Ironically, after writing about seeking balance and being pulled in a million directions and mom guilt (this post)-- this week happened. Monday afternoon was a regularly scheduled OB visit to check up on me and baby number four and it was also coupled with the much-loved glucose test. For those of you not familiar, you drink a disgusting drink similar to a soda syrup and then wait an hour to have a blood draw. This would be my fourth time doing it. Tuesday morning I was awoken by my ...
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Lighthouse Climb & Finding Balance
This past weekend we were able to visit our town's lighthouse. It was a scheduled lighthouse climb day. You have to be six to do it, so only Quinn qualified. Since I'm very pregnant, I let Ross hike up to the top of the lighthouse with him. He did facetime us from the top though! We had to get there early to secure our spot. Even though the other kids didn't get to climb, they enjoyed their time. Lately, I feel like I am being pulled in so many directions in my ...
Hudson Turns Two
Hudson turned two on April 16 and I am just now getting around to documenting it. Just looking at the pictures, I can see he has already changed. The weather was iffy on Hudson's birthday and we didn't have any specific plans. We picked Eleanor up from school and daddy from work and had lunch at Culver's. Ice cream and cheeseburgers for the birthday boy--his favorite! Ross and I decided, since it turned out to be a beautiful day that we should head to the Milwaukee Zoo. Spring in Wisconsin ...
A Patriotic Porch
I don't know if you happened to catch our porch makeover. Last year we finally did something about the dated wrought iron and ratty carpet. You can check out all the details here. To give you an idea of how bad it was, I leave you with this: I'm super excited to announce that our porch makeover was featured in the June issue of This Old House magazine! Since the holiday decor came down, I've been itching to get this porch ready for the spring. We got our porch all pretty just ...
What to Expect
I'm officially doing this a fourth time. I know, he doesn't look to happy about it. He is though! Sure, he has no idea what is going on, but he happily points at my stomach and says baby. He mostly thought it was fun to run from me and since he knew I wanted a picture of his shirt... Eleanor wants to know how Hudson can be a big brother if he still poops in a diaper. I'm hoping that this summer we will be able to potty train Hudson and that wont be the case. We already ...