For those of you wondering how this pregnancy is going so far, this is how I feel going to bed each night...and also how I wake up feeling every morning. To say the insomnia has set in is an understatement. Really antsy for that 2nd trimester burst of energy.
I have to admit: I never do the messy eating phase well. I really, really, really, really dislike this phase. I despise cleaning up the floor and the table after every meal. The big boys seldom make a mess, but Ryan makes a big enough mess for everyone, combined.
The big boys weren't feeling so hot after our day in Iowa :( You can tell Cashel isn't feeling well when he is napping not just once (which would be a miracle in itself), but THREE times in one day...and sleeps all night.
So we joined this little challenge, mostly just so that we could have somewhere to exercise during these winter months. I'm obviously not going to be losing any weight anytime soon, but Mark could if he puts his mind to it.
On Cashel's second sick day (in which he was feeling 100% better but still was technically contagious in the morning), he seriously kicked butt helping Mama clean, so we went out for an afternoon treat once he was officially in the clear :)
Celebrating Grandma Diane's 66th birthday a little late.
Pretty much feeling like this a lot this month :(
A bump! I'm still convinced the vast majority of it was constipation and fat, but it doesn't go down anymore, so whatever tiny bump is there looks much bigger haha
We're big into the late birthday celebrations this year, apparently. Celebrating with Aunt Jess a full month later.
We made it above 30 degrees, which warranted a walk!
At least they kept it "clean" messy this time and nothing was spilled all over the floor? Small victories?
Ryan is totally fascinated by cabinets and their contents lately. He was apparently pretty hungry haha
The kiddos love to build with the legos at the library.
We end up picking out the books for the week.
Cashel is going through this "coloring" with black ink and plain lead pencils lately.
These kiddos love their Great Grandma :)
It makes me giggle that I actually got some use out of my backdrop kit that I bought when Cashel was a newborn. I'd say my photography skills have increased tenfold from that time, even if I would never pursue them further than taking pictures of my kids. Still, I remember back to the days when I thought that just buying nice equipment would mean I could take nice pictures. I needed so.much.practice. (I still do with backdrops and everything else, FYI)
Case in point....this was one of my "good" ones. It makes me cringe! The lighting was ridiculously bad, and I had no idea what I was doing with posing and such.
With some of my harvest money this year, I decided to try out one of those mini DSLRs. I went with the Nikon J4. I had it for about 2 weeks before deciding to return it. It was certainly better than a point and shoot camera, but not so much better that it warranted keeping for $400. I'll stick with my bulky DSLR for the time being, I suppose :(
I mean, this picture took me about 10 tries to even get this crisp, and it's still pretty blurry.
Decorating Cashel's birthday cake!
Sometimes I think he must just be saying, "Seriously, guys - can you just let me do my own thing? I'm a BIG KID now!" It'll hopefully help once Ryan is walking more and can get from point A to point B faster so they'll stop trying to carry him everywhere. Also: These two will probably get a lot of "are they twins?" comments when they get older. Oh.My.Goodness.
This kid and gifts lately is so frustrating! He BEGGED for a bow and arrow set for weeks leading up to his birthday. He has played with it exactly once since then...the afternoon of his birthday when he got home from daycare.
This kid and rotisserie chicken, a.k.a. "chicken with the skins". He is obsessed!
Seriously with those smiley eyes!
Cashel is now FIVE!!
This is all the birthday boy wanted to do for his birthday: Go to Chuck e Cheese to play skeeball.
I took a slew of pictures from the day, but what stuck out the most was this particular one, where Ryan actually got to ride on the train with Kendrick. Oh my goodness does he look so grown up here!
The fancy Nikon J4 in medium-light action. Hence my reasoning for returning it. Yikes!
I just love this kid!
I feel like someone stole months from me and I woke up one day and this kid got OLD on me. I swear it was just yesterday I was still exclusively nursing him and he slept all night. #memories
Birthday weekend fun!
We have so few pictures together from this past year. One of the two of us is always so busy keeping the kids alive that we don't typically get to just sit still long enough for a picture anymore haha
We had a ROUGH night of sleep at the hotel (and that's beyond the pregnancy-induced insomnia for Mama), so all I wanted was a chance to nap while Daddy took the big kids to the pool for TWO HOURS after church. Of course, this one would have none of it. We got ready, checked out, and he passed out on the way to HuHot for lunch. He napped in the midst of the chaos for about 45 minutes.
I think the kiddos will be better with chopsticks than I will be some day!
That's it for January! Hopefully I can do better at keeping up with these, as I love doing them! Alas, life gets busy!
I have to admit: I never do the messy eating phase well. I really, really, really, really dislike this phase. I despise cleaning up the floor and the table after every meal. The big boys seldom make a mess, but Ryan makes a big enough mess for everyone, combined.
The big boys weren't feeling so hot after our day in Iowa :( You can tell Cashel isn't feeling well when he is napping not just once (which would be a miracle in itself), but THREE times in one day...and sleeps all night.
So we joined this little challenge, mostly just so that we could have somewhere to exercise during these winter months. I'm obviously not going to be losing any weight anytime soon, but Mark could if he puts his mind to it.
On Cashel's second sick day (in which he was feeling 100% better but still was technically contagious in the morning), he seriously kicked butt helping Mama clean, so we went out for an afternoon treat once he was officially in the clear :)
Celebrating Grandma Diane's 66th birthday a little late.
Pretty much feeling like this a lot this month :(
A bump! I'm still convinced the vast majority of it was constipation and fat, but it doesn't go down anymore, so whatever tiny bump is there looks much bigger haha
We're big into the late birthday celebrations this year, apparently. Celebrating with Aunt Jess a full month later.
We made it above 30 degrees, which warranted a walk!
At least they kept it "clean" messy this time and nothing was spilled all over the floor? Small victories?
Ryan is totally fascinated by cabinets and their contents lately. He was apparently pretty hungry haha
The kiddos love to build with the legos at the library.
We end up picking out the books for the week.
Cashel is going through this "coloring" with black ink and plain lead pencils lately.
These kiddos love their Great Grandma :)
It makes me giggle that I actually got some use out of my backdrop kit that I bought when Cashel was a newborn. I'd say my photography skills have increased tenfold from that time, even if I would never pursue them further than taking pictures of my kids. Still, I remember back to the days when I thought that just buying nice equipment would mean I could take nice pictures. I needed so.much.practice. (I still do with backdrops and everything else, FYI)
Case in point....this was one of my "good" ones. It makes me cringe! The lighting was ridiculously bad, and I had no idea what I was doing with posing and such.
With some of my harvest money this year, I decided to try out one of those mini DSLRs. I went with the Nikon J4. I had it for about 2 weeks before deciding to return it. It was certainly better than a point and shoot camera, but not so much better that it warranted keeping for $400. I'll stick with my bulky DSLR for the time being, I suppose :(
I mean, this picture took me about 10 tries to even get this crisp, and it's still pretty blurry.
Decorating Cashel's birthday cake!
Sometimes I think he must just be saying, "Seriously, guys - can you just let me do my own thing? I'm a BIG KID now!" It'll hopefully help once Ryan is walking more and can get from point A to point B faster so they'll stop trying to carry him everywhere. Also: These two will probably get a lot of "are they twins?" comments when they get older. Oh.My.Goodness.
This kid and gifts lately is so frustrating! He BEGGED for a bow and arrow set for weeks leading up to his birthday. He has played with it exactly once since then...the afternoon of his birthday when he got home from daycare.
This kid and rotisserie chicken, a.k.a. "chicken with the skins". He is obsessed!
Seriously with those smiley eyes!
Cashel is now FIVE!!
This is all the birthday boy wanted to do for his birthday: Go to Chuck e Cheese to play skeeball.
I took a slew of pictures from the day, but what stuck out the most was this particular one, where Ryan actually got to ride on the train with Kendrick. Oh my goodness does he look so grown up here!
The fancy Nikon J4 in medium-light action. Hence my reasoning for returning it. Yikes!
I just love this kid!
I feel like someone stole months from me and I woke up one day and this kid got OLD on me. I swear it was just yesterday I was still exclusively nursing him and he slept all night. #memories
Birthday weekend fun!
We have so few pictures together from this past year. One of the two of us is always so busy keeping the kids alive that we don't typically get to just sit still long enough for a picture anymore haha
We had a ROUGH night of sleep at the hotel (and that's beyond the pregnancy-induced insomnia for Mama), so all I wanted was a chance to nap while Daddy took the big kids to the pool for TWO HOURS after church. Of course, this one would have none of it. We got ready, checked out, and he passed out on the way to HuHot for lunch. He napped in the midst of the chaos for about 45 minutes.
I think the kiddos will be better with chopsticks than I will be some day!
