That's my boy!!

Slade is 2 months old! These are his 2 month pictures, that I took at home. Such a big boy!

If you want to see more, email me! I only took about 150 of him alone! Ha!

At his dr appointment on Friday he was 11 lbs 2 oz and 22 1/2 inches long! He had an upper gastric exray that showed SEVERE Gastrosophogeal (and yes I think I spelled that wrong) reflux. He began a second medication Friday evening, which made him EXTREMELY fussy! He is as fussy as he was a month ago. We took him off the medication now and hope that he will return to his "normal" fussiness! Poor boy!!!

Mother's Day and More!

Slade, purposely melting Mommy's heart. Darn, he sure is good at it!

My "little Mommy" - you can tell what she sees most of the time around here..

I had a lovely visit with my Mother on Mother's day. We met halfway between our houses, at Totten Trail. Much to our surprise they had a wonderful Mother's Day brunch going on!! The food was excellent, the kids were..well... kids! Kendlee, antsy as ever, wanted to play the games upstairs. Slade of course demanded Momma's attention (why should mother's day be any different?) All in all it was a great lunch!

Mothers Day- I didn't realize this is what I really look like right now, eek! At least the kids are beautiful!
My Rainbow Cake- you should have seen the inside! Yum!
Kendlee with the ducky

We took the kids to the playground down by the lake. Kendlee adored the ride-on-ducky. Mommy tried to master the monkey bars (man am I out of shape!!) I even went down the slide, trying ever so desperately to get Kendlee to go down. No luck. Slade was "just hanging out" as Kendlee would say. Then the day grew cold and we ventured our way home.

Kendlee on the slide

Devyn and Kendlee swinging

Monday brought sunshine and warm weather to our area for the majority of the day. We met up with Amanda, Devyn and Reegan to go for a nice, but tiring, walk. (Though I think Amanda disagrees!) This was our first chance to try out our new stroller.. one small glitch.. It does not fit in my trunk!! After trying it out on the walk, I decided that I didn't like it anyhow and will be returning it to the store. I have my eye on a Phil & Ted's stroller.. just need to check the dimensions of my trunk before I click "purchase". ;)

Devyn and Kendlee

Kendlee and Devyn had a blast at the park! Devyn, ever so daring, showed Kendlee how to climb the bars, go down the slide and play properly on playground equipment. Slade talked and observed the outdoors, while Reegan napped in her stroller.

The girls playing on the playground.

Slade informing me of important news.

Reegan in her stroller- see the pink? ;)

We also enjoyed our first real thunderstorm of the year on Monday night. The winds were awful! Kendlee and Slade slept right through it all. The house was all mine...Bliss!

Rounding out the week Kendlee will go to Tina's daycare for halfday tomorrow. Amanda and I have a gymnastics board meeting tomorrow evening, the girls will play in the gym. I do believe I will be "teaching" the tot class June and July as well as next season. -Thursday Slade is to see the pediatrician in Bismarck for his 2 month appointment. Hoping for some good news and answers to questions. Friday Brandon works overtime. He plans to be fishing a tourney with Gary on Saturday and back to work Sunday for his regular shifts.

Sunny days..

It sure has been beautiful out these past few days. If you can stand the wind, of course. Though sick, Kendlee and I have ventured out into the yard to play and for some much needed sun. No pictures of us outside, seeing as we were too busy playing to take pictures! But I do have some more new pictures of the kids.

Enjoy!

Some pictures.

Kendlee feeding her baby
Rocking her baby Slade givin Momma a gummy grin!
Kendlee's creation!
Slade and Daddy..just hanging out.
My little princess.
Mr. Tough Guy.. with a pink carebear!
Kendlee with her treasures!
Stretch!!!!! Can you feel the burn?
Slade is grinning away at Kendlee. Too cute!

The kids were having a blast the other morning talking and cooing to eachother. Kendlee shared her new carebear with Slade, insisiting that he needed one too! It really is quite amazing how she can make him smile. Boy oh boy do I love that smile!!!

Monday- Kendlee gave Mommy a little heartbreak today! She had been running a fever since Sunday and has an awful cough. I took her to the doctor and her fever was 102.4!!! They checked her for strep throat, negative. She fell asleep in my arms, which NEVER happens. Then they took some blood, her white blood count was low..so all good. (But SAD, poor girl whimpered!!!) Checked her temp again and she was 103.2! All in a matter of 45 minutes! Poor kiddo!! For now we are doing nebulizer treatments for the cough and motrin/tylenol for the fever.

Welcome Back!

Obviously I haven't had time to update. Slade is a high maitenence little boy. ;) He wants mommy's FULL attention.. around the clock.

Every other week since Slade was born we have been venturing up to the grandparents' houses so that Mama can get some needed rest. Slade is (or was, he isn't anymore Im sure) 10 lbs 4 oz at his last dr. appt. Growing like a weed.

Kendlee is amazing, as always. Coming up with new phrases and such everyday. We're currently working on learning the planets and writing letters. So far.. she does better with the planets. haha. But really, who expects their two year old to be able to write? Yeah. Me. Haha.

Brandon is busy with work and house projects. I can tell he is getting that "Spring Itch" to get outside. He and Kendlee have been "golfing" in the yard with Kendlee's new golf clubs.

As for me, well.. I don't have much time for anything other than holding Slade. I do manage, somehow, to get my laundry in the washer and dryer, my floors and bathrooms cleaned, and do the dishes here and there. Rarely do I actually cook. Brandon has started to cook more, which is wonderful. I guess I didn't actually think I'd get another high maitenence baby.. Kendlee was fussy up until she was on the reflex medication. Then she was always one who needed her space. Slade on the other hand, has been on meds for a month now, a different formula (as well as breastmilk), all sorts of new calming techniques.. and yet he is constantly wanting to be held.. or crying. I guess he just knows that he is probably my last baby and I will probably be glad I got to hold him so much.. but once in a while.. Mama needs a shower buddy. ;)

Meet our new Nordstrom

Ladies and gentlemen! Lets give a big welcome to the Nordstrom family to our newest arrival...

SLADE LEE NORDSTROM!

Born: 3-14-09

Time: 2:42 AM CST

Bismarck, ND

7 lbs 3 oz
20 inches long

He is precious as ever. We are so proud to be the parents of a little lady and a little guy!! We've been adjusting well to having another little body in our house. Kendlee adores her little brother, constantly wanting to help out, hold him, kiss him and much more. She squeals with delight when she sees him. When he is crying or has the hiccups she offers comforting words such as "Its okay honey!! Its okay!" Very sweet!

Labor was wonderful. Our drive to Bismarck quite tough seeing as my contractions were three minutes apart but we made it and had just a few hours (less than 4) until he was born. He came out perfect and healthy.

Not feeling up to updating..

So I haven't been feeling much up to doing an update. But here goes.

Kendlee turned TWO on Jan 14th! She celebrated with our friends Amanda, Ryan and Kendlee's best buddy Devyn. We also had a birthday party for her on the following Friday, where she saw many of her family members and received far too many gifts! :) So far, life as a 2 year old has been good to her. I think she enjoys telling people how old she is and sticking up her two fingers! Though we often hear her say shes is three, or five, or sixteen! Silly girl!

We're almost there. Only five weeks until my due date! Which is exciting. I'm just tired of contractions, back aches, sleepless nights (which only means MORE to come!) and the minor road bumps we've hit along the way. I'm ready to have my baby in my arms, though I know once I'm done being pregnant, possibly forever, I will miss having the lil Nordstrom tucked away in there.

I haven't done much to prepare for this baby. Kendlee's room is still not ready and won't be for at least three more weeks. If the baby comes before then (and in some way I hope it does!) Kendlee will continue to live in her current room and we will just slowly make the move to the new room as we see fit.

I don't have much left to buy. A few more glass bottles, some newborn diapers (we're going cloth beyond newborn), some formula for a backup plan, and maybe a few outfits. The most important is a Big Sister gift for Miss Kendlee. This will be a time of change for her and I am already feeling much guilt about having to make her share the spotlight. But I think in the long run she will appreciate us giving her a HUMAN sibling to play with. Though I'm sure she will always considering our dogs her fur-siblings.

The next five weeks will be spent building the shed (ok, I'll be watching not participating), moving the shed, emptying the room for Kendlee, painting, setting up the new room, cleaning out K's nursery and turning it into the baby's room, and just enjoying having Kendlee be the only child for the last time.

I have already stepped down to one day a week for gymnastics, and as I see it I will only be doing that for a couple more weeks as well. Kendlee will be joining her best friend Devyn in a daycare program where they go once a week for 4 hours. Both girls will mostly be there on the same days, which will be alot of fun for Kendlee.

That pretty much wraps it up for now! I may not return until the new one arrives! Have a great February!