Wednesday, November 25, 2009
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I hope all of our family and friends have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I wish that we could be with you all! We are driving to San Antonio tomorrow morning to spend the weekend with my family. It will be the first Thanksgiving in a very long time that all of my siblings and their spouses will be there! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Emily and Ally
I cannot believe Emily will be starting kindergarten next year! I thought we still had a long way to go before she would go to school, but in the last couple of months I have realized it is next fall! She is growing up so fast. We had seriously considered homeschooling her but after seeing how well she thrives at preschool and how much she loves being around kids her own age, we would like to send her to school. She talks about Kindergarten all the time and about riding a school bus, even though Dave and I have not talked to her about either in detail.
Emily still continues to struggle with her asthma but we have not had any bad attacks like last year. She has only gotten sick once since starting school! Last year we didn't make it a full week at school until after Christmas. Her doctor wants her on Singulair to help with asthma and allergies. Dave and I have struggled with the decision to keep her on it or not. The pill is really expensive and we are not that excited about our 4 year old being dependent on a daily pill. She went off of it over the summer and did great. She didn't get sick at all. But we started her back on it in the fall, doctor's recommendation, and decided we wanted to try not using it after a couple of weeks. Unfortunately that is when she got sick and we had to use the nebulizer and take her to the doctor to get antibiotics. Now she is back on Singulair and she seems to be doing good.
Ally is talking up a storm these days. She is saying complete sentences including "Daddy will you turn the light on for me?". She is still in the terrible two stage of throwing tantrums, but they are not nearly as bad or as often. She and Emily are getting along really well the last couple of days. They have been playing together and making up games. I have so much fun watching them interact and get along. Ally is very in to possessions and everything has to have an owner (my hat, mommy's chair, daddy's phone, Emily's book). She is really good at remembering names. She can tell me about half of the kids in her class and if we are talking to her about a specific family member, she can tell you the names of the other people in their family without hints (this morning we were talking about Katherine and she started talking about Lyla). We think that Ally's motor skills are much more developed than Emily's, probably because she has someone to learn from. Ally can already buckle herself into her car seat and Emily just learned how to do that in the last year. She can also put on her shoes and socks completely by herself. Now this all may sound great, like she can do everything on her own, but the key is to helping her find the motivation to do them on her own.
Both of the girls seem to understand that I have a baby growing inside of me. Ally has only recently started acknowledging it but Emily seems to really get what is going on. When Emily plays dress-up, she now sticks a ball under her dress and pretends she is having a baby.
Emily still continues to struggle with her asthma but we have not had any bad attacks like last year. She has only gotten sick once since starting school! Last year we didn't make it a full week at school until after Christmas. Her doctor wants her on Singulair to help with asthma and allergies. Dave and I have struggled with the decision to keep her on it or not. The pill is really expensive and we are not that excited about our 4 year old being dependent on a daily pill. She went off of it over the summer and did great. She didn't get sick at all. But we started her back on it in the fall, doctor's recommendation, and decided we wanted to try not using it after a couple of weeks. Unfortunately that is when she got sick and we had to use the nebulizer and take her to the doctor to get antibiotics. Now she is back on Singulair and she seems to be doing good.
Ally is talking up a storm these days. She is saying complete sentences including "Daddy will you turn the light on for me?". She is still in the terrible two stage of throwing tantrums, but they are not nearly as bad or as often. She and Emily are getting along really well the last couple of days. They have been playing together and making up games. I have so much fun watching them interact and get along. Ally is very in to possessions and everything has to have an owner (my hat, mommy's chair, daddy's phone, Emily's book). She is really good at remembering names. She can tell me about half of the kids in her class and if we are talking to her about a specific family member, she can tell you the names of the other people in their family without hints (this morning we were talking about Katherine and she started talking about Lyla). We think that Ally's motor skills are much more developed than Emily's, probably because she has someone to learn from. Ally can already buckle herself into her car seat and Emily just learned how to do that in the last year. She can also put on her shoes and socks completely by herself. Now this all may sound great, like she can do everything on her own, but the key is to helping her find the motivation to do them on her own.
Both of the girls seem to understand that I have a baby growing inside of me. Ally has only recently started acknowledging it but Emily seems to really get what is going on. When Emily plays dress-up, she now sticks a ball under her dress and pretends she is having a baby.
Dave
This past week Dave received a job offer to be a Premium Window Specialist/Technical Sales Rep from his company. After careful thought and consideration, he accepted! We are super excited about this opportunity for many reasons. Fist, the program is just starting out so any success and progress will be easy to track. Second, Dave will be able to gain lots of industry contacts. Third, he will be a lot more flexible with his time, even working from home some days which will be great when the baby comes! And the most appealing thing about this opportunity is the fact that we are now committed to Houston for the next 3-5 years. Emily will be starting kindergarten next year and now we don't have to worry about pulling her out 6 months after she starts because the company wants to send us somewhere else. Dave will still be based out of the Tomball store location but he will also be doing a lot of traveling around Houston. Our lease will be up at the end of February and we are hoping that the next place we move, we will be able to stay for the next couple of years. We won't be able to buy a house yet, but we hope to find a great place to rent within a great school district for Emily and close to a college for me.
Dave also just celebrated his 25th birthday. He took last Monday off and we had a great day celebrating him.
Dave also just celebrated his 25th birthday. He took last Monday off and we had a great day celebrating him.
Me
Tomorrow I will be 31 weeks! Right now I fluctuate between having loads of energy and motivation, for example cleaning my entire house in one day without running out of steam and without expecting any visitors, and being super tired and not wanting to do anything. I had a doctors appointment this past week, which was my last once-a-month visit, now I will be going every two weeks. Everything checked out fine. The baby measures good and her heartbeat sounds good as well. I got the swine flu vaccine because my doctor highly recommended it and had just got some in. I have yet to get the regular flu vaccine, but hope to get around to it soon. The girls and I have the next week off from school and I am really looking forward to the down time. We are planning to head to San Antonio on Thursday morning to spend Thanksgiving with my family. We will be coming back on Saturday or Sunday.
Friday, November 20, 2009
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