June 2014

It had been a very busy month!  School got out early so we started summer break at the beginning of June.  We went to the fair and Annie danced.  We have gotten in a couple of beach trips.  The first one was amazing and the kids had a blast, the second we had meltdown city and had to leave early.  We have gone to the animal park and seen the new Tiger Trail - which is pretty cool.  Annie danced at the library.  We have visited the library and check out books, but I have been bad about making the kids sit down and read.  I have finished two books already and should probably clean more, but I enjoy nap time.  Logan got a buzz cut from Holly and Annabelle busted her chin open last night at tumbling.  Luckily, she didn't split it all the way to the fatty tissue so no stitches, just glue.  She did well at the doctor.  I have more photos and Robert got me an amazing camera for my birthday, so I hope to take a lot more photos!!  Here is to a great July, because I start work pretty early in August.  

 Robert and I enjoyed a nice dinner with Jason and Lis.  Robert found a yatcht he would like and this was our view from the restaurant.

 This is a classic picture - want to frame it :)

Johnny's schedule

5:30 - wake up and eat a bottle (only if  mommy has woken up before him and pumped a bottle, if not, cry for 15 minutes and then a bottle).  Only sometimes does he fall back asleep.
6:30- eat another bottle (I have a chunk) and then eat Cheerios while I muster up some type of breakfast for the kids
8:30-9:00- attempt to put the kid down for a nap.  He would much rather have me hold him for a full hour but unfortunately time does not stop, so he usually cries for a good 20-30 minutes before stubbornly giving up and sleeping in his crib for around 30-60 minutes
11:30-lunch, he has gone back to purees and that is fine with me, less messy and he will eat quite a bit.  We are currently working on a broccoli and apple mixture.
12:30ish- another bottle, this one seems to depend on how much real food he ate at lunch.
1:00- down for a nap, for whatever reason my timing on this nap has gotten better or maybe because all 3 go down at the same time and the house is quieter, but this nap is only a few minutes of crying and then if I'm lucky, a 2 hour nap.  The sweet days are when the big kids are in sync and I have peace and quiet for at least an hour!  I should be more productive during that time but I usually lay down myself and wish I was Robert and fall asleep within 20 seconds.  For me, it takes much longer and usually a kid wakes up.
5:30- dinner time, Johnny usually gets a bit of whatever we are eating and I always throw in some Cheerios because no matter what he will eat those.
7:00-bottle and then bed.  It is hit or miss here, if the timing is right he will go to sleep, other nights I let him cry and then rock him to sleep.
8:00- try to get big kids to go to slee in their own beds, lately they want to lay in our bed for a few minutes and then go to bed.
8:30-9:00- I'm in bed ready to snooze and usually wake up at 5:30 by a little ones cries.

8 Months

Johnny is 8 months today!  I am to that point where I have extreme Mommy brain and I always think, I have to remember to put that on the blog and then when it comes time to type it up - I don't remember what I was going to write.

Johnny is crawling everywhere and gets up on his knees.  He does a little bit of standing but not much.  He enjoys holding your hands to stand, but doesn't quite have the strength to stay there for very long.  He is into all things and we have a partial gate up to keep him away from the door to outside and Mya.  He is talking a lot lately.  He says Ba all the time and still just babbles.  He still smiles all the time and is a happy baby.  He has 5 teeth now, 3 on top and the two bottom teeth.  He is eating more regular food, his favorite by far is watermelon.  He has quite an appetite and I still suck at having him try new things.  We have eaten outside the past two days and Mya has already figured out who drops the most food :).  I am super excited to not have to sweep so often.  Johnny has started to open and close his hand, mostly to Daddy.  He really enjoys the water and will probably become a little fish like the other two with the pool up and running.  He is sleeping better, he has a cold right now and has a hard time breathing, but he usually goes down by 7:30 and is up for the day between 5:30 and 6:00.  He still doesn't have a solid nap schedule but usually gets 2 naps a day and they vary considerably.  

School gets out tomorrow and it feels way too soon - might be that I took off two months this year :).  I have trainings for the following three days and then I will officially be on break.  The big kids are going to go to preschool a couple days a week while I teach tumbling again.  We plan to spend a lot of time by the pool, although being home alone with all 3 sort of scares me.  We have Zoo/Safari Park passes and Sea World Passes.  I am exclusively pumping now and we will see how far into the summer I make it.  Only 4 more months until Johnny can drink cow's milk.  

Dance Recital

Annie had her show this past weekend.  She did a great job and what an improvement over last year.  She actually danced and didn't have to be held by Nana.  She did great at rehersal earlier in the day and then did good that night.  She kept looking at Serena off stage.  We go to the fair on the 11th and I told Logan he could dance then with her.  Robert didn't want Logan dancing at the recital but he wanted to.  

7 month photos

Crawling!!!

Johnny has been very close to crawling for the last couple of weeks.  He would move an arm or scoot both knees forward and lately he would move an arm and a leg but then bellyflop.  Today during dance he really wanted a car that this little girl had and he just up and crawled over to it. It was pretty slow going, but he made it.  He has also really enjoyed standing up.  He continues to be a vey happy baby and I'm hoping that his temperament stays this way because the other two are drama.  I officially stopped nursing today.  I'm not a fan of nursing a baby with teeth.  Johnny is working on his 5th tooth!!  I took 7 month photos, I just have to put thm on the computer.

April Wrap Up

We are getting closer to summer and I am so excited!  

We had a family picnic day at school a couple weeks ago and because the kids were with Lupe that day she brought them over to eat with me.  They were so excited to go to Mommy's school to eat.  They actually ended up playing more than eating, but oh well.  It was nice to see them during the day and my students really enjoy seeing them as well.

Johnny just turned 7 months - I haven't taken photos yet, maybe when he wakes up from his nap :)  He is scooting around still and is starting to army crawl.  He pushes one leg to straight and tries to move forward.  I'll try and get a picture of that.  I added video about a week ago of his rocking back and forth.  His sleeping has gotten better.  It took him awhile to put himself back to sleep at midnight when I used to feed him and unless I am sleeping through him waking up he sleeps basically from 7:30 - 4:00.  I have tried to have him sleep through the 4 o'clock feeding but haven't had success with that yet.  Plus, it is the only time I am nursing him so it might be a comfort thing.  Things have worked out better since I started pumping and bottle feeding at home.  He goes to bed better and Robert can help out with the feedings.  

It was super hot this past week in Ramona so we headed down to Robert' football game early yesterday and walked over to the beach before his game.  I would have liked to let the kids play longer at the beach but everyone had to use the potty.  It was still pleasant at the football fields, plus I was so happy that I brought our umbrella because 3+ hours in the sun would have been overkill.  

And now some pictures :)