A young family making their way through life.
Friday, August 22, 2008
House Bidding!!!!
We will be bidding on a house TODAY!!!! We will not find out the results until Monday, but if you could keep us in your prays while we are bidding, we would really appreciate it!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Random Fun
YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car): Muffin Elantra
YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fav hobby/craft, fav weather element + “Tour”): The Reading Sunny Tour
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie): Peanut Butter Fudge Thin Mint
YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): Mfik
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Blue Rabbit
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Holly Pittsburgh
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Fikma
SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink): The Green Cream Soda
STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Sangria whatumacalit
WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names): Anderson Leonard
WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Bailey Buffalo
SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Christmas Lilly
CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”): Strawberry Jeanie
YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fav hobby/craft, fav weather element + “Tour”): The Reading Sunny Tour
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie): Peanut Butter Fudge Thin Mint
YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): Mfik
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Blue Rabbit
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Holly Pittsburgh
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Fikma
SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink): The Green Cream Soda
STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Sangria whatumacalit
WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names): Anderson Leonard
WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Bailey Buffalo
SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Christmas Lilly
CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”): Strawberry Jeanie
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
To Wean or not to Wean
Warning: Might be too much information for some.
Mark is 7 1/2 months old. They say that babies usually start getting their teeth between 6 to 10 months. He has 4 already. That is pretty fast for that many. I did however find out that on my side of the family that isn't the least bit uncommon. My older sister, Vanessa, got her first one at 3 months. Now her youngest, Caleb, 3 1/2 months old, just got his first one.
What do all these teeth mean to me? Nursing is a real pain. At first, he would bite, a lot. Not on purpose, most of the time. There were a few times, when the giggling afterwards was enough of clue to his enjoyment at my pain. Moving on, when he finally caught on to biting means, no more nursing, he stopped. But what happens next, the top two teeth come in. While he is actually teething, he likes to chew. Not on chew toys though, heaven forbid. He really doesn't like them at all.
With all this, I have considered weaning him for good. He eats solid foods rather well, and I know he could live off that, with out too much trouble, but then there is the part of "Mommy's milk is the best for ME!" bit. How do people decide when it is best? I have heard people say their own kids would stop themselves, others went through a very long weaning process, and some if the kid could still be nursing, they would. Then how to do it, slow weaning off, cold turkey, leave for the weekend and hope the kid doesn't notice that hey, no milk? One thing for sure, I will stop at the one year mark, if I don't stop sooner.
There are pro's for both sides.
The pro's for stopping:
1. No more awkard moments of feeding around random people.
2. No more worrying about whether I am wearing the right clothes, or covered up with a blanket for the moment. (Blanket feeding is extremely annoying)
3. No more being a chew toy.
4. And honestly, I don't enjoy it all that much, so stopping period just seems better.
5. Since he has started crawling, he likes to try crawling while eating, meanwhile taking me with him. Very painful.
Pros for sticking with it :
1. Its healthier for him.
2. It can be convenient, no making up a bottle, no cleaning up the mess, no making sure its the right temperature.............
3. It's still a bonding thing.
4. He still really likes it.
5. Its great at calming him down.
Let me know what you think.
Mark is 7 1/2 months old. They say that babies usually start getting their teeth between 6 to 10 months. He has 4 already. That is pretty fast for that many. I did however find out that on my side of the family that isn't the least bit uncommon. My older sister, Vanessa, got her first one at 3 months. Now her youngest, Caleb, 3 1/2 months old, just got his first one.
What do all these teeth mean to me? Nursing is a real pain. At first, he would bite, a lot. Not on purpose, most of the time. There were a few times, when the giggling afterwards was enough of clue to his enjoyment at my pain. Moving on, when he finally caught on to biting means, no more nursing, he stopped. But what happens next, the top two teeth come in. While he is actually teething, he likes to chew. Not on chew toys though, heaven forbid. He really doesn't like them at all.
With all this, I have considered weaning him for good. He eats solid foods rather well, and I know he could live off that, with out too much trouble, but then there is the part of "Mommy's milk is the best for ME!" bit. How do people decide when it is best? I have heard people say their own kids would stop themselves, others went through a very long weaning process, and some if the kid could still be nursing, they would. Then how to do it, slow weaning off, cold turkey, leave for the weekend and hope the kid doesn't notice that hey, no milk? One thing for sure, I will stop at the one year mark, if I don't stop sooner.
There are pro's for both sides.
The pro's for stopping:
1. No more awkard moments of feeding around random people.
2. No more worrying about whether I am wearing the right clothes, or covered up with a blanket for the moment. (Blanket feeding is extremely annoying)
3. No more being a chew toy.
4. And honestly, I don't enjoy it all that much, so stopping period just seems better.
5. Since he has started crawling, he likes to try crawling while eating, meanwhile taking me with him. Very painful.
Pros for sticking with it :
1. Its healthier for him.
2. It can be convenient, no making up a bottle, no cleaning up the mess, no making sure its the right temperature.............
3. It's still a bonding thing.
4. He still really likes it.
5. Its great at calming him down.
Let me know what you think.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Crawling
Its official, Mark has mastered crawling. He has been attempting for a couple of weeks now, but tonight, he tried to steal Ethan's hotdog. He is mobile. This is going to be interesting. Not only is he crawling, he can sit himself up anytime he wants, is pulling himself up to standing position, and furniture walking. He has cut his fourth tooth last Tuesday and this week has been a constant source of amazement for me. Don't mind me, this is a totally bragging blog. My little guy is growing so fast!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
quirks
The Rules:
•Mention the rules on your blog.
•Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
•Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.
•Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.
1. I absolutely hate it when someone uses way to much syrup for pancakes or waffles. I think I hate it because of doing dishes afterwards.
2. Once my bed is made, I get protective of anything messing it up.
3. I have my closet so organized that Ethan can't hang up clothes, but I can call him up and tell him exactly where one of his shirts are.
4. I always have chocolate in the house. Always.
5. I have to have absolute quiet in my room, when going to sleep. It doesn't matter if you are outside of the room. I will do anything to make it quiet in my room, including waking up another person who is snoring. I am that selfish when it comes to sleep.
6. I refuse to wear contacts if there is a chance that my eyes will be shut for longer than 10 minutes.
•Mention the rules on your blog.
•Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
•Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.
•Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.
1. I absolutely hate it when someone uses way to much syrup for pancakes or waffles. I think I hate it because of doing dishes afterwards.
2. Once my bed is made, I get protective of anything messing it up.
3. I have my closet so organized that Ethan can't hang up clothes, but I can call him up and tell him exactly where one of his shirts are.
4. I always have chocolate in the house. Always.
5. I have to have absolute quiet in my room, when going to sleep. It doesn't matter if you are outside of the room. I will do anything to make it quiet in my room, including waking up another person who is snoring. I am that selfish when it comes to sleep.
6. I refuse to wear contacts if there is a chance that my eyes will be shut for longer than 10 minutes.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Busy, Busy, Busy!!!!
A couple of days ago, we got a letter in the mail saying that it is time for us to renew our lease. Most of you know, we live in a rather nice 1 bedroom apt. This place has been great as a newly married couple apt. but as a growing family apt, it sucks royally.
Pray that we might be able to get the house we are meant to have, whether its this one, or something else. I already called our landlord and told them we are going to be out of here by Sept. 30th. I just hope we have a place to move into. Mom said we can stay with her if there are some issues with getting the paper work all figured out by that time. But if I don't have too, I don't want to.
This finally kicked us into gear for the last time to get a loan to start house hunting. We got the call back saying we were preapproved for so much, therefore we can actually start the touring of houses to see what will best fit our needs. We have been checking online for a long time trying to find a house that would meet our requirements.
They are simple,
- A big enough Master Bedroom to fit our King size bed. Most places would barely leave us enough to walk around it, let alone have a chest of drawers.
- A yard for a garden.
- Three bedrooms, we do plan on having more kids, don't be suprised if you hear the news in the spring of next year.
- Hook-ups for a washing machine and dryer. I hate paying in quarters to do my laundry.
- A Dining room, or a big kitchen that will hold a table that the family can eat at, comfortably.
Believe it or not, it has been hard finding all of those requirements within our set price range.
But I think we have done so.
Property Type: Single Family
Bedrooms: 3
Full Bathrooms: 1
Half Bathrooms: 1
Construction: Existing
County: Butler
School Dist: Butler
Lot: 40x130 m/l
Parking: Off-street Parking
Interior Features:
Master Bedroom-16x11
Bedroom 2-11x11
Bedroom 3-13x8
Family Room-13x16
Living Room-11x13
Kitchen-11x7
Dining Room-11x16
Basement-full
Heating: Forced Air
Fireplaces: 1
Fireplace Desc: LR
Pray that we might be able to get the house we are meant to have, whether its this one, or something else. I already called our landlord and told them we are going to be out of here by Sept. 30th. I just hope we have a place to move into. Mom said we can stay with her if there are some issues with getting the paper work all figured out by that time. But if I don't have too, I don't want to.
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