Tears

Actual tears.  I'm crying about weaning a baby.  Stupid.  I'm not ready.  I think my body is though.  I'm taking 9 fenugreek pills a day just to be able to nurse her twice a day?  She's 11 months and I should be proud of that accomplishment but sometimes this little part of me stamps her foot down and pouts and wants to scream "WHY CAN'T ANYTHING GO THE WAY I WANT IT TO GO!"

That doesn't mean that everything that happens is bad, it just means sometimes I want things to go the way I WANT them to go!  I wanted to make it to two years (yes, I'm sure some of you will be thinking gross, I don't care, breastfeeding is good.)

On a bright note, I finished project #2.  Headband made out of the sleeve of a t-shirt and some knit fabric scraps.

Goal time

I've decided that I'm going to make a goal of using all of my fabric stash by Christmas.  I'm banning myself from purchasing more in order to obtain this goal.  The only exception will be thread, elastic, etc.  NO FABRIC!  I have a decent stash of quilting cottons, several yards of knits, solid and print, some chiffon's and satins and lots of lace.

Should be interesting.  I would apologize in advance if you end up with a homemade Christmas gift, but I would be lying, mwahaha.

Project #1 is a quilt square for a Bai Jia Bei (100 good wishes quilt) for a dear friend hoping to adopt in the near future.  Pictures will follow each project.  And most will be for my girls of course.

Pictures

Priorities

Little Miss is growing just great!

At 10 months:
your child is 17.94 pounds, and that is
at the 17th percentile for weight.

She's on her hands and knees crawling now instead of the army crawl and is still getting the hang of cruising furniture.  She has had a few bumps on the coffee table but nothing to dampen her spirits.

The girls are still loving their new school and our new neighborhood and ward.  Ainsley's best friend across the street is unfortunately moving soon though.  It's been so great having a little friend so close so she will definitely be sad when they leave.

Caelan had her first over night sleepover with Grandma Patty and held up like a champ!  She was so proud of herself for staying all night long.

The new house is still coming along.  I feel like I haven't had the time to get it all put together but slow and steady wins the race right?

I'm anxious for the cooler weather, even more so since the AC in my car is acting up.  I figured I can put off fixing it until March as long as I can make it through the next few weeks.

The 'rents are thinking of ditching Christmas and spending the weekend at a friend's cabin instead.  The big kids could ski/snowboard, kids could go sledding.  I think it would be fun for sure.  I think it would make a memorable holiday for all of them/us.

I feel like there's more to update but of course, it's time to work.  So I'll get some pictures up real quick instead :)

Joy

Quinn is sick.  After I got approximately 3 hours of sleep last night, I was up at 5.  I finished worked, made breakfast hahs for the fam.  I got kids to school by 7:15.  Came home and played with sick but somewhat happy baby until 8:30.  We both laid down for a nap for a couple hours.  Quick visit to my sick mama to say hello.  Back home, made myself some leftover hash for lunch, worked for an hour.  Picked up kids at 2:35.  Got home by about 3 (after thinking my car was going to break down because it was emitting a horrible smell).  I worked for another 30 minutes while the girls kept themselves entertained.  Neighbor girl invited them over for an hour while dinner cooked (whole wheat calzone with prosciutto and pesto, DELISH) while Quinn napped again.

Girls got home and begged to go to hobby lobby because Ainsley wanted to make a princess mirror she saw online (sure, why not right?)  So I told them they could go if they cleaned the family room.  They obliged, spiffed up the family room, ate a quick slice of calzone and off we went to Hobby Lobby.

Kids behaved, chose their crafting supplies, I grabbed me a treat on the way home and now we're back, kids are in bed, Quinny is asleep, I'm almost done with work and it's only 8pm.

The kitchen didn't get cleaned and the laundry didn't get done but no one got yelled at, my beauties are happy (even the sick one) and I'm calling today a success.

Oh, and Jim is working late, but I saved him a big fat slice of dinner :)

Rolls

At 9 months:
your child is 17.2 pounds, and that is
at the 16th percentile for weight.
your child is 26 inches, and that is
at the 5th percentile for height.

Oldie

That header picture is getting old.  Time for a new one!  I don't have one yet, but you know, time for one.  I should work on that.

Oh, the joy that is full day school!  I can't even begin to describe how awesome it is.  Just me and Quinn, all day long.  Absolutely heaven!  I realized something though after a couple days, Quinn has no toys.  I think I took for granted how entertained they kept her all day long because she gets a little restless.  Thankfully someone donated some Peek-A-Blocks to the cause and she LOVES them!  Hooray for baby toys!

We are getting ready for Miss Ainsley's baptism.  She got to sit down and talk with Sister Boice today all about and about starting Activity Days.  I think I'm still full of those prego hormones because between Ainsley turning 8 and Caelan starting kindergarten, I feel like my emotions are a bit fragile.  I did NOT use to be this sappy!  Oh the horror!

Jim, as many of you know, found himself in need of employment.  The change is frustrating and the domino effect it has on our budget, our life, our family dynamic, but I'm trying to give myself credit and say that we're adjusting to it...well some of it.  The tighter budget is hard for me, but you know, I'm trying!

Caelan loves kindergarten and Ainsley loves 3rd grade.  Caelan already has a new friend.  Her name is Sedona and they hold hands and hug all day long, LOVE it!  Ainsley is adjusting well and her teacher is a good fit for her and her emotional nature.

Quinny the Pooh, well she's finally getting some chub on her (yay!) and she's a "real" baby now.  She's scooting around like crazy, can do a full split (no joke, I need to get a picture of it, just chills in the splits), and LOVES food.  Caelan and Ainsley were both still very much dependent on a boob/bottle still at this age, and she definitely likes herself some booby but her eyes light up when I come at her with a bowl of food!  She was a little iffy about some of the veggies at first but now will eat pretty much anything.  Her favorite is vanilla yogurt.  I still mix everything with rice because she's not so sure about the stronger flavors but I'm glad she's versatile with the veggie thing.

Miss Jordy is turning 16(!!!) next week.  I can hardly believe how grown up she's becoming.  Now to get that girl a driver's license!

Off to ponder guiltily about why I don't take more picture.