Sorry I've left that icky-sicky post up for so long. After Saturday, I have been feeling much better. Sunday I was weak, but not throwing up anymore. I stayed home from church and rested, and by that evening was feeling better. Yesterday I was pretty much back to normal. I'm glad it went away so quickly this time, but I'm definitely considering asking my midwife for a Zofran prescription that I can have on hand in case this kind of thing happens again - it's pretty miserable to go through!
I realized that I haven't been posting updates on the kids lately. All the little day to day things that they are learning and doing, I just sort of forget to record for posterity. But here's some of what they've been up to:
Thomas has become more vocal, though nothing he says sounds like it's supposed to. "Ahhh, shee!" means "please!" And "Zhezhe" is how he says "Zaylee." He also signs the word "more" by tapping his fingertips together when he wants more to drink or eat, though we usually have to remind him.
Zaylee is completely potty trained. She runs to the bathroom all by herself when she needs to pee or poop (yay, no more poopy undies!!!!!). Very rarely she gets there too late and wets herself a bit, but for the most part she does wonderfully, and I'm so proud of her! Now if I could get her to stop playing in the toilet water when she's done...
Thomas is the nursery jewel! He is always very well behaved and plays so nicely (I'm going off what his nursery teachers tell us). He's also the cleaner-upper after snack time: After all the other kids leave the table to go on to the next activity, he finishes up their snacks for them. He's definitely a voracious eater!
Zaylee has been doing better and better in Primary. At first she was a bit wild and would run away from class, pull other kids' hair, the normal brand-new Sunbeam stuff. But she has been much improving, and sits still in her chair and usually keeps her hands to herself. I got to observe her firsthand a couple weeks ago as I was subbing for the Primary pianist. She was so excited I was there she kept calling out, "That's my mommy!!!" She has been assigned to give a scripture next week, which means that I get to choose a scripture for her and help her learn it. How do you help a three-year-old learn a scripture, I wonder?
As for me, aside from the sick episode on Saturday, I've been doing well and enjoying the pregnancy (mostly). I feel the baby move occasionally, and it always brings a smile to my face! I've been super tired though, and usually drop into bed as soon as I put the kids down. I never thought I would be giving myself an 8:30 bedtime after I graduated elementary school! But by the time the kids are in bed, I'm so tired that I just can't stay up later. Plus it saves on the power bill - no lights are on and I'm not using the TV or computer! :-)
Jeff continues to enjoy his work. His schedule is sometimes hard on him and us, but we survive okay. Apparently Jeff is really good at what he does. He says his gels and interpretations are some of the best. Nice and humble, he is. ;-)
In other news, we have been scoping out houses in the area. No way will three kids fit in our tiny two-bedroom apartment, so we're looking to buy a home. We saw one yesterday that we're really enthusiastic about. It's a slightly older home (1984), and needs a bit of work, but it's within our price range and we both really like it! It has new wood floors in the living room, dining room, and kitchen. There's 5 bedrooms and 1 3/4 bathrooms (the 3/4 is a bathroom with toilet and shower, just no tub). One of the biggest pluses of this place is the lot size of 0.34 acre - in the back yard there's enough room for a sizeable garden, swingset, clothes line, fire pit, grill, picnic tables, gazebo, play house, and anything else we would want to put in there! Seriously, it's an enormous yard.
The house is a bit of a fixer-upper. Not a gut-the-entire-place-and-start-from-scratch kind of fixer-upper, but the kind where it just needs some TLC and a bit of work. The kitchen cabinetry will need to be repaired, some lighting needs fixed, the deck/porch in the back will need to be repaired or replaced. Then there's the basic stuff like redoing the carpets and painting. Plus maybe replacing the toilets. You know, just basic stuff. :-) With some work, this place will be gorgeous. The cool thing is that with Jeff's schedule, he has every other week completely off, and that gives plenty of time to work on a house. We could take on one project or phase at a time and finish it before he has to go back to work again.
Anyway, even if we don't get this particular house, it's fun to be looking, and forming ideas as to what we're looking for exactly - what features we definitely want (like a dining area - the first house we looked at didn't have one), and what things are optional (dishwasher would be nice but it's not a deal breaker), and what kind of work we're willing to put in if we buy a house that needs work.
2 comments:
you could make up pictures about the scripture and that could help her remember some things, like how they teach primary kids songs,
joy's hubby jim does wood work! he could rebuild the cabinets etc for you! then darren can come and do the electrical! mark did the tile in our house and he can come do that! woohoo.. good luck.
I am so glad that you are feeling better. We went to Salt Lake Monday and thought about calling but I was afraid you wouldn't want to hear from anyone. We need to get together before I leave. It is so neat that you guys are looking for a house. How fun, and somewhat stressful. I can't wait to hear if you get it. 5 bedrooms is a dream! wow.
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