Promised a friend I'd blog soon-so here goes!
Elizabeth is now 1 month old. She is a pleasant little baby. I could use some longer sleep stretches at night, but I won't complain. She sleeps between feedings, what more could I ask for? She is also still wearing her little body harness for her hip dysplasia. Another ultrasound is scheduled for 12/11.
Isaac is such a big boy, but still not interested in potty training at all. He loves music. In fact, he and Josiah are enrolled in a Kindermusik class right now. It's so funny to see how all of the girls in the class do exactly as they're told, and all of the boys are totally marching to the beat of their own drum. Such a contrast! But they love it. Isaac's favorite toys right now are the vacuum cleaner (the real one), the lawn mower (the real one), and pretending that some of his toys are vacuums and/or lawn mowers. Oh, and anything Josiah is playing with automatically becomes his favorite toy too. Occassionally he pretends his wagon of blocks is a tiller too. Also, all he ever wants to do is go to PappyGa's (my parents' house). He throws major fits when it's time to come home. Breaks our hearts. Finally, he's been dealing with night terrors. He wakes up screaming, we find him stnading in the middle of his room, but he's not fully awake. I've delegated dealing with night terrors to Keith since I'm already up 3 times a night with Elizabeth. We pray for him. Supposedly it's something he just will grow out of and never remember.
Josiah is in full "cherub" phase. He says many words now like amen, vacuum, milk, cheese, apple, blankie, pumpkin, money, please, and thank you. He also loves music as I mentioned above, and he's a pretty good dancer too! His half-birthday is coming up at the end of the month so he'll be 18 months old. Loves his little sister, still terrorized by his big brother.
I have no time at all for anything, let alone reading. However, I am currently in the middle of a book called Floods Upon the Dry Ground, which is very good, just have to find the time to finish it. Also, Keith and I are in the middle of a book called Sacred Marriage which we were reading for our Homebuilders group for it got postponed. We continued reading anyway. It's really great, we just struggle to find the time for reading.
Lots of good shows on TV that we watch though! We never miss The Fringe, The Office, and Stargate Universe. When we can though we catch House and Lie To Me on Monday nights, NCIS on Tuesday nights, and then Flash Forward comes on before The Fringe on Thursdays. In 2010 new episodes of 24 and Lost will begin. Don't know how we'll fit it all in!
Two things to leave you on...the first is that motherhood can be lonely, and make you feel quite alienated at times. Don't ask me why but sometimes I actually feel lonely when I'm up in the middle of the night feeding Elizabeth. The second thought is that childrearing is bringing me closer to God than anything else has ever before.
That's all I can put together for now! Until next time....
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Elizabeth has hip dysplasia, huh? Rachel had that, too. For 2 months when she was tiny we had to put 2 diapers on her so that her legs would stay in the correct position as well as make sure she didn't put pressure on them (like standing up in our laps while we held her hands, etc...). She was totally fine after a couple of months, I hope Elizabeth's ultrasound turns out good (I'm sure it will).
I agree that sometimes motherhood can be really lonely. :( I hope that she eats fast at night so you can get your rest. With Sam, we had a couch set up in his bedroom and I was able to pretty much fall asleep while nursing him, it was so nice!
I enjoy reading about your kids' progress and what they are doing now developmentally. It's cute. Both our Rachel & Sam had/have night terrors. Rachel's were really bad and lasted about 1 1/2 years and then sporatically after that. Sam still has them. They don't remember it, for sure, but it's pretty traumatic for us as parents. Both of those kids are more thoughtful (for lack of a better word) than our other kids, maybe that has something to do with it.
Not that you need another show, but I highly recommend "Table for 12" and I'm totally jealous of all the tv watching you & Keith do. I miss my primetime tv nights. :(
Thanks for blogging, I love your updates!!
Meg, ask Jeff about his hip problem when he was a baby. He had to wear a cast for six months. That's how they treated it back then. As for the night terrors, I had them as a child (so I'm told). I wonder if all this is inherited? Sorry about your lonely feelings. Wish I were there to give you a hug and help out.
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