Not My Plans

I have a seven moth old son we call him little bean….little bean in cute, funny and very active little boy.  What a joy he is…Yet my little man is not gaining weight.  He eats like a horse But at 4 months he just seemed to stop gaining weight.  At 6 months he weighed just the same as he did at 4 months….He was drinking 30-34 ounces of Formula  in a day..  He was a big puker too. So I tried Soy formulka.  he still spit up granted not as much BUT he screamed because his belly didn’t like the formula.

So the last three weeks has been a journey of a different diet.At 4 months oldhe stated eating cereal.  He loved it By six months old he was eating a box a day.  I was SOOOO thankful that I had a lot of leftover baby cereal from my other kids.  They also loved to eat BUT they didn’t eat as much cereal as WIC provided!

Even though he started on veggies at 6 months and was eating a ton of cereal in a day my little guy still hasn’t gained any weight.  Matter of fact he has lost weight.  He has weekly weigh in at the doctor’s office and has  had blood work done to test his thyroid.  NORMAL.  Nothing is making sense.
 
last week he was sick and had a sore throat and refused to eat.  Our Doctor was prepared to admit him to the hospetal BUT because he wouldn’t eat and was on an antibiotic the doc gave us one more week to try to fatten him up….

So come this Friday if my little guy hasn’t gained enough weight to suit the Doctor then he will be checked into the hospital for 3-5 days.  A new thing for me.  the only time my babies have been in the hospital has been when they are born

Yesterday’s events!

YIKES. i am tired….the biggest benefit for me today is two fold. a) the kids and I slept in until 8 am…I am usually up between 5 and 6 30! and B) I have absolutely NO WHERE TO DO TODAY!!! YAHOO.

Yesterday was an absolutely full day…it started at about 6…I had to get Tornado and Lady Bug out the door by 8 15 for school when daddy came home to pick them up….

The kids were not cooperative AT ALL it took the the better part of an hour to eat their bowls of cereal…My kids are usually great eaters BUT they were all over the place that morning…So I was feeding Little bean his bottle…Got the two oldest off to school then began the cooking.  I had to make Baked beans AND chili for a funeral dinner at church…Not to mention clean up the whole house in order for the baby sitter to come at1 30 so Hubby and I could go to the funeral

Since hubby did the funeral we had to be there early…So I did all the stuff necessary for the two dishes in the correct crockpots and called the lady who was going to pick them up….

Now to check on weasel!  He was being good watching Veggie tales in the basement and I would see him every 20 to 30 minutes asking for food.  11 30 Little Bean has been screaming ALL morning which is totally unlike his jovial little self SOOOO I had to vacuum holding him…dust holding him….then I fed him at 11 40…Hubby and the two older kids rolled in around  12 05 then I made lunch, rest of dishes….Got dressed for funeral did hair all that jazz…then the babysitter came…grief instructions…Found out later i forgot to tell her where the diapers were! 

Then off to funeral at 1 40
Funeral at 2
Went back to church to help with meal.  
LOTS of bustling around
330 people started arriving from the graveside service
Meal provided  items checked  So on…
440 food grabbed to eat
5 took gentleman home
5 10 went home made dinner for babysitter and her daughter and husband …we all had to be at AWANA back at church in an hour
6 00 pm…next baby sitter arrives to watch little bea we need to find shoes coats and cubbies vests and bags for AWANA
6 20 out the door for AWANA
625 at the church  for AWANA…Did I mention I was teaching Cubbies for the first time at our church and I had only had the material since the previous day
630 AWNA opening
815 AWNA OVER  (there was a lot of stuff in between But I am not sure I can remember it all)
845 HOME
talked with Baby sitter for about an hour…my brain officially shut down!
10 00 crashed on couch with Weasel insisting on playing with cars…I was too tired to care LOL
1100 BED
$ 30 AM Little Bean INSISTED  on being fed REALLY?? You have been done with night feeding for over 3 months now? Oh well Slept til 8 NO complaints..
THAT WAS MY DAY IN A NUTSHELL  AND VERY GLAD I DON NOT HAVE TO REPEAT IT AGAIN TODAY!

A great big THANK YOU for all of those who made yesterday go off without a hitch
And an even bigger thank you to the good LORD above who helped me keep my mind in tact!

A HUGE YAHOO And a great big WELCOME!

At last i sit here at my beloved blog which I have been longing to share with all of my friends and family for just under a year now!!!

A lot has happened in the last year.

  • stitches
  • tooth pulled
  • new baby
  • 4 vacations
  • broken finger
  •  and so much more!

So I need to say a HUGE thank you to my brother in law HT from ZOMGEE
And I need to thank all of my wonderful friends who have been patiently waiting along with me!!
 So I hope you all enjoy this as much as I do and I can’t wait to reconnect with all of you and MANY MANY MORE!

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Congratulations Are *DUE*

The last few months out lives have been NUTS to say the least BUT
with all of the craziness there have been many joys…. Some of which
are watching my fiends have children and since I have three of my own
it has been funny to watch some of these friends become first time
parents!!!! But as I began compiling a list of my friends who have had
or are having babies over the last 6 months I began to see a crazy
sight!!! Here’s my list with Number of children each Family has

  1. Pam and Paul-9
  2. Josh and Brandy-3
  3. Tim and Steph-2
  4. Chad and Noelle-2
  5. Bill and Goldie-1
  6. Tim and Liz-1
  7. Lester and Laurie-2
  8. Justin and Annie-1
  9. Dan and Eirana-4
  10. Joe and Heidi-1
  11. Robin and Aaron-3
  12. Dave and Marleah-1
  13. Brad and Alyssa-6 (she is having quints)
  14. Unnamed friends who may not have shared yet-2

Wow That 18 Babies in 10 months!!!! Crazy…It gets one start to
wondering well when is it going to happen again for us….WELL
SURPRISE!!! Add me as #15 Yep #4 is due to Hubby and I sometime in Late
April!!! AND A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR BUNDLES ARRIVE EARLIER THIS YEAR..WE ARE SO