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September 24, 2003
I am back again to finish my entry and post an update.
The move went well and I survived being home alone with an infant and a three year old. I am sure there are some tiny grey hairs that sprouted out of my head, but for the most part we had fun and got into a schedule that seemed to work. Is is just me or the more children you have the later you go to bed and the less sleep you get? I cannot believe how late I am going to bed and how early I am getting up. The only thing that keeps me going is some seriously strong Kona coffee. I guess it is a good thing I am not breastfeeding anymore or Hayden would be wired on caffeine in the mornings.
Hayden is now a little over three months old and such a cutie! I love this age, the calm before the storm. They don't roll, walk, crawl or run so they are content to lay around pn the floor or in a bouncy chair.
I remember when Avery was three months old he was already rolling around to get where he wanted to go, I felt like I didn't even get a chance to enjoy his babyhood. He was always working on a new skill and would get so involved that if you tried to take him away from his task he would freak out. I guess at three he is still like that.
In fact, he recently had a physical for daycare and I mentioned how passionate and sometimes how extreme his emotions were. I was really suprised that the dr didn't completely blow me off and chalk it up to his age, in fact he said that a lot of that is personality and could be ADHD but that they don't diagnose it this early. I honestly don't think he has ADHD but I guess only time will tell when he goes to school.
I think he just has a really tough time with transitions, but you can't blame the poor kiddo. In the last year mommy got pregnant, had a baby, we moved across the country, mommy is home all day, potty trained completely, moved again not easy for me either. I do plan on at least getting him back into more activities, he seems to really enjoy that kind of stuff.
Right now his current obesssion is with any type of superhero, especially Spiderman.
I am planning to have him dress up as Spiderman this Halloween. He loves the cartoon and constantly talks about who the "bad" and "ggod" guys are.
The gun and sword obession is finally cooling off thank goodness. It seems like no matter how hard you try if you have a little boy he will eventually want to play with a gun or sword. Some of the things this kid says are so off the wall or hilarious, "mommy I have to do this"!, "my daddy shoots the gun in the field and your daddy works in an office" the last quote was during a conversation with his buddy Creighton. I grew up as an only child and had no father figure around so raising boys is a total mystery to me. I keep wondering when sibling rivalry starts up how I will deal with it?
As for my little man Hayden he is growing big! The other day I weighed him and he is 11lbs and 23 3/4in long at over three months. He is averaging 2lbs and 2in per month since birth and most likely will slow down soon. He is trying his darndest to roll from his back to his tummy but just can't quite get all the way over yet. I feel so bad for him because he tends to be so determined and patient but after about 100 tries he finally starts to fuss and yet he keeps going. He looks a lot more like me and Avery is a carbon copy of daddy. We are undecided about having a third child, I guess with both pregnancies being rough I am not sure if my desire to try one more time for a daughter is a good idea. Dh and I have not made any permanent plans and we have always wanted three kids and since we have two wonderful boys another child would be great regardless of the sex.
The house is coming along. I have had to do a lot of serious cleaning since the previous tennants were PIGS. I am a bit of a clean freak but most people are when they have small kids, these people were NASTY.
Avery's bathroom was disgusting, soap scum an inch thick! The toilet had alge growing in it and I am pretty sure that they never cleaned the house while they lived here.
My living room used to have nice wooden baseboarding but their dogs completely ripped it to shreds so the contractor replaced it with ugly black rubber stripping. I have permanent marker on the bathroom door as well as huge nailpolish stains on the floor and doors. I am still finding stuff in the backyard that belonged to the children, old spoons, styrafoam blocks. The worst one is that thier children urinated on the kitchen floor and they never really cleaned it up so now my floor and my dishwasher smell like pee. Luckily they are replacing my dishwasher but getting them to replace my flooring is going to be a fight.
I am saddened that people would treat military or any housing so poorly and to have their children live like that. In all the time dh has been in the military I have never viewed miltary housing as my right of feel that the government owes me something, this is a privalege and it is sad to see new beautiful housing being destroyed.
Enough with my rants..
Hope everyone has a great week and keep on reading.
Feel free to make any comments or say hi!
By the way, no word on the job so I am guessing that I was not chosen. I am looking at this as a positive thing and I am hoping that the right job for me comes along soon.
Take care,Corinn and the boys
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