Busy Being Blessed

Jamin is a DOLL

we are beginning to see more and more of his precious little personality. his eyes are doing so much better, he is smiling and laughing and talking all the time. he likes to say “hoo hoo hoo hoo” so i am calling him my little owl now. he is unbelievably precious and adorable. :love:

i’m so sad that he has started his little “nursing strike”. he isn’t eating as much as he was. i’m praying it ends soon – he’s already a pretty small guy, and i don’t want him getting any thinner.

life is getting a LITTLE easier around here. it’s still no cake-walk, but it’s not he** on earth either. ;) i am getting more normal again. bedtime isn’t as horrible as it has been either, and a lot of it is that jamin is getting on a better schedule. (ftr i’m not scheduling him, but he’s more predictable.)

i need to get some pics up at flickr. the boys dressed up on saturday. we were going to a thing at a friend’s church, but it ended up the friend had the date wrong. we were all in the van, ready to go over, when my mom called “which church was it? it’s not here!” so we had to quickly find something else to do…we found a “trunk or treat” place at a church…i was so disappointed – at a CHURCH, they didn’t even mention God. just gave candy and said the boys looked cute. come ON! i don’t need a sermon, but not even a “God bless you” or “Jesus loves you!”. i don’t know. the real reason for my disappointment was that we really wanted to go the other church. there was to be bible story skits, and at the end the kids would be given candy, then at the end there would be cookies and cider. it was a real bummer not to be able to go.

you know how we’re taking that financial peace university course at church? well, we are FINALLY getting really serious about it. we MUST get rid of our debt. no, it’s not as insane as some other people’s debt. we don’t have any credit cards, so we don’t have those racked up. but we do have a substantial amount owed. dave ramsey is a genius, and i would suggest anyone with money problems to go to his site to sign up to take his class.

speaking of money, does anyone have any unused monopoly codes lying around? if so, and you don’t need them, please email them to me! blessedmama {at} gmail {dot} com. i have a full virtual monopoly board, and still haven’t won anything but two video games.
we are still slowly but surely getting the websites up. i hope you’ll consider us for some holiday cards and gifts! :)

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Win a Dyson!

a PINK dyson! i have wanted a dyson since i saw it on tv a few years ago. now i’m not that into pink, but since this supports cancer research, i’m all for it!!

thanks julie for the link!

hope someone i know (namely, me LOL) wins!!

Pink Dyson Vaccuum Giveaway by the Domestic Diva

also, does anyone want to help me with my dream of owning a digital canon rebel?

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Been a While!

again…sorry!

we are working on the business(es) again. i found a great opportunity and am jumping on it while we’re nearing the holiday season. here are a few of the things we are offering, and i’ll add more when they are made!

also, here is a birthday card made for a repeat customer. i did her birth announcement two years ago!

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Our Most Memorable Anniversary…

but we want to just forget about it!!

yesterday, jerry and i celebrated our ninth anniversary. by “celebrated”, i only mean the non-literal term, as in, it WAS our ninth anniversary. no celebrating went on.

when i awoke early this morning, jamin and i had a cute time. he was smiling, laughing and talking to me. however, he was looking right above me, not at me. i decided it was time to call the ped. some days his eyes seem to be better. others, they seem worse. so i gave the dr a call at about 9 (remember she said if they hadn’t improved, to call and she’d set up an appt with an optemologist {sp}) and the lady in charge of referrals said she’d call me back when she got an appointment. she told me that normally it can take up to a few weeks to get in to see this guy.

well, she called back at 5 till 11and said he wanted to see jamin at 1 (i needed to be there at 12:45 tho). Hmm so while this was good because i want to know for sure, it was kinda scary because now i’m like – he’s this concerned?!

i finally figured out what to do with the big boys, because i was envisioning me needing to nurse while trying to fill out paperwork and jeremiah and josiah running around like crazy boys…mom was already coming over to watch all the boys, so that jerry and i could go out for our anniversary. so she came over a little earlier, BUT it wasn’t early enough, so i took them over to amanda’s house, and mom picked them up from there.

i ended up running behind, so i was in a big hurry, not doing great watching the road – i was trying to find where i was going. i thought i had the right building, but saw from a distance that it wasn’t the right number, after all. while squinting to see the number from afar, i veered a bit too much to the right, and went really hard into the curb. i was like oh no, i hope the tire is ok…when i turned around to head toward the correct building, i guessed the tire was NOT ok. when i found the building and parked (which was thankfully very close to the other building), i saw the tire was totally flat. it had a huge tear in it. :( wah!!!! so i went in for the appointment. tried filling out paperwork, but i was right that jamin needed nursing, so i actually didn’t get done with the paperwork until the middle of the appointment…when i stopped nursing in the exam room, jamin threw a FIT and wouldn’t keep his eyes open he was so upset. i decided to use the bottle, because then i could feed him AND they could look in his eyes. they put dilation drops in his eyes and we went back out to the waiting room. i tried feeding him the bottle while finishing the paperwork. finally got it done. went back into the room. to wrap things up, the dr said that he doesn’t see anything that he can do right now. he said some babies are born with underdeveloped (something or others) and some of them are very obvious to tell, because of their small size, while others are hard to tell, because it might be a very small difference in size. (i know, it doesn’t make a lot of sense when i say it, but it made sense to me at the time!) so he said he wants to see him back in 3 months. he was reassuring that nothing was seriously wrong with his eyes, that they looked healthy overall. he also said some parents leave and report back that a few weeks after their initial appointment, their babies’ eyes have improved. he said it’s like a lightswitch goes off in a baby’s brain and tells his eyes to start working. so we’re hoping that happens with jamin’s!!

i finally got a hold of mom to tell her about the tire. she woke jerry up to watch the boys, and came out so we could use AAA. we waited about 2 hours for the guy to come. turns out, there was a power outage on the street we were on, and it affected the traffic lights. so he ended up being behind a car accident. when he arrived, he put my donut on and we went to look for a new tire. thankfully we’d had a prorated warranty on the tire, so i only had to pay 34 dollars for it. and that was with a new lifetime warranty. so if anything ever happens to that tire, forever, i get it replaced for free. but it took over an hour to get to our van, because there were so many people there in front of us.

by the time we got home it was almost 7. mom ordered texas roadhouse for us, and went to pick up up. they were very busy so the orders were messed up.

all in all, it was a horrid, no-good, rotten day. all we can hope is amanda is right – that next year, our 10th anniversary, is the best anniversary ever.

but for the good side:

i am so thankful that jamin’s eyes are not horrible. it could have been much worse.

i’m so thankful for my mom. she is such a helper and a godsend!

i’m so thankful amanda was home and able to help out!

i am so thankful that jamin and i weren’t hurt.

i’m so thankful that jerry had the limited warranty on the tire.

and i’m so glad that we have been married 9 years. i would never want to be with anyone else.

in other news: josiah’s new favorite word is unacceptable (since i say it about their behaviour sometimes LOL) only it sounds like “unseppable”. it is SO CUTE.

our camera’s batteries are still dead. we haven’t had a chance to replace them yet. so it’s been over a week since i’ve taken pictures. can you believe it?!?!?!

jamin is 10 weeks old today and just gets cuter and cuter!!!

i am adding all my reads to the google reader. it’s really helpful to me! :) so hopefully soon i’ll be able to comment on everyone’s blogs. :D

have a great day and God bless!

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Jamin :: 2 Months Old

precious jaybug is 2 months old (tuesday)!!!! it’s completely unbelievable how fast time flies…

he is changing soooo much. he is finally smiling more often (still no pics of it!!), and on saturday he laughed aloud for the first time while awake! it was so sweet! he is totally adorable. he is awake so much more during the day, and he’s not always crying while awake. he is doing pretty good with his tummy time and head control.

i’m seeing more and more improvements with his eyes every day. he really looks around at things and tries to focus on our faces better. this is such a relief!!

he’s still a pretty tiny thing, but he eats great and is filling out some. he’s fitting into his 0-3 month outfits, and even growing out of them (mostly because he’s so long!).

i took some pics of him tues. night. the camera’s batteries died before i finished. :/ i got a few cute ones though. it’s so amazing how much he resembles both boys!! i can’t get over just how beautiful he is. how could two normal, plain looking people have such beautiful children like our boys?!

on monday, we went to a place called waterman’s farm market. i couldn’t believe we were out picking pumpkins in shorts – it was 91 degrees! there are some pics of that too. hop over and see all the pics! :)
my computer time has been VERY limited lately. i am working on something within myself, dealing with the ppd and personal anger, and it’s just been too hard to get online and get OFF when i need to. besides that, jamin is pretty demanding still. :( so i haven’t been getting on much. i miss you all and beg of you to pray for me.

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Flickr

flickr links:

NOTE: the digiscrap pages are public, since they are already seen on digiscrap sites. the photos, however, are friend/family only.
i am working on getting all previous pics up, but got 2007 up already, and will be updating very frequently.

collections: http://flickr.com/photos/blessedmama/collections/

digiscrap pages (all of them are in specific sets): http://flickr.com/photos/blessedmama/collections/72157602228023530/

brothers’ pages: http://flickr.com/photos/blessedmama/sets/72157602246322576/

jeremiah’s pages: http://flickr.com/photos/blessedmama/sets/72157602253032655/

josiah’s pages: http://flickr.com/photos/blessedmama/sets/72157602246282676/

jamin’s pages: http://flickr.com/photos/blessedmama/sets/72157602246311976/

hope you enjoy! :)

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Dr Visit

went for jamin’s 1 month/2 month dr visit today. he had shots. oh how i hate shots! he cried really hard for the right leg ones. :( he was 9lbs 8oz, diaperless. i was a little shocked that he still weighs so little, but i guess it’s pretty good for how much he weighed at birth. he’s still in the 10th percentile for weight. he’s 23 inches tho, and that’s only the 50th percentile. he is doing great with everything except his sight. she saw what i meant about his vision pretty quickly. for now, she said to just watch him, but i’m to let her know in 2-3 weeks if he doesn’t start tracking things better. she will refer a pediatric optometrist if he doesn’t improve. would you believe that the little stinker rolled from his belly to his back on the table??? she was a little surprised, as was i. we now have to watch him more closely!

josiah has been trying to potty train for a while. sometimes he does great, other times not so much! he likes using the regular toilet (big potty) rather than the little potty. i wish jeremiah liked the regular toilet! we bought josiah some real undies, but he’s not quite ready for them yet. jerry can’t handle the pee puddles on the carpet. ;) he is now officially weaned off his paci. SHEW! he’s been without it for two nights and this is his second nap without it. he hasn’t asked for it one time! good thing, because it’s not here. lol. also, he had chewed it so there’s hardly any part to put in his mouth. ew! i’m really proud of him about that tho! have i mentioned how independent josiah wants to be lately? “i do it!” is his favorite phrase lately. it’s really cute. jeremiah never did that a lot, so it’s neat for me. he wants to put his own pull-ups on, pants, shirts, washing, etc. everything is “i do it!” lol. yet he’s still mama’s little baby. he still wants me to hold him all the time. the duality of a two-year-old!!! what we are working on most with josiah is not yelling. he seems to have two volumes: loud and very loud. he is such a bundle of fun and energy, and he is just the cutest guy!!!
jeremiah is still just a trip to know. just today this is what he said; “sun, i need to tell you something. i don’t like you shining in my eyes!” “mama” (in that tattle-taley voice) “that sun is SHINING in my eyes!” lol. he has an amazing imagination, and is always pretending to be a character of some sort. “no, i’m not jeremiah, i’m diego.” or whoever it is on the particular day. he loves to tell stories too. we need to record them so i can write them down! jeremiah is doing so well with dressing himself. he never was interested in it before, so it’s been a joy to see him actually want to do things on his own. our biggest struggles with him lately have been being mean to josiah, a mouthy attitude and not wiping himself. yeah, totally different problems but all quite troublesome!
i have switched back to flickr, and thanks to an extremely generous and wonderful friend (THANK YOU!!!) i have the pro account! which means i can host as many photos as i want over there! i will be using flickr instead of the gallery now, as well as instead of my digiscrap blog. i see no need to post to multiple places when i can just post there! my digiscrap pages will be public, but all images will be friends/family only. i’m still working on uploading everything, but soon you’ll be able to view all our pics in a very orderly fashion. ;) we’re using the cheapest high speed internet now, so it’s taking longer to upload images than it did before. i will get links in the sidebar once most pics are up-to-date.
the birth announcements are here! if you’d like one, please email me your address, and if i have enough i’ll send you one!! they turned out pretty nice.

hugs!

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