Also, just a note:
I opened my blog back up to the public. Something kept telling me that I need to. I don't know what the reason is, but I felt like I had to, so I did it.
The goings on of our geeky little family and the musings and soapbox moments of the lone female in the group.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Life Is Good, Very Good
In the way of news, the biggest one is that I finally geeked out and started playing D & D with John on Friday. It's actually a lot more entertaining than I thought it would be. It's something he really enjoys and it's nice to have something to do together.
We have been gearing up for the weekend of parties. I'm having a ladies night on Friday and then Saturday afternoon is Caleb's birthday party. He has invited 5 friends, plus Ty.
I have decided to do the Personal Progress program at home. John said he'd throw me a recognition party when I finish. I've never done the program since I joined the church at the age of 19. I wanted to do something that would help me feel better about myself and help strengthen my testimony and I feel strongly that the Personal Progress program is the perfect thing to do that.
We are also starting to implement the 7 habits of highly effective families into our FHE lessons and hopefully into our lives.
Brettley has finished being introduced to 5 different vegetables and is starting fruits today. Fun times:) I've really been enjoying making all of his baby food (minus the baby cereal).
So yeah, lots of great things going on here at the Bly home. Life is good!
We have been gearing up for the weekend of parties. I'm having a ladies night on Friday and then Saturday afternoon is Caleb's birthday party. He has invited 5 friends, plus Ty.
I have decided to do the Personal Progress program at home. John said he'd throw me a recognition party when I finish. I've never done the program since I joined the church at the age of 19. I wanted to do something that would help me feel better about myself and help strengthen my testimony and I feel strongly that the Personal Progress program is the perfect thing to do that.
We are also starting to implement the 7 habits of highly effective families into our FHE lessons and hopefully into our lives.
Brettley has finished being introduced to 5 different vegetables and is starting fruits today. Fun times:) I've really been enjoying making all of his baby food (minus the baby cereal).
So yeah, lots of great things going on here at the Bly home. Life is good!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
It's Been A While
I haven't posted in over a week. It's been a rough time for me. My grandpa had a heart attack and went for what was supposed to be a triple bypass. It ended up being 6 instead of 3. The hardest part of it is that my parents decided that we weren't going to tell my brother until it was all over with and my grandpa was on the mend, since Roo's in Europe right now. I had to straight out lie to my brother and his fiance about why my mum wasn't answering e-mails. I don't lie to my brother. Roo and I have such a special relationship that we've had mothers tell us they could only WISH for their children to have. We end every conversation saying "I love you", whether it be in private or in public. Having to go through this without being able to talk to him about it was hard enough. Having to lie to him made it so much worse. Anyway, my mum finally told my brother yesterday and my grandpa is well on the mend, so things are getting better and back to normal here.
Caleb absolutely loves school. He has been looking at lots of books and has a book fair tomorrow, along with meet the teacher night and a BBQ at the school. Ty has decided that he absolutely refuses to toilet train at this point in time, so we're waiting a few weeks before we try again. Brettley has now tried squash, carrots, sweet potatoes and green beans. He doesn't like carrots unless they're mixed with something else, but he likes the rest. Next on the list to try is peas. We thought he had some hearing problems, but he's been responding to noise a lot better since then.
That's about all that's really new here. Well, I should go. I think the boys are trying to kill each other.
Caleb absolutely loves school. He has been looking at lots of books and has a book fair tomorrow, along with meet the teacher night and a BBQ at the school. Ty has decided that he absolutely refuses to toilet train at this point in time, so we're waiting a few weeks before we try again. Brettley has now tried squash, carrots, sweet potatoes and green beans. He doesn't like carrots unless they're mixed with something else, but he likes the rest. Next on the list to try is peas. We thought he had some hearing problems, but he's been responding to noise a lot better since then.
That's about all that's really new here. Well, I should go. I think the boys are trying to kill each other.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Caleb Goes To School
I just sent my baby boy off to Kindergarten. Well, he's my oldest boy, actually. But he'll always be my little blue eyed baby.
For the record, neither he nor I cried. However, Ty did. He was so sad that Caleb left without him.
For the record, neither he nor I cried. However, Ty did. He was so sad that Caleb left without him.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Update on the Kids
Caleb had his orientation yesterday. He was one of the best behaved kids in the group. I was so thrilled with his behavior. He is so excited to start school in "4 more sleeps". Caleb has also been wanting to help with Brettley a lot more. I usually let him hold the bottle while I hold Brett. My little man is growing up, I can't believe he's almost 5 years old already!
Ty has been in underwear most of the time these past few days. He's getting a lot better about it. Here's hoping it sticks and we can finish getting this figured out.
Brettley has started eating vegetables. My friend Amanda and I made him a freezer full of homemade baby food on Saturday. SOOO much cheaper than store bought and more concentrated which means more nutrition. He has been eating squash and he loves it. Tomorrow he will start carrots. Also, I think he might be getting another tooth. His appointment with the opthamologist got moved from early March to mid October, so I guess they agreed that he needs to get going on treatment instead of waiting for him to grow out of it.
Not too much else is new in the Bly home. We have had friends over on Tuesday, cousins over yesterday and today and have friends coming for a visit tomorrow morning. I'm not used to other people being around this much, but for the most part I'm happy about it (my kids don't always play the best with their cousins).
Ty has been in underwear most of the time these past few days. He's getting a lot better about it. Here's hoping it sticks and we can finish getting this figured out.
Brettley has started eating vegetables. My friend Amanda and I made him a freezer full of homemade baby food on Saturday. SOOO much cheaper than store bought and more concentrated which means more nutrition. He has been eating squash and he loves it. Tomorrow he will start carrots. Also, I think he might be getting another tooth. His appointment with the opthamologist got moved from early March to mid October, so I guess they agreed that he needs to get going on treatment instead of waiting for him to grow out of it.
Not too much else is new in the Bly home. We have had friends over on Tuesday, cousins over yesterday and today and have friends coming for a visit tomorrow morning. I'm not used to other people being around this much, but for the most part I'm happy about it (my kids don't always play the best with their cousins).
Monday, August 29, 2011
School, Logic and More
I got a phone call from Caleb's school today. He has his small group orientation on Thursday morning (no siblings allowed) and then he starts normal classes next Tuesday. So I did the smart thing and called my sister-in-law as soon as I got off the phone with the school to let her know when Caleb's orientation is. It's a good thing I did, as they tried to give her one at the same time. She ended up with a Friday one, though, so we can swap babysitting.
Brettley saw his pediatrician this morning. He's still growing well and all, although his physical milestones could be a bit better. I guess he's closer to his adjusted age with those than his actual age. The biggest concern is that it's not just 1 eye that's a problem, it's both. We have an appointment scheduled with the pediatric opthamologist for March, but his pediatrician is going to call them and see if he can get in sooner because he's not improving. In fact, he's probably getting worse. We know he can see because of how he reacts to sights, but his eyes are definitely not strong. His pediatrician informed me that he would most likely have to have surgery for it and pretty much guaranteed me that he would have to get glasses. So today was a really rough day for me trying to accept/digest this all.
Logically I know my reasons for having a hard time with it aren't right, but logic doesn't always win out. I kept feeling like these problems are because he was premature and that if I could have just done something different then maybe he wouldn't have been premature and had this problem. I tried to remember that I DID try to do what I should have. When I realized that I was contracting way too much a couple weeks before he was born I did try to go on bed rest. But that's next to impossible when you have 2 busy boys at home and no one around willing to help you out. Hopefully logic will win out tomorrow, though. It's been a toughy.
Caleb gave a talk in primary yesterday. He did great, I was really impressed. Ty has been wearing underwear a bit, but today we went through 5 pair in 2 hours. It's pretty draining. Hopefully when I do the strict boot camp on Saturday that will help him get it better.
Tomorrow is baby food making day. Should be lots of fun.
Brettley saw his pediatrician this morning. He's still growing well and all, although his physical milestones could be a bit better. I guess he's closer to his adjusted age with those than his actual age. The biggest concern is that it's not just 1 eye that's a problem, it's both. We have an appointment scheduled with the pediatric opthamologist for March, but his pediatrician is going to call them and see if he can get in sooner because he's not improving. In fact, he's probably getting worse. We know he can see because of how he reacts to sights, but his eyes are definitely not strong. His pediatrician informed me that he would most likely have to have surgery for it and pretty much guaranteed me that he would have to get glasses. So today was a really rough day for me trying to accept/digest this all.
Logically I know my reasons for having a hard time with it aren't right, but logic doesn't always win out. I kept feeling like these problems are because he was premature and that if I could have just done something different then maybe he wouldn't have been premature and had this problem. I tried to remember that I DID try to do what I should have. When I realized that I was contracting way too much a couple weeks before he was born I did try to go on bed rest. But that's next to impossible when you have 2 busy boys at home and no one around willing to help you out. Hopefully logic will win out tomorrow, though. It's been a toughy.
Caleb gave a talk in primary yesterday. He did great, I was really impressed. Ty has been wearing underwear a bit, but today we went through 5 pair in 2 hours. It's pretty draining. Hopefully when I do the strict boot camp on Saturday that will help him get it better.
Tomorrow is baby food making day. Should be lots of fun.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Assessment and Routine
I meant to post about this sooner, but there really isn't much to talk about. Caleb had his initial assessment on Tuesday with Child and Adolescent Health, which basically consisted of us telling the nurse about him, us and our family history. We go back in a couple of weeks where she will be playing with him to get a feel for how he interacts with others and what not. I also have to hand in a scan tron that I filled out with the answer to 300 questions about him. (No the 300 is not a typo)
We have started getting on a routine now in order to prepare Caleb for school. They aren't really big on parts of it yet, but hopefully they'll come around. The biggest one that they don't like is they now have scheduled play time in their room (which is where their toys are). However, I need some time in the afternoon to recharge or I have a VERY difficult time controlling my temper by the end of the day, so it's pretty necessary.
Not too much else is really new here. Brettley now eats rice, oatmeal and barley cereals and tolerates them well. Soon we'll be moving on to vegetables and then fruits. He has a pediatrician appointment coming up on Monday morning. Yeah, that's about it.
We have started getting on a routine now in order to prepare Caleb for school. They aren't really big on parts of it yet, but hopefully they'll come around. The biggest one that they don't like is they now have scheduled play time in their room (which is where their toys are). However, I need some time in the afternoon to recharge or I have a VERY difficult time controlling my temper by the end of the day, so it's pretty necessary.
Not too much else is really new here. Brettley now eats rice, oatmeal and barley cereals and tolerates them well. Soon we'll be moving on to vegetables and then fruits. He has a pediatrician appointment coming up on Monday morning. Yeah, that's about it.
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