3 Years Old

My boys turned 3 on on Dec. 22. What big boys. They are saying more words and beginning to say two word sentences. Real progress as far as i'm concerned. Next week they start Pre-School at an elementary school in our district. Since they have been seeing a speech therapist through the school system for the last year, they are eligable for the pre-school program once they turn 3 at no cost. They will go 4 mornings a week from 8:30 to 11:30. The school will pick them up from our home at 8:10 and then their babysitter will pick them up at 11:30. We will then pick them up from her house at 5:30pm like usual. I am so excited for them. Next big hurdle, potty training

Parker is 38lbs (90th percentile), 36 inches (50t.h percentile)
Jackson is 33 lbs (50th percentile) and 34 inches (25the percentile)

Talking

It's been a while since I have posted anything. I need a place to post updates on my boys, so I won't forget.

Parker finally started talking 2 years, 9 months old.

Jackson has been saying a few words at our prompting for a few months now, but I think Parker will pass him up in the talking stage. Never thought it possible. Amazing.

Friends or Not

My DH and I "talked" this weekend. He vented his frustrations and I mine. He thinks things have been going downhill the last year or two, that would mean ever since I had the boys. I think it has only been since he was laid off work. He says he can live without sex, he just needs to know. I said his ignoring me in every way and not looking for a job has made me more and more unhappy. He was acting the way he was to get back at me for acting the same way. Childish!!! He says he still loves me and always will. I said this is no way to live life and why should we stay married. He says because we have 2 children to raise. People do it all the time. He said for me to act happy and maybe I will be happy. It is all just so crazy. I will think, research and see if I can find my way back to his being a friend and he will look harder for a job. We did agree to put the house up for sale and rent for a while. We'll see what happens. Right now I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe time will tell.

25 Months

My boys are 25 months 3 weeks. Alot has changed in the last few months with the boys and with life in general. The boys are getting so big.

Parker weighs 33 lbs and about 3" taller than Jackson who is 28 lbs. Jackson jabbers all the time, while Parker is more quiet. A speech pathologist from the public school in our district has started coming out to our house once a week to work with the boys to teach them how to say some words. She's only been to the house twice, so not much progress yet, but she has determined that Jackson can say about 5-6 words, but Parker only says 1-2. Maybe he's my quiet child.

My husbands older boys, Peter is 21 and Hank will turn 18 in a few days. As they are getting older, they don't visit as often, as they have their own lives and Hank will be going off to college this fall. He hasn't decided where yet but would like to study Structural Engineering, like his grandfather.

My husband was laid off work the 1st of July after 24 years at the same company. He did get severence, and stays home with the boys. He hasn't really tried to look for another job which has made me start to resent him. He gets seasonal effective disorder syndrome during the winter, especially now that he is home all day. He has anit-depressants to help lighten his mood, but he only takes them when he feels the need which doesn't help. Our finances are suffering, his mood is rotten most of the time and he retreats to the computer after dinner. Our relationship is suffering and this is the most unhappy I've been in our marriage in almost 8 years. I drink wine most evenings to lessen the pain of a misserable marriage. We don't go anywhere, have any close friends and what I can see for a future is very bleak. I have considered marriage counceling, but we can't afford that on my salary alone. I hate to think we are destined for divorce, because I thought we would grow old together. He used to be my best friend, but since he won't talk to me, I don't have many feelings for him right now.

Since I've been worrying about this, I don't eat much and have lost 10 lbs in the last 2 months, but I also have been taking pilates classes twice a week, so that has contributed to some of the weight loss. I'm glad to loose the weight, as I've been trying to get rid of the last baby weight for some time.

Right now I'm very scared of what the future holds.

23 Months

You are 23 1/2 months old. You are getting so big, not babies anymore.
Parker - you are definitely exhibiting the terrible two's - throwing tantrums when you don't get what you want.
Jackson - you are jabbering all the time. Words will emerge any day.

I love you.

Pumpkin Patch Opportunity

I just found out that we will be having our company halloween party at the biggest pumpkin patch in town. However, I can't go. I'm so disappointed.

The office will close at 3:30, we will have our meeting from 4-5:30 and then dinner and fun around a campfire at the pumpkin patch. Kids and spouses can attend beginning at 5:30 for half price entrance.

Bummer is that we have tickets for the same night to see the local semi-professional football team play (its the 2nd to last game of the season in their first season playing). We already bought the tickets ($140) and plan on taking the older boys and my mom is staying overnight to babysit the twins.

DH thinks the little boys are too small to enjoy this pumpkin patch for the price (full price entrance $12.75 adults, kids 2 and under free). This would have been a great opportunity to get him and the boys out to a pumpkin patch. Instead, I am going to try to convince him to take the boys to a smaller pumpkin farm on Sunday. We'll see how it goes.

Ear Infections

It's been 18 days since the boys got their colds. They seemed to be getting better, but the last few days it seems their coughs were getting worse.

I read recently that if their colds aren't better after about a week or so, they should see a Dr. I convinced my husband we needed to take them in and guess what? They have ear infections. This is their first ear infection ever. So we have antibitics and childrens claritin.

This could explain why Parker's eating has been off lately and why he is unusually clingy. Hope they are better soon.