alive

we're all alive and almost out of the sickie hole we were in. i still don't fully have my voice back, and mercy and porter still have snotty noses, but other than that we are good. woo.

this sunday was jameson's blessing at church, and both my parents and cj's parents came down for it. it was SO nice, the kids loved all the grandparent attention they were getting! newell and sally (cj's parents) hadn't ever seen jameson before, and mum and richard hadn't seen him since thanksgiving; he's totally chunked up since then. i can't believe how much bigger he is. in the last two weeks it feels like he's sprouted and gained so much! he's got these adorable fat thighs now, cj's convinced j is going to be some kind of football star. ugh, i hate how fast they seem to grow up! heheh.

anyways, j's blessing was great, he was such a good baby during the blessing, afterwards the 2nd counselor said that j was such a great baby and so calm and cute. j looked ADORABLE too; mum found the cutest outfit from Strasburg for him on a deep discount, it fit him perfectly! i'm thinking of putting it in a shadowbox on his wall or something, it's definitely not something he can really wear "every day". afterwards i was given a new calling.... *drum roll*.... i was asked to be a Relief Society teacher. *faint* seriously?!?!?! ME?!?! what are they thinking???? it's every other month that i would give a lesson, so that's a relief, but omg. i'm terrified!

mercy has a new saying that she picked up from me. "i'm not kidding!" i say it to her (or porter) when i'm telling them they need to do something and they aren't really listening. lol! the first time she used it was in church. she told cj she needed to go potty, and he told her to wait til after j's blessing, and she said "go potty now! i'm not kidding!" oh my gosh, i cracked up.

giveaway to drool for.

www.thebabymarketplace.com - a great online spot for Baby Clothing, Shoes, Toys, Gifts and Cloth Diapers is hosting the Pippalily Baby Slings Give-Away @ mommyknows.com go on over and comment and be entered to Win one of two Pippalily Baby Slings! There are also 13 pairs of Bical Grippers up for grabs. Don’t miss out!

more giveaways!

okay, my kids are all asleep (one benefit to the sickies, lots of naps happen!) and i checked http://www.prizeatron.com/ and saw this new giveaway. oh wow, how soft and comfy does this blanket look?

if you want to enter the giveaway, it's really simple, just go to http://www.sevendogsandababy.com/2008/01/blanket-review-cariboo-blanket-giveaway.html and follow her instructions!

and here's another one. babylegs!! seriously the CUTEST things i've seen this year (yeah, i know i know... we're only 14 days into the new year. shush. lol)

wanna win a pair? go to Mama K's blog and enter! wanna just buy a pair? go to her store and buy away. :)

Sickies prevail

Yep, we've been invaded by the sickies. Ugh. Mercy seems to have another UTI, and Porter and I both seem to have caught CJ's chest cough that he had last week. The only one who seems to be evading capture is Jameson, thank the heavens!!
Last night was absolutely no fun. I was having the chills and fever, but Mercy woke up screeeaming and thrashing around. Nothing I did got her settled, I think she's "backed up" and it's hurting her. Poor bug. So I brought her into the living room to thrash so that she didn't wake Porter up (who was coughing in his sleep), and we ended up falling asleep on the couch. But then she'd wake up again and start all over. Add to that Jameson still doesn't sleep through the night... ugh. I think I maybe got four hours of sleep total? Finally the Tylenol kicked in for her around 4-5am and she fell asleep in bed. So of course J took that opportunity to wake up. Gaah!! Fun for all.
Mercy seems better today, but she still hasn't done the #2 yet, hopefully she will soon so that I can get a better nights sleep tonight!!

yet another mommy contest...

Kim the owner of www.thebabymarketplace.com - a great online spot for Baby Clothing, Shoes, Toys, Gifts and Cloth Diapers is hosting the January Gift Card Give-Away @ mommyknows.com go on over and comment and be entered to Win one of two $100 Gift Cards!

crazy children...

Have to share some new videos!!

First up is one of Porter! I flipped the screen out on my camera so he could see what was filming, and he was fascinated with seeing himself in the screen.

Mercy was getting cranky at Porter, who was teasing her. She finally got so frustrated she put her hands on her belly and yelled at him "care... bear.... STARE!!!!!!!!!!" Oh my gosh, CJ and I busted up laughing, it was so funny! It took us a few minutes of prodding to try to get her to do it again, but she finally sort of did. You can tell that she loves Care Bears when she starts imitating them.

Last but certainly NOT least, Jameson! He's such a smiley baby, always smiling and cooing, and this was no exception. CJ was crawling on the floor towards him making funny sounds, and J just loved it!! He's so sweet and cute... I just can't get enough.

yet again...

angela has drawn me in to yet another fascinating company!!

this time it's Boon. i've seen their Frog Pod around and have wanted one for awhile, but i just cruised their site and they have this:

it's called The Flo. from its description: "Combining multiple functions into a single device, Flo provides a simple solution to several bath time challenges. This unique product diverts the flow of water, creating a gentle waterfall, while providing a protective faucet cover to help guard against injury. Flo also functions as a bubble bath dispenser.
Flo attaches easily to the bathtub faucet with a spring-activated grip that requires no assembly or special installation. When the water is turned on, it’s diverted into a stream that extends up to 12 inches in front of the faucet, creating a gentle waterfall and making rinsing hair easy. The soft material on the front edge of Flo helps protect against injuries caused by bumping or scraping against the faucet. Parents can fill the bubble bath reservoir and let children dispense bubbles into the water by pressing the button on the front."

how FUN is that??!?!? must get one...

have to add this site too. www.princesstots.com they have the cutest tutus!!!

i have a sunbeam!!??

Mercy started primary today. She's a SUNBEAM!! I was really worried because of her delays, plus I joined the church after primary, so I don't really know how it works. C said to just take M in and find out what's going on, so I walked her in and asked one of the counsellors what I do. She already knew who M was (which made me very happy, I love when a group is on the ball like that!) and pointed out her teachers. M and I walked over and I introduced M to one of them and told them that she has a speech delay and she might not get things. She was SO sweet and understanding, and sat Mercy down next to her. As I was walking out, I turned around and she was talking to M with her arm around her, rubbing her back. I love our church! Almost at the end of church Porter's nursery leader came in because he needed a bum change (she said he was looking very sad, so she picked him up and noticed he was sopping wet, poor boy) but CJ had the diaper bag, so I had to get him. As we were walking towards the bathroom, we walked past M's class and she happened to open the door as we were about to pass. EEPS!! But she just said "mummy and daddy!" and then shut the door. After church I met up with M in the hall, and her teacher said she did just great and was so good. Whew!!

Tonight we had dessert with Maria and Cole (from across the street). Maria's teaching in primary now, and she told me that M did so great, she looked like she was having a good time, and that she was trying to help Sister Manwaring (the primary president) out. Yay. M and P had a blast at their house tonight with their son Rykley. He and M were cracking eachother up, and they all had fun destroying their toy room.

Our church times switched to starting at 8am, so not easy to get up! Luckily Jameson was in a great mood for most of it, then nursed and fell asleep, and kept sleeping when I had to pass him off to my friend Shila so I could help Porter. Then when we got back from church the kids watched a carebear movie or two and CJ napped (he'd gotten in from work at 2:30am, so didn't get much sleep), and then P fell asleep on the floor too. I knew he would if I brought him this one fleece blanket of Js. After that we went to the park around the corner and CJ and I goofed off playing basketball (or I got schooled in basketball...whatever you want to call it) while the kids burnt some energy off running around or else tried to play too.

All in all, a fun day!

Okay, slacker mom blogger checking in. *blush*

J had his 2 month check up on thursday, he is in the doctors words, "perfect". I, of course, take that as a personal credit. He now weighs 12lbs 9oz, and is 22 1/2 inches long. His belly button still isn't healing so she redid the silver nitrate treatment, hopefully it works this time. It supposedly doesn't hurt them but he was PISSED when she was doing it. J also got three shots in the legs, I made CJ go with him for that. I start crying everytime any of my babies gets shots, so it's easier on all of us if CJ goes with them to get them. Luckily he seems no worse for the wear, the shots just seem to be making him sleepy, whew.

HAVE to share this video of Mercy on her bicycle that she got for Christmas. (or bike-isil as she calls it) :

Oh my gosh, I was cracking up the whole time!! Little Miss Bossyboots. Poor CJ...

Porter's becoming such a little boy it makes me sad. He's hilarious though, some of the things he does... he's a daredevil, loves to jump off almost anything, including the inside of the minivan, he just *expects* that you'll be able to catch him, even if your hands are full. His latest fun activity is as soon as he sees either CJ or I laying on the floor in the living room, he takes off down the hall, turns around, and runs full speed into us. i mean FULL speed. Sometimes he goes flying over us because of the strength of impact! Little nutter.

Christmas was great, M and P love all their toys. P's favorite is probably this truck thing that CJ's parents sent him. It's pretty cool, it has four cars that you can "load" onto it, and it can tell you the color of the car or else what number you loaded it; first, second, third... he LOVES it.

Mercy... hm.. she loves all her toys, but her bicycle is probably her favorite. She hasn't figured out how to peddal yet, but we also haven't had all that great of weather lately, so we haven't gone out much. I know I know, we live in southern Arizona, how can we NOT have good, at least warm, weather! Well, blah blah to you.

J doesn't have a favorite toy. Mostly because he didn't really *get* any toys... he got clothes. He'll get toys later.

and yes, they are in matching pjs. Heaven bless Nick and Nora and their sock monkeys.

fun blog!

have to post about this cool blog from a fellow mom:

http://www.sevendogsandababy.com/

she does reviews of all sorts of great things geared towards moms and kids, love it. i love her book reviews!!

okay, slacker blogger will be back later to post more. i hope. ;)