Heidi-Rae Update: 10 Months

She loves the trampoline!
See her litte bitty hand? That's a GrenBay tatoo!

Weight 

6 teeth!

Heidi is keeping a steady weight of 18 pounds. e had her 9 month appoint this month! He said she isn't steadily climbing the scale. She is in the 25th percentile but not gradually climbing up. He's not concerned, just said it was worth mentioning and keeping an eye on.

Health

"What that wasn't me, it was the other baby in the house!"

We have been healthy since the last post! We struggled through that sickness and lingering cough! Impetigo is completely gone.

Sleep

Not much change here. She has started to wake up around midnight, again. She wants milk most of the time. On nights Daddy is home he is usually able to get her back to sleep.

Clothes

Since she isn't growing too rapidly, we have 6 month sleepers and onesies she still fits. We borrowed a friend's 9 month clothes since our bin is MIA.

Social

We continue to be on the go! Heidi went down the kiddie slope on skis with GiGi! And we got together with the all the babies born in the fire department last year! There were 12! WOW!

Brotherly/Sisterly Love

Capri is still quite rough with Heidi. She just loves her so much she is overwhelming and forgets to be gentle. Sadly, it results in Heidi being upset. We are working through this! Jeremy is pretty much the opposite! He is very gentle. He sits next to her in the car and is ever so sweet and patient when she is not happy in the car!

Diet

We are still on an every 3 hour nursing pattern. We have tried to introduce foods but she gags on just about everything! Anything not milk or water with probiotics she gags, sometimes to the point of vomiting! Drama queen! We are going to wait and try again next month. She doesn't NEED food at thins point, it's just for her pallet.

Milestones 

We have a stander! She is quite good at balancing on her own! She loves to be "walked." She no longer ikea her walker or jumper. She knows she can move on her own and does not like to be put in something that doesn't allow her freedom!

Personality

I love to watch her little mind think. She finds something that moves or she can move and she focuses on it. I often wonder what she is thinking, what she is learning.

Seaworld Trip

There were some big fires in San Diego this year. They were so appreciative of everything the firefighters did, the offered FREE tickets to Southern California firefighters and their families! ALL! Not just the guys that were on the fire. We went with my Dad, his wife, and my niece! It was so much fun!

Capri's Pregnancy Pictures

You remember, I started taking pictures at 18 weeks to watch the progression of my belly, with the help of her big "brodder," as he says it!

18-20 Weeks! 

19-36 Weeks!

That little boy cracks me up! I love his personality in the pictures!

Staycation 2013

We planned a "Staycation" with my mom! It was the week after Jackie's wedding and we had Sierra too! It was so fun!

Day 1: Hike up Mt. Rubidioux

Day 2: We scored FREE tickets to Legoland!!
We took the O'Rafferty's with us.
I have better pictures but I can't find them!
I'll update when I can! 

Legoland had a watermark included in the main park!
It was Awesome! The kids loved it! 

Day 3: Kitchen tour of CPK
The kids got to make their own pizzas and see the kitchen

Day 4: Snuggles in the morning. A fun relaxing day at home!
We decided to use the picture to tell the Facebook world we were expecting baby #3.

Day 5: Orange County Zoo
We saw the animals, rode the train, rented a bike.
We had tons of fun! 

We had one more day planned but unfortunately, I was in the ER the evening after the Zoo. We had a miscarriage with our Precious Baby #3. You can read the story here. Nevertheless, this was a great stay cation! 

Easter 2014

I will keep attempting family shots!
One day we will get one with everybody looking!

All dressed up!

The kids were lead on a scavenger hunt to find their baskets. . . in the bathtub!

He really enjoyed the Peeps at Grandma's!

Jeremy 4 1/2 years Update

He rides a 2 wheeler now!

Jeremy is such a sweet kid! He loss to show people he loves them. He constantly has ideas on things we can do to bring somebody something or do something to make them feel special! I love his heart!

This kid is a jokester! He crake us p all the time! He constantly asks me to teach him new jokes. Once he has them memorized, he tells anybody he can! His favorite: What do you call a nosy pepper? Jalapeño business!

Me: Jeremy, do you remember we talked about only kissing family. That means Daddy, Mommy, sissys and grandparents? You can't kiss Olivia.
J: Why?
Me: She's not your wife.you have to save your kisses for your wife.
J: Well, I want to marry her one day and she will be my wife, so why can't I kiss her now?

Gigi: Jeremy I'm looking for my phone
J: Your brain has a book when you can't find something you open it to the page and you find it.

Me: Jeremy let's put you back to a baby.
J: noooooo mom I'm a grown man boy Jeremy 4! I can't go back now!

I'm going on a boat. I'm going north east

Strawberry ice cream coffee that tastes like strawberry ice cream coffee, it's good for you so you can have as much as you want. Burp Carmel coffee, it doesn't taste like Carmel, when you burp it up to taste Carmel.

Song in his head about how he slept in "against all that reading! And was sleeping like a fish! Like a fish!"
"my feet have to be naked if they are on the trampoline! "

While Praying. . . Thank you for Legoland. I can't Wait to go again. I had so much fun, I can't so thinking about it because I keep telling me mom and dad I know they we'll get to go again"

 Learning about Paul in prison, Jeremy said, "I wouldn't be scared." The teacher asked "why?" Jeremy said, "because God would be with me!" The teacher said, "yes! Exactly!"

Called grandma "probiotic"

Something I thought I would never have to say, "you can NOT karate chop your penis"

He loves his sisters! 

In a nutshell. . .

It is my vision to be able to write once a week about the happenings in the Mini-Mart house. I really feel like I am missing out on recording fun activities, family memories, milestones, etc, etc because I am not diligent enough to journal them. My life is crazy! But I want to have time to record all of this and have something to look back on when i am missing the crazy!
Here goes. . . .

This week we have been dealing with sickness! Blah! It seems to be a slow onset. So far we are on day 5 of Capri, day 2 with Jeremy, Heidi seems to have escaped it, one point for breastmilk! I have the stuffiness and sore throat but no throwing up or cough. Thank you Jesus! The kids being sick makes for a crazy-can't-clean-or-catch-up kind of week! Jeremy has been home from school. We do pages in his workbook when we can.

Bobby officiated his 2nd wedding ceremony! AJ (the groom) worked with B's uncle Terry. Terry sent him to see B to get advice on how to become a firefighter! 12 months later he has gone through all the steps and is in the hiring process! Talk about motivation! He is also getting married and asked B to perform the wedding! They have developed a sweet friendship! I just adore watching B "do the Lord's work." It makes me so proud to be his wife!

We finished up a Marriage Class we have been facilitating! It's called Dynamic Marriage. Check out the link! It's an awesome class on digging into your marriage and taking it from average to DYNAMIC!

We also had a family-hangout-get-together day and Kimo and Auntie Donna's! Would you believe that on November 9 it was 90* and we had a SWIM party??? The kids had a blast!

That's all for this week! Catch you next week when we tell you about our weekend get a way!! Ooooo!!!