Dr visits

Today both of the smaller littles had their shots. And so tonight they are both in pain. I have administered all the appropriate pain meds but for some reason baby bird is trembling with painful screams.

Neither boy ever went to these extremes so it is hard to say if she is just more tender or if there is something wrong. I know there can be reactions to these injections but I have never had one happen. I am keeping a close watch on the injection sites and her actions. So far I think it is just a little tender and she is so not used to dealing with that kind of pain.

I gave her some infant's tylenol and was trying to feed her her 7P bottle but she kept screaming. She would stop for a couple minutes get down a couple swigs of formula and then start screaming again. She has been eating 4 ounces every 3 hours but she only managed 2 that feeding. It is now time for her 10 feeding and then bed time. We will see how it goes. She may be back in our room tonight just for keeping-an-eye-on-her sake.

So on the info front. Miley bird weighed in at 9lbs and 13 oz. I am so excited but sad at the same time. I have to say that my back has been thankful for the tiny person to carry but I am sad that she is outgrowing her "new tiny baby-ness". She is going to be so petite anyway that she is going to be stinkin' cute no matter how big she gets.

She got her shots today; 2 in one leg and 1 in the other. She cried when it first went in and then started sucking away on her Nuk and fell asleep. She was good to go (until tonight).

Moe baby was a bit different. He had to have blood drawn for a lead screening that they do. So his finger got pricked as well and they had to squish blood out of his little finger tip. NOT a happy boy. The shots were pretty rough too. He has always been the more sensitive of the two.

Bear got his shots about a week ago and he winced when the needle went in and then when she was done with the injection she put a bandaid on it and he was enamoured by the "duck" that was on the bandaid! Such a brave little soul!

Moe weighed in at 26 lbs and is as tall as Bear now. So lean and tall like his parents (very UNlike his foster parents! :))

For the most part they are doing GREAT. All things checked out good.

I did go to court today for Miley and listened in on her case. It was just a status hearing so it was boring but it was good to go and get a feel for her caseplan. I had not been to hers yet. They are still "planning" for reunification but waiting for a DNA test to be done. Hopefully soon we will get the results back and we can move forward in this case.

Baby Bird is doing so well and getting so big. She is smiling all the time now and such a joy to be around. We love her sweet self and are looking forward to the days to come with her in our family.

What, you mean you've missed me

I have missed you all too!

We have been rather busy around here. J's brother has been in town with his new wife and daughter. Then J's Nana came into town with his Aunt and so we have been doing the whole family thing. On top of having 3 kids to wrangle every day... to say the least we have been a bit busy *smile*.

Moe baby is having his first visit with his father at his residence tomorrow. It will be supervised but they are going to be there to get him used to being at home with his son. It is seeming so much more real than I thought it would ever seem.

He is doing great and finally starting to talk and not just grunt and/or sign. His new words are "Ball" and "Mama" (funny that was Bear's first word.... "Ball"). He is funny when he says a word he gets all excited about it and runs off. Such a bashful little one.

Bear is loving being a big brother to his "siblings" of the house. He has been known to "readjust" Miley when she slides off the boppy pillow. And he loves to hold her. We have even gone so far as handing her to him and letting him carry her to her play mat. Us close behind with one hand on her, of course. He does GREAT with her. He is so gentle. He loves to burp her by patting her on her back very gently... so fun to see him enteracting with her. It is even more fun seeing her smile at him when he is talking to her.

When Moe gets too close (he is still clumsy and wobbly around her... very scary) Bear will come over and say "--(his name)--- no. GO!"

Bear has been talking A LOT! He can say just about anything and it is hilarious when he just blurts out a word that we have not heard before... like he's known it forever and just never wanted to say it. We encourage his talking and saying everything by just applauding whatever he says and not correcting him. Correction will come in time as he listens to us talking... right now he just needs to be encouraged in talking. He is doing GREAT!

My favorite word of his right now it "fendant"... and that is not referring to a defendant as in law terms. Instead that would be the big grey animal with a long trunk and HUGE ears. When he sees an elephant he points and keeps repeating "fendant, fendant"... so sweet! I love his little voice!

He loves playing with "dough-dough" (play dough) right now. He keeps making "nakes" and "wirms". Oh and let's not forget the many balls made from play dough that get chunked at me. "Weadyyyy... GO!"

Potty training has been great. He is about 85% trained. He still has an occasional accident in his shorts but for the most part he is staying dry all day. When it is time to put his shorts and underwear on I pull them out and hold them up and he comes running, saying over and over agiain... "unnerwere"... "shorz on" for Underwear and shorts on. MMMM I love him!

AND our sweet Miley... She has finally MOVED... out of our room that is. No more cradle in our room! Woo Hoo... :)... she is a very fidgity sleeper and makes lots of noise. She has moved on up to a portable crib in the guest bedroom. She is doing well and is sleeping from 10P to 7A. I love the 8 week mark. :). She was a very fussy baby and very moody. She is now doing REALLY good and smiling a lot. She loves to be swadled from chest down with arms out.

We had the worst time getting her to keep a pacifier in but finally after working with it for a while she is taking it like a champ now. We are waiting for the father to do a DNA test in order to know where the case will go. We are starting to see a longer term placement than thought in the beginning I am almost positive. But we will see. She is a precious baby girl and we are soaking it all in.
As for J and I; well we are surviving when the kids bring us water and let us have a potty break. Other than that we stay bound and gagged in the closed and starve most days unless we give in and eat cheerios and gold fish one more stinkin day! I REFUSE... They have been kind tonight though, they brought me my computer to check emails. I thought I may as well give a shout out to all my friends... OH BY THE WAY SEND HELP! haha...

We are good. J has been working a lot during the days (usually he works nights only) and so I have been hacking it out alone during the day with the 3 littles. We have been staying home as much as possible due to the 150*(sorry for the SLIGHT exaggeration) weather here in TX! We have a pretty booked week most of the time with visits on two different days.

It is good here in the Wachsmann household... just a bit HOT, TIRING, and CRAZY ACTIVE! Thanks for keeping tabs on me even when I am out of pocket!

OH by the way ... we finally sold the Camry. I cried but I am happy to have our Sequoia! I saw the camry again after we sold it and lets just say... It is NOT THE SAME!!! IT HAS RIMS AND BASS NOW!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! *sniff, sniff... sigh*

he is because she is

Such a strange and unbelievably hard concept to wrap ones mind around.

4 years ago today we welcomed our sweet baby girl Olivia Grace into the world 17 weeks premature. 30 minutes later we watched her take her last breath and placed her into the arms of our Heavenly Father.

Today 4 years later we have a precious little boy with our last name. We would have never known him had it not been for her coming and going. Some make a lasting impression with just a moment of life. Hers was him. He is our lasting impression of our baby girl Olivia Grace.





Of course there were two more of our children that came and went that confirmed that we would indeed go this route to be parents but she lead the path.

Happy Birthday sweet girl. WE love you and miss you so much.