Bogart

Bogart...

You make our couch look tiny.

A peek into our day yesterday.  It's finally gotten warm enough to turn sprinklers on!

And it was thoroughly enjoyed...for hours!

Bogart's bath

We give Bogart a bath and wash his bedding the first weekend of every month.  He always feels so refreshed and energetic afterwards.  Brandon took a video of it this morning that is pretty funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhr8CjZaeXY&feature=player_embedded

new stuff

I just imported pictures from my camera to the computer and realized I have LOTS to blog about and that's not all: I have stories to share that I don't have pictures of.  I won't bombard this blog post with everything.  I'm hoping to be able to do one post a day and get caught up.  I'll just go in the same order they were taken.

These two can have so much fun out in the yard doing absolutely nothing but just walking around.

We really have no yard toys just that rocket in the first picture and the bike in this picture but neither really get played with since they are too hard to get going on grass and we have very little side walk in the backyard.  When we are out on the main sidewalk we have a better bike (we got the red, blue & yellow one) with a 5-point harness and a handle for me to be able to push until Jordan learns to pedal.  It's awesome.  But usually when we are on the main sidewalk going for a walk we take the double jogging stroller.  The awesome bike normally gets used when we are walking the trail because it's easier to pack into the car and Amélie is perfectly fine riding in the Moby wrap (which is also totally awesome.  I used a Baby Bjorn with Jordan but the Moby is SO. MUCH. BETTER.)  Wow, I really didn't mean to get off on all of that.  The whole point was that we don't have any outdoor toys besides the rocket & bike that are difficult to play with in the backyard so it really makes Jordan have to use her imagination.  For now she is perfectly happy walking around the yard with Bogart on her heels.  She also has a huge bucket full of dirt (well, it used to be full, most of it has gotten scattered here and there throughout the yard) and some smaller pails and a shovel that she loves to play in like one would a sandbox.  I'm planning on giving her her own plot in the garden to see what she can grow...once the weather actually gets warm enough to plant anything!  They pushed back our Farmer's Market so it won't start until July this year.

We've enjoyed a few warm days lately.  We got to eat lunch outside one day!  AND I've been able to hang my laundry on the line twice now!

I'm back!

I didn't mean to fall off the face of the planet as far as this blog is concerned but Jordan and I both being sick last week really did a number on me!  We are feeling a ton better now so I'm hoping to be back to blogging like I was before.

Here are a couple pictures I took last week:

Sweet little smile above turns to this in just one snap.

I love the way she all has her hands folded during these top two pictures.

Oh hi Amélie!

Jordan is finding that Bogart is quite comfy to lay on.

Bogart doesn't agree with the comfort thing though...look at that face!

But he likes to smell shoes and she doesn't so I guess they're even?

Yelling down to Daddy.  Doesn't look like Bogart appreciates her yelling in his ear either.

He's such a good dog!  We love him!

We woke up to snow last Friday...14 inches.  Then two days later we were out in short sleeves enjoying 60 degree weather; snow completely gone.  Now we hear it is forecasted to snow again tomorrow.  Good grief!

Poor little Jordan is sick.  The doctor said yesterday, had we waited to bring her in until today, she would have an ear infection.  Plus she has a really sore throat.  She's been losing her voice, which doesn't slow her chatter down in the least!  The only thing that's been slowing the chatter down is when that nasty fever comes.  Her fever yesterday was 103.8.  The drainage in the back of her throat was so bad last night it caused her to gag on water.  It is SO miserable to watch your children be sick!  I can't stand it; praise the Lord we have hardly had to deal with it and I pray it stays that way.  Today she seems to be doing much better although her voice is still "gone," but she's back to avoiding naps and the fever has gone down to 100 and she's been able to eat and drink.

Brandon taught Jordan how to roll down a hill at the park last week.  Such fun!  I've really been wanting to get a kite.  I think she would be fascinated by it.

Amélie, now 2 1/2 months, just outgrew some of her newborn size jammies and is now in 0-3 month size.  I find this so interesting because my friend's son who is 5 months old now fits into 12 month clothes!  Such a difference!  Amélie weighs 8 lb 8 oz so she has gained three pounds since she was born.  

Oh!  We figured out why Bogart was so sick:  bad bag of dog food.  After he ran out of the special food the vet had given us after we took him in to get checked out we slowly began introducing his regular food and the diarrhea every hour started right back up again.  We remembered that we had just opened the bag of dog food right before he got sick so we opened a new bag just in case and he has been fine ever since.

I guess I really don't have too much to report.  We've not been doing much since Jordan isn't feeling well and since it's been snowing...still...in the middle of April.  Boo.

Here are some pictures from a couple of weeks ago when Jordan was helping me in the kitchen.

She loves helping in the kitchen whenever she can.

She got a lot of flour on her jammies!  It's an easy clean; it just dusted right off.

Bogart

quick update

Jordan is becoming quite the independent girl lately.  Her new favorite word seems to be "MINE!" Part of the time she truly means "mine" but most of the time that is her way of saying "NO!  I want to do it!"  Often when I've tried helping her or even ask her if she would like help if I see her struggling with something and she says "Nnno!  Mine."  This is quite the change from the usual super whiney "Mommy" that I used to hear whenever she needed help.  It's fun to see her independence coming out.

Amélie has become quite the "talker" like her sister.  She has found her voice and it is so much fun to listen to her coo.  She purposefully flashes some great big smiles nowadays too especially when she's being talked to.  She has so much fun watching her big sister, she just stares and stares in awe of her.

I love my girls.

Brandon has been sick with the flu and hiding in the basement so the three of us don't catch what he's got.  We miss him!  I've been sleeping alone, tonight will be the third night.  Jordan stands at the top of the stairs begging to go down and see Daddy.  The brief moments he comes up for food and water is not enough to satisfy any of us, but as difficult as it is, it really is for the best.

Bogart has also been sick, not with the flu but with diarrhea and puking.  I was up with him four times last night.  You read right, FOUR times.  Poor doggie.  He seems to be feeling better and I really hope so because I don't think I can handle another night of that!

Last night after I tucked Jordan into bed my mom came and picked Amélie and I up so I could get out of the house for a while.  Amélie was asleep the whole time and I got to just enjoy some time out with my mom for a couple hours.  It was so wonderful.  I love hanging out with my mom.

I realize I haven't posted in a couple days.  Thursday we were gone most of the day...the girls and I went to my parent's house and hung out with my dad and my nephew for half the day then later in the evening Brandon, Jordan, Amélie, Bogart and I all went for a walk to the park where we played for a while.  Yesterday and today I've been a lazy, crabby lady who has had no motivation to do much of anything.  The house is getting messier by the day and it's adding to my crankiness but I still can't seem to find the motivation to change it.

My baby must be going through a major growth spurt because she is eating MUCH more often than usual and can hardly stay awake long enough to actually eat.  It's really wearing on me.  She eats for about an hour and then an hour later she is wanting to eat again and as far as overnight goes,  she used to be able to go 7 or 8 hours between feedings but the past couple nights it's been more like 4 or 5 so I'm majorly lacking on sleep (which adds to the crankiness).  I feel like I'm barely getting any time to spend with Jordan or do housework or knit or take pictures and blog or sleep!  I've not been the most fun person to be around lately.

Anyway, enough complaining, I suppose.

I came around the corner the other day and found that Bogart had fallen in between the couch cushions.  He was stuck!

Sorry to post all the negativity.  Hopefully I'll be back on track tomorrow.

picture a day

I shouldn't even be telling you this because it is possible that I can't hold to it as I'd like but I'm setting a goal for myself of taking at least one picture a day of the girls or dog or simply anything happening in our home that day and putting it on the blog.  I'm freeing myself from having to write a whole post as long as I at least get a picture up.  We'll see how long this lasts!

I was giving the girls a bath this morning when I realized that this was the very first time they've taken one together.  I of course wanted to take a picture to note the "event" but I had forgotten it in the living room.  I wrapped Amélie in a towel, quickly retrieved the camera from the living room and headed back to the bathroom.  After I put Am back in the tub she started to cry.  I was afraid my chance of getting pictures had come and gone but she quickly settled down after realizing how relaxing and warm the water was.  Then I took SO MANY pictures that I'm having a really difficult time picking which ones to put on this here blog. So I've decided to overload and do all my favorites!

I laid the wash rag down to cover Amélie's parts and Jordan immediately went in for it having no idea the real reason for it being there.

This is the face I seem to get whenever I ask her to smile.  Goofy kid.

Does this one really need a caption?  I just love it!  I don't think the next three need captions either.

Mama's little helper

Nice and cozy after her bath while her big sis is in the background having a grand ol' time in the bath tub 

Oh and we can't forget Bogart!

Hello again!

I have been inspired to blog again after reading so many blogs lately, but then when I actually have some free time to blog I realize that I'd really rather READ blogs than WRITE one!  I decided the least I could do was throw some pictures on here for you all to see.

Amélie, the day she was born.  I have been so terrible about taking pictures of her!  With nursing, taking care of a two year old and a puppy I find myself never taking time to capture the moments on camera.  Shame on me!  Wait a second!  I never posted that we got a dog!  Shame on me again!

We got a Great Dane puppy the beginning of January.  This picture, I believe, was taken the night Amélie was born.  He was so little then!  He has probably over doubled in size just since this was taken over a month and a half ago!  People often ask me how the transition from one to two children is going but in all reality it has been a transition from one to THREE because the dog definitely requires a lot of time and attention (more than the baby!).  By the way, his name is Bogart.

Jordan and her cousin Ivan (four and a half months younger than her) at her two year birthday party!  Yep a lot has been going on in the Scherrer household:  got a puppy, had a baby, and celebrated Jordan's second birthday.  Things are finally seeming to slow down and fall into place.