Graduate

I have a graduate of kindergarten. It's so hard to believe!!


Her ceremony was adorable. She got her diploma, sang songs and had a picnic at the park.


She said she wants to be an art teacher! She even got to see her teacher! She's been on maternity leave and everyone was thrilled to see her!!! I now have a first grader!!! Holy cow!!


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Hot

It was hard to not have ac today. It was not comfortable in our house.


We spent a good portion of the day in the shade. Well, Adrian and I did!! The big kids played! I loved seeing the storms roll in though! So fun!!





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Our project around the tree is coming along nicely! Now we just have to add more river Rock to fill it all up!
So our before looked a mess like this:



And our half way done after! So much better!


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One-on-one

So Iz is at my moms tonight for a one-on-one over nighter. She needs this so badly! She beyond loves her grammy and always wants to be with her! She's also been needing that extra attention.


She got to see the "lake" by Grammys house and spend a little bit of time with Ava.


Ryan finished his hot rod finally by adding the steering wheel. These two loved it.

Field day

Iz had field day at her school today. She had a blast! I made it for the last half hour they were outside. They did a tug-of-war last! So much fun to watch!!








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Boys and cars

Henry is just your typical boy. A boy and his cars!
Yes-he even turned and cheesed me!


He also leads s very rough life.


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Nicu flash backs

I've found myself wondering in my thoughts lately on my drive home in the mornings after we drop Iz off at school. Today I couldn't help but revisit our tiny mighty's stay in the nicu. Yes, we got lucky and only had to be on vapotherm for 48 hours and then just eat and grow. It doesn't change the fact that I'm constantly revisiting the experience we went through. Call it nicu ptsd. It's real. It is amazing how certain sounds, smells, alarms, sirens, whatever it be can just, boom, put you back there and every emotion known to man can flood your body.
I think I'm having this a lot lately because a few of my fellow preemie mommy friends are going through situations with their mighty's, born and unborn.
See, when you're a nicu, preemie mom, you can't simply say, I know how you feel, unless you alone have been there and done it. I'm always adding more preemie mommy friends I find, because no matter what the age of your child, we can never, ever have enough support from one another. I LOVE seeing stories of how one mighty gained an ounce, or this little fella pooped, small and strange are HUGE victories!
It's amazing what strengths we find in ourselves that we didn't know we had, and the comfort we find in each other because we can relate.
So to all my fellow preemie mommies-I love all of you. Even if we haven't chatted that much-just know that I am always creeping on your littles because I want to see those small big victories!!!
💜 preemie power!


Photo credit to Viola....again!!

So our ac still isn't quite hooked up to working yet. It's a work in progress. So since it was so hot today we loaded up the pool!!


Adrian and I supervised, but the little black knats kept bugging us so we went inside. Kids had fun though!


And Henry made a beautiful merman today! He's so into dress up!


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Best buds

Henry and Adrian are becoming best buds. Adrian adores him and literally throws himself at Henry when he comes to play with him. It's adorable!



They will have the best friendship ever! That excites me!


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Fresh air

Another day spent outside! This time at the farm and playing with cousins!!



Henry loves these jeeps! He can never get enough of them!


Adrian loved the swing, too!


Everyone's asleep finally! Hopefully they'll all sleep really good since they're all exhausted!

Beauty

We spent our day outside.



Have I mentioned that I love having a yard.


Henry got so dirty playing! The boy could live outside!!


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1st sleepover

Isabelle is having her first official friend sleep over at our house tonight! She's been quite excited and they're having a great time!


The girls played the shoemaker and something. I'm not too sure, but it occupied them for quite some time!


Hopefully everyone sleeps and sleeps good!!

Stinkers

So last night it was Viola and Henry throwing salt all over. Today, it was Viola squiring hand soap all over Henry's bedding and pillow! What mom doesn't love doing more laundry!! Ha! It's been a day!



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Cleaning burst

So today consisted of tons of cleaning. I got all the fans and light fixtures done and finally used Murphy oil on the cupboards and hardwood floors! It feels a lot better in here! I also had an impromptu sweeping spree in the driveway and garage because Henry and Viola thought it would be fun to throw salt all over the place. Tons and tons of it. Ugh. Little turds. So that's also clean now too!
Adrian and I worked on one of his pt poses to make him use his arms. He isn't a huge fan of it still, but being outside seemed to help!


He still really needs to put those fingers straight!!


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Physical therapy

So I now have great ideas to help Adrian along with getting him to use his arms to push up. Melissa, the pt, was awesome. She showed me a couple of new tricks to try to make him work harder. Both on the carpet and wood floors.
She'll come back in July!



Photo credit to Viola!

Appointment day

We we're busy with doctors appointments today. Adrian had one right away this morning at 815. It's pretty easy for me at that time because we drop off Iz and just go. He is perfect and healthy! I love the 9 month check up because there are no shots!
He's 17 pounds and 27.2 inches long now! His ears are clear and we are very happy for that!


I had a doctors appointment today as well. Mine wasn't as exciting as Adrian's though! Just a lot of back and forth today and that wears a person out!


Henry's been a ham with me today!

Wall demo

Today we started knocking out the retaining wall in our backyard. It's extremely hard work and Ryan did most of it. It's coming along, and we have a lot more work to do, but we'll get there with time.



Railroad ties are heavy. I have battle wounds all over the place and I'm beat. I've had a headache all day and I'm putting my butt in bed!!

9 months

How is it that in three months our tiny mighty miracle man will be one! It blows my mind and makes me a little sad at the same time. He's my last baby!! It's going so quickly.
At nine months Adrian is still just sitting. However, yesterday he's started to reach for far away things and keeps flopping to his tummy. It's good and bad. Bad because he still refuses to push up with his hands and gets pissed pretty darn quick!
Now that we have wood floors he's spinning himself around in a circle!
He LOVES his jumper!
We're still struggling on solids but I know with time that will get better.
He is slowly, and I mean slowly, getting used to no swaddles at bedtime. He still likes it when he first goes to bed.
He's pretty much always happy and playful! I have some pretty fierce love for this kid!!


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Henry's day

He had an interesting morning. We were playing outside when a stray cat showed up. I tried to say only stick out your hand before trying to touch or pet it. I wasn't sure of it because it didn't have tags. Well Henry's bold and does what he wants. He walked up to it, picked it up by having all four legs in his arms so it couldn't move. A safe approach. Well, then it hissed at him and swatted. Scared him. Scratched his face and got away. Far away. He was ok. We cleaned up right away and went about our morning.


The only downer is, it's right by his eye.


Photo credit to Viola. She took this when I ran up to get Iz from school. He slept for an hour in the van! Loved it!!

Cooking where

So our current kitchen situation is a bit messy. We only have a fridge and microwave. We don't have our dishwasher or stove/range yet. Ok-well actually we have a stove/range. It's in our garage. Why? It's a temporary loner that was stored away and had mice in the insulation. So when fired up it has a pretty stinky smell. One we don't want in the house. We haven't used it yet, until today. We're so out of ideas as what to make for dinner, so I made spaghetti in the garage. No joke.


It took two different burners to get the water hot enough to boil. It was quite the adventure. I will add, the barilla pasta I got was veggie spaghetti. It was awesome. The kids loved it and devoured it! I highly recommend it!!

Mommy knows best

There's nothing better than to wake up and be thrown up on. And by that I mean 3 times and projectile. Like a shooting fountain. Poor Adrian can't catch his break yet.
I wasn't going to have him seen, but this morning Viola started screaming about how much her ear hurt. By the time we got Iz to school she was begging to see the dr because it hurt so bad.
LONG story short, she's ok but I decided to have Adrian seen since its been over a week. He has the ear infection. I'm hoping Vi can shake what she has because from the time we got to the clinic to the time we got home she screamed. She balled and then screamed more. She was so exhausted she fell asleep on the couch (thank god)! It was and has been a very long and very grumpy day for the kids. Hopefully good sleep will help tonight!!


It was pretty cute!

Mower

I mowed today. I push mowed. Our backyard is a lot bigger to me now. It was so hot! If there was a better breeze it wouldn't have been so bad. I got so hot I'm pretty sure my face turned purple. I did not take a pic. Gross!


I did a lot of cleaning. Toy organizing was the biggest task this morning. I spent an hour in the girls' room.


Adrian's still coughing a lot. I'm trying to hold out since he has his 9 month check up Monday. Other wise life is good.

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Toilet fixers

So I guess we've had a small leak in our toilet due to improper sealing. Ryan's dad came over and helped fix that issue tonight! I'm so glad we have so many handy men in the family!



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Demo

We are in the process of demoing our basement all the way!



I sludge hammered the toilet that used to be there! Felt awesome!





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A day late

So we didn't do much today because it rained here and the air wasn't the best from the smoke. So I'll post pics of yesterday's adventures.
Iz went home with Sydney and they played in the sprinkler. She was going to spend the night but got too nervous so she came home.


Mean while, Henry's a stud now.


As is Viola.


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