Madelynn's Checkup

Well, Maddie is tall and skinny still. She's 86% in height at 35 1/2 inches and 38% in weight at 26lbs. I don't know how she's grown at all since she won't eat hardly anything. But hopefully it's just the stage she's in right now.
Annie got her head checked again too. The thought is that the skull sutures are just overlapped and not fused, which is good. As long as her head continues growing and continues being a good shape, then no worries.
It's colder here now. Madelynn is definitely a summer girl. Annie and I do fine without jackets, but Maddie has to have her jacket before going out.....or maybe she just really likes to accessorize....
Well, so far both girls have gotten over their colds for now. I'm really just waiting for the next one to strike. Every kid I know is coming down with something; it's going to be a hard winter. Tylenol and Kleenex is really going to get rich this year, maybe I should buy stock....hmmm.....

New Direction in Life

I don't know if it's because my cousin Jessica passed away so suddenly or that I've been bored with work lately, or perhaps a combination of the two; however, I've decided to try to mark some things off my life's to-do list. I've quit all my groups and associations I'm involved in at work and am focusing completely on my home and family. Life is too short to continue putting things on the back burner. One day that back burner won't be there, and I don't want to be stuck with a 'coulda, shoulda, woulda' list.
So one thing on my list, is I've always wanted to run in a marathon. I bought a double jogger yesterday and am going to start running (this one may take a couple of years-lol). Next I have a list of inventions that I've thought of, and I want to start making progress on them. I'll start with getting a patent on them, then go from there. I'm looking at mommy and me classes for Maddie (then Annie when she's older.) Just so we can have special time together without any interruptions. I'm also thinking of starting some home health work. Just like 2 or 3 clients in the evenings. I've always thought I'd be good at it and thought I'd like it. For some reason, that one is the hardest for me to get started on....not sure why. Probably, because it takes the largest committment.
Unfortunately my list is longer than the things listed here; but this is a good start. I really want to encourage everyone to look at their lives too and remember to live every day to the fullest and let everyone know how much you love them.....you never know what the future may hold.

I suck at complements

I've have realized a few things about myself as I get older (just a few-lol!) One thing is that I suck at complements. Giving complements and receiving them. It became really obvious this weekend.
I have a friend from work who lost alot of weight recently. She looks great! I was telling her how skinny she looks and that she has a small butt. Since being pregnant, I have a large butt now so I'm really jealous of her butt. However, she is really self conscious of her butt and thinks she has no butt. So I accidently criticized her butt. I'm really sorry (she knows who she is). I meant to say you looked really great and should have left it at that.
I also sucked at telling my other friend how great she is looking also. All my clothes are really tight on me right now and I really wished I had clothes that were loose like I used to. I told her that she lost so much weight that her clothes hang on her and she needs a new wardrobe. I didn't mean to criticize her clothes, I meant to give her a complement that all her hard work is paying off. She looks great and I wish I was as small as she is.
I guess I learned a valuable lesson that I need to just leave complements as short and sweet instead of trying to tell people what I wish would be said to me. I wish I had no butt and I wish my clothes were loose on me instead of so tight all the time. So sorry to my 2 friends- I know ya'll worked really hard to lose all the weight, and it really shows. Ya'll look wonderful! The End

Birthdays Galoore

So my birthday is coming up. It's funny how the older I get the more I want to stay home instead of going out. Some work friends are taking me out on Sunday, but on my actual birthday (Thursday) Jake and I are going to put together bookcases and put up the new TV while Grandma watches the girls. I'm actually looking forward to Thursday with Jake more than going out with the girls. It's not that I don't enjoy going out sometimes, I do! It's great to get out of the house and have a change of scenery sometimes. I just find myself becoming more of a homebody as I get older. Pizza and a project is more fun....I might even get to start a new puzzle! ;P It's getting harder and harder to care about getting fixed up, shaving (ugh), find something nice that will fit (I might have to go shopping)........It's just too much work now...... Maybe when I lose some weight and the kids are older then I'll enjoy these things again......maybe.......
Maddie's birthday is coming up too! It'll be fun to decorate the house for it (and it's great that it's forcing us to finish some projects to prepare for it) ;) Why as they get older, their presents get more expensive- lol! A water bottle just doesn't cut it anymore......
Well, better start cleaning the house. I've hit that point where I have to clean the bathrooms now to have it ready for the party- but I couldn't do it earlier because then I'd have to do it again before the party....lol! The trials and tribulations of cleaning the house, hahaha!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Annie is doing great too, she is laughing (well, more of a chuckle) more and she is rolling from front to back. She loves for people to talk to her- very sociable. She just keeps getting bigger by the minute- too fast! ;(

Annie's 2 month appt.

So Annie had her 2 month checkup yesterday. She is in the 56% for length and 77% in weight. She is 12lbs now- wow! Just so different from Maddie who was always so tall and thin ;) The MD said that she has a really high arch in the roof of her mouth....I hope she doesn't have the same speech impediment that I did. She also has really large ridges where the head plates come together. The shape of her head is good, and head circumference was OK (1/4 an inch small, still 50%) but they are going to recheck in a month just to make sure. I'm glad she's a girl so her hair will cover the ridges.
When we got back from the office Maddie took a nap and when she woke up she was running a fever: 103. She didn't have any symptoms, just tired and cranky and didn't want to eat anything (but she never does). So I gave her tylenol and she seemed to feel better. We had a large storm last night. I think the lightening and thunder kept hitting our backyard it was so loud. So between both girls fevers (Annie did start running a small one: 100.1) and the storm nobody was getting any sleep last night. Hopefully they will take a good nap today. They both still have alittle temp. but it's better and the tylenol is helping.....
Well, I sent out the invites to Maddie's 2nd bday. It's sesame street themed and balloons themed. Basically, I found sesame street items at the Dollar Store and any decorations I couldn't find in sesame street I got with balloons themed. I hope Maddie will be able to blow out her candles this year.....we may have to practice first..... I really can't wait for Christmas this year since Maddie will be able to participate more. I really hope we can go caroling and start some of our own traditions this year.
Ugh, I can't believe I'm already thinking about christmas. This year has gone by incredibly too fast!

I love my house!

I'm loving my house more and more. We got new wood blinds put up, and it looks great! I love the paint color, and when we finish the fireplace project it will be fantastic! Then when we get everything just the way we like it, we'll have to move......boo. Oh well, in the meantime I can just dance in my house of love ;)

Funny story (family with gmail already heard this story):
Maddie started 'breastfeeding' her dolls. She kept wanting to take off her shirt and I couldn't figure out why. Finally, I heard her saying to her doll "hungie (hungry) baby? hungie?" So she took off her shirt and put her dolls mouth up to her belly button- lol! I laughed so hard, then I said "Are you going to burp her, Maddie?" so she patted the dolls back and made the doll say "A-choo!" I had to laugh again;) so I guess she thinks sneezing is burping, and the baby eats from my belly button ;) After I could stop snickering, I showed her how to breastfeed and really burp a baby, so now she is doing it more correctly....... Kids are so funny!

Annie has slept through the night every night this past week! Yay! She is such a good baby! She goes down about 9 or 10pm, and wakes up about 6 or 7am. She is really happy and is always smiling- I'm so proud ;)

Work started back up this last Sunday. It went OK, I floated to a tele. floor but I knew the charge on that floor (he just had twins) so he was super nice to me. I'm excited to be back on my floor this weekend- It'll be nice to catch up with all the girls ;)

What a crazy weekend!

Wow, so this past weekend was very busy. First the painters finally showed up, but instead of it taking only 1 day like they said, it took 3 days for them to finish painting the house (Thurs.-Sat.) I'm so thankful to have my internet again now- lol! I also had to take Maddie and Annie out while they were painting, so thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa Dollar and Grandma and Grandpa Wells for putting us up for awhile ;)

Saturday I had my 10 year HS reunion. It went OK, most of the people I want to keep up with I do via facebook and myspace (and twitter and blogger, etc....) I wonder if reunions will start to disappear now that social networking via the internet is more popular. I had to laugh, one classmate came up to me and said "Carrie Dollar! Who can forget Carrie Dollar!" lol- My name is Corrie, lady!

Sunday was Annabelle's baptism. It went really well. Beth (Jake's sister) and her fiancee Barry (wedding in October) are the Godparents. I'm really excited that they accepted and I know they will be wonderful Godparents for Annie. We just invited family this time because we know how busy our friends are with their lives at this moment, and didn't want them to feel pressured to make it. I really hope everyone will be able to make it to Maddie's birthday party on Labor day though ;) We are hoping to have the fireplace project completed by then (we'll see.....) ;)

Poor Jake looks so tired after such a busy weekend :) Still a cute one of him and his girls though.