3 months!

Our little Andrew is three months today! Seriously?!?!??! I just weighed him... 16.8 pounds!! and about 25 - 25-1/2". he didn't lie very still. He hasn't done anything exciting yet. He has tried to roll over once, just once. Got about half way and then got his foot caught in one of the toys on the play mat. Yes I saved him. He's sleeping from about 9:30/10 to 5ish. Almost 5 on the nose. He's a better alarm for me than Eric's alarm in the morning.

Here are a couple of pics from the past couple of days:

From May

first nap in the crib

From May

silly little boy

From May

tried a bottle... wanted nothing to do with it

From May

playing

Here are Andrew & Kathryn at three months for comparisons:

From May

From May

And as when Kathryn hit three months, it means that Mommy has had this little boy for a year. Some sort of celebration is in order!

May Pictures

I took a trip with the kiddos to Georgia (all by myself going, and then coming back with the help of Grandma) at the beginning of the month. Dad was having neck surgery and Randy was going to be in town, so I decided to head to Rome also (thanks Eric for letting me go!).

From May

Mom & Dad have two dogs. This one is Tuesday, she was Mamma & Granddaddy's dog... Granddaddy found her on Tuesday, hence the name. Kathryn at first was scared of the dogs which didn't make sense because she had been around them before. But by the end she was chasing them around.

From May

I bought Andrew a bouncy chair at one of the local consignment stores so he had something to do while we were there. If he's laying on the ground, Kathryn won't give him any rest. He seemed to like it and even took a couple of naps in it.

From May

I took Kathryn's "bouncy ball" with us. She was playing with Uncle Randy and the ball hit her in the chest. She thought it was the greatest thing. Randy would throw the ball, she would giggle, and then give him the ball back. This went on for at least 10 minutes.

From May

Uncle Randy & Andrew

From May

Granddad, Kathryn, Andrew & Uncle Randy

From May

Dad went out for something and Kathryn had to go with him. I don't remember who started picking the weeds but Kathryn had fun. Course Dad was pulling the entire weed and Kathryn was just pulling the tops off. She would pull a bunch and then throw it in the pile.

From May

One afternoon we went to the mall in Rome for lunch. We let Kathryn blow a little energy at the play area. She had so much fun. Our mall doesn't have anything like this. She was also a little bit of a bully. She ran smack into two different kids when running around the corner. I can't say too much. The first boy was running too. The second, a little girl, was barely walking and the mom with her wasn't paying much attention and smack she went down. Kathryn didn't seem phased at all. She would get up and say "I okay."

From May

On the way home, we stopped at Grandma & Grandpa's. Kathryn was cooking Daddy an egg complete with hot sauce. Thankfully it wasn't a real egg for the amount of hot sauce she used! Grandma then drove back with me which made stopping for feedings a lot easier!

From May

This is a typical Andrew picture.... lying down and smiling. He is always smiling. He is such a flirt! Most of his play time is me trying to keep Kathryn off of him. She loves Andrew and always wants to give him kisses and hugs. Thankfully he doesn't mind.

From May

I finally got his crib cleaned out! Yay!! and his room is almost only his room. He did take a nap in his crib yesterday. We are one step closer to getting him in there at night. He loved the Georgia Tech mobile. He would get so excited and all those limbs were moving like crazy. And the smiles!!

From May

Like I said, if Andrew is somewhere she can get, Kathryn has to be there also. This may be my only problem getting him into his crib... is keeping her out!

From May

Isn't he such a cutie!

weights & movies

I wanted to share some random things that didn't seem to warrant a blog posting for each item, so here it goes:

I have pictures to post when I can get my hands on the camera & the cable at the same time.

I weighed Andrew last week when I got back from Georgia (really didn't like what I saw on the scale for me, but that's a different subject) and he weighs 15.6 pounds! Can you believe it?? He was only 11 weeks. I think I need to start teaching him football now.

I ordered size three diapers for him the morning.

I am starting to put the three months clothes in the "outgrown" pile and finding the 3-6 month clothing that is stashed away.

I noticed on the pack-n-play that the bassinet says to stop using when the baby can push himself up on his hands and knees or reaches 15 pounds... which ever comes first. I really need to get his room finished!

Kathryn has a new favorite tv show... Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Thankfully two different episodes come on everyday and I have DVR'd a couple.

Kathryn also has a new movie that she likes and asks for more than Tinker Bell... Finding Nemo. I usually get "I want to watch the fishies" sometime before breakfast.

I also weighed Kathryn this morning. She's up to 27.2 pounds. She has gained about two pounds and 1/2" since the end of January.

i sorry mommy

A day of cleaning is well worth it when I am on my hands and knees cleaning blue crayon off my kitchen floor and this little angel comes to me with the most pitiful little voice and says "I sorry Mommy. I so much sorry." Course I didn't hear this when also cleaning the blue off the coffee table, and the red off the marble fireplace surround, and the orange & brown off the white wall (that Mommy really wants to paint anyway, but especially now I can tell the previous people used an eggshell... ewwww.).

somebody pray for me!

I'm warning those of you who don't really know me, you are about to learn about the dark side of Jennifer.

Kathryn has hit the terrible twos... rebellion, hitting, telling us no, pushing other children at church, flat out just looking at us tell her not to do something and doing it with that mischievous grin. I colored my hair a couple of weeks ago to wash out the grays and it doesn't look like I touched it. I am getting so frustrated that as I sit here typing my hands are shaking and my heart is racing. I yell. If you know me well, you know that I yell and I have a temper. I like to hit. I really need to find a racquetball court... preferably one without glass walls because I can't really play but I love to hit that little blue ball has hard as possible.

Kathryn has Mommy's temper and stubbornness. After the fifth, sixth, I don't know because I lost track, time of trying to get her to go down for a nap and her crawling out trying to be cute, I shut the door... for real. I've never put her in a room and completely shut the door. She can't get out. She's crying. Which makes me even more on edge. And the stupid cat will NOT get out of my face! He's next. Yes, it is early for her usual nap time (2:30). But I have what will likely turn out to be a waste of time doctor's appointment at 3:45 and I'm taking Kathryn to a friend's house to play. She needs to nap or she will be a larger pill than normal. We got home from MOPS and she was tired. I told her after lunch was nap time. She finished her mac & cheese asked "Kathryn get out please please please Mommy". I mean, three pleases, I had to let her out. She tells me it is nap time and she heads to her room. I'm thinking this is easy. Oh my I could so beat her butt. But she would just tell me "no mommy don't do that" and proceed to hit me back. I'm being taught by my child that isn't even two. I get frustrated and mad and I spank. We've tried time outs, but do you seriously think that works? Ha!

I need help and prayer. I know part of her problem is me. I know that I have anger problems and expect her to be this wonderful little angel. I mean she looks that way when she is sleeping so why the big jump to bully when she is awake. me. I need an attitude and heart adjustment. I need a clear and level head. I need that peace that Jesus so clearly offers but I can't seem to hold on to. I need to figure this out soon before I say things to her that I regret for years. I know I am capable of saying such things as thoughts of things I said to my brother years and years ago haunt me still. I need and desire for an embrace of wisdom and love that I can share with Kathryn and be ready to share with Andrew. I want my children to know that Jesus is even more caring than Mommy but want them to be awed by that because of the love that I show them.

I am asking for help. I am asking my prayer warrior gals out there to stand beside me as try to cling onto the heels of Jesus and break my anger and temper and be able to discipline my children with love and correction.

look!!! videos!!

Kathryn's version of twinkle twinkle little star....

One happy little Andrew...

pictures and more pictures

Here are a few pictures from the past week.

Great Grandpa & Grandma Waugh came to visit since they were visiting Grandma, Grandpa, Caleb & Esther in Atlanta. We took them to the Airborne & Special Ops Museum while they were here. We hadn't been yet (well.... Eric still hasn't been. He was at work.)

From April

I try to get a few pictures of the kiddos together when they are playing on the floor. It usually is a good time since Kathryn won't let Andrew be by himself when he his reachable. Tummy time is hard because Kathryn is always in his face... or on top of him trying to give him a hug. See...

From April

Oh my children... what faces you make!

From April

From April

(Thanks to Jim & Diane for Andrew's outfit!)

Kathryn likes candles. Kathryn likes fire. Mommy didn't get to the firestick quickly enough and Kathryn wanted the candle to be on fire. Don't worry. She didn't actually do anything besides get in trouble for having the firestick and for standing on her activity table.

From April

Sunday morning I gave Andrew his first tub bath. So it is a whale tub, it is still a tub and not a washcloth bath. Thankfully I had not taken a shower yet. I took this picture before I started cleaning him. I took the washcloth off of him to start his bath and he gave me a shower. I'm sure it won't be the last one.

From April

Kathryn & I went to check the mail this afternoon. I didn't even see the box sitting by the front door. Kathryn says "Look! A box for Kathryn!". It is only the second box Nana has sent recently, but I guess if there is a pretty box on the front porch it must be for her! Nana sent Kathryn a new pair of shoes and three new tutus. I went to cut the tags off the shoes and she decided the white tutu was a good one to start with. Isn't she just adorable! Yes she is wearing pigtails and yes that is the race on the tv... she may be wearing tutus but she's going to be a little redneck!

From April