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Name: Cari
Birthday: 1/15/1979
Gender: Female
Interests: my Savior, eBay, chocolate, coffee, my friends, my children, babies
Expertise: Potty training (yay!), pregnancy, natural childbirth...well okay I'm no expert but I have done all of the above several times!
Occupation: Research and development
Industry: Nonprofit
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Yahoo:  leppardgrl4ever
Member Since:
12/27/2005
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| Happy Halloween!!
 Ain't he cute? So, last Friday night, we were getting ready to head to my IL's for my SIL Carrie's birthday. Rick was in the bathroom cutting his hair, I was getting Matthew dressed. Cailyn was in the bathroom with Daddy watching him very intently.
Rick came out in the LR to ask me if his hair looked okay. I checked him over "yep, looks fine." That took all of about 30 seconds. He walked back to the bathroom and I heard "Oh NO...Cailyn!! What did you DO!?!"  I said "PLEASE don't tell me she...oh I can't even look...what did she do?" 
Oh yeah, you guessed it....take a look at the CHUNK of beautiful red curls she chopped out of her hair...
I cried. She cried. She's got ONE ringlet left on the right side of her head, one lone ringlet. Rick hollered at me for getting upset with her. I wasn't upset with her, she's only 3...I was more upset at HIM for leaving her in the bathroom with scissors! But I was also upset that she cut her pretty hair...ahh well, it'll grow back, right? This isn't the first time she's cut it and I'm sure it won't be the last!
We did have fun that night though. We played Phase 10. I love that game! Paul and I were stuck on phase 3 for about 100 hands and just as I was starting to win a few hands and catch up to Phil, Matthew got hungry so I had to quit the game to go feed him. Man, he never lets me have any fun, lol. The game went on forever though; I think they finally quit at 10pm...I was asleep in the chair with M and Cailyn, Alex was asleep on the couch. Such party animals we are, lol.
I'm trying to enjoy every minute of every day this week. Next week I'm back to work and I am dreading it. I have not missed the kids I babysit one single bit and I do not look forward to them coming again. Maybe that's not very nice of me, but it's the truth. I would take another week off but we really need the money (of course). I just hope that I can regain some sort of routine with the girls rather quickly. I also hope that I can start getting a shower before 10am before next week! 
M is so alert right now. He just ate and is sitting on the couch next to me in his boppy pillow just looking around. I thought maybe he'd fall asleep so I could finish this up and go grab a quick shower but alas, his little eyeballs are WIDE open, lol. He's getting so big so fast. He'll be out of his newborn diaps by the end of this week...I can't believe it! He still fits into the newborn clothes but I know that won't last long. He's so much bigger than Cailyn was at this age...she was such a little peanut! He's going to be built like his Daddy, he's already got a double chin! LOL
Question of the day:
What is the last thing you created with your own two hands?
My answer from the last one:
If I had $100 I would get the kids' pictures taken...I really need to do that soon!
Oh here's one more pic of Matthew that I took. Look at his chubby cheeks already!
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| So since a huge chunk of my day is currently spent sitting in this chair nursing my newborn, I decided this morning to *try* to get some blogging done while I'm at it. Hey, supermoms can multi-task, right? I am an expert NAKer!!
My little boy is growing up too fast. I know, he's not even 3 wks old yet but it's going way too fast. His little cord stumpie fell off this morning and I cried.  I held it in my hand for the longest time and it about tore my heart out to throw it in the garbage. It felt like I was just tossing away something really irreplaceable...the last little piece of "us". I wanted to hold onto it forever. I know I'll need a truckload of kleenex when he weans...oh I don't even want to think about it! Can't I just keep him little?
Em wants to be a puppy for Halloween. It's so hard to explain to her that we don't DO Halloween, especially since she's such a social little thing. I'm gonna have to figure out some sort of costume for her for school. I could probably make something if I could ever find the time. I don't want her to be disappointed.
Some things I've realized in the past couple of weeks:
- Noggin is the absolute greatest channel in the world. No commercials (which means no "I want that!!"), no stupid little yellow sponge creatures...ahh it's a SAHM's dream come true!
- Some people (older generations especially) will never stop asking me "when" the baby is going to be circumcised. He's not, okay? He is intact and will remain that way. God gave him to me as a whole, perfectly formed package and I am not about to start messing with that just because that's what everyone else does. RIC is wrong, cruel and needs to stop.
- I love my husband more now than I ever have...for many reasons, but first on my mind right now is that he works so hard every single day so that I can stay home and be with my children. I am very proud of him and very glad that he is mine.
- I think Johnny from Johnny and the Sprites must've been on broadway...I'll have to look that one up.
- The Doodlebops are scary...I'm so glad that Cailyn hates them!
- Handy Manny is way cool...I think I like it so much because I picture Fez as the voice and it makes me laugh, lol. Kinda like how Click the Camera's voice (from Go Diego Go) makes me laugh because it's Rosie Perez and all I can think of when I hear her voice is White Men Can't Jump. LOL
- Is it simply pathetic that these shows hold my attention longer than "grown up" shows? I can sit thru and enjoy countless episodes of Higglytown Heroes, Little Einsteins, Max & Ruby...etc etc etc...but Oprah bores me to tears and puts me to sleep.
Little man is asleep (woohoo!) so it's time for me to try to get something to eat, *maybe* attempt a shower, get Cailyn dressed and well, if I get that much done I'll be amazed, lol.
Question of the day...if you had $100 to spend on whatever you wanted...what would you do with it? This is extra money, all your bills are paid and every other monetary obligation that you'd otherwise need it for is met.
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| The newest member of our little family...
Matthew Richard
Our little boy was born on October 7th, 2006 @ 2:38am. He weighed 6lbs 10oz and was 19 ins long at birth. He has a FULL head of dark hair which was a complete shocker given that the rest of our babies were born bald as cue balls! He is an absolute joy and we are so blessed. His siblings adore him and fight over who is going to hold him next. Even Cailyn loves him and hasn't given me many problems at all since he's been here. She wants to help me do everything for him (she even says she wants to nurse him! LOL).
God is so good. He has blessed us with yet another beautiful, healthy child and I am so thankful. 
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| No, it's not the picnic that it sounds like!
This past weekend I had some slight "issues" and on Monday my OB decided that it'd be best for me to be on moderate bed rest for the next two weeks until my ultrasound. Yuck! I can't do a lot of cleaning, can't lift much more than 10 lbs, basically I have to stay put on this here couch for most of the day, only getting up for short periods of time. My dr is being cautious, which I can totally appreciate. I'm glad she's taking such good care of me. 
Soo...I've been here, on this couch, all week long. I've done lots of reading, quite a bit of crocheting, lots of Pampered Chef stuff, etc etc etc. Cailyn has been really good, I can't complain about her at all. She does tend to get bored with me but she is such a snuggle bug that as long as I give her attention, she's pretty happy. I've been able to keep up with most of the housework, my Pastor's wife is coming over today to do some cleaning for me which I appreciate SO much. Since I can't sweep or vacuum or scrub the toilet, it will really be great to have it done!
Baby seems pretty happy in there though. *He* is wiggling around a lot and kicking me every so often. I'm trying to keep myself hydrated (which also entails lots of trips to the potty, lol) and am really trying to focus on doing what I can to make sure I am taking care of myself. It's not easy because I do not like to accept help of any form, but God is teaching me humility.
In other news...Cailyn is about 90% potty trained! She is 100% during the day and wakes up 3 or 4 mornings a week completely dry. I am SO proud of her!! She even stays dry (most of the time) during naps and when we go someplace! She refuses to wear a diap, she says they're for babies.  I love it because the case of diaps we bought is going to last us months instead of weeks at this point!! YAY!! I am so stoked that I will only have one in diaps come October!!
Okay, time for some lunch and a nap.  Latah!
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I just hope it works out better than I'm anticipating.
