Happy December

Wow. Is December here already?

Many apologies for my looong absence. Life is busy. Five (FIVE!) kids is incredibly time consuming (in a happy crazy wonderful way!)

I (officially) started midwifery school. An awesome program Ancient Art Midwifery Institute. The next couple of years will probably be a whirlwind. I am doing my best to keep my priorities straight. God. Family (and friends!). Midwifery. Everything else. I attended a BEAUTIFUL birth on Thanksgiving. What a wonderful memory that will always be!

My digital camera is (to put it nicely).... struggling. Hence, the lack of baby Jesse photo's. He is growing and changing everyday. He is sitting up and has two teeth! I need to remedy that camera situation asap. We are heading out this morning to have some pictures done, so I promise pictures will be up soon.

The boys are all doing great. Busy schedules: martial arts, music lessons, etc. They are testing for their purple belts next week. Jackson enjoys the piano, but wants to start guitar lessons as well, not sure I can afford those right now..

Savannah is growing into such a little mommy. She mothers the baby. She mothers her brothers, they don't appreciate that one so much. ;) She even puts her hand on her hip while giving them instructions! LOL. Oh! I have been reading lots and lots of hair braiding/fancy hair-do blogs so that I can keep control of her waist long blond hair!

I'm rambling. Have a good day! Please comment and let me know what YOU have been up to!

Ignite the Fire Within
Taekwondo Tournament

Jesse James is 3 months old!

Not great pictures, but they are pictures. :)

More Vacation 2009

Vacation 2009

Colorado and Wyoming

Jackson, my sister Kelli, Austin, me (with Jesse in a sling) and Savannah, my brother Keith and Adrian

My kiddo's eating with cousins Derek, Ryan and Alyssa.

more pictures to come...

Jessie, the kids and I are headed west!

Bye ya'll! See you in two weeks!

2 months old!

Jesse James is 2 months old (tomorrow)!

I am so happy to report he took a nap in his crib for the first time today. :) We have been holding him (or in the Mei Tai) since birth. He has a bad case of reflux, and does better upright in keeping his meal down. But, he has been doing better lately so I decided it was time to transition him to his crib (safely away from his very helpful, loving 3 year old sister). He is (of course) still sleeping next to me at night.

The transition was much easier than I had anticipated. I waited until he was full, and very, very sleepy, swaddled him, and put him in his crib and snuck away. He was fine for a few minutes, fussed for a few minutes, and then slept peacefully for almost an hour. I must confess I went in once to give him his pacifier. He loves his binky. :)

Perhaps now I can get some things done that I have neglected...like weeding the garden. That's challenging to do with a baby in a sling! :)