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WOwee has it been a while! I have so much to talk about! first: do you like my new siggy? The wonderful gals at www.Justgraphics.com made it for me! isn't it wonderful?! it is so *me*..i just LURVE it! it has one of my all time favorite mommy verses in it. *smiles*
second: Joey is doing great! he is 3 1/2 months old now, weight just over 14 pounds and is near 26 inches long!! He is 3 months old and wearing 6 month clothing! man is he growing!!!! he doesn't have much of a set schedule. we still nurse on demand (which is still every two hours during the day with the exception of ONE 5 hour stretch during the night). he gets sleepy and is usually asleep by 9pm at night, wakes to nurse at 1-2 am eating every two hours after that until 7am when he is usually awake for the day. he LOVES his baths and is the most ticklish little baby we've EVER had! He coos, giggles, squeels and babbles. he is reaching for toys and bringing them to his mouth, although he still is learning how to open his fists to grasp properly. he LOVES his playmat and johnney jumper! his eyes are turning darker brown and i think he is going to be like Megan, bald until 18+ months! he is just so sweet though, and diffinitly a momma's boy...he seems to really have a bond with me that none of the others quite had. maybe it is just becuase we are nursing so often, but the ways he smiles and grins at me are just so precious...those are the moments i pray for God to burn into my brain that i may reflect on them over and over when i am 80 years old! lol! Joey will have his 4 month check up in the next week or so. it will be his first well baby check since his 2 week, and his first time to get his immunizations. we are selectively/delaying vaccinations with him (more about this in a post to come). he did not have his Hep B at birth, nor any at 2 months, and will only recieve Thimerosol free Hib and Polio (IPV) vaccines for his 4 month check. I will take him back at 5 months to get his DTaP. We are spacing out his shots so that he only gets one and at most, two, at each visit and no combo shots. This will maximize his chances of not having any reactions or overdoing his still developing immune system, as well as acting as the easiest way for us to identify which vax's were problematic for him *should* any reactions occur. We have been doing ALOT of research and reading on this, which as i said, will probably be in a post to come. I am just praying the pedi will understand our desire to vax our child on our own schedule and not his. the girls are doing great!! Julia is 6 weeks away from her 5th birthday! I can't believe it! Megan will be turning 4 this July as well...where has the time gone? Julia is only 6 phonic sounds away from starting Word Formation and i am so excited about this! Megan is doing wonderful as well, she is especially smitten with Joey. i have a feeling they are going to be very close to eachother growing up. third: the update on the g diapers...well, i had troubles getting them to fit Joey right. i always managed to get leaks out the legs, or the waist band would be too tight and leave a little red "belt" around him. fourth: we are in the process of getting a new vehical! as much as i hate buying "new" and hate (and i mean HATE with a vengance) having to make car payments (we usually buy our cars outright) but we have no choice being overseas...all used car dealers around are British and well, that would be fine if we wanted to pay in pounds and not dollars, which wouldn't be a big deal if the exchange rate wasn't so merciless. fifth: my newest obession! WOOD TOYS! i am SO in love with them! seriously!! they are just so pretty, and long lasting..nice heirloom toys to hand down the generations...just classic in style and in imagination possibilities!! in the last 2 weeks i have completely sold and/or donated 80% of the girls plastic, battery operated, noise making, "let me do the thinking for your child" toys, setting to replace them with classic wooden ones. my conversion came after reading this beautiful, well written article: House Art Journal: It's all about what I have to pick up off the floor. and She is so right! Some folks have philosophical reasons for choosing wooden toys: wood is a natural material. As one mother-writer (whose name I forget but who founded the Natural Baby Catalog) wonderfully reasoned: consider a sunny field of daisies. Picture a child playing in the field. The child and the field belong together -- they fit. What sort of toy fits into that picture next to the child? A Barbie Doll? Rainbow Brite? A plastic laser gun? A Bionicle? Introduce those toys and something jars. Those toys don't fit. Now picture a rag doll with the child -- a wooden truck -- those toys fit. They are natural, like the child. Intuition and instinct. That's why they give their children wooden toys...." (complete article found here)
These toys i give to my kids i have to see many many times all day, everyday. i have to pick them up, clean them up, wash them, occasionally hunt certain ones down, step on them, trip on them, sit on them, and SEE them over and over and over! so why shouldn't they be beautiful and soothing to the eyes? Not to mention they are better on the environment,
they will stand the test of time with each individual child better,
and they will enhance thier own unique built in imagination far better than the singing, beeping, speaking toys do.
So.... the cards are out on the table now *grins*... any toys that require batteries will receive VERY close scrutiny, and most will not find a home in this house. I am actually, very excited about this. I have found some great websites that sell very cute and durable wooden toys. Here is a train I am hoping to get Julia for her birthday:
Here is a link to the dollhouse we hope to get for Megan for her birthday coming up. And here is an organic/wooden teether I am going to be getting for Joey as well: The "hands" and hat tips can be dipped in water and refridgerated, and the ring is made of untreated beech wood. The inside is filled with organic wool that retains the childs own scent and warms to body heat quickly...seriously, why wouldn't they become a quick favorite cuddle friend of any child?
*grins* so there is a rather long winded update on all of us lately! some of these posts have referred to other posts on thier way...so just keep checking back! To include one terrific trip we just took last weekend to see Orford Castle. Pics and blog about it all are coming soon! Love you guys!! |
he never acted uncomfortiable, but i hated seeing it. so, figuring the smalls were too small, i tried the mediums...well, somehow they were too big. no leaks, but they just engulfed the poor child. so i went back to sposies and decided to let him put on a few pounds and try again. A month has passed and the excitement about the g's has waned, so now i'm selling them and just calling it quits. it was a neat experience and i don't regret it...if anything I am just peeved they didn't work as well as i had hoped. but none the less, cheers to new experiences lol! 
anyway...so we are forced to by new. (eeeeeeew....if we were in the states we would NEVER choose this) but at any rate, God has been SO VERY GOOD (as He always is!) and has supplied perfectly for us to finance a new van and keep the payments manageable for us. Along with what we have saved, our tax returns, and the reimbursement from our homebirth, we will be able to put down 50% on a brand new '07 Chrysler Town and Country minivan!!! we hope to have it paid off in full in the next two years if not sooner. Both joe and i are so very very excited! It is already on it's way over the great pond to us. should arrive sometime this june/july time frame. and for all those that are wondering....we picked out a light pearl blue color! 
(although they are so expensive it will take awhile to replace what i have sold..but the nice thing is, the girls never even NOTICED they were gone! sneaky sneaky and less clean up for me in the process! whoo hoo!) 
Isn't is cute? It measure 32 inches long, so it is a good size! I think both the girls will enjoy playing with this, as will Joey when he is older. Plus it is just beautiful for me to keep and have on hand for future grandchildren. *winks*
So far, my favorite wooden toy sites are these: Comments
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