Well, the girls are sick. Brie has a cough (which surprisingly isn't all that bad), a clear runny nose, and what seems to me to possibly be a UTI. Poor thing. I took her into the doctor yesterday, and they wanted her to pee in a cup. She wouldn't do it, not that I blame her, I have trouble peeing in a cup at the doctor's office too. But it didn't help that the cup they wanted her to pee into was the same kind of fishy cups she also gets snacks in at church. HAHA. Oh my. I laughed, anyways, because of all of her symptoms, they are pretty convinced that she does have a UTI, poor thing.
They were both awake several times last night, Brie trying to go pee, and Sadie just crying. Brie's temperature at it's highest today has been 102.2. As Ben reminded me, this is one of the joys of being a mom. That comment was at about 1:00 this morning, right after I had fallen asleep and I wanted to just clobber him because I was so tired. Don't worry I didn't.
So today, I emailed into work, rescheduling for the end of the week. And the girls and I had a lounge day. Me being in sweats, and the girls in their jammies.
Brie of course had the adorably pathetic, stuffy nose whiny voice, and said Elmo, one to many times, so she got to watch Elmo three times today. And she layed on the couch - just layed there. Wanted to be covered up, given her blankie (which normally only is allowed in bed.), and her pacie (which is also olny allowed in bed). It was a sweet scene. One that only made my heart melt. She had an even more than usual abnormal appetite, she already doesn't eat very much, but REALLY didn't eat much today.
Sadie, was a super duper napper today. Sleeping from 9-11:30 this morning, and then 12:30ish/closer to 12:45-3:30. Her little nose has been running on one side, it switches back and forth, and she has 4 teeth pushing their way through on top. She toddled around the house, pausing every once in awhile to grin up and me, and remind me why I do LOVE being a mom, especially on crummy, yucky, jammie days. She's getting closer and closer to walking everyday. She stands now for several seconds and can raise herself slowly from a scrunch (it's really a crouch, I just like to use the word scrunch), she can also lower herself slowly from a standing position. I'm eager for her to walk, because what else can she get into at this point? She already loves to pull all the dirty cloth diapers out of the pail, the qtips out of the bathroom garbage, she's only slightly discovered the toilet paper roll, but has discovered how to open and close all the drawers and door on the upstairs bathroom vanity. Oy. This child keeps me on my toes.
Tonight after Ben came home for an early dinner and headed back to youth group, (which I am skipping tonight, to stay home with the sick kiddos) we watched Elmo for the 3rd and final time, I clipped coupons, and Sadie ate fisher price zoo animals, and then I gave the girls a relaxing bath.
Their CD player ka-put-ted last week. Sad, sad day. It was a CD player that Ben had given me in college, and it was ever so faithful for being only a $13 player. But it died. I almost want to hold it a funeral. Anyways...
So Ben found this little MP3 player at Dick's Sporting Goods Store that you use batteries for and then plug your ipod into. So that's what we've been using for bedtime. Which stinks because I've already been through about 4 AA batteries, and my rechargeables need to be replaced.
But tonight for their bath I put on one of my favorites, "Relaxing Classical" and then let them soak in the tub and relax. The music also helped me to relax and just take in the moment. Both girls took their turns grinning at me and smiling OH SO BIG, and got their hair washed, and smelled very nice when they came out. I lathered them up with one of my new favorite lotions - aveeno for baby - non-scented, and it makes their skin incredibly luxurious. In fact I think I might steal it for after one of my baths.
And then we read a great book called Snow Friends and they hopped into bed.
What a day- God teaches me so much on these days when I'm not dressed, showered, presentable, and yet I get to snuggle with my girls, work on cleaning MY own home, clip coupons, and take a day of rest. He teaches me to appreciate the little things, the small things that I do for our family, to make it work, to make it run, to make my husband smile, to make my girls GRIN up at me with the beautiful teeth. What a life I live, what joy I have right in front of me every day, I'm learning to appreciate it more and more as I take this Facebook Sabbatical. It's so good.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Week two
Well, it's week two, day 9 of the No Facebook Fast. Which I've had a few people tell me they've seen me on facebook - I'm guessing in the online portion. Well, I haven't been on facebook per-say - But I do click to become a fan through a separate link on a blog, in order to obtain a coupon. So the other day - it was to get a coupon for buy one get one free eggs. In which case I was on that specific site for a LONG time because they were having technical difficulties. So yes, I've been on facebook - but not for checking anything such as my inbox, my wall, my friends' walls, my friends' photos - all of which THESE were the time wasters for me, so I personally don't feel I've violated my NO FACEBOOK FEBRUARY.
Now onto my goals and how I'm doing:
My personal goals for this much needed fast are to:
1. Spend more time with my Savior: God has had a funny way of teaching me this - this week. That's all I'll say for now.
2. Spend more time with my spouse: We had our first date night since July - last Thursday night. Ben surprised me by taking me to my favorite, P.F. Changs - and the girls did great at the babysitters house: Aka. Nan. It was wonderful. And we also just sat together on the couch and watched some TV last night, just sat, no agenda, no children, no phone calls, just us.
3. Spend more time with my children, away from media of ANY sort: The TV has had a significant amount of time not racking up my electrical bills. However my ipod players- have had LOTS of usage, we've danced and sang all week long! It's been fantastic.
4. Finish getting my house weeded through and organized. Ben and I got through one of our linen closets, and through most of the cupboards in our laundry room (which if you've been in my house you know what a feat that is). Still to go: the bathrooms, the second linen closet, the kitchen, one of the shelves in the basement, the rest of the laundry room. And I'm sure I'm missing something, but we're doing really well.
5. Finally get all the gifts I haven't actually sent out - embarrasingly - haven't done this yet.
6. Post on this blog 2X a week and also start a new blog: haven't done this one yet.
7. Get into a routine that is manageable. - Getting better at this one.
8. Get through all my magazine stacks - nope not yet
9. Create a list of the sewing projects - this requires me going through all the rest of the laundry room first.
10. Relax. - I'm trying to do this, Ben has helped me a lot by giving me breaks from the girls, including a MUCH needed nap the other day.
I have high hopes for the rest of Feb.
Girls seem like they are beginning to get sick, I hope not.
Now onto my goals and how I'm doing:
My personal goals for this much needed fast are to:
1. Spend more time with my Savior: God has had a funny way of teaching me this - this week. That's all I'll say for now.
2. Spend more time with my spouse: We had our first date night since July - last Thursday night. Ben surprised me by taking me to my favorite, P.F. Changs - and the girls did great at the babysitters house: Aka. Nan. It was wonderful. And we also just sat together on the couch and watched some TV last night, just sat, no agenda, no children, no phone calls, just us.
3. Spend more time with my children, away from media of ANY sort: The TV has had a significant amount of time not racking up my electrical bills. However my ipod players- have had LOTS of usage, we've danced and sang all week long! It's been fantastic.
4. Finish getting my house weeded through and organized. Ben and I got through one of our linen closets, and through most of the cupboards in our laundry room (which if you've been in my house you know what a feat that is). Still to go: the bathrooms, the second linen closet, the kitchen, one of the shelves in the basement, the rest of the laundry room. And I'm sure I'm missing something, but we're doing really well.
5. Finally get all the gifts I haven't actually sent out - embarrasingly - haven't done this yet.
6. Post on this blog 2X a week and also start a new blog: haven't done this one yet.
7. Get into a routine that is manageable. - Getting better at this one.
8. Get through all my magazine stacks - nope not yet
9. Create a list of the sewing projects - this requires me going through all the rest of the laundry room first.
10. Relax. - I'm trying to do this, Ben has helped me a lot by giving me breaks from the girls, including a MUCH needed nap the other day.
I have high hopes for the rest of Feb.
Girls seem like they are beginning to get sick, I hope not.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
yup it's been months...
Well I've realized that I LOVE LOVE LOVE to read other people's blogs - and follow them on facebook, and then I realized that other people are probably like me and like to read my blog, that I well haven't written on in oh 4 months now... oh man.
So a good - well I don't know what to call her - we went to college together - and yet didn't converse all that much in college - but now that we are "grown" and each have 2 kids - under 2.5 - we share more in common than most of my friends here in town and I do. - anyways - her name is Emili - and she and I share a passion for trying to size up our time on the dreaded facebook. It's not dreaded persay - it is just a huge time waster. For me I find myself, tuning out my children, tuning out my husband, tuning out my quiet time, both the time for me and the time for God, all for the sake of Facebook. What in the world am I thinking?! So she and I decided to start a facebook fast (I did a 4 week one last fall) and so we are both doing No Facebook February.
My personal goals for this much needed fast are to:
1. Spend more time with my Savior, who is desperately needing to hear more from me.
2. Spend more time with my spouse, including trying to work in some date nights (now that Sadie is more manageable)
3. Spend more time with my children, away from media of ANY sort. Except for music, both of my girls share my love of music, and so we sing and dance together ALL the time. But the television, the other horrible time waster, needs to be turned off much more often.
4. Finish getting my house weeded through and organized. I'm trying to simplify our family's life and weeding through stuff, junk, toys, dishes, books etc. will I believe help in this.
5. Finally get all the gifts I haven't actually sent out - sent. They are done, finished, just not sent. It's completely embarrassing.
6. Post on this blog 2X a week and also start a new blog, one not about our family, but more for me so I can have a place just to write.
7. Get into a routine that is manageable. Between diapers, dishes, laundry and the houses I work at, sometimes I am left feeling overwhelmed, which makes for one grouchy mama. So this month I hope to get into a weekly groove - that benefits our entire family. We have been doing great about planning meals and having dinner together at the same time every night.
8. Get through all my magazine stacks, (I like to rip out ideas and then they all go in the same file).
9. Create a list of the sewing projects I'd like to complete and assess fabric needs.
10. Relax.
There ya have it. There's my list. 10 things 28 days -
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Family update:
I suppose since this is our family's blog you probably want an update on the rest of the gang:
Well Ben continues to do amazing work at his job. Our senior pastor left in August, putting a bit more of a load on our associate pastor and on Ben and now we have an intentional interim pastor who is here for awhile. But meanwhile Ben has been plugging through some great details of the youth ministry getting together things in writing for parents and leaders to see. What he is turning out is some great stuff. I'm so proud of him.
Brie: Oh brie... as you know she turned 2 in October - hard to believe but yes. In fact in just 8 short days we will celebrate her being home with us for 2 years! YAY. It's been a busy couple of weeks for her. For starters, she now sleeps in a crib with the side off. Shocking, I know. I've been told by everyone who has two kids as close together as ours, to keep big baby in a crib for as long as possible. And reality is, I probably could have kept her in for awhile longer, but I chose to give her the bit of freedom because... She's POTTY TRAINING yes, and it's going fairly well. I'm still not brave enough to take her out in underwear. And Ben isn't quite brave enough to let her even run around the house in underwear. But we're on the road to diaper free and it's great. She also started Puggles in Awana on Wednesday nights (the group under Sparks) and last week came home with her first picture, complete with cotton balls. I wanted to cry - seriously. So it is proudly hanging on the fridge, and every once in awhile she points to it and tells me that it's the sun and the clouds. Oh sniff sniff, she's getting big. She loves to wear shoes and boots around the house, loves to put on chap-stick, and loves to sing and dance. Her speech is still not very clear, but for her age we're doing fine. Technically she was due about now, so for being "just 2" we're a-ok.
Sadie: We discovered had/has (not sure which at this point) a dairy allergy. Therefore I cut all dairy from my diet, with the exception of some cheese). She became a totally different baby. And then when she started crawling - she became even happier because she could maneuver where she wanted to go. Now she's standing on her own- and get's everywhere by scaling the walls - ok not really, but she does move around the house by walking along the walls, so it's only a matter of time before that first step comes. We try and get her to, but she's stubborn and won't do it yet. (wonder where she gets that from?!) She now is off all baby food, and on all table foods, drinking water and juice from a cup, and often times is found eating more than her two year old sister. She nurses 3-4 times a day, and usually wakes up around 6 for her first feeding, but then goes right back to sleep. For the wee bit of extra sleep, I am thankful. She loves to smile, and dance, and currently waves both "hi" and "bye", and signs "all done" and "more." I'm excited to see what her next stage will be like, because she is one cute, chunky little squirt.
Weights -- according to our home scale -- Brie currently weighs 20 pound 4 ounces and Sadie 16 pound 14 ounces. So a 3 pound 6 ounce difference - Yes they feel the same when there is one in each arm. We get a lot of - are they twins? Until they look closer... And yes I dress them alike quite often, it's one of my favorite things to do.
Well that's all for now - I must take advantage of them both napping and fit a shower in - ;-)
So a good - well I don't know what to call her - we went to college together - and yet didn't converse all that much in college - but now that we are "grown" and each have 2 kids - under 2.5 - we share more in common than most of my friends here in town and I do. - anyways - her name is Emili - and she and I share a passion for trying to size up our time on the dreaded facebook. It's not dreaded persay - it is just a huge time waster. For me I find myself, tuning out my children, tuning out my husband, tuning out my quiet time, both the time for me and the time for God, all for the sake of Facebook. What in the world am I thinking?! So she and I decided to start a facebook fast (I did a 4 week one last fall) and so we are both doing No Facebook February.
My personal goals for this much needed fast are to:
1. Spend more time with my Savior, who is desperately needing to hear more from me.
2. Spend more time with my spouse, including trying to work in some date nights (now that Sadie is more manageable)
3. Spend more time with my children, away from media of ANY sort. Except for music, both of my girls share my love of music, and so we sing and dance together ALL the time. But the television, the other horrible time waster, needs to be turned off much more often.
4. Finish getting my house weeded through and organized. I'm trying to simplify our family's life and weeding through stuff, junk, toys, dishes, books etc. will I believe help in this.
5. Finally get all the gifts I haven't actually sent out - sent. They are done, finished, just not sent. It's completely embarrassing.
6. Post on this blog 2X a week and also start a new blog, one not about our family, but more for me so I can have a place just to write.
7. Get into a routine that is manageable. Between diapers, dishes, laundry and the houses I work at, sometimes I am left feeling overwhelmed, which makes for one grouchy mama. So this month I hope to get into a weekly groove - that benefits our entire family. We have been doing great about planning meals and having dinner together at the same time every night.
8. Get through all my magazine stacks, (I like to rip out ideas and then they all go in the same file).
9. Create a list of the sewing projects I'd like to complete and assess fabric needs.
10. Relax.
There ya have it. There's my list. 10 things 28 days -
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Family update:
I suppose since this is our family's blog you probably want an update on the rest of the gang:
Well Ben continues to do amazing work at his job. Our senior pastor left in August, putting a bit more of a load on our associate pastor and on Ben and now we have an intentional interim pastor who is here for awhile. But meanwhile Ben has been plugging through some great details of the youth ministry getting together things in writing for parents and leaders to see. What he is turning out is some great stuff. I'm so proud of him.
Brie: Oh brie... as you know she turned 2 in October - hard to believe but yes. In fact in just 8 short days we will celebrate her being home with us for 2 years! YAY. It's been a busy couple of weeks for her. For starters, she now sleeps in a crib with the side off. Shocking, I know. I've been told by everyone who has two kids as close together as ours, to keep big baby in a crib for as long as possible. And reality is, I probably could have kept her in for awhile longer, but I chose to give her the bit of freedom because... She's POTTY TRAINING yes, and it's going fairly well. I'm still not brave enough to take her out in underwear. And Ben isn't quite brave enough to let her even run around the house in underwear. But we're on the road to diaper free and it's great. She also started Puggles in Awana on Wednesday nights (the group under Sparks) and last week came home with her first picture, complete with cotton balls. I wanted to cry - seriously. So it is proudly hanging on the fridge, and every once in awhile she points to it and tells me that it's the sun and the clouds. Oh sniff sniff, she's getting big. She loves to wear shoes and boots around the house, loves to put on chap-stick, and loves to sing and dance. Her speech is still not very clear, but for her age we're doing fine. Technically she was due about now, so for being "just 2" we're a-ok.
Sadie: We discovered had/has (not sure which at this point) a dairy allergy. Therefore I cut all dairy from my diet, with the exception of some cheese). She became a totally different baby. And then when she started crawling - she became even happier because she could maneuver where she wanted to go. Now she's standing on her own- and get's everywhere by scaling the walls - ok not really, but she does move around the house by walking along the walls, so it's only a matter of time before that first step comes. We try and get her to, but she's stubborn and won't do it yet. (wonder where she gets that from?!) She now is off all baby food, and on all table foods, drinking water and juice from a cup, and often times is found eating more than her two year old sister. She nurses 3-4 times a day, and usually wakes up around 6 for her first feeding, but then goes right back to sleep. For the wee bit of extra sleep, I am thankful. She loves to smile, and dance, and currently waves both "hi" and "bye", and signs "all done" and "more." I'm excited to see what her next stage will be like, because she is one cute, chunky little squirt.
Weights -- according to our home scale -- Brie currently weighs 20 pound 4 ounces and Sadie 16 pound 14 ounces. So a 3 pound 6 ounce difference - Yes they feel the same when there is one in each arm. We get a lot of - are they twins? Until they look closer... And yes I dress them alike quite often, it's one of my favorite things to do.
Well that's all for now - I must take advantage of them both napping and fit a shower in - ;-)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Whew... another month (oops and a half) have gone flying by.
We celebrated our 4 year anniversary on May 13th, CRAZY. We've known each other for almost 7 years now. How amazing.
In May...
We celebrated lots of graduation open houses with our seniors from church. So proud of them all! And sad to see them go.
My friend Michelle and I (and Sadie) snuck a quick trip up to Minneapolis to visit Ikea. It was a very productive trip and we had an awesome time. They were having a super sale on some things we both wanted. We even waited in a long line for one of the things. Yes, we are crazy. It was fantastic.
On the 25th was my Golden Birthday... and Ben threw me a surprise party! And I had no clue! IT was great!! I've always wanted to have a party for my birthday, but as you know you can't throw one for yourself. The party was complete with great people, balloons, CHINESE food, and delicious cake (many other things as well, but those were the things that excited me most).
In June...
We began the month by getting two new (to us) vehicles. We traded in our Expedition and our Taurus and got a 2005 Nissan Quest (mini-van) and a 2008 Subaru Legacy. Both dream cars of sorts for us.
And our friends Dominic and Julie, and their daughter Madelyn came and visited us for the weekend. Ben hadn't met Madelyn yet so it was a great visit.
Ben had a campout with a fun group that he's been helping lead called Pathfinders.
And Ben took some of our highschool youth group to Colorado, and while he was gone I headed to Davenport for a few days. While I was there Brie and Sadie got to have a playdate with our favorite set of twins M & S! We also got to have lots of good quality time with Nana and Papa.
The 20th we went to a wedding of a friend that I used to work with, it was lovely. She looked beautiful, and Brie had fun dancing on the dance floor!
The 21st through the 26th we spent the week up at Pine Lake Christian Camp where Ben helped lead a camp called Centershot. There the kids learned Archery skills and he helped teach some outdoor cooking and lead worship. It was a HOT week, but thankfully our cabin had airconditioning. And best of all, I didn't cook ALL WEEK! hehe. It was lots of fun, because it is also the camp I grew up going to and so I felt right at home.
The 27th we hit up the annual Des Moines Art Festival with our friends Ryan and Michelle. Some beautiful pieces of art were seen this year, my favorite are still the marble works type sculptures.
We've all got colds right now but as long as they clear up we are headed to Davenport for the fourth for a BIG family party, including meeting our new NEWPHEW! Who was born 6 days before Sadie Mae.
July looks to be just as busy as June so I'll hopefully get a post in.
But be sure and check out some (not all) of the new pictures at our flickr site:
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
Thanks all!
-b-
We celebrated our 4 year anniversary on May 13th, CRAZY. We've known each other for almost 7 years now. How amazing.
In May...
We celebrated lots of graduation open houses with our seniors from church. So proud of them all! And sad to see them go.
My friend Michelle and I (and Sadie) snuck a quick trip up to Minneapolis to visit Ikea. It was a very productive trip and we had an awesome time. They were having a super sale on some things we both wanted. We even waited in a long line for one of the things. Yes, we are crazy. It was fantastic.
On the 25th was my Golden Birthday... and Ben threw me a surprise party! And I had no clue! IT was great!! I've always wanted to have a party for my birthday, but as you know you can't throw one for yourself. The party was complete with great people, balloons, CHINESE food, and delicious cake (many other things as well, but those were the things that excited me most).
In June...
We began the month by getting two new (to us) vehicles. We traded in our Expedition and our Taurus and got a 2005 Nissan Quest (mini-van) and a 2008 Subaru Legacy. Both dream cars of sorts for us.
And our friends Dominic and Julie, and their daughter Madelyn came and visited us for the weekend. Ben hadn't met Madelyn yet so it was a great visit.
Ben had a campout with a fun group that he's been helping lead called Pathfinders.
And Ben took some of our highschool youth group to Colorado, and while he was gone I headed to Davenport for a few days. While I was there Brie and Sadie got to have a playdate with our favorite set of twins M & S! We also got to have lots of good quality time with Nana and Papa.
The 20th we went to a wedding of a friend that I used to work with, it was lovely. She looked beautiful, and Brie had fun dancing on the dance floor!
The 21st through the 26th we spent the week up at Pine Lake Christian Camp where Ben helped lead a camp called Centershot. There the kids learned Archery skills and he helped teach some outdoor cooking and lead worship. It was a HOT week, but thankfully our cabin had airconditioning. And best of all, I didn't cook ALL WEEK! hehe. It was lots of fun, because it is also the camp I grew up going to and so I felt right at home.
The 27th we hit up the annual Des Moines Art Festival with our friends Ryan and Michelle. Some beautiful pieces of art were seen this year, my favorite are still the marble works type sculptures.
We've all got colds right now but as long as they clear up we are headed to Davenport for the fourth for a BIG family party, including meeting our new NEWPHEW! Who was born 6 days before Sadie Mae.
July looks to be just as busy as June so I'll hopefully get a post in.
But be sure and check out some (not all) of the new pictures at our flickr site:
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
Thanks all!
-b-
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
oh and...
I almost forgot...
TONS of new pictures are posted at our flickr site
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
*check out the new post below*
TONS of new pictures are posted at our flickr site
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
*check out the new post below*
Over a month...
Who knew being a mother of two could make me soo busy?!?! Woah.
Samantha Adeline Mae Massung graced the world with her presence at 12:15pm Monday, April 6th. She weighed in at 7 pounds 7.4 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long. Our csection and hospital stay were FANTASTIC, especially since we had a nurse we wanted for all of our daytime shifts! It's great to have a nurse who anticipates and knows your desires.
We are calling Samantha, Sadie and sometimes Sadie Mae. We basically combined the first name and the first middle name. We think it's pretty cute! She is now 5 weeks old and has already grown leaps and bounds. She had a bit of jaundice at the start of life, but we worked that right out of her system. She's currently in the sleeping portion of a growth spurt! So we know the all the time eating portion is soon to come.
Brieanna is doing fantastic with her, she was born to be a big sister! She is constantly trying to give her her pacifier and "help" when she cries. She is fairly gentle with her and I'm excited when they begin to communicate with each other. Brie spent a week at my parents when Sadie was born and during that time she gained MORE and more confidence to walk and is now walking EVERYWHERE! It's fantastic, I even caught her doing a bit of running today. Well almost. She got her first ear infection and has been a bit miserable but is getting better, the occasional tylenol has been helping for sure. I'm pretty proud that we made it 18 months with no ear infection or major cold!
Our April was filled with lots of fun, my parents came when they brought Brie back to Des Moines and got to coo over Sadie. Our friends from Michigan, J and K came and stayed over the Easter weekend and helped us out with the girls, but for the most part we just enjoyed spending time with them. My mom came back at the end of April to help me out with the girls while Ben was at an overnight youth event. She was a huge help and it was great to let her bond with Sadie. My dad was in town two weekends ago for our state wide church conference annual meeting, so he was able to spend a bit of time with the girls.
This past weekend we went to Pella Iowa for the annual Tulip Time with our friends R and M! We've been getting together with them on a weekly basis to enjoy cultivating our friendship. R is a new intern at our church and his wife M is a pastor's kid, so it's been fun to chat Pastor's Kid talk with her and laugh about kid songs we used to sing, she and I have very similar personalities. It's great to have a set of friends to be 100% honest with and who don't mind us having kiddos go everywhere with us! God has encouraged us through this friendship.
Tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary. Can you believe it? 4 years already! God is soo good. 3 years ago our anniversary was on mother's day and that was the day we found out we were pregnant with Miss Brie! Who knew she'd be born 5.5 months later, and that this year for mother's day we'd have two little blessings! Incredible.
I hope all is well with you, hopefully I will keep up a bit more with this blog! Being a mother of two and being back to working 9 hours a week is busier than I expected.
-brenda-
Samantha Adeline Mae Massung graced the world with her presence at 12:15pm Monday, April 6th. She weighed in at 7 pounds 7.4 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long. Our csection and hospital stay were FANTASTIC, especially since we had a nurse we wanted for all of our daytime shifts! It's great to have a nurse who anticipates and knows your desires.
We are calling Samantha, Sadie and sometimes Sadie Mae. We basically combined the first name and the first middle name. We think it's pretty cute! She is now 5 weeks old and has already grown leaps and bounds. She had a bit of jaundice at the start of life, but we worked that right out of her system. She's currently in the sleeping portion of a growth spurt! So we know the all the time eating portion is soon to come.
Brieanna is doing fantastic with her, she was born to be a big sister! She is constantly trying to give her her pacifier and "help" when she cries. She is fairly gentle with her and I'm excited when they begin to communicate with each other. Brie spent a week at my parents when Sadie was born and during that time she gained MORE and more confidence to walk and is now walking EVERYWHERE! It's fantastic, I even caught her doing a bit of running today. Well almost. She got her first ear infection and has been a bit miserable but is getting better, the occasional tylenol has been helping for sure. I'm pretty proud that we made it 18 months with no ear infection or major cold!
Our April was filled with lots of fun, my parents came when they brought Brie back to Des Moines and got to coo over Sadie. Our friends from Michigan, J and K came and stayed over the Easter weekend and helped us out with the girls, but for the most part we just enjoyed spending time with them. My mom came back at the end of April to help me out with the girls while Ben was at an overnight youth event. She was a huge help and it was great to let her bond with Sadie. My dad was in town two weekends ago for our state wide church conference annual meeting, so he was able to spend a bit of time with the girls.
This past weekend we went to Pella Iowa for the annual Tulip Time with our friends R and M! We've been getting together with them on a weekly basis to enjoy cultivating our friendship. R is a new intern at our church and his wife M is a pastor's kid, so it's been fun to chat Pastor's Kid talk with her and laugh about kid songs we used to sing, she and I have very similar personalities. It's great to have a set of friends to be 100% honest with and who don't mind us having kiddos go everywhere with us! God has encouraged us through this friendship.
Tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary. Can you believe it? 4 years already! God is soo good. 3 years ago our anniversary was on mother's day and that was the day we found out we were pregnant with Miss Brie! Who knew she'd be born 5.5 months later, and that this year for mother's day we'd have two little blessings! Incredible.
I hope all is well with you, hopefully I will keep up a bit more with this blog! Being a mother of two and being back to working 9 hours a week is busier than I expected.
-brenda-
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Fools Joke from inside the womb!
Well, baby decided to play a lovely April Fools Joke on us today, even though we were ready and prepared for her to come, Today's test revealed again that she was not ready. The amnio did say that her lungs were in the transitional state which is a good thing! So onto plan C (or is this D, E or F?) I'm not sure I've lost track at this point.
Monday Morning April 6th sometime around 10am she will be delivered. They will not repeat the amnio, they will just perform the csection. The only way this would change is if between now and then my water were to break, then we will go in for basically an emergency csection instead of a planned one.
Just thought you all would love to know what a great April Fool's joke this little one is playing on us! FOR SURE We'll see her Monday!
Monday Morning April 6th sometime around 10am she will be delivered. They will not repeat the amnio, they will just perform the csection. The only way this would change is if between now and then my water were to break, then we will go in for basically an emergency csection instead of a planned one.
Just thought you all would love to know what a great April Fool's joke this little one is playing on us! FOR SURE We'll see her Monday!
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