Mall shopping

Ugh - bad idea. Really bad idea. I wanted to get out of the house. It was only worth it for the walk. We didn't get a whole bunch done other than get me some sane time. We got the girls some winter accessories and Reagan some warm clothes to go outside in. That's about it.

I seriously need to find some post-prego jeans. I am nowhere near the size 8 I was prior to getting pregnant. I have about 35 pounds to go to hit that goal. In the meantime, I have absolutely nothing to wear but my pregnancy stuff and I'm starting to not fit in that very well - a good problem to have.

Cooin' and babblin'

Maddy is so vocal these days. When she's awake, she makes all sorts of noises. She coos and babbles and rolls her tongue all around. The best thing is when she just starts smiling. She will look for me and when she sees me, she will smile. I'm not sure it's all related, but I like to think it is.

New Christian

Jordan made her decision to follow Christ today. Jim and the two older girls went out to Graeters on Friday and came home with that news. I don't know all the details, but she was quite excited to tell me when she got home. :) I'm so happy for her.

Apparently, she told Jim that God had spoken to her on Monday and she wanted to make a decision. They called my brother, Chris, in Mobile and he walked her through the sinner's prayer, in the car, on the way home.

Yea Jordan.

I wish I knew the exact date that I got saved. I hope Jordan will remember hers. :)

Music teacher?

I've been approached to teach music lessons to the daughter of one of the women that clean our home. I've always said I'd like to teach, but when I was done working in the "real world". I'm not quite there, but after a conversation with her mom, I agreed to try it.

I've never formally taught anything but dance. I've worked with Jordan on her flute - which she did well at. But never anything outside of family or friends.

This will go nicely hand in hand with teaching Reagan violin though. The girl wants to learn piano. I want to work on violin with Reagan. So I guess I better start working on getting my stuff together. Should I get excited?

I want that

Ms. Reagan and I were strolling through Sams today and she pointed out a dolly and said "I want that". I've never heard her "request" anything before. Usually it's an idea of something, not a specific item.

I got out of buying it for her by saying "we'll have to talk to Santa". :)

Seven weeks and recovering

I haven't written in a while about my pregnancy/birth. I'm seven weeks out and finally starting to feel a bit normal. I actually got on the treadmill today and walked for 20 minutes. I was sore by the time I went to bed, but the doc said to start moving back into my normal life. Whew.

I will say that I have no ab muscles at all. It's awful. But it's getting better.

I'm only taking advil as needed throughout the day with regular dose at bedtime just in case for a while - a big change from 9 a day.

I will also say that mentally I'm starting to come out of my funk. It was a really tough thing to be laid up after having a baby. You're up all night and day without sleep while taking care of a baby and your body. It was a lot tougher than just having a baby. Reagan was easier.

All in all, I'm doing well. I'm starting to welcome the daily outing as I did with Reagan... just in time for snow. Ahhh winter is here!

Maddy at school

This morning, Reagan threw a holy fit before going to school. She didn't want to go. Jim put her in the car for me while I grabbed her lunch. By the time I got to the car, she had wiggled her way out of her seat belt and was screaming hysterically. Uh oh.

I put her back in and told her to stop and "carried on" as you do with toddlers.

She wouldn't calm down - or she couldn't. I'm not sure which. Either way, Reagan was really worked up about something. By the time I got to the fire station, she was completely out of the top part of her seat belt and was leaning sideways out of her seat - all the while screaming hysterically. Hmmm.

I knew I couldn't drive that way and I didn't want her to puke, so I pulled over in the fire station parking lot. I got out and held her for a bit and just tried to talk to her. I finally got her to calm down and start talking to me. "Maddy" was all she said. I, of course, thought she meant her little sister. But she didn't. There was a girl at her school that was mean to her - she didn't want to go.

I convinced her to go to school to talk to her teacher. We did. She was telling the truth. Her teacher said "she can be not very nice" and that she'd watch them interacting to make sure she was behaving. Ok. She was still clinging to my leg as I left. The cool thing - the dance teacher offered her a free lesson for the day. I grabbed that and left her in her first dance class. That was a good distraction for her to start the day better. I left her with the promise that I'd pick her up early. Whew.

So I did... I picked her up a little after 4:00 pm today. She and Maddy were friends again. I had asked her what she did today and who she played with. Maddy was at the top of her list.

I'm not ready for the "girl mean thing" to start. Apparently it starts at the age of three. Hmmm.

Sleepwalking

This morning, Reagan woke up at 6:30 am. She never does that. But today, she was screaming from her bedroom. I went upstairs to see what was going on - she obviously was having a nightmare or terror - and she was inside her clothes hamper. Really?

Monkey and a frog

Reagan has finally gotten the entire song that Papa Carman always sings when he visits. She even slaps her leg with her hand while she sings.

A monkey and a frog, a turtle and a dog, a wasp and a bumble bee. They all had a date but me.

Mae used to sing that.