It's November

Well, first of all I have to apologize. When I first started this blog I had the intention to actually write on it every night. Little did I know, that was not gonna happen! I'm sorry, I am just too tired to write every night, so please do not be upset. I honestly don't know what I was thinking. Anyways, I am back and I will just tell you now I will be lucky to update once a week. I will try for a couple times, but I will not guarantee.

There have been a lot of changes in our household. Hayley climbed the first flight of stairs!! I couldn't believe it. It took her a few minutes to get the first step, but after that she just took off. Hayley also started speech therapy and physical therapy so now she has therapy four times a week. A week from Monday we are also starting a playgroup. We will be busy, busy, busy! I think it will be fantastic for Hayley and I am excited to get her walking and talking. I am dreaming for the day when she looks at me and says "Mama."

Hayley is also down to 1 nap now. (please pray for me) So, let's just say mommy gets very little time to herself :( It is good though, because now I have that time with Hayley in the morning while Chase naps.

Speaking of Chase, he is gonna be a little hearbreaker. We went to the Tacoma Dome for the Holiday Gift and Food Festival the other day and Jason was carrying Chase in a front carrier. He was facing out, and I mean he was smiling at all the girls. I thought I actually saw him bat his big blue eyes, but I may be mistaken. Chase is starting to roll across the floor and playing with anything he can get his hands on. He is growing like a weed. He is only 2lbs less than Hayley!

We took the kids trick or treating tonight. Oh my goodness they were so cute. Chase was a monkey, banana and all, and Hayley was a butterfly. Cute, cute, cute! I can't wait til they can

walk up to the door themselves and say trick or treat.

I can't believe it is November!! This is crazy!

Hello again

I finally looked on here and realized it has been a while since I wrote in here. Well, last weekend we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. It was fun. We put Hayley in the wheelbarrow and we went in search for some nice looking pumpkins. After we got there though I realized that I hadn't charged my camera so I only got a few pictures before it died. Of course I didn't get any of Chase, but he was there. Poor guy!

This week we also got her therapy sessions in order. Now she will have therapy four times a week, so we will be busy with those and playgroups. I found that it is good to try and keep busy. It is hard on me to take them out by myself, but I know it is the best thing for both my children. I just can't wait for Hayley to start walking. Carrying them both is getting pretty tough!

Hayley is really getting into being an older sister. At first she would give Chase toys, but now she just takes them away. It's pretty funny to see his face. He just sits and stares at her. Then he usually ends up sucking on his fingers. I figure I'll go ahead and let her, because soon enough he will be taking the toys from her!

This week we have also really noticed how quickly Hayley is picking up on things. You usually just have to show Hayley once how to do something and then she can do it. It's pretty awesome to see her catch on to things!! She is so smart and I just can't wait for her to start talking. Sorry I haven't been keeping up I will try to do better.

Have a good weekend!

Stinky Boys and Broken Toys

My house is pure chaos! First of all, Bubba is pretty much over his little cold, thank goodness. Unfortunantly he passed it on to Hayley and so she is on the tail end of it. Poor Hayley is also cutting about 4 teeth right now, so she has been in a great mood!

Yesterday Bubba, Hayley and I were playing on the floor. Hayley bent down in front of Bubba and then it happened. He spit up all over her head! Her hair was a mess and it stunk so bad. So obviously she got a bath right then and there. Yesterday was also the day that no matter what I did Hayley just whined and whined. Poor thing. I could not make her happy to save my life.

This week was also the first time we tried Bubba in the exersaucer. Of course he loves it, because it's just another thing for him to spit up on. It's been out since Monday and he has already managed to make it stink like soy formula already. I actually think that he is starting to just absorb the spit up smell. Just thinking about it makes me want to give him a bath.

Today we had two firsts. I ran upstairs this morning to grab Bubba and came downstairs and I didn't see Hayley. I peek around the corner into the kitchen and found her surrounded by dog food and her little hands in the dog food dish. She looks at me and I could tell that she had some in her mouth so I ran over there and sure enough there were two pieces in her mouth. I grabbed them out and then I picked her up. The poor girl smelled like dog food. She had it all over her pjs, because she was drooling out dog food since she is teething. It was a mess. I picked her up and brushed her teeth and washed her hands and then moved her into the living room. I can't wait for Bubba to start crawling!

Hayley also broke her first toy today. She likes this vtech phone that rolls and makes music. She had rolled it into the kitchen and for some reason she turned into an ultimate fighting champion. She kept tossing it around and kicking it like crazy. She would run it into the stove or cabinets like she wanted the poor phone dead. Needless to say the phone does not make music anymore. She killed her phone. I guess my life is just going to get more chaotic as the days go by!

Good night and please pray for me.

Buddy Walk

First of all, having sick children is aweful! I was gonna post something last night, but my poor daughter was up until 11 last night. Poor thing didn't feel good and everytime we put her down she just cried :( It's aweful because you can't do anything about it. Then of course she was up early so she is taking a nap right now.

Yesterday was the Buddy Walk and it was cold and wet! Other than that it went very well. Next year we will be more prepared. We are gonna make t-shirts and hopefully we can raise more money and get more people to walk. It is only a mile so it doesn't take that much time out of your day to go and show your support. We did raise $750 so that was awesome for only 4 days of fundraising. It was also nice that Jason was able to meet Hayleys friends from her playgroup. Now when I talk about them he can put a face to the name. While we were walking I got a little teary knowing that all of these people came out to support individuals with Downs like Hayley and that meant they were supporting Hayley! It was great to see and experience that.

Hopefully the rest of the weekend goes well. I will try and post something tonight also.