Saturday, September 29, 2012

The flu...

Well...2 more weeks have passed and the Connolly's were hit by the flu!  IT WAS AWFUL!  Noah started throwing up on a Thursday night...the entire day care got hit by Friday.  Mommy went to the UNI craft show on Saturday...by midnight...I had it.  We went to the hospital on Sunday morning for fluids.  By then...my mom had it...my in-laws came to help during the morning and Sunday night my dad helped.  My father-in-law had it Monday morning and Scott came home from school with it on Monday night.  This flu was the both ends kind...and exhausting.  We called to make sure I could still nurse Ryder and we could...but I was so dehydrated that he didn't get much.  I think we are getting back to the right levels...drinking LOTS of water...hoping my supply can keep up.  Otherwise...

Ryder had his 4 month check (a bit behind b/c of my delaying of his shots).  He weighed in at 15.4 pounds, 25.5 inches long!  Big baby!!!!!  He is doing every milestone like he is supposed to and has been cleared for good. I haven't decided if I am ready to start him yet.  This is going by so fast...and I also think until Scott is home...I am not ready to tackle the baby food and Noah eating by myself.

Noah...well...we are battling it out right now in the food area.  He is going through this phase where he doesn't want to eat certain things...and we are sitting at the table until he finishes.  Super fun...ugg.  But we are not giving in...he has been an okay eater and this is going to be a downward spiral if we give in.  And...as a toddler...our listening skills are not the best!  So...we will battle it out:)

Scott is hanging in there with school.  Not many men teachers in the junior high...so he is kind of lonely...and his 7th graders are struggling in football...but the high school is doing great!  So that helps! 

Jenny...is very overwhelmed...we are understaffed...I am traveling to 26 high schools this fall compared to my 12 from last year...so I am pooped.  I am at least a week behind in checking email.  Not going to complain...trying to have a better attitude...but I am pooped at the end of each day from feeling so behind.  At least everyone is feeling the same way:) 

We are still trying to menu plan...it was a bust this last week b/c of the flu...but it is helping.  Our house currently looks like a tornado went through it...but tomorrow morning is the cleaning day.  We are almost caught up with laundry (after having 4 FULL baskets sit in our upstairs all week...had to dig through it for clean clothes!!).  So...here we go again!

Here are some fun pics:

 exhausted...story of our lives:)
 precious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 "see me eating my sherbert mom?"
 big gripper!!!!
using the bouncy jumperoo!!!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

So...school has started and life got crazy!!!

CRAZY!!!!!!  We now have a 16 week old...or 4 MONTHS!  Ryder-roo is a laughing, wiggling machine:)  Noah is a very loving and very protective big brother.  Backing up:

 Ran the dirty girl race in Welch, MN!  Megan Stull is my best friend from grad school and a breast cancer survivor.  My mom is a survivor as well...and I would do just about anything to defeat this!  And...about anything for Megan:)  It was a mud run similar to Scott's...extreme 5k...ya know:)

 4 mud pits...had to crawl through...it was at a ski resort...HUGE HILLS!!!!!!!!!!!


I had a gift card to Jiva (a pricey place in town) so it was basically free!  I look pretty chubby...getting there with the baby weight.  I am about 5 pounds away...and just need to work out!  I am doing my mommy work out class at noon and when my travels are done (26 high schools this year...more on that later) I am working out/running during my noon hour 2-3 days a week.  It is my me time...as well as my get healthier time!  Adjusting to two and work has been okay.  I have to get up at 6am at the latest to make it all work and get out the door.  So...I feed Ryder and then pump...sometimes this is a great plan as long as he is in routine...but if not...we are all thrown off.  We have seen a lot of 4am!  Noah is a SUPER slow poke in the morning...so getting him to move is a task.  Off we go...it is like a mad dash:)  Ryder has been starting to hang out in the bumbo and still chills in the swing.  We will start baby food after his 4 month check...we are a bit off base since we spread out our shots.  I will do another post about baptism soon (it was super fun) and the baby shower my friend and I hosted:)  In the mean time...fun pics of the boys:



 1st dentist appt!!  He did great after getting used to the tools:)

 Happy bath time!

 sad face...
happy face!!!!!!!!!

 tummy time!!!!!!!!!!
 homemade super hero:)

 what a keeper of a hubby:)

 the best way to wake up and go to sleep:)