Adventures In Babysitting

So,  one of my dear friends asked me to watch her 9 month old little girl today.  She had a gift card for a mani/pedi that needed to be used soon.  I watched all 3 kids by myself the other day and it was fine so I figured ‘why not??’  This child is great really.  A very sweet personality…as long as you don’t leave her in the room by herself. haha.  Ty & Micah really enjoy her too.  She is just learning to crawl and the boys love to be chased so they stay entertained by running while she follows  or chases them.  At least that’s what the boys think she is doing.  Easy Peasy! I fed her lunch, then made the boys their pb & j sandwiches.  While they were eating in their high chairs, I was giving the 9 month old cheerios in the floor.  Again, easy!

Well, I notice her back is a little wet. Oops! I have had her an hour and hadn’t even thought to check her diaper.  Looks like she has a full pee diaper since her back was wet.  I was slightly suspicious that it wasn’t wet around her legs though.  When my boys diapers leak from an over load at night, it always at the legs.  I get everything together and lay her on her changing pad on the couch.  BWT, SO glad I used the changing pad! I never use one with my  boys.  I open things up, whip the diaper out and notice she had not peed.  It wasn’t pee that was making her back wet.  I stay calm at this point because thankfully I had gotten the wipes out too.  I decide that the easiest solution is to  take the out fit off the proceed to clean up.  So, as I’m taking the 1 piece outfit over her head she arches her back a bit and that is when things get scary.  She now has poop all over her back, all in her hair, all over her hand which then rubs it all over my arm and all over her belly AND she is trying to stick that hand in her mouth.  I decide to then move things to the floor.  I will admit it got on the couch, but I did clean things up.  Don’t be scared to come to my house and sit on my couch! haha

Next step: a bath.  The only way I can clean it all up. I grab her up, along with another 1 piece outfit and a diaper and head for the bathroom.  The boys are very upset at this point that the baby gets a bath and they don’t.  I plead with them to finish their sandwiches and they can have a piece of cake.  I am all about bribery when I have to be.  This was one of the cases that it had to be done.   I wash her in the sink and I am using a cup to pour water over her.  Before I shampoo, I fill up the cup and lay it by the sink.  What does tiny 9 month old do??? She reaches out and knocks it over…all over her clean, dry outfit.   Oh, and that was the point I realized I forgot to grab a towel :p

Thankfully I have baby girl clothes that she was able to wear while I dried her extra outfit. 

We were all fine after that though.  That is until I spilled my sonic coke  AND my boys didn’t nap. 

What a day, what a day! Thankfully Ian will be home soon with dinner. 

29 Weeks

Well, I don’t have a picture of the belly this week but I thought I would still fill you in on what is going on.

According to baby center, this baby girl should be 2 1/2 pounds and  a tad over 15 inches long from head to heal.  It’s crazy to think I only have 11 weeks left!  I am still not at all prepared.  I was on bed rest at 27 weeks last time, but felt more prepared than I do this time!  How does that even work?  I am having a baby shower in just a few weeks and am hoping that will help me feel more prepared.  She doesn’t even have anything to wear home from the hospital yet!!!  Things are going decently well for me right now, besides the usual aches and pains.  It’s crazy how bad my hips hurt this time.  Definitely didn’t experience that with the boys. 

Speaking of boys, they are doing great right now too. Starting to talk more and more.  We went last week and got fabric to make quilts for their big boy beds.  My mom will be making those.  I kind of dread getting big boy beds but we don’t have many options.   That option just makes more sense.  But, I am very excited about the fabric I picked out.  The room will be decorated in green, blues, and grays.  The room is brown and blue right now.  There won’t be a huge change to the room, but I am pretty excited about it.  It will be a while till this room is done, but I will update you as something gets done.  Hmm I need to make sure I do a before picture I guess.

Well, I just put the boys down for a nap, so maybe I will take one myself. I also need to work a shower in there somewhere too.  And lunch.  Have a lovely day!

Felt Food

Recently we visited my sister and her family for a weekend and like usual, Ty & Micah had a blast playing with toys that didn’t belong to them.  One good thing about the boys playing with other kids toys is that it gives me ideas on what to get them for Christmas and Birthdays.  Sometimes I just really run out of ideas.  Especially since they have been crazy over Toy Story, Elmo & Cookie Monster, Cars, and Finding Nemo for so long. I can only come up with so many ideas for gifts that I actually want to spend my money on.  Seriously, how many Buzz toys can you have?? Sure you can have a lot, but if they aren’t going to play with them all, it seems like a waste of money!

  So, Dexter got a kitchen for Christmas this past year.  IT.IS.ADORABLE! Very vintage!  Ty and Micah LOVED it! They seriously spent their whole weekend playing in the kitchen.  It got really exciting when the 3 two year olds took their dry cereal into the kitchen to ‘cook’.  Wow, it was a mess! Sorry Rebekah and Alex!!! Did I mention we were babysitting Dexter?? Anyways, so, Rebekah had made Dexter the most awesome, most incredible food.  Yes, MADE it!! He even had his own home made oven mitt. 

Fast forward 2 weeks and we went to another friends house for a play date.  They also had an adorable kitchen that they bought at a store we have in town, Essex.  It was settled.  Ty & Micah were getting a kitchen!  They had money from Christmas  that I wasn’t sure what I was going to use it for.  Most likely clothes, but now a kitchen.  I went to Essex to see what I could find.  I was shocked at the kitchen selections.  There were a lot more than I thought! This store is just really a jumbled mess. You never know what you will find.  Everything is brand new, but much cheaper than store prices.  The boxes usually look like they have taken a beaten, but everything I have from there is in great shape.  The things that I have bought from there were always half the price they were at the store.  I even found Dexter’s kitchen there for half the price… don’t tell Rebekah ssshhh.  So I came home with my pictures on my cell phone and did my little research.  I did this because I haven’t switched to the smart phone yet.  But I found a cute little kitchen (Here) for half the price at Amazon…just $40 dollars!! I was super excited, maybe just as excited as Ty & Micah were to receive this kitchen! 

All this to say, I called my sister and “hinted” that we needed food for our kitchen.  A week or so later we received a box in the mail full of food.  The boys were excited.  Sweet Dexter had packed up his own food for them.  It’s okay, Rebekah plans to make him more.    As soon as Ty saw it he said it was Dexter’s food.  He would have said that even if it had not come from Dexter’s house.   But it was cute to me that he knew it was like Dexter’s food. 

Lucky for all of you, you can now have your own awesome food! Rebekah has made up a pattern for any of you to use…for free!!!!  If any of you can sew and have kids, this is excellent!!!! Much cuter than the hard plastic stuff you can buy in the store.  (Here) is the link to her blog. Check it out and share with any friends you know that would love some awesome food for their kids.  I would LOVE to know if any of you make this! Send me a message if you do or comment on this blog. 

Have fun!!!

Car Seat Cover

I am pretty excited about this project.  We didn’t use one of these with our boys, we just used blankets, but I am excited to have one this time.  I found this tutorial on pinterest and thought it looked pretty easy. 

My fabric came from Hobby Lobby.  They have some very cute prints at the moment.  I was happy to actually find something that Ian likes too!

Here is the one from pinterest: 

Here is mine:

 

I seriously love this fabric!  And that’s Micah being the baby.  A scared baby maybe? not sure what he was going for but it made me laugh haha. 

I am really pleased with how it turned out. I think the only thing I would change is the size of the attachments.  They were a little wide for our car seat.  I can live with it though.

(Here) is the tutorial to make your own!

My Brest Friend

Weird title, I know.  I am trying to blog more and the only way I can do this is by posting about everything that I can think of that has happened to me, especially since I haven’t been crafting much. 

So today I will blog about my nursing pillow.  I am actually pretty excited about this.  I had borrowed a nursing pillow from a sweet friend during my last pregnancy because we both had twins and she had an amazing twin pillow.  I am not exaggerating when I say thing thing was amazing.  The regular boppy pillow is a joke compared to this thing.  To make a super long  boring story short, the pillow wasn’t available this time to borrow.  I have checked online about my options to buy my own pillow but decided to put it off until I found out whether I would even be able to nurse or not.  I made it 3 weeks with the boys. (not worth buying a pillow) They are expensive!!

I was excited tonight when Ian sent me a text from Essex  saying he had found a pillow there that we had looked at….for 22 dollars!!!  The same one  at Amazon was  57 dollars. (here)  He bought it for me and I am super excited about it.   I really think this one will work.

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The brand of the pillow is My Brest Friend.  Check out the link above!

Things Are Starting To Come Together…

I have cleaned, cleaned, cleaned the past few days.  Partially because I know it needs to be done, but partially because I can’t sit still.  Am I nesting?? Not really sure, I don’t remember going through this the first round.  Either way, it feels nice to have a clean house.  I was proud of my self for organizing our linen closet and coat closet this week.  Boy, was that a job!  I even got rid of a few things!  Too bad a yard sale isn’t in my near future. 

I am still working on the nursery.  That is a never ending job!  Most of you would be very shocked at how bad it was in the beginning.  I can actually walk across the floor now!!  I have things stacked in piles. haha.  There is the “get rid of” corner, “give back to various owners” corner, and “new baby clothes” wall.  That doesn’t include the craft box and Ian’s box of who knows what that he insists he can’t part with.  It’s a box of keepsakes (I have one too, but it’s in a closet at least).  The stroller is still in there and a bicycle that I barely rode.  Ian’s big chair that he won’t part with is in there (I broke the news that he has to get rid of it), a broken lamp and broken vacuum is still in there.  Still so much to do!  I probably won’t even get to work on actual baby stuff till March or April!  I guess if we could just have an open weekend with nothing planned we could get it done together.  Maybe I should schedule that….

The boys have been super cute lately.  I am loving this stage they are in.  They talk and jabber all the time.  I still can’t always understand what they are saying, but usually can.  I love that they are playing together more and  more.  The are playing chase as I type this.   I seriously love everything about them!!

I do feel like things are slowly  coming together.  It’s a nice feeling.   Hopefully I can keep you all updated on the progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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24 Weeks

It has been so much harder to get motivated to take belly  pictures this round.  Mostly, I just don’t remember to do it!  We were about to go some where the other day and the boys asked to slide before we left.  Ian asked me to go get the camera to get a few shots of them and I remembered to ask him to get a few belly shots of me.  So glad I remembered!  I can’t believe I am past the half way point of this pregnancy!  Crazy! 

Now that Christmas is over I am excited to get started on baby projects.  I have lots I want to do before she gets here.  It’s still weird to say she.  Ian corrects me all the time when I call her “it”.  I usually just say “this baby”.  Anyways,  I made a dress for her 2 days ago (here) and I am trying to decide what sort of headband I want to make to match.  I plan to make the baby bedding as well.  I also hope to do a few more pieces of clothing, headbands, & bibs.  What an exciting task!  What is not an exciting task is cleaning out the room that she will be sleeping in.  Right now it consists of a half blown up air mattress, luggage, totes and trash bags full of clothes, stroller, and tools.  All that needs to be gone through and put away!  Most of the clothes are borrowed for either the boys or maternity clothes for me.  I do not look forward to going through it all. I walk in and never know where to start so I leave.  As long as it’s done by April, right??