I apologize to everyone who is seeing a million posts on their google reader or email from my blog. I accidentally deleted all my blog posts (dumb, I know) and so I'm trying to restore all of them via previous google reader posts. (Thank goodness for google reader!)
I only have two more to do, but I apologize again in advance.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
blogging again
[Pictures at the end of this post.]
It's been a whirlwind of the past 3 months. The first month with Adelaide was full of lots of happiness, but was also a very difficult adjustment. When my mom and mother-in-law both left, I thought I was going to die. I thought if I was able to even shower that day, I would have accomplished something great. Somehow I was able to make dinner that day. Kenny was impressed and so was I.
When Kenny's family came out to visit, we blessed Adelaide in church. She fussed during the blessing, but it still turned out fine and was a special experience. Also, we just celebrated our 1st year anniversary. Kenny's parents were generous enough to take care of Adelaide for the night and we went to a bed & breakfast in SLC. On the way to SLC, we stopped at Trafalga and went on a 3D motion theater ride, the Classic Fun Center to go roller-skating, Smart cookie to get cookie icecream sandwiches, and Pier 49 to get a dessert pizza. For all of that we spent $2.75 (thank you starving student card!). Then we went to Star of India for dinner (I love Indian food!) and in the morning we went to the SLC temple to do a session (first time for both of us). It was a wonderful anniversary, but we missed Adelaide SO much so we came back right after our session. It was happy to be together as a family again.
I've come a long way since then. My days are often still lonely and boring, but I have learned how to be much more productive! Taking care of Adelaide is definitely a lot of work, but I have to say that I have more joy in my life than ever before. Addie has recently started smiling a lot and it makes everything worth it.
My typical day I'm up by 7am and in between feeding Addie, I'm either looking for jobs, cleaning the house, doing dishes, making dinner, learning Spanish, or doing laundry. I try to be productive each day--otherwise I'd feel like a total slug stuck in the house all day alone. Adelaide and I venture out of the house about 3 times a day to go on a walk in either the stroller or baby bjorn. Usually Adelaide likes the walks more than I do (it's so hot!), but they're happy.
Kenny is busier than ever taking Spanish and Arabic this term and doing an internship with the Red Cross as a member of their disaster services team, working on a Latino Outreach program. I wish I could see him more but Addie and I are happy whenever he's home! We recently had to buy a new computer (my laptop is seriously dying), so we got a nice iMac and found a desk at the thrift store Savers. Kenny now has a study spot in the house so he often will stay home in the morning (before classes start) to work on homework instead of heading straight to the library. It's so nice to have him home. Kenny also recently got called as the deacons quorum advisor and assistant scoutmaster in the ward. He loves it so far. We're still enjoying being sunday school teachers to the 13-14 year olds in the ward. They're good kids.
Adelaide has grown so much since she was born. We haven't been to the doctor in a month, but I'd guess she's more than doubled her birth weight by now. She's so strong. She'll be 3 months old this Friday, the 15th!
Birth stats:
Length: 21 in
Weight: 6 lb 12 oz
2 week stats:
Length: 21 in (69% percentile)
Weight: 7 lb 10 oz (29% percentile)...although look how much she grew in 2 weeks!
2 month stats:
Length: 23.2 in (80% percentile)
Weight: 10 lb 12.5 oz (52% percentile)
I'm guessing she's over 24 inches by now and probably around 13 pounds...but who knows really. We'll find out her new stats at 4 months.
Adelaide is now "talking" and it's adorable. She makes all sorts of cute noises all the time. She can stand pretty well (I just hold one of her hands) and she's doing much better with tummy time (she seems to enjoy it sometimes). She still makes lots of funny faces (that's the #1 thing I remember from her first couple weeks of life). Addie will take a bottle (which is very convenient if we need to leave her with a babysitter or something). She used to not like the car very much (she'd cry almost every time), but she seems to like it a lot better now. I can actually sit in the front seat (most times) with Kenny when we drive places!
Adelaide took awhile to figure out the whole night and day thing. We started giving her a bath every night around the same time (per Kenny's mom's suggestion) and it really helped! We developed a routine and after a week or two, she figured it out. She is sleeping really well at night now (thankfully!) because of the routine and because we got some medicine for her acid reflux. I have no clue how I survived endless nights with a combined 3 hours of sleep. I'm glad that stage is over. Adelaide LOVESSSS bath time. She just smiles the entire time. She loves it so much that for the first couple weeks of bath time every night, she would scream (mad that we took her out) for hours after. Luckily she's over that stage now.
Addie has met my Mom, Molly, Katie & Connor & Emmeline, and all of Kenny's family (except his brother Jesse who is on a mission). She will meet Jenna in 2 weeks when she comes back to UT (yay!!).
When Kenny's family came out to visit, we blessed Adelaide in church. She fussed during the blessing, but it still turned out fine and was a special experience. Also, we just celebrated our 1st year anniversary. Kenny's parents were generous enough to take care of Adelaide for the night and we went to a bed & breakfast in SLC. On the way to SLC, we stopped at Trafalga and went on a 3D motion theater ride, the Classic Fun Center to go roller-skating, Smart cookie to get cookie icecream sandwiches, and Pier 49 to get a dessert pizza. For all of that we spent $2.75 (thank you starving student card!). Then we went to Star of India for dinner (I love Indian food!) and in the morning we went to the SLC temple to do a session (first time for both of us). It was a wonderful anniversary, but we missed Adelaide SO much so we came back right after our session. It was happy to be together as a family again.
Sorry for the long update. Now hopefully I can be more on top of things and post more regularly. My next goal is to make some movies of Addie that I can post on here. I made one movie but I've been having problems trying to upload it. Anyway, thanks for reading! :)
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Friday, March 11, 2011
because of guilt
Recently a couple of people mentioned how much of a slacker I am when it comes to blogging.
I'll admit it, I'm a complete slacker. And I've started to feel pretty guilty. So I'm finally getting around to posting.
I'm not really sure how to sum up our life since the end of November....
We went to D.C. for the first week of Christmas break and spent time with Natalie's family. It was so much fun, especially to see Emmeline for the first time! We loved it and got even more excited to be parents.
It was great to spend time with family. At the end of the week, Kenny's family drove up to D.C. to see Natalie's family and spend the night. That was crazy (adding 10 more people to the house), but lots of fun. Afterward, we drove with Kenny's family down to SC. Natalie learned that an 8 hour car drive is not super fun at 5 months pregnant (now, at 8 months pregnant, I think I would rather die first....okay, that's a bit dramatic). We spent the next week of Christmas break with Kenny's family in SC. Kenny did some manly work in the backyard with his brothers while Natalie watched the old Ramona TV series with Bonnie and Brooklyn (Kenny's little sisters). It was good times.
After Christmas break we flew back and unfortunately started real life again. Kenny is kept ever busy with school. He's planning on majoring in Geospatial Intelligence with a minor in Spanish and learning Arabic on the side. His Arabic class alone takes 4 hours of work a day (at least), but he loves it and wants to learn the language well. Natalie is still teaching high school math. Her kids are lazier than ever (I've never seen such lazy kids in my life--this school has some problems with its policies. They basically encourage kids to put things off), but she still has a lot of great students and is enjoying her job. Below is a couple pictures of what some of Natalie's students like to do with the extra time in class.
It is good to be kept busy until the baby is born, but also exhausting to work full-time (+ extra hours since a teacher always works outside of school hours). She's got a long-term sub set up and will only have to return to school for maybe a week or so at the end of the year...depending on when Adelaide decides to make her appearance. :)
We've got a crib, carseat, stroller, highchair, and plenty of beautiful blankets. We're in the midst of collecting other necessary items. It's getting more and more real. If Adelaide is born on time, we only have 4 1/2 weeks left. We can't wait! Of course we're nervous and we know we're only going to be more tired, but she's coming whether we want it or not.... so we might as well be excited!!
We got released from our fabulous nursery calling (sad life!) and got called to be sunday school teachers for the 13 year olds. We're actually enjoying it more than we thought we would. We've really enjoyed going to a couple BYU basketball games this season and are loving our busy, crazy lives!
Here is Natalie at almost 35 weeks (a week ago):
I'll admit it, I'm a complete slacker. And I've started to feel pretty guilty. So I'm finally getting around to posting.
I'm not really sure how to sum up our life since the end of November....
We went to D.C. for the first week of Christmas break and spent time with Natalie's family. It was so much fun, especially to see Emmeline for the first time! We loved it and got even more excited to be parents.
It was great to spend time with family. At the end of the week, Kenny's family drove up to D.C. to see Natalie's family and spend the night. That was crazy (adding 10 more people to the house), but lots of fun. Afterward, we drove with Kenny's family down to SC. Natalie learned that an 8 hour car drive is not super fun at 5 months pregnant (now, at 8 months pregnant, I think I would rather die first....okay, that's a bit dramatic). We spent the next week of Christmas break with Kenny's family in SC. Kenny did some manly work in the backyard with his brothers while Natalie watched the old Ramona TV series with Bonnie and Brooklyn (Kenny's little sisters). It was good times.
After Christmas break we flew back and unfortunately started real life again. Kenny is kept ever busy with school. He's planning on majoring in Geospatial Intelligence with a minor in Spanish and learning Arabic on the side. His Arabic class alone takes 4 hours of work a day (at least), but he loves it and wants to learn the language well. Natalie is still teaching high school math. Her kids are lazier than ever (I've never seen such lazy kids in my life--this school has some problems with its policies. They basically encourage kids to put things off), but she still has a lot of great students and is enjoying her job. Below is a couple pictures of what some of Natalie's students like to do with the extra time in class.
It is good to be kept busy until the baby is born, but also exhausting to work full-time (+ extra hours since a teacher always works outside of school hours). She's got a long-term sub set up and will only have to return to school for maybe a week or so at the end of the year...depending on when Adelaide decides to make her appearance. :)
We've got a crib, carseat, stroller, highchair, and plenty of beautiful blankets. We're in the midst of collecting other necessary items. It's getting more and more real. If Adelaide is born on time, we only have 4 1/2 weeks left. We can't wait! Of course we're nervous and we know we're only going to be more tired, but she's coming whether we want it or not.... so we might as well be excited!!
We got released from our fabulous nursery calling (sad life!) and got called to be sunday school teachers for the 13 year olds. We're actually enjoying it more than we thought we would. We've really enjoyed going to a couple BYU basketball games this season and are loving our busy, crazy lives!
Here is Natalie at almost 35 weeks (a week ago):
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