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08-04-2013, 11:06 PM
I look forward to being an aunt... but I desperately want to be a mother before I'm an aunt. I mean, my sisters are both years younger than me.... I'd feel like such a failure if I was a mom last.
I am very excited to hear about your tadpole, btw! :3
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08-04-2013, 11:20 PM
I've died for a niece or nephew for years! My siblings are all 6+ years younger then me so my brother and sister JUST hit their early 20. Dillon's sister is my niece's mom. She is 32 I want to say now, and doesn't want ANYMORE kids. Their was talk of her looking into adoption but even that has stopped :( My sister doesn't want kids my brother wants them but KNOWS full well he is unstable, my adopted brother and his wife well his wife anyhow want kids but want to be more stable and graduated from college, and my youngest brother I have NO idea!!! But he's just turned 18 and has more on his mind then kids like graduating high school.
I am happy about the baby. I am still not quite "feeling" pregnant, which is disturbing me to no end... But I am happy none the less!
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08-05-2013, 12:30 AM
I have some days where I want another and other days where I'm content. If I ever figure out the whole baby vs. work thing... I irritate myself. ;)
Speaking of, TWO WEEKS LEFT. Huzzah! Technically I finish on the 20th but the 20th is a "gimme" day. I'm going in specifically to work with two clients, but I don't "have" to. My direct hours are nearly done. I think 2 are left? I have wiggle room at least.
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08-05-2013, 01:31 AM
Yay for two more weeks!
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Chi
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08-05-2013, 10:29 AM
Yay indeed! :D
We're up and ready to go. I need to grab some rug deodorizer on my way back from dropping Terra off at daycare. Got a lot of cleaning to do. I probably won't do it all but I'll at least scrub-clean the entire upstairs.
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08-05-2013, 02:51 PM
We were mostly together this morning. Michael was grouchy about taking pictures after a little bit /paparazzi mom. But everyone got to school fine and I did get a few really good pictures and so far have managed not to sob my eyes out.
Just the girls and I until 3pm :'( I should try to get some catch up cleaning done today. We got a lot done yesterday but not enough. Diapers need washed, laundry needs washed, and I've got some kitchen chores needing done as well. I don't know how much I'll get done as I am extremely tired I know if I don't take a short nap this afternoon I won't be able to function. So I've got to see how my energy holds out until after lunch!
Good luck cleaning Chi ;)
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08-05-2013, 03:29 PM
The one you got of Michael sitting along is awesome!
I have cleaned most of the upstairs. I just have to scrub out the tub and sweep the bathroom. Everything else has been dusted, vacuumed, freshened, etc. I do have one load of laundry to do, maybe two by the time I collect the clothes downstairs. I am the only person who is apparently capable of not having to get half or full blown naked in the living room on a daily basis. -_- The least anyone could do is pick up their clothes.
On the plus side, Cole got out of his CPR re-certification class early because he doesn't need to redo the First-Aid part. It means he'll be able to get the baby, which means I can just buckle down and keep going with the housework.
I am going to give my best shot at making gluten-free bread today. It's a recipe for a brioche. I have never been able to make bread, but I've also not tried in almost four years. I can do awesome cakes and muffins now, so I'm hoping. It should go well with the meat soup I'll start around 2pm... provided it actually comes out. >.>
Terra's toy purge went well. I have four bags upstairs now, and we're going to try to put her play kitchen in her room. It may not fit, but we'll see. Hopefully she doesn't get too crabby about the missing (*cough* stored away) kitchen bits.
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08-05-2013, 04:17 PM
Hi everyone, don't know what's been going on in the walls of text since I last posted. Hope its all good. :o
Just figured I'd stop in to say that i had a checkup today and the heart beat was 150. Looks like a healthy baby :D yay!
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08-05-2013, 04:18 PM
So far all I've managed is folding and stuffing clean diapers for the day, and flipping the laundry from washer to dryer and starting a new load. I'll need to start diapers again after this load. I did get 3 out of 4 of my calls done for the day while I was nursing Ellie who fell asleep. I couldn't bring myself to wake her, but I know I'll regret it later her taking such an early nap. Jayden and Ellie have been very mild today though which is a nice change.
I LOVED the picture I got of Mike's on the stump :) I wish he wouldn't have gotten so grumpy before leaving :'(
Ugh I need to do a toy purge very soon! :O
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08-05-2013, 04:20 PM
Toys... Mary doesn't actually have that many toys o.o And what she has fits in one of those storage tub things that I'm using as a toy box instead of buying an actual toy box... ^^;;
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08-05-2013, 04:27 PM
Michael use to have only enough toys to fit into a milk crate. I don't know when he got so many but he and Sean are swimming UN toys. Even Ellie has a lot. She inherited many of Sean's baby toys and they litter her floor my bedroom floor and the livingroom
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08-05-2013, 04:28 PM
Shadami, yay for a healthy baby!! :) No better news than that.
With Terra's recent purge it wasn't so much the quantity of toys but the sizes of them. At Christmas family got her $10-15 HUUUUGE plastic grills and tea carts to go along with her kitchen. It's just too much in a two-bedroom apartment. x_x She has some small accessories we're keeping, and the rest will go into storage.
The upstairs is spotless. Gotta get going on laundry and picking up the downstairs clutter.
So, random toddler drama. Terra has a small frog potty (the one most Wal-Mart stores carry) that we keep downstairs. Upstairs we have a seat which goes on top of our toilet. She will pee upstairs, but she refuses to poop. She yells that she's going to poop on the seat if she does, and demands the frog potty.
All fine and dandy, except now that she's getting bigger the frog potty can barely hold her stuff. Not sure what to do... :(
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08-05-2013, 04:29 PM
Oh and yay for a healthy baby. I haven.t heard baby's heart beat yet but there have been a few time I've though I felt flutters now.not enough for me to be certain though :(
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08-05-2013, 04:38 PM
My walmart didn't have the frog potty you had mentioned. :x we ended up getting Mary just a green one. She... knows its a potty at least. And if i set her on it and clap she'll stand up and sit down on it. Pleased that it makes me cheer for her. So its a step at least. But if i actually go tell her to sit on it, she runs over, pulls out the bowl, and tosses it in the tub.
So I'm guessing that Terra will get past that and actually use the seat. :D As I'm sure Mary will get past throwing the bowl to actually sitting on it.
Lily (baby 2 in belly!) kicked the microphone thing as we were listening to her heart. xD it was "beat beat beat BAM beat beat beat" it was rather amusing. Of course... Mary was crying the entire time because the heart monitor terrifies her for some reason...
And oh gosh.. a 2 bedroom apartment for all those toys? O.o yeah i'm living in a 4 bedroom house right now >.< Not for long... We need to find a new place to live :/ I hope i don't have to get rid of to much stuff. :/
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08-05-2013, 04:42 PM
Mike's did something like that for a long time I think I had to get rid of his potty chair to have him stay with going on the big potty. I had him put it in the trash and explained he was too big and the potty couldn't hold him anymore, or something similar. He wasn't upset or anything just kind of went with it.
Omg my niece just SMACKED Ellie in the face what seems totally unprovoked. They were playing under the table one second and the next Ellie comes to me sobbing saying "Jay'in Jay'in heee" I asked her what several more times because while Ellie can say words and express most things a lot is lost in translation. When I FAILED to completely translate I asked Jayden. She was honest, which earns points in my house but she admitted to smacking her, after climbing up from under the table and skulking to another area where my visibility is low. I don't know what to do with this kid. I lost it on her. There is absolutely no caring for others then herself it feels like :( I don't know how she is going to handle school with things like this happening even on low key days :/
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08-05-2013, 04:50 PM
It's developmentally appropriate to be self-centered, though I gotta say... she's not your kid and you don't need the hassle. I'd have been pissed. And anything you try to do to create a new behavior will be tossed away when she's away from you. It's difficult to "help" kids unless they're your own and you can provide the consistent responses to the negative behavior every time they do it.
It's my hope when she gets into school and sees how other children interact and are "punished" it may help. Yikes......
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08-05-2013, 05:16 PM
It depresses me to think that this is more then likely how she is treated by the kids she has hung out with. :( They are playing fairly well now again under the table but I guess the declaration is what confuses me. It went from 0 to 60 in nothing flat and it seemed heartless to hit her when they were getting along. I get hitting biting etc when their is fighting going on but not when they are playing peacefully
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08-05-2013, 05:16 PM
I agree with Chi.
As for my own kids. I'm going to do the home schooling thing.
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08-05-2013, 06:13 PM
I'm not sure what I'll do with Terra yet. It makes me sick to think about it, but in two years she'll start Kindergarten unless they changed the "turn 5 by October 15th" thing.
I have bread rising on the stove top, and I Hercules-d (I make up words) Terra's kitchen up the stairs into her room. It's cramped in her room but we'll see how it goes for a while. As of right now she rarely plays in it, so...
The living room looks insanely empty right now. O_o
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08-05-2013, 06:38 PM
I still regret pulling the boys from the k12 program :/ I still feel like I failed at something that was suppose to be easy :(
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08-05-2013, 06:40 PM
You're kidding, right? :P Homeschooling is beyond difficult and it takes a lot of time, resources, and energy to pull it off. It's a full time job and then some!
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08-06-2013, 04:39 AM
I agree with Chi on this one Jazzy. You are far from a failure. You noticed a failing in the school system and remedied it by taking care of their education yourself. You got this. And you got this better than the schools did. At least where your children were concerned. mmmkay?
Shadami- Yay for a healthy baby!!
My kids have toys everywhere. The school year is starting up soon, I think I need to do a toy purge as well. *sigh* Always something!
But this week the girls are in Girl Scout Day Camp and Aaron gets to spend time with us one on one. Which is something that very rarely happens. So it's not happening this week. This week I'm enjoying spending time with my semi-youngest. (:
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08-06-2013, 10:30 AM
Mellie, do you have an electronic scale for baking? I think I'm going to invest in one. I will say the brioche I made wasn't a failure, but it's missing something. It was also chilly while I tried to let it rise. I think I need to start closing windows at night. We're not getting much of a summer.
I cleaned and cleaned yesterday, taking care of the entire two floors, and then realized how pissed off I get when neighbors' cigarette smoke comes floating in from the outside. I always wonder what the point in cleaning was.
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08-06-2013, 07:49 PM
Mellie the boys are no longer home schooled. :( I put them back into school last December at a local charter school rather then being forced to put them into our "home" school which is known for some really bad things. I miss having the time with Michael in particular. He is the one I seem to lack time with most. Sean is a very close second at the moment since Jayden has been in the picture. I fell behind with Ellie and Sean when I was trying to help Michael with school. He is a smart kid and picked up on the negative crap my mom and sister fed him about how much he missed his friends and never got to "do" anything... And he started to rebel against work or act like it was too much for him when we had been doing it fine until they opened their big mouths. I was stumped with Sean. He should have been reading by now but the POS headstart program and my own inability to give him the next step held him back. :( He's so close and they won't be reading in his class until November. :( He wants so bad to learn to read.... I miss feeling like I was making a difference, I miss feeling like I was doing something AWESOME, but I wasn't it was simply too much for me. The other day a K12 commercial came on the radio and I almost cried. Dillon thought I was losing it. It's just something I think I could have done if I had been better prepared and less criticized. But the boys are thriving and so is Ellie. I am starting to work on colors and songs with Ellie as she "sings" the ABC's all the time and ring around the rosie etc, just she doesn't say the "words" she kind of humms/babbles and she likes saying color names.
I hated living next to smokers... Ok I won't lie I still REALLY hate living next to smokers. It makes my house smell gross. :/ I am sorry Chi I feel your pain. Speaking of cleaning though I should get Dillon off the computer and have him help me pick up some upstairs while the girls are asleep and before we head out to get the boys. The ARC is coming for a donation pick up and there are shoes galore in the hall and a huge black trash bag in the office needing to go down to be donated as well.
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08-06-2013, 08:24 PM
As parents we do the best we can. And I also think we're the first to disregard our good. When the kids are grown they'll look back on their childhoods and smile. <3
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