Carys Delaney Brown

just enough time for a quickie. here is Carys Delaney Brown. Born 3/10/10 @ 1024am and only 7lbs 4oz

Kri's baby is ADORABLE!!! There are some pics on her facebook page...:) :)
MaryStar- Chris had a vasectomy in January. He is the BIGGEST whiniest hypochondriac man that I've EVER< EVER met!!! BUT....he did amazing. He said it didn't hurt at all, and took Advil once.....so tell Matt it's OK!!!

Caden is 3 months old...and such a dear. I'm a bit upset because my milk seems to be drying up....and suggestions to get it back????? HELP!!!!

He's a great eater....nurses OK...but I have pumped everything for him up until this point...and had a fantastic store of it inthe freezer...but now we're having to thaw some every day.....

Any advice from my mammas would be sooo great...
Love you all...
sarah

me too!

i am surely excited to see pictures of le cajun bebe...

happy birthday theodore! what a big boy... hard to believe they are all getting so big, isn't it. Are you going to have any more kids Amy? I can't remember what you guys were thinking on that tip. Matt and I are done, feeling very satisfied with two and happy to get to have a son and a daughter... theoretically Matt is having a vasectomy soon, but we'll see when he actually makes it to the doctor ;p I shouldn't tease him though. He is being cooler about it than many men are. I told him when I was pregnant that I wanted him to have one, he just took a few months to think about it and one day he told me he was going to get one. Which is cool, because he was nervous (is nevrous I think).

love to all

MaryStarr

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

I cannot wait to see pictures of the newest addition to Kri's beautiful family. Hope that all is going well for you right now.

Marystarr, Wow, walking already! How cool is that? I would hope that kids are nicer about braces now than they used to be. I have noticed that, in general, most kids are much more open and accepting than I remember them being growing up.

We are getting Samuel ready for kindergarten. It involves taking him to school to eat lunch so he can acclimate, getting him placed in a class early so he can meet and get used to a new teacher, reminding him constantly about having a new teacher and being in a new building, etc, etc, etc. He is making a lot of progress right now and we are trying to get him placed in the extended school year program. He is doing really well in school right now. He recognizes all of the letters in his name (and can write it with assistance), he can read some sight words and all of his classmates names, can rote count to 15, and has just started attending school with no diaper on!

And on another note, today is Theodore's 3rd birthday! Still cannot believe that he is already that old, sometimes it still feels like I should be pregnant. We are having his party on Saturday. It is pretty sweet, he wanted to invite Samuels teachers. We have been working with them for the past 2 years and they are more like family friends than teachers.

Take Care,
Amy

Induction Day

so we check into the hospital tomorrow night...
i thought that i would quickly post since i will be MIA for a few days. wish me luck and hope the cytotec is enough-really don't want a pitocin drip :( that shit hurts like a mutha !!! got the girls covered, house cleaned, now i just have to straighten myself up and we're a go.
of course, i'm probably forgetting a ton of things. that's what happens when you spend an hour scrubbing baseboards in the bathroom !
much love ladies
kri

wow!

isn't it amazing how other peoples pregnancies just fly by ? ;p

why are they inducing you before your due date? are you ok? just anxious to deliver or are you having complications?

i am excited for you! hard to believe another southern belle is almost upon us. wilder is looking forward to meeting her. he is pretty certain she's gonna be a stone cold fox, just like her mama.

speaking of Wilder, he is a mad monkey. WALKING! started taking a free standing step or two a week before he turned 9 months. now he does 4 or 5 steps, then squats down to get his balance and STANDS BACK UP with no hands. seriously. like an old school soviet weight lifter squatting in the olympics, back in the good old days of horse steroids ;p

Ava has now lost both lower incisors and her top left incisor. She looks like a jack o lantern. Or, a backwoods new hampshire gal ... hehe. Her bottom adult teeth are coming in, one straight and one at (i kid you not) a 45 degree angle. Matt was like "uh, MaryStarr, can you say ORTHODONTIST?". crap. not just for the few thousand bucks it will cost us but also because I dont WANT her to have braces. they hurt and people tease you. and people teasing Ava would hurt me. i am hoping they are not so bad now. any thoughts?

sorry i have been so irregular around here. Life has been so crazy this year for me, between Matt being so stresed and depressed at work and having Wilder and then having to wage a political campaign to save Ava's school I have barely kept my head above water. but i miss you all and love you and really, really want to keep our group in touch. Maybe we can all find our way back to writing more often soon...

xoxoxoxox

MaryStarr

birthday nearing...

39wks and counting. scheduled an induction for tues night. for some reason we have to check into the hospital at 8:00pm !! then they'll try cytotec and later, if needed, pitocin. why labor all night is beyond me but oh well. hope the cytotec works because pitocin is a gift from the devil. we're really hoping that i go into labor tomorrow since there is more on television to watch ! dan has been on this rollar coaster before and he knows now how long it takes and how little interaction i offer :) in fact, trying to get me to talk or participate in any conversation while in active labor is likely to result in physical harm to him. now all i have to do is shave and shower before the big day and we're all set. if i'm going to look hagard, i want to look hagard with clean hair and hairless armpits...

xoxo
kri

still pregnant

hey ladies-
still here, still pregnant. over 38wks now and number 3 just ain't budging. i haven't been able to post much lately since the Saints won the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras was in full swing, and i'm still working 4 shifts a week. on top of the usual chaos, i find that there is too much to do and i forget to check the computor daily. hell, washing my hair has even dropped down on my priority list :) all i know is that there definitely isn't enough time in the day or money in the account to get everything done !!!
how is everyone else doing ? any new updates ?
xoxo
kri

Wow everyone is quiet. Hope that all is well with everyone.

I have some exciting news. Samuel is almost potty trained! We are very excited. I know it may seem odd that he isn't potty-trained yet, but according to a few books I have read, autistic children are among the hardest to potty train. The key with him is to remind him every hour.

Just real quick, Go Saints!