Got through it..

So on Saturday flu hit our house bad. Dallas was first and he got it bad, ended up going to the ER to be monitored and get I've fluids and meds. That same night Jason starting getting it in the middle of the night. Then it went to Reese and to me somewhat. Hoping I don't get it any worse. So I spent my time running from bedrooms to check on Jason and the kids. Jason got it really bad, it was awful I really felt bad for him. I was also running around sanitizing and washing beddings to try and keep it from spreading back and forth. Jason ended up missing 3 days of work , he went back today basically because he had to but isn't %100 better. Believe it or not my kids have actually never been sick. They have got very small colds but never flu or anything bad. I still consider us to be lucky to have only had this happen once so far. Aside from the sickness I loved being able to have Jason home.

The kids are feeling better and have dentist appointments today and then Jason tomorrow. I have a cleaning next week as well. It will be nice to have everyone hopefully healthy this weekend. Today also marks 17 weeks for my pregnancy and it seems to be going by at a good pace. It doesn't seem as fast anymore but not crazy slow either. I'm super excited to be able to feel kicks for sure. Sometimes I question maybe being able to but I'm so busy it's hard to concentrate.

Weekend...

I was reading something on facebook this morning that said " Yay it's Friday, oh wait I'm a mom." Or something like that anyways, I thought it was funny and true. Although it still feels like the weekend for me because I look forward to Jason being home. Tonight we are doing a date night in where he makes a special surprise dinner after the kids go to bed. He actually is a pretty good cook, I don't think I've been disappointed yet.

Yesterday my sister and I took the kids out to lunch at Burger King here. I never go there but since it was newly remodeled I figured the toys couldn't be too gross yet. They had a really good time and actually Reese met a little friend and it was so cute. I've never seen Reese interact so good with another little girl. The girl was a bit older but was very good with Reese and it was really cute to watch. They played all over the toys. Dallas mostly ran around and played with the smaller slide and the mesh on the toys. He ate most of both of their lunches lol. We went grocery shopping afterwards and then home. Dallas was so tired and went straight for a nap, Reese was being such a good girl I let her stay up and watch tv. She carried diapers into the bedroom and even put them away. Some days she's so sweet and it makes me happy that I can see her kind heart. She likes to do this thing where she says " I'm cold..brrr." And then she asks for hugs to warm her up. I like it, I was reading a lot about children her age and how to keep them safe from people who may do bad things. A couple things I've been working on is making her very aware of correct names of their body parts and to never make them give affection. You should ask them and if they don't want to that's their choice. So she's learning what the correct words are for her body parts not nicknames and Jason and I both ask first for affection. I'll ask " Reese can I have a hug?" Or " Reese do you want to give me a hug or kiss?" She usually says yes but sometimes no and that's okay...it should be her choice.

I have been reading truck books to Dallas and he likes that. His favorite is a Mickey truck book. It's a hard page book and has really big pictures of different kinds of trucks on it. He likes it and reading to them only helps for their talking development. He doesn't say much yet, but pediatrician said not to worry we are doing all the right things and he's not behind. Reese was kind of a late talker too, just depends. The kids both have dentist appointments next week. Dallas has to get a couple things checked on his teeth to make sure they are coming in right, they both will be getting a cleaning too.

Oh yeah, I got my hair cut last night! I cut over 9 inches off. My hair was super long and I was tired of how long it took to wash and dry and style it. I love the shortness.

Typical

Ahh typical Monday morning! Always a little bit of a drag at first with Jason returning to work and Reese hates that. On Mondays I clean up the mess from the weekend, do laundry, clean bathroom, wash bedding and towels, mop floors, vacuum. All that good stuff that got overdue through the weekend. On the weekend we usually just like to relax and spend time with each other. I usually start all that after feeding the kids and such. This morning I got in a couple episodes of Sister wives before the kids woke, I love that show.

Today reese is going to see a movie she's been wanting to see with my sister. She's been getting better and better at the movies, and she's been wanting to see this movie so she's excited. I now know how hard it is to keep kids occupied while the weather is cold. We have about had it, the kids want to go outside. We miss our daily trip to the park and their outside toys. I'm super excited for better weather, not August weather just better. Also ready for cute little short outfits too.

Well I'm off to start all the cleaning!

Fun weekend

This weekend was pretty fun, mostly because we had Jason home. He had Friday off so we went to Dallas's doctors appt, which ok wasn't that fun because he had to get a shot. We watched a couple of movies we had wanted to see had pizza and got to go bowling on Saturday. Reese usually goes bowling with her aunt but Jason had really been wanting to take her. She did good, they bowled a game while Dallas and I walked around and got some food for all of us. Dallas liked looking all around at all the different things and ppl. We headed to the arcade after eating, which thankfully we were the only ones so we got to let the kids run free. Reese loved that and it was Dallas's first time so he liked it too. We took them and redeemed their points for some prizes. Funny how you spend a lot of money to buy crappy little toys that just break :). Regardless everybody got to have some fun.

We've been relaxing the rest of our weekend, which Jason liked since he was on overtime for a while. And I might add Dallas has still been sleeping through the night :). Really hoping this is his new sleeping pattern. I could get used to some solid sleep....before #3 comes anyways.

This next weekend I'm really hoping we can get a little date night out in. It's been sooo long, usually we have pretty consistent dates. But my sister works the weekends so it's hard timing it, and our babysitter Emily left for college so we are pretty limited. We have a lot of people who just don't care to be consistently in our or the kids lives. I have friends who rarely even have to ask for someone to babysit because their family (grandparents, aunts and or good friends help them out and offer or want to spend time with the kids) well sadly that's not our case, I wish the people we would like to be more involved but they aren't and we don't trust strangers... Who would?! It's an ongoing thing that really makes Jason and I upset but oh well.

3rd night in a row...

So my sweet Dallas is a great baby besides sleeping. For 15 months he has continued to wake us 2-3 sometimes more during the night. It gets exhausting to say the least. Reese slept through the night since about 5 months old, so we were a little spoiled but STILL. Anyways.. This is the 3rd night in a row that little man has gone to sleep around 7:45 and not woken at all until about 6 for some milk. He's then gone back to sleep until about 7:30. I wouldn't even mind if he woke up at 6 so long as we sleep all through the night. I usually wake with Jason anyways around 5 or when he works overtime at 4. So it's been a small victory and I am so hoping it sticks, he's been in much better moods and mom and dad are getting a little more sleep.

Reese has been learning learning learning! She knows most her colors, can count to about 15 and knows the Abc's. We are working on her knowing each letter with the actual sound of it. We have these cool books that my sister bought for her and we do them daily. Reese really likes sitting down to do them, but she's only almost 3 so short attention span. I work with what I get though. This last about 10 days she's been a little bummed about Jason working so much. I have been trying to fill the time with baking, painting and new movies. Oh and when it's nice out she loves going outside. I am so hoping Jason doesn't have to work this weekend so Reese can get her daddy time. It kills us putting her to bed because she just wants to stay up late to see him.

Reese is turning 3 in about a month, I have so many emotions about it. I am so proud of her, she's such a great daughter. I guess if I had to sum all the emotions up and only say one thing of how I feel about Reese, it would be... Thankful. She's made our lives so wonderful, she made us push through hard times, she brought out the best ppl in us. She made us want more children and we are so happy she gets to have siblings. There's no way to describe how much I love my baby Reese. So this year I am so happy for her on her birthday. She is so excited. She has finally gotten the concept of birthday= party=cake=presents. So with going to all her cousins birthday parties all year long she is sooo happy this is her very own party. She wanted a pizza party, because it's her favorite thing to eat. So I am going to reserve an area at one of the local pizza places here. I'm just doing simple because I want to enjoy her party and not be so busy talking to others. So with that I'm also not inviting that many people lol. Parents should make there kids feel so special in their birthdays no matter the size of the party.

Baby # has been a little pain in my butt lately. Giving me extreme headaches right after the sickness went away. I've been getting relief with Tylenol (when it works) and my sister brought me a heating pad for my neck. I would say this pregnancy feel very similar to Dallas's. But not as bad at all. I feel like Reese's was a breeze compared.. Or is it because I can't remember?! Either way I feel better this time around be pause I started at a much lower weight. And I'm hoping it won't get too crazy so I can lose it fast again. I do think this baby is going to be on the larger side like Reese. It's been measuring ahead every time like she did. Jason was able to find out the sex of the baby and to my surprise I'm not freaking out. I'm looking forward to being surprised...really. It will be a scheduled csection so I'm so excited for when they tell me what it is and hold it up over the sheet :). This baby is for sure our last..it's a little sad in a way. I don't love being pregnant like some, but I love my children and they all bring such happiness to our lives. So I am happy about having 3 little ones. Yes at times I will be crazy and sleepless and not rich, but it's what we want.

Mine and Jason's little get away is less than a month away! Vegas is our spot, we love going and it's always a lot of fun for us. I will miss the kids but it's also such a much needed time for us I am very excited. Hoping I will be feeling good being prego and walking all over, if not we will take the tram or a taxi. Wish I could have a delicious Bloody Mary but I will settle for a virgin margarita or some sort of smoothie. And Jason got me Britney Spears tickets for the second night we will be there :) so excited.