Tag Archives: The Kids 2009

Ceili Rain’s Six Month!

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Well, she’s pushing seven months, but I just took her in today.

Let me start off by saying, last night was a rough night. She woke up four hours into her sleep after fighting to go to sleep in the first place and cried a lot. She finally slept after I nursed her but still not as soundly as she usually does.

So I took her in. Got her stats. And found out she has an ear infection! I’m guessing she’s had it since Wednesday when I noticed she had found her hair on her left side and was tugging at it. We thought it was quite cute but because she has no runny nose, fever, or any other problems, I didn’t think much of it. Then yesterday she was really irritable and started this really loud yell that she held out. I’m guessing, that too, was from the infection. So, now she’s on antibiotics and we’re praying she sleeps better. And, now we’ll know what to look for!

Moving on…stats:
15 lbs. 1 oz (40%)
26 inches length (60%)…although, like I told a friend, I’m guessing that might be a little short, she was wiggling and playing and twisting while the nurse tried to measure her
17 inches head (70%)

She continues to grow…is sitting up and eats twice a day…pretty much anything we shovel in her mouth. Still nursing great and sleeping like a pro (with the exception of last night and then she had a great excuse). Could not ask for a better baby.

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Sittin’ Pretty

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Last Thursday, I pulled Ceili Rain up on my bed to sit and she stayed. To my utter surprise! By Sunday, this is what she was up to!

Look Ma! No hands!!



And yesterday, she’s still doing so well. She’s working on turning around where she sits. She never really wobbled and bobbled when we sat her up. She can still lose her balance and topple but she catches herself either with her hand or just by sheer balance and manages to make a smooth fall. I think she’s super happy to be up where she can see (and even participate) in some of the action around the house.

I’m not bias, but I think she’s pretty adorable!
And, just between you and me, I think she knows it.
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Putt Puttin’

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On Wednesday of our vacation, all the ladies (including the baby ladies and BDs) headed out to shopping. The boys’ headed out to play putt putt. It was raining but Gatlinburg took care of that with indoor mini-golf. Mark said everyone had fun. Since I wasn’t there, I’ll let the pictures (mostly) speak for themselves.


J with his daddy R.

M with R and E.

Uncle E discussing his scorecard with his mummy (I crack myself up!).

No trip is complete without finding something to climb on!
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A Bushel not a Peck

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To top off our week, we went to the Apple Barn. It had been raining and we didn’t really want ot push it by trying to go some where outdoorsy only to have to turn around and come back…so we went here instead. It’s an apple orchard/apple cider/yummy apple pies place…with a little bit of a general store thrown in. To top it off, I bought our annual bushel of apples while there. Fresh off the trees and a little cheaper than getting them at the chain stores. While the fried pies and apple cider were awesome…there was not much to do but it was relaxing as is.
What a sweet picture of one of our BDs with Josiah. I wish we could’ve gotten all of Josiah in but you take what you get.

Another BD givin’ some love to the fake birds.

She’s so smart, she can figure out them hard thinkin’ puzzles…I do declare.

See, Cindy, we did have some school!! I actually, I think we bored her to tears with all this shopping.

They had this plastic painted Santa so all the kids just had to sit on him. We humored them, since they’ve never had their picture taken with Santa (gasp all you want to…not a big deal to us, nor them).





In a freaky sort of way, he looks real!

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The Pool

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Now we come to the scene of the crime…I was a little late getting to the pool. Basically, all our friends and family went to the pool while Ceili Rain got in a good nap. So, I walked up a hill, down a hill, up a hill to get to the pool. By the time we got there, everyone was getting out of the pool. I was determined, after my workout, to get Ceili Rain in. So, in we went.

Not sure what Uncle R was cheesing it for but he was.

All the kids went on the deck with the BDs and the next thing I knew Zoe was screaming. I turn around and see Liam’s little rear running back and forth on the deck. I about lost it. Mark thought it was quite funny too…but he had more composure and told him to clothe himself.
They sure are cute in their towels!

The next day, we were getting ready to go to an indoor water park and Liam informed me, “Mommy, I’m not going to take my swimsuit off again.”

“Great! Liam that’s a great idea. Why did you do it yesterday at the pool?”

“I just wanted to be naked.”

Lovely!!

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So, where are the pictures???

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I know I’m being inconsistent. Right now, my kids need me more than this here thing. We’re struggling with attitudes more than I remember in a long time. That among other getting back from vacation activities. I, hopefully, will be back with my daily posts next week.

In the meantime, any ideas on how to deal with tantrums from a 6 year old and 5 year old (mostly because they won’t use their words to talk to me, they, for some reason, think yelling and screaming and crying and flailing will get results) are appreciated.

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And we’re back!

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Sorry for the delay! We’re home from our vacation to the mountains. I’ve got to get the pictures uploaded so look for posts next week.

Aside from a three year old who felt the need to streak after playing in the pool it was a pretty mellow trip!

We borrowed two teenagers to go with us and when I realized I could ask for their help, they were really useful. I’m so used to doing it all on my own or with Mark’s help that sometimes it slipped our mind to hand off a child or have them buckle someone up or watch them. They were a ton of fun though and I’m afraid they’ve become addicted to the game of pool.

So stay tuned, we’ll get back into the swing of things next week.

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And we’re off

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and, so far, in one piece. This week I’ve been to the doctor twice and Wal-Mart twice. Not too bad. I wasn’t anticipating the doctor trips but I overestimated the Wal-Mart trips.

I took Josiah in to the doctor on Tuesday for congestion. Turns out he’s got an ear infection.

Somehow, Ceili Rain gouged or had her eye gouged and has a big scratch on the side of her eyeball (no where near effecting the vision…she hasn’t even acted like it bothered her…tough being the fifth kid). This happened Thursday and as the day progressed it began to look worse and I just didn’t feel I could wait until Friday(per the doctor’s orders) to take her in. So we trekked it to after hours. By God’s providence, there were very little actual sick children in the office. The doctor looked at her eye for five minutes and then told me his story about travel ordeals while going to Ireland…very interesting and made me want to go (but not use the airline he had used). So, she came home with an eye antibiotic. I’m very grateful that the cut wasn’t close to the cornea or pupil. I can’t really say when she did it or had it done to her (by a sibling who can’t say that he actually did it because he’s two and doesn’t talk much, is this a run on sentence? Are you cringing mom?). If I can get her to turn her head, I’ll post a picture for all those who like gruesome pictures!

And, I forgot to mention that Liam climbed onto the changing table, got down scissors I use to cut up wipes, and proceeded to chop up things in Zoe’s room…with the help of Ace. They didn’t get big things like clothes (except some ribbons for one of Zoe’s dresses) or bedspreads or curtains. This was while trying to get Zoe taught up before leaving. Mama was not happy!

All that to say, with antibiotics, tylenol, motrin, thermometer and what ever other drugs we can squeeze into our overstuffed van, we’re off! Oh, and no scissors thankyouverymuch.

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Antioxidants…Yumm!

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Grow your own pomegranates!!

Our tree was getting a bit droopy and while most of the pomegranates still are not ripe, we needed to get some off the tree in hopes they’ll ripen off the vine and to get the others a chance to grow. This looks to be one of our best “crops” this year. As we’ve never really done much to cultivate or help them grow, I use the term “crop” loosely. We do cut back from around the tree and Mark prunes the branches back.

One is the loneliest number…

I’m thinking Josiah thought we were doing some sort of weird Easter egg hunt.
Pick pomegranates. Check.
Bury pomegranates to make more trees. Check.
Unfortunately, plastic buckets do not make fertile ground for pomegranate trees!

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