & Matt]

yep, in the afternoon after only 9 hours of labor and 15 min of pushing. Same as her big brother :)

[mrs_barkley]

Congrats Bernie! I love her name!

[kmmommy]

Congrats Bernie! Beautiful name for your little girl!

I'm all set to be induced on Friday at 6:30am. I'm a little nervous as DS came on his own with no induction but due to the potential problems with our baby girl we have to be prepared with the specialists. If you can spare any happy thoughts, prayers, anything we'd be very grateful.

I'll update when I can. Thanks girls!

[mrs_barkley]

Good luck Kelly! I hope everything goes well.

[hapahaole]

Kaeden's Mommy
Best wishes to you! I'll be thinking about you and patiently waiting for an update. I hope everything goes very smoothly. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers.

Not much new going on here. Just doing life with 2 kids. Kaylie's a pretty great sleeper and eater. In fact I think she may have been eating too much which was causing her to throw it all back up. It's either that or dairy which I've mostly been off of for the last few weeks. Guess I'll have to test it out by eating some ice cream.

Jack's doing great with his little sister. I'm just trying to figure out when I should transition him to a big boy bed. We're moving next month, so I will probably try to keep him in the crib until after the move so he doesn't totally freak out. Then maybe we'll move onto potty training later this summer (not holding my breath though). Hmm...wonder if I should wake him up...it's 8:15 and we've got a playgroup to go to this morning...no wonder I can't get anywhere until 11am. :)

Take care everyone!

Kaylie
http://static.flickr.com/78/152719058_220711640c.jpg?v=0

Jack can be kind of a crazy sleeper...
http://static.flickr.com/74/157242734_bb574360c5.jpg?v=0

Toast...yummy yummy
http://static.flickr.com/58/157242690_76a88aabc4.jpg?v=0

Hey cutie
http://static.flickr.com/58/157242765_8d5ae1bb29.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/73/157242757_cfb7599d1b.jpg?v=0

hapa

[Nikkid]

Good luck to you Kelly! I hope everything goes smoothly for you.

Hapa cute pictures! I noticed that Jack wears glasses. At what age did he start wearing them and how did you keep them on him when he did start wearing them? I think my DD may need to wear glasses and I can't imagine her keeping them on her face. The thought of it just stresses me out.

[kmmommy]

Hapa ~ Your kiddos are just adorable! I love the collage frame pictures of Kaylie - she's beautiful! Thank you for the thoughts and prayer!

Nikki and Mrs Barkley ~ Thanks for thinking of us!

[Sal03]

Nikki they are adorable!

Bernie congrats!

Hapa the new collage is beautiful. I love her little belly button!!

Kaeden's mommy Wishing you so much luck on Friday. I hope your induction goes smoothly and that your baby girl arrives happy and healthy!!

Life is insane around here. after my sweet Dylan who never cried, miss katie is a slightly rude awakening! she is really gassy and hard to get down for naps and rarely smiles. It's so hard not to make comparisons when dylan was so easy at this age (9 weeks) and smiled all the time! I try to remember she was two weeks early though so she has catching up to do and will hopefully outgrown the gassyness soon. It helps that she keeps looking up at me with these big eyes and I just melt!

[jki]

I can't believe my baby is almost 2! I can't wait to see how much he weighs - he is 36 lbs. on my scale at home!

Here's a couple pictures from this weekend:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/jki/a5ea5ae1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/jki/2d5c5031.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/jki/875dca42.jpg

Here's Cassidy - she looks JUST like Jackson did at this age:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/jki/7b2b7b13.jpg

Bernie&Matt: Congrats!

hapa: Wow! Love the pics - your kids are too cute! I'd kill for 8:15 wakeups - everyone is up and ready to go no later than 6:05am!! I've tried everything to get them to sleep later!

Sal03: I've always heard it's a rude awakening when your second child is harder than your first. Hang in there and keep working on the sleep - it gets so much better!

Kaeden's Mommy: Good luck!

Potty Training: Jackson has been pooping and peeing in the potty multiple times per day but there's no way I'm putting him in anything but diapers! I barely have time/energy to clean the POTTY, I don't think I can handle an accident!

[Steve's Sweety]

Hey ladies.

I missed the beginning of this thread so I wasn't getting notices.

Anyway so to go back to the beginning, yes Danielle, he is in big boy undies for nighttime and everything.

Got some things to do so I only had a minute but thought I'd pop in and read and say hello. :)


Oh, and I read elsewhere that excitedbride had a little girl, within the last week or 2, but that's all the info I saw! Congrats to her and her family!

[mrs_barkley]

Found this info on the June board, posted by excitedbride:

Savannah Rose is here!

May 13, 2006
12:39am
5lbs 9oz 18 3/4in.

Born at 34weeks 5days.

[Summer 2004 moms]

Updated to here! Congrats excitedbride and welcome Savannah Rose!

[OctoberPrincess]

Congrats on your little girls ExcitedBride and Bernie!

Hapa I LOVE the pics, both your children are adorable! The collage is as cute as ever, I will definitely be doing that for my next child.

jki wow, Jackson is a big boy! Tyler is not even 23 lbs, some 12 month shorts won't even stay up on him! He and Cassidy are adorable!

Kaden'sMommy good luck, I look forward to hearing good things!

We got back from a wonderful trip to Disneyworld last week, we will definitely be returning in the near future. The night after we returned Tyler begain climbing out of him crib, we purchased a crib tent and after 2 semi-difficult nights he has accepted it but I'm now wondering when to make the transition... He's such a great sleeper in the crib and I know he will not be able to relax if he can get out of his bed since once he learned that he could climb out of the crib he continued doing so until we allowed him to stay out and fall asleep with us (we have NEVER done this besides when he was an infant). Has anyone trasitioned their child directly to a twin bed? How did that go? My crib does convert to a toddler bed but I'm considering leaving the crib up until December and purchasing a complete new big boy bedroom set with twin bed.

We are in the process of having our yard landscaped so it has been hectic between that, and preparing for all the parties we have through the month of July.

[lisarenee25]

I thought I would stop in and say Hi!

I haven't been keeping up with the thread until now. I had to follow 3 different links to find you. It's really nice that everyone is still posting.

I wanted to congratulate everyone who has had their 2nd! I am really happy for you guys.

Hadyn is doing extremely well. I cannot believe how fast time went and how big he is. My God. It's like a blink of an eye. I have sent out the invitations for his 2nd birthday party. We are having a teletubbies theme. We are even having Chef Duff Goldman make a teletubby cake.

I wanted to ask a question to those who have had a second baby. Is the financial burden overwhelming? The thought is scary. How did you handle the added expense?

[Sal03]

october that trip sounds so nice! glad you guys had fun

jki Jackson is huge! And they look so much alike!

Hapa love the one of Jack sleeping. what a clown!

Kaeden's mommy hope everything is okay! can't wait for news!

Luckiest sorry DH is being a creep. hope you start getting some help soon. you are supermom!

SO it turns out Katie has reflux. We found out today and she has to go on zantac. No wonder the poor thing has been such a fuss. I had suspected but I was hoping she would just outgrow it. I really hope she is happier once we start it. here are a few pics...
before recent haircut
http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3C76%3B75%7Ffp342%3Enu%3D3233%3E66%3A%3E862%3E 232466%3A9538%3B6ot1lsi
after recent haircut
http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3C76%3B75%7Ffp342%3Enu%3D3233%3E6%3B%3B%3E%3B% 3A8%3E23246%3B%3B%3C999%3C2ot1lsi
Katie last week at 9 weeks
http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3C76%3B75%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D323%3B%3E486%3E%3B37% 3EWSNRCG%3D323379%3B389%3C%3A7nu0mrj

[kmmommy]

luckiest ~ Sorry to hear about your DH being a jerk. {{{HUGS}}} to you as I'm sure it's very hard to be a mom to 5 and also take care of everything else on your own.

Sal ~ Poor Katie. Hope the Zantac helps.

Miss Mackenzie decided to make her arrival a day early. My water broke at 2:30am on the 1st and she was born at 6am. I'll post my birth story in my journal later - it was a crazy labor and delivery. She does have duodenal atresia and an AV canal (heart defect) as suspected. She had surgery for the atresia today and it went very well. Hopefully she'll be home in a couple weeks. She's in the NICU but doing very well all around. The heart condition isn't as severe as we expected and she may not need surgery - we'll see as she grows. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Mackenzie Morgan
Born: 6/1/06 @ 6:01am
5 lbs. 11 oz.
18.5 inches long

[Bernie & Matt]

Sal Adrieanna has reflux as well, although we're on Axid for it, not Zantac. I never suspected she had issues except for the fact that she didn't gain weight at the beginning. After watching a feeding, my ped's nurse diagnosed it at about 10 days. She's gained weight wonderfully since then and is a nursing fiend. The medicine has made a huge difference.

Lisarenee I can't say I notice much of difference in financials with the second one. Although we always planned on more, she came a little earlier than we thought. Since she's BFed, buying formula is not an issue. She has a girl cousin who is almost a year older than her, so 95% of her clothes are borrowed. Diapers are really the only big additional expense, but we're also fortunate there. She's one of those mythical BFed babies who only poops 2-3x a week, so we don't have to change diapers as often since they're just wet. So far, so good :)

[kmmommy]

luckiet ~ It would be wonderful of you to have your friends/family pray for us. Mackenzie is facing a lot so far in her short life. We also just found out that she has Down Syndrome so it's been a tough week. We'll take all the prayers we can get.

[Sal03]

Kelly I can not even begin to imagine the rollercoaster of emotions you have been dealing with. You and your family and most especially Mackenzie are in my thoughts and prayers. Hope your little guy is doing okay too with everything going on. Kepp us posted when you can!

[dana b]

kmmommy you and your family are definitely in my thoughts. i'm so sorry you have to go through all this.

[OctoberPrincess]

kmmommy {{{hugs}}} I can't imagine how difficult this must all be to take in, Mackenzie is in my thoughts and prayers (as is the rest of the family).

[AMC]

kmmommy I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. I can't even imagine how difficult this week has been for you.

[NicoleWisconsin]

I've been without computer for a while... Blake wrecked our other one. Oops. LOL.

Kelly and luckiestgirl, your families are in my prayers.

Everyone has adorable kids!

Sorry so quick, hope everyone has a great weekend coming up!

[Summer 2004 moms]

May 1
Happy birthday Gina! (mrs_barkley)

May 10
Happy birthday Tahlia! (Stumbles)

May 12
Happy birthday Wesley! (excitedbride)

May 16
Happy birthday Alexander! (lildan)

May 18
Happy birthday Ruby! (crazycaro)
Happy birthday Lenny!(AirForceLove)

May 21
Happy birthday Elliott! (Prudies)

May 27
Happy birthday Jack! (hapahaole)

May 29
Happy birthday Simon! (Rositabean)

May 30
Happy birthday Matheson! (SlvrPhenx)

June 3
Happy birthday Leah! (luckiestgirl)

June 6
Happy birthday Noa! (dana b)

June 8
Happy birthday Eli! (footyprints)

June 12
Happy birthday Sydney! (lisariv)
Happy birthday Nicole! (genndan100502)

June 13
Happy birthday Lewis! (Noniitis)
Happy birthday Holden! (Steve's Sweety)

June 15
Happy birthday Henry! (jakedog)
Happy birthday Hadyn! (lisarenee25)

June 16
Happy birthday Deacon! (Deelcie)

June 18
Happy birthday Brady! (Monique)
Happy birthday Madison! (Ganache)
Happy birthday Tyler! (OctoberPrincess)

June 19
Happy birthday Carson! (Bernie & Matt)

June 21
Happy birthday Jackson! (jki)

June 24
Happy birthday Olivia! (smanley)

June 25
Happy birthday Colin! (Adam'sPi)

June 26
Happy birthday Maddie! (RayNJay)

June 29
Happy birthday Dylan! (Sal03)

June 30
Happy birthday Payton! (Lisa&Jason)
Happy birthday Cadence! (Christyz1)
Happy birthday Olivia! (elly)

July 1
Happy birthday Gabrielle! (amberwaves)
Happy birthday Milo! (Celia)

July 3
Happy birthday Chloe! (AMC)
Happy birthday Josh! (Jen1098)

July 5
Happy birthday Kaitlyn! (Nikki D)

July 7
Happy birthday Isaac! (isaacsmommy)

July 13
Happy birthday Elliot! (Chandy)
Happy birthday Thomas and Alexander! (Phen)

July 14
Happy birthday Dylan! (stars)

July 19
Happy birthday Bryelle! (Cohl)
Happy birthday Blake! (NicoleWisconsin)

August 3
Happy birthday Kaitlyn! (mxgirly)

August 8
Happy birthday Edward! (lady1297)

August 10
Happy birthday Tatum! (Burnt Orange)

August 11
Happy birthday Petros! (mloveya)

August 12
Happy birthday Hunter! (bluhimmy)

August 15
Happy birthday Kaeden! (Kmmommy)

August 16
Happy birthday Jaiden! (Bklynhamptonian)

[NicoleWisconsin]

luckiestgirl -Wow! Amazing similarities! How are you doing?

[Noniitis]

Hello all

I cannot believe Lewis will be 2 tomorrow. It really has gone by in a blink.

I have started working a couple nights a week at a restuarant. It really helps me seeing new and different people <I am a really social person> and has given my hubby more one on one time time with Lewis. There have been good and bad but its getting better every time.

I hope everyone is good. We love seeing all the new babies!

Happy 2 All!!

Noni

[dana b]

luckiestgirl i hope things are getting better w/ dh.

noniitis happy birthday to lewis!


here's a birthday pic of noa...
http://static.flickr.com/44/165841574_9a54121cc7.jpg?v=0

she's really been a beast lately :p terrible 2's and pregnancy don't mix well! i'm having a hard time getting dh to not give into her every whim, she really has him wrapped around her finger.

[mrs_barkley]

Hope all the kids have a great day!


June 12
Happy birthday Sydney! (lisariv)
Happy birthday Nicole! (genndan100502)

June 13
Happy birthday Lewis! (Noniitis)
Happy birthday Holden! (Steve's Sweety)

June 15
Happy birthday Henry! (jakedog)
Happy birthday Hadyn! (lisarenee25)

June 16
Happy birthday Deacon! (Deelcie)

June 18
Happy birthday Brady! (Monique)
Happy birthday Madison! (Ganache)
Happy birthday Tyler! (OctoberPrincess)

[AMC]

dana b I loved the party you did for Noa. I saw it on the "1st bday party ideas" thread. So cute!!

[Summer 2004 moms]

June 19
Happy birthday Carson! (Bernie & Matt)

June 21
Happy birthday Jackson! (jki)

June 24
Happy birthday Olivia! (smanley)

June 25
Happy birthday Colin! (Adam'sPi)

June 26
Happy birthday Maddie! (RayNJay)

June 29
Happy birthday Dylan! (Sal03)

June 30
Happy birthday Payton! (Lisa&Jason)
Happy birthday Cadence! (Christyz1)
Happy birthday Olivia! (elly)

[Bernie & Matt]

I know I'm MIA way too much around here. I do lurk ALL THE TIME, but often don't take time to post like I should. Anyway, we had Carson's B-Day party this last weekend, so I thought I'd share some updated pics. I really need to change my avitar more than anything. That one is almost 18 months old :rolleyes:

http://www.babyjellybeans.com/sites/A/413/photos/413_94173_1150733195098.jpg

http://www.babyjellybeans.com/sites/A/413/photos/413_94173_1150733233918.jpg

[Cohl]

Wow...I have been MIA for forever. I can not believe how big our babies have gotten!! Terrible twos are kicking in high gear over here. DD is quite the little diva! She will be two in two weeks and I can't even begin to tell you where the time went!!

luckiestgirl-Have fun on your vacation! I hope things get better with your DH. Men can be such PITAs sometimes!

Ok..Some pics just to update...I can't believe how big my little girl is!

http://images1.snapfish.com/3474%3B3478%7Ffp342%3Enu%3D3254%3E957%3E56%3A%3EWS NRCG%3D32338643%3C%3B956nu0mrj

http://images1.snapfish.com/3474%3B3478%7Ffp342%3Enu%3D3254%3E957%3E56%3A%3EWS NRCG%3D323386443652%3Anu0mrj

http://images1.snapfish.com/3474%3B3486%7Ffp33%3A%3Enu%3D3254%3E957%3E56%3A%3E WSNRCG%3D32336565%3B9%3B78nu0mrj

[Summer 2004 moms]

July 1
Happy birthday Gabrielle! (amberwaves)
Happy birthday Milo! (Celia)

July 3
Happy birthday Chloe! (AMC)
Happy birthday Josh! (Jen1098)

July 5
Happy birthday Kaitlyn! (Nikki D)

July 7
Happy birthday Isaac! (isaacsmommy)

July 13
Happy birthday Elliot! (Chandy)
Happy birthday Thomas and Alexander! (Phen)

July 14
Happy birthday Dylan! (stars)

[Nikkid]

I can't believe my little angel is 2 today! OK, she's more like the devil. But I have to be nice, it's her birthday, right? :D


Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th!

[Sal03]

Happy Birthday to all the summer 04 babies!! Thanks for posting them all Mrs. Barkley!!

Luckiest glad it was so much fun! I am sure all the kids are crashing now!

Cohl she is so funny in that hat! what a ham!

Bernie he looks like he is ready for school! so cute!

Dylan is finally using so many words. It is the best! He loves giving hugs and kisses too. He is so sweet. Too sweet sometimes I think because rougher toddlers take advantage and take his toys and make him cry :( it breaks my heart and makes me so worried for preschool! I hired a mother's helper twice a week for the summer so that gives me relief with the two kids. DD is a GREAT sleeper though, has been sleeping through for several weeks now so that is amazing.
Hope everyone had a great 4th! Dylan had gotten a playhouse for his birthday and we set it up that day finally and he was in heaven!
this is it - he could spend hours in there!
http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-2873974reg.jpg
and here is a recent pic of my 2 year old!
http://images1.snapfish.com/34753%3B%3B5%3B%7Ffp344%3Enu%3D3233%3E767%3E764%3E 2324767855%3A54ot1lsi

[jki]

Happy Birthday, Dylan! :)

That playhouse looks great, Sal. And how CUTE is your new avatar?

[isaacsmommy]

I haven't posted in here in forever! I just wanted to drop by and say happy birthday to all the little ones (my ds b-day is tomarrow)!

Here are a coulpe recent pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/sleddogg83/isaac1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/sleddogg83/isaac2.jpg

[Summer 2004 moms]

Isaacsmommy: Congrats on being a repeat offender! Happy birthday Isaac!

[Celia]

I havent been around for so long but here are some recent pics of Milo
http://images1.snapfish.com/34755%3A689%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B2%3E WSNRCG%3D32338%3B97%3C2364nu0mrj

At my cousins wedding
http://images1.snapfish.com/34755%3A689%7Ffp339%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B2%3E WSNRCG%3D32338%3B97%3C4%3B48nu0mrj

With his Wiggles birthday cake
http://images1.snapfish.com/34755%3A689%7Ffp345%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B2%3E WSNRCG%3D32338%3B97%3C235%3Cnu0mrj

The day after his party
http://images1.snapfish.com/34755%3A689%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D3279%3E9%3A8%3E5%3B2%3E WSNRCG%3D32338%3B97%3C4%3B49nu0mrj

[lildan]

Hi ladies!

It's been a while since I've been here to check in.....the photos showing all of our kids looking more like kids and less like babies are incredible and very cute!

Nothing is really new with us......I'm taking a 5 week summer class so that is keeping me plenty busy. Alexander is doing well - still working on potty training, using an incredible amount of words and sentences, showing us that he has a great sense of humor, and growing, growing, growing! And, Del and I have been doing a lot of home improvements.

Here are some recent photos:


May 16 - 2nd Birthday
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/May%202006/100_0288.jpg



June 3 - Uncle Mike's 80th Brithday - Uncle Mike is Del's grandfather Rudy's brother. This is 4 generations of the family - Uncle Mike, Uncle Frank (Rudy's son), Del and Alexander.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/June%202006/100_0395.jpg


June 17 - 2nd Birthday Party
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/June%202006/100_0425.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/June%202006/100_0432.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/June%202006/100_0429.jpg



July 9 - Family Photo at Del's grandmother Wilma's 90th Brithday
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lildan/100_0511.jpg
(please excuse the thumb sucking in this one - he had a terrble cold and was miserable for the entire party)


Glad to read that you all are doing well!!

[jki]

Happy Birthday to all the summer babies!

Alexander is looking so cute and grown up!

Jackson is obsessed with monster trucks, so we got a Hummer jumpy house for his birthday party:
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3475%3B5873%7Ffp5%3Enu%3D3236%3E73%3A%3E%3A%3C3%3E WSNRCG%3D32325%3B3962945nu0mrj

Bubbles at the party:
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3475%3B5873%7Ffp5%3Enu%3D3236%3E73%3A%3E%3A%3C3%3E WSNRCG%3D32325%3B3965677nu0mrj

Mmmmm - he LOVES cake:
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3475%3B5873%7Ffp6%3Enu%3D3236%3E73%3A%3E%3A%3C3%3E WSNRCG%3D32325%3B3965485nu0mrj

Hope everyone is doing well!

[Summer 2004 moms]

July 19
Happy birthday Bryelle! (Cohl)
Happy birthday Blake! (NicoleWisconsin)

August 3
Happy birthday Kaitlyn! (mxgirly)

August 8
Happy birthday Edward! (lady1297)

August 10
Happy birthday Tatum! (Burnt Orange)

August 11
Happy birthday Petros! (mloveya)

August 12
Happy birthday Hunter! (bluhimmy)

August 15
Happy birthday Kaeden! (Kmmommy)

August 16
Happy birthday Jaiden! (Bklynhamptonian)

[Sal03]

Luckiest you always get such great group shots. they are so good that they humor you for pictures!

jki wow - you are the coolest mom ever. that truck looks like so much fun!

lildan alexander is turning into quite the little man! was he always so blond? he looks so cute!

celia I am glad to see Milo is keeping his sweet cheeks. They always looked so kissable to me. He is so adorable!

Things are busy here but fun. Dylan does not have much interest in his little sister. Maybe once a week he will give her a kiss. Are any of your toddlers REALLY picky eaters? Dylan will hand me back food most of the time and say DONE and the only sure things are grilled cheese, mac and cheese, pizza and tortellini. NO vegetables. loves fruit and sometimes will have meatballs. I feel like he eats the same few things all week!

[Jen1098]

Sal Josh doesn't eat veggies at all either. I try and sneak it in and you should see his face when he realizes it. Does Dylan eat spaghetti? I hide spinach in there and he got in a few bites. I also make chicken pot pie and he's gotten a few veggies that way but other than that he'll go days and days w/o veggies.

luckiestgirl Leah looks so big now-no more baby.:) She's so cute. Those are great pictures.

LildanGreat family pictures. I think Alexander looks alot like you.

Celia Cute pictures of Milo.

jki So will you be taking Jackson to a monster truck show.:D Great pics.

Not much new here. We're off to Florida this pm. Hopefully the weather doesn't delay it to much. We'll be having Josh's b-day party at my mom's house. Should be fun.
Josh is doing great. Finally much more gentle with his brother. Always wants to kiss him. Unfortuntely it's usually while Kyle is sleeping.
We have been having temper tantrums the last few days when he doesn't get what he wants-like a fudgescicle at 9am.

Here's Josh at the park.
http://images1.snapfish.com/3476636%3A5%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E693%3E5%3A9%3E WSNRCG%3D323384%3A8656%3A4nu0mrj

Swimming in the pool
http://images1.snapfish.com/3476636%3B2%7Ffp33%3B%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E693%3E5%3A9% 3EWSNRCG%3D323389%3C%3A94477nu0mrj

[dana b]

for those of you who've had #2 did you feel like dc#1 regressed at all before the baby was born? my neighbor (who's a pediatrician) said to expect dd to regress a couple of months before the baby is born and a couple of months after, they're also expecting #2 around the same time as us. i guess i'm kind of in denial that noa really knows a baby is coming, i mean she points to my tummy and says "where's jack?", but i don't really think she gets it. the reason i'm asking is because noa is just acting crazy lately and i'm wondering if that's why -- she absolutely won't go anywhere near her crib, she wants her binkies *all* the time now and she's just misbehaving in order to get attention, she's being aggressive w/ other kids and she's always been so gentle :( did this happen with you guys as well?
another thing i need advice on -- there's a montessori program around the corner from my house that would be perfect for noa. the plan was to hire someone for help a couple of days a week, but this program would be for 3 hrs every day and cost the same amount. i wasn't planning on sending her anywhere, but this seems so perfect b/c i can walk there and not have to worry about getting us all dressed and ready, both kids in carseats, etc to get her there. plus her neighbor friend will be going as well and we can take turns grabbing the kids if need be. my issue is, it starts in sept (when #2 is due) and again in january. i think noa will feel pushed off if she starts when #2 arrives in sept -- would you send her in sept or wait until jan? i can always hire someone to help out until jan and that's also when her friend will start and will make the transition easier for her -- okay, the more i type this the more it makes sense to send her in january, but your opinion on the matter is greatly appreciated!

[Sal03]

dana sorry for the late reply with this but I agree. I think the timing will be a little off to send her right as the baby comes. too many changes at once...especially since you SAH and that is all she knows. I have a friend due in sept and her son who has major sep anxiety is starting school then and I worry how he will do. hope you are feeling good!

Jen it is so wild seeing how big the summer babies are. he looks like such a BOY! is it me, or does he look a lot like you in the first one? his hair is so cute and blond now! are you liking your neighborhood?

[Bernie & Matt]

We have been having temper tantrums the last few days when he doesn't get what he wants-like a fudgescicle at 9am.

Glad to know I'm not the only mean mommy who won't let DC have popsicles for breakfast :D

dana I would wait as well. DD is going to want lots of reassurance when baby comes so sending her to preschool may rub her the wrong way. For us, DC #2's arrival prompted a little jealousy and some regression, but I would say it lasted only about a month or so. Now DS will ONLY give his baby sister hugs and kisses, not Mom or Dad. Don't know if it's the weather, age, or what, but I've seen a regression in gentle, sweet behavior that I'm used to as well.

Question For those of you who have successfully potty trained, I need some help! I thought I would tackle this before going back to school in a few weeks, but I'm not even sure that I should be or even where to start. I hate dumping this task on day care to do, but they may have to since the only other time I've got lots of time off is December, which may be too late. So, what are your experiences with this, including when you started, your technique, your success, your helpful tips and supplies, anything that you would do and not do over again, etc. I'd really appreciate it!

[Celia]

Sal....thanks for the comments on Milos pictures/cheeks. Milo is way more pickier than Dylan. I wish he ate what Dylan eats. Milo will only eat chicken and fruit. Thats it. He has been like this for a while. Everytime we offer him new things he wants nothing to do with them. :rolleyes:

We are taking Milo to see the Wiggles on thursday so I will have to post some pics next weekend.

[Sal03]

Kelli Oh no :( I am so sorry to hear that. You are so brave and are doing what is best for your family. I am glad it sounds like you at least have a good support system. Wishing you lots of luck. will be thinking of you - please try to keep us posted!

[prudies]

Kelli, how horrible! Is there anyone you can go stay with right now?

[OctoberPrincess]

Kelli {{{{HUGS}}} I feel terrible for you, what a scary and difficult situation you are in. I can imagine how hurt you must be but it sounds like you are doing the right thing for you and your family, you are so strong. I'm glad to hear you have some support and we are all here if you need to vent.

[bklynhamptonian]

Wow! Kelli I'm so sorry to hear that you are going thru this but know that you are doing the right thing by getting you and your children out of that situation.

[Steve's Sweety]

Hi everyone. I have been MIA for quite a while. I have been having bad headaches every day that have just started to get less severe in the last week or 2. I think we are closer to figuring out what's causing them and I sure hope so because I was pretty incapacitated for a while.

Other than that we are doing great. It is so much fun to have a 2 year old and watch them learn new things everyday and see how they marvel at what we think are simple little things. I love it.


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Kelli -
I just sent you an email. More {{HUggSS}} coming your way.



Bernie -
when you started, your technique, your success, your helpful tips and supplies, anything that you would do and not do over again, etc. I'd really appreciate it!
We started when he was about 20 months, just by bringing a potty chair into the bathroom and encouraging him to sit on it when we went potty, talking about what we were doing. After a while we encouraged him to sit on it with his pants down. Then after he was comfortable with that, we'd tell him he could put his pee in there, just like we did in our big potty. By this point almost 2 months had passed and we started talking about underwear. We got some and he went in them and we didn't make a big deal but talked about how that didn't feel good and let's sit on the potty and see if we can put any in there. At this point he was still in diapers, we put the undies away for a few days. We'd have him sit on the potty at the same time every day, first once a day (right after wakeup) then twice (also before nap). We'd just be nonchalant about ti and say "no pee? Ok, we'll try later". After the first time he actually peed while sitting there, we made a huge deal and did the "potty dance" (I have since read that some kids don't react well to making a huge deal so you will have to judge on that), called Daddy at work, etc. Then I started taking him more often and soon he just started asking on his own to go. However, I thought I was going to go insane because he was asking about every 10 minutes, but it wasn't just novelty, he learned how to "push his pee out" even just a few drops. At that point we ditched the diapers completely as to not confuse him. I personally really think that is a big key. I think it is unfair to ask a child to try to remember when they can just let loose and when they have to try to remember to do this new thing they don't really understand by switching back and forth btwn dipes and undies. I say give it a good week of trying and if you don't see improvement then put the undies away for 3-4 wks and try again. I have heard it is not uncommon for kids to have 6-10 accidents a day in their first days so try not to get discouraged if it seems like a lot.

Success wise, Holden had about 4 accidents his first day and by the end of the week he was barely having any. Pooping came about 2 wks later (he's pretty regular so it was pretty easy for us).
Supplies - Nothing but a potty chair that we took him with us to pick out. And tying in with tips, I like the one we have (first years green and blue potty and step stool) because it has a great splash guard but I think if I had to do it again I'd get a simpler one bc this one is hard to clean and hard to keep clean.


Best of luck to you!

[Sal03]

Kelli so happy to hear good news. hope it just keeps getting better

having a little problem that I don't know how to deal with. We get together every wednesday with one of my closest friends and her son who is 7 weeks older than Dylan. Now, I am not saying Dylan is the most well behaved kid ever because he is not. He has his share of fits and and will not sit still for a second - just runs runs runs. BUT he is the sweetest child I know and will sit and smile at any kid who takes a toy from him and is on the passive side. Well this boy we play with takes anything ANYTHING dylan plays with. Sometimes he just grabs it and throws it. Sometimes he grabs it and screams NO in Dylan's face. It depends on the day how Dylan reacts. He may cry hard or he may just give up and move on to something else. This boy also just randomly picks up objects constantly and throws them. He will also hit Dylan at least twice every playdate which of course makes me furious. It's not hard, but still it is hitting. I am getting to the point where I don't even want Dylan around this kid because he is such a bad influence. I don't want Dylan to start hitting and throwing things constantly, especially with a new DD in the house. But this is one of my best friends so what can I do? Oh she does discipline him but it does not work, he just laughs and she is not really consistent with consequences. And I love this kid, because I love my friend but it is getting harder to deal with. And my friend knows it is a problem but dows not know how to handle it. It upsets her too because in other playgroups the kids now avoid her son because he grabs toys and hits. ugh, guess i just needed to vent.

[jki]

Sal - Jackson has a friend like that... only his friend is worse - he spits, holds sticks like swords, has an incredible vocabulary and says 'mean' things, etc. I've known his mom for over 10 years and she is one of my best friends.... When it really gets to me, I tend to take a break from them and make excuses as to why we can't get together or engage in playdates like the zoo or a children's museum where hitting and sharing aren't really part of the playdate. Good luck.

[Sal03]

Thanks for the replies. We saw them yesterday and finally my friend is at the point where she has HAD IT. She was really good about grabbing anything back that he took and handing it back to dylan. and when he would not stop at one point she gave him a time out that threw him into a fit. but pretty quickly he started up again so she just kept up with him taking everything back which made him have a MAJOR meltdown but it was nice to see her staying consistent. But Dylan handled it really well yesterday and just smiled and kept playing and did not cry and he did not get hit, only one little push so it was more successful than it has been.

[luckiestgirl]

I got the dreaded call this morning. My dad died.... I am so lost & hurt. I thought I was somewhat prepared but really, how can you be? He had dementia & ALS (Lou Gehrigs) disease. Luckily God took him before he suffered & he went to be with the Lord peacefully in his sleep. Now he can hold & cuddle my baby girl. She has been gone for 15 yrs & now he is going to get to see her! Still, no matter how comforting all that is, the grief still is raw & really sucks...

Me & my daddy when I was little:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/My%20dad/medadasbaby.jpg

Me & my dad:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/My%20dad/medad.jpg

My daddy... I WILL MISS YOU! I LOVE YOU DAD!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/My%20dad/father.jpg

[kmmommy]

luckiest ~ I'm so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Sal03]

Kelli I am so sorry to hear that. :( You and your family are in my thoughts!

[Cohl]

I am so sorry Kelli. I can't imagine what you must be feeling. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts.

[bklynhamptonian]

Kelli - My condolences to you and your family.

Tomorrow Jaiden turns 2!! I'm so excited and baffled by how quickly two years has passed. She is becoming such a big girl now! The tantrums are driving me nuts as are the constant NO's! We are making some progress with the tantrums in that they are over quickly now on most occasions. Not making much progress with the potty training. She was doing so well and now it's stopped. She just does not want to go. DH and I are not forcing her. I'm taking her with me when I go and she just sits on her potty and looks at me like can we leave the bathroom now please. She is such a ham also! Entertains us everyday. I love it! Her party is this Sunday and I have to get done with my shopping. Not much to buy except stickers and animal crackers for the goodies bags. And whatever snack food I'm serving. We are having the party at a local zoo and they take care of decorations. so thankfully I don't have to worry about that. Well I'm off!

[luvalwaysMandy]

I don't know if everyone remembers me or not. My DD Paige was born
5-25-04. I tried to keep up and I just can't. I do have a LJ and would love for you to add me and I'll do the same to you. I do keep up much better with LJ. I don't post a whole lot but I do some and I commment a lot. My LJ name is: luvalwaysMandy. I hope to see some of you over there. For now I'm going to try and keep up better with this thread, but that prob won't last long. I don't know why I can't just do it.

[luvalwaysMandy]

Golly, I've actually been back twice and noone has posted. Where is everyone hiding?

[mrs_barkley]

Hi Mandy! I think everybody is busy with their 2 year olds. Welcome back!

[kmmommy]

Hey all! I can't believe it but K is 2!! Where did the time go?!

It's crazy but overnight he turned into a 2 year old. He started making crabby faces and saying "no." Little stinker!

The one surprise is that he isn't at all jealous of M who is now almost 3 months old. He adores her and loves to plaster her with kisses. He's a great big brother!

[stars]

Hi ladies,

It's been ages since I've posted but I do stop by the thread and catch up on the latest news.

Well you can add me to the RO list ... We are expecting a baby girl mid February. Other then being completely exhausted chasing Dylan, I feel pretty good.

Question for you RO mommies, can you recommend a double jogger?

Thanks so much and hope you all are doing well.

[luckiestgirl]

Thank-you to EVERYONE for your condolensces & such.

[Footyprints]

Hi guys! I haven't been by in ages. Had a few minutes at work and quickly skimmed through checking out all the little ones who just aren't little anymore! Things are crazy as always in our house. Eli is in speech therapy and we are more than likely headed for a diagnosis of processing disorder. He's come so far since starting therapy in February, though.

He's a mess. He loves running and jumping. Elmo and Clifford rule. He hated his birthday party, but we have high hopes Christmas will be much smoother ;)

Here are a few pictures of Eli:
http://static.flickr.com/75/214541662_bcb0eacd5a.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/92/224070572_930dc09337.jpg?v=0

http://images1.snapfish.com/34799%3B5%3B9%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D3248%3E%3A7%3B%3E244% 3EWSNRCG%3D32339777%3B6%3B%3B%3Cnu0mrj

Going to try and be better about keeping up :) Take care, y'all

[monique]

LuckiestI am so sorry about your dad, I lost my dad 10 years ago this past June and I know how hard it is. huge hugs to you in hopes they give you some kind of comfort.

It has been such a long time since I have been on here, but wanted to say that all your babies are beautiful!! I cannot believe how fast the time has gone and our little ones aren't so little anymore!

I hope to keep up with this thread a little better, but having a 2 year old and a 5 mos. old just keeps a momma busy! I just thank God that Madelyn learned to sleep throught the night at 10 weeks! Heck, it took her brother almost 2 years to figure that one out! and yes, Madelyn was STTN before her big brother on a regular basis. crazy kids!

[luckiestgirl]

footyprints~cute pictures!

Monique~Thanks!! :D

Dad & my grief....Things are getting better with time. I know I have a long road yet but God will help me through!

Leah got another tooth. She had a huge fever on Friday so I pretty much knew what that meant...a tooth is cutting through. So I looked in & sure enough, her back top molar is coming in! She has been a finicky eater lately resorting to soft foods so I knew it was coming...

Other then that...school starts tomorrow! I will be having 4 off to school & it will be me & Leah at home alone again so I can work with her again on letters, numbers, etc. I have been trying to teach her all summer but too many distractions with all the kids! :rolleyes:

Well, hope everyone has a great Labor day!!! Take care!

[dana b]

haven't been by in ages. our newest little one, henri grayson arrived on sept 10th. much different birth experience this time around, i had to have an emergency c-section b/c of a placenta previa that ruptured, i've never been so terrified in my life. here he is...
http://static.flickr.com/81/246964665_d40169249f.jpg?v=0
our new family
http://static.flickr.com/96/246964663_5a4af59567.jpg?v=0
and one of noa
http://static.flickr.com/81/247010598_bf317a1395.jpg?v=0

[Sal03]

Stars Congrats on your pregnancy and your GIRL!

Footy he is so cute. it still amazes me how big our kids are and a lot of us have two now. Dylan is also in speech therapy, since he was 18 months and he is doing great now

Dana congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! what a beautiful family. I love the little sign for Noa. And she is just too cute in that last pic

Dylan started preschool last week. He is doing GREAT. It is part of his early intervention program and I think he is going to do so well. It was a rough start, more for me, but today he practically skipped into class so that makes me SO happy. He is loving his baby sister now after ignoring her for a long time. Now he gets so excited to see her and loves to pat her face and give her kisses. it is the sweetest thing watching them interact.

[jki]

dana b:
Congrats! He is beautiful and Noa is just a gorgeous little girl! I hope things are going well!

Sal03:
Glad to hear that Dylan is doing well in preschool!

We are just in the throes of the terrible twos! "NO" is the response to everything... nonstop whining and tantrums! It's ridiculous.

[luckiestgirl]

Dana~CONGRATULATIONS! Glad everything is ok! He is adorable! & Noa looks so grown up! What happened to your baby girl???? :o She is beautiful!


Not much gonig on here right now. Trying to adjust with life without my dad. It just breaks my heart to know I won't see him again until I go to Heaven. But I knwo he is in a place so beautiful that no earthly words could discribe. AND he most likely ran to my baby girl & is holding her until I get there! Probably fighting my gma & gpa for her! LOL... just kiddin! I know there is no fighting in Heaven! It has been esp hard since my stepdad died in April 2005 then my dad this last Aug. 2 dads in 1 1/2 yrs.... NOT GOOD! & my mom is beside herself... she lost an ex husband that after the divorce they became very close & a DH .... she is not doing well right now....
Other then that, the kids are all back in school, Leah is upset because the other 4 get to go & she doesn't.... She gets bored with mom all day. She got her back molars..that was a pain! Other then that we haven't done a whole lot... Hope everyone else is doing good! :D

[Steve's Sweety]

Hi everyone!
Just thought I'd pop in with an update.

Things are going great here, we've been enjoying the outdoors all summer and are sad to see (feel!) the cold weather coming in.

Holden is a regular source of amusement for us.
He picks up "adult" phrases (nothing bad, just things you don't hear kids say too much) and sometimes uses them properly but often uses them out of context, which just cracks us up. For example, the other day we were driving back from the lake and it got dark out. He said, "It's dark outside" and I said "Yes, it is" and he said "sometimes this happens". Hehehe.


Here are some pics from the last several months.

May
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Natitia/Pics%20-%20Holden/Holden%20-%202006/IMG_0325.jpg


June
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Natitia/Pics%20-%20Holden/Holden%20-%202006/IMG_0606.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Natitia/Pics%20-%20Holden/Holden%20-%202006/IMG_0697.jpg


July
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Natitia/Pics%20-%20Holden/Holden%20-%202006/IMG_0831.jpg

August
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Natitia/Pics%20-%20Holden/Holden%20-%202006/IMG_1142.jpg

September
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/Natitia/Pics%20-%20Holden/Holden%20-%202006/IMG_1453.jpg


Sorry if some of them show up really big - I resized them so I'm not sure what's going on.


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Congratualtions to Dana and family!
Hope to see more pics of everyone's little ones soon!

[luckiestgirl]

Tish~He looks so grown up! I can't believe our babies are toddlers now! He is so adorable!

Well, since I haven't posted pics in a very long time....
Here are some from the fair a month ago!

My DH, with Alyssa & "baby" Leah:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0011.jpg

Meagan (the one with all the disorders)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0012.jpg

Meagan got a headache again so she was trying to get rid of it...
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0039.jpg

Leah riding a real horsie!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0044.jpg

Just as much fun on the fake one!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0052.jpg

HI MOM!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0057.jpg

[luckiestgirl]

This was taken by Alyssa heading home!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0118.jpg

She also took my mug shot! So just in case you don't know what I look like... Maybe you can use it to scare the mice away! LOLOLOLOL
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-12-06%20fair/IMG_0114.jpg

Leah absolutely loves baby dolls, but when she sees a "real" baby she goes crazy! She MUST hold them, MUST feed them, MUST burp them, etc. We went to my MILs on 9-2-06 & her fiancees 2 grandbabies were there. Here is Leah with them....

With the girl:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/Sept/9-2-06/IMG_0224.jpg

Now the boy:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/Sept/9-2-06/IMG_0230.jpg

Check out the girls hair... bald all over except the curly hair on the very top:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/Sept/9-2-06/IMG_0233.jpg

Feeding the baby...
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/Sept/9-2-06/IMG_0239.jpg

I am now watching a 6 mth old several times a week for a few hours a day & I also watch a 1 mth old once in a while. When they leave the house Leah freaks out. She gets hysterical that her baby is leaving. Poor girl! And NO this does not mean we will have another just to please her! LOL

[Celia]

I havent been around much becuz I have been going through a divorce. If someone could please update my stats and remove my former DH.
I wanted to post pics of Milo but i cant seem to get them to show. Will post later when I have more time.

[Sal03]

updated

Celia I am so sorry to hear that. Hope you are doing okay. Hopefully you can get the pics of Milo to post. I always love his little cheeks :)
if you were trying to use snapfish it no longer works here

[Celia]

Sal...thank you. I am doing the best that I can...Milo is the one I feel sorry for. Snapfish no longer works???AHHH!!! thats what happened last time!! What works now?

[luckiestgirl]

Celia~I am so sorry!!! My thoughts & prayers go out to you. How aweful! HUGS!!!!

[OctoberPrincess]

Snapfish no longer works???AHHH!!! thats what happened last time!! What works now?

I would like to know what works now too as I have been wanting to post of picture of Tyler for the longest but don't know what to do anymore.

Celia I'm so sorry to hear about the divorce.

Titia cute pics of Holden, they are all grown up aren't they? Btw, Tyler has the same Old Navy shirt and Gymboree Hat from the July pic you posted..LOL.

Luckiestgirl love the pics, especially Leah's expression on the "fake horsie".

[luckiestgirl]

Thanks for the compliments on my pictures October Princess!

I use Photobucket.com for uploading pictures & sharing. If anyone needs help figuring it out just let me know!

[Summer 2004 moms]

New babies born to our RO's:

7/17/06
isaacsmommy It's a BOY! Welcome Grant Cameron!

8/8/06
Bluhimmy It's a GIRL! Welcome Tabitha Kaili!

9/10/06
dana b It's a BOY! Welcome Henri Grayson!

[hapahaole]

Long time no see!
I've been totally MIA on here but at least things don't move too fast around here (unlike our 2 year olds). :)
Just been busy with the new house, new baby (does she still count as "new" if she's almost 7 months old?), taking lots of pictures...
Been on LJ some too (I'm hapahaole76).

Jack's been talking up a storm for a few months now...pretty much is like his grandma...can't get him to stop talking!
Yesterday Kaylie was sitting on the floor and started crying (she was constipated) so jack got down on her level, patted her head (gently mind you), and said, "Don't cwy Kawee. It's okay." SO CUTE! She loves her brother and any attention he gives her.

And today we had a friend over with her 2 kids (ages 6 and 4). Both our husbands work late so I thought we'd do a mommy and kid dinner. Oh nelly! Being around other people's kids sometimes really makes me appreciate how great mine are! Yeah, I just have to keep away from all those friends whose kids are angels and make mine look bad. :)

Oh, I just got a new carrier that I'm very excited about. It's a mei tai style made by babyhawk.com. It's great to carry Kaylie but I even used it to carry Jack on my back the other day (I think he must weight about 33lbs or so). Anyway, I've moved passed my stroller obsession onto the carrier obsession!

celia I'm so sorry to hear about what you're going through right now. Hugs. And hugs to your little Milo too.

danab Yay! Congrats on little Henri. I love your family pics! Noa is such a little fashion plate...so cute!

titia Congrats to you! Love the cutie pie curls on Holden!

luckiesgirl Leah still has the prettiest smile around!

OctoberPrincess I hope you're able to upload some pics soon so we can see a Tyler update. Is he still super blonde?

sal Hey lady! How're things going? I haven't been over the April boards much lately...I just can't keep up. But I check now and then to see if you've posted. Dylan looked so cute with his backpack going to school! And Kate is just growing up so fast. Now I can see why people say, "Enjoy this time." Since it does just fly by when you have your 2nd.

Some pics...

http://static.flickr.com/82/268323343_ee195eb006.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/84/268323341_2407175ad2.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/89/268323336_c25a3dea68.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/109/268323330_16c785e34b.jpg?v=0

[Sal03]

Congrats to the new ROs!!

Hapa YAY! Good to "see" you. Love the pictures. That carrier looks so cute! Is Jack's hair getting lighter? I know he was Harry Potter last year but he should be again this year. He is just adorable in his glasses. What camera do you have? The Rebel? Those pictures are really nice. If you confirm you do have it I may be convinced finally that we have to have it!

On our end, I thought we had avoided it but Dylan is deep in terrible twos. It is really annoying and I am trying to have patience. He acts out and hits and tests us all the time. But then will do something so sweet to make up for it. He is talking up a storm now so big kudos to early intervention. It makes him such a little person now and it is so much fun interacting with him. Oh and he LOVES preschool and it is so wild getting all the projects he brings home and putting them up on the fridge. I mean HOW did I get here. I feel like it was just MY projects on the fridge! LOL

[OctoberPrincess]

Luckiestgirl Thanks for the tip on Photobucket!

Hapa it's so nice to hear from you! Jack is such a gorgeous little boy! Kaylie is so big already, it goes by so fast:( , she's adorable! ITA, with Sal, the pics look great! BTW, I love your new carrier...how was the learing curve on that thing?

Sal that's great news to hear how Dylan is talking up a storm! Isn't it amazing how they becaus real little "people" overnight! I can totally relate with the terrible 2's, there is never really a middle ground with Tyler...he's either really good or really bad.:rolleyes: Thankfully he's usually really good.

[hapahaole]

sal
Oh no, the terrible 2's have made it to your house too huh? I thought Dylan was going to bypass them....sounded like he was doing so well. Guess there's no getting around it. Jack's mostly good...but has has bad and good days and for sure terrible 2 moments. We've been using the Super Nanny technique for time outs (though we call it the penalty box and involves sitting in a door way). Kind of works. Though he's gotten a bit robotic on the apology part...he says this as fast as he can, "I'm sorry mommy. Never do it again." Um yeah, like I believe you really mean that. Now I make him look me straight in the eye when he apologizes and say exactly what he's sorry for and I tell him not to say that "never do it again" part. Because we all know that ain't happening.
Yay for Dylan talking up a storm! A couple of my friends have their kids doing speech therapy. I think it's so awesome we actually have such a useful free program available. I've got to find a school for Jack because I know he'd love it too.

camera
Yep, I've got the Digital Rebel XT. Got it maybe a year ago. I love it. And I just got a new lens (one of the cheaper one) and it's awesome for portraits and getting the background all blurry. Anyway, I totally recommend it. But you may want to try it out in the store first since there are a lot of new cameras that have come out since I bought mine. I like that mine is (I think) still the lightest of all the digital SLRs though. Anyway, if you have any questions on it, feel free to ask. If I'm not obessing over strollers, it's cameras or now... baby carriers... :)

October Princess
Hey, long time no see! I cannot believe how blonde Tyler is now. He looks so much like you too! Super cute pics!
The learning curve on the mei tai carrier I have was not long. The front carry is pretty easy...took under 5 times to get the hang of it. The back carry is a bit trickier. If I use it for Kaylie, I do it over the bed or couch or have someone help me. But I used it with Jack the other day and since he'll hold on to me, I could do it on my own.
The babyhawk's come in so many cool fabrics I couldn't choose, so I bought one that someone was selling on thebabywearer.com (had custom made and then decided to sell before she even used it...). I love it though.

talk to you later,
h

[Sal03]

October Tyler is SO big. HOW did our babies get so big!? And TOO funny. We just took the kids to sesame street live!! Did you go to Continental Airlines Arena? How funny would it be if we were at the same show. We went to the Sunday at 4pm show. Dylan loved it, Katie did too. They were both mesmerized by the lights and music and of course Elmo!

eta oh we went to the central park zoo today. it was so much fun. have you been? the childrens part is amazing

Hapa I am so sold on that camera. My friend has one too and her pictures are always gorgeous. I will probably have lots of questions around holiday time. Is it hard to learn how to use it if you have no clue about photography? like with indoor flash pictures?

[hapahaole]

sal
Hey! Keep your eye out for deals on the camera...they've been having rebates and bundling the camera with lenses and other goodies. You don't HAVE to know that much about photography to take a decent shot...you can just leave it in automatic and it'll do everything for you. But if you want to take even better pictures, it helps to learn a couple things...but nothing I couldn't tell you in about 10 min. Some stores run free workshops too...something to look into. I bought mine from B&H in NY (for us living out of state, there's no tax or shipping). Costco also sells the camera. You'll also want to get at least one 1 GB memory card and an extra battery (got mine on ebay for pretty cheap). You will not be sorry!
hapa

[luckiestgirl]

Congrats to the new Ros!!!

Hapa - thanks for the compliments on Leah’s smile!!! And I absolutely love your pictures you shared!!! They are getting so big!

October Princess - LOVE the pictures! You make them smaller by resizing them in a software program. That is the only way I know how to do it.


Not much going on here...just staying busy. THought it would slow down with 4 of the kids in school but NO.... busy as usual. 5 kids is definatley my limit! LOL

Just in case some of you didn't know...
I had a baby girl that passed away in Jan of 1991. Today is pregnancy & infant loss remembrance day. If you know anyone that has lost a child due to m/c, stillbirth or after birth, please light a candle at 7pm for an hour your time in remembrance of their precious angel. If everyone does this there will be a "wave" of light throughout the whole world! :D
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/WaveofLight.gif

My angels name was Amanda JO & you can visit her here:
http://amandajo.memory-of.com

THANKS!!!! :D

[Steve's Sweety]

Sal -
Sorry you are going through the terrible 2's with Dylan. Maybe it is just a delayed reaction to the baby and he'll be over it soon?


Hapa -
Thanks!

Jack is soooo photogenic! I just love that first pic of him - he looks like such a ham there, all struttin' his stuff.


Melissa -
Tyler is an absolute doll! He has got the most gorgeous blue eyes!
I love the pic of the 2 of you also.


Kelli -
I was thinking of you on the angel baby rememberance day!


Threadmistress(es) -
BTW, since I didn't put it in last time, my EDD is 5.16.07 if you want to add it to the front page. :D

[Sal03]

Luckiest how are things with you and DH? I hope you guys are doing well. I read in Amanda's site about the little girl who with pneumonia who was saved because of her. What a wonderful story!!

Steve's Sweety CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you have a happy and healthy pregnancy!!

Updated to here

[Adam's Pi]

I've been lurking along, but we are finally out of the stone ages (dial up), and it is easier for me to post.

Colin is a big brother now, his little sister Neila (rhymes with Sheila) was born 9/22. He's a wonderful and loving big brother....but he's still 2 and still, uh, very independent.

Steve's Sweety Congrats!!

luckiestgirl What a beautiful way to remember your little girl! I hope it was a healing evening for your family.

--oops--baby's up, thinking of everyone!

[luckiestgirl]

Titia~Thanks for thinking of me! :)

Sal~Thanks for asking! Things are going great with DH & I. We talk all the time about stressors & he has been venting to me about his work problems instead of holding it in & blowing up. He is so much calmer now. PLUS when we had our 2 hour talk, I told him that he can’t be letting his workers call him at all hours of the night & that they can’t be so dependent on him & he needs to tell them to not call & to deal with things on their own unless it is an emergency. So he did! He is there from 6am-4 or 5pm... they can talk to him then. He does need to sleep! His workers are so incompetent sometimes.... They can’t think or do things for themselves... Like today, DH is at a training 2 hours away, so they call him to tell him a door is broke. They know he is 2 hours away so what is he suppose to do? Why not tell the other supervisors that are there? Sometimes his workers act worse then my kids! That girl that was saved really made my day! I was glad that Amanda’s site helped someone else! Thanks for visiting!

Karen~Congratulations! Thanks for the compliments on my DDs site! It was a good day! But it could have been better if it was a bit warmer! It was soooooo cold!

[luckiestgirl]

Finally getting pictures up to share!
Me & Leah at our church picnic 8-27-06:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-27-06/IMG_0165.jpg

Leah on our church slip & slide:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-27-06/IMG_0169.jpg

Alyssa:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-27-06/IMG_0198.jpg

Finally a picture of my son! Best I could do...he took off running after seeing me take this picture....
He is in the white & blue shorts:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-27-06/IMG_0202.jpg

Meagan on the big blow up slide (she is the one in the middle with the purple swim suit):
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-27-06/IMG_0206.jpg

Sami being silly...
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/August/8-27-06/IMG_0164.jpg

[luckiestgirl]

More pictures to share!
Picture of my first "baby" & my last baby...
Sami & Leah:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-28-06/IMG_0167.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-28-06/IMG_0166.jpg

We went to a wedding out of town. Meagan & Leah were getting ready to go & were horsing around... here are some of them acting silly & waiting to go:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-30-06/IMG_0177.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-30-06/IMG_0174.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-30-06/IMG_0185.jpg

Leah with MIL:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-30-06/100_0838.jpg

[luckiestgirl]

Dancing at the dance!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-30-06/100_0912.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/September/9-30-06/IMG_0307.jpg

It was a long drive there but the girls did good. Alyssa was with her dad so she didn't get to come with & Sami was at work so she didn't get to come with. It took about 6 hrs to get there....

Took pictures of my nephew on Oct 6th...I got some of my kids too.
Here is my son & Leah looking at the ducks
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/October/10-6-06/IMG_0002.jpg

Leah & her cousin:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/October/10-6-06/IMG_0039.jpg

Leah always has her tongue out when excited... check this out!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/October/10-6-06/IMG_0100.jpg

Hope everyone is ok & doing good!

[luckiestgirl]

More pictures! On Oct. 7th we were driving around & Leah was getting all excited about the moon & wanted to catch the moon. I have never done pictures like this before so was trying to get it to look like she was holding the moon in her hands. It didn't work well because it was too dark but they still are cute!
Daddy & Leah:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/October/10-7-06/IMG_0134.jpg

HEY! It's the MOON!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/October/10-7-06/IMG_0135.jpg

I MUST get the moon!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/luckiestgirl/October/10-7-06/IMG_0136.jpg

10-15-06 we got Leah's hair trimmed up & my aunt put a pony