February 22nd

I'm going to be updating this at least every other week, mainly for Mama. It probably won't be all that interesting or entertaining but I will try to keep you all up on how the kidlets are growing. :)


Brooklyn is our "sickie" right now.  I noticed a week ago that Brooklyn's diapers smelled kind of strong but hoped that pushing the fluids would clear up the concentrated urine.  Yesterday morning when I was changing her diaper, I noticed an ammonia-like smell and knew that it was time to call her pediatrician. I took her in this morning. She has a severe urinary tract infection.  We have been working on potty training her and her pediatrician thinks it may be due to her holding her urine from that.  She is on antibiotics for 10 days but it should start to improve within the next 2-3 days.  If it returns, he wants us to put potty training on hold for a little while.  I'm praying and believing this is an isolated incident and that she can continue with the potty training as she shows interest.  She has been spiking a fever from the UTI so she's been a little bit sluggish lately and not really interested in sitting on the potty.   I'm looking forward to having my smiling baby back soon!  She is getting so big!  Prior to the UTI, she was self-potty training which made me very happy. One less in diapers would be a blessing.  She's the clingiest of our kids so far but, for the most part, I love it.  She loves to help with the dishes and laundry (we have a little step stool in the laundry room so she can peek into the washer while I'm loading it.

Bryce and Grant are doing really well.  They're getting so big.  Grant weighs 17 1/2 pounds and is approx 27 inches tall.  He isn't crawling yet but loves to get up on his hands and knees and is very close to it.  No rushing on my end, though.  I don't mind having them immobile for a while longer! LOL  Bryce, however has other pounds.  He mastered crawling last month and seems to be in a hurry to walk as he is already cruising around furniture and pulling himself up on everything.  He's still a tiny thing at just over 17 pounds and 27 inches and I'd be happy having him crawling a while longer.  ;)  Bryce is starting to eat some soft table foods like rice, soft carrots, pasta noodles, etc that are slightly fork-mashed. He can self feed pretty well for being a tiny tot.  Grant is taking things a bit slower in the food department. He is still on pureed jar foods and does NOT like texture (like you get with home-blended).  We're letting him get comfortable with an array of veggies and such with the 2s before we try to challenge him with textures again.  We tried challenging him a bit in December and he disliked it so much that its taken us nearly two months to get him back to eating anything at all.  He'll get there.  He's just a lot more cautious about change.  I'm very proud of how big they've gotten and how well they are doing.  They're next major check up is in March.  Right now they are seeing the physical, occupational and speech therapists every Monday with First Steps and on Thursday with Mercy hospital (formerly St John's Hospital).

Raegan turns four years old next month. Craziness!  She is becoming quite the mama's little helper though I do have to watch her a bit more with the boys.  She likes to try and "carry" them to me though she doesn't at all have the ability to lift them! She wants to be just like her big sisters! Morgan and Haidyn are doing very well in school.  Both got perfect marks this past quarter (Morgan had all As while Haidyn had "+" for everything - which is excellent).  Haidyn has really excelled in her writing abilities and her teacher has been challenging her with 1st grade words.  I'm very proud of her.  She has a speaking part in the upcoming Kindergarten program in a couple of weeks.  Morgan is, as always, a blessed help and is growing up WAY too fast.  She is set to take the Red Cross babysitting classes in the fall and asks about it quite often. She has been able to get out a lot more this winter with her friends.  She's done several over-nighters and has had a blast.

I am baby sitting so I need to go check on the little ones!  May the remainder of your week be peaceful!  God bless you!