Potty training SUCKS!

Potty training sucks! I have been trying to really get on the potty training with Leah. It's super hard though. The lack of communication and the listening is making it very difficult. I have her sitting on the potty (little and big) and she'll sit and sit and sit, but nothing. She waits till I put her diaper on to go. It's so frustrating. Then I have Miss Macie trying to pull Leah off the little potty so she can sit on it. I have never in my life seen a baby do this! lol  She's funny though. I have taken her diaper off a few times just for the heck of it. Who knows maybe we'll get lucky with Macie and get her trained super early. I am hoping Leah comes around. Since summer is coming and she is going to be hopefully going to summer school for 6 weeks we can get something accomplished. My goal was 3 for her now it's 4. I know she can do it, she's super smart but just doesn't listen.

My 32nd Birthday

Yesterday was my 32nd birthday. Geez, where has all the years gone by. This was hit harder it seems because it's been now 10 years since I graduated from college. CRAZY. I still remember college like yesterday. Miss those carefree years...

Anywho..I had a nice low key birthday. Haley and Leah both had school, so I went to lunch with my mom at Olive Garden with Macie. I wanted to say I did something for my self so I went to Target afterwards, but only bought stuff for the house of course. What else is new lol. Mom bought me a cake so the girls and Dave sang Happy Birthday to me. I was so thrilled Leah joyed in. She loves songs, so it was cute she decided to sing to. Macie loved the cake but didn't want anything to do with eating it, just ice cream. Haley of course dove in and ate all her cake and ice cream. That's my girl!! Overall, not a the best birthday ever, but not the worst!

Easter 2012

The girls Easter Baskets

 Haley's Basket

Leah's Basket

Macie's Basket

Easter went well this year. The girls all loved their baskets. They each got a big toy, then small little toys, and some snacks. Haley loves chocolate so she got some chocolate bunnies, Barbie and the Mermaid Tale 2, barbie, and La La Loopsy. Leah got Dora Puzzle, chips and teddy grahams, stuffed Donald, little Pooh characters, and Pom Pom's. Macie got cookie monsters, Animal puzzle, books, and puff's. Each girl got a fun bunny and carrot cookie that Lyndsay made. We went to my mom's for dinner and then visited with Dave's dad afterwards.

Macie turns 1!

Baby Macie turned 1 year old on April 7. I can't believe she is 1 already. She is the best baby. Her party went great. I guess third time is not a charm with the whole cake eating thing for us though lol. Oh well, she did eat some ice cream afterwards. Macie did really well with everyone at the house for the part. She does have alittle bit of stranger anxiety, but it's getting better. She loved all her presents. No walking yet for Miss Macie Face. Soon..about 3 steps so far...

Yo Gabba Gabba

We went to Yo Gabba Gabba Live at the end of september. We had a good time. The girls both loved it. I actually enjoyed it to.

Hello everyone, its been so long since I was able to update the blog. I have attempted so many times but never get to finish uploading or writing. This is a little update of our crazy lives.

The past 2 months have been very trying on us. The girls have had a total of 6 ear infections, 2 cases of strep, 5 colds and numerous fevers. I have never had my kids so sick this often. If Haley comes home sick, 2 days later Leah is sick and then poor Macie gets sick on default. It's been very rough. Thankfully, I have only caught whatever bug 1 time and not full force. I am waiting though. Dave has gotten sick 1 time as well.

Haley is doing really good in kindergarten. We had her first conference last month and her teacher said she was a breath of fresh air. Haley is quiet in class and got to pick who she got to sit by. She of course picked her friend Kennady. They became really good friends over the summer and continue to be great friends now in kindergarten. Haley scored very high on the Ohio reading test. She missed 1 point out of 30. I have never been so proud of her. She is excelling so well in school and now reading short books to us. It's amazing. I told her by her 6 birthday she would be reading and I was right. She turned 6 on October 8th. We had a family party and then the next day she had her very first friend party. She had a varitey of girls come a few from preschool, 2 from kindergarten, and a few friends of mine daughters. We had such a good time. Each girl was dressed up as a princess. This year Haley is taking 4 dance classes. Tap, jazz, ballet and gymnastics. She is so excited her friend Aylssa is now in her class. I worked with her mom at the bank so I am even more excited I can see Carissa every week for adult convo! She is loving dance so much still. She practices at home and then tries to teach her daddy. It's so cute. She is the biggest help with the littles ones. I feel like some days she is so grown up b/c of how she looks after he sisters or helps me with Macie. She is an amazing little girl. I am so proud of her.

Leah is almost 3 now. She started school at Fairhaven last month. She is in the early intervention and goes 2 days a week for 5 1/2 hours. It was a very big adjustment for me. I never sent any of my kids to daycare or anything at this age. So, to leave her for this amount of time is very hard with strangers practically. I haven't posted this but in June Leah was diagnosed on the autism spectrum. It was a very heartbreaking thing for Dave and I to hear. We knew things were quite right with her and this was our worst fear. She has come a long way though in the past few months. She is now talking. She was barely saying any words at all. She is now repeating things she hears and can say almost everything...when she wants to. Her social skills are still lacking a lot. She will interact with our family and certains outside but most of the time not wanting to be around anyone. Her school is now helping her with this. She is in the 2 year old classroom that has no non social kids present a the time. Her teacher is amazing, her OT and Speech Therapist our fabulous. I can not express how happy I am with this school so far. I am even happier that Leah gets to stay there until June in her classroom and then move to preschool in September there. She will go through some evaluations to make sure she is still qualified but on speech alone we know she will. We have also been experiencing major sleep issues again with her. She will sleep 5 hours at night then be up for 2-3 hours. It is disrupting our entire household. Her neurological doctor told us to try melatonia. It worked for the first week but seems to now be working now. We are at loss what to do and our walking zombies most days. It's been very difficult, but I love her. I wouldn't change her for the world. I can see progress everyday with her but very very little. She tries our patience to the max but makes us laugh like we haven't laughed before. It's going to be a very long road with her and we are not sure what we are up against. That is the scary thing. NOT KNOWING...

Macie is such a sunshine to my day. She is a wonderful baby. It's amazing how we knew life without her. She is now 7 months. She was 28 1/2 inches and 18 lbs 12 oz's at her 6 month appt. She is now on all soilds foods and has loved everything. I just gave her banana puffs for the first time yesterday (11/11/11) She was a little weirded out by them lol. She loves her daddy and grandma. Everytime she seems them huge smiles and wiggly to get to them. She just cut her first tooth last sunday. It's taking it's good old time to come in. She is now sitting up to. It's probably her favorite thing to do now. She loves to be a big baby and playn with her toys on the floor. She love playing with Haley. They laugh so much together. She watches Leah and almost yells at her to look at her. She got mad at her the other day for taking a puzzle piece she was holding. I think Leah will have a run for her money whenever Macie is mobile. She isn't gonna take any crap lol.  We are also watching Macie very closely and doing monthly evaluations on her to make sure she is hitting her goals. I am terrified that Macie going to be like Leah. Right now she is off the charts with her goals, but so was Leah. Only time will tell but I am hoping and praying that she is okay. We love her so much and she is such a good baby.

Well that is our little update..I will try to post some random pictures soon.

Feels like a deployment but not

Dave went to Houston for training for 2 weeks. He left last sunday and will return on the 25th. I have very mixed emotions on this trip. On the positive side, he is training to make almost $10 more dollars an hour. But, then he's gone for 2 weeks and I am by myself with our kids. Not that I don't do most of it anyway, b/c I am home all the time, but it's just frustrating. I was a Navy wife for 6 years, and a Navy mom for 5 of those 6 years. I can do the going away, but never have done it with 3 kids. Thank goodness we are back in Ohio though. If we were in Va and I had no mommy around I would be crying a river!! lol

5 month old

Macie turned 5 months old last week. She is still the most loveable baby. She tried oatmeal cereal last week for the first time and then just tried carrots on monday. She loves them all so far. I think she likes the carrots better then the cereal. I am giving her carrots at lunch and dinner time is for cereal. I am giving her a different meal schedule then I did the other girls. I want to see if this will help her continue to sleep well. Here is some stats on my baby girl

She was 16 lbs 12 oz's last thursday.

She just had brochollitis and had to have an inhaler for 5 days. Thank goodness she is doing well!

Size two diapers for baby

She can roll both ways..but has only rolled from back to front 1 time.

She loves her kick toy. The same one both Haley and Leah played with.

She is growing so quickly out of her 3-6 months clothes. I have put a lot of 6-9 months clothes already on her.

She barely takes the pacifier. It's so odd b/c both Haley and Leah loved theirs and had to have their's to sleep. I don't ever put Macie to bed with one.

She loves her rattles and anything she can hold onto with her little hands.

Loves to put all things in her mouth. If it's in her hands it goes to the mouth.

Smiles and smiles all the time. Laughs at me to all the time and her sisters.

Loves being outside and watching the trees and leaves.

She still sleeps with us in our room but will soon be changing to her room once we get it ready. ( I think I have been stalling long enough.)

That's our baby!!!

Excersaucer!

Macie loves her excersaucer. We finally have the head control to start playing with such fun stuff!

Macie 4 month check up

Macie had her 4 month check up on August 30th. She was 16 lbs and 27 inches long. 95% for both! She got a ton of shots. Poor baby had a low grade fever that night though. She is doing so good. I love her so much. She just started oatmeal cereal on sunday. We will be starting veggies really soon!