Back on the Radar

So, yeah, I fell off the radar here the last few weeks. With the pregnancy, Adam’s long working hours, and all kinds of germs being generously shared through the family, I haven’t had much energy to post anything.

The pregnancy has come with lots of morning sickness usually surrounding most meal times and especially after dinner. But I thank God for morning sickness because it is a sign that I am still pregnant. I’m switched from the progesterone shots to the pills last week. It’s quite a bit less painful, but I have to take it every night. The last two times my levels have been checked, it has come back a little higher than normal. So things are looking good. Thank you for your prayers they are working! Please keep them up.

I think we’re done with the stomach bug. Adam was the last one to fall victim on Monday. At which point I borrowed a steam vacuum from the Roses. Thank you!!! I disinfected the toys and anything that the kids touch on a daily basis. (Our stair banisters and rails were pretty gross.) Then I steamed vacuumed the areas where I remember little Fulton shared his dinner with the carpet. I think I got it all! Now the kids are just getting over some runny noses and coughs that were keeping them and us up earlier this week.

Fulton had his three year well check this week too. (Yes, it’s a little late. Long story but it’s an insurance issue.) He’s doing well. He’s in the 85th percentile for his height and 55th for this weight. He’s going to be tall like his grandpas! We learned that his ear tubes also came out, but are still in his ear canals.  It’s not a problem and they will eventually fall out.  The status of his ear tubes hadn’t been checked since last summer. This is great news because we don’t have to use his ear plugs anymore for bathing or any water activity!!! Woohoo!! Life just got a hair easier.

Gianna is getting funnier and into more trouble every day. She really has a sweet tooth too. Wednesday I had to do some work on the computer and I left our bedroom door open accidentally. Well, Muffin finds her way to our room, climbs up on the chair at daddy’s desk and procedes to tear into his Valentine’s Day chocolates.  When Fulton and Therese went upstairs and I realized it was a little TOO quiet downstairs, I found her with chocolate all over her face and hands and about six chewed on wrappers adorning the floor and desk. Of course she doesn’t know how to unwrap the candy and just suckd out all the chocolate. And funnier still, she spit out all the nuts in the Mr. Goodbars. Then today I made and decorated a cake for our Covenant of Love gathering. Not an hour before I left the kids came in from outside. I went to the kitchen and my back was turned for 2 minutes then I turned around and she had opened the box and poked her hands into the cake! “Cate” (for cake) she says in the cutest voice ever.  She also started saying some two word sentences this week like: “I sit,” when she wants to sit on my lap or next to me; “I see,” when she wants to see something we’re doing (usually a book); and “Read it,” when she wants a book read.  She loves to end our prayers with “amen,” and loves to tell us about her “mess” when she makes one.

Therese has really matured in the last month.  I’m not sure what it is, but she is such a terrific 5 year old! She really has come into her little girl-ness. She really loves to help out and doesn’t complain (most of the time). This is not to say that she wasn’t terrific at her other ages, but she always had a will of her own. Now her will is becoming more virtuous.  She is doing really well in her school work and her reading and writing are really taking off. I’m so proud of her and how she’s grown in the past year.