4 1/2 months

Hi everyone! Well its that fall time of the year again!! I see leaves changing and less day light happening all around me. Though our temps have had a few cool days mostly they are still pretty warm *knock on wood*. Today PJ had her 4 months well child check and shots. I hate having shots done. PJ is such a happy baby that I hate making her cry that way, but it must be done! So, here are her stats:

17 1/2 lbs (95%)
26 inches (90%) and
her head they didnt give me the measurement on just told me it was in the 60%.

I can feel and see the corner of her first tooth which is maybe a week or so away from breaking surface so long as it doesnt decide to go back down! Shes trying hard to crawl and gets very frustrated that she can't go join her sisters. Shes figured out how to scoot backwards though, thats pretty amuzing.

Baylie is still loving school. We go back to Denver to talk with a doctor in the sleep clinic there next Friday. All the tests we've had done for her have come back fine, so we are on the schedule book with a genetisist. Why? Well when chemical levels in the blood are okay, MRI is clear, Neurology looks fine and no one can figure out her special issues then its time to see if its in the blood make-up. We will be seeing a neuropsychologist sometime in the near future (yet another trip to Denver!)

Daisy is doing well. I am looking forward to putting her in pre-school come January! I am so sure she will thrive and grow in a school like setting.

James is also doing okay. He still works for TSI. Still hates it. But if I can find a good paying job by January James will quite TSI and go back to school full time! He is very excited about the idea of going back. He says he'd like to go for his associate degree in desiel mechanics. I think he will do well there. I just hope we can make it happen for him.

I am doing ok too. I am searching for a job as I mentioned above and until then enjoying the time I am home with my girls (esp. Pepper...who doesnt love a happy cuddley baby?) I know that I am going to start Christmas shopping this month, and I have the kids' halloween costumes picked out, I just need to start making them!

Thats it for the Soesbe household for right now!

happiest baby on the block

My little PJ is just such a happy thing and such a sweet baby! I thought I would share some pictures from the other day!

three months and horsin around

Hello ya'll! I hope summer has been treating you good. Our summer closes on a sad note as my mom had to go back to florida. She will be there until December.
But on a happier note i have pictures for your enjoyment!

First up: Daisy and the blue flower headband i made for her

Next, when the county fair was happening my friend Ciara was in for open class horse, she was nice enough to let us come ride for a while!

Followed by Pepper my now supported sitter. Shes been doing this since the beginning of august, I finally broke down and bought her one of those bumbo seats...she really like that!

Shes also doing amazing with holding her head up and head control, she gets those legs to kicking and her butt in the air, i imagine that by the time shes about 4 1/2 to 5 months she will be at least doing an army crawl.

This last one is daisy modeling her pettiskirt, she and baylie both got them and we are having some professional pictures done this friday in them...tomorrow i am making shirts to go with the skirts, and i made pepper a rainbow tutu!

The Plan...

So after seeing a number of my friends and relatives over the past few months I have realized that I am out of shape. I am ready to change that! I am thinking that I am going to get a membership somewhere (where ever its cheapest!) and whenever James gets home at night I will go work out.
The goal is to get at least 3 nights a week to start. I am also going to (finally!) start watching what I eat and how much. The how much is my biggest problem right now.
My weight loss goal is 70 lbs. The ticker to the side here is my marker. I will weigh myself once a week on Sundays.
The final goal is to have lost the 70 lbs by....((drum roll please))..........Christmas. I have 20 weeks to loose 70 lbs! Whick is roughly 3.5 lbs a week, well within the range of 'normal and safe'.
If there are any takers that want to join me on my weight loss challange I would love company. These things always work better if you have a partner or support.
I am hoping that going back to work (when ever I can find a job) will help too! Let me know if you want to be my belly buddy (lol) as I do love company!

2 months and then some

Its so hard to believe that little Ms. Pepper is 2 months and 5 days old already!!!! She went in for her shots today (those always make me sad) but here are her stats from todays appt: 23 3/4 inches and 14 lbs. 4 oz. She amazes me all the time. Her head control is amazing and now she stands on hard surfaces (like your lap or hands or floor) and if you put her feet on the floor (we have hard wood floors) and the rest of her on a blanket during tummy time or even on her back she will scoot. And the other day she got up on her elbows and knees for a bit. She is in a hurry to grow up and I just want her to stay little lol.

Thats my grandma (they came up for a visit for 2 weeks) and my cousin Cheryl holding PJ

The 4th of July

my grandma and baylie holding pepper

my grandma and grandpa holding pepper

family shot: grandma, grandpa, mom, me, james, pepper, bob, baylie and daisy. 4 generations of Avery women :O)


Baylie had her MRI in Rapid at the beginning of this month. She did very well and the results were clear of anything! Daisy is Daisy....she just is. James' mom took the kids and me to Devil's Tower about a week ago, they had lots of fun.

the girls at my aunt's house, that's their cousin Avery with them on the swing

Playing in the pool at our house!

more more more...

Hi ho everyone! Lets see...PJ is a month old, wow where did that month go?! Today she had a check up to make sure she's better from the infection that landed her in the hospital a week ago. She got the doctors seal of approval! And she weighs in at a healthy 11lbs 10oz.

James and Baylie made the trip to Denver, we have started her on an antiseizure medication. She is sechuled for an MRI in Rapid City on the 2nd of July, but to do that she has to go to our pedi. to make sure she's ok to go under the sedation, so thats happening on the 28th of June. On this past Monday she underwent a surgery to remove her tonsils and adnoids and is recovering from that now.

Daisy is a trooper and is just chuggin along. She too underwent the the tonsil and adnoid removal surgery on Monday and is recovering just fine from that. Both girls had enormous tonsils and adnoids. Daisy had her teeth cleaned at the beginning of the month and her dentist said her teeth look great!

James is still working for TSI, though not very happily as they keep messing with his hours. So when he has time he is in search of a new job.

I am doing fine as well. I go in for my 6 week check on the 29th, I hope that goes well. (I dont see why it wouldnt) Its been an adjustment for me getting used to the three kids instead of two. And we have been beyond busy with all the appointments. We've seen pediatricians, neurologists, dentists, and ENTs all in the span of one month. The average week since Peppers birth has had at least one if not two or more doctors appts in it. The 13th of July should be the last of them for a while. That one is a dentist appt for Baylie for a cleaning- though I also know that somewhere in there is Pepper's 2 month well child.

WHEW!!!! I am soooooo tired of doctors! lol

a new nick name is born

As most people do, we have given all of our children nick-names. Baylie is affectionately referred to as Roo-Roo, Daisy is lovingly called Bananas, and now Pepper has a nick-name too: Mighty Mouse.

Most of you know she was in the hospital for 24 hours this past monday and tuesday for observation. While she was there they took some blood and put in an IV. It took two nurses to hold her down for the blood draw and 3 for the IV. These ladies work on infants constantly and absolutely could not believe how strong Pepper is. And so we have bestowed the name Mighty Mouse to her.

And now some pictures from the past couple of weeks...in 6 days she will be a month old!