Ethan is working on tooth #7! On the bottom, to the left of his current teeth. It's about half way out now.
Kaylee is working on tooth #3! Her first top tooth, just right of center. Just today it actually broke through. She is not loving the breaking through process, but soon she'll be able to take bites out of nerf balls... just like ethan did today. no more nerf balls I guess...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
goodbye milk
Be warned. This is a post about boobs and milk. Continue at your own risk.
goodbye milk. As I (think) I blogged about already, on June 10 I dropped from pumping 4x day to 3x day. One of my boobs is apparently offended by this. It's gone on strike and declared that if I don't love and appreciate all the milk it's given me thus far enough to pump 4x day, it just won't make any milk at all. Last night when I pumped, I got 20 drops from it. I counted them as I dripped them into the other bottle. 20 drops. I still have some fenugreek and blessed thistle (which are herb-pills that are supposed to increase your milk supply) and I'm taking those. I realize the end is near, and nearer than I'd hoped or expected, but as long as I've already bought the pills, why not take them?
My insurance stops paying for the pump on July 10. I think at that point I'll go down to pumping 2x day. Then, over the next month, I'll drop down to 1x day and then be done. I had originally planned to last a little longer, but I've given it a good fight, and given where I'm at now, it's just not worth pretending that a few ounces a day is really worth pumping for that much longer. So this is the beginning of the end. Goodbye pumping. I have hated you, but loved the benefit you darn well better be giving my kiddos.
goodbye milk. As I (think) I blogged about already, on June 10 I dropped from pumping 4x day to 3x day. One of my boobs is apparently offended by this. It's gone on strike and declared that if I don't love and appreciate all the milk it's given me thus far enough to pump 4x day, it just won't make any milk at all. Last night when I pumped, I got 20 drops from it. I counted them as I dripped them into the other bottle. 20 drops. I still have some fenugreek and blessed thistle (which are herb-pills that are supposed to increase your milk supply) and I'm taking those. I realize the end is near, and nearer than I'd hoped or expected, but as long as I've already bought the pills, why not take them?
My insurance stops paying for the pump on July 10. I think at that point I'll go down to pumping 2x day. Then, over the next month, I'll drop down to 1x day and then be done. I had originally planned to last a little longer, but I've given it a good fight, and given where I'm at now, it's just not worth pretending that a few ounces a day is really worth pumping for that much longer. So this is the beginning of the end. Goodbye pumping. I have hated you, but loved the benefit you darn well better be giving my kiddos.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
ethan's new trick
check out ethan's new trick! (hint: it is not sucking his thumb)
I realize the sound is similar when his thumb/hand is in his mouth, but he's laughing there, not crying. He thinks his trick is pretty darn neat.
Monday, June 13, 2011
i love the weekends
I love the weekends.
My friend jackie recently got her Master's degree from UW and on saturday we went to a little party to celebrate her. way to go jackie! it was a fun little BBQ and the kiddos got to interact with a little dog, which was entertaining to watch. they weren't really sure at first, but then they decided little dogs were pretty fun. :)
we drove to the party (at debe and rob's, in seattle), a funny round-about way to avoid UW graduation traffic. the way we went followed the bike trail and we saw a tandem with a bike trailer go past! So on Sunday we went on our own little bike ride. we went to Wilmot Gateway Park in Woodinville, which is where we'll be having the kiddos' birthday party. (It's the same place we had the bike picnic for our wedding for those of you who went to that.) It took us about half an hour to bike there, then we stayed and played in the grass and on the baby swing for a bit over an hour and then we biked back. we learned that kaylee does not like her helmet at all (we eventually took it off, otherwise it was clear we weren't going to be going at all) and that other people bike with part of the trailer uncovered. our trailer has a few layers of "cover" so after noticing that all the other trailers were less covered than ours we rolled up the main rain-proof cover and just left the bug-shield down. the babies didn't mind either way, they were asleep most of the time, but I think getting a breeze is nice, so hopefully it wasn't too much of one!
we also learned that the kiddos love the baby swing. blake was doubtful about putting them in the swing back to back, but later he said it was his favorite part of the day. ethan loved it, but kaylee really loved it - she was just squealing and giggling the whole time.
anyway, here are a few pics.
more pics might come later, but blogger kept crashing while I tried to upload these so... that's all for now.
My friend jackie recently got her Master's degree from UW and on saturday we went to a little party to celebrate her. way to go jackie! it was a fun little BBQ and the kiddos got to interact with a little dog, which was entertaining to watch. they weren't really sure at first, but then they decided little dogs were pretty fun. :)
we drove to the party (at debe and rob's, in seattle), a funny round-about way to avoid UW graduation traffic. the way we went followed the bike trail and we saw a tandem with a bike trailer go past! So on Sunday we went on our own little bike ride. we went to Wilmot Gateway Park in Woodinville, which is where we'll be having the kiddos' birthday party. (It's the same place we had the bike picnic for our wedding for those of you who went to that.) It took us about half an hour to bike there, then we stayed and played in the grass and on the baby swing for a bit over an hour and then we biked back. we learned that kaylee does not like her helmet at all (we eventually took it off, otherwise it was clear we weren't going to be going at all) and that other people bike with part of the trailer uncovered. our trailer has a few layers of "cover" so after noticing that all the other trailers were less covered than ours we rolled up the main rain-proof cover and just left the bug-shield down. the babies didn't mind either way, they were asleep most of the time, but I think getting a breeze is nice, so hopefully it wasn't too much of one!
we also learned that the kiddos love the baby swing. blake was doubtful about putting them in the swing back to back, but later he said it was his favorite part of the day. ethan loved it, but kaylee really loved it - she was just squealing and giggling the whole time.
anyway, here are a few pics.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
happy 10 months ethan! / happy father's day blake
yes, I'm writing this on 6/12, but back-dating it to 6/11... I took the pictures on 6/11 okay? back to the content of the post though...
blake doesn't read this blog. he says he figures I tell him everything I write anyways. that's fine by me, and has the added perk that I can tell you all about his father's day gift ahead of time. :) but, you all need to not mention it to him for the next week, okay? (not that it would be that big of a deal, but shhh anyway)
my coworker laurel has a picture of one of her kids on her desk at work. it's several years old, her kid is much younger in the photo, and there's a button you can press and hear her kid giggle. she says it's one of her most treasured things because her kid not only doesn't look the same any more, but doesn't sound the same. So... I'm going to take two pics of the kiddos having fun w/ blake and put them in a side by side frame. I've also bought these two little gadgets that record and play back 10 seconds worth of sound and my goal is to record both of the kiddos giggling. I've got Kaylee done, but I haven't made a recording of Ethan yet.
for pictures, danielle and I were extra sneaky and at one of our photoshoots (the easter one) she was like, oh blake, I'd like to take some photos of you and the kiddos. and then yesterday blake was tossing the kids in the air at a nearby park where we were picnicking for dinner and the camera was actually in the diaper bag, so I snapped a few too. anyways, in celebration of ethan being 10 months, here are the ethan and blake pics...
those are my top 10. do you have a favorite?
blake doesn't read this blog. he says he figures I tell him everything I write anyways. that's fine by me, and has the added perk that I can tell you all about his father's day gift ahead of time. :) but, you all need to not mention it to him for the next week, okay? (not that it would be that big of a deal, but shhh anyway)
my coworker laurel has a picture of one of her kids on her desk at work. it's several years old, her kid is much younger in the photo, and there's a button you can press and hear her kid giggle. she says it's one of her most treasured things because her kid not only doesn't look the same any more, but doesn't sound the same. So... I'm going to take two pics of the kiddos having fun w/ blake and put them in a side by side frame. I've also bought these two little gadgets that record and play back 10 seconds worth of sound and my goal is to record both of the kiddos giggling. I've got Kaylee done, but I haven't made a recording of Ethan yet.
for pictures, danielle and I were extra sneaky and at one of our photoshoots (the easter one) she was like, oh blake, I'd like to take some photos of you and the kiddos. and then yesterday blake was tossing the kids in the air at a nearby park where we were picnicking for dinner and the camera was actually in the diaper bag, so I snapped a few too. anyways, in celebration of ethan being 10 months, here are the ethan and blake pics...
those are my top 10. do you have a favorite?
Friday, June 10, 2011
happy 10 months kaylee!
Today kaylee is 10 months old. 10 months, how crazy. (also, in other really exciting news which I am trying to pretend is not more exciting than my kid turning 10 months old... today is the day I am going down to pumping 3x day. I am SO excited. but back to kaylee...)
a few cute pics of kaylee in her birthday suit to celebrate...
I can get this thing off...
ta da! I did it! :)
(kaylee doesn't like things on her head. yesterday she got sunburned because we went to play in a park w/ audria and her kiddos ben and claire and a) I am a terrible mother and didn't put sunscreen on her b) it was sunnier than I expected, and c) she took her hat off every 5 seconds. I prob put it on at least 20 times... sigh.)
a few cute pics of kaylee in her birthday suit to celebrate...
I can get this thing off...
(kaylee doesn't like things on her head. yesterday she got sunburned because we went to play in a park w/ audria and her kiddos ben and claire and a) I am a terrible mother and didn't put sunscreen on her b) it was sunnier than I expected, and c) she took her hat off every 5 seconds. I prob put it on at least 20 times... sigh.)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
silence
so yesterday I was reading my friend lisa's blog, and she wrote about how silence is ominous. and I smiled to myself and thought, so true... and then, later on in the day, I encountered silence from my own little kiddos.
our dishwasher is currently broken, so the kitchen has been a mess. so I was in the kitchen, cleaning, and the kiddos were in the main room. at first they were playing together, but then kaylee wandered off. when I wasn't hearing them chatter anymore, I peered over the kitchen counter to see...
eating his diaper. it was still attached to one leg, so he was only able to access one end but...
sigh. silence is golden when they're napping, but ominous when they're awake...
our dishwasher is currently broken, so the kitchen has been a mess. so I was in the kitchen, cleaning, and the kiddos were in the main room. at first they were playing together, but then kaylee wandered off. when I wasn't hearing them chatter anymore, I peered over the kitchen counter to see...
kaylee eating daddy's running shoe. at the time I found her, she was just working on the laces. considering how many trails and streets those shoes have been down, I'm hoping she started with the laces, and not the bottoms or something...
then I went over to investigate what ethan was up to and found him...
sigh. silence is golden when they're napping, but ominous when they're awake...
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