I feel like this whole week is going to be a "Spring Forward" in the sence that I am trying to pack in some fun before I go back to woork on Wednesday. On monday we are going to the Zoo. I am so excited, this year Noah actually knows what the animal names are and the sign for them. I will try to get some video of him signing. But also today and tommarrow will be spent getting the boys back on routine with the time change. I think every mother dreads loosing an hour of sleep! Especially for sunday morning. We always have a busy sunday, relaxing, but busy lol.
I am going to start a weekly thing (hopefully) to post. Kid Quotes are so funny that I think it can lighten almost anyones day. So yesterday, my husband and I were getting ready to go out on a date. When Noah gets dressed up I tell him that he looks handsome. So as we were going to the door, he looked at me and said, "Mommy you look handsome", lol. I said thank-you! Of course my husband said "Girls are beautiful, boys are handsome". Haha.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Morning Adventures
Today I woke up with a song in my head. It is an old hymnal, "You are new every morning, new every morning..." The sun was shining through our bedroom window and I just though about that song. It talks about how God is always the same but yet I learn something different about him, or am reminded of somthing I have forgotten everyday.
I also saw a really beautiful cardinal and his "wife" this morning. I thought I would share the pictures.
Noah & Kurt went out this morning to pick up sticks in the yard and to help my brother and dad cut wood. Noah loves to be outside, I think is is because he can use some of that energy he has. He is all about being on the go, maybe it is stage and maybe he will just be that way. He is also an entusiastic learner. He love working on his ABC's. it is more of song to him right now, but still a start. Here is a video of the ABC's and some pics of Noah and Kurt.
I have been looking forward to going back to work in some ways but the majority of the time I am trying to concintrate on building a bond with Micah. He is so cute. I love his "bright eyes" (that is a nickname I have for him) and his hair. New babies are fun. I am trying to soak it all in. He is on a really good routine. I am not a fan of strick schedules, but we definatly have a routine. I think it helps them to know what to expect, and it settles them down. Here are some pics of him.
I havent done montage in a while so...enjoy.
I also saw a really beautiful cardinal and his "wife" this morning. I thought I would share the pictures.
Noah & Kurt went out this morning to pick up sticks in the yard and to help my brother and dad cut wood. Noah loves to be outside, I think is is because he can use some of that energy he has. He is all about being on the go, maybe it is stage and maybe he will just be that way. He is also an entusiastic learner. He love working on his ABC's. it is more of song to him right now, but still a start. Here is a video of the ABC's and some pics of Noah and Kurt.
I have been looking forward to going back to work in some ways but the majority of the time I am trying to concintrate on building a bond with Micah. He is so cute. I love his "bright eyes" (that is a nickname I have for him) and his hair. New babies are fun. I am trying to soak it all in. He is on a really good routine. I am not a fan of strick schedules, but we definatly have a routine. I think it helps them to know what to expect, and it settles them down. Here are some pics of him.
I havent done montage in a while so...enjoy.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Blessed
I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how our friends and family have really helped to make the transition from one to two children smooth. We have had many people bringing us dinners, coming over to watch Noah while I tend to Micah, then trading so that I can spend time with Noah as well. Also, I would like to thank everyone for the congrats and well wishes. I really appreciated everything that has been done for us.
Right now Kurt and I are doing a devotional on finances and giving. One of the activities is to count the times that people do things for you, that save you money, as blessings and to take that into consideration when you are giving back to the church or to missions or to a charity of your choice. So when people have been bring meals and such, that saves us because we aren't using groceries that we have bought and it is already prepared for us so it is more like eating out, plus we get to fellowship with friends.
Right now we(along with many people) are going through a tight budgeting time with Kurt being laid off AND going to school, and me on maternity leave (mostly paid, but not all). We have really had to re-examine our spending and how much we are relying on God to provide for us. It has definitely made us more appreciative of what we do have. It is funny I feel more content about "having things" now than I did when I was younger and had more money to spend on myself. It is almost as if life gets more realistic as you gain maturity.
Speaking of blessings, Micah is napping, Noah is with Daddy running errands and I get some free time! I am posting and doing devotionals :)
Noah is doing so well with the change from only child to big brother. I can tell he has a little bit of jealousy, like when I am taking pics of Micah, he says, "take a picture of Noah?" So I have been doing my best to keep him in the loop. I can also tell that he is developing feelings of love for Micah, he always wants to know where he is and be in the same room as Micah. He regularly hugs and kisses Micah as well. So here are some fun pictures.
Noah wearing one of Micah's hats
Noah giving the pump a try! lol
Right now Kurt and I are doing a devotional on finances and giving. One of the activities is to count the times that people do things for you, that save you money, as blessings and to take that into consideration when you are giving back to the church or to missions or to a charity of your choice. So when people have been bring meals and such, that saves us because we aren't using groceries that we have bought and it is already prepared for us so it is more like eating out, plus we get to fellowship with friends.
Right now we(along with many people) are going through a tight budgeting time with Kurt being laid off AND going to school, and me on maternity leave (mostly paid, but not all). We have really had to re-examine our spending and how much we are relying on God to provide for us. It has definitely made us more appreciative of what we do have. It is funny I feel more content about "having things" now than I did when I was younger and had more money to spend on myself. It is almost as if life gets more realistic as you gain maturity.
Speaking of blessings, Micah is napping, Noah is with Daddy running errands and I get some free time! I am posting and doing devotionals :)
Noah is doing so well with the change from only child to big brother. I can tell he has a little bit of jealousy, like when I am taking pics of Micah, he says, "take a picture of Noah?" So I have been doing my best to keep him in the loop. I can also tell that he is developing feelings of love for Micah, he always wants to know where he is and be in the same room as Micah. He regularly hugs and kisses Micah as well. So here are some fun pictures.
Noah wearing one of Micah's hats
Noah giving the pump a try! lol
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Baby #2 Micah!
Micah Alan Barman is finally here! He arrived Monday evening at 7:00 pm. My water broke around 11:15 pm on Sunday, but I was going to labor at home, so we waited for active labor to begin, but my contractions didn't get more regular, in fact they were all over the place. We went back to bed at like 5 am, slept till 8 or 9 am and were totally puzzled. My water waasnt really comming out any more and active labor had stopped? So I called my doctors office, and they said to go to the hopsital to get tested to see if my water really had broke. Of course I didnt want to do this because, If I were to go in and my water had broke, even though I wasnt in active labor they would not send me home. Meaning I would be domed to spend however long labor was in the hospital. Blah! So we were praying on the way into the hospital, that if my water had broke, for labor to pick up, if it had not broke, for them to send me home.
Well we got to the hospital @ 10 AM. They checked me and said that my water had not broke, that it was all(i did not know that the mucus plug could be so much!)just my mucus plug. I was only 2 cm and still not effaced. So the nurse called my doctor, who then said to have me walk around an hour then make sure my water had not broke. Ugh. So, I stayed to wander the halls. Needless to say, they tested me again in an hour and my water had broke?. So from 10-2 pm or so I was just waiting around, praying labor would start (hubby ran some errands). Then around 3 contractions started again, 5 pm contractions were a strong 5 min appart, then a t 6pm I was 6 cm, by 6:50 I was pushing! Yay! 7:00 Micah was here! It was a very fast labor, once it finally picked up. So no complications or anything. I did do skin to skin with Micah, something I didnt know about with Noah, it was very cool. You would maybe think gross, but i didnt care what was on him, just his warmth and being able to hold him and not a blanket was awesome.It helped us to bond right away. He latched on right away also, something I struggled with at first with Noah.
So everything was going great...then they told me that Micah and I had incompatable blood types ( not the Rh factor, which they have an injection for) he is A negative and I am O negative, thanks to hubby. Therefore the bilirubin in his body would try to break down to fast and give him jandice. So we spent two more days in the hospital with him under the bililight most of the time. The thing I didnt like is that I couldnt hold him that much and his eyes had to be covered with these little "sunglasses" because the lights are like a tanning beds.
All in all I am very happy to have a healthy baby, a wonderful husband helping me all along the way, and a willing big brother to help along the way. Noah is just great with him so far. He wants to share with him and is always saying "Hi, baby Micah". Wanting to help and gives him kisses alll the time. So on with recovery and getting into a schedule.
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