Sympathy Pains

I have had two pregnancy's and Jay has had two kidney stones.
Jay came home from work today and went straight to the bath tub for a long soak. I kept calling out his name and couldn't figure out why he wasn't answering and I found him in the tub. He looked miserable. He was in so much pain and thought he had another kidney stone. I got him some of my leftover Ibuprofen from when Paisley was born and gave him a big glass of water, then all I could do was just sit back and watch him. It was awful. He couldn't sit, or stand, or lay down. Nothing would relieve the pain. I kept reading on the Internet about kidney stones and I called the doctor and they pretty much everything we found advised us to go to the ER if the pain was unbearable.
Jay had passed a kidney stone several years ago. He was in a bunch of pain and had no clue what it was and his brother took him to the ER during work and they asked for a urine sample and he passed it then. Almost instant relief and a $1500 bill (they wanted to do a MRI to make sure he didn't have any other stones...and he didn't). Well we didn't want a repeat of that very expensive bath room break, so we debated for a long time about going to the hospital, and finally he couldn't stand it any more and said we needed to go. I got all the kids in the car and drove him to the ER. It was packed in the waiting room, so he decided to go for a free bathroom break. He went and no relief, then the kids needed to go to the bath room. I offered to take them, but he said he would, so off they went. When he came back he seemed a little bit better, and as the minutes passed he kept feeling better and better. We decided that he must have passed the kidney stone. I made the comment that we had both went through the pain of bearing two kids a piece and he decided that he was done having kids. I announced that I wasn't and he said that if he had to have more "kids" he wanted and epidural next time....I don't blame him!
He always seems to pass a kidney stone within a couple months of me having a baby, I think it is sympathy pains. We are glad to have him back to normal.

If only it was always this easy

The other night our kids all fell asleep in the living room. Bridger and Macie fell asleep watching Jay and I exercise and then while Jay and I were talking after we were all done we realized Emy was also sleeping, and of course the baby was asleep for the night (because we are that lucky).

I just had to take a picture of how they all fell asleep. It was just so cute.

Bridger and Macie piled under pillows on the couch



Paisley asleep in Jay's arms


and Emy asleep on Jay's shoe...that he was still wearing.


They are all just too cute...especially when they are sleeping. I am such a sucker for sleeping kids.

Forgery...and a First Grader

Tonight when we were putting the kids in bed I had to move Bridger's back pack off of his bed and I found his planner. I checked to make sure that it had been signed off for the reading that he did today. He is supposed to read an average of 20 minutes each school day. Well today after 10 minutes of reading he announced that he was done and that he didn't care if he had to stay in at recess (sometimes if they don't read, then their teacher has them stay in at recess). I decided that it was okay, it was his decision and he could be done.
Well when I was checking his planner this is what I found...
Jay had signed off 10 minutes for today, and Bridger had forged Jay's initials and signed off 30 minutes for tomorrow. At least he can add...he knew that he needed an extra 10 minutes.
It just made me smile. I hated reading when I was little. I remember when I was in the first grade I would get down the ward directory (to copy down how to spell my mom's name correctly) and hide behind our big green chair and forge her name on my reading assignments. I got away with it until parent teacher conference when the teacher told her it was cute that she would let me practice my writing by signing her name on all my homework.

Where is Emy?

So just a few minutes ago I was running through the house in a panic. I could not find my little two year old. I was yelling her name and frantically looking in each room of the house. Normally she is always two steps behind me weather I want her to be or not. Thoughts were running through my mind...did she come back inside after we ran errands, did she get outside without me knowing, did she choke and is now unconscious...
I ran to get Bridger and Macie to have them help me look for her and after I yelled at them that following me around the house to look for her isn't really helping, they finally went a different direction them me and I heard Macie say, "I found her, she is sleeping". I still was a little bit panicked and ran in the room to make sure she was alive (crazy I know, but I have fears they will choke on something and die).
Sure enough all is well...this is what Macie found...

and then my panic and fears turned into awe she's so cute!

Sweet Dreams

I don't know how I got so lucky.

My sweet little baby has slept from 10pm till 10am the next morning for the last two nights. She has been sleeping through the night for a few weeks, but just recently she started sleeping an extra 3 hours.

I probably just jinxed myself...hopefully she will continue to sleep well!

I do however get woken up by two very loud and very tired little girls fighting over who gets to lay by mommy when they wonder out of their room in the middle of the night. Occasionally a punch is thrown (not by me or Jay!).

In the middle of the night reasoning with our children is out of the question. Generally Macie wins being by my side so I can avoid a punch to my own face and Emy lays on top of me till they are both back asleep.

Where is Bridger in the middle of the night? We had to bribe him with a Nintendo DS to get him to stay out of our room. He had to sleep in his own bed for 100 nights in a row. He did great and now regularly sleeps in his own bed. Occasionally we wake up in the morning with him laying at our feet. He knows if he tries to lay by us then we will send him back to his own room or have him lay on the floor next to our bed.

So even though I have a little tiny baby who sleeps through the night, I still don't...and honestly I can not even remember the last time I slept all night long. But in the morning the kids are worth it all...just don't ask what I think of it when I have two kids smothering me at 2am.

My Daily Conversation with my 4 Year Old

Macie: Can I kick you in the face?

Me: (Giggling) No

Macie: Please can I kick you in the face?

Me: No thank you.

Macie: Ummm...can I kick you in the leg?

Me: No

Macie: Ummm...can I kick you in the nose?

Me: Nope

Macie: Ummm...can I kick you in the nuts?

Me: Only boys have nuts

Macie: Please can I kick you in the nuts?

Me: I am not a boy

Macie: Ummm...Please can I kick you in the shoe?

Me: We aren't supposed to kick

Macie: Where can I kick you then?

Me: (Generally laughing pretty hard by this point) If you kick me, then can I kick you?

Macie: Ummm...No thank you.