Synchronization of Us

I promised Laura that I would give you all an update on how Becca’s hospital appointment went today. She was first sent for another hearing test, as the doctor was still a little concerned about her previous results. I think the results were even worse this time, however she really wasn’t interested in the test - all she cared about was playing with the toys in front of her!

As a result, the doctor had said he would have a closer look at her ears while she was in theatre, and if there was a problem he would remove her adenoids and put rubber grommets in her ears. Thankfully, her ears looked perfect and he decided not to do either of these procedures.

As for her throat, approximately half her vocal cords had joined together again (caused by the scar tissue from the previous surgery). However he felt that the scar tissue was thin enough and has tried to separate them using a laser. However this means that Becca has to go back in for the same procedure in about 2 - 3 weeks. After the next surgery, we will know if it is going to be possible to strengthen her voice purely via the laser surgery, or if more drastic measures will be required.

You will all no doubt be pleased to hear that Becca seems fine after her surgery though. She was very tired afterwards (as expected), however after a good nap she was up and playing. Although she did seem to go through energetic phases and tired phases, however we are hoping she will back to her usual self tomorrow. As you have probably realised by now, the doctor decided to keep Becca in overnight for observation. Hopefully she’ll get home tomorrow.

On the other hand, Eilidh has had apparently had a great day. She has been out all day with her Auntie Stephanie, and has been the perfect angel. She was even fast a sleep by the time I got home from the hospital! I’m glad one of us had fun today!

Isn’t it the silly things the children pick up every day? Rebecca’s latest thing is when going out she must wear a scarf, hat and gloves. There just as necessary (to her) as her jacket and shoes , i think back last Christmas when it was impossible to get her to wear any of the three (as Eilidh is just now). Its just amazing to see how the thought process has obviously changed , she now knows that its cold out and the best way to stay warm is to wrap up.

Today was her first day back at playgroup and i was a little nervous unsure how she would react. We talked about it all weekend and asked her dozens of time who wanted to go to “school” . Today when the time came she was excited, she happily got all bundled up - except for gloves because of course every single pair decided to vanish at that point. Eilidh was given a big cuddle and kiss and she ran from the house.

Before we left i reminder her if her hands were cold she could keep them in her pocket, so for the entire walk there she did just that. I was glove-less and can promise despite the snow it wasn’t that cold . Her reaction at arriving at the school was one of pure glee, all layers were removed (including cardigan) the minute we entered the building. She more or less ran across the school and up the stairs before demanding the money from me and entering the classroom. She saw her favorite teacher straight away and just leaped into her arms, they hugged and she paid for the week. Next thing i know im getting a quick hug and kiss and more or less shoved out the door. Im thinking she missed going to playgroup.

What has happened to the little girl who broke her heart at the mere site of me leaving her there?

Its 9.23pm - Rebeccas bedtime is 7 but she has just now fell asleep. For all the sleep problem we have had with her getting her to sleep have not been one of them.

She still needs fed and rocked to sleep and i have been doing that in cylces for hours now and my arm is agony, nothing would get her to sleep and i even let her play for abit while i grabbed some dinner (which she shared it was just vegetables anyways). Im frustrated and so tired, i had planned to finally get caught up on my emails tonight and be in bed by now to hopefully finished Harry Potter and The Half Blood Price - i had a nice long blog planned but now just want to moan.

Hopefully she stays asleep for a while at least.

Its been such a boring few days, this week has just went so quickly and i don’t think i have done anything other than clean and play with the girls. What i wouldn’t give for a little something to change now and then.
I guess i have been feeling so blah lately, my weight upsets me more than i care to mention. I’m going to start a slimming class the week after next when DH is finished his exams which also serves the purpose of just getting me out the house with no kids
for a bit. Then there is the housework - i spend hours each day cleaning and the next day it all needs done again, what i wouldn’t give for someone just to take over for the day . The joys of having your own place i guess. I feel i cannot do anything right at the moment , hopefully once DHs exams are over and we get to start spending sometime together again things will get improve.

I did get sent the link a link to a Harry Potter Rap that helped cheer me up

The girls are doing great as always, Eilidh has developed a love for being on her feet and LOVES to be in her walker, sitting her down can be hard as she refuses to
co-operate and just wants to be on her feet. I was suppose to be making Brownies (Thanks for the recipe Lisanne) to follow
dinner but made the mistake of buying Mini Buttons instead of the M and Ms and eating them all - we settled for Chocolate Crispy cakes instead.

Talking about food, i quite enjoy weekends as i get to make meals that i fancy rather than trying to get something that both DH and i will eat and is suitable for the kids to. Tonight it was a Chicken and Apple Salad with homemade Paprika and Garlic Potato Wedges and Ciabatta Bread , followed of course by cakes :), last
nights it was meant to be Brown Rice and Lentils but it went horribly wrong and we
ended up doing pasta at the last second. I think I’m going to start a recipe blog to share some of the meals i make if anyone is interested

Guess i will finish this post with a couple of pictures of Rebecca

Rebecca and i invented a wonderful , crazy and funny game yesterday (please note
the sarcasm and see what i really mean which is tiring, painful and exhausting) .
It was during Eilidhs afternoon nap, we were having fun together - you know reading books, doing puzzles and just hanging out when we started playing around a little on the floor. Im not sure how it started but i ended up grabbing her leg and spinning her around on the floor, i then kept spinning around it a sort of stirring motion. Gosh she loved it and wants to do it all the time.
It really hurts my back though and is so tiring, but its so hard not to give in as she just loves it. I wanted to share a short video of it, not the greatest but its not that easy to take one while playing.

Well its sure been a crazy week.

It started of terribly , both girls were driving me insane. I’m pretty sure Eilidh is teething as
she has everyone of the symptoms and Rebecca was getting her bottom eye tooth through so of course they were both moany and not sleeping great. Last Monday was probably the hardest day emotionally i have had since Eilidh was born , everything was getting on top of me and i was just so tired.

It did get much better though as the week went on , Tuesday night was Eilidhs last night in her moses basket as i could no longer get her settled in it (she would fuss and have to be rocked for ages then wake up constantly ) , if i let her sleep with me she would wake up around every 15-30 minutes crying so we made the very hard decision to move her into her cot full time . This
is very upsetting for me as i really believe she should be in my room for at least the first 6 months but as we cannot fit a cot in here i had no choice.

Wednesday night i had my first night off since Eilidh was born, my sister and i went to the pub for a few drinks (only a couple of course because of breastfeeding) and then to the movies to see “The Number 23″ , we were only gone a few hours and DH was home alone with the kids thankfully Eilidh never woke once as although there is milk there she has never taken a bottle before. It was great to get a couple hours off to just be me and not “mum” .
That was also the start of the good sleeping nights, Rebeccas tooth broke though and she was back to normal and Eilidh only woke up twice during the night.

Things just got better, Thursday night she only woke one at 5.30 and last night never woke at all - she slept for a whole 12 hours it was amazing, Rebecca slept in the living room with DH and i had the bed all to myself . I feel like a diffrent person at the moment.

And today we went to a cousins birthday party (well my cousins daughter), it was at “Buckaroo Jaxx” one of these kiddy play areas and Rebecca had a ball running around and climbing on everything , she was so well behaved and it was wonderful to show her and Eilidh off . My 14 year old cousin Jack was there and we is just this wonderful kid who is so helpful and ran after Rebecca most of the time.

All in all its been busy, both girls are sleeping now and I’m hoping will be for a while. Its a busy
week next week to Eilidhs gets more jags on Monday and Rebecca is at the hospital on Friday.

Laura

Trying again…..written last night but for some reason it wouldn’t post.

Last night was thankfully much better , i actually managed to get *some* sleep.
Both girls woke up at 2am - Rebecca wouldn’t stop crying and seemed scared of something so im thinking she may have had a bad dream . Then Eilidh woke up at 5am full of giggles and babbles, Rebecca has finally started getting up a little later most days and all i wanted to do was get her back to sleep. I put her down on her play mat to play , and i curled up on the sofa and was planning to doze - but she kept rolling right off the play mat so no more leaving her alone .

Today for the first time in months i had some me time, my parents had offered to take
the girls out for a while as they were taken my niece to a big park - they could play in the sand, feed some ducks and go on some rides. At first i said no to Eilidh
but i figured that the fresh air would be good for her, its the first time i have been away from her since she was born. I did plan to finish the girls room, i have
started sorting through there clothes as i really need to get rid of some of it and
you can currently see very little of there floor and Rebecca’s bed is pilled high with stuff .In the end i went for a nap , two whole hours of peaceful sleep and it was heaven.

Tonight for dinner i made Apple Chicken Quesadillas and they were just so tasty but i will definitely use more Apple next time - you can find the recipe here http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Chicken-Quesadillas/Detail.aspx

Laura

Why is it that both kids cannot have good days on the same day? , Or both sleep well at night?
If Rebecca’s not grumpy and teething its Eils *grump*

Last night it was Rebecca’s turn, Eilidh had been down since 5.30 got up briefly at 10.30 (and I’m not sure if she would of woke up if i hadn’t went and got her as she was in the same room as Rebecca) and was happily sleeping soundly. I was sleeping in the living room with her in her moses basket and DH brought Rebecca in around 1.30 as she wanted a feed.
He took her back to bed and of course she decided to pull one of her stunts and refuse to go back to sleep. Dh brings her back to me and goes back to bed (I will not insert men moan here) .

So of course trying to get Rebecca back to sleep wakes Eilidh up , i have no choice but to let Rebecca play while i settle Eilidh again and its not 3.00. Finally Rebecca goes back to sleep at 4.00 and Eilidh gets up at 5.00 , I’m just grateful she fed and settled again quickly and we cuddled up and slept till 7.45 when Becca got up.
So I’m a little zombied today.

I had so many plans for today as well, I’m needing to go through the girls clothes and take out a lot of it . Their full floor is covered in stuff and i have no room to put it buy i really need to stop buying clothes or at least sell some of it on EBay to make room for more, i did finally work out how to use my ring sling and was going to walk up to my parents with it on. It started raining though so we got a lift instead .

Eilidh has been such a fuss pot all day and I’m not sure if its teething or illness, she is not feeding well at all and refuses to latch on most of the time. I even tried her with a bottle (or expressed milk) with no luck. She is very grumpy if put down and is dribiling so much and has bright red cheeks , she is not sleeping and making it worse for herself as she is so over tired . On the plus side she rolled over a few times again today so i would definitely say she is rolling now but strangely only from back to stomach and not stomach to back like she is suppose to be doing.

Rebecca is getting the hang of dancing now and looks so dam cute doing it, people say once the child walks all the trouble starts but its just making my life easier and more enjoyable - but then again i think things like climbing tend to come after walking not before.

Going to watch the end of the days of our lives episode I’m watching then will try and get some sleep. Wish me a good night sleep guys

Laura

Another weekend down, i cannot believe its going to be Spring soon and just over 3 months to my baby is 2.

Went to my parents for dinner today , yummy as always. I barely seen Rebecca as yet again she
stuck to her cousin like glue. My sister has a bit of a cough though and she took a coughing fit as some point and poor Eilidh was terrified, must have been the loudness of it. I had to take her
away till my sister stopped.
At one point my mum had Eilidh in her arms, sitting her up on her knee and Rebecca noticed , she went and climbed up on my mum *between* her and Eilidh and have my mum a hug- i have
been noticing lately she is getting jealous occasionally.

Eilidh has been a little fussy lately and i think its down to the lack of sleep, she barley naps
during the day and is getting up more and more at night. I think she find it hard to sleep during the day with all the noise and activity so we tried her in her cot yesterday , I’m really not ready to make the move 100% yet but as she has more or less outgrown her moses basket and our room couldn’t fit a cot i almost feel we will have no choice soon. She does look
much more comfy and spread out in it, she is in it just now getting use out of the baby sleeping bag i asked my MIL to get for Rebecca’s birthday and never used.

I tried to make some American style Oatmeal Chocolate chip cookies yesterday and as usual my baking is not the greatest, they tasted lovely but instead of ending up with lots of little cookies i
ended up with a tray of one big cookie, it also seemed a little flat. I think I’m going to give it another go this week and try and space out the cookies on the tray more.

Laura

Long time no post, i swore when i started this blog that i was either going to write regularly
or not write at all. Its just been a busy week with little computer time - plus i just got my hands on Diner Dash 3 - Flo On The Go (Play trial at - http://tinyurl.com/37prmk) and have to play these till there completed.

Its been the usual fun in the McIntyre home, Rebecca is getting better and better at the walking everyday . Today she barely crawled at all and was even trying to dance, she also got a new word “Back Pack” as in Dora’s - Thanks Mum. Eilidh is really getting good at babbling and is
desperately trying to roll over but the dam arm keeps getting in the way.
We had a weigh in the other day and Becca is finally above the 20lbs mark at 20.5 and 81cm long (up from 19.11 and 77cm long the month before). Eilidh was 13.2 and 64cm long .

It was my wedding anniversary on Monday, a whole 2 years married
It really seems like nothing when compared to alot of couples, my parents have been married 26 years in April and I’m sure that is nothing for some people. DH and i had a lovely evening - just the fact that we spent it together was enough for me. We had a meal (Domino’s Pizza - but saved him cooking and other take aways are out as Eilidh reacts to alot of things) , and watched a movie (The Break Up) . The sweetest thing was he arranged candles all around the room and we eat and sat in candle light all night, he really is a romantic guy at heart.

Laura