Please forgive me its been over a month since I have wrote... I actually have started a few but couldn't find time to finish them.... here are a couple funny stories to start off....
1. Sondra was off school yesterday for MLK JR day... when I tell her we are going straight back to ranch to do laundry she gets mad b.c. she wanted to go home and play in her room and I said we its not happening I have to do laundry...and she then tells me she just needs a day to herself...how did she spend her day off of school..she lounged around watching movies all day at my sister in law Brittany's house..and Sondra still feels she needs more ME time lol...grrr...
2. a couple Sundays ago we decided in Sunday school we are going to go to Cabela's in MI right after church. on our way driving past the Perrysburg exit we see that mosque and the kids immediately say they want to stop at the castle..LOL...instead of explaining I'm not sure if it was me or Jake but one of us says you have to be a royal or be royally invited to visit the castle...I then ask..well what princess you think lives there..and after thinking Sondra says..I think it looks like Jasmine's castle... :).... we wholeheartedly agreed with her..she is so smart. They were excited about and Sondra asked what other castles we would see. I told her the princesses lived all across the united states! She then wondered out load where prince Eric lived since she thought he was cute...lol..made me laugh..she is moving up..a few years ago she told me she loved the beast and not to worry he didn't scratch her with his claws...lol... at Cabela's Stuart loved all the deer and stuffed wildlife BUT he didn't like the scary polar bear scene where its hunched over "eating" another animal..I had to bribe him telling him if he didn't smile while taking a picture in front of mommy's favorite animal (polar bear) there would be no new gun!!!>.....Sondra walked away with her first compound bow in pink...I think she likes the thought of it being like Merida from brave..as soon as we got back home her and Jake went out and tried it out... :) it was a fun filled trip and that's what I like... spur of the moment just us!...
3. Stuart loves "punching time" with his Dad... he will just run up to him and scream "punching time"..and they then start punching each other...well last Sunday right before we are leaving...and I kept telling them nagging them..COME ON! Its time to go... Stu ended up crying this punching session... and while in Sunday school in front of all the kids when my comes to him to ask how his week went he says bad acting all sad..and My mom goes well why??..and he then demonstrates how his Dad punched him in his face, head, stomach ect. lol..Sweet boy he is..
Okay..enough of funny stories..If I think of more I'll add them..3 is probably good so far!.. lol
Christmas was great... the kids loved their gifts...especially the trampoline which we have been itching to put up but wanting to wait for warmer weather...I can't wait till Shania is born and me and the kids go out jumping having a ball. I'm fortunate Jake was very open to getting a trampoline.. I didn't realize how much I missed playing on one till I seen my kids having a ball playing at the Massie's...
How about Shania?? ... she of course hasn't let me forget she is in charge... She kicks her Daddy & Siblings when they snuggled close up to my tummy...so hard..even Stu looks up at me and says: Mommy Shania kick me in my Head!!!!... Sondra the one night was checking out my bare belly and and watched Shania keep shifting her weight and my belly was misshapen and Sondra exclaims: EEEEHHHHH THAT'S WEIRD!! I sincerely was counting the days till she is in my arms... but I can wait somewhat...today marks one month of work left till my last day then off for at least 10 wks... here lately..I'm looking forward to it...hormones & dumb-asses have got me feeling that way :) I know that isn't nice or christian to say..but facts are facts...
I've lately been consumed with reading learning the whole breastfeeding thing... at first I was all formula feeding gal..but then learning about how insurance covers a pump I thought maybe I should give this breast feeding a try... then I was all about exclusively just pumping...and now I'm to the part of I'll try breast feeding and then eventually pumping when I go back to work... and now reading more and more... I wonder how I will feel about the breastfeeding issue...its the most natural way a mother has fed their child from the beginning of time...but I don't find it appealing...either way..I'm going to give it a try... go in with a open mind...and I know everything I have read- just to stick with it and try to find supportive people...which makes sense If you have supportive partner and family..you are more apt to excel whether it be Exclusively Breast feeding..or Exclusively Pumping... its a lot of work....but with support...I know I can do this... I'm curious how Stuart will take all of it... he will be home with me and Shania while I'm off...Sondra seen it a few times that age..but didn't really "comprehend" it all..as she got a bit older when Ainsley was born she actually understood it being around it and now thinks nothing of it... I'm assuming that how Stu will be but comprehend it sooner since he will be around it much more. hmm... things to think about that I'm sure aren't big issues but I over think everything... I mean everything :)
Something totally goofy but neat I seen somewhere and thought I'm going to do that!!!... and I actually did...I made email accounts for my kids and I've then them a couple short messages..pictures I take of them on my phone or video on my phone and send to their accounts or funny things they say I send... I'm going to find the files for their birthday letters on my laptop and send those to them too...
Saturday I was unexpectedly left all to myself all day... the day before my in laws asked for the kids... I was all for it..and then when Jake tells me to make sure they are ready by 10am..I was really okay with it...and then when his Dad came and I asked when would they might be home... and heard maybe 9..I was really happy... lol... I got my dishes done..living room straightened up all the clean clothes put away... and the armoire cleaned out ready to be moved out of the kitchen...so I can get my NEW dishwasher picked up from my in laws (our Christmas gift from them).. I'm very excited!!! but I had a great day actually cleaning and resting some..but by 7pm I just sat there and looked around..I was too sore to move but felt uneasy that my house was that quiet... I was happy to get a text quarter till nine saying the kids would be home in a few :)... I'm thankful for parents that don't mind taking the kids... nice "break" for me... We are so blessed for both sets of parents and siblings that always help out...
So..to do list before Shania gets here...
1. Kitchen needs a full clean up..armoire out declutter everything!...
2. I need a bassinet (which thankfully Nungester cousin has one for me to use) just a matter of getting it
3. Need a boppy pillow or attempt to locate the one we had with Stu (Jake may have confiscated it and used it for a pillow lol)
4. Bottles? the whole breastfeeding issue interferes with this todo item..I'm sure its something we may just run out and get if
5. Order breast pump- which I'm doing Friday... b.c. of insurance you are only allowed to order no sooner than a month before delivery...
6. acquire hand me downs from Jess' girls..which she is working on that as we speak..she sent me a pic of piles saying she is trying not to cry... after I get those I'll sort through and see if I really need to buy anything and make a trip to Once upon a child...
I think that is it???? lol... once Shania gets here and I'm home... a lot of things are gonna change in the clum household..like we will finally put in a washer and dyer should be warmed up by then...the kid's rooms will get a make over..with Mommy being home I'm going to sort donate toys from Mostly Sondra's room... and Stuart will need a new bed...I've thrown around the idea of bunk beds for both rooms... Sondra has mattress but needs a new bed frame.. Stuart & his friend Connor broke his toddler bed after a jumping session..which.. it was originally Sondra's toddler bed. so it made it through 2 kids...it done its job!! :) so big changes coming soon :)
also he will be totally annoyed/irritated I even mentioned this..but I'm proud to say My Hubby has quit chewing...its been over a month..I'm so proud of him...I love that man... I pray its for life..but the effort he has put forth this far is amazing...I can't believe it myself..
well that's all I got...hopefully I can update you sooner..and not wait another month... jeeze time slips right through my hands...
Love you ,
Me <3
