Where did March go?!?

I swear just yesterday it was February. Where did March go? I know I didn't sleep through it. I've only had a handful of days that I have slept through the night.

Updates:
Kids- Aidan is good, acting very much like a two year old...yay...and is proving how much smarter he is than we are.
Keegan is 11 weeks today. And FINALLY on the road to recovery! He has been diagnosed with Acid Reflux and has made the last few weeks a living hell. There is nothing worse than your child hurting and you don't know how to fix it! We tried Zantac and while it helped he still had what we call "colic days" and he would cry all day and never nap. It was miserable for everyone. He is now on Prevacid and doing much better even after just 4 days. We finally found the right formula for him. That also was a battle with the reflux. We have found he does best on Soy (yes, I know SO many people say not to give your son soy...but they can come watch him while he cries for hours on end with a sick tummy because of the milk based formulas - even the hypoallergenic ones made him sick) and then we had to try all the different brands of soy because Similac backed him up so bad. In conclusion...lol...he is on Gerber Good Start, I had never even looked at it before but wouldn't you know it, it works like a charm! Here is a video I took of the boys yesterday. Aidan calls Keegan "T". (don't mind the mess in the background)

Tara and Chris- We are both dieting - low fat, low carbs, high protein. And we are going to the gym almost every day. I refuse to weigh myself because I am NOT going to be discouraged and when I am tired and frazzled from the day it is very easy for me to want to give up. I know if I do all the "right" things, the weight WILL come off.  I also treat myself to tanning after I workout. It's something to look forward to every time I go to the gym.
Chris is doing really well and I SO proud of him. He has been really trying and he has been in a better mood since exercising and dieting. Better mood=nicer husband!

Today I have been having a lazy day and enjoying it! Aidan is napping and Keegan is cooing and soon should be sleeping. Yay! Tonight I am going grocery shopping and then to the gym. Tomorrow night I am going to pick up a Little Tykes castle swing/slide thing like this one:

I am SO excited! Aidan is going to love it!  I am getting it used from a MOPS friend.

Saturday, I am going to the MOPS Summit. I am SO excited!

Anyway, I better take a shower if I want one today!

Keegan's 2 month Update!

Keegan went for his two month well-baby visit.  We suspected there has been some other digestive issues with him as he was never really comfortable for long.  Turns out he has acid reflux.  He is now on Zantac and everyday he is on it he gets a little better.  Now we're just dealing with constipation issues from being on Soy formula.
*note* Before you jump down my throat about having him on soy and all the "issues" about the estrogen's in soy, I have done my research and we have made this decision so please keep your comments to yourself! Thank you!
He is doing better on the Soy than he did on the Alimentum. However, we may try Alimentum again to see if he can tolerate it, the constipation is just such an issue.

Keegan weighs 10lbs 5oz and is 22 3/4inches long. His eyes are still blue and his hair is a reddish blond.

A quick note

The last couple days Keegan has been smiling more and it seems as though he is mimicking me. Tonight every time I looked at him or touched him he gave me a huge open mouthed smile!

Priceless!!

Time for bed! Good night friends!

Change is good

So today I had a wonderful conversation with an old friend. We laughed so hard with both our 2 year olds in the background playing and trying to get our attention. :o) We were best friends before we had kids and now that we both have two kids time just slipped away from us. But I hope that we can start getting together and maybe without the kids! Eh...one can hope! LOL

My mom also came over today, it wasn't as good as a visit as we've had in the past few weeks, but I appreciate her coming to see me and making the effort. We will never have the relationship we once had but I am happy where it is now. My kids need to at least know their grandmother.

I am a person that either loves change or hates change, it just depends where I am in my life. For awhile I hated change and I did everything possible to keep things from changing. Well, since I lost my one friend recently, have been so active in MOPS, reconnecting with my mom and old friends, and learning to be a mom to 2 kids - change is good.
Today I deleted a bunch of people off my facebook page. Really, I deleted a lot of people from high school. I just can't take any more drama. I like to watch other peoples drama on TV but not live in drama.
So I took the spring cleaning approach to facebook. If you no longer are a positive person in my life, you're out. I'm sure there will be a few people asking "WTH?" When they realize I have blocked them. But what would I say? "Sorry, you are not a nice person and are toxic to me. So I am blocking you. Have a nice life." But that's really what I am saying just with a lot less words.

Tomorrow night we have a Woman's retreat at Bell Creek church. It's the church that supports our MOPS group. I am really looking forward to it. I am going over to a friends house and then another friend is driving us. Yay!
A friend and I were talking last night about how moms come last. And we do. Not that I complain about it very often. But I am the one up in the middle of the night, up bright and early getting breakfast ready, taking care of the hubby (i make his lunch and set out his clothes) in between nursing Keegan, getting Aidan up and set up with breakfast. It's crazy and the rest of my day is a lot of the same. I sometimes eat lunch and if I do Aidan eats half of it. You'd think I would loose more weight because of that but really I snack all day because we always have some sort of snack out. for Aidan. Anyway, moms really need to take time for themselves. Even if it's 20 minutes watching tv, or reading or surfing the web. Anything that doesn't require work.

Oh and sliced open my pinkie finger today peeling potatoes. It's pretty bad so I am going to have Chris bring home dinner. Oh Jimmy Johns how I love you and your jalapeno chips!

Pictures!

There is so much to catch up on...

I really wish I didn't need to sleep, then I would have time to actually finish the laundry and get on my computer, and do all sorts of other things that get forgotten.

Today Keegan is 8 weeks old. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that I had him and other days it feels like he's been here forever. Keegan is sleeping through the night most nights. Last night he slept from 11pm until 7am. I was shocked! The few other times he slept for 5 or 6 hours.

A week ago yesterday, I had my IUD put in. We went with the Mirena IUD.
First, let me say they are very expensive the IUD alone was $750.68. (Thank goodness our insurance paid it in full)
And second, OUCH!!!
Those are two things they DO NOT tell you on the commercials.
They do a cervical block by giving you a shot of Novocain in your cervix. Then they insert it. It hurts and you do bleed pretty good. However, I seem to be one of the lucky ones and I am starting to feel back to normal after a week. But the cramping for a the first few days is really bad and painful, lets just say I was using my left over meds from my C-section to control the pain.
Today I've only had a couple cramps and I assume that it will only get better and I will be very happy with it. No more babies for awhile and no more periods! Yay!

I've been really active with MOPS lately and I feel like I have purpose. I've made so many wonderful friends and I'm even presenting our craft on the 18th. My friend is in charge of our crafts but she will be out of town so she asked me if I could do it, I was more than happy. Tonight, I am running out to Michael's with her to pick up a few things for the craft we're doing.
Last weekend was our Mom 2 Mom sale. The night before I help set everything up and then they needed some extra help so I volunteered to come in real early in the morning and help. I ended up staying until 12:30pm. We had just under 1000 paying adults, at $1 admission it was great. We had over 100 tables, I had never seen such a huge mom 2 mom sale! And we do another one in the Fall.

Tomorrow I am going to the Bell Creek Community Church Woman's retreat. They are having dinner and a couple speakers. It should be fun.
I have been following that mother's blog that lost her 4 month old daughter. I read it and I cry but every night she has been in my prayers. I know this sounds crazy but it helps to remember how lucky I am. There are days I am ready to pull my hair out.. But reading her blog puts it all in perspective. I am so blessed, for my husband, my boys and my friends.
Here is a link: http://kandjstaats.blogspot.com/

I have a friend that is doing the Project 365...taking pictures of something everyday. I really want to do it too, I suppose I should have started that at the new year but hey better late than never!