I have the BEST Husband.....and Prayers Please

I have the worlds best husband! This weekend we went to see Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood in concert at Rupp Arena. It was a lot of fun. My mom kept the baby all night and he did great for her. That was the worst part, we had never left him overnight before. I think it was harder on Cesar than it was on me. He kept talking about him all night long. It was the first time we had been by ourselves since he was born. We almost didn't know what to do with ourselves. Even though I had no baby monitor on, I still couldn't sleep all night. We are going to see Dave Matthews for out next night out! I will post some picture when blogger will coorporate!

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As I had posted previously Zachary seems to be having a hard time lately. He is sad a lot of the time when he has returned from his biological father's house and seems to have a hard time getting back into the routine. This has been going on for about a month. I have been talking to my doctor about it and she has suggested Play Therapy for Zachary. We have our first meeting with the therapist tomorrow. I know that this is why you shouldn't have children out of wedlock or divorce or anything else that makes it hard for the children. I can't help but think of all the things that I should have done different. I wouldn't, however, change a thing about Zachary. I do not in any way regret having that perfect little boy. I just want to do whatever it takes to make all this easier on him. Short of moving, again, to California which is never far from my mind, I think this might be the best thing for us now. Please pray for Zachary and for his therapist. I want this to help him be the happy boy that I am used to having at home here!

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Zachary's friend Dakota

Zachary's teacher Mrs. Olivencia asked me the other day if I would help another parent out. Dakota's mother needed someone to pick her up two days a week and keep her for about 15 minutes. I said of course I would do it, she is Zachary's girlfriend you know. So Tuesday was the first day she came over and I took a couple of pictures!


I also took one of the fish tank that Zachary got for raising money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital! He loves it and we went out and got 2 glowfish to put in it!

I will try to post the pictures later, blogger won't let me now! :(

I gave up on blogger letting me post the pictures so I added them at slide.com!

Zachary following in his Daddy's footsteps!

Zachary's First School Program!

Last night Zachary and 99 other kindergartners put on their first school program! It had a patriotic theme of course, we do live close to Knox. It was wonderful. My parents came to see it along with us. Imagine our surprise when the program starts and Zachary steps out of the line to put on a Drill Sergeants hat! You should have seen the proud look on his Daddy's face! I will upload the video, the audio isn't great but you get the idea! I just LOVE being a Mommy! He was so excited to surprise up with his Drill Sgt act! He was grinning from ear to ear. It was one of the best nights of my life!!

We now have two top teeth!

When Isaiah and I were playing earlier I noticed that the top left tooth is now through!! We now have two top teeth and two bottom teeth!

This mommy needs a little help please

I got a little smarter with the second child and bought him 4 loveys to have to sleep with.

With Z, I only had one "baby" and now she looks like this....

"Baby" has always been a she!

This is what baby looked like in the beginning! I posted this for my mother in law, she never got to see the first baby!

Well now Isaiah has decided to take a liking to this blanket that I received at my baby shower. Of course I can not find another one and I have tried searching on the internet to no avail. My friend who gave it to me got it at a speciality shop in Lebanon TN. So if anyone has any suggestions I would love it. It's made by mico baby.

My second question is about sleep training. What do I do if Isaiah falls asleep while he is taking his bottle? Do I wake him up so that I put him in bed awake or do I go ahead and lay him down? He has done pretty well today but his last nap he fell asleep while he was eating so I went ahead and put him down. I am not sure if that was the right thing or not.

Run Baxter Run

Poor Baxter!

Now that Isaiah is crawling, Baxter is none too happy. I think he remembers this time from Zachary. Isaiah's new favorite thing to do is crawl after Bax. Baxter gets comfy on the floor and then comes trouble, as fast as he can go. He gets almost to Bax and then Baxter up and runs away. Just as he gets comfortable in another spot, Isaiah is after him again. He has been the best dog with all the babies, Zachary and Bradley Dylan and now Isaiah. I feel sorry for him. He is now upstairs hiding, for the time being Isaiah can't climb the stairs to get him. I am sure that will change soon!

Pancho is still so much of a puppy that he can't be out with the baby yet. He weighs almost 50 pounds and isn't aware of his own strength! He is really sweet, we are just afraid he will love him to death! Isaiah loves to watch him from the play pen when he is out with us in the family room!

I will have to upload the pictures later. Blogger won't let me add them right now!

Weekend Pics!

Updates from the weekend...

Isaiah is crawling now!!! Yay! He started Saturday morning, of course going after something he shouldn't have, my book. I yelled upstairs for my husband and downstairs for Z and we all watched him and cheered for him. He is doing it a lot more today and soon will be able to keep up with Brady Lee. Also this morning, I noticed that the top right tooth is now through! He is getting bigger and bigger!

This family loves the water! I guess it has a lot to do with my husband being from California. Zachary has been a water bug from the beginning and now Isaiah loves the water just as much. With that in mind we headed to Shelbyville on Saturday to swim at the frog pool with the boys. We had a great time and of course I took some pictures. After that we headed to Nana and Grandpa's house to hang out and have dinner. It's always fun going to the grandparents, they boys can do whatever they want there.

I started Friday trying to sleep train Isaiah, as I posted. It was going pretty well and then today I haven't been feeling great. So I let my husband take over with the boys. It was time for Isaiah's nap and I gave him instructions on how to lay him down and walk away. I thought all was well. I heard Isaiah cry and then......nothing. I thought wow, he's already settled down, I look up to see Cesar carrying Isaiah down the steps. He just couldn't leave him there crying! Pick your battles, right? I have all week to get him back under control while he is at work. I will be starting again tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Happy 8th month Cesar Isaiah!

How time flies when you are having fun! I can't believe 8 months have passed since Isaiah made his entrance into the world. He has changed so much and continues to do so everyday. He has added so much to our family and I am so blessed to be his mommy. Although as I type this he is crying in his crib trying to go to sleep for a nap! I am outside his door on the laptop peeking in the crack and crying with him! Here are a few things that Isaiah can do now.

*sits up really well
*eats lots of foods
*loves puffs and mum mums
*drinks out of a sippy
*says mama and dada and nana
*reaches for you
*rolls over
*can go from his tummy to sitting up
*rocks on all fours
*puts his own paci in his mouth!! except for at night :)
*only gets up once a night now
*laughs out loud at his big brother
*looks for Zachary when you say his name
*talks on the phone to Grandma and Papa
*isn't very fond of his car seat, he hates anything that confines him!
*gets mad when he doesn't get his way or you take something away from him
*loves to watch the dogs run around
*is a mommy's boy, this doesn't make daddy very happy!
*weighs 21.1 lbs

I will post a few pictures of my baby later! He has finally cried himself to sleep! I remember doing this with Zachary, but it was at 9 months. I know it only takes a couple of days but it's hard. It's funny to be doing the same things as my friend Jodie whose little girl, Isabelle Grace, is only a few days older than Isaiah. She just posted about how Izzy was crying in her crib and it's been the same for us the past couple of days. I hope it goes fast! Since it's the weekend I will be doing it at night too. I haven't been because I don't want him keeping Zachary up and their rooms are across the hall from each other! Please pray that it only takes the weekend!

Spring Break Fun

Spring Break happenings....

I know this post is a little late but this is the first chance I have had. We had a great time hanging out with Kelly and the boys and the other two boys that she keeps. On Monday they came to the house to hang out and play, on Tuesday we headed to the zoo to see the animals, on Wednesday we swam at the Frog Pool, Thursday we went to All About Kids for open gym and Friday we just rested! It was a lot of fun. Bradley Dylan and Zachary have a great time playing together and the little boys are fun to watch.

I am glad that school is back and we can get back into the routine. Zachary loves school and he strives on routine so getting back is better for us all. We are now working on getting Isaiah on a routine and then all will be great!

We had a great lunch today at Back Home here in Etown with Aunt Mary. She had a meeting here in Etown and she called to invite us to lunch. I love eating there so of course I said yes and headed right over. She loves the boys so it always nice to see her.

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Just a few thoughts....

Where does the time go? I can't seem to find any time in the day to do anything. I feel like I am running from sunup until sundown! I used to have the time to update this blog every other day, talk to friends on the phone, catch up in email, ect... Now I barely get the laundry done and dinner on the table!

Isaiah seems to be having a hard time getting over this ear infection and now he has those good old KY allergies and is now on two different allergy medicines along with his antibiotic and albuterol for his cough. I have been to the pediatrician three times in the past week. They love me there, it's a good thing.

Zachary is starting to have a hard time dealing with some issues with his biological father and things are kind of hard here. We are dealing with it the best we can but my heart breaks for him. I am truly blessed to have a wonderful husband who loves Zachary with all his heart. He is always in my corner with this and will help me do whatever we need to do to help Zachary. I love that man!

I didn't mean for this post to be sure a whiny one but I needed to get it all off my chest! This too shall pass......I just wish it was now! :)

On a positive note, I finally got the pictures from Kelly's camera and am going to upload some different pictures from Disney. I wish I was still there!

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Back from Disney!

We got back from our WONDERFUL trip to Disney World yesterday and I am ready to return tomorrow! I love Disney. I always have as a little girl and now as a mom I love seeing my kids enjoy it just as much as I did. It is a totally different experience now then it was before I had children. I took 277 pictures! I love pictures, I love to look back at them and remember the fun that was taking place!

We did all 4 parks and had a meal everyday with the characters! Breakfast with Lilo and Stitch, lunch with Little Einsteins, and dinner with Pooh and Friends! Isaiah just took it all in but Zachary had a great time. His favorite part was meeting the Power Rangers over at Disney's Hollywood Studios. He was in total awe of them. He has been watching Power Rangers since he was 2. The weather was wonderful, very little rain, and sunny hot days. We were in shorts and tank tops all week. The babies were in onsies and no socks, it was great.

It was so nice to be able to go with my family and see my nephews everyday. Kelly and I had adjoining rooms so the boys were able to go back and forth all day and night! Traveling with 4 kids was an adventure and tiring but looking back at it now, WORTH EVERY MINUTE! I will try to pick some of my favorite pictures to post! Enjoy your weekend and the upcoming week ahead! I will try to post a little more now that we have returned!