Life seems so hectic right now...in reality it's not any more hectic than usual, it just FEELS so.
Landon started first grade. They grow so much in Kindergarten--that's a given. But I never knew how much they would grow academically in just the first month of first grade. Landon's penmanship is improving by leaps and bounds. And he is a bona fide reader now! There are some words that I am in awe that he knows, and then there are others that he won't sound out and it's frustrating. He has homework every night, Monday through Thursday. It is just a math worksheet, a writing/words worksheet, and to read/be read to for fifteen minutes. And it falls on me to be the taskmaster. He gets so upset with me when I come home from work and tell him we have to do homework. So I have now instituted a reward policy...if he does his homework without complaining each night, then he can buy his lunch at school one day the next week. Seems to be working nicely so far...
I have decided I DO NOT like the age three. I didn't like it with Austin or Landon. I do not like it with Ryan. And I will not like it with Carly. (I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I am.) Ryan is sooooo mean. He is constantly "beating up" on Carly, and even Landon. Whatever happened to my sweet little blondie?? But, as he grows up, he cracks me up with the things he says and does. He LOVES Mylie Cyrus...so last night he has boppin his head and singing along with her on TV.
Carly...Carly...Carly. There is so much going on in the world of Carly. Her seventh tooth started poking through this past week (the day Patrick Swayze died). She is drinking milk from a sippy cup all by herself! But the big news is she is walking!! She started taking steps here and there the last couple of weeks. Then it turned in to six or seven steps at a time the last couple of days. Then it turned in to her walking everywhere last night. It's too cute. She walk really slow to keep her balance. And she's so little that it looks funny for her to be walking around! Go, Carly!!
I have been crazy busy at work. Some days were crazy due to patient load...we had forty-some deliveries in the first five days of September. That kinda capped off a hellish three weeks of every room full and more coming in every time you answered the phone or the door. Right now I am trying to finish a big project...one more thing (and it's just a class!) and I am D-O-N-E!!! This has been something I have worked on since January, and it feels soooo good to be pretty much finished! Being the overachiever I am, I feel like I have gone over and above what was asked of me, but at least I can say I truly earned my bonus and the level III RN title!
I start back to college in November. I am bridging to get my bachelors in nursing. It is an online program, and it should only take me a year or so. Baylor pays for it, so I am psyched!
There's way more going to in the Caro household, but I just do not have the energy to put it out there for all to see. Plus I have to get dressed for church--such a bright spot each week!!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Been a While....
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Success!!!!
Let me tell you a little back story, as it will make my success seem even sweeter!
It all started when Landon was a little baby, he had numerous, numerous ear infections. He would wake up every hour crying, so to preserve what little sanity I had, I let him sleep in my bed. This trend continued until he was three years old and Ryan was born. Move one out, move another in...Ryan started to sleep in my bed because it really was easier to feed him in the middle of the night with him so close.
Fast forward two years, for the past several months, we have had Ryan still in our bed and Landon sleeping in a toddler bed in our room. Landon was "scared" of his room and, with a new baby waking me up all the time, I needed sleep, so I let them continue on so I could get snatches of glorious sleep here and there without having to deal with the crying and whining.
So last week, Steve took Landon's mattress off the bed during a tornado warning and never put his bed back together. Saturday night, Landon feel asleep on the mattress on the floor while watching TV. I left him there. And I put the kicking and screaming Ryan in the toddler bed. I was NOT going to give in that night. And guess what?? It worked!!! Ryan slept all night in his bed and Landon slept all night in his own room!!
And now, three days later, the trend continues!!!! Woo hoo!! (Except now Carly is in my bed because that's the only way I can get some sleep....move one out, move another in....LOL)
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!!
Landon being silly!!
Our Surprise!!!
February 2008
Ryan loves Peanut Butter!
Landon, silly again!
March 2008
Snow Day!!
Easter Egg hunting!
April 2008
Ryan!
May 2008
Four months pregnant...It's a GIRL!!!
We picked a name!! Carly!!
Landon graduates from Pre-K!
Ryan
June 2008
Five months pregnant!
Six months pregnant!
July 2008
Playing outside!!
August 2008
Seven months pregnant!
Gotta love that smile!
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Belly Cast I made of my belly when I was 37+3 days pregnant
Right after Carly was born...boy, did I ever look rough!!
October 2008
Carly lying in my belly cast!
Landon, Carly & Ryan!
November 2008
First smiles!
Landon's SIXTH birthday!
Ryan and Carly
December 2008
Lookin' cute!!
Carly in her Christmas dress!!
Christmas at Granny's
Landon opening gifts at Granny's
Austin opening gifts at my mom's house!
Don't know why the date says 12/24...this was Christmas morning!
I wonder what 2009 has in store for us???!!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Of this and that...
Wow--I have been soooo absolutely busy over the last week. I have been trying to jam pack all sorts of stuff into my last couple of weeks off work. I start back a week from Tuesday, and while I am looking forward to being with my work "peeps," I am feeling this incredible sadness at leaving Carly. This is the youngest I have ever had to leave a baby--I know she is too young to remember that I am away from her, but I feel like her soul will know. I know that sounds crazy. I am also freaking out because she refuses to take a bottle. Angela was able to get her to take a little bit the other day, but I worry about how she will eat when I am away from her for over 12 hours at a time. I bought her a bottle shaped like a breast yesterday, but she hates it too. Uggghhh... She has been awfully clingy lately, like she knows something is up. I will miss our naps and just holding my sweet baby girl all day, without a care in the world. I will miss picking up Landon from school every day...it's our special time. I will miss hanging out with Ryan on his days "off"...just me and him and his "cute baby Cahdy."
I am trying to finish the room in the garage...without any help. So as you can imagine, it is slow going. All that's left is to finish texturizing the ceiling, paint, and install carpets. Oh, and install some closet doors, but that is going to take some finagling b/c the area is very wide.
I bought a "Miracle Blanket" for Carly yesterday, and, boy, let me tell you, it lives up to its name. It truly is a miracle, because my sweet angel slept for almost NINE hours last night!! Of course, I was hurting very bad (the girls...hehe) and a hilarious encounter with the pump ensued at around 6:00 this morning. That my friends, is a post for another day...but lets just say it involved some leaking, spraying and changing clothes.
Well--Carly is ten weeks old now, and I will have to post some of her pictures from this past week when I have the time.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Alert the Media!!
Important announcement:
