for you...

Mr Steve Spence, I have finally posted some new posts, I have "stopped quilting and more blogging" I hope that this is enough to get you through the next week or two. I will be posting more as time allows, but now I must get to more quilting!! ;)

It's Official....

I am not a dog person. We have been watching a neighbors dog, in our house, since Saturday and I am ready for Thursday! She is a good dog and well behaved, we have had to break some of her habits, jumping on the furniture. I am under the impression that she is treated more like a child than a dog and I am not that kind of person. She will follow me everywhere, and I am a solitary kind of person, not much for having a dog at my heals. That is why I like cats!! She is a Havanese, a little dog, kind of prissy. The past two night she has barked when we put her in her crate, thankfully she has a crate. Last night she started barking at 4 AM, then I had to get up with Reagan, so I was pretty much up at 4 this morning. Anyway just needed to vent, hello all!!

Reagan's new trick...

Reagan is 6 months old and will sit, but is still wobbly. We can not just sit her down and walk away. Well, She has been pulling up on my hands for months and today she finally crawled her way over to the step stool and pulled her self up. I am not ok with this as she is too wobbbly and not developed enough for this to be a very wise move on her part. Plus I want her to stay a baby forever! I know just trying to keep up... I do see her as one that will skip crawling and go straight for walking. She hates to sit and play she wants to be moving ALL of the time. Her cuddling days are OVER!

Distractions

This is what I have found to fill my time while I was away from blogging...

4 Months Old

Today Reagan is 4 months old!!!! At her Doctor appointment she weighed in at 14 pounds and 10 ounces (78%) and she is 25 inches tall (75%). At the doctor she received two shots and Emily cried more than Reagan. Emily started crying when the nurse came in to give Reagan the shots and did not stop until it was time to leave. Reagan is a VERY happy little girl, full of smiles and little giggles. She loves to chew on her hands and fingers. No thumb sucking and I am hopeful that she will skip that and just be a fist chewer. She rolls all over the place I lay her on her back and she automatically flips to her belly and then to her back, then her belly... She is starting to pull her head up and likes to sit in the tripod position with help. Reagan is a wiggly girl and I think may be an early walker. When she is on the floor on her belly she will pull her legs in and tuck her head almost on all fours. For not crawling or walking she gets around pretty good. Reagan will take a short nap in the morning (30-45 minutes), than a long nap in the afternoon (2 hours), than one more short nap in the evening (30-45 minutes), than bedtime around 9PM. She will fall asleep and the only way to keep her asleep in her crib is on her belly, If you lay her down on her back her eyes pop wide open!! She is a curious little one and like to be in on the action always wants to see what is going on. Reagan was over her stuffiness finally, until we went camping. Friday night I noticed she was getting stuffy and when we woke on Saturday her eyes were puffy and she was congested, here we go again. I am ready for her to be over it, when she is stuffy she does not sleep very well, which means I do not sleep very well. Happy Birthday to Reagan!

M.I.A.

So I know I have been away or a while, but life gets a little busy with 5 kids. There is also the fact that since I have found quilting, my priority changed. Since my bank account is feeling the impact of quilting, I am taking a break. time to refocus. I am going to try to get you caught up with our lives over the next few weeks, but for now I will leave you with a parting pictures.

Birthday to Remember...

February 14, 2011~ This was my 34th birthday, on Sunday the 13th Paul had a great day planned to celebrate, when I came home from Church ( I went alone since ALL the kids were sick and Paul and Nathan had gone Saturday night.) there was breakfast waiting!! Let me add that when I woke up this morning I was not feeling very well, just an achy feeling all over and NO energy. After a very nice breakfast I laid down Paul took the kids to the park and they played for a couple of hours. Then stopped by the bakery to pick up my yummy carrot cake! When Paul got back from the park I noticed Reagan who has been sick for about five days was really wheezing! After waiting too long because when your baby is wheezing you should not wait, I took her to the ER. She was then diagnosed with RSV and given lots of breathing treatments. She then started to eat (she barely ate on Saturday) and was sleeping. As an ICU nurse you see the worst case scenario all the time, so that is what I was expecting. After a few hours we were told we were going to be admitted, then told that the hospital we were at did not have a children's area and we would have to transfer hospitals. We rode in an ambulance, which was a first and spent the night in the hospital. We were released the next day and came home where we had to continue the breathing treatments.