when did i turn into such a horrible blogger? ugh.
so, a little update on the peas.
my lu. growing like a weed. suddenly she needs size MEDIUM (8) shirts. need i remind you she's 5? 5 1/2 this friday, to be exact! she seems to have hit a growth spurt - at least upwards. she's quite a skinny lil thing. she's a great eater, so i'm pretty sure she's just how she is meant to be. she's rocking school, reading beginning books to gus & hugh, and getting math on a conceptual level. it's fun to watch. she loves to ride her bike & the new 2 wheeled razor scooter she got for Christmas. even if she is exhausted she can't nap, but she will go to sleep at 6p if we do the routine. she still struggles with tags & socks & shoes not feeling right, but most of the time we make it to school on time anyway where suddenly all of those uncomfortable things are forgotten (i'm so grateful).
my gus. turned 3. 'i'm not two anymore! i'm three! i won't ever be two again!' still captain destructo, he dismantles & destroys everything he can get his hands on. all boy. loves superheros, cowboys, swords, power rangers, transformers, airplanes, atvs, tractors, bulldozers...you get the picture, right? and how do i say this delicately ...he stinks. literally...he smells. i hear it's normal for the lil boy set. he's a very neat eater for a 3 year old. he rocks his balance bike AND his two wheel razor scooter (a bday gift from good ole mom & dad...after a few days of fighting for a turn on sissy's, the bday gift changed last minute). he's a little more picky in terms of food than lu. he will eat fruit & veggies & some meat, but he's a bread boy. he goes to school 2x a week & seems to fit right in despite being the youngest kid in the entire school by several months. getting him enough sleep but not too much is a struggle. if he naps every day then he's awake until 10p or later (11:30 last night). if he doesn't ever nap he passes out at 5p on the sofa. good thing mama knows this too, will pass.
my hugh. was one back on nov 17. he is still.not.walking. and mama is getting carpel tunnel. for real. he cruises all around, pushes chairs all over the house, pushes a trike outside...can even stand with great balance & sit down in a controlled manner. but he never takes more than 2 steps before collapsing into a goofy heap on the floor. he usually just lays right down, puts his feet in the air & starts rolling around. his big nap of the day is from about 9a-11:30 or later if it isn't a school day. then he doesn't go back down again until after 3p. it's not a perfect schedule, but he just really seems exhausted by 9a, so keeping him awake is pointless. he has a few words...done, more, cheese, nana (banana), mommy, daddy, zizzy (sissy), guh (gus), cat, bye, and night. oh, and paci. he doesn't use them all consistently...really done, night, bye & mommy & daddy are the only ones he uses all of the time. he prefers to screech rather than use his words. and when he gets mad he throws his paci. he's feisty.
the sibs. luci is usually AWESOME with hugh. she genuinely lights up when she sees him at school pick up, first thing in the am, or after he wakes up from his nap. she also pushes things a bit and struggles with that fine line between playing & being too rough. luci & gus either play together incredibly well, or they are screaming/pushing each other. gus really doesn't pay much attention to hugh unless hugh takes something of gus'. so more negative attention...he doesn't really ever play with hugh per se. not sure if it's just a gender thing or what, but luci & gus played together much better at that 3-1 age spread than gus & hugh do.
the hubs. he is all set to retire from the navy later this spring. his retirement ceremony was a few weeks ago & we all made the trek to NOLA (New Orleans) to participate. grandma & grandpa pierse & uncle scott met us down there & we had lots of fun (except for the flight home. worst non-rev experience ever. clay says we are never non-reving again.) he's getting to know the denver crew bit by bit and while the trips here are not impressive, his bidding is and he gets about the best schedule that is available to him.
the house. best described in one word. INVESTMENT. holy cow have we sunk some money into this thing. we've painted 85% of the interior, refinished floors, put in new carpet, new fridge, new water heater, fixed sprinklers & drainage, done a few plumbing fixes, etc. the good news is that the main floor has come a LONG way. we had new 7 inch baseboard installed (previous owners had gotten floor stain all over the original baseboard), as well as new craftsman style casing around the windows & doors. we also put in a marble back splash behind the stove and carried it over to the kitchen sink area. AND we just ordered top down bottom up roman shades for all of the windows on this floor - can't wait to get them in a few weeks! next up is to fix our sagging deck & get the exterior painted. my other wish is to get actual ceiling lights installed upstairs...the lack of light wasn't a big deal in the summer, but it's pretty annoying in the middle of winter...
me. part of my lack of posts is because mothering through the move just really took EVERYTHING i had. like everything and then some. literally the week we moved i was diagnosed as hypothyroid. which turned into a hashimotos diagnosis with additional bloodwork. i went from being nearly comatose by 2p everyday with a headache to being unable to sleep before 3a with heart palpitations. long story short, my ever wise husband suggested i do some research on the condition rather than just take the traditionally prescribed meds. and he was right...there were other options. i've been seeing a naturopath now since november and i'm feeling MUCH better. she diagnosed my hypoglycemia as well, and between the new 'diet' (to manage my hypoglycemia) and the different thyroid hormone i'm feeling leaps & bounds better, although i feel like i still have some distance to cover before i can say i'm at the vitality level i'm hoping for. i also did a bunch of allergy testing, and while traditional allergists don't necessarily buy it, i do find that if i avoid the foods i reacted to i feel better...and keep the headaches -mostly at bay. so between that, the house projects & the usual house keeping, and oh yeah keeping my 4 loves in clean clothes and fed real food instead of processed crap i just don't have a lot of spare time. and when i do, at 8p, i pretty much collapse into a heap on the sofa & watch sitcoms or hgtv. cause i've got nothing left to give at that point. not even to my poor, valued, much loved blog.
i received a piece of advice as clay & i struck out to hike to the bottom of the grand canyon & back up in 2 days...the backpack guy said, 'just pick em up & put em down. one foot in front of the other'. it's been a good internal mantra for the last year. i'm just pickin em up & puttin em down. one foot in front of the other. that said i'm hoping i'm nearly out of the proverbial canyon. feels like i'm getting close ;)
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So...this is my lil pirate at 9p last night....after his 5p sofa nap...wide awake. I made him a peanut butter & jelly sandwich. We brushed his teeth. We read a book. I went to bed. He came in at midnight, still wide awake. Telling me there was a monkey in his room...
