Always Remembering
Today is October 15th,Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
Light a candle at 7pm, tonight and join us all in remembrance of those gone too soon.
Stop by Band Back Together’s Wall Of Remembrance and show some love and support for those who have lost.
Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together
Nannygoat and Lloyd needed a chance to go visit Presto at the NICU and some time to be adults without kids around. So I had Ladybug and Butterball (now also known as the DIVA) over for an evening of fun. As usual, the lords of the universe were smiling upon me because Twittermoms had just sent me a sample of Glue Dots and I was excited to have the girls try them! I didn’t have a big plan for it, so we just grabbed some construction paper and started creating! The girls really liked the Glue Dot applicators, so easy for their little fingers to use (and easy to switch from left to right hand, which is important when you are crafting with a lefty AND a righty at the same time).
First you make it:
Then you show them off:
The you add a bunch more Glue Dots on the back and hang them on Grandma’s fridge!
What great fun we had. I love these Glue Dots, seriously in love. No mess, easy to use, easy to store. I had actually already used some back on Father’s Day for little craft project myself: I did a scrapbook page for MacD for his 1st Father’s Day with RolyPoly and the frame required the picture be sandwiched between glass. The picture kept slipping when Glue Dots came to the rescue:
I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and Glue Dots blogging contest to possibly receive a gift card. For more information on how you can participate, click here.
Getting Back To The Great Outdoors
Growing up, my parents took me camping all the time. Nearly every special memory I have from my youth was at a campground or the cabin (which was camping, but with a bed!). The first 14 years of my married life were spent in Utah where camping is plentiful and my kids were indoctrinated at a very early age. After moving here in 1998, we camped a lot less. Life got busier and then the kids became teens and next thing I knew, they were all grown up and trying to live their own lives. But I miss camping a lot and I felt sad that Ladybug and Butterball weren’t growing up with the camping experience. So, for Nannygoat’s birthday I bought her and her family a giant tent! Then on Mother’s Day I bought her a camp stove. To top it all off, I made reservations for two sites at a local campground for this past weekend. Super close to home in case we needed to go back and just for one night–sort of a practice run.
Of course our newest addition to the family, RolyPoly, wasn’t about to be left out. So MacDougal, Funsize and the new babe pitched their tent too! Sparkles brought Floozy on her first camping trip with us and Lightening Boy came too. My cousin brought her two girls for the day so she (an they) could finally meet RolyPoly and her kids could play with Ladybug and Butterball. Although Bear and Fishboy couldn’t stay with us due to work on Sunday, they still came up Saturday evening for s’mores and a a visit.
My fun loving grand-girls had the time of their lives! Dirt, dirt and more dirt is the newest and most fun toy they’ve ever played with! The adults had a very nice time also. RolyPoly has been having some issues sleeping at night since he was born. Apparently the camping gene runs very strong in him, as his night at the campground was the best night he’s slept since he was born! All in all, it was a great time. Check out the pictures here on my flickr, the one here of RolyPoly is one of my faves!
I have so much going on I need to get around to sharing with you. Working on a big, special, fancy, blog redesign! And maybe then I will be inspired and blog some more (ha ha ha). Registered for college….I have no idea what I am doing, but apparently I need to decide soon. Ladybug had her IEP for KINDERGARDEN!?!?! (not sure how that is possible, since she was just born right?). More to share about the babes, life in general, and stuff (like this new laptop I am typing on right now).
Health-wise, I am doing great. The meds kicked right in and I am right back on track. Now I just need to get back on track here. Thanks to all of you for hanging around during my ‘distracted by new baby’ time. I won’t say it’s over yet, but I hope for the blog’s sake I can get some writing done!
Still Sort Of MIA (and there is a lot of action, trust me)
A quick moment of time, I give to you, my dear readers a quick synopsis and (more importantly) pictures of the beloved newcomer. First aside, I must warn you. Do not neglect your blog for more than one day at a time. Otherwise you may find yourself with 533 spam comments to wade through. Which also means you people don’t comment enough. Could you imagine if I got 533 real comments every two days?!?!
As you all know (or maybe not) RolyPoly made his debut a week ago today at 1:23PM. All 9 lbs. 5 ozs. He was just a roly-poly-ing along right up until the eviction. I am sure he would have stayed in residence longer if given the choice. He came out gripping one of Funsize’s ribs in his hand, screaming about the rude interruption. Considering Funsize is half Chinese, tiny boned, stands barely 5 foot and normally 95 pounds dripping wet, I have no idea where she was storing RolyPoly or how she managed to take a breath. The proud father, MacD, was 9 lbs. 14 oz. at birth, but I am much larger than Funsize and an OB once held his fist up to my pubic bone and pronounced that I “was built to handle even a 10 lb. baby” which he retracted after MacDs birth.
My mom and Pop are here (arrived Friday) and my Dad arrives on Tuesday, so I don’t hold out much hope for a coherent post until at least Friday. Someone, in fact, called me today in a panic because I didn’t answer an email within a few hours…..that is how rare it is to find me at least not checking the internet! Here are some pics of the handsome dude to hold you over and because Sara at Red Pine Mountain demanded them and there is nothing I wouldn’t do for her (or Lesley or Marlee).
Side note again: All pictures are totally, completely and shamelessly stolen from NannyGoat as I am unable to take any pictures due to the fact I must keep my hands free at all the times to FIGHT FOR BABY HOLDING TIME with Bear, Nanny, Lloyd, Fishboy, Ladybug, Butterball, Mr. Vixen and my parents. Oh. And the actual parental units of the future football star also. (also I would like to apologize publicly to Sparkles for the other night when I slammed you across the room while jumping that chair when MacD said “who wants a turn?” and I needed to get to there first)
Aside to aside. RolyPoly already lifts and holds his head up. He has been accepted at several colleges to start next week, but we are just exploring our options for now. Here is the full Flickr set of his birth day, you get to see me cry alot. These are from after his homecoming (another story to come).
The Roly Poly Debut
At approximately 1:23, the not so little boy made his grand entry weighing in at 9 lbs. 5 oz and 19-1/2″
He is doing well. Had a little trouble acclimating from the water to air, but with a little suction and a nurse who harrassed him into screaming (which requires sucking in air first) he is fine. Glucose a little low, so the fed him a little formula. He is the spitting image of his father. (CLICK ON THE PICTURES FOR BIGGER!)
Yea, Yea Roly Poly
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do…….a little entertainment while I am off working to get real RolyPoly pics. I hope I will be back in the afternoon with the grand arrival details. And I will be twittering through the entire thing, but I won’t get your well-wishes or questions unless you DM me. So DM me! ha ha
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