New pictures!!!

I'm adjusting...

Yep, I'm adjusting to the no nursing thing. Last night we went out to dinner and I ordered a strawberry dacquiri. yum. well, it wasn't the best, but it was good. Now I get to start taking diet pills to help lose all this baby weight (and McDonalds weight) that I'm carrying around. I guess I should be thankful that Braden chose to quit before spring/summer season!

No, I'm not happy about him not nursing, but I've accepted it and I'm adjusting. I'm always one for "looking on the bright side". So, I'm finding my bright side and enjoying my growing baby boy!

It's with great sadness that I announce...

...I am no longer a breast-feeding mom. :( Braden is 100% on 2% milk. sigh. I know it should be a good thing because it frees me up A LOT (and he's sleeping 11 hours each night without any wake ups), but it also means my baby, my last baby, is growing up. I will never again breast feed. Never again have those "moments" with just me and my baby that only come with nursing. Now Darren is reminding me that we should be getting Braden onto a cup and off the bottle! SLOW DOWN! Only one thing at a time...quit trying to make my baby grow up. I will never have a baby again (unless I remarry) so why rush these things? I was ready for Hailee to grow up, to do those "firsts" and experience all the newness with her. Not with Braden. He's it. No more "firsts" after he's done with them. So I don't want to do them now, I want to hold on to this baby forever, keep him mine, and little (okay not so little but you know what I mean).

okay, wiping tears. Going to go enjoy this baby, and watch him grow, and learn, and enjoy all the moments I can!



sigh.

just have to share..

...some CUUUUTE pics of the kids! They may not be feeling 100%, but these pics sure do hide that! All of these were taken yesterday, so they can't get more up-to-date!

oh my the bugs won't leave!

So, many of you know that this house has been BUGGED! Darren was diagnosed and is being treated for bronchitis. The kids were officially diagnosed with "the crud", yes, that was the medical term he used, and are being treated for it. I was diagnosed with tendonitis, along with another "itis", am wearing a brace and taking steroids for it. THEN I got sick, probably just a cold, but it's kicking my fat butt right now and I'm losing fast!

Well, today Hailee wanted to go back to school. She's still upset she missed her Valentine party yesterday (though, I did hear though the grapevine..coughcoughthankschristiecoughcough...that the party sorta sucked). So we decide to let her go, I mean she's just going to sing, color, and play, same she'd do here. Darren drops her off at 1pm....the call came in at 1:30pm: "Mrs Wagner, this is so-so from the infirmary at Wolf Creek Elementary". great, she can't even make it through a 21/2 hour day of pre-k! So off Darren goes to pick her up (so grateful he's still home today!) and now she's napping soundly! Poor thing. Darren told the school we'd be keeping her home tomorrow, too, as a precaution. yay, no school run for this sick mom tomorrow!!

I can happily say Darren and Braden are working their way back to normal! Braden ate dinner last night, first meal in almost 4 days, then drank a 7oz bottle of milk this morning! My big boy is coming back! I've spent a lot of time in the rocking chair with him this past week, will miss that, but hope to get everyone better so I can disinfect this house and just MAYBE do some scrapping!

Scrapping - haven't done that in a while, but look for the design teams awesome work at www.scrapbookplayground.com on the 20th...our awesome sponsor is Sakura! PENS!!! wahoo! can't let them fall on the floor anymore, Braden is getting pretty darn quick on those hands and knees! lol

Everyone, be safe and stay healthy! Hope you all had a romantic (or not, depending on your style) Valentine's Day. As you can guess, mine stunk, but I was given a raincheck! Gotta love that man of mine!

I'm going to be busy now!

He's "crawling"!!! Well, he's mobile, lol. His crawl is so funny! I need to figure out how to get a video on here for you to see, it really is quite a site! AND, I went to get him after his nap and he was standing up! That's a first! boy, oh, boy he's gonna be trouble! :)

And here are some pictures just because they're cute!!!! Enjoy!

Hailee in the snow!

Braden and his crazy towel dried hair!