Nada

'Twas my day. I didn't take any pictures. I just lounged with the kids. With the occasional mess to clean up and laundry to put away...that was it. 

Until tomorrow!

Hope some of the facts I shared were somewhat interesting. 

Games

We went to Ryan's patents today. We played actual games. 

Memory and while I didn't get a picture, I taught Iz how to play sorry! 

Until tomorrow!

Our thanksgiving

My family had their thanksgiving today. We went up north to Gladbrook...all of the kids did awesome on the drive!

We had a lot of food! A ton of good laughs and a lot of pictures! So enjoy them! 

Doing makeup 

Adrian was a very happy boy!

Playing is far more fun under the table!

My lil sis is so cute...

Most of the time. 

Ava loves her littlest cousin. 

Big group shot!

And grandparents shot

Henry and Iz weren't having this at all. They were both mad and Henry-well he was obviously down right pissed!! Oh well-we tried!

I see new traditions in our future for thanksgiving. I like blending all of the families together into one place! It was seriously a great day! 

Until tomorrow!

Friendsgiving

We had our first friendsgiving today!!

We had Cory, Kayla, and Zoey over. 

Our feast wasn't traditional at all. The men cooked. 

We had pasta, salad and bread. 

The kids didn't eat hardly anything because they just wanted to play!

We adults tried to play an adult game but it was decided that it's not as fun with kids around! So another time! Today was fun, it was busy and loud, but good to be in great company! 

Vi has nailed day one of panties on all day. Zero accidents and pooped twice in the potty!! I'm elated! We've waited so long for this day to come!! 

Until tomorrow!

Non traditional

Every year on turkey day Ryan's side of the family gets together and celebrates. This year though, it didn't happen. We stayed home today with the kids and tried to make this really long day a sane day. 

Ryan and the girls made cookies during nap time. 

We had a lot to frost! And yes. Ryan decided to put purple in hair! 

The kids liked it. It washes out. 

We had a long and somewhat trying day. Oh well. 

Until tomorrow!

Big Scare

We had a scare tonight. During one of my trips down the hall to yell at Viola for hitting Henry again, Iz, being the helper she is, picked up Adrian because he was crying. She dropped him. I didn't see the drop, but heard it. Right on his head. I panicked. Even though it was on the carpet, I was terrified. 

I wasn't mad at Iz. She was upset and sorry. We headed to urgent care to be 110% safe. He was and is ok. Baby heads and falls scare me. 

So there's our scare. 

He loved the paper. And is 11 lbs now! 

Iz was a pilgrim today at school. They had a turkey day feast. And yes. She's mad in the pic. 

Henry and Vi played their hearts out while waiting for her to get out of school. 

Until tomorrow!

Post-op check

I had my post-op check up appointment this morning. We waited over an hour to be seen for a whole five minutes. If even that. 

When we finally got called back to our room Viola prompted I draw our whole family. 

Lily, Papa aBob, Grammy, Ava, Uncle Ian, daddy, mommy, Iz, Vi, Henry and Adrian. I'm not an artist! She loved it. 

Anywho-the doc went over the surgery. I had tons of yellow stones that were 0.3 cm in size. Whatever that means. He took a lymph node that had a lump. It was non-cancerous. That was news to me but good news!! He said I looked good and was surprised that I looked that good. A mommys job never stops! I have no choice to slow down that much. So I will just keep healing and getting better! 

She got involved too! 

Until tomorrow!! 

Tough choices

Just to warn anyone who reads and doesn't like "gross" stuff (even though it's not to me-you've been warned! 

I have made a very big and long thought out decision. I have decided to end my journey with pumping and nursing Adrian. I'm not stopping cold turkey because it's a process. Let me first explain why. 

Towards the end of my journey with Henry I kept getting a clogged milk duct. It's painful and it kept coming back. 

When I found out we were having Adrian I made a vow I would never pump...that way I'd not make so much milk. He obviously had other plans. Being that I couldn't nurse him right away led to forced pumping. And that pesky clogged duct. I have to force it out daily and its becoming exhausting. 

Adrian's been a champ at nursing from the day he started!  Recently, though, he's getting impatient and frustrated, which frustrates me. 

Now. To show you why I'm ok with stopping so soon. 

That's all milk. All in a short 3 months. I don't think he will ever catch up to how much I make. I'd say there is at least 400 bags plus tons of bottles from the nicu. 

I plan to mix his bottles with half formula to stretch it even longer. I also hope this helps his poop issues and we can end his miralax!  

I'm excited as this will free my mind. I'll know how much he's really eating and I can start to work on exercising. I'm planning to up my meds for my anxiety as well, which I can't do right now. I'm thinking of him, but I also have to think of me and my well being!

So I won't be tied up much longer. I have loved all of this with all four kids. I'm proud I could feed them only the best!! 

Until tomorrow 

!!

Basketball

My mom came down and took Iz and Vi to watch Bob ref basketball games he had here. 

But first papa had to spoil Adrian!

The girls had a blast!

Popcorn and suckers is a pretty good afternoon!  I enjoyed quiet time while the boys slept!

Until tomorrow!

Snow

First official play in the snow! 

We played at the farm, too!

Henry wasn't too interested in playing in it quite yet. He sure did like watching it fall yesterday, though! 

And I tried. And then tried over and over to get a good group shot of the kids for our Xmas cards. It didn't go too smoothly. Individual ones are ok. Groups-no. Just no. 

Until tomorrow!

The waiting game

The white crap starting to finally fall at 230 today...the kiddos were very excited to finally see it. Me, however. Nope. Not excited at all. Not this much that we are supposed to get. 

That's how I personally feel-Henry, well he was just grumpy. It really started to pick up here while we waited for Iz to get out of school. 

And that was at 740.  Hopefully we don't get too much. 

We are prepared though! 

Until tomorrow!!

And thank god that's not our case!!