Baby Shower Gifts.. POAB

Here are the promised pics of the Baby Shower gifts. The women who came were so kind to Aybra.

















And some pics of the boys

Kaia learning how to do a back walkover



Alo asleep on his new "bed"



And an Aybra fluffy booty pic (Alpha Omega One Size Diaper)



Aybra is now 3180 grams (roughly 6# 15oz) and still transitioning to the breast. She is taking most of her feeds by the breast but still taking some fortified (with skimmed breastmilk) bottles. Aybra had an appt today but we had transportation issues so I had to cancel it.

I never gave an Alo update (that I remember) but at his most recent appt he was taken off of two of his meds (CELEBRATE!!) and was given the go ahead to sprint during his naps. He was pretty much doing that anyway. Here is to hoping that he will gain lots of weight and be able to sprint more.

Kaia is just typical Kaia. His birthday is this Friday. He will be 4! It is so hard to imagine him being 4. Im hoping to get together with some kids from the ward and let him play with them and get to know them better. He played with one the other day and had a blast.

Aybra update...

She is still doing well at home. She is learning how to nurse better so Im hopeful that I can do away with all of the bottles soon. Im going to weigh her again today to see how much she weighs.

Last Sunday Aybra got introduced to the ward and then this Saturday was a baby shower for her from some ladies at the ward.

Is there a baby in there?

Today I had to go to my apartment office to get a package and I had Aybra in a ring sling... I had the tail (as I always do) draped over her so none of her was showing (and so nosey people cant try to touch her).... Anyway the woman that was giving me my package said "I just have to ask, but is there a baby in there?" I dont know how but I almost forgot that Aybra was even in there.. She is just so light. It took me a minute to figure out what the lady was talking about. I told her Yes. She commented on how great that "thing" was and that Aybra was so tiny. She asked how old she was.. You know how people are with babies.. They want to know everything. I told her that she is almost 4 months. You know what comes next.. She is so tiny... Which leads into the She was early conversation... Then on the way out the woman said well you look great to have only had her 4 months ago... I told her Thanks.. She was joking that her kid was 6 years old and was pointing to her stomach... On the way back home I was thinking well no ****.. She was only 1#. Its not like my stomach was sticking out to Egypt! So.. It made me wonder... People have made that comment a lot, after Kaia and now after her (I was fat after Alo).... Did any of you ever get those kinds of comments? I would much rather have the "Wow youre fat" comment and have a healthy baby than to have a "great body" with a tiny baby. I guess these people dont realize that when a baby is a few months early that they are really small and that the mama doesnt show very much... I mean this woman saw at almost 4 months how small Aybra is.. I just wonder how big she thought she was when she was born.

BTW.. The package was a postal scale I ordered for shipping and to weigh Aybra :) I weighed her today butt naked and she was 2953 or 6# 7oz... Ive been BFing her as much as I can and I was thinking that she was losing some weight but Im not sure. (If she is Im pretty sure its because she is getting mostly foremilk) Anyway, this is the starting weight Im using and Im trying to weigh her before and after every BF session to see how much she is taking in. Im not using formula to fortify her milk. Ive been skimming like 15 ounces per day of my milk and using that in her bottles. Now that she is taking more breast Ill have to use the make-shift SNS to give her some of the skimmed stuff.

Aybra pictures!

Comment Moderation... The drama continues...

That "Cheryl AKA Kimberely Van Buren" person NEVER goes away... I try to turn Anon comments off so she goes to another blog... turn them off there and then she comes back here with a registered name.. Seriously.. SHE HAS ISSUES!!!

She claims I called her materialistic because I told a group of people that anybody who wanted to be a SAHM could be, they just had to budget their income better and get rid of unnecessary things.. Because she was unwilling to get rid of some of these things (like cell phone, high speed internet, etc) she claims that I called her materialistic.. The conversation went something like this:

Person A: Posted a message saying they were feeling guilty because they were going back to work and were putting their kid in daycare..
My response: Is there anyway you can be a SAHM and readjust the budget?
This lovely comment person: You (talking about me) are making her feel guilty by asking that..
Me: There is always a way.. You just have to be willing. Some people dont even try and claim that there is no way.. If they would try they would see that there is a way.. Its all about budgeting and getting rid of things that are not need (like high speed internet, extra phone and cable features, extra car notes, etc)
The comment person: Blah blah there is no way for me because I spend $400 a month in gas so I can go to all kinds of places and Im not giving that up....

She goes on to say that since I stay at home with the boys that I am lazy.. Yeah right.. Let me see her take care of Alo, let alone Alo and Kaia!! I do not stay at home so I can be "lazy". I stay at home so that my children (especially Alo) will live.. Live as in not die. No daycares will take Alo because of his condition. Its not like I could just throw him into any daycare and go get a job. If I did that he would die. He HAS TO HAVE trained people to take care of him.

So now.. She somehow finds my blog and instead of ignoring it she brings up some old drama that didnt even happen on this blog.. It happened on a yahoo group.. Can she not just get over it?? Does she really have nothing better to do than to come and bring unwanted drama here???


So, anyway comments are on moderation until this idiot goes away. Mind you, this person is 20 years older than me yet acting 20 younger...

Since Im so mean....

To those who leave the anonymous mean comments.. I really couldnt care less that you think I am a "mean" spirited person... You dont like me, then dont read my blog! You go through what Ive been through and try not to complain a few times.. And actually I dont think 4 or so complaining posts out of 70 is bad. If you want me to care about your comments then perhaps you should sign them with your name instead of anonymous!

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Follow-up....

And they keep coming back! Seriously.. Have you nothing better to do than come and leave nasty comments on my blogs?? GET A LIFE!!

P.S. I turned Anonymous comments off. I dont need to read any more crap from people like that.

Back to your regularly scheduled blogging

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Another update!
It never ends!

I turn anon comments off on this blog so they go to my other blog. I have a very good feeling about who this person is because the crap they are posting they have posted at another place.


"Since I cannot leave comments on your other site. I will leave them here. You are religious? Please....How come someone is nasty if they point out something a person is doing wrong? I am concerned for your children. I think your children see all the confrontation that you give out. You make confrontation over cloth diapers! OMG! I do have experience with preemies. I have one. What does that other person think I am doing on a preemie site?!!! You are judgemental. I have experience with you before and happened to stumble upon your blog. You keep having preemies over and over. How many do you need? How many times are you going to put your children through health problems? A Jehovah, well that does explain a lot. Remember God does not care what religion you are as long as you believe and worship him. Doesn't Jehovah believe in the sanctity of marriage by the way? I had a friend in high school who was a Jehovah and it was a sin just to hold hands out of wedlock and you are making children. You judge others but cannot handle it when someone points out something you are doing incorrectly with your children. Hypocrite! I am sure you with get people to back you up. That is what the weak do. They cannot stand up for themselves without back up. There will always be someone there that will support someone who is sining. The world is full of you!"

Lots of pictures

Her last weight was 2690

Woohoo Im in the final step-down



Nanny feeding Aybra



So pretty in my dress



Doing my carseat test




Silly baby



Playing with the silly baby



My going home outfit



And again



Going out the door



In the car



Closer look



On my way home



Getting out of car



Home at last!!!!! 92 days and I didnt even get a t-shirt!



And some fluff