What's new?

I'm happy to say that the 2 weeks that Sabe was gone went by pretty fast for us. For the most part, it went ok. The boys did pretty well. Other than a ton of drama that we had at church, things went pretty smooth. We had a bit of a meltdown on like day 2 when the boys realized daddy wasn't coming back, but that was it for the most part. We're so glad to have him back, even if it's just for a week. Hopefully Gemma decided she's nice and comfy too because Sabe won't be able to come home early if she comes while he's gone.

Speaking of Gemma, we're doing really well on that front and have picked up everything that we need or had people tell us they would get it for us (thank you!!). I've not really tried to get her room together though, because we're planning on moving right after she gets here, so we'll just leave it all a mess until we move, lol! We have SO many clothes!! We've been given a ton (thank you!!) and have picked up some we couldn't resist as well. Girl clothes shopping is sooo different than boys. There's so much to choose from and everything is so cute. It's a bit overwhelming at first actually!

Marcus is doing great. His speech therapy is really helping and he's starting to say the "L" sound a bit. We're waiting to hear back from the specialist about an appointment for his tongue tie, but we should hear from them soon. Hopefully that will help a lot in his sounds. He's doing really great with it so far though, and is enunciating a lot better. He still doesn't speak in complete sentences, but we're forcing him to ask for things properly before he gets them and it's been helping. He's still picking things up really fast and I can't be more proud than I am! He's such a little trooper! We've put him into soccer and while he's having a bit of a hard time since he doesn't really understand what he's doing, he's not the only kid having a hard time and that makes me feel better. He's really good at dribbling! I think once he gets the concept of what's going on and really gets into it that he's going to do really well.

We've got a few appointments for Jamesen as well for him to be tested for Autism. The closest one is on the 6th. I'll have more on that after I know what's going on. I'm pretty sure he's on the spectrum, I just don't know how severe he is. He really is such a sweet kid though. His speech is coming on really well (compared to Marcus at that age anyways) and we're so proud of him too. He keeps showing me that he's got a talent for music and I can't wait for him to turn 3 so I can put him into piano lessons. I really don't know how well he'll do since he's kind of stubborn when it comes to people showing him how to do things, but we'll try it out and see how it goes.

All in all we're doing really well! No real complaints other than the ones that come with pregnancy and daddy being gone. Nothing too terrible and nothing we've not dealt with before. We can't wait to move on post though! We figure that will be around the beginning of May, just before deploys. It'll be nice to be on post near our friends while he's gone!

Anyways, that's our little update! Until next time.

Momma Drama

I was thinking about how the drama in my life has changed since becoming a mom. It was actually quite funny to me. During highschool and college it was boys (did I still like the guy I was dating? What was he doing wrong that I didn't like? How do I get him to break up with me so I don't have to do it?), tests (did I study enough? I studied right? I should do ok... right? Crap I sucked) and work (coworker drama spilling over to me, not getting enough hours to pay my bills or getting too many hours to study properly)

Those woes are long behind me. They've changed to things like, Jamesen's thumb has been "bruised" for about a month now.. is that really a bruise?? We just signed Marcus up for soccer... where am I supposed to find cleats that aren't too expensive that fit a 4 year old with huge feet?? and the one plaguing me the most lately... How in the world am I going to get 3 carseats in the back of my Maxima?! More than that... how am I going to pay for the new carseats I need to get so that they fit in the back of my Maxima?!

Sabe and I switched vehicles a bit ago because he was driving way more than me. His truck is a guzzler, so I would keep it despite the like one or two days I drove somewhere during the week. Now that Marcus is in speech therapy, we've decided that the carseats will be in the car from Friday-Monday and the truck from Tuesday-Thursday. I'd have the car for the days that Marcus has speech since the place we have to go to is kind of far away and I would just try to do all my errands on those days as well. It's been working great... as long as Gemma stays growing. Once she's out, I'll need to fit a third seat back there and with our current carseats there is NO way that is possible.

Luckily, I've got some carseat guru friends who pointed me to a group that has some serious carseat nazis who have helped me figure out which carseats I can get to fit back there. It's just figuring out how we're going to pay for them. The skinniest carseats on the market are $300 or close to it and I just can't afford to buy 3 of those. I'm hoping to get away with only buying one and buying another one that's thin. We'll be doing all of this when we get our tax return in the next few weeks. Wish me luck finding good deals on the seats I need!


Other than that, we're all kind of bummed. Sabe's leaving in an hour or two for a course he's gotta take. It'll be two weeks. He then comes home for a week and then leaves for 4, comes home just before my due date, is home for a few months and then deploys. I just wish I could blink and have it be April. Sorry if I'm a bit mopey. I've still not gotten the hang of being super cheerful while Sabe's gone. Marcus really misses him and it breaks my heart.

Anyways, gotta run, just wanted to update really quick. We've got some appointment for the boys on the 7th, so hopefully I'll know more about the tongue tie and possible autism then.