Adventures in La La Land

I was just reading some old blog entries and came across the birthday interview I did with Lucy, which reminded me that I never did one with Lena for her 3rd birthday. So here it is . . . just 3 months late. Haha. I didn't coach her for any of these answers, and wrote down exactly what she said - even if they didn't make much sense. Haha. What do you and Mommy do together? Go to the grocery store, go to some eating places What do you and Daddy do together? Wash the car What makes you happy? My stuff that I sleep with What is something scary? Thunder and rain and wind What are you really good at? Getting groceries Who is your best friend? Presley and Harper, Persephone and Quinn Who’s the prettiest person you know? Rieley What do you want to be when you grow up? A stager or a teacher of a class at church What do you think about before you fall asleep? My Ellies Favorites: Color  Purple, pink, orange and red and green Book Pinkalicious Movie Dora and Hannah Montana...

Little Levi is 2 months old today!  As you can see, he is super expressive. Lol. (Takes after his dad.) Here's what he's up to lately: Sleep He is a great sleeper. I really can't complain. He generally does about a 6 hour stretch followed by a 3 hour stretch at night. He eats at 10 or 10:30 pm and is up again at 4 or 4:30 am. He usually  goes right back to sleep after that and gets up around 7:30 or 8 to eat again. Sometimes I have to fight with him a little bit to go back to sleep in the middle of the night. A lot of leaning over the side of my bed putting the binky back in his mouth and rocking the Rock N' Play. Haha.  During the day, sleep is more sporadic. He tends to take cat naps throughout the day - usually in my arms. If I put him down, he immediately wakes up. I'm finally catching on to his tiredness cues. At first, I thought he wanted to eat or had a belly ache because he acts so mad, but I'm learning that he really fights slee...

1. We got serious about the van search this week. It was an incredibly frustrating process. It was  such  a pain to find time when Justin and I could both drive down to the dealership. I do not understand why dealerships close at 6 pm during the week and are open for just a few hours on Saturday. Don't people who buy cars have jobs? Ugh. It was also a major  pain to haul all 3 kids down there, transfer their carseats for every test drive, and keep them fed and entertained. I hate the whole car-buying process. After getting burned with our last car we're a little gun-shy. My extremely scientific facebook poll unanimously suggested getting either a Honda Odyssey or Toyota Sienna. So that's where I started my search. But it became quickly apparent that the only Odyssey or Sienna in our price range is at least 15 years old and most have 200,000 miles or more on them. Ugh. So then it was a toss-up between old but reportedly reliable or newer and less recommended. We ended up g...

1. What a week. I was miserably sick most of it. I came down with a cough last Wednesday and it just got worse and worse throughout the weekend. I couldn't sleep. I had no appetite. My whole body hurt from coughing so much. My abs and back and ribs were horribly sore from coughing so violently. Not to mention my poor shredded throat. It's one thing to be up every few hours in the night feeding a sweet baby. It's another thing entirely to be up hacking your guts out. Ugh. Fortunately, I had my 6 week postpartum checkup already scheduled for Monday. The Dr. had pity on me and wrote me a prescription for an antibiotic and a cough suppressant. It took a few days to kick in, but by Thursday I was starting to feel a bit more normal. And by yesterday, my coughing fits had significantly reduced. I'm still hacking every once in a while, but not nearly as much. Praise the Lord! Of course now both of the girls are coughing, and even Levi has a little cough - although it's not ...