One of those days

I get excited over the silliest things! I just spent a whole hour typing in my Coke reward points so that I can get some 'free' magazine subscriptions. I can only type in 40 codes in one week---120 points and I typed in my limit. It's the first time that I got to sit down and rest all day, well unless you count the fact that I was so tired of my two older kids fighting and yelling 'MOOOOOMY' every 15 seconds, soI sat on the front porch in the rain for like 10 minutes this afternoon. I was relaxed there for a minute, but it was no different when I went back inside. I think the summertime makes kids [who, in turn, make their mothers] a little crazy.

And to top it off, my sweet little Linden got her first scratch today. She was playing with her sisters on the floor and somehow got a scratch on her face. Poor little girl was heartbroken, as were her mommy and sisters.

What's a post without a picture? Bathing suit and cap are from Gymboree's Pool Party Line.

Nine

Someone is NINE months old today!!

She found her feet last week and has been chewing on them ever since. She had been trying and trying to get them to her mouth and she finally did. She also loves hanging out in her swing! She's roughly 15 lbs and 23.75 inches (5th percentile for both). She's very petite. She's still nursing and is not too keen on solid foods, yet, but she has tasted sweet potatoes, sweet peas, pears, peaches, bananas, and oatmeal. She is such a delight and we love her more every single day!

Here are a couple pictures of her enjoying a Froot by the Foot wrapper.

She melts my heart!

I love my baby's smile!

i LOVE my baby's smile!

i love MY baby's smile!

i love my BABY'S smile!

i love my baby's SMILE!

I cannot think of a title for this post

We're over here enjoying our long weekend. I love when my husband is home from work and we can hang out. Right now it's 1:28PM and all three girls are down for naps! Yay!

Aislinn's 5th birthday party was on Saturday and my nephew Jack's 2nd was on Sunday. We had lots of fun this weekend.

I'm in kind of a funk right now, worrying about Linden's heart, dreading the start of summer---officially starts tomorrow. Waaaaaaaah!!! I'm really wanting to do something different in our house. We're renting right now and sometimes it doesn't feel like home to me, just a place where we're staying. It looks like we'll be here for a while, so I really want to do some personal touches with it like paint the living room walls. Currently, they're taupe, and I'm a more bright fun color kind of person. Our couches, walls, furniture, floor are all brown. Also, most of it was my husband's furniture from before we got married, so I would love to have some of my own things as well. The only thing that is 'mine' is our kitchen table which he really doesn't like. It's too 'old fashioned' he says. I say it's classic. We differ. Haha. Anyways, I'm thinking something like a butter yellow in the living room because I'm pretty sure that 'Brown man' will agree to that as it's not a drastic change.
I would love to be able to change the floor in the kitchen because it's orange, yellow, and brown lineoleum. Doesn't that sound so beautiful?!? Right from the 70s, so it hasn't been changed in 30 + years! Yeah, um, time for some new flooring, eh?

I'll post pictures when we actually do paint the living room, but for today it's just a sweet picture of Aislinn looking so much like me when I was her age.



Bianca

Baby Faith Hope's family

Sweet and beautiful Faith Hope passed away today. My heart broke in two when I read Myah's latest post. She will not be forgotten. I read the blog everyday and Faith brought a special joy to my life. I pray that Myah will find peace in this.

www.babyfaithhope.blogspot.com

Appointment update!

Well, the prayers are STILL working!! I have good news and bad news. The good news is that there is no more and no less valve leakage in Linden's heart. The bad news is there is no more and no less valve leakage in Linden's heart. That means that the medicines are still working, but there still is quite a bit of leakage. Linden is currently on 5 medications-- Enalapril, Sotalol, Asprin, Lasix and Digoxin.

To everyone who comes in contact with her mentions how she doesn't seem like a sick baby, but there are some things that I've noticed about her, especially since starting the Enalapril and the Digoxin and getting back on Lasix. She used to have good muscle tone, but since those meds, she's been alot weaker. Her legs, at times, are very floppy. She was working on standing up when being held, but now I'm lucky if she has enough strength to play in her excersaucer. Her eyes have very dark circles underneath and they're always tearing up. Sometimes, at night, she will toss and turn for hours until she finally falls asleep. I believe that the Lasix does that to her because it starts happening within the day when she starts on Lasix. *she's been on it 3 times since November*

First or Last

However you look at it, today is both a first and a last.
It's the last day of first grade for Tristen! It's the first day of summer!
We have lots of fun activities planned for the summer. Tristen and Aislinn will be in an art class at the local community college. They're really excited for that. This is a picture of Joe and Tristen on her first day of first grade.