weekly update

this week was a doozy.

makai's left front tooth was coming in

he seriously is quite opposite of emi is so many things already.

emi was a no symptom teether, like oh..when did that tooth come in?

while makai on the other hand, is an extreme teether

as his dr. commented on the happenings of my week.

on sunday we had general conference.

and this is how emi thought she would be able to watch it.

she cracks me up.

she does this when i have her, have quite time in her room

i'll go in and check on her, she will be laying in bed

playing on her leap pad or watching a show.

her and i talk about giving her toys to boys and girls that don't have toys

cause she won't 'play' in her room

i think it's because she doesn't want to have to clean it up.

emi is starting to want to do other chores.

one of her favorite things besides cleaning the toilet

is using a hand vacuum on the stairs.

we also turned her 'toy monster' into makai's toy box for all his little toys.

the toy monster did it's job in the beginning.

but eventually turned into being a bad thing

turning bed time into melt down city.

this is happening. he would love to stand if he was steady.

he can stand and will with a little support

support meaning he doesn't fall to the side or forward smashing his face.

he is so close to crawling, it's driving me crazy. like just do it already.

and he pulls himself up onto his knees, then looks at me like...now what?

i guess running down the stairs is hilarious.

emi's batteries died shortly into our walk

which meant she asked me every 5 seconds how much further.

we met up at the park with some friends..

silly face! since neither would smile and look at me.

emi still prefers the swing over anything else.

and once snacks were brought out, she parked it on the bench 

eating every snack we brought.

dun...dun...dun...the front tooth.

it is finally through. thank goodness.

so on wednesday he threw up twice.

then the diarrhea started. so much fun, let me tell you.

the weird thing was, he wasn't throwing up consistently.

thursday, another day of both ends. and fussiness.

but no fever or anything else that would make me think he had a bug

or the flu or something. and he only threw up twice again.

i thought if he was sick, he wouldn't keep anything down. 

the throwing up stopped by friday, or so i thought. 

sometime in the afternoon he threw up again, so i called the dr. for some advise.

it said it is rare that teething causes vomiting, but in extreme cases

those that don't handle pain well, and the example he gave me

was women throwing up in labor from pain.

awesome, so he was having the equivalent of labor pains from his tooth

and i hadn't given him any medicine, frozen teething ring, numbing stuff...etc

i tried feeling the tooth to see, 'where we were'.

and he would clamp his mouth shut. well i felt it today. it's through!! 

can't wait to see his snaggle tooth.

he seriously has so much volume to his hair.

cracks me up. every day i think of cutting it shorter. 

but for some reason i can't bring myself to do it.

he is turning into such a messy eater.

like hitting the spoon and spreading it everywhere

days later he will still have stuff up his nose.

i've been using a q-tip after bath time now.

ugh...the bratty sleeper was back most of the week too.

i just held him and let him sleep where ever, when ever 

he will sleep for a long time if sleeping with my blanket.

otherwise it's 30-45 minutes and as short as 10 minutes.

emi came home with this little handout 

so excited for her. i think she will do good.

when i have gone into primary for enrichment handouts

she is the only one in her class sitting, forward in her chair.

so proud that she sits still and engages in the songs and sharing time.

keeping tabs

so with google reader out the door, so i hear.
i was trying to think of how i plan to keep up with reading blogs
even though it seems like blogs are out and instragram is in
but whatever...i plan to keep on blogging
and i love reading everyone that still blogs, blog
even if i am a horrible friend and never comment.
the reason for this is....i always look at the internet on my phone
rarely do i ever sit at the computer, except to blog

anyways, i stumbled upon someone switching to bloglovin.com
it's free, seems to be like googler eader (i just signed up)
and there is an app for it.
i figure i'd put this out there in case anyone is looking
for something to use besides google reader

i still plan to use google reader until it shuts down
unless i fall in love with bloglovin
then i might switch before, who knows
it feels like switching to the timeline on FB
or the new pinterest layout...
i use to think i was good with change.


over and out :)

weekly update

amazing the difference of documentation of easter

last year i had camera and video recorded her discovery 

this year...we basically got swatted in the face 

saying: wake up! the easter bunny left me something.

while eddie and i still half asleep go out of bed

only to walk into the living room, where emi went through her 

easter basket in 2.5 seconds and was asking to eat candy.

then she wanted to go outside and jump in the puddles

as it had rained and stormed all night.

after jumping in the puddles she came across a huge worm

we made eddie come lift it up. it was huge.

eddie swung it towards her, where she screamed bloody murder

and probably woke all the neighbors before 7am.

mr. makai all ready for church.

i love his hair combed over. except it doesn't stay.

once dried it poofs right up.

he has been drooling so bad, and has a little rash on his chin

his top, front tooth is coming in...soon

after church we headed to oma and opa's

while lunch was cooking we had a little easter egg hunt.

tanner's eggs had money...while emi's had candy.

it was fun to do an outside hunt.

since we had hide our eggs in the house since it was storming outside.

oma ordered a special easter bunny cupcake for tanner and emi

emi ate one ear. i felt bad. but she won't eat cupcakes.

and i think by the time we ate dessert she was all sugared out.

jumping on the couch, wearing her new zebra shirt.

with day old crazy hair.

this week she declared she only showers on wednesdays, saturdays and sundays

basically she has figured out the only days we actually go somewhere.

otherwise we have no pressing issue to actually get ready.

emi was so excited to use her jamba gift card.

i love how she insists on ordering but won't walk loud or clear

so i basically have to repeat everything she says.

she gets mad if we go out to eat and we order for her.

yum! strawberries wild...her favorite.

she loves to sit and wait on the stools.

weird she also likes to order a pretzel...the only bread she will eat.

working on his crawling.

he has come a long ways from this.

i wish our carpet was a little bit softer.

but whatever...we are renting. and he won't be rolling around on it for long.

makai enjoyed his first pizza crust.

he is over baby food. he likes more real food.

he begs and cries all the time if we eat in front of him and not share.

this works perfect since emi doesn't eat it.

such a good sport. as if he knows any better.

emi is lucky he has hair :)

she even took the "flat iron" to his hair. 

i had to stop her when she started putting "make up" on him

she was practically poking his eye out with her plastic eye shadow brush.

our city has a great food truck 'community'

the first wednesday they meet where the ice skating ring was.

eddie goes for a burger place, i go for the shaved ice.

i spent most of my week working on these participation trophies 

i tried putting our pack number on them

but my vinyl wouldn't stick to the wood

drove me crazy....but eddie was right. the boys didn't care.

tanner got his braces off. 

i need to get a picture of him.

emi refused to take a shower or get dressed.

i had no shame and brought her in her pajamas

his appt was around lunch time. we went messy hair and all.

just not worth the fight sometimes.

literally the night before the derby i was still racking my brain 

for 'winner prizes' i couldn't think of anything

then i decided everyone likes candy

and tried my hand at making candy bouquets.

they turned out alright. and the boys really liked them.

emi has been throwing up lately at night.

like she has thrown up 3 times in the last couple weeks.

totally random. super annoying in the middle of the night...and gross.

it's always at 2am, and she comes in and says she needs to throw up

she threw up like once an hour all night

and took 3 naps the next day. she must have been exhausted.

makai is out for blood.

or something to relieve his tooth pain.

his front tooth is almost through.

you can feel and see it, but has yet to poke through.

he will bite your toe if given the chance.

or he will lick your leg...smooth or hairy, he doesn't care.

makai sat the entire time during the pinewood derby in the bumbo

then like clockwork he wanted to go to bed

eddie just put him in his car seat and he fell asleep within seconds.

he even slept through all the yelling and cheering.

 

we have a super small pack. like 10 kids.

they all had a great time. 

i'm glad it's over and am hoping this is my last pinewood derby.

as i've been told i might be released from cub master calling.

that's another story for another day.

4 year old interview

 

love her self portrait. she looks like a bug.

i'm thinking i'm suppose to glue a picture there...maybe i'll staple it.

with that hidden treasure underneath it.

it was really hard to think of her accomplishments

because i don't have anyone to compare her to

after i wrote the cell phone comment...i thought

duh! even a 2 year old now a days can work any cell phone.

here is where i found the template.
(click on here, and it will take you to template)

almost crawling

makai is so close to crawling

he even is trying to pull himself up

he did it once successfully today....ekk!

he is so dang cute!

wanna see me do a push up?

so he is doing the tee-pee crawl

where only his feet and hands are on the ground

he only goes forward a tiny bit.

emi staying hydrated from her tea cup

she likes to fill this tea cup up from the bathroom sink.

of course she has to turn silly.

i can't help but notice how some of her hair is straight

that is totally hair dried, not scrunching at all.

i'm thinking her hair is like mine, the longer it gets

the less curl i have.

his preferred method of travel is still rolling

and has discovered he can slide better on the tile.

perfecting his push up position.

21...22....23....24....25....phew!

say what?!?

this must be the 4 year old duck lip. ha!

easter

i have a couple of pictures on my cell phone

but these will have to do for now.

i might add them later or just add them to the weekly update.

our ward had an easter egg hunt saturday morning.

listening to the rules.

my barefoot child. the minute we get somewhere she asks to take her shoes off.

emi was all over the place.

she had so much fun and she was so fun to watch.

luckily my mom was there, and makai took a nap

he never falls asleep besides in his crib or car seat

i had to take a picture, he was out!

she seriously had so much fun!

everyone always compliments me on her hair

which is funny, cause i just do what i can to tame the mane

this is my favorite hair style though.

 

gma had a easter basket for her and makai

i thought it was funny. my mom asked her if she knew what peeps were

she said yea. like duh. they are birds....that are pink.

maybe you had to be there, her tone was stating the obvious

when really she had no clue they were marshmallows

that's cause i eat them before she gets a chance :)

the easter bunny visited our house as well.

eddie and i went out that night and got home late.

i literally was in bed for the night when i remembered

gasp! i still need to put her basket together and fill the eggs and hide them!

you know how hard it is to buy things and keep them hidden

i prefer to shop once eddie is home and emi is asleep.

7 months

mr. makai turned 7 months on my birthday

weird to think he is past 6 months

he is doing all the typical 6 months things

sitting up, eating solids, trying to crawl...

i don't know why but i love this picture.

but then it also reminds me of the fat kid in harry potter

the mean one...not sure of his name.

my new favorite picture of makai.

his hair looks like this for no more than 15 minutes

then his hair starts to dry and it poofs way up.

yes he is standing....on his own....on a chair

 sometimes he just won't bend to sit. he's stubborn.

so i let him stand, don't worry i was right there

to watch him face plant it catch him if he fell

he now has three teeth.

all on the bottom and a 4th one is brewing.

you can see it, but it has yet to emerge.

he loves peas, well any vegetable

he will eat anything really

but thinks all fruits are tart and makes a silly face.

if he doesn't like it, he will half spit it out

if he loves it, he begs for more with his mouth open

he acts like the typical starving 15 year old :)

we've turned a corner...sort of.... with his sleeping issues

now we have new sleeping issues :)

he usually has oatmeal and food around 5:30-6

then he takes a bath, then plays until about 7

7:15 if i can buy more time.

then he nurses and goes to bed for the night

he is usually in bed by 7:15-7:30 and sleeps until 12:30

like on the dot.

then from 12:30-3:30 he goes from sleeping a little bit then wakes up and cries

basically in 20 minute increments. 

a couple things happen at 3:30

he either decides to give up and passes out, he gets brought into our bed

or he is put in the swing to sleep the rest of the night.

i've tried every scenario and am at the point of not going in to replace the binkie

when he wakes up at 12:30

his dr. has ok'd that he is old enough and weighs enough

that he doesn't need a night time feeding

i have even tried feeding him at 12:30. doesn't work for a couple of reasons

he nurses horribly because he falls asleep a couple minutes in

and once back in bed after being asleep he will wake up.

when he does cry, his cry is a mad one.

he stops crying once he hears me in the night before I even enter his room. 

i replace his binkie then he screams and cries until i come back.

it's exhausting really. 

i'm failing miserably trying to go to bed at 9

so i can at least sleep a couple hours at a time.

other than his sleeping "issues" he is the perfect baby

he rarely cries and if he does, he has a reason

just today, two people i see once a week

said today was the first day they had ever heard him fuss before

and that was because i stopped 'jumping' him up and down, my arms were tired.

this face resulted in me forcing him to sit, bend at the waist.

he hates being forced to do anything.

he has a sweet spot as i call it, to sleep

and when i force him to his side when being difficult

he will force his arm back, usually hitting himself in the head. ha!

he is so close to crawling.

he rarely sits up anymore as he always is lunging to get something

that is usually out of his reach but thinks he can get it

he rolls all over the living room

and if he is somewhere else when i leave the room

i will come back and when i 'find' him, he will smile real big

and sometimes even laugh...he must think he is funny.

he also prefers to stand. he tries so hard to stand against things

if given the right support he pull himself up.