jacob & his bike

and here's where i found jacob riding his bike without training wheels



http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17968787

finally figured out how to get videos off my phone!

this is zach saying "what's up pimp juice" - for some reason you can't hear anything but pimp juice, but it's still cute

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17968711

Happy 6 Weeks

wow. i know time flies by as you watch your children grow, but dang. i can't believe mikey is already 6 weeks old. we've stayed so busy lately too, so that has probably made the days seem shorter. there's just never enough hours in a day to do it all.

mikey is doing great. he weighed 7lb 13oz last friday. i'm anxious to see his weight this friday, i'm willing to be he's at least 9lbs. he seems to have really grown this last week or so. he's staying awake a little more and getting some control of that big head of his. his cephlahematoma is noticably smaller these days too, which is really great, i felt like that little bump would never start to shrink. he slept in his bed for the first time this past week. of course he was only there a few hours, until he woke for his 3am feeding, but its a start. he has slept there a little two other nights, and when i'm done blogging, i'll put him there and get a few hours sleep before he wakes to eat and i decide to be too lazy to put him back upstairs. (secretly i just love snuggling with him, but use being tired as an excuse for me and him to hog the bed and keep chris on the couch). he has this one little dimple on his left cheek, but only shows it to us occasionally in his sleep. the other morning his face lit up a little when i started telling him "good morning", it was nice to see what this mom will call some recongition - i'm telling ya the kid knows who gives him the good milk. breastfeeding is still going well, i can't belive i've stuck with it this time around - go me!

as for me. i have an appt with a new dentist on the 25th (thanks heather). and i had my 6 week pp check up today. all looks well. i'm only 2lbs over what i was when i conceived - of course everything shifted and my damn clothes still don't fit right. someone please tell me where this muffin top came from!?!?! i plan to hit the gym this week and get my body back - or as much of it back as possible after 4 kids right? for those wondering, i chickened out of the tubal. i just couldn't do anything permanent. period. and since i'm nursing my options were limited. so i took the depo for one round and will most likely go with the nuvaring in december, unless i happen to still be nursing. my ultimate goal was 3 months, so that will have come and gone by then. of course as well as things are going i may set myself a new 6 month goal. hell who knows, i can't even make up my mind what underwear to put on some days. my bp was up still, and i'm wondering if this is the cause of me being tired. some days i just want to crawl in bed and stay, but i know i can't so a few days i have left all my "to do" stuff to wait and endulged in a nap with mikey while the boys are in school - my problem is i sleep for 3 hours and still don't want to wake up, but i'm forced to.

the other boys are all doing well. neal got his first progress report, not what i'm used to seeing from him but we'll work on it.

jacob has his first girlfriend. even got her a ring out of the treasure chest today. he made me give him an envelope to decorate and wrap it in. awwwwwww. oh and today i looked out and saw him riding his bike without training wheels. what a proud moment.

zach is bustin' preK wide open. everyday he has a new song to teach me and when asked "what center did you go to?" i get the same response "kitchen". ok so he did go to computers a few times. and the only other kid he can remember in his class just happens to be zachary too.

chris is super busy with work. no big shock there. but they're tossing around some ideas for him. he's loving being in management and out of the shop most days. and in my opinion goes well above and beyond what he has to for terry. if only he'd been this dedicated to a job all those years ago, lol.

speaking of jobs. i need to go back to rome to help out with the breast program, but just can't bring myself to leave mikey yet......not even with my mom. i'm really struggling with even just a few hours. i don't remember being this bad before, but then again i didn't have a "choice" like i do now.

i'm also really enjoying the MOMS club. i've gone to a few things so far and have made some new friends, one or two that i click pretty well with. i really think this is going to be good for me and the boys.

i got a new phone and have a few videos to share but haven't figure out how to get them off the phone onto the computer yet.

ok, time to wrap it up and get a few hours sleep while i can. i leave you with new pics of mikey - not sure if he's saying "peace out" here or if that's "what's up pimp juice" which is zach's new greeting....