So I'm blaming my lack of blogging on several things- no camera battery, wedding stuff, and Grey's Anatomy. I blame the last one on my sister who let me borrow the first season, and now Eric and I are hooked. We found a website online where you can watch full episodes, its pretty dangerous. We are already on the fourth season!
But maybe I should stop giving excuses and just give an update. Sorry, my camera is out of battery and I keep forgetting to charge it so no pictures this time.
Ethan and Chase were both weighed yesterday-- Ethan came in at 26 lbs 6 oz, which is the same as he was at his 2 year appointment 5 months ago. No surprise there, that kid never wants to eat. But Chase has gained yet another pound and a half, and now weighs 17 lbs 14 oz. When is he going to slow down?! He's going to be too big for his car seat in another couple months.
I've been having more fun with my boys the last few weeks, Chase just all of a sudden seemed able to interact and became a lot more fun. He is able to roll over onto his stomach but can't roll back, so he gets frustrated because he doesn't like being on his tummy for too long. He eats rice cereal really well, and we've just started introducing other vegetables like squash and green beans and he doesn't mind those either. I think he just likes food in general :) Its funny how much I've forgotten and had to relearn about when and what foods to introduce, when he'll start solids, its been 2 years since I've had to think about this stuff.
Ethan is becoming such a talker, that's really fun too. He's started joking around more, and thinks its funny to call me Mommy Monkey. Sometimes when he does things he will say what we would have said in that situation-- like if I ask him to go give Chase a toy, he'll walk over and put it in his hand and then say "Thank you, Ethan". He's pretty hesitant to go down stairs, so I always remind him that he can do it on his own, and once he gets down the step I usually say, "See you can do it! Good job." So now whenever he navigates stairs by himself he looks up at me and says, "See! Good." with the same inflection I would have used. When we ask him to, if he's not in a shy mood, he can make a really funny sad face. He can never hold it for too long before he starts laughing because he knows we are going to laugh too. Oh and every time I ask him where something is, like one of his toys, his automatic response is "throw it downstairs." At bedtime his favorite story to hear is about Noah's Ark, when Eric asks him what story he wants to hear he always says the animals and boat story.
The boys keep each other entertained too. It's interesting how much Chase watches Ethan. The other day in the car Ethan kept making this funny noise, and every time he did it Chase would burst out laughing. It was pretty cute.
Well tomorrow is Eric's birthday so hopefully I'll get the camera charged and ready so next post I'll have some pictures to go with it :)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Hiatus Rationale, and an update
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Outta town
Sorry it's been a while since I posted, I was in Utah and Idaho for a few days for Jayme's wedding. Now I am back but have been catching up on other things, and I didn't take any pictures while I was there (sad!) so I don't have much to post about. BUT Jayme's Alaska reception is tomorrow night so I'll try to take pictures there and post about it this weekend. :)
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
A Family Foto Frenzy
Jayme was kind enough to take an hour out of her wedding preparations to take some family pictures for us this week. Well, its not as easy as it would seem. Or maybe it doesn't seem easy to get a toddler and a baby to be good and look at the camera for an hour but I was trying to convince myself otherwise. So I think we ended up with about 3 pictures total where we are all looking, and then a bunch of cute ones that I wouldn't have printed but are fun to look at. Then just a few funny ones. Hope you enjoy them!





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Friday, August 28, 2009
Some of Eric's Thoughts
Let me explain a little something. First off, I have tried to stay out of politics for the last few years because it did nothing but upset me and I really didn't feel like I could do anything to make a difference. With that said, I begrudgingly starting researching about health care because it impacts me directly as I want to become a doctor. I started my research by questioning first hand the Doctors and Surgeons in the Operating Room at Alaska Regional Hospital where I work. The question I asked the docs was, "What would health care reform (like it reads now) do to you?" In EVERY case the doctors have told me it would damage or ruin health care as we know it. Most expect their average yearly income to be cut in half due to reduced compensation for procedures. Tell me how a doctor who has spent his life 10 years plus....studying and working to practice medicine is supposed to get by on half of what he make now and still owes on average $150,000 in medical school loans. I will take a break here so you can listen to one of my favorite messages about health care reform......watch the video below.
After watching that....ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'll let you decide if that sounds like the direction we want our county heading in.
To change the tune just a little bit. Medicare was started in 1965 and was allotted a budget of 50 million dollars. Not 45 years later Medicare now has a budget of 400 billion dollars. Do YOU want to do the math? This is how the government runs programs. Tell me how the government will run a health care "option" any better that this? In the Canadian province of British Columbia their public health program which provides health care for all of its citizens now consumes 2/3 of their federal budget. It started out cheaper....but bureaucrats can't run businesses. One final example of how awesomely big this proposal is can be seen in the UK. The three largest employers in the WORLD are 1st the Red Army in China (3 million employed), 2nd the Indian Railway (1.4 million workers), and 3rd UK's pubic health care system in which 2 out 3 are administrators. Tell me how efficient and cost reducing that system as to be.
Anyway, if you feel strongly about this do something...email or call a senator or representative... I have... tell a friend some fact that is outrageous. Or if nothing else just become a little more informed so you are not surprised when things like this start happening. Comment if you want more information or if you have some info of your own. Things could be changed but change the things that will actually make a difference. Tort reform would save billions and lower insurance premiums. Preventative care is the GRAND KEY to cutting health care costs. At Alaska Regional Hospital we do 20-50 surgical cases daily. From my point of view it is obvious to see that the great majority of the patients we treat are obese. It just causes problems. Joints wear out, hearts wear out, they are not healthy. These are things that would change health care and reform it into something I could one day be proud to be a part of.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
4 Months!
I seriously cannot believe Chase is 4 months old this week! Didn't I just come home from the hospital with him last week? So much has happened since he was born and we've been so busy that its just been a blur. But that doesn't mean I haven't made time to enjoy my sweet baby, he is such a good little man and always so happy! He is such a joy to have in the family, and Ethan enjoys his brother as well!
He had his 4 month check-up yesterday and here are his stats:
Height- 27.5 in (greater than 97th percentile)
Weight- 16 lb 3 oz (75th percentile)
Head size- 40 cm (50th percentile)
Ethan was 18 lbs at a year, Chase is so much bigger than he was at this age and he goes through clothes a lot faster! I'm sure it won't be too long before they are sharing clothes.
In honor of his 4 month birthday, we decided to try him on some rice cereal. Success!! He loved it! Ethan was never a fan so this is a good change.
Every time Chase wakes up Ethan asks to get in the crib with him and they lay and laugh at each other for a few minutes. Both like to such on their fingers :)
I'm so lucky to have 2 (well, 3) boys!
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Chase face
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Strong man!!
Just after a big diaper blowout today (hence the no clothing) I rolled Chase onto his stomach and he all of a sudden was able to hold his head up and prop himself up on his arms! Now hopefully tummy time will be a little more enjoyable. He'll be 4 months in another week, he's getting so big!
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