Im so blessed!

Lane is 5 months!! wow....Kaelynn is 2...double wow!!! and im so thankful that they are healthy and happy!!! I have started following a new blog--Kayleigh Anne Freeman--is was on my cafemom site and i checked it out and read her story....WOW!!! i am even more thankful for my healthy children!! you should check it out... kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com ... it will totally make you thankful for healthy term delieveries...she was born weighing 1lb 1oz, 3 mo early from severe IUGR and preeclampsia...she is now 10mo old and has suffered a stroke or something as of just days ago....they were getting close to bringing her home and still plan to but she will never make purposful movements, talk, walk, or anything like that. trust me just read her story, pray and thank God.....

my little girlie is the big 2!!!!

well the title states it all!!! Kaelynn turned the big 2 last saturday...i know if ive said it once ive said it a 1000 times but seriously...where has the last two years gone? she had a great party with the family...complete with Pooh cake and Pooh balloon (i hate winnie the pooh!! j/k but he really isnt my fav cartoon) but she loves him and that stinkin balloon plays happy birthday and its in pooh's voice!! oh yippie and thanks daddy!!!!! she went to see dr sawyer on wed and true to form we were told once again that "she's soooo skinny!!!" 22lbs 8oz...at this rate lane will outweigh her by like July!!!! so she was in the 4% for weight and since she was 35" long she was in the 80% for height!!! and her head is huge as always at 19.5"!!!! she still has her murmur which dr sawyer told me again was "innocent" and reassured me that she could potentially have it her entire life and he would not be worried since her echo looked ok. i dont really like that especially since he told me in the beginning "it will probably go away by 1 year" but oh well....ill just keep an eye on it at home. so other than staying on whole milk for all the calories we can get and trying to fatten up where we can we are good to go and go back at 3yrs!!! yea!!!
I just have to brag on how well she is doing with the potty!!! today i put her in a pull up to go running around in town. usually she treats it like a diaper but since about 2 days ago hasnt been. shes kept it dry and says "peepee or teetee" and i say "ok hold it hold it" and she is soooooooo cute by repeating "hold it hold it" all the way to the potty!!! i think in the last 2-3 days she has maybe had 3-4 accidents and has been telling me the majority of the time when she needs to go. today i was feeding lane and brian was playing his X-box and i looked up to hear the potty flushing and kaelynn walking back in carring her potty bowl!! she had gone and dump/flushed her pee in the toliet!!! holy cow!!! at first i was like..."what did she just flush?!?!" then i was like "good job baby!!" "now brian go close the door" =) i hope lane is this easy....i keep waiting for that other shoe to drop....so far so good!!! Thank you Lord for such a wonderful, happy and blessed 2 years!!!!!

her BIG girl bed...

Kaelynn finally slept in her big girl bed!! i was so proud....of course it was dad who had to put her in it for her to stay and not throw a fit and cry but it worked!! i decided to get out of the house with lane on wed and he called me saying that kaelynn was taking a nap in her bed and so far was not crying!! i was elated!!! yea!! i got home and that night i put her to sleep in her big girl bed all the while talking it up...and she didnt fight me at all!! Yipee!!! ....i was so excited in fact that about an hour later i remembered i had put her to bed in her panties and not a diaper YIKES!!! so here i go creeping in her room at like 12:30 at night to check her and yes .....she was wet, the bed was wet, her night gown....the works!! but i was able to change everything and slip a diaper on w/o her knowing it till it came to her nightgown....kind of scary how sound kids sleep....now mind you i just put a thick blanket under her...i didnt like strip her bed or anything =) its like my baby has become miss toddler overnight!!! she is consistently eating now, potty training like a pro and sleeping in her big bed....geez....i hope lane is this easy....however im sure he will be my little obstical. it would only seem to reason, i dont know that you are suppose to luck out on 2 of your children. she is picking up every word too it seems....we were over at ashtyn's house monday and came home saying "mine mine mine mine mine" to which i promptly replied "no ma'am we do not say that word, mommy does not like that word" yeah that caused some tears....she has said it once or twice since then and i just ignore her ....she has figured out that if she acts out or does something she knows i dont like it will get her attention....so i just ignore her and soon she stops...heheheh two can play that little game. oh the joys of children...they constantly keep me guessing!!! =)

we are rockin!!!!

potty training is going sooooooo well!! in fact today she said "peepee" and i said ok "hold it hold it..." so we are moving quickly to the potty that adorns my living room floor and she had only gone just a little bit, not even enough to mess up the pants she was wearing just the panties and she immediatly went on the potty!! brian called me on thurs and said that he was watching tv paying no attention to her and she went over to her potty, pulled down her panties and went poop!!! i was sooooooo excited!! how great!!! i know this is kind of crazy for me to be blogging on but im just so proud of her!

Lane has somehow be able to manuver his little chubby leg all the way up to his mouth and his new favorite chew toy is his big toe!! it is actually very funny when he is doing it b/c he's just goin to town sucking away on that big ole toe.....funny boy!! the new bottle has gone "ok" but still fights it at times. i think one of the reasons is he is teething and the other (and biggest) is he is just a mama's boy plain and simple!! oh well...this too shall pass....

kaelynn will be turning 2 next saturday...how is that? how has 2 years flown by so quickly? she is such a blessing to us and im so happy that i had the kids as close as i did...even if every now and then i wonder ...im reminded why when they are both looking at each other and litterally making each other laugh...and he will look right at kaelynn and just grin from ear to ear!! its amazing to see and i TOTALLY love it!!!

Happy Easter to everyone!! i hope yours is as blessed as mine will be!!

potty training finally!!!

yesterday i would say i hit it hard with the potty training. i just put panties on kaelynn and went at it. she's by no means perfect (thank God i have tile floors and a good mop, plus 2 packs of panties =) but has since then learned when she feels the need to pee which was an improvement. no pull ups as she thinks they are just her diaper so they are ok to go in... so far i have found as long as i put her on there every 20-30 min the accidents have decreased and whereas yesterday she only said peepee once and then went today she has said it like 3 times!!! and both days i havent even been able to start in the mornings b/c i have had to have running around to do so its always been after her nap. tomorrow i hope to start from the time she gets up until she goes down!!! kid will probably be potty trained before she gets out of that crib of hers!!! she is not fond of her big girl bed, but like it or not shes gonna have to get out b/c lane is getting too heavy for the pack n play!! she is eating GREAT!!! i cannot keep this kid full!! its like she is making up for the past year that she hasnt eaten well!!! whatever the reason im just glad she has finally kicked it into high gear!!!

we got lane's new bottle in today. its called the Adiri bottle and kuddos to lindsay for reccomending it!!! lane took one really good feeding from it and the other one he did ok, i dont think he was really hungery so he was playing more than anything!!! its crazy that for the two of them it was $22 but if they work its worth ANYTHING!!! also got him a woozit!! the craziest looking toy that he totally loves!!! taking a little bit of rice cereal too and he seems to be doing ok, but if this bottle works for thurs, will probably not worry too much about the cereal....even though sawyer said that he doesnt think it will affect his wt too much, i just have a feeling that he is gonna be more prone to have issues with his wt so i dont want to add to the problem by starting solids too early!! we shall see....

not all soap is tear-free

as the title states...kaelynn learned a very valuable lesson....when mommy says "no thats my soap" she means it!!! i came back to the tub to find kaelynn crying and holding my bar soap in one hand and rubbing her eyes with the other!! she knows she is not suppose to mess with that soap but i guess the curiousity finally got to her ....needless to say since then she has not decided to play with that soap. Lane is cutting teeth!! i finally felt his two bottom ones amongst all the drool they have not cut through yet but it is just a matter of time!! im awaiting a new bottle for him...its called the Adiri bottle and im hoping it will be our savior!! it should get her tomorrow so im saying prayers already for thurs!!!

He is just doing soooo well!!!

what can i say mr lane is just doing sooooo great!!! yesterday was his pedi appt for his 4 mo check up and he weighed in at a ginormous 16lbs 7.5oz!!! and he is 25.5in long!!! so he has grown two inches and gained like 3lbs in 2months....wonderful breastmilk i tell ya!!! the only downer to the appt was that dr sawyer thinks he my have a hydrocele (down around the "boys") which he said if it doesnt close by one year he may have to have surgery. he said awww dont worry...most of them close and he doesnt think its a hernia b/c he was able to shine a light through it and see clear fluid and no bowel. so he said we would just watch it. you can totally tell ive been used to a girl cause i thought it was just a little fat pouch cause hes so chubby!!! oops!!! i told him this was the first time he had ever mentioned it and he just said thats ok that we would just watch it!! so of course i go home and google it!! i did the same thing when he told me about kaelynn's heart murmur....and i was very glad to see that it is extremely common 1 in 10 boys are born with it and 80-90% of them close by age 1. wheeew....he has been very cranky (at least for him with me) tonight and i cant tell if it was shots or a touch of what brian had (being the tummy bug going around) but i hope it is better by tomorrow...first time he has EVER refused to nurse for just a short while!! still gonna not offically start solids. ive decided to let brian try on just thurs some rice cereal since those are the HELL nights around here. im thinking maybe that will help instead of him fighting the bottle so bad. we shall see.

Meanwhile trying to keep kaelynn fed these days is a chore!! she ate almost an ENTIRE can of the gerber veggie puffs last night while watching winnie the pooh!!! she seriously is on a growth spurt and has turned into my little piglet while lane fits the description on pooh more . im happy though...ive worried about her eating habbits and weight for so long...looks like she is just making up for lost time.