Blogger went on the fritz for me again....it's bugging!! I will start off with a cute good mail letter that I got from Kristi on Saturday. How fun to get a cute note and some Pop Rocks Bubble Gum...just for me! :D Thank you Kristi! I've been so bad about sending Good Mail that I've decided to try and send some things this week. I always feel like it's got to be the perfect package for someone. I'm throwing that thought out the window and just sending something. If anyone doesn't care for what I send...pass it on to someone else :D.
I wasn't feeling so hot on Thursday when I woke up but by the afternoon I was ready to take my walk and went ahead and did it. Thanks for all of your kind comments. I did feel better as the day went on.
Friday....was a day packed with activities. It started early by the whole family taking Todd to work since his car was getting work done on it. I dropped Mitch off at school on the way back and then we were home for a couple of hours. Does anyone else have a child who is extremely picky about what he wears. Mitch is exhausting me on his pickiness. I guess i was the same way about many things that I wore. I just don't remember it being as early as first grade. He wants sweatshirts with hoods "Hoodie". How come that is the hardest item to find around here without spending $40.00 for it. Frustrating! I'm hoping when I'm in Utah in a couple of weeks I will be able to find one. Anyway, we then took Casey to school and then went up to meet Todd for lunch. I was headed that way for Ellie's Dr. appt. so we took advantage of spending some time with dad.
Ellie is now 9 months old as of April 12th.
Ellie's 9 month well check visit went really well. I was happy for her that she only had to have one shot. Yeah!! She weighed 18-2 and is 28" long. She gained 2 1/2 pounds and grew 3 inches in 3 months. Pretty good. Mitch weighed 18-2 when he turned 1 years old. She is doing really well. Last week she officially got up on her hands and knees and crawled across the room. Todd and I were so excited. She is our only baby who has crawled hands/knees before they walked. They have all done the army crawl. She is a pro at the army crawl. It gets her where she wants to go :D. She really enjoys table food. She is so good at picking up pieces one at a time so acurately that it literally makes me laugh to watch her eat. She is so precise. She is such a good baby. She is having a little more anxiety with strangers and even with the dr. She was doing fine for a minute until he came closer with his hands and she just broke out into a big cry. Poor sweetness. That is what I call her...fweetness to be exact. I love that she sucks on her thumb...it is so cute. She will just start giggling for no reason to us but apparently something has struck her funny, she loves to play with her siblings. Casey loves to take care of her. He really does do a good job. He takes her and sets up some toys and then gets down with her to entertain and play with her when she starts to get fussy. I love to see how the older ones play/interact with the baby. I hadn't realized how fast the time has gone by when the dr. said I will see you back when she is a year old. That is only in 3 months. Where has all of the time gone? The school year is almost over too. These next few months will be monumental with her. Crawling more, pulling herself up which she does a little right now, walking, switching to regular milk, more use of sippy cups, and much more I'm sure. She is getting her top two teeth also. She does say da-da and babbles. She mimics noises and gestures with her hands. It is so much fun. So much starts to happen from here on out. I have really enjoyed her and look forward to more fun times with Ellie Jayne girl.
Here is Ellie showing what she can do now....now that she is a big girl :D. She will hold the bottle on her own. I love to see her grow and do new things.
After the appt., I dropped Todd off at the dealer to pick up his car and then I was off to pick up the boys from school. We came home, picked up, I got dinner ready so that the kids could eat before Mitch's practice at 5:30 and then we were off to practice. It was stinkin cold out there on the field. The wind was blowing and the sun just wasn't warm enough. Anyway, the kids had fun playing on the playground and Mitch enjoyed his practice. We picked up ice cream cones at McDonalds for them on the way home. I had promised them a cone since they were so good the night before going to bed. Showers and bed for them, the gym for me and then Todd picked up Panda for us. You can't beat 4.5 points for dinner....Mushroom chicken and 2 veggie spring rolls. It's always so nice when the day comes to an end and I can just lay down on the couch with a warm quilt.
Saturday was a baseball game for Casey. He is so cute to watch. He had some good plays. I walked about 2.6 miles before his game and then jogged home from the field..another 1.5 miles. The way I ended up eating last night I needed to walk about 10 miles. I OD'd on chips and salsa. I hadn't had Loco for a long time and the chips and salsa totally hit the spot.
Today it is raining. It's fun to hear rain. It has been low key around here...It helps that I was ready for church by 10:30. I'm hoping for a nice day at church.
This post is soooooo long. Sorry for the book. That is what happens when this darn blogger doesn't let me log in and post. I haven't been able to leave comments either. So frustrating.
