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My, how time flies...

We've all come down with some sort of cold the last few weeks, and it's E's turn. His poor little almost 4 month old body couldn't fight this particular stomach bug! He is so grumpy and only wants me to hold him. Now I'm okay with being his favorite, but I have never felt so bad in my life to go to the bathroom! I hope his little tummy turns up soon...

O is having a language boom. He has been learning new words daily now for awhile, but he's really trying to say them correctly now. Ball has always come out "ba-o" and he is now trying to put an ending sound on it, "ba-o-ch" A friend hit the nail on the head when she said he sounds like a little jewish baby. He's putting words together to make mini sentances, although most of them contain the words NO or NOT, and still flinging signs in the middle. Our pediatrician said as long as he's getting the point across, he's fine- Well he is definately communicating!! He is also doing great with his modified EC/ potty learning. We didn't start until he was 18 months so I don't know if it's really EC, but we go off cues and timers so it's not really "potty training." I hate that phrase, but that's a whole different post.. LOL He is in underwear during the day, and we recently bought some plastic pants to go over the underwear so we can start taking him out in public in underwear. He still has a little fear of the big potty, but he'll get there in his own time!

The ball has began rolling for B joining the Navy. The Marine Corps unit has accepted his application to change services, and now we are waiting for a General to sign the paperwork. From the date of that signature we have 45 days to accept Navy orders. Although we don't know when that paper will be signed, we are starting to feel the crunch. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, now if we just knew how long the tunnel is...

I am having a huge case of cabin fever!! I'm sooo ready for nice weather, less clothing, playing outdoors, BBQ's, longer walks, parks, beaches, 3 of 4 birthdays, and lots of new babies (thanks to my friends!) I can't wait to take E to the beach for the first time, O to get to swim everyday, and our poor dogs to get to stay out longer than a few minutes to potty!

Bring on the Navy, well baby, potty learning, and nice weather!! We're ready for it!

Internet Friends

I am very involved in a parenting message board, and have quite a few women on there I would consider "friends," if it is possible to be friends with people you've never met. Anyway, we have had a recent incident where a woman faked a pregnancy, complete with a terrible ending. My heart ached for this woman for days before the truth came out that her c-section and the eventual death of her baby were all made up. What would cause someone to lie about something like this? I am trying to keep in mind that a person that would do something like this is not in their right mind and I will continue to pray for her. I just felt so betrayed...

For those people that have lost a child in this way, my heart aches. I could only imagine, and hope to God I never have to know that kind of pain.

The switch

We are finally making the switch to cloth diapers. N is trying to change one thing in our lives a month to be more "green." This month it is the type of diapers we use. She has ordered the covers, snappis and wet bags and once we are out of the diapers we already have, we will not be buying disposables again. We'll keep you posted on how this works out...

Another switch we are currently making is implementing "learning" time into O's day. He is such a smart little boy, and he learsn so fast. We are giving him a specific time daily to work on preschool, gross and fine motor, and language skills. He was pretty excited about it while we were buying the supplies in the craft store. While O is having his art time every day, E will be having his tummy and back time, his own sort of learning. N is really excited about this change in the day.

Debt

There is a strange satisfaction that comes from paying off debts. Who knew that paying off past debts would feel so different than it would have felt to have paid it at the time? With our tax return this year we have decided to pay off everything. We will not splurge on the things we want until the things we've already splurged on are gone. Each check I've signed and each POS confirmation number I've recorded has brought us closer to the goal that is now within our reach- Financial Comfort!! As much as we'd love to take a vacation, or have a shopping spree with the same money, we are so happy with our decision. Who knows, maybe there will miraculously be tons of money left in our account when we are done... Oh, dreaming!

Getting Started

This being our first family blog, I'll introduce ourselves. I am N, a full time stay at home mother and wife. I love scrapbooking, swimming, baking, traveling, and attachment parenting my beautiful boys. Daddy is B, a hard working, hands on, Marine Corps reservist, and full time provider. He loves anything outdoors, hunting, gaming, baseball, and home projects. O, or Bubby, is 20 months old and the life of the party. He is smart, funny, and learns things faster than anyone we've ever seen. He is curious, loves to try new things, and is pretty well behaved for a just-hit-his-terrible-two's kid! E, our monster, is three months old and is just starting to get a personality. He smiles all the time, and his giggle is contagious. He is a big baby, but such a cuddly & loving child. I can't wait to see what our children will become and accomplish!!

I watched Wifeswap the other day and came up with a good explaination of us. We'll never be on that show because we are not an extreme of anything. B calls me a hippie, but I'm only half hippie- B is a conservative republican, but he married me so we aren't on that extreme either! We are a little of everything, and it fits us like a glove.

Well, that's us.